Android 2.2 goodness

from what i've read, 2.2 uses JIT and gives the nexus a 450% increase in Linpack scores (that's up to 37MFLOPS!!! from the stock 7).

I'm using JIT in my Hero and have gone from 2.1Mflops to 3.5

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Some info on JIT
All Android devices could be getting a noticeable performance boost later this year. We have seen companies like Myriad pushing their Dalvik Turbo compiler which they claim offers “3x faster applications, richer game graphics and better battery life to Android”.

Myriad is working with carriers and handset makers to incorporate their software into their Android builds, but it looks Google might beat them to it.

Google has assembled their own team of engineers that is working on a Dalvik JIT Compiler for Android. JITstands for “just in time” compilation, and allows software to run faster by “compiling bytecode into native machine code at runtime which substantially increases performance”. I’m not going to pretend that I’m an expert on JIT, so I’ll defer to Wikipedia if you want the full scoop.

As some of you already know, JIT is in the Android repository and working right now. I’ve loaded the latest kernel that supports (correction: JIT has nothing to do with the kernel version, but some custom roms include both) it on my Nexus One and saw my benchmark scores go up 250-300%. It was cool to play with, but it was major unstable and the phone would reboot after several hours of use.

It looks like Google’s team might be close to releasing a stable version of the Dalvik JIT compiler. Two of them, Ben Cheng and Bill Buzbee, will be outlining their work at Google I/O in a session called “A JIT Compiler for Android’s Dalvik VM“.

In the session they will outline the design of a JIT Compiler designed for embedded Android devices. Topics of the session will include “an architectural overview, the rationale for design decisions and the special support for JIT verification, testing and tuning”.
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ooooo the funny thing is i think the desire is fast enough but a little more couldnt hurt ;-)
 
If it makes my phone faster I'm for jit. I just wish they thought of jit sooner. ;)

I'm really looking forward to apps 2 sd. I keep getting low space warnings on my phone.
 
I love my desire and it sounds great that it should get better. I wonder when 2.2 will come for the desire? Assuming it does of course :)
 
Google today announced 2.2 FroYo version of the mobile OS to the world with some pretty sweet updates in features. The 4 main updates are

* Speed, Now 2-3X faster than 2.1 in a lot of applications including browser
* Market Updates now can be auto-installed once authorised or you can 'Update All'
* Applications can be installed to an SD card and moved between card and internal memory easily
* The phone can act as a MiFi hotspot sharing your data allowance with other WiFi Devices (yes even iPad!)

For more information check out the official video below
Update - HTC say that if you bought your HTC Android phone this year then it'll "likely" get the Android 2.2 update.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAZYSVr2Bhc]YouTube - Android 2.2 Official Video[/ame]
 
I've read a lot of speculation that carriers will try to disable tethering if they can. Makes sense considering mine tries to sell a hotspot and a second data plan separately. Hopefully, PDA Net will work with 2.2 if they manage to pull it off.
 
The custom ROM scene for the android is very healthy, there are oodles of ROMS to try once you phone has been rooted. When 2.2 is leaked, and it will be, like all the previous versions, it won't be long before we see 2.2 on all the major Android handsets, even if officially it will not be released for that platform.

Just like I am running 2.1 (SuperHero 1.1.0) now on my Hero, since the official update is taking forever to come out.
 
hi daveleebond the main reason i got my hero was because of the sense UI so is the vanilla series of roms really that much faster than MCR3.2 rom that i use with the sense UI and i see that the camera has a green tinge so it is not really a usable camera what are your thoughts

edogg
 
edogg said:
hi daveleebond the main reason i got my hero was because of the sense UI so is the vanilla series of roms really that much faster than MCR3.2 rom that i use with the sense UI and i see that the camera has a green tinge so it is not really a usable camera what are your thoughts

edogg
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I think villain series of roms are sense based

For the camera I use camera pro, no green tinge.

Also for the superhero Rom I use, I have most of the HTC apps but the widgets don't work. So I use launcher pro for my home with 5 screens set, for calendar I use pure calendar, for mail K9 and for SMS handscent.
 
ok thanks dave I'll stick with mcr3.2 untill he does a mcr4 which will be android 2.1 or i change my phone

edogg
 
Put 2.2 on last night its very nice auto updates for apps seems quick too radio update also now downloaded flashplayer
 
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The flash is really good on the 2.2 update, first time since I have had my Nexus that I have really bothered with games. Overall feel seems smoother and quicker, just need the developers to start updating there apps to work with 2.2 now.
 
sorry guys i am confused how have you got 2.2 already ?
 
is there a rom for hero..

getting bored of 1.5/6 canny remember which
 
ahhh, see i have the desire, mind you my contract would be up soon i did think of just getting the nexus and giving the mrs the desire....
 
just found this can see this being handy
Google Chrome to Phone
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wv2zvH3xL0[/ame]
 
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I wonder when dell will be giving out puddings? Its nice knowing that all android owners will get fed but im still stumped to when this will be! they know the new apple will fall soon, having all the droids running with full flash support would be a great reply.

I dont expect theyll tell us its real release date, the buggers will probably just change our google homepage to show a drawing of a pudding when it comes out.

anyone using 2.2 already know anything about this update?

"Nexus One FRF72 software update has started rolling out! Google has just started pushing the software update OTA internally, and will be followed by a public release real soon. And no, it’s not Android 2.3 ;)"

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"Not much is known about what new changes and features have been added in this FRF72 software update for Nexus One, but it looks nothing more than bug fix and improvement release."

Nexus-One-Build-FRF72-500x802.jpg


"The changelog that came with the update only mentioned about better Flash support for the browser, and some other browser improvements which will make it faster! FRF72 is of just 1.8MB in size."

"Adobe released an update to Flash Player 10.1 for Android a couple of days ago, may be this Nexus One software update is to accommodate those new changes in Flash and provide better support to the Android browser."

"Update: For all those wondering if I have faked this, do a search on Twitter or Google and you will find another Google employee tweeting about the Nexus One FRF72 update."

"Update 2: This seems to be an internal update, meant just for Google employees as no public release has been seen. Or may be, they plan to release it after they have verified it works fine and causes no bugs/glitches."

Nexus One FRF72 Software Update | Sizzled Core
 
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