IvIarkgraham
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Registered: 27th Mar 04
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out tomorrow for vodafone customers!
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PaulW
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Registered: 26th Jan 03
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Only about 2 months after initial release 
I take it you mean for the Desire? Been running it on mine for about 6 weeks now.
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Toby
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Yeah mine updates about two weeks ago, prob cos mine was unbranded
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IvIarkgraham
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Registered: 27th Mar 04
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yeah on the desire
ive just ordered a new memory card for min 16gb, hopefully its not a garbage one like the 32gb one i got from china
hopefully i'll get that tomorrow so i can update straight away
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Conway563
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Registered: 7th Jun 06
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Cannot wait for this after I got stung by the piece of shit update a couple of weeks ago that filled the phone with crap Vodafone 360 branding
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PaulW
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quote:
Originally posted by Toby
Yeah mine updates about two weeks ago, prob cos mine was unbranded
I couldn't be arsed waiting, so built my own FroYo ROM
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jrsteeve
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Think mine update yesterday (T-Mobile). Quite a few lil changes
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_Allan_
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Downloading now 
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LukeS
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quote:
Originally posted by _Allan_
Downloading now
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LukeS
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Registered: 25th Nov 07
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takes the piss to install
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Bart
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Registered: 19th Aug 02
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this is what I dont like about the Android software, your at the mercy of the carrier as to whether or not you recieve the update.
It wont be long before your phone becomes out of date and the carriers wont want to test the android updates and therefore prevent you from updating 
Apple do have that bit right.
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PaulW
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quote:
Originally posted by Bart
this is what I dont like about the Android software, your at the mercy of the carrier as to whether or not you recieve the update.
It wont be long before your phone becomes out of date and the carriers wont want to test the android updates and therefore prevent you from updating
Apple do have that bit right.
Depends... You can unbrand the Desire for free (and pretty much all Android phones too), so getting generic updates is much easier.
However, HTC are also pretty shit at rolling out updates. The Hero took pretty much forever to get the 2.1 update "officially"
However, as Android is opensource and free, there is plenty of development out there so you can easily update to an "unofficial" vanilla ROM.
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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What do normal iOS updates bring that you would be in a rush to upgrade to anyway?
Everybody wants froyo in a rush because of big things like flash, not because they've patched the latest jailbreak method.
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Bart
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quote:
Originally posted by John
What do normal iOS updates bring that you would be in a rush to upgrade to anyway?
Folders, wallpapers, multitasking,
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Bart
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Originally posted by PaulW
Depends... You can unbrand the Desire for free
How can this be done?
I only ask as my friend has a desire which is riddled with Orange crap...
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John
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Registered: 30th Jun 03
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Normal updates, not big ones like from 3-4.
On an orange one it's a bit more complicated, you can possibly end up needing an unlock code (tenner)
Loads of info on xda-developers and modaco, I think you'd be able to follow it ok Bart, it's mainly just running programs.
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ed
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Registered: 10th Sep 03
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These are the real joys of having an open os, the networks can fuck them up at will and install a load of bloat onto them
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
These are the real joys of having an open os, the networks can fuck them up at will and install a load of bloat onto them
This isn't a standing argument as networks have been branding and bloating closed phone OS's even before the iPhone and Android existed.
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ed
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An argument against what? I remember the gayness of Vodafone Live branding all over my old Symbian phones too.
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Dom
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quote:
Originally posted by ed
An argument against what?
Exactly there wasn't one. Saying "These are the real joys of having an open os, the networks can fuck them up at will and install a load of bloat onto them" is a completely invalid statement as it happens on both closed and open OS's.
Either way, branding the software is absolute bollocks and i don't see why networks do it as 99% of the time it just slows down the device and adds completely unwanted apps/services. Networks should just stick to branding casing.
Luckily though you can flash devices majority of phones to unbranded firmware usually by changing the product key and then using the manufacturers update tool to download new firmware.
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Edd
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Registered: 8th Nov 04
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im actually quite pissed off with this update on orange
i've had the phone longer than most(got it 1st day orange released) and im still waiting to update!!
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Edd
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Registered: 8th Nov 04
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also im not rooting it, cant be arsed
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John
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Can you not root it them flash back on a generic WWE non rooted ROM?
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Edd
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Registered: 8th Nov 04
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actually im going to stop my moaning and just do it
orange can fuck off not waiting any longer
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Bart
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Registered: 19th Aug 02
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let us know how it goes mate
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