During my meeting with T-Mobile last week, Andrew Sherrard, the VP of Production Innovation, informed me that first generation myTouch 3G owners will soon get an update that modifies the vanilla Android UI to match the updated UI that T-Mobile has built for the myTouch 3G Slide including key features like the Genius Button sans hard Genius Button button. They're currently testing the update internally to work out all the bugs before deploying the update to all.
And, what about us Mytouch3g users? When will we see an OTA update to 2.1?
We've all been patient.
magoudz
May. 5, 2010 11:08am
Maybe you misread the above text. This is me telling you myTouch 3G owners that you'll be getting the 2.1 update in the near future.
Peter Ha
May. 5, 2010 12:08pm
huh...if I already rooted and installed Cyanogenmod, can i still get this update? Do i need to do anything?
jmgallo
May. 11, 2010 17:22pm
You won't get the new update when it rolls out if you're device is rooted. You'll have to wait for cyanogen to bake a new ROM.
Peter Ha
May. 12, 2010 10:19am
I'm guessing T-Mobile will start using their own internal user interface overlay in lieu of HTC's own Sense if the MyTouch 3G Slide is anything to go by. Makes sense, as carriers are looking to further brand their Android devices in order to stand out from straight "with Google" Android devices.
hsaabedra
May. 13, 2010 12:44pm
(Directed to Peter Ha)
Is this really true? I hate to put you on blast or anything but AndroidSpin is already basically saying that this is not true in the recent post.
http://www.androidspin.com/2010/05/16/htc-employees-say-mytouch-3g-wont-include-sense-ui/
Is it possible for you to confirm this update or something? This meeting speaking of a upcoming mytouch Sense UI update gave me hope but after seeing that this is flat out not true on androidspin I don't know which to believe.
ts0cha0tik
May. 16, 2010 15:43pm
I never said the myTouch 3G was getting HTC Sense UI. I said it was getting the myTouch 3G Slide UI built by T-Mobile.
Peter Ha
May. 16, 2010 20:45pm
How is this update going to be delivered? Automatically? I don't have a data package, but I'm nearly always connected to WiFi, will this be sufficient?
Or will this also come in a downloadable package
treleung
May. 25, 2010 14:45pm
Peter I've been following your posts on the myTouch 3G Slide and I've read your posts on the Nexus One. I've determined that I want to get either one or the other w/ T-mobile but can't say for sure. Any suggestions for a first time android phone user switching from a blackeberry?
ld818
May. 26, 2010 11:02am
I'd like to know the answer to treleung's question too, I'm in the same boat.
drawnforest
Jun. 2, 2010 15:57pm