Android 2.3 will be announced on HTC Legend? - Legend General

So, your opinion about
Will Android 2.3 be announced for the HTC Legend?
So. I ask the question and got the answer
from: HTC <[email protected]>
to: me
Yes, from time to time the software is being updated, and it will continue in the future. Unfortunetely now we can not say exact date of next update.
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I'm willing to bet it won't happen. Why would HTC release a brand new iteration of the Android OS on older hardware? They've got very little to gain from doing so.

I used to think that it'll never happen, but with the announcement of the HTC Salsa, the facebook phone with the same specs of the Legend but with android 2.3 inside, now I hope that HTC make arrangements to adapt that version of HTC sense to the legends, maybe without the facebook things
That is my only hope against a company that make new phones so often. U.u
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coso182 said:
phone with the same specs of the Legend but with android 2.3 inside, now I hope that HTC make arrangements to adapt that version of HTC sense to the legends
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If anything it'll just make 2.3 Sense based ROMs easier to create for the Legend, really. I doubt much else will come of it.

coso182 said:
...HTC Salsa, the facebook phone with the same specs of the Legend ...
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I hope you know same "specs" in marketing materials probably means the hardware is way different and that someone would actually have to write drivers for 2.3 and Legend hardware...not gonna happen IMHO, not by hands of HTC anyway...

We'll get it tomorrow

TheGrammarFreak said:
We'll get it tomorrow
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You are kidding right?
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janarp said:
You are kidding right?
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This is a serious matter, why would I kid?

TGF is always right.. If he says we'll get it tomorrow thenwe will get it tomorrow..
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whitetigerdk said:
TGF is always right.. If he says we'll get it tomorrow thenwe will get it tomorrow..
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Sure... let's see what happens tomorrow ... and we get official Android 2.3 with sense 3.0... LOL
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Looking fwd to this
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I am not a grammar freak (nor TheGrammarFreak), but wouldn't it be nice if the OP re-phrased those answers to something at least remotely correct?

Dr.Romca said:
I am not a grammar freak (nor TheGrammarFreak), but wouldn't it be nice if the OP re-phrased those answers to something at least remotely correct?
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If I can overlook it, so can you.
For the record, it should be this:
Will Android 2.3 be announced for the HTC Legend?

Just imagine Yoda's voice when you read the original phrasing, and it's all good.
On topic: Looking forward to official 2.3 tomorrow!

Not even Yoda would say it like that
TGF: You're right about the title, what I meant was: "No, you're crazy?" Which for the record should be: "No, are you crazy?"
But don't mind me, I just felt in the mood

I think there will not be an 2.3 update
but i hope it will be

so. the only difference between newer HTC phones in the class the same like a Legend - it's ONLY RAM. Thats all.
Next point. Dev's guys from Google sais that the phone with official working (announced) of Android 2.2 phone FULLY will support Android 2.3, coz there is no hardware requirements MORE than in the FroYo. So...i feel this smell.. you no? We have all possibility for this... We can get it.
Why not? Maybe this process will be in a few times more than for Desire-like phones (1st gen.) But it CAN be. I'm a mistaken? Where?

Dr.Romca said:
Not even Yoda would say it like that
TGF: You're right about the title, what I meant was: "No, you're crazy?" Which for the record should be: "No, are you crazy?"
But don't mind me, I just felt in the mood
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:-D ahah +1

Holy crap, the Sony X10 just got announced Gingerbread for it this summer. I sorta wish the Legend got this Mich manufacturer attention now.
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and so, for now, we have 11 people who were optimistic :-D nice

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official froyo may be coming....

http://forum.androidcentral.com/showthread.php?p=327009#post327009
i can confirm ive heard strong rumors of another update coming to the hero in october. any thoughts guys? could sprint of heard our cries and is finally giving us a sense froyo rom?
Doubt it, since sprint already said no 2.2 for the hero
tomatosoup said:
Doubt it, since sprint already said no 2.2 for the hero
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it could be, there isn't any other update that i know of needed. if they give a ****ty 2.1 update alot of people will be pissed.
fixxxer2008 said:
it could be, there isn't any other update that i know of needed. if they give a ****ty 2.1 update alot of people will be pissed.
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Like people in the thread you linked to mentioned, probably just gonna fix memory leaks
tomatosoup said:
Like people in the thread you linked to mentioned, probably just gonna fix memory leaks
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we will have to wait and see. there is no reason to not give us 2.2. if they don't i still think they dropped the ball with this phone. guess it doesn't matter, ill be upgrading next month anyways. just thought id share this in case it does mean something.
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we will have to wait and see. there is no reason to not give us 2.2. if they don't i still think they dropped the ball with this phone. guess it doesn't matter, ill be upgrading next month anyways. just thought id share this in case it does mean something.
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Don't u work for sprint now so u should have the inside scoop
Papa Smurf151 said:
Don't u work for sprint now so u should have the inside scoop
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*dramatic music* maybe he dosent!!!!*end dramatic*
Hey guys! Every android phone is getting 2.2 exept the hero. But don't worry.... we'll give you an updated 2.1 that fixes sprint TV and NFL mobile....... The crowd goes wild!
If they really are only releasing an updated 2.1 then they really are major a-holes.
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cp0020 said:
Hey guys! Every android phone is getting 2.2 exept the hero. But don't worry.... we'll give you an updated 2.1 that fixes sprint TV and NFL mobile....... The crowd goes wild!
If they really are only releasing an updated 2.1 then they really are major a-holes.
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i agree, we do not need a 2.1 update when almost every other phone gets 2.2. who knows maybe they will surprise us with froyo.
Papa Smurf151 said:
Don't u work for sprint now so u should have the inside scoop
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i don't work for sprint papa, i could make some inquiries though as i know a few people.
Isn't 3.0 gingerbread supposed to come for high end phones in the forth quarter?
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Honestly, I really don't care much about another update for the hero. We seem to be doing just fine on our own lol.
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I agree I really don't care I am happy that I got froyo on my cdma hero
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raymond4 said:
I agree I really don't care I am happy that I got froyo on my cdma hero
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not me, ill take an official froyo sense based rom any day of the week.
dean.d said:
Isn't 3.0 gingerbread supposed to come for high end phones in the forth quarter?
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maybe but the hero won't get it. i don't think even the evo or epic will either.
fixxxer2008 said:
maybe but the hero won't get it. i don't think even the evo or epic will either.
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Yeah, I'm hearing the Droid would be able to run it, but with minimum requirements. I also heard about dual core Android phones. Who knows what Android has in store for us..
fixxxer2008 said:
not me, ill take an official froyo sense based rom any day of the week.
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I would too, I'd love to have Froyo and Sense, and official drivers should make for more stable cooking bases too
Htc Desire got the 2.2 Froyo sense update...a dev can port it to cdma...
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someonenewhere said:
Htc Desire got the 2.2 Froyo sense update...a dev can port it to cdma...
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Not true. We would need a Legend/Aria/MT3G Slide 2.2 ROM to port it over. IIRC, the Desire has an ARMv7 processor while the Hero has an ARMv6 processor
BlaqkAudio said:
Not true. We would need a Legend/Aria/MT3G Slide 2.2 ROM to port it over. IIRC, the Desire has an ARMv7 processor while the Hero has an ARMv6 processor
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you are right...i was thinking about the legend but the desire came into mind....

AOSP Starting to drop *slowly*

Looks like Google is starting to drop AOSP HoneyComb - Slowly albeit. I am not sure if enough has been dropped for JesusFreak to get us a good BakSmalli/Smalli setup though
http://www.androidguys.com/2011/04/12/pieces-honeycomb-hit-aosp-repository/
Kcarpenter said:
Looks like Google is starting to drop AOSP HoneyComb - Slowly all be it. I am not sure if enough has been dropped for JesusFreak to get us a good BakSmalli/Smalli setup though
http://www.androidguys.com/2011/04/12/pieces-honeycomb-hit-aosp-repository/
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its like we have been in the desert forever and google has the only water and they are just trickaling it down to us :O
Kcarpenter said:
all be it
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"albeit". Pet peeve.
Google needs to put the ****ing source out already. If they want to prevent crappy devices with honeycomb, this is the wrong way to do it.
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What's the right way to do it? Because I can't imagine the flak Google will take once the crappy manufacturers get hold of the source code and devices with 128mb of RAM and 400mhz processor are running Honeycomb at glacier speed.
Suddenly people will be saying, "but I thought it was designed for tablets? Honeycomb sucks!"
Search your feelings, you know it to be true.
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MikeyMike01 said:
"albeit". Pet peeve.
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I know I know, I looked at it after posting and said "That just aint right, oh well..."
Fixed now, was hoping not to get called out.
burden010 said:
What's the right way to do it? Because I can't imagine the flak Google will take once the crappy manufacturers get hold of the source code and devices with 128mb of RAM and 400mhz processor are running Honeycomb at glacier speed.
Suddenly people will be saying, "but I thought it was designed for tablets? Honeycomb sucks!"
Search your feelings, you know it to be true.
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I don't get that argument at all... Companies want their device to sell not flop. The galaxy tab ran 2.2 simply because honeycomb didn't exist back then. Honestly tho... Who the hell is going to buy a honeycomb phone... ?
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Satisfying GPL/LGPL, and they've been there since January. Nobody noticed until they were recently updated.
twitter.com/jbqueru/status/57875038942138368#
Still unlikely we'll see full Honeycomb in AOSP; Ice Cream will drop soon enough.
MikeyMike01 said:
"albeit". Pet peeve.
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For all intensive purposes, you're right!
ChongoDroid said:
I don't get that argument at all... Companies want their device to sell not flop. The galaxy tab ran 2.2 simply because honeycomb didn't exist back then. Honestly tho... Who the hell is going to buy a honeycomb phone... ?
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I get your point but I'm not talking about quality manufacturers like Sammy. I'm talking about all the Chinese knock offs like the apad and those pos resistive things like the Disgo and the Next tab that are available in the UK and I'm sure elsewhere.
These things can't even run Froyo properly, what chance do they have of running Honeycomb?
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wynand32 said:
For all intensive purposes, you're right!
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Heh!
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wynand32 said:
For all intensive purposes, you're right!
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PLEASE tell me that's irony!
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Well the next phones are going to be a mesh of honeycomb and gingerbread so we don't have to worry about a honey only phone which would be as retarded as chicken balls
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Good news:google will make us 2.2 not sony

http://www.tcmagazine.com/tcm/news/...-and-carriers-adopt-android-update-guidelines
Google will help sony to update phones that are not on higher platform but they support it
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Really cool! So if Google makes it, I guess it'll be more like AOSP that SE's customized FW...
Blagus said:
Really cool! So if Google makes it, I guess it'll be more like AOSP that SE's customized FW...
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Yes it wil be but there are not sure will be older devices in it
Somewhere writes new somewhere old to.
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haa.. haa... Google will update it?? interesting.. how S.E will respone it...??? may be S.E will say "no.. Mr.Google, if you update X8 who will buy our w8..?"
evilteater said:
haa.. haa... Google will update it?? interesting.. how S.E will respone it...??? may be S.E will say "no.. Mr.Google, if you update X8 who will buy our w8..?"
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Sony is on the list so he need
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seems like someone can't really understand what is he reading. we're not getting the update, and it's not about google giving update, it's about google forcing these companies to update their phones. but only NEW PHONES (read that text carefully, it's written down there), phones that have been just released, and phones that will be released in future. it's not working backwards, older phones ain't getting upgrades. sorry to turn your dreams into a dust. just a little advice - read the whole text, not just the heading, before you start a thread like this - you made ppl excited for no reason. now i have to make their joy go away
wujekandrzej said:
seems like someone can't really understand what is he reading. we're not getting the update, and it's not about google giving update, it's about google forcing these companies to update their phones. but only NEW PHONES (read that text carefully, it's written down there), phones that have been just released, and phones that will be released in future. it's not working backwards, older phones ain't getting upgrades. sorry to turn your dreams into a dust. just a little advice - read the whole text, not just the heading, before you start a thread like this - you made ppl excited for no reason. now i have to make their joy go away
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+1 it also mentioned that they will get updates if hardware is capable, se have already said x8 wont be updated due to insufficient hardware on x8 personally I don't agree but hey what se says goes regarding hardware they manufactured. It really is a shame.
Thank God for racht, ponnovan, jerpela, dioxanh etc etc they make x8 worth buying XD
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furrabbit.nh said:
+1 it also mentioned that they will get updates if hardware is capable, se have already said x8 wont be updated due to insufficient hardware on x8 personally I don't agree but hey what se says goes regarding hardware they manufactured. It really is a shame.
Thank God for racht, ponnovan, jerpela, dioxanh etc etc they make x8 worth buying XD
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Somewhere else writes old phones too and dont forget that sony thinks it will slow diwn our phones not that is hardware not supported and that does not make sense because 2.2 is lighter rom than 2.1
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then "somewhere else" is wrong. and of course, se is talking bull****, but that has nothing to do with it.
anyway, i'm happy with custom roms from our devs, so it's fine.
wujekandrzej said:
then "somewhere else" is wrong. and of course, se is talking bull****, but that has nothing to do with it.
anyway, i'm happy with custom roms from our devs, so it's fine.
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I would always pick cm roms over the stock roms
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as-mario said:
Somewhere else writes old phones too and dont forget that sony thinks it will slow diwn our phones not that is hardware not supported and that does not make sense because 2.2 is lighter rom than 2.1
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Like I said before se have said many times before x8 will not get froyo EVER at the end of the day not us not Google not anyone can make se update x8 to newer versions of android deal with it. X8 is still a great phone with minicm etc etc
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come on all send email to google and others
if we can't update our phone can undo and denigrate the f**ckin SE instead ;
I'm happy with custom roms, cuz everything works fine. We don't need SE to update it
X8 is excellent phone.
And, to substantiate my statement as soon as our devs crack bootloader and fully working Gingerbread is made this phone will get even better. Worth waitng.
Times are tough and a lot of us just can't affort better phone.
P.S.: @as-mario you're troller... read twice before you post... think before you blink!
I have already sent several messages to SE Brazil and the answer is always the same:
"The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X8 will not be updated because it does not meet the requisites of Android 2.3" - or nearly so, but always the same direction of response -> A short NO!
Perhaps with support from Google the story will change, because only the X10 received the upgrade to 2.3 from Sony Ericsson and many users still use their custom ROMS ...
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I bought my E15a because here in Brazil, it is Android and powerful in its price range ...
I wanted to install a custom ROM on my X8, but this news will motivate me to wait for the update .... hehe!
Greetings from Brazil!
Salo-S said:
I wanted to install a custom ROM on my X8, but this news will motivate me to wait for the update .... hehe!
Greetings from Brazil!
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don't hold your breath...
I think we don't even need a SE stock-ROM. Our devs are doing great work!!!
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I would always pick cm roms over the stock roms
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Me too....few bugs in many cases, but smoothless !
We should sent emails to GooGle android center about our problem. Google can force SE to update our phone. We can make petition to google. We can make petition at least for unlocking bootloader.
Who don't think it's a great idea?
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The news is probably related to new phones.
hope not only newer phone will supported the update

[Q] Anyone have any idea why virtuous quattro wont come to the MT4G?

Is it because Evil-D is gone or something?? idk i need an answer
No one on the Virtuous Team has a MT4G. The one member who does has been MIA for a long time.
alfadog77 said:
Is it because Evil-D is gone or something?? idk i need an answer
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Cause it's time for all of us to upgrade. Lol
Yeah they say that Evil D hasn't shown up in their IRC in over 2 months and hasn't been on XDA since like december or november
Wow, wonder if something happened to him?
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i hope not! D: well okay guess i'll have to accept the far=ct that our phones are out dated ): but oh well i like it still
our phones are far from outdated, I have a few friends that still use G1's and the original DROID. its just that ppl want the newest and greatest things, nothing wrong with that. but unfortunately for me, its out of my price range to upgrade often but back on topic, hopefully Evil D is doing ok and just dealing with personal issues atm. was really looking forward to trying this rom tho
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our phones are far from outdated, I have a few friends that still use G1's and the original DROID. its just that ppl want the newest and greatest things, nothing wrong with that. but unfortunately for me, its out of my price range to upgrade often but back on topic, hopefully Evil D is doing ok and just dealing with personal issues atm. was really looking forward to trying this rom tho
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i kinda wanna try htc sense version of ICS. i like that one to be honest. And i hope Evil-D comes back. I miss him ):
Evil d was on xda yesterday..... Maybe there's hope?
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cjwebb said:
Evil d was on xda yesterday..... Maybe there's hope?
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He was?? when?
-Team MS
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Idk just check his recent posts it goes from like October and then jumps to Jan. 30 but it was a post in some Samsung forum... Gross...
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TeeJay3800 said:
No one on the Virtuous Team has a MT4G. The one member who does has been MIA for a long time.
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if that were true then whos working on virtuous affinity? it was just updated..
grimey01 said:
if that were true then whos working on virtuous affinity? it was just updated..
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No idea. All I know is the Virtuous team officially stated in this thread that Quattro was cancelled because eViL D isn't around to participate. If someone else has a MT4G, I don't know who it would be. Despite Affinity being updated, it's possible no one on the team does.

Ice Cream Sandwich for more HTC smartphones coming in April

http://www.247smartphone.com/mobile/breaking-ice-cream-sandwich-for-more-htc-smartphones-coming-in-april-25642012.html
We knew we could trust HTC, and in fact after the already announced devices a second round is ready to be unveiled and we can already tell you about it.
In fact, thanks to a reliable internal source, we received information about an April release of Android 4.0 with HTC Sense 3.5 for the HTC Desire S, Desire HD and Incredible S. The three devices will receive the new firmware on different days during the month, and will follow the upgrades of the Sensation family (confirmed for February) and the EVO 3D (early March).
Thanks HTC for being always ahead listening to its customers and updating the most devices and not just the top ones.
yeahhhhh!!!!
if you like it press thank you
ps.capy i saw your Thank you...please help us (no more off topic)
Thank you for the news. It's nice to know that our DHDs will continue to receive support from HTC. (Although I know our lovely devs are keeping the home fires burning!)
Maxy
nice! cant wait to see this release of ics. finally have some of the bigger issues/bugs worked out of the roms on xda with this, if the devs don't get to it first!
Not really suprising. Because every android phone should get at least one update in the future. If the take a look at Desire S, it shipped with gingerbread, and because of that it must get at least one update. And because more or less Incredible S or Desire hd hardware is identical, its easy to port to these phones too.
Maybe it's the last update, buy our dev's on xda are the best and we get all updates after the last one.
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Timing is fine for me...
I see a lot of notes in recent app changelogs about fixing things for ICS - one thing is the ROM, but all the apps need to be stable too.
Pleased about the confirmation all the same.
so good for my dhd
like sense
thx
This is good news! I think this will give me enough updates until the end of this year, when I can pick a new phone Including working camera and stuff.
i have unlocked my bootloader through htc and want to flash this rom but cant seem to figure out how to do it. Any help or directions would be appreciated, thanks in advance.
rexob321 said:
i have unlocked my bootloader through htc and want to flash this rom but cant seem to figure out how to do it. Any help or directions would be appreciated, thanks in advance.
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what rom u want to flash??
I am really enthusiastic. However, i'm sure we will have a ics with sense fully functional rom much earlier than april thanks to xda developers
rexob321 said:
i have unlocked my bootloader through htc and want to flash this rom but cant seem to figure out how to do it. Any help or directions would be appreciated, thanks in advance.
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Are u joking???
hardcore4ever said:
Are u joking???
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Lol you were a noob once...I still am
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arknailed7754 said:
Lol you were a noob once...I still am
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True bro
In relation to roms. If you want fully functional try roms like runny 4.0,arhd..erbeus for sense etc...for standard android with tweaks black ice..absolution etc etc there are loads I've flashed virtually all by now lol
Oh and if you want iPhone go for miui lol...fairolay though its pretty good just not for me
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I was just going to post exactly the same news...
So great to hear
DN41
Shame about including sense.
Just makes it slower and with less memory available.
Get your costum ROM and that's it.
Why should HTC release an official ROM without "HTC" Sense?
DN41
So why you bought a sense device?
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