Samsung Vibrant owners finally began receiving the promised Android 2.2 update on Friday. Along with the inherent Android 2.2 features, including the option of tethering, it adds T-Mobile's Wi-Fi calling app and a new camera interface. Android 2.2 enables many more official Google apps as well as Voice Actions, storing apps on microSD and other extras.
The download is being pushed through Samsung's Mini Kies app and needs a USB connection to the Galaxy S phone to push the upgrade. T-Mobile isn't yet known to be sending it over the air, which hasn't usually been the case for many Samsung phones.
Some are reporting an "unregistered device" error when trying to apply the update, but it may be the fault of an overloaded upgrade server.
The Vibrant update is the first 2.2 upgrade for a Samsung phone in the US and follows several months after the phone first shipped. Samsung had promised an upgrade shortly after the smartphone arrived, but a lack of progress updates and slow updating relative to HTC or Motorola led some to claim the delay was intentional. Samsung had rejected the idea and insisted it was only technical issues keeping the update away from user
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