O2 HTC Desire Android 2.2 rollout bricking phones?

Posted 6th September 2010 at 12:36pm by Jonathan Leggett

O2 HTC Desire owners are experiencing serious problems updating their handsets to the latest 2.2 version of Android, reports suggest.

The carrier began rolling out the new iteration of Google’s operating system this morning.

However, according to Tech Radar “nearly every user” who has installed it has found that their phone is “freezing at the boot stage”.

Some of those affected claim that this has rendered the phone temporarily unusable.

The apparent problems with the upgrade come after rollouts of earlier editions were beset by lengthy delays, as manufacturers struggled to ensure compatibility with their custom user interfaces.

Further postponements have arisen from networks experiencing similar problems.

Among the improvements Android 2.2, AKA Froyo, is due to bring to the handset are smoother, faster multi-tasking and HD video recording, to bring it in line with the huge-selling Samsung Galaxy S.

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@top10, 6th September 2010, via Twitter.

O2 now rolling out Android 2.2 update for the HTC Desire, but may render phone inoperable: http://bit.ly/bdDMPX #Android #HTC #Desire #O2
Tripsomatic, 6th September 2010.

So what can we do if we've already downloaded it?
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Techtotaller, 6th September 2010.

Another debacle with an Android update. SRSLY, Google needs to sort this out. ASAP. It's almost enuff to make me buy an iPhone. Almost.
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Uwatmate, 6th September 2010.

Its not a google problem it is a problem with the Mobile operators and their custom interface

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Techtotaller, 6th September 2010.

@Uwatmate But it reflects badly on Google is the point. They shouldn't have allowed that much scope for customisation with Android if it's going to delay updates that much.
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