Database Users

Will Sprint / HTC release an official Ginger Bread / Sense 2.1 ROM?

Is it even in their roadmap?
Last year, when they released the Evo, official news of Froyo was released shortly after.
But, I haven't heard anything official about Ginger Bread?
Maybe they are too busy working on the Evo 2 and maybe they are saving those for the Evo 2 so that we all can upgrade?
Speaking of Evo 2, it's March already and still no news leaks about an Evo 2?

I doubt it...I usually see htc phones get one big update and that's it. They want you to buy the the next latest and greatest htc phone when it comes out.

We are gtting the evo tab, evo 3d and nexus s 4g.
The EVO 2 was just something started by the community... who knows if it will ever actually happen.
About GB, I don't think anyone has received an update to it besides Devs phones. Some phones are gonna have it on launch...
If the EVO does get it, I kinda feel like it will be later.

Neo3D said:
Is it even in their roadmap?
Last year, when they released the Evo, official news of Froyo was released shortly after.
But, I haven't heard anything official about Ginger Bread?
Maybe they are too busy working on the Evo 2 and maybe they are saving those for the Evo 2 so that we all can upgrade?
Speaking of Evo 2, it's March already and still no news leaks about an Evo 2?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Of course they will. There's already a leak out of the one for the Desire here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=983847. If they get, we'll get it either way.

I hope evo 3d comes with 4g
Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk

50% on official release for evo
99% on custom ROM... so I am good.

gomorrah said:
Of course they will. There's already a leak out of the one for the Desire here:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=983847. If they get, we'll get it either way.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
True! If the "Evo 2" gets GB + Sense 2.1, it should be even easier for XDA devs to port and have Wimax working.

HTC List of devices that will get ics for sure at the beginning of the new year

the list included the following devices
HTC Sensation
HTC Sensation XL
HTC Sensation XE
HTC EVO 3D
HTC EVO Design 4G
HTC Amaze 4G
HTC Rezound
HTC Vivid
don't get shocked cause u didnt see Desire HD,htc said that this is the first list for devices that will get ics,and they will keep testing all other devices to see if is it possible to have ics,and will release a new list whenever testing is complete
in my openion this is how it goes,new devices will get it first,then they will say our dhd won't get it and finally they will release it =D

I hope!!!!

So? I love Sense, but I also have a HC tablet and let me tell you- the UI (ICS has virtually the same UI as HC) is brilliant. Once CM releases a build for DHD I'm dumping Sense and start using that.
Sent from my A500 using XDA Premium App

I hope too!

Who needs official ICS with sense 2 when there's such a heaving dev community?

Well i think theyll release it for a newer phone of theirs, and the DHD/Inspire Devs will just port that release to our phones.. Lol

you guys seem to forget that XDA devs need a base to begin with, so the more bases and kernel sources HTC provides the better for us, for example before the WVGA sense 3.0 DHD/incredibleS and runny leaks all customs ports of sense 3 needed to resize the graphics which wasn't a walk in the park, equaly right now roms based on WVGA sense 3.0/3.5 are running so well because we already have Gingerbread kernel source from HTC
so yes even if we rely on custom roms we will always need a compatible base
the good news is that HTC committed to ICS on Sensation XL which is WVGA and has close specs including the same GPU/CPU and RAM as our DHD, a fully working port is almost guarranteed

jcmaddox1 said:
Well i think theyll release it for a newer phone of theirs, and the DHD/Inspire Devs will just port that release to our phones.. Lol
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Specifically with the Sensation XL

i wish !! D

We don´t need official ics release, we only need to wait devs to port it, and sure will be better than official one....
Thanks devs.

Theres nothing stopping HTC from upgrading the Desire HD to sensation XL performance. If we can do it at Dev level like with Android Revolution, including upping the CPU to a safe level like 1.2 Ghz, then HTC can do it. They're just being picky.

we believe in our developers

And thanks to this guy ^…Im typing this from my ICS Inspire 4G. You dh.harald, truly rock my friend

Sully6789 said:
And thanks to this guy ^…Im typing this from my ICS Inspire 4G. You dh.harald, truly rock my friend
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Same I love you! This is the best!
Sent from my Inspire 4G using XDA App

I wish Desire HD it won be long for ics too

HTC devices will most likely get ics before christmas

shaky153 said:
HTC devices will most likely get ics before christmas
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Nice.. Already my daily driver.. Kudos to all developers..

I believe, i trully believe that The genius developers in this dhd thread will satisfy me and all this dhd thread members.
Sent from my HTC Desire HD using Tapatalk

Sense is an insult to ICS stock ICS is great and I hope HTC leaves a bit of the ICS feeling

I really hope to see some ICS soon on my HD
Sent from my HTC Desire HD using XDA App

ice cream sandwich??

Okay so with all the talk of ice cream sandwich coming out soon iv been looking at if the HTC evo 4g will be getting it. I see that the HTC evo 3D is going to get it then i look if the 4g will get it. I dont see it but i see the HTC evo 4g design?! I didnt even know they "remade" the evo. So apparently the design is going to get ice cream sandwich but not the normal evo?!?

Warrior 3000 said:
Okay so with all the talk of ice cream sandwich coming out soon iv been looking at if the HTC evo 4g will be getting it. I see that the HTC evo 3D is going to get it then i look if the 4g will get it. I dont see it but i see the HTC evo 4g design?! I didnt even know they "remade" the evo. So apparently the design is going to get ice cream sandwich but not the normal evo?!?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The design has a newer faster 1.2ghz scorpion processor and twice the RAM of the OG
Sent from my -EViLizED-EVO-

From what I've read the designs single core processor is just as fast as the 3vos dualcore basically its the 3vo with a single core and no "3d" that's not really 3d its parallax which is a holographic display and not true 3d
Sent from my -EViLizED-EVO-

The Design has more ram, faster processor and can run ICS efficiently without any problems. As for the OG evo, I'm sure it can run ICS but the device is "officially" old and is on EOL. The sprint corporate store I work at isn't even getting more in stock. The OG Evo's that we have left are the last in terms of getting new ones in to sell.
Also CM9 will be out in January which isn't too long of a wait considering we're halfway through November already.
Sent from my PC36100 using xda premium

The design doesnt matter Evo 4G still has roms ported to it that where made for newer phones and ICS is no diffrent just give it some time the OG Evo well be getting some Ice Cream love real soon
Sent from my PC36100 using Tapatalk

Petition HTC release an ICS update for the Desire Z

It was confirmed today that HTC will update the Desire HD to ICS.
I think this is unfair, the Desire Z was released at the same time and cost the same. I have and still maintain that HTC should of never pushed a sense 3.x update to our devices, But with the announcement of the HTC One V and the leaked RUU's i can confirm that we now have a version of sense that runs very well on our devices.
So I am asking you to take 1 minute to sign the petition to get HTC to release an update for what seems to be a device they have forgotten about.
Please post this link on your blogs, twitter, facebook and anywhere else that you can get it some coverage.
http://www.change.org/petitions/ceo-release-an-android-4-0-update-for-the-htc-desire-z
Lets do this

cjward23 said:
It was confirmed today that HTC will update the Desire HD to ICS.
I think this is unfair, the Desire Z was released at the same time and cost the same. I have and still maintain that HTC should of never pushed a sense 3.x update to our devices, But with the announcement of the HTC One V and the leaked RUU's i can confirm that we now have a version of sense that runs very well on our devices.
So I am asking you to take 1 minute to sign the petition to get HTC to release an update for what seems to be a device they have forgotten about.
Please post this link on your blogs, twitter, facebook and anywhere else that you can get it some coverage.
http://www.change.org/petitions/ceo-release-an-android-4-0-update-for-the-htc-desire-z
Lets do this
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
yes i will post it every where!!!

cjward23 said:
It was confirmed today that HTC will update the Desire HD to ICS.
I think this is unfair, the Desire Z was released at the same time and cost the same. I have and still maintain that HTC should of never pushed a sense 3.x update to our devices, But with the announcement of the HTC One V and the leaked RUU's i can confirm that we now have a version of sense that runs very well on our devices.
So I am asking you to take 1 minute to sign the petition to get HTC to release an update for what seems to be a device they have forgotten about.
Please post this link on your blogs, twitter, facebook and anywhere else that you can get it some coverage.
http://www.change.org/petitions/ceo-release-an-android-4-0-update-for-the-htc-desire-z
Lets do this
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
+1 to this. Lets do this guys!!
Sent from my HTC Vision

Please click to submit this thread as a news tip, front page of XDA would be ace

SIGNED AND BLASTED EVERYWHERE! Thank you for initiating this CJ.

We are up to 135 sigs. Would be great to see 500 buy the end of the day
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

Don't forget you can always make a personal plea to HTC
https://www.facebook.com/htcuk
https://mobile.twitter.com/htc
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

Signed, hope this will lead to something

Good find! At least they should give us the cam drivers and new wifi calling libs, id be happy then. Those glitches didn't mean **** to me cept a simple kill the launcher

i support and signed this, thanks for all your efforts!

Duplicate.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1531698

Just a random thought. Could it be that they wont release ics for the dz ( just yet) because they are giving the older models, as we can see with sensation and the xe and xl. The 3.6 version of sense wich would run slow on our devices.
Maybe when they update there whole line with sense 4.0 the dz may get ics?
Sent from my HTC Vision

johrie said:
Just a random thought. Could it be that they wont release ics for the dz ( just yet) because they are giving the older models, as we can see with sensation and the xe and xl. The 3.6 version of sense wich would run slow on our devices.
Maybe when they update there whole line with sense 4.0 the dz may get ics?
Sent from my HTC Vision
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_release...that_will_get_android_40_update-news-3974.php
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

RajkoK said:
Duplicate.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1531698
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Oops, i will keep mine running though I'm up I have more sigs already. Having 2 can't hurt though
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk

cjward23 said:
http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_release...that_will_get_android_40_update-news-3974.php
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes i have read that but it says nothing about wich sense version they are using. My thought was the whole list is getting sense 3.6 wich maybe is to heavy for our device?
Sent from my HTC Vision

The explanation regarding Sense 3.6 and 4.0 can be seen here
HTC Sense 3.6 preview by Engadget
Both versions were developed in parallel to each other, which gave us even more reason to initially believe the two would be closer in look and features than they actually were. So what gives? According to HTC, there are a couple reasons: first, users of legacy devices are accustomed to the previous interface, and the upgrade adds the features and benefits of ICS without upsetting that user experience. Second, only the One lineup can support ImageSense, which is an integral part of Sense 4.0.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This explains the fragmentation
any way my +1 for the petition

I made 2 threads in other forums:
mobilephonetalk
ipmart-forum

The reason the G2/Desire Z is not receiving the ICS update imo is the issue of RAM and not being a high end device (not worth the time in HTC's opinion?). All those devices on the update list are high end HTC devices with 768MB+ of RAM.

boost3d23 said:
The reason the G2/Desire Z is not receiving the ICS update imo is the issue of RAM and not being a high end device (not worth the time in HTC's opinion?). All those devices on the update list are high end HTC devices with 768MB+ of RAM.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
While I agree that they really skimped on the RAM with the Vision, for what it's worth I have signed the petition. I hope HTC listens.

boost3d23 said:
The reason the G2/Desire Z is not receiving the ICS update imo is the issue of RAM and not being a high end device (not worth the time in HTC's opinion?). All those devices on the update list are high end HTC devices with 768MB+ of RAM.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Wasn't the g2 high end when it was released? I thought I remembered it being almost four without a contract or some **** like that.
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App

HTC Kills Desire HD Ice Cream Sandwich Update Plans?

It’s been nearly two years since HTC first announced the Desire HD, making it a proper dinosaur in the smartphone world. Despite its age, the manufacturer had been planning to give the smartphone a fresh new start with an Ice Cream Sandwich update. At least, that was the plan, but now it seems that HTC may have reversed course, and the Desire HD won’t be seeing an official ICS release, after all.
Back in May, we saw a list of which HTC models were due their ICS updates, and when; the Desire HD fell in the July-August range. We’d assume that was still the case, were it not for Canadian carrier Telus updating its own list of future software releases, noting that the Desire HD’s Ice Cream Sandwich release is now canceled. According to the carrier, “HTC has [canceled] the HTC Desire HD ICS upgrade due to poor device performance during testing.”
That’s a little surprising, because even with just a single-core 1GHz Snapdragon, the phone’s 768MB of RAM sounds sufficient for ICS operation, even if it might be a little pokey in spots. Apparently HTC just felt that the performance issues were too great to ignore; maybe Sense simply got in the way too much.
We haven’t heard any update from HTC itself on the Desire HD’s prospects, but if this really is the case in Canada, we can’t imagine things will be different elsewhere.
Source: Telus (PDF)
Via: MobileSyrup

Are you kidding me? If you really had to post a thread about this, you could have posted it in general. Not in the development section.
Sent from my Desire HD using xda app-developers app

First of all, wrong section.
Second of all, you'll notice that their source is actually from an XDA thread, this one. (And seeing that the linked page is the one that contains my post I guess I'm the source )
However, an XDA user contacted HTC on their Facebook page (link to post) and got the following answer:
Tom - volunteer helper said:
HTC are not cancelling their upgrade to ICS for the Desire HD as far as we know. If Telus have done this, it's unilateral on their part.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That's mentioned in the thread linked above, and that thread also contains an email reply that a different user received after emailing HTC's support and the email said that the update is still happening.
My guess is that HTC were hoping to get the upgrade ready by now, they got issues so they postponed the release, and some kind of miscommunication happened between them and Telus.
Either way, we're still in the first quarter of the time range HTC gave for the upgrade. So unless HTC makes an official statement that there won't be a release, then there's no reason to despair.

i wanted to share this with you all
so ppl can talk about it
we are here to inform and help each other
if this is not the proper place im sorry
i hope this is BS
we all want to see something more in this device

elmanortega said:
It’s been nearly two years since HTC first announced the Desire HD, making it a proper dinosaur in the smartphone world. Despite its age, the manufacturer had been planning to give the smartphone a fresh new start with an Ice Cream Sandwich update. At least, that was the plan, but now it seems that HTC may have reversed course, and the Desire HD won’t be seeing an official ICS release, after all.
Back in May, we saw a list of which HTC models were due their ICS updates, and when; the Desire HD fell in the July-August range. We’d assume that was still the case, were it not for Canadian carrier Telus updating its own list of future software releases, noting that the Desire HD’s Ice Cream Sandwich release is now canceled. According to the carrier, “HTC has [canceled] the HTC Desire HD ICS upgrade due to poor device performance during testing.”
That’s a little surprising, because even with just a single-core 1GHz Snapdragon, the phone’s 768MB of RAM sounds sufficient for ICS operation, even if it might be a little pokey in spots. Apparently HTC just felt that the performance issues were too great to ignore; maybe Sense simply got in the way too much.
We haven’t heard any update from HTC itself on the Desire HD’s prospects, but if this really is the case in Canada, we can’t imagine things will be different elsewhere.
Source: Telus (PDF)
Via: MobileSyrup
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Its not being cancel check this link http://blog.vodafone.com.au/blog/software-update-weekly-wrap-04072012/

very nice thanks for the link

toysoldierq said:
Its not being cancel check this link http://blog.vodafone.com.au/blog/software-update-weekly-wrap-04072012/
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You should quote the 11072012.
http://blog.vodafone.com.au/blog/software-update-weekly-wrap-11072012/
Who knows the one of 18072012?

Also today, Telus launched the One X. Hmmm.
Sent from my Telus Desire HD using xda premium on ARHD 6.3.3!

Sorry to be slightly off topic, but HTC never mentioned the Inspire 4G to get Ice Cream Sandwich, despite it being the AT&T version of the Desire HD.
Do you think the Inspire will get ICS?
Sent from my MB508 using xda premium

gagdude said:
Sorry to be slightly off topic, but HTC never mentioned the Inspire 4G to get Ice Cream Sandwich, despite it being the AT&T version of the Desire HD.
Do you think the Inspire will get ICS?
Sent from my MB508 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
HTC, unfortunately, has no control over the devices chosen to get an upgrade. HTC may make software that is for a device, but the carrier may say no. Sadly, ATT has deemed the Inspire to be End-Of-Line, and will receive no future updates. GB was the last, and final update.

if the new Desire C can run ICS and new Sense on a measly 600Mhz processor, the desire HD certainly can too
Android 4 Life

Desire HD will get ICS, if the Incredible S with the exact same specs is getting it too, then it would be trivial for HTC to do the same for the DHD.

HTC_Phone said:
HTC, unfortunately, has no control over the devices chosen to get an upgrade. HTC may make software that is for a device, but the carrier may say no. Sadly, ATT has deemed the Inspire to be End-Of-Line, and will receive no future updates. GB was the last, and final update.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well I can understand HTC Inspire will don't get ICS, but what's app with Desire HD?
Sent from my Inspire 4G using xda premium

one I do not believe Telus will not upgrade it. If they do not, I will be organizing a petition against them plus they will be getting some nasty phone calls. Plus I have a neighbour that works for Telus (but does not work in mobile) but I will ask him for help with this also.
There is no reason for the Telus Desire HD not to get it, it is not at the end of life, so there should be no reason. I think someone at Telus posted this because they know we are all waiting for it
Also shouldn't this be in general, and not development
Edit: I can not even see the phone on Telus site anymore (does this mean end of life)

Some interesting info
here

Useless ,pointless ,jumping the gun thread ,should be closed
Sent from my Desire HD using xda premium

atrako1973 said:
Useless ,pointless ,jumping the gun thread ,should be closed
Sent from my Desire HD using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
^^-Couldn't agree more
Idiots, root your damned phone and unbrand it; then you'll get official ICS!
Sent from my Desire HD using Swype beta for Android!

Settler down drunk guy in the corner. Official rom = better cooked roms, working camera etc.
GuyInTheCorner said:
^^-Couldn't agree more
Idiots, root your damned phone and unbrand it; then you'll get official ICS!
Sent from my Desire HD using Swype beta for Android!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse

whistlerGreg said:
Settler down drunk guy in the corner. Official rom = better cooked roms, working camera etc.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah, kinda raging at people who're getting all pissy about it. Look on the official site and you'll see it says that by the end of August we'll have ICS w/ Sense
Sent from my Desire HD using Swype beta for Android!

Is there maybe a chance that we get Jelly Bean immediately instead of ICS?
or other question, if vodafone got the rom from HTC already so vodafone can customize it, shouldnt there be the original HTC rom already be available?