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Official Android 2.2 Froyo update available on the Nexus One

Official Android 2.2 Froyo update available on the Nexus One

Android 2.2 Froyo operating system

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Android 2.2 aka Froyo is now officially availble to all Nexus One users. The FRF85 build is currently being pushed out OTA to all devices on AT&T and T-Mobile but you can safely download directly from Google Servers here and install it yourselfs using the following instructions:

– Rename the file to update.zip

– copy it to the Root of your micro-sd card

-Boot your device in recovery mode by holding the the trackball and pressing once on the power button

– Select Bootloader and then select Recovery

– Let the device reboot (it widisplay an exlamation point) andthen press the volume up and power button at the same time

– finally select “Apply sdcard:update.zip” with the trackball.

-Voila

Source: Google

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