It has been going around today that Google was pushing out the last release of Froyo to Nexus One owners. Well, that rumor has come true. Today on Google’s blog they announced it.
New Android 2.2 Software Update for Nexus One phones
Starting today, Nexus One users will begin to receive the Android 2.2 (codenamed Froyo) over-the-air software update on their phones. This update provides some great new features including support for making your handset a portable hotspot and support for Adobe Flash within the browser. For a complete list of everything we’ve included in Android 2.2, please see the Android 2.2 Platform Highlights.
In order to access the update, you will receive a message on your phone’s notification bar. Just download the update, wait for it to install, and you should be all set. This update will be rolled out gradually to phones – and most users will receive the notification by the end of the week . We hope you enjoy these new features.
If you would like to manually update your phone to the latest and greatest the full ROM update package for FRF85B, is available at:
http://android.clients.google.com/packages/passion/signed-passion-ota-42745.dc39ca1f.zip
*** WARNING ***
Please remember that AndroidStory is not liable for anything that happens to your phone using this guide.
This guide will help you manually flash an update image to your Google Nexus One.
- First thing you have to do is rename your update file to update.zip.
- Copy the update.zip file onto your microSD card.
- With your Nexus One powered off, hold down the trackball and press the power button.
- You’ll be booted into a white screen with three Android robots on skateboards. Select “Bootloader“
- On the next screen, select “Recovery“
- Your phone will reboot, giving you a picture of the Android robot and an exclamation point inside a triangle.
- Now press the power button and volume up button at the same time. It could take a couple of tries.
- Now (using the trackball this time) choose “Apply sdcard:update.zip” and let things run their course.
This update is working for any Nexus One with a stock recovery image. Do not try and put this on your rooted phone as this could brick your Nexus One.
Source: Nexus one Blog.
