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(UPDATE) Android 2.0.1 is rolling out to T-Mobile Android Users! [Rumor]

18 January 2010 Written by: Parteek

(Updates after the jump)

Well its hap­pen­ing! The android roll­out has begun. Tmo­bile is going to be rolling out the 2.0.1 to G1 and Mytouch. A few peo­ple report­edly have received the update even on rooted devices. There aren’t many details of what kind of apps are on it or any­thing like that but we’ll keep it covered!

Will update as more news comes!

Update (1/17): Accord­ing to this arti­cle, a T-Mobile tech sup­port rep­re­sen­ta­tive said the following:

“The Cliq will be get­ting 2.x.x soon — as for the G1 and MyTouch, they are work­ing with Google to try to see if they can come up with a release for those two phones, so, no date yet, and no ‘Yes, we’ll get it’”

He said that their notes say that once they have deter­mined that they CAN or CANNOT get a suit­able release for the G1 and MyTouch, they will be mak­ing an announce­ment for G1/MyTouch own­ers indi­cat­ing such and how to pro­ceed. But at this time, they are still work­ing with Google to come up with a suit­able release and are doing what they can to try to ensure (if a suit­able release is pos­si­ble) that we will see something.

Update (1/18):

Three new pieces of information:

1. This one was posted on a forum at xda-developers.com:

When I went in to change my plan last week and check my upgrade credit it was in mid morn­ing and I was the only cus­tomer so I was able to sit down with the re for a while talk­ing about phones and he showed me the fender Mytouch demoo.. blah blah.. Any­way.. When we were talk­ing about if I should wait for the fender mytouch or get a CLiq, he men­tioned to me that the new updates would be offi­cially out between feb 7th-21st. I asked him what build he said depend­ing on the phone 2.01 and 2.1. He knew I had a G1 and he said that I may be get­ting 2.1. This guy has been work­ing in the same store for about 4 years so I know hes not some ram­bling new guys say­ing what­ever I want to hear.

2. Android­spin has reported that:

It has been con­firmed that T-Mobile is releas­ing an Eclair update for the T-Mobile G1.  The update will be at least Android 2.0 but more likely Android 2.0.1 as both ver­sions have already been pre­pared as OTA updates.  An anony­mous source of ours has con­firmed that both the Android 2.0 and the Android 2.0.1 are in the hands of some very for­tu­nate peo­ple.  Noth­ing can be released just yet due to Non Dis­clo­sure reasons.

And, finally, after chat­ting with a T-Mobile sup­port rep­re­sen­ta­tive this morn­ing, I was told that while“We do not have infor­ma­tion on when that update will be avail­able at this time… All Android phones will have the update at some point.” When I asked whether or not they included the G1 and the MyTouch 3G, the rep­re­sen­ta­tive said: “Yes those phones also.”

Update (1/18 12 PM)

I just got off the phone with a T-Mobile rep. Great news. He said that:

“[I’m] Pos­i­tive they will receive it, not sure when…”

“Both phones are going to be get­ting the 2.0 update, but no date has been set”

I also received a DM on Twitter:

–Flex­Droid and 140+

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Hey There, I'm Parteek. I'm a tech and social media blogger who's worked with many online publications. I co-found SimFlecks, a growing tech blog, and dedicate my time to growing it along with my great colleagues. According to DeHood's founders, I'm their youngest Venture Capitalist. Follow me at @parteekg1


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  • Tweets that mention Android 2.0.1 is rolling out to Tmobile Android Users! « SimFlecks (BETA) -- Topsy.com said:

    […] This post was men­tioned on Twit­ter by Chris Eck­man, Sim­Flecks . Sim­Flecks said: Android 2.0.1 is rolling out to Tmo­bile Android Users! http://bit.ly/5eqB2o […]

    31 December 2009 at 1:25 pm
  • vincent said:

    i call bull

    17 January 2010 at 7:33 pm
  • David said:

    I do smell a slight stinch of BS

    17 January 2010 at 9:10 pm
  • Chris on G1 said:

    Good call

    17 January 2010 at 9:11 pm
  • Dan said:

    If this is true, and G1/MT3G, then every­one who has recently bought a MT3G has an un-updatable phone which is com­plete BS cause thats a total waste of money. Its like get­ting a brand new phone and being stuck a an old update then not being able to get the MMS or Cam­corder feature.…

    17 January 2010 at 10:23 pm
  • FlexDroid (author) said:

    Hello View­ers,
    We are sorry that you guys don’t feel com­fort­able with the post above. How­ever, there have been reports of users receiv­ing updates. We would like to say that this news can change and may. How­ever, you never what may hap­pen! Also it is a “Rumor” as indi­cated by the title above. We appre­ci­ate your curios­ity and hope to keep you guys inter­ested. Keep an eye out for the our top android app picks soon!

    –Flex­Droid

    17 January 2010 at 10:55 pm
  • phamous said:

    How can rooted devices get updates? which cus­tom rom ? :O , the update fea­ture should be non-existent on rooted devices. Besides, death spl, takes it out xD

    17 January 2010 at 11:56 pm
  • tan said:

    nice geeks!!!

    18 January 2010 at 11:37 am
  • tan said:

    i dont even know what you geeks are
    talk­ing about.

    18 January 2010 at 12:38 pm
  • Hollan said:

    This place is F***ED up. I say that this is BS.

    18 January 2010 at 1:02 pm
  • FlexDroid (author) said:


    Hol­lan:

    This place is F***ED up. I say that this is BS.

    Hello Hol­lan,
    Actu­ally this isn’t b.s. since even Tmo­bile is say­ing that there will be an update for the devices. So actu­ally this is all legit­i­mate! But thanks on your opin­ion. Also keep check­ing back cause changes are being made!

    –Flex­Droid

    18 January 2010 at 1:07 pm
  • uberVU - social comments said:

    Social com­ments and ana­lyt­ics for this post…

    This post was men­tioned on Twit­ter by vap1d: @tmonews heard any­thing about this? http://simflecks.com/?p=1082...

    18 January 2010 at 4:30 pm
  • Black Kristos said:

    Hon­estly, I would not con­sider posts on pub­lic forums as “news”. You have no rep­utable sources here, just more con­jec­ture that can be found any­where. “A few peo­ple report­edly have received the update” — Who? Where is the fol­low up or proof? And as nearly every­one knows, rooted devices have had these updates within moments of the SDK hit­ting the web.

    This entire post is noth­ing but copy and paste with a fair amount of unfounded spec­u­la­tion. Sorry, but maybe you should stick to post­ing on the Tmo forums.

    20 January 2010 at 9:11 am

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