The FRF85B Froyo build that starting hitting Nexus One devices earlier today is definitely the real deal.  Google’s official Nexus One blog confirmed that all N1 users will start receiving an OTA update immediately.  Enjoy!

And now on to the Motorola Droid, please.

Source: Nexus One Blog

Ahhh yes, the new Bugless Beast by Mr. Peter Alfonso was released this weekend and as you may have expected is of the highest quality.  This newest BB is V0.3 based off of FRF83 which is the final Froyo build from Google that hit the Nexus One just after the 2.2 source code was released.

He’s kept it simple and mostly stock, but has made enough tweaks and changes to make this so worth your while.  He added the Droid X boot animation (and ringtones) we gave you on Friday plus some quick shortcuts for rebooting or booting into recovery.

The biggest change however, might be the addition of the Bugless Beast Toolkit.  The BB Toolkit allows those of you who are overwhelmed by scripts to run them with ease, shows you changelogs, and will eventually allow you to update to the new BB once we have one.  Yay!

Benchmarks (800MHz “performance”)…

Instructions…

1.  Open ROM Manager>Download ROM>Bugless Beast.
2.  Choose “Bugless Beast V0.3.”
3.  Once it finishes downloading it will prompt you to “Backup” and “Wipe data and cache.”

*If coming from another Froyo build you do not need to wipe data and cache.

*It’s probably a good idea to make a backup.

4.  Once you’ve chosen options, tap “OK” and allow the phone to reboot and work its magic.
5.  It may take a while to boot the first time, so be patient.
6.  Done!

Full support thread plus Pete’s donate button here.

Comments, questions or issues?

We just received word that an internal testing group at Google has been receiving Android 2.2 OTA updates for the Motorola Droid 1.  No other additional info was given, but these are steps we like to see since most Droid users are impatiently awaiting the Froyo love.  Plus, this at least shows that we may still be on target for the “late July” time frame from Verizon.

No one wants to see another Android 2.1 update situation, right?

And let’s not forget that you can have the new FRF83 Froyo build on your Droid right now should you choose to root it.

This isn’t necessarily a “theme” but it is one of the first “from source” ROMs to be built now that the official Froyo (FRF83) source code has been released.  And seeing as it’s from JRummy, you know we’re going to show support.

This is as stock as it comes, but includes root, busybox and the new Froyo Google apps.  Don’t expect any specific color schemes yet, although I’m sure they are just around the corner.

Check out the stock kernel benchies…

Download: generic_sholes-ota-eng.jrummy.zip

Update: Apparently this is already in ROM Manager.  Feel free to load through there as we have done a million times in the past.  (Cheers Ace)

Instructions…

*Note 1* – This is performed in Clockwork Recovery.

*Note 2* – This will wipe settings.  Make a backup.

*Note 3* - The first boot make take a while, be patient.

1.  Download generic_sholes-ota-eng.jrummy.zip to your device.
2.  Move the file to the root of your SD card.
3.  Boot your phone into recovery.  (Power + X)
4.  Choose “install zip from sd card.”
5.  ”Choose zip from sd card.”
6.  Choose the generic_sholes-ota-eng.jrummy.zip.
7.  Allow the phone to work magic and install the new Froyo.
8.  Once it finishes, hit POWER to back out and select “reboot system now.”
9.  Done!

Full support thread can be found here.

Let me know if you run into any issues through the comments.

On Tuesday, Google came out and said that FRF72 was not official and that they were working feverishly to get the final build of Froyo out to Nexus One owners.  They weren’t lying.  Last night, the FRF83 starting hitting N1′s via OTA and is the real deal.

And of course, someone found the file on one of Google’s servers for those of of you willing to manually update.  Originally the update appeared to only work for those running the FRF50 version of Froyo, but in only a matter of hours someone found the version to work with FRF72..

*THIS IS NOT FOR THE MOTOROLA DROID. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO INSTALL THIS ON ONE.

If coming from FRF50, download FRF83 here.

If coming from FRF72, download FRF83 here.

Don’t feel left out though Droidies!  Source was released yesterday!

Cheers to everyone who sent this in!

We were all prepped to post this after hearing Andy Rubin announce the release of Froyo during his speech at the Droid X launch today, and then as many of you know, some troubling times were cast upon Droid Life.  Well, we’re back now and have pushed most of the Droid X goodies out of the way (for now) which will allow us to focus for a second on the next Android release.  It’s officially Android 2.2 time baby!  Yay!

With the source code now out in the wild, you can expect official Froyo ROMs to be hitting our Droids any day.  And so you know, Cyanogen and Koush are already on it.

For the full Froyo scoop, check out Tim Bray’s latest piece at the Android Developers blog.

Cheers to everyone for reminding me about this!

DroidForums just received this shot from an internal Verizon system showing that the Motorola Droid is scheduled to receive Android 2.2 by the end of July.  Our sources have been in our ear claiming that the Droid 1 would actually receive Froyo some time before the Droid X launch, but we’ll take end of July.

And I hate to say this, but while that says “currently planned” we should also brace ourselves for possible letdowns.  Not that I need to remind anyone, but you all remember the 2.1 fun.

Source: DroidForums.net