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How many Android phones are still running with 1.5?

nx1977 said:
Just be glad your not on Orange.

They dont like authorising firmware. Ask any nokia user!
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I'm on 1.5 and with Orange...Prob a stoopid question to ask but why does it matter if Orange don't authorise this release, surely there will be a way to update my phone anyway?
 
gooner rich said:
I'm on 1.5 and with Orange...Prob a stoopid question to ask but why does it matter if Orange don't authorise this release, surely there will be a way to update my phone anyway?
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There is. But you risk any warranty you have with Orange by removing the Orange branding.

Plus if you have Orange care insurance, they have been known to refuse insurance claims where 'non approved software updates' have been used.

There was a run of Nokia owners complaining on the official Nokia forums a year or so back at Orange and Nokia not honouring warranties where people had changed the product code so the got the 1st released generic updates.
 
carriers have to pay to have the updates added to their network, as well as the testing the carriers need to do, it's an expensive proposition for them. Multiply that by more than one android handset, you have a headache for the carrier that they really don't want.

HTC, or any other handset manufacturer, has to be asked by the carrier for the update, the carriers are actually the customers of the device manufacturer and they make the updates specific to the carriers desires. Thats where the crapware comes in..

So even tho it may behoove the carrier to buy these updates and invest the monies, it's a gamble as to what they will do as they weigh the cost benefit of doing so. They may piss of customers in the long run by not updating the software as it comes out, but they already have you in a contract. This will work for carriers for awhile untill the public gets tired of it, eventually.
 
samsung galaxy has just got an upgrade to donut (tho' not yet available via "official" channels)
 
JrzDroid said:
i figured more phones have 1.5 then anything else. What phones even run 1.6? Must suck to be them, stuck between Sense and 2.0.
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I thought the same, in fact I thought that about 70-80% of users would have 1.5 with the remainder being rooted phones and Nexus users. Must be some pretty popular phones running 1.6 - just can't think what it might be (unless its another load of rooted phones, in which case there are a tonnes more people doing that than I would have suspected)

Edit: *googles* G1 is one of them apparently which might explain it.
 
MyTouch and G1 I believe are the only ones running 1.6 in the States. It''s not all that bad, we still have Google goggles and Google Nav.
 
mosho said:
Something really concerning is that google is doing nothing to give us all costumers firmware update, specially forgetting people in latin america that is buying their phones!
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Google already made the update, it isn't up to them to get it working on your phone.
 
ATT Backflip, 1.5 android :(

hurry up moto 2.0 is substantial update and they are still releasing new phones with old soft, not the way to take over the market. Notice how other companies release ihardware with new software updates...
 
My Galaxy Spica i5700 is also still running 1.5
None of the 2.0-2.1(beta)'s were as stable as the 1.5
I'm waiting desperately for the official 2.1 release.
 
Just looked on my dext and that is still on 1.5 which means I can't have google earth on my phone as that needs 2.1(I think)
 
robinhood75 said:
Just looked on my dext and that is still on 1.5 which means I can't have google earth on my phone as that needs 2.1(I think)
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Correct!!! I just got the Cliq XT, and stuck w/ 1.5. At this point I wouldn't care if I only got a 1.6 update. It would be better than 1.5. Then maybe I can actually use most of the apps in the market.
 
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