G2 Android 2.3 Confirmed For Q2 - G2 and Desire Z General

i didnt know if anyone has seen htc confirm we are getting android 2.3 officially in q2 so i emailed them and this is what i got in response.
I understand how important it is to have the most current software available for your device and I am happy to inform you that the G2 is scheduled to receive the 2.3 update later in the second quarter of this year.
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Jessica
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Lol that's great but I wonder what they will change from the leak Rom. The leaked Rom works pretty good
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lainvalenajr said:
Lol that's great but I wonder what they will change from the leak Rom. The leaked Rom works pretty good
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idk but i havent even seen any pics or videos on youtube showing the leaked rom. wish someone would do it so i can check it out.. lol

Doesn't mean much to me when I had it for months now
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Desire HD apparently getting theirs OTA now. Surely ours should not be far behind.....Surely?
What it means when ours is released is hopefully rmk40 will release an official virtuous 2.0 rom. It might also move us closer to the point where they release the kernel source and we can start seeing overclocking kernels for Gingerbread sense roms. (and trackpad wake etc)

According to Engadget:
"That just leaves the Desire Z and original Desire, both of which should be joining the party by the end of June. "
So more or less two months later. No matter, maybe they will make even more fixes and changes for us. (Maybe a version of Sense 3.0 for our "weaker" phones - but I doubt that)

cartman09 said:
According to Engadget:
"That just leaves the Desire Z and original Desire, both of which should be joining the party by the end of June. "
So more or less two months later. No matter, maybe they will make even more fixes and changes for us. (Maybe a version of Sense 3.0 for our "weaker" phones - but I doubt that)
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The only reason they are saying end of June, is because HTC said it would happen by end of Q2. So it can happen anytime between now and the end of June.

True. But I rather expect the end of June and be surprised than the otherway around

cartman09 said:
True. But I rather expect the end of June and be surprised than the otherway around
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Haha, set you expectations low, and never be disappointed, eh?

Anywhere soon is good for me Even though I'm already using a better ROM than what they'd bring out haha (TrollogenMOD ) Also... It won't take as long as it took my Hero to get 2.1 I bet

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True. But I rather expect the end of June and be surprised than the otherway around
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This sums up pretty much every expectation in my life lol.

Given the track record with everyone involved regarding prompt releases (Google, T-Mobile), it'll be at least November before it's actually available. How many months were us old Dream users waiting on Cupcake? Donut? Eclair (which turned out to be vaporware for the Dream)?

blackknightavalon said:
Given the track record with everyone involved regarding prompt releases (Google, T-Mobile), it'll be at least November before it's actually available. How many months were us old Dream users waiting on Cupcake? Donut? Eclair (which turned out to be vaporware for the Dream)?
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there is no way it will be november since we already have a leaked version for the stock gingerbread rom and it seems to work perfect... i dont see a reason for it taken to long to be released.

s10shane said:
there is no way it will be november since we already have a leaked version for the stock gingerbread rom and it seems to work perfect... i dont see a reason for it taken to long to be released.
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Lol yea. Well as a remember the motorola cliq toke like 8 month to get updated to 2.1 which really made me mad since that phone is so hard to root.
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lainvalenajr said:
Lol yea. Well as a remember the motorola cliq toke like 8 month to get updated to 2.1 which really made me mad since that phone is so hard to root.
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yeah but htc and motorola are a big difference when it comes to updating there phones lol..

I was gonna say they same thing. Eventually I just bought a g2 and gave the cliq to my wife lol
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Not yet, but i saw that Desire HD and Incredible S had already be update by OTA, so maybe release for G2 in Q2 recently?

I'm glad I recently got rid of my Cliq.

Mog said:
I was gonna say they same thing. Eventually I just bought a g2 and gave the cliq to my wife lol
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wow thats messed up to pass the cliq down to ur wife.. lmao i wouldnt even pass it down to my gf lmao.. i sold it for like 120 dollars to someone by where i lived lol

Wow, a lot of G2 owners here that came from the Cliq. I gave my Cliq to my dad after I got the G2. I remember Motorola's definition of "coming soon" for the Eclair update. Lol
Luckily we had developers like J_r0dd and HandlerExploit working on the Cliq back then.
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Official froyo update

Does anyone know if the official froyo update will be OTA?
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Most all of Android's OS updates are OTA. I am sure it will be for the Inc.
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Most all of Android's OS updates are OTA. I am sure it will be for the Inc.
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I would agree. The question is.... when? Everything I've read says "sometime in the fall".
Well, Google has a lot at stake in Froyo, so I hope that they're going to make sure it's fully baked before they release it. Plus they have the Flash factor - another reason to hold it until that's really done.
Given that, I don't expect 2.2 to appear in official OTA's for at least a couple of months and then HTC Sense builds are always behind the general release. Then you add the delay from the service providers (incl. Verizon) and Froyo OTA for Incredible in the Fall is almost optimistic =:-o
Rooted phones will always have it sooner...
Has the N1 not had the official Froyo OTA for weeks now?
They started deploying to the N1 and then stopped. Much speculation abounds about why, but no official explanation that I've seen. My g/f has a N1 and is about to drive me crazy wondering when she's gonna get Froyo. And when she does, I'm sure I'll be jealous for a few months
Thought you had some info. Please add a question mark to the thread title
JaydenR said:
Thought you had some info. Please add a question mark to the thread title
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Ditto that
yeah can we stop naming threads "official froyo update" when there is nothing official, froyo-like or update-ilicious about it. this is a question, first google search, and if ur still unsatisfied then put a question mark in your post title.
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Does anyone know if the official froyo update will be OTA?
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I was reading some phone webite and it said the offical release from Verizon was to be expected in August. Take that with a grain of salt as we all know how these "official" dates can move around at will.
a vzw rep told me that it was coming out july 15-16.
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rr is back!!!
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rr is back!!!
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Its always more fun to laugh with others. Do all of yourselves a favor and do a google and youtube search for rr12106....Best [email protected] 3v3r haha
Id post links but cant...new member but take a look its worth it
lmfoa aka droidhacker...and i forget the other alias
His great froyo "ROMS", methods, and "froyo flashing apps"
Yeah, check out his Twitter account. He tried to get a Froyo build from Koush. I think you all can imagine why.
http://twitter.com/rr12106
omg haha...his twitter really is ridiculous. He is begging koush for cyanogen froyo rom. And obviously im sure koush wont give him a thing to "test" it for him, but I can bet he would rip it off of him first chance he got, only to come here and the rest of the android community and try convincing people he is the best developer ever.
It really is so sad that he tries to play make believe with his mad developer skills, yet all i can do is crack up at his fabricated stories. He is just sooo absurd. We have all seen how he posts things and finally after being backed into a corner by people who really know what they are talking about, he crumbles and apologizes with things like "im sorry im trying...i just love to develop and hack droids...uh dur". The way this kid acts on these forums mirrors his awesome youtube videos to a "T".
Anyway def needs ip ban. His "roms" and other methods and claims are really going to end up bricking some good and honest people new to android, or at the very least give the community forums some bad rep.
I'm dead serois a vzw employee told me that froyo was comng out this month
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TheIncredibleJ said:
Its always more fun to laugh with others. Do all of yourselves a favor and do a google and youtube search for rr12106....Best [email protected] 3v3r haha
Id post links but cant...new member but take a look its worth it
lmfoa aka droidhacker...and i forget the other alias
His great froyo "ROMS", methods, and "froyo flashing apps"
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Don't forget m0rt4l s0ul
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rr, please atop supplying everyone with false info. We would all love to have our froyo but let's b real. This month would be quite the stretch and htc hasn't even given us a timeframe so i doubt it would b anytime soon
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rr12106 said:
a vzw rep told me that it was coming out july 15-16.
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well not to defend rr... because I have read all his other "stuff" as well. however Not FROYO but an update
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2010...ding-and-mobile-hotspot-app-in-future-update/
and
http://gizmodo.com/5578086/droid-incredible-to-get-slighty-more-incredible-with-720p-video-update
boygenuis has some possible info on the new "update" everyone is posting around on the forums.
rr12106 said:
I'm dead serois a vzw employee told me that froyo was comng out this month
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And if they told you Verizon was going GSM tomorrow, would you be gullible enough to believe that, too?
Seriously, a run of the mill VZW employee has no insight whatsoever into the release. Only a core group, none of which are going to be dealing with customers, is going to be in the know regarding a target date. That guy in the store or on the other end of the phone... he isn't privy to any kind of information about this just yet.
Hell, at this point, HTC states that they haven't even finished their work on Froyo. After they're done with their work, they perform testing. After that, it goes to VZW for them to do further testing and then get signed off on. All of this isn't going to happen in the next two weeks.

Gingerbread 2.3

Anyone watch the youtube videos about the android 2.3 press confrance supposed to release it 4th quarter of this year
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are you serious? We don't even have a fully working 2.2 yet, and you're worried about 2.3?
No im just saying that googles gonna push out a 2.3 at prob the time froyo roms are fully working for our phone
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Gingerbread is 3.0
DirtyShroomz said:
Gingerbread is 3.0
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Got proof?
Last I heard it was assumed that 3.0 was GingerBread. I remember a time when 2.1 was Flan.
abcdfv said:
Got proof?
Last I heard it was assumed that 3.0 was GingerBread. I remember a time when 2.1 was Flan.
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It's all speculation. Google tends to stay pretty tight until they have a press conference or release party. Look at FroYo - it was a total surprise to wake up and find that they where dropping source into the tree.
The blog-o-sphere refers to Gingerbread as 3.0. I believe that Google has round-about-ly confirmed that the name is in fact "GingerBread", but we won't have a version number till they drop source in the tree again around November. Judging from the speculated improvements, it should be a major version number change.
abcdfv said:
Got proof?
Last I heard it was assumed that 3.0 was GingerBread. I remember a time when 2.1 was Flan.
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The numbers have always been right, the names however have changed, at least that's what I've seen but I'm always drunk
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DVWhxrf6a9nI&v=VWhxrf6a9nI&gl=US
Its 2.3
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My guess is 2.3 is correct, jumping a full revision number such as to 3.0 would generally indicate a partial or complete rewrite of the core code.
bycoo222 said:
http://m.youtube.com/#/watch?desktop_uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DVWhxrf6a9nI&v=VWhxrf6a9nI&gl=US
Its 2.3
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Can't use this link - video is not available.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWhxrf6a9nI
Awesome stuff on the horizon.
Pshsweet
I love the apple burn hahha "I turns out that on the Internet, PEOPLE USE FLASH!"
bumping this for a leaked screen shot.
http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Is_this_Android_30_Gingerbread_at_Work/551-112399-580.html
3.0 is what the version info says - given its just a screen shot and leaks are hardly ever trust worthy, but i like drama.
I'm still going with 3.0 and not 2.3....
I actually kinda wish that Google would slow down a little. I'm scared to buy a new phone if it's going to be outdated in three months when Google puts out something new. I guess that's why we donate to our developers!
mrcharlesiv said:
I actually kinda wish that Google would slow down a little. I'm scared to buy a new phone if it's going to be outdated in three months when Google puts out something new. I guess that's why we donate to our developers!
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Google has said that they will be slowing down after GingerBread(regardless of the version number). My assumption is they did not expect such rapid growth of the platform and users need a fully functional OS to make it worth buying into - A phone any more is not a quick purchase, there is a lot of investment in hardware and software. Where as with feature phones they where cheap(in comparison) and easily replaceable.
From what I remember seeing, the next update is to have some big changes making it most likely 3.0. All speculation though.
Personally I'm happy android has been updating quick. Keeps the phones newer fresher feeling longer and fixes problems quicker. I came from winmo and never got fixes and the roms bored me. Plus I really hated 6.5.
I'm holding out until December to upgrade and debate on new phone or used evo. I've been out of contract for 9 months now.
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Kcarpenter said:
bumping this for a leaked screen shot.
http://www.techtree.com/India/News/Is_this_Android_30_Gingerbread_at_Work/551-112399-580.html
3.0 is what the version info says - given its just a screen shot and leaks are hardly ever trust worthy, but i like drama.
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Somebody probably changed the build.prop or something.

Froyo? Anyone heard anything yet

We are getting close to the end of september has anyone heard anything new about froyo for us?
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Thegreat520 said:
We are getting close to the end of september has anyone heard anything new about froyo for us?
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no froyo , Sammy let us down again, surprised?
what can we do ? wait.. creating thread over thread about this will not speed up the release.. If it did we would of had Froyo weeks ago
Tmo will be dumping Sammy and focusing the new HTC G2. No Froyo for Vibrant and sammy may come out with Vibrant Slide in Dec.
Only thing I hear is the silence of disappointment. Those samsung jerks can't get of of star craft 2 probably.
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Search button? Anyone use it lately
No, Froyo isn't coming out. It never will. T-Mobile will never get Froyo out because they like Gingerbread better. It tastes better. It's all about the taste, not the features.
Why would anyone look forward to Samsung's 2.2 release? Considering where you are posting this topic, obviously you have used or at least thought about using alternative roms. CM 6.1 is being worked on, why would you care for OTA release?
becasue some ppl likes it "stock" but apparently, tmo and sammy's fridge is out of froyo.
trashcan said:
becasue some ppl likes it "stock" but apparently, tmo and sammy's fridge is out of froyo.
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Shouldn't people that like "stock" be whining on "stock" forums.t-mobile.com instead?
I believe it'll be here when its here.
I know complaining here is useless for getting the update
but what can I do?
I called Tmo by phone, on their forum, but still...
check over on engadget - there was a blurb this afternoon about sammy in spain indicating no froyo til late Oct
don't know if that applies to worldwide or just spain but sammy had said the entire galaxy S line would see Froyo by late Sept
i'd assume that's the case for this market as well

Vibrant 4G and 2.3...

http://www.androidcentral.com/t-mobile-vibrant-4g-shows-itself
Apparently it's now a new rumor that the Vibrant 4G will ship with 2.3 instead of 2.2 according to BG Reports. But, "Once TouchWiz is ported to it.."/
Just some news I guess.
looks like gingerbread to me, they say TW is still in the works for 2.3
http://androidapproved.com/item/exclusive-pictures-of-the-samsung-vibrant-4g/
UPDATE!! FAKE!!
looks like a Feb23 release date too...
http://www.tmonews.com/2011/01/samsung-vibrant-4g-launching-february-23rd/
THIS PICTURE is probably FAKE
let the aneurysms begin
I still think it'll get cloned and be on our phones before long - via XDA (not via Samsung)
megatherian said:
let the aneurysms begin
I still think it'll get cloned and be on our phones before long - via XDA (not via Samsung)
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I hope this speeds up the process.
How sad is that they can't push 2.2 officially yet they work on 2.3 for newer phones? I don't get it..
Samsung is the worst company i have ever seen!!!
after vibrant no more samsung for me
decent phone bad company!!!
These phones are almost 95% identical, I'm sure devs could port
O they got froyo ready there just going to make some more money off the vibrant before they give it to us i hope this will be easier to port on are vibrant. There prob like "ah these stupid american s they never get fro-yo you buy new fhone you want" CEO Kim jong-il
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Update: this thing is fake.
I think its a vibrant with a ffc mod. Gingerbread doesn't show am n pm http://androidmixer.com/the-vibrant-4g-shows-itself/
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Wow they dissected that way too much, I knew it was a fake the moment I saw the AM/PM indicator in the status bar. Real Gingerbread ditches that.
kennethpenn said:
Update: this thing is fake.
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Yay! More hope
Forget 2.3 at release. Odds are less than 50/50 that it ever sees 2.3 officially.
lexluthor said:
Forget 2.3 at release. Odds are less than 50/50 that it ever sees 2.3 officially.
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It will be released with 2.2 and they will tell everyone when they buy it that 2.3 is "Coming soon - like any day now!"
Guess what, I'm buying new LED tv's, and I joyfully walked right passed all the Samsung's. Easy decision, fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.
I'm loyal to my word, no Samsung product EVER again for me.
Yes we all know its fake!! Close this thread before it gets ugly!!
whatever...........who cares whatever
AustinKnight45 said:
O they got froyo ready there just going to make some more money off the vibrant before they give it to us i hope this will be easier to port on are vibrant. There prob like "ah these stupid american s they never get fro-yo you buy new fhone you want" CEO Kim jong-il
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LoL....you crack me up hahahaha...but yeah why is Samsung keep going with the same style? Vibrant,Nexus S, now Vibrant 4G...

When, when, when!?

I have a rooted Evo running 2.3, and I know a lot of you won't want to take time to help a fellow OP out, but. When will Sprint release an OTA 2.3 update for the HTC Evo 4G? Any ideas? Facts?
Youre input would be much appreciated, thnx.
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Probably never...it's been suggested that manufacturers will be skipping 2.3 and just move to 2.4.
And Sprint won't be releasing anything anyway, this is all on HTC.
Manufacturers make the updates, send to carriers, carriers approve and and bloatware apps and release.
Yeah 2.4 sorry, so probably not then? Wow that's lame.
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Probably never...it's been suggested that manufacturers will be skipping 2.3 and just move to 2.4.
And Sprint won't be releasing anything anyway, this is all on HTC.
Manufacturers make the updates, send to carriers, carriers approve and and bloatware apps and release.
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Yeah 2.4 sorry, so probably not then? Wow that's lame.
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What do you mean probably not then?
My guess would be within the next 45 days.
We know the Evo is getting Gingerbread [2.3/2.4] so it will come.
It makes sense that it would come before Spring.
Ohh he meant sprint doesn't release updates and that its up to htc, no I know that I just meant sprint actually getting ahold of the final product and sending it out to us. I thought he was saying regardless of htc having a 2.3/2.4 update sprint will just be all natzi about it and not give it to us after they have ruined it via, bloatware and other disgusting apps. Lol sry my bad, so hopefully in 45 days cause this has taken way too long.
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What do you mean probably not then?
My guess would be within the next 45 days.
We know the Evo is getting Gingerbread [2.3/2.4] so it will come.
It makes sense that it would come before Spring.
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How do you know the Evo will get 2.3 or 2.4?
mattykinsx said:
What do you mean probably not then?
My guess would be within the next 45 days.
We know the Evo is getting Gingerbread [2.3/2.4] so it will come.
It makes sense that it would come before Spring.
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unless you know some super, uber secret that we don't, it's was NEVER confirmed that the evo would get any update past froyo.
fixxxer2008 said:
unless you know some super, uber secret that we don't, it's was NEVER confirmed that the evo would get any update past froyo.
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They're considered maintenance upgrades so unless sprint's flagship phone is already considered eol while it is still selling out I'm sure we'll keep getting updates
... this thread looks familiar for some reason, I could swear there is another one just like it on the next page lol
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They're considered maintenance upgrades so unless sprint's flagship phone is already considered eol while it is still selling out I'm sure we'll keep getting updates
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when i see confirmation from google or sprint, then ill believe it.
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when i see confirmation from google or sprint, then ill believe it.
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Why would you ever see confirmation from Google?
HTC is working on it, promise.
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Why would you ever seen confirmation from Google?
HTC is working on it, promise.
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it's gonna be awhile for them to implement the new sense into ginger. then sprint would have to test before releasing it. if anything at best we might see it by late spring. ive never seen any documentation that even stated htc was working on it for the evo. just like the evo2 is nothing but a myth at this point.
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it's gonna be awhile for them to implement the new sense into ginger. then sprint would have to test before releasing it. if anything at best we might see it by late spring. ive never seen any documentation that even stated htc was working on it for the evo. just like the evo2 is nothing but a myth at this point.
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Gingerbread was released what...almost four months ago?
It's already been a while...
Also, Froyo was released to the Evo about four months after Froyo was released by Google.
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Gingerbread was released what...almost four months ago?
It's already been a while...
Also, Froyo was released to the Evo about four months after Froyo was released by Google.
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not for the evo and to my knowledge not with sense. the evo would only get a sense version of it, not aosp. im done going back & forth, you get the point.
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not for the evo and to my knowledge not with sense. the evo would only get a sense version of it, not aosp. im done going back & forth, you get the point.
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Huh??
Google released Gingerbread about four months ago...
Google released Froyo about four months prior to the Evo getting it...
You said it's "gonna be awhile"
And I'm saying it's already been a while.
Spring time at the latest.
OP here, Well I'm sure that we will but since its like dead and nobody talks or knows for sure you start to think if its gonna happen at all...I don't see the echo as sprints new flagship phone and as far as I know the evo sells more than the epic and shift so if they abandon all ships on 2.3 I think yours truly is gonna have to switch over to Deutsche Telecom.
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OP here, **** I meant 2.3/2.4 DAMMIT I always forget about the change.
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OP here, Well I'm sure that we will but since its like dead and nobody talks or knows for sure you start to think if its gonna happen at all...I don't see the echo as sprints new flagship phone and as far as I know the evo sells more than the epic and shift so if they abandon all ships on 2.3 I think yours truly is gonna have to switch over to Deutsche Telecom.
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