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[Q] Will there ever be an update?

Will the Evo Shift ever get an update like Gingerbread, Sense 2.whatever (Desire HD/Inspire/Thunderbolt), or Sense 3 (Evo 3D sense)? Has anyone said that this will or would not happen?

Really hoping on it. I don't why HTC shipped this with the older version of sense. Maybe for gingerbread update???
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Some others have hinted that we might wait till after evo3d is released.
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creepdogg said:
Some others have hinted that we might wait till after evo3d is released.
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That would make sense (no pun intended ). After all the two new flagship products by Sprint are the Nexus S and EVO 3D so they'll want to push Gingerbread as a feature on those phones before they upgrade the Shift. I doubt they'll update the original EVO though. But in the mean time there's always CM7 and the other 3rd party Gingerbread ROMs. :3

Ron Overdrive said:
That would make sense (no pun intended ). After all the two new flagship products by Sprint are the Nexus S and EVO 3D so they'll want to push Gingerbread as a feature on those phones before they upgrade the Shift. I doubt they'll update the original EVO though. But in the mean time there's always CM7 and the other 3rd party Gingerbread ROMs. :3
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im pretty sure they'll update the original evo. that's one of their most popular phones even today

e240 said:
im pretty sure they'll update the original evo. that's one of their most popular phones even today
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I'm pretty sure the EVO 3D will become the new flagship product when its released this summer and over shadow the popularity of the original EVO. Even if the whole 3D thing doesn't take off its still a superior design and you can bet Sprint will be pushing that fact.

Ron Overdrive said:
I'm pretty sure the EVO 3D will become the new flagship product when its released this summer and over shadow the popularity of the original EVO. Even if the whole 3D thing doesn't take off its still a superior design and you can bet Sprint will be pushing that fact.
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There's no way that the EVO or EVO Shift won't receive @ least the next 2 O/S updates. The backlash that would result if it doesn't would be ridiculous, even by Sprint standards.

Thats what they said about the moment too and that didn't turn out well lol
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There's no way that the EVO or EVO Shift won't receive @ least the next 2 O/S updates. The backlash that would result if it doesn't would be ridiculous, even by Sprint standards.
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foxsdaddy67 said:
Thats what they said about the moment too and that didn't turn out well lol
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Even the Moment got updated from 1.6 to 2.1. It really would be absurd for the Evo Shift to not at get at least one OS update.

jesusice said:
Even the Moment got updated from 1.6 to 2.1. It really would be absurd for the Evo Shift to not at get at least one OS update.
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I'm pretty sure the Shift will get the next update or 2 as it came out recently. The EVO has been around a while though and the EVO 3D looks as if its been purposely designed to be the original EVO's successor. From a business standpoint it doesn't make sense to continue long-term support for a device that has been replaced. Its with that in mind that I say I doubt the EVO will get Gingerbread.

Ron Overdrive said:
I'm pretty sure the Shift will get the next update or 2 as it came out recently. The EVO has been around a while though and the EVO 3D looks as if its been purposely designed to be the original EVO's successor. From a business standpoint it doesn't make sense to continue long-term support for a device that has been replaced. Its with that in mind that I say I doubt the EVO will get Gingerbread.
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The evo hasn't even been out for a year.... it makes sense to update products in order to keep current customers happy and willing to keep a contract with you.
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Will there ever be an update? Nah

So no? Okay

EricSS619 said:
The evo hasn't even been out for a year.... it makes sense to update products in order to keep current customers happy and willing to keep a contract with you.
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Yeah, and with googles new 18 month lifetime policy, who knows what the og evo will get.
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I really doubt that the Evo Shift will get a major update anytime soon to Gingerbread 2.3.3 or something. But it makes me wonder what Google is going to do with their new Ice Cream Sandwich version that was mentioned at I/O

There is a leak in the dev section for 2.3.3 gingerbread with sense 2.1. Reupping now if you want to try. Not the first post, read the later ones for a flashable zip.
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gtkansan said:
There is a leak in the dev section for 2.3.3 gingerbread with sense 2.1.
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One o fthe things I dont get is why HTC uses some of their own apps, when the Google supplied ones are clearly much better - for example, Gallery versus HTC's Gallery.

RickNY1971 said:
One o fthe things I dont get is why HTC uses some of their own apps, when the Google supplied ones are clearly much better - for example, Gallery versus HTC's Gallery.
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Clearly to you. Many people disagree. I prefer Goog's but only because of Picasa integration.
^ Shift Faced

finally a (possible) upadate for the shift 4g
head over to android central to see the new gingerbread leak on the evo shift 4g, if this is true then the shift is going to run so much faster with sense 2.1

im.nick.hello said:
head over to android central to see the new gingerbread leak on the evo shift 4g, if this is true then the shift is going to run so much faster with sense 2.1
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The AC thread about the thread that's already posted here on XDA?
^ Shift Faced

[Q]Official GB update?

Saw the new Evo OTA update dropped today. Any idea for an official update for us?
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I believe they said their GB leak was 2 months ago so ours might be 2 months as well

The good thing is that even though it is a test leak what we got its a lot better than the update that evo owners just got since there's a couple of annoying bugs and sense 1.0.. I hope that htc don't release ours with sense 1.0 lol I would rather keep the leak as it is.
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Just want them to release the source kernel so we can OC again.

It didn't have sense 2.0? Can't believe it. And I am more concerned with the source also. Miss my x99 but I've been on mikgb and its pretty damn quick can't lie.
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Yeah that was a pretty bad smack in the face for the evos, even though they have roms with the features it would have been nice for them to get 2.1 without root. I think they are gonna try to push the 3d on all the evo owners as an upgrade

DWake014 said:
Yeah that was a pretty bad smack in the face for the evos, even though they have roms with the features it would have been nice for them to get 2.1 without root. I think they are gonna try to push the 3d on all the evo owners as an upgrade
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That would make sense, no pun intended.
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Still can't believe they didn't get updated sense
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Just got an email for a 3D giveaway contest, says it will be 200 after rebate so they are probably gonna get rid of the evo

DWake014 said:
Just got an email for a 3D giveaway contest, says it will be 200 after rebate so they are probably gonna get rid of the evo
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I'm surprised its only 200 is that for first time customers only
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199 w/ contract or upgrade

Should I return Evo for Nexus S 4g?

So I just bought the Evo Thursday unaware I can't root the phone. That was the main reason I bought it was to root it, but now it seems im screwed. I need help deciding should I get the Nexus s or keep the Evo, I did some research and the Nexus sounds great and I know it doesn't have a sd slot but it has 16gb built in. Im using a 8gb card and not planning on upgrading. So what should I do I hate a stock phone and most of my apps is for a rooted phone. What would you do?

kbshowtyme said:
So I just bought the Evo Thursday unaware I can't root the phone. That was the main reason I bought it was to root it, but now it seems im screwed. I need help deciding should I get the Nexus s or keep the Evo, I did some research and the Nexus sounds great and I know it doesn't have a sd slot but it has 16gb built in. Im using a 8gb card and not planning on upgrading. So what should I do I hate a stock phone and most of my apps is for a rooted phone. What would you do?
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you should wait until devs find an exploit for evo, its way better than the NS4G

You got 30 days to return it so you could wait, there are some rumors that a few devs are close to getting root on the Evo 4, or just go ahead and take it back. It's really up to you. I liked the Nexus but the fact it didn't have a removable sd card makes me not like it, maybe thats a dumb reason but thats why I didn't like it.

rxc777 said:
you should wait until devs find an exploit for evo, its way better than the NS4G
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kbshowtyme said:
So I just bought the Evo Thursday unaware I can't root the phone. That was the main reason I bought it was to root it, but now it seems im screwed. I need help deciding should I get the Nexus s or keep the Evo, I did some research and the Nexus sounds great and I know it doesn't have a sd slot but it has 16gb built in. Im using a 8gb card and not planning on upgrading. So what should I do I hate a stock phone and most of my apps is for a rooted phone. What would you do?
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I have both, the NS4G is without a doubt better. There was a issue with the performance of the radio for some people, and that was a major gripe for some people that I think would stop be me from fully recommending but it's a getting updated to Android 2.3.5 with fixes to the radio on Monday.
It's waaaayyy too late to get the EVO 4G. The NS4G is half as old and the tech while slightly better/same (and in the case of the GPU, way more), will get STABLE updates through 2012 I bet. You'll feel a lot better having a NS4G late 2011 - early 2012 guaranteed.

Way better is a little bit of a stretch, but you will be better off with a ROOTED evo. But its anyone's guess when s-off will be achieved with the new h-boot so if you need to be rooted the Nexus is a good choice. I own both phones and I wouldn't keep an unrootable GB evo, no way. I got lucky and scored 2 new in the box s-off evos last weekend so my Nexus is on the nightstand till we get the ota to hopefully fix its only downfall, a horrible radio. Upside of nexus is no workarounds for GPS to work running aosp, it always works and no battery issues that I've experienced. I've tried every GPS driver and fix on my evo and android sytem just kills my battery. If I don't install maps and turn off location and GPS battery life on the evo is as good as the nexus.
Just wanted to chime in since I do own both phones. I'd get a nexus for now and if you don't like it, you will have no problems getting a mint s-off evo down the road.
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you should wait until devs find an exploit for evo, its way better than the NS4G
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rxc777 said:
you should wait until devs find an exploit for evo, its way better than the NS4G
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LOL! Def go with the NSG4g.
http://www.infosyncworld.com/reviews/cell-phones/nexus-s-4g-review/12017.html
My cousin just traded his EvO in for NSG4G.. and he won't look back. Plus its a google phone, its faster, better hardware, and better screen. You have CM7, MIUI, and other custom Roms as well. Just my 2c.

omair2005 said:
LOL! Def go with the NSG4g.
http://www.infosyncworld.com/reviews/cell-phones/nexus-s-4g-review/12017.html
My cousin just traded his EvO in for NSG4G.. and he won't look back. Plus its a google phone, its faster, better hardware, and better screen. You have CM7, MIUI, and other custom Roms as well. Just my 2c.
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Thanks for the video and reply I love what im hearing because I had a MT4g and all I used was CM7 because I cant stand sense so this is perfect for me. The only real plus I have for the EVO IMO is the screen size and camera but I dont take many pics maybe a couple a month if that so I think I will do the trade in.

Award Tour said:
I have both, the NS4G is without a doubt better. There was a issue with the performance of the radio for some people, and that was a major gripe for some people that I think would stop be me from fully recommending but it's a getting updated to Android 2.3.5 with fixes to the radio on Monday.
It's waaaayyy too late to get the EVO 4G. The NS4G is half as old and the tech while slightly better/same (and in the case of the GPU, way more), will get STABLE updates through 2012 I bet. You'll feel a lot better having a NS4G late 2011 - early 2012 guaranteed.
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Thats was a concern going in was the EVO too old to be buying

FWIW, the Nexus S line is pretty old too, but still younger than the EVO.
My vote is for the Nexus S 4G. You already said you don't like Sense. So it makes 'sense' to just get the NS4G. Like others have said, you have 30 days so you could wait and keep the EVO and hope for root if you are sold on the phones hardware.

github said:
FWIW, the Nexus S line is pretty old too, but still younger than the EVO.
My vote is for the Nexus S 4G. You already said you don't like Sense. So it makes 'sense' to just get the NS4G. Like others have said, you have 30 days so you could wait and keep the EVO and hope for root if you are sold on the phones hardware.
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Great idea and if/when all is fix I can root because sprint will charge me 35 extra to restock

Here's my two cents.
On topic, Nexus s.
Off topic a bit, if at all possible go with the evo 3d.
It is the 4g with more ram and processor than the nexus s and the 4g. The 4G is a year old and past its prime. The NS is 6months old and not as good as the 3d.
Back on topic for a lower price the NS4G is the way to go.
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Nexus is not a great phone. (I had and sold two.)
omair2005 said:
LOL! Def go with the NSG4g.
My cousin just traded his EvO in for NSG4G.. and he won't look back. Plus its a google phone, its faster, better hardware, and better screen. You have CM7, MIUI, and other custom Roms as well. Just my 2c.
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I owned two Nexus 4g phones and sold them both (returning to my Evo 4G) for the following reasons:
-radio issues = miserable battery life! No joke, 5-6 hours with moderate use. I get twice that time with the Evo 4G. (The new OTA update is supposed to help with WIFI and 4G, NOT 3G, which is where part of the problem lies.
-feels cheap! flimsy, hard, slippery plastic does not feel good in the hand.
-the screen is not better than the Evo 3D. Nexus colors are over saturated, so skin tones are RED, etc. I guess some people like that, but I prefer more accurate colors. And the screen have a green tint.
I suggest you do to a Sprint store and try them out side-by-side. That is the only way to really compare them IMO.

If the ns4g doesn't have synergy then it just isn't cool.
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rxc777 said:
you should wait until devs find an exploit for evo, its way better than the NS4G
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Lol wut 0_o way better? To each their own I guess, yes I own an Evo, but the NS4G is the better device.
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Thanks guys Im going to wait about 25 day to see what develops with the Evo and if nothing I'll have a few days to see whats out there because I see the Photon is due out July 31 and it has a dual processorfor a hundred bucks more....it could be a epic win

I'd grab a nexus s. It'll get software faster than any other phone and its got super amoled screen.
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Overstew said:
I'd grab a nexus s. It'll get software faster than any other phone and its got super amoled screen.
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mkdir android ; cd android ; repo init -u git://android.git.kernel.org/platform/manifest.git ; repo sync
I get the latest updates in about 20 mins... I would wait for the sgs2 imo
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I was in same state as you. Id wait. I wouldnt swap evo, do they still make em as good as they uses to?
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rxc777 said:
you should wait until devs find an exploit for evo, its way better than the NS4G
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Do not listen to this advice. It couldn't be more bias and wrong. I would say get the nexus s if you like aosp roms. If you want sense then you will need to wait until an exploit is found for root.
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When will we see the next Sprint HTC superphone?

I love the new Galaxy Nexus, but I am partial to HTC phones. When will they give us a new super phone on Sprint?
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i second that. I returned my epic touch. the radio sucked and had nothing but issues on all 3 of them. Ill gladly keep using the evo until htc lte phones come out

Joey SR said:
i second that. I returned my epic touch. the radio sucked and had nothing but issues on all 3 of them. Ill gladly keep using the evo until htc lte phones come out
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LTE phone on sprint aren't supposed to come out till 'roughly' june/july next year.

teh roxxorz said:
LTE phone on sprint aren't supposed to come out till 'roughly' june/july next year.
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nothing wrong with that... no point in upgrading early 2012 knowing that your phone will be out-dated in terms of wimax vs lte in a few months

rydehard86 said:
I love the new Galaxy Nexus, but I am partial to HTC phones. When will they give us a new super phone on Sprint?
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Not that I'm all for Apple, but I believe at the moment, the iPhone 4s is their number one phone at the moment...but that's alright, I don't think that will last too long, I'm kinda interested in Nokia and Windows Phone Apollo...
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Next HTC phone should be released in early summer and be as the evo successor and if right should be announced at ctia and should be flagship for their first LTE phone
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The evo is plenty now. With no more yearly upgrades, why waste it now on a wimax phone thats not going anywhere.
Long live Evo
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Rocklee99 said:
Not that I'm all for Apple, but I believe at the moment, the iPhone 4s is their number one phone at the moment...but that's alright, I don't think that will last too long, I'm kinda interested in Nokia and Windows Phone Apollo...
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Sprint is throttling the iPhones data. Bro in law has been *****ing bout it since launch day. Did a Google search and he's not only one, huge deal! So imo I wouldn't claim 4s to be a power dog when they're only getting .02 mbps upload average lol
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Yea I love my Evo. I probably won't upgrade till LTE is fully up and running
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Yeah my Evo is running 2.3.5 and sense 3.5 overclocked and all the goodies, so what would I "upgrade" to anyway until LTE is up and running? So I don't have Seri and can't make appointments while I'm jogging.. I don't jog anyway so take that Apple!!

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Yeah my Evo is running 2.3.5 and sense 3.5 overclocked and all the goodies, so what would I "upgrade" to anyway until LTE is up and running? So I don't have Seri and can't make appointments while I'm jogging.. I don't jog anyway so take that Apple!!
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We have "voice actions" in the market. It's actually superior to Seri in my opinion! It actually learns and will get to know you!

Hemipwr07 said:
Yea I love my Evo. I probably won't upgrade till LTE is fully up and running
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True that. An upgrade to an non-LTE phone and this point doesn't make sense to me. OG Evo still running strong.

the next flagship phone will probably come out next summer lol

SONIC589 said:
We have "voice actions" in the market. It's actually superior to Seri in my opinion! It actually learns and will get to know you!
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WTF, you saying I need to jog??

may grab the evo design 4g just to hold me til the summer http://www.engadget.com/2011/10/19/sprint-unleashes-the-htc-evo-design-4g-available-october-23rd-f/

I say when they get ready to launch LTE. Although, I would like to see an HTC version of the Samsung Galaxy Note. Not really into the whole stylus, nor 3D. I just want bigger, faster, more memory. Want to get fancy, include a optical, non-digital zoom for the camera.

I think ICS will make my decision for me. IF the OG EVO can get an AOSP ICS build (with or without WiMAX) I'm going to keep it until I see how Sprint's LTE rollout goes. I'm gonna tide myself over with a Windows 8 tablet when they launch...

Evo 4g "+" to get ICS update by June?

Check out this post
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...o-get-android-4-0-ice-cream-sandwich-updates/
according to the list, the Korean version of the Evo will get an ICS update. Does that mean we will most likely get a port to the normal Evo? Every Evo on sprint anyways is getting an ICS update, hopefully the community has not forgot about us and will help out

TC_Racutt said:
Check out this post
http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/0...o-get-android-4-0-ice-cream-sandwich-updates/
according to the list, the Korean version of the Evo will get an ICS update. Does that mean we will most likely get a port to the normal Evo? Every Evo on sprint anyways is getting an ICS update, hopefully the community has not forgot about us and will help out
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Probably not. Evo 4g+ is different in specs compared to our phone's. It has the same specs basically as the evo 3d. Might as well port straight from the regular evo 3D then wait for a Evo 4g + ota or leak
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evo4gnoob said:
Probably not. Evo 4g+ is different in specs compared to our phone's. It has the same specs basically as the evo 3d. Might as well port straight from the regular evo 3D then wait for a Evo 4g + ota or leak
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Evo 4G+ is basically the Evo 3D without the 3D. But yea, completely different from the OG Evo.

The HTC page that details the upgrades also says this:
What devices will not get Android 4.0?
We work hard to ensure each of our products has the optimal user experience and therefore some products will remain at their current version of Android. In general, devices with 512MB ROM or less will not be upgraded to Android 4.0. These devices include the HTC ChaCha, HTC Salsa, HTC Wildfire S, HTC Explorer, and others.
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I looked at our specs, and we have a 1GB ROM, which implies that our device should get the upgrade at some point.

illogos said:
The HTC page that details the upgrades also says this:
I looked at our specs, and we have a 1GB ROM, which implies that our device should get the upgrade at some point.
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The evo4g has been put on End Of Life status via sprint so it will not be receiving any OS updates, the only things it will receive if any are security patches on the 2.3.5 platform and maybe a push to 2.3.6 at the highest. It will never see an official ICS update, from HTC or sprint due to sprint classifying it as EOL
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They should. And now that the EVO 4G LTE does not have a specific day of release thanks to Apple.
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AA27 said:
They should. And now that the EVO 4G LTE does not have a specific day of release thanks to Apple.
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It would be nice to see an update for the OG Evo, but since I am not running stock Android, it wouldn't really matter.

sdalton37 said:
It would be nice to see an update for the OG Evo, but since I am not running stock Android, it wouldn't really matter.
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lol I was going to say, this post might be irrelevant on XDA because who is actually running PURE stock Android on their EVO 4G..

sdalton37 said:
It would be nice to see an update for the OG Evo, but since I am not running stock Android, it wouldn't really matter.
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Cherokee4Life said:
lol I was going to say, this post might be irrelevant on XDA because who is actually running PURE stock Android on their EVO 4G..
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Really? You guys don't want updated drivers from HTC for devs to incorporate into custom roms?