Froyo for Fascinate, Continuum on January 10th,18th?
Everyone with a Samsung Galaxy S phone on Verizon has been on the Android OS 2.2 (Froyo) rollercoaster ride lately. Froyo is coming, Froyo isn’t coming, and there have even been rumors of no Froyo at all. Will these phones be stuck with Android 2.1 forever?
Well, with no scheduled maintenance updates in sight, these spy shots obtained by our friends over at AndroidCentral are showing that something is definitely coming your way. The picture is showing an update for the Fascinate on January 10th and for the Continuum on January 18th.
The Samsung Fascinate is the top of the line Galaxy S phone in Verizon’s lineup, and the Continuum is a Verizon exclusive with both a main screen and a smaller ticker display. The Froyo update has been delayed a few times already, but Samsung has said via Twitter that they are hard at work on the upgrade. Now is it the Froyo goodness that everyone has been waiting for?
Time will tell but everyone out there with Samsung Fascinate or Continuum, mark your calendars. The Galaxy S faithful are all waiting to be the first with Froyo, here’s hoping this is the first spoonful!
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Yeah right, Samsung you suck, never again. HTC gets my business.
Everyone is posting this leaked screenshot but what they are failing to realize is that this is a maintenance release (MR2). This is not a froyo upgrade! This is likely a precursor to a Froyo update, at some point, but there are going to be a lot of disappointed Fascinate owners out there come 1/10/11.
I think Chris is right. This looks like a maintenance update to prepare the phone for FroYo. After this, froyo probably wont be far behind, though.
I don’t know if this is a Froyo release or not . But what I do know is that vzw has only 2 categories for releases. Theres a NEW or NR and a maintenance or MR. New is used for New hardware or accessories and Maintenance is used for everything thing else. I’m not saying its Froyo but if vzw did release Froyo it would be classified as a maintenance release(MR). My feeling as a vz employee is this is an update for samsung kies software. So kies can recognize the fascinate and continuum. Froyo will not be OTA as vz has moved on to bigger things like the iphone and 4G LTE. Verizon will not lend the resources to update the fascinate. You will have to update thru samsung via kies. Samsung has no choice but to release froyo and save face………Good day SIR!
Good to know George. Personally, I dont care if VZW OTA's it or not, as soon as it is leaked XDA (et al) will get their hands on it and root / unbloat it… which will be when I take the plunge to 2.2… flash player isn't enough for me to break away from my custom 2.1 setup. I will say this, the phone itself is just awesome. The only thing I see touching it is the Bionic in the near future. I know there are a lot of people waiting for this, but for those technically inclined I would tell them to hold off until some feedback pours in from US fascinate customers.
welp the 10th has come n gone and no froyo… so it appears Samsung and Verizon are both Liars and guilty of fraud. the fascinate was bought because a update to froyo was supposedly close at hand..
i wasted my hard earned money for a smart phone which after a months use proves to be nothing but a glorified game pad with a phone..
I can understand your frustrations and all i can say is please make sure to contact the carrier and manufacture to express your concerns.This is obvious issue we feel very strongly about ourselves.The only option to over come this at this point is to learn how to root your phone which obviously comes with some risks.