**Update**
The Android Eclair (2.1) is available for upgrade on the Samsung Galaxy Portal, for T-Mobile UK. If you are facing difficulties, or need help on how to do the upgrade, please follow this ‘How-To’ document, which explains the process of upgrading the Samsung Galaxy Portal to Android 2.1 using Samsung PC Studio in easy steps.
Seriously though. It is a big disappointment that ages after launch, my poor little Android phone – Samsung Galaxy Portal is still stuck with Android 1.5- Cupcake. I mean, it’s ok, but it is just that. It certainly isn’t the fancy Eclair flaunting Droids and Nexus. Hell, it is not even 1.6. Add to that, Google has already launched Android 2.2 – Fro-yo. And we still have no signs of T-Mobile UK showing any indications of when my phone is getting an OS upgrade.
According to this article from ElectricPig, T-Mobile initially had plans of upgrading the OS for its lineup of Android phones by May. And it is already June, and we have no signs of it at all. The initial plans read:-
The HTC Hero / T-Mobile G2 was supposed to get the Android roll out by end of April to beginning of May, which is yet to happen. The T-mobile pulse mini gets the Android 2.1 flavour on April 23 expectedly, and Samsung Galaxy Portal in late May.
Now since, Hero is still yet to see the Eclair roll-out, are we expecting Galaxy Portal’s rollout to be postponed till eternity as well? Also, 3′s launched Galaxy Portal as well in the UK, and from what I’ve heard, all of them run Android 2.1 out of the box.
And seriously, why not let us jump to Froyo straightaway. By the time we are trying to catch up with 2.1, feels like we are obsolete all over again. Thanks T-Mobile, much love.
[ P.S. I tweeted T-Mobile UK asking about the Eclair rollout, no replies yet, and I am sure they will not be replying either].
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Very disappointing isn’t it. They just don’t seem to be able to marry up the hardware with the latest software (a wedding which we all know would be awesome!). Shame since as you say, the software is already live on new handsets. I’m sorely tempted to jump on the desire band wagon with my approaching upgrade, rather than take my chances with Samsung’s upgrade policy on the otherwise far superior galaxy s. Saying that, it does seem that only the vanilla handsets of the g1 and nexus one have timely updates (hero is still waiting to go live with rocking anything more than 1.5!).
This method doesn’t work for me because when i connect my phone its shown on PC studio as UMS Composite F: not as Galaxy and so the upgrade option wont work as ‘no device selected’ . keeps telling me to select PC studio on phone but dont have that option. Not sure what I’m doing wrong.