Your wait ends here! You can now install android 2.2 Frozen Yogurt (Froyo) on your EVO 4G. Official Android 2.2 Froyo update for Sprint EVO 4G is now available for download (from HTC here). However, official OTA update will commence from August 3 instead of in December 2010 making Sprint the first carrier to upgrade their devices to Android 2.2 Froyo.
It is important to note that this is not a final build and some features may not work flawlessly. HTC has been warning against installing the update as this is not the one which HTC will be rolloing out after few days. But, keeping warnings aside, guys over androidcentral managed to port froyo ROM on EVO 4G and found the device speedy. Well, we already know that the Android 2.2 ROM is much faster than Android 2.1 and almost 2 to five times faster than the android 2.1 eclair. So, being speedy is not surprising at all. Check out the video of HTC EVO running froyo below:
Features: Android 2.2 update on HTC EVO 4G
- Ability to share applications
- Display events and birthdays from Facebook on Calendar
- Use camera LED as flashlight
- New user interface for the FM radio
- Add unknown users in Facebook as friends in Friend Stream
- Photo Gallery supports Facebook comments function
- Send contact as vCard using SMS
- Addition of MMS slideshow editor
- New pre-loaded widgets including Calculator, FM radio, Message list view, Profile settings and Ringtone settings
- Camcorder can use camera flash so video can be shot at night or in low light
- Flash 10.1 support
- Numeric PIN and alpha-numeric passwords to unlock screen
- Search widget and search bar able to switch to search in different types (web, specific application, or all)
- Adjustable alarm volume
- Android Market widget allows installation of applications on SD card
There are many other useful features that come with apart from flash 10.1, native internet tethering, Voice Dialing Over Bluetooth, Application Storage on External Memory, Camera 4-way rotation, and application manager. You might like to visit here for feature list of android 2.2Froyo.
Those who have installed CyanogenMod Froyo build for HTC EVO, or XDA devs android 2.2 custom ROM for EVO must now flash the official version of android 2.2 froyo build. Believe me, the build seems to be almost final one. Those who cannot hold their appetite, must download and install official build of Android 2.2 on the Sprint Evo 4G handset now!
How to manually Flash Updated Android 2.2 on HTC EVO 4G
The update is the same as the OTA update. Just download it, put it on the SD card named update.zip, launch recovery (power on with volume down held), press power and volume up when the warning triangle icon appears then select ‘apply update.zip’. Once the process is completed, reboot your HTC EVO.
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