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No news of the ROM update so far..

No news is bad news i'm sure you agree.
Keeping my ear to the ground really

alitech said:
No news is bad news i'm sure you agree.
Keeping my ear to the ground really
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There are already 2 update for our phones thanks to Paul. Well it in not the update most of us were hoping for( the one with the amazing UI in the youtube videos) but still it is an update to the ones most of us have on the hero.
chek it out:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=552591

TBH, I would feel a lot more comfortable using the official ROM update from HTC. I am one of those "I'm too scared to ROOT my hero because its going to cause mid life crisis sooner than expected" kind of guys.

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TBH, I would feel a lot more comfortable using the official ROM update from HTC.
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Then you have no choice but to wait for it from HTC.
I am one of those "I'm too scared to ROOT my hero because its going to cause mid life crisis sooner than expected" kind of guys.
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Umm you don't need to root your hero to install the ROM that was released. There was a rooted and non-rooted version..

We, the danes, got a mail from HTC. They say the ROM update will be at their site from 4td september.
I think its great

Are the ones that are out on the wiki the version that'll be released, or a pre/test version ? Anyone know ??
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=HTC_Hero
http://android.modaco.com/content/htc-hero-hero-modaco-com/291942/26-08-hero-roms-radios-in-update-zip-format/

There are no ROM's available for download that include the updated HTC software. The ROM from MoDaCo has been optimised by Paul and I believe is a little smoother as a result.
Paul has posted a video showing how the new HTC update improves the Hero but has not (sensibly I may add) released it to the public.
Patience I'm sure will be rewarded

hummmmmmmmm
did we really need a new thread stating what we already know?

2.1 coming next month?

just found this website saying the hero will get 2.1 sometime next month
http://www.brighthand.com/default.asp?newsID=16225&news=HTC+Hero+Android+OS+2.1+Upgrade+Droid+Eris

Although its showing a Sprint Hero pic, the rumored Hero update for March is for the Euro Hero, not for our Hero, for which, you can read this thread.
Sprint Tweet on 2.1 for Hero/Moment
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=633985

We (Sprint users) won't see the update next month. Sprint has already said that they will release their update sometime in the 2nd Quarter (Apr-Jun). The delay is so that they can add/optimize their bloatware garbage that most of us end up uninstalling anyway...

Not like anyone is gunna unroot and update anyway besides well have it before Sprint even thinks about realeasing it maybe even bored of it lol

bcnice20 said:
Not like anyone is gunna unroot and update anyway besides well have it before Sprint even thinks about realeasing it maybe even bored of it lol
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Pretty much everyone will unroot for 2.1. What makes you think people are going to stick with old roms or buggy 2.0+ when they can have the real 2.1? Im sure once some decent custom roms for 2.1+ start surfacing people will start using them but until then stock 2.1 > Rooted 1.5.
That said sprint has already officially said Q2 just a couple days ago. Regardless of what the rumor mills say no update next month.

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Pretty much everyone will unroot for 2.1. What makes you think people are going to stick with old roms or buggy 2.0+ when they can have the real 2.1? Im sure once some decent custom roms for 2.1+ start surfacing people will start using them but until then stock 2.1 > Rooted 1.5.
That said sprint has already officially said Q2 just a couple days ago. Regardless of what the rumor mills say no update next month.
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I imagine that a lot of people will indeed wait until the XDA devs release their own 2.1 update. Many, if not most, will not upgrade to a new 2.1 official release if they don't know if it can be rooted.

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I imagine that a lot of people will indeed wait until the XDA devs release their own 2.1 update. Many, if not most, will not upgrade to a new 2.1 official release if they don't know if it can be rooted.
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That's what I'll do. I don't want Sprint's slow, crappy version. I like the nice XDA versions Developers ftw!!

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Pretty much everyone will unroot for 2.1. What makes you think people are going to stick with old roms or buggy 2.0+ when they can have the real 2.1? Im sure once some decent custom roms for 2.1+ start surfacing people will start using them but until then stock 2.1 > Rooted 1.5.
That said sprint has already officially said Q2 just a couple days ago. Regardless of what the rumor mills say no update next month.
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I seriously doubt that anyone here (besides you) will unroot for the update. Why? Because the root hole will almost certainly be closed and may not be able to be rooted again. Eris owners still do not have root. That is something that most people here will not give up. When the update arrives, the incredible devs here will have it working "with" root within a couple of days and that is the route most will take.

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Pretty much everyone will unroot for 2.1. What makes you think people are going to stick with old roms or buggy 2.0+ when they can have the real 2.1? Im sure once some decent custom roms for 2.1+ start surfacing people will start using them but until then stock 2.1 > Rooted 1.5.
That said sprint has already officially said Q2 just a couple days ago. Regardless of what the rumor mills say no update next month.
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Well to be honest, I am rooted and I will NOT be unrooting for 2.1. Matter of fact I will be running 2.1 sooner than sprint will be releasing it. But once they do, I will be running a customized 2.1 which will be better than Sprints simply because it will be optimized and without all the bloatware I don't want. There's no way I would want to give up having root. Just my 2 cents though.

troyboytn said:
I seriously doubt that anyone here (besides you) will unroot for the update. Why? Because the root hole will almost certainly be closed and may not be able to be rooted again. Eris owners still do not have root. Tething most here will not give up. When the update arrives, the incredible devs here will have it working "with" root within a couple of days and that is the route most will take.
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If you think people will wait to update you are crazy. Maybe some regulars on this forum but most people will unroot for 2.1 without a doubt.

notinterested said:
If you think people will wait to update you are crazy. Maybe some regulars on this forum but most people will unroot for 2.1 without a doubt.
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I doubt it, not very many people would be willing to give up root just to have something they can have sooner than sprint is releasing it, without knowing that they can get root back. Just doesn't make much sense.

notinterested said:
If you think people will wait to update you are crazy. Maybe some regulars on this forum but most people will unroot for 2.1 without a doubt.
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Hahahaha, funny. No. Make a poll and ask "Who will unroot for 2.1" "Who will wait for custom 2.1" to get your answer. I know Ill be staying rooted until 1. a fully working custom ROM comes around or 2. root is still possible even after 2.1 OTA update.

swaze said:
I doubt it, not very many people would be willing to give up root just to have something they can have sooner than sprint is releasing it, without knowing that they can get root back. Just doesn't make much sense.
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Yeah, because it makes sense to stay with the old roms just for tethering and nandroid.
Its not like the iphone jailbreaking where undoing it loses all of your third party programs and customizations to the phone. The only real reasons to even root an android phone are tethering, backups and custom roms.
stock 2.1 > all of these custom roms. Unless you absolutely NEED tethering there is no plausible reason to stay with the old roms.

The majority of Hero owners will update as soon as they know about it.
However, the vast majority of users of this forum (and others) will wait to update until there's a complete custom ROM out for 2.1. It doesn't make any sense to update from an optimized custom 1.5 (or 1.6+) ROM to a stock 2.1 with some crappy apps added in, when you could wait for a few hours and get an optimized and custom 2.1 ROM.

notinterested said:
If you think people will wait to update you are crazy. Maybe some regulars on this forum but most people will unroot for 2.1 without a doubt.
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I think there will be a few folks that will update, but most of the people on this forum ARE regulars, and I think they'll probably be patient and wait for a custom ROM before unrooting. The talent we've got in this community will get a custom ROM out very quickly anyway I imagine.

Im gonna be waiting and with the speed and how far along our 2.1 builds are we will probably have 2.1 sooner than Sprint's update anyway

Thomas1218 said:
Im gonna be waiting and with the speed and how far along our 2.1 builds are we will probably have 2.1 sooner than Sprint's update anyway
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POW! Catalina Wine Mixer!
...My thoughts exactly.

Darkshneider said:
Hahahaha, funny. No. Make a poll and ask "Who will unroot for 2.1" "Who will wait for custom 2.1" to get your answer. I know Ill be staying rooted until 1. a fully working custom ROM comes around or 2. root is still possible even after 2.1 OTA update.
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Yes make a poll on a forum dedicated to modifying android phones.
Are you truly stupid enough to believe you guys on this forum represent even a small portion of rooted android users?

See...He knows what is goin' on 'round these parts...

swaze said:
Well to be honest, I am rooted and I will NOT be unrooting for 2.1. Matter of fact I will be running 2.1 sooner than sprint will be releasing it. But once they do, I will be running a customized 2.1 which will be better than Sprints simply because it will be optimized and without all the bloatware I don't want. There's no way I would want to give up having root. Just my 2 cents though.
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No you wont...
Look around you, the best you can hope for is a new leaked rom. The only 2.1 rom we have is dead in the water with too many bugs to truly be used day to day.
Realistically the first real working 2.1 rom will be at least a week after the official.

New update for Hero in middle of march, yeah right?

Here it is! Middle of march! Where the f***k is an official update?

HTC is going to get shot because there's another rumor that it won't be out til mid April.

Surprised??? HTC doesn't have a very good track record for firmware releases.

????
Why has this thread been started anyway???

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Why has this thread been started anyway???
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Agreed. Its not the middle of March, its 12th March. And in what HTC statement have they said a release will be delayed? Have patience...

sharpinho said:
Agreed. Its not the middle of March, its 12th March. And in what HTC statement have they said a release will be delayed? Have patience...
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Have patience 3/4 year!? "Its not the middle of March, its 12th" Omg! Sorry, the middle of the March is exactly 15,5th March. WTF! This thread has been started cos HTC is playing with us. Open your eyes people!

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Have patience 3/4 year!? "Its not the middle of March, its 12th" Omg! Sorry, the middle of the March is exactly 15,5th March. WTF! This thread has been started cos HTC is playing with us. Open your eyes people!
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So why don't you put a 2.1 ROM on your phone in the meantime? There are loads of good ROMs recently released that are based on the Eris or Legend dumps. There are also loads of guides on how to root and how to flash. Thats what I've done and I am satisfied.

you didn't actually expect it to come in Mid March did you?
I've learnt to take these things with a pinch of salt, HTC are too busy pushing out new phones to be bothered with us early HTC adopters.
Play with some 2.1 ROMs in the meantime, althought quite why we need so many is beyond me. Devs should combine features instead of competing with each other.

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So why don't you put a 2.1 ROM on your phone in the meantime? There are loads of good ROMs recently released that are based on the Eris or Legend dumps. There are also loads of guides on how to root and how to flash. Thats what I've done and I am satisfied.
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I have put a lot of 2.1 ROMs on my phone currently i am running VillainROM 3.3 and its very good.
But this is not a point of this thread. i am angry on htc and their rumors.

Simc13 said:
Have patience 3/4 year!? "Its not the middle of March, its 12th" Omg! Sorry, the middle of the March is exactly 15,5th March. WTF! This thread has been started cos HTC is playing with us. Open your eyes people!
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Well yeah actually, the middle of March is the 15th!!! So... HTC have still time to release it, and if they do, then this is a wasted thread!
If you beleive that HTC are really 'playing' with you, then don't bother with your phone, sell it and buy something else... maybe one that never gets updated?!?
Relax and wait for it, I'm sure it will be worth it. There are plenty of 2.1 Roms to try already. We are all eager to see the official release... you're not alone.

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There are loads of good ROMs recently released that are based on the Eris or Legend dumps.
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These Roms have a diff bugs

http://www.htcheroblog.com/2010/03/...cHeroBlog+(HTC+Hero+Blog)&utm_content=Brizzly

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These Roms have a diff bugs
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I'm using behnaam's latest Legend ROM 1.3.1 and its ok for me at the moment - I haven't found any real bugs that stop me enjoying Android 2.1 until the official release.
But I'm afraid that no matter how much we complain here or to HTC, its not going to change anything. HTC will release the update when it is ready. If they feel a release needs to be delayed they will delay it. Threads like this will not change things.

Thread closed!

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http://www.htcheroblog.com/2010/03/...cHeroBlog+(HTC+Hero+Blog)&utm_content=Brizzly
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I think you've answered your own point here:
HTC Sweden that says the Android 2.1 release is not “set in stone” and expect it “around April”
HTC have never set a release date in stone, and so we'll have to wait for them. As I said, no matter how much we complain, it won't change things.
And yes, mods please close this thread, its pointless.

sharpinho said:
I'm using behnaam's latest Legend ROM 1.3.1 and its ok for me at the moment - I haven't found any real bugs that stop me enjoying Android 2.1 until the official release.
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The low mic don't annoying you? After using GPS, device non sleep, not annoying you?
Anyway it's an offtop here...

does anyone know if live wallpapers will be included in the update for hero ? becuase to be perfectly honnest why is everyone so excited about 2.1 the changes are so insignificant i dont personally care the only real cool change would be live wallpapers for me i mean even the new legend port all it has is friend stream extra,home pinch and word search ?? other than than its more or less the same as a stock hero sense rom whats the big deal ???

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does anyone know if live wallpapers will be included in the update for hero ? becuase to be perfectly honnest why is everyone so excited about 2.1 the changes are so insignificant i dont personally care the only real cool change would be live wallpapers for me i mean even the new legend port all it has is friend stream extra,home pinch and word search ?? other than than its more or less the same as a stock hero sense rom whats the big deal ???
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Did you test the 2.1 roms that are out now? They are so much faster than stock 1.5, that's the main reason why I'm looking forward to the official release.

Calm down, they will release an update when finished. I don't think it's HTC who spread news on the Internet. It's people who spread rumors.

I really don't believe all the whining, what the hell?
1) It isn't even 'the middle' of March yet, if you're going to be day exact.
2) if someone _would_ say 'middle of march' I never _ever_ saw people starting to complain the moment the '15th' hit and the promised thing wasn't there. Must be something specific to Hero users I think.
3) The most official statement we ever got (and the only one, forgot all the 'february' crap rumours that started somewhere) said 'in march', not the middle. Regional Director HTC Benelux called it 'medio maart' in dutch, which translates to something like 'somewhere in march'.
I really can't believe the hate posting that starts _every_ _single_ _time_ again, primarily on XDA, but also on HTCPedia and MoDaCo. Do people have nothing better to do than wait for a software for their phones?!?

2.2 OTA for mt3g announced?

http://www.tmonews.com/2010/06/mytouch3g-users-youre-wish-is-about-to-come-true/
Ran into this article and it made my day. I really hope this is true, but I'm keeping my fingers crossed. It looks legit though.
Edit: could this be the "something big" that tmobile said was happening on the 19th?

I've heard somewhere that anything released 2009 and after will have a 2.2 update given to it.

Gristline said:
I've heard somewhere that anything released 2009 and after will have a 2.2 update given to it.
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HTC said that *most* of the phones launched in 2010 would get the upgrade. Until now, no other 1st generation phone has had any sort of confirmation for fryo (besides the ION).

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(besides the ION).
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... which would be enough since its a 32B and therefore compatible with DREAM. In fact, it would be BETTER than a tmobile OTA since it won't be polluted with the tmobile junk and will come with root.
Watch here for updates for this device: http://developer.htc.com/google-io-device.html

Great news that Android 2.2 will be added onto the MyTouch.
With that hopefully Cyanogen can get his hands on it as well and get it going for our G1s as well

He is already out with it. It is still under test and lot of things are broken in it, but if you wanna try Froyo just for the heck of it, you can on G1 and Mytouch

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Great news that Android 2.2 will be added onto the MyTouch.
With that hopefully Cyanogen can get his hands on it as well and get it going for our G1s as well
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Actually, what this will mean is that we will be able to get a STABLE 2.2. The state of "cyanogen stable" is actually extremely unstable.
It would be nice to have an OEM 2.2 build just with a few extras... you know, the things that you actually use rather than just jamming in all the bling you can imagine.

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He is already out with it. It is still under test and lot of things are broken in it, but if you wanna try Froyo just for the heck of it, you can on G1 and Mytouch
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You seem to be confused.
There are 2.2 "ports", based on the EMULATOR IMAGE that comes with the SDK. They don't work in even a marginally usable fashion though -- they're not even worth wasting 10 seconds on.

i downgraded from cyan 6 and unrooted ... asa root was undone i got the first half of 2 files for an OTA. Ditched the phone today in favor of a keyboard (seeing as their essentially the same) before i got the rest of it. It IS coming boys!!!

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Actually, what this will mean is that we will be able to get a STABLE 2.2. The state of "cyanogen stable" is actually extremely unstable.
It would be nice to have an OEM 2.2 build just with a few extras... you know, the things that you actually use rather than just jamming in all the bling you can imagine.
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Absolutely agree. Thats precisely what i'm waiting on. It would be really nice to see other builds come out based on oem. We will see what happens soon. Enomther is waiting to start working on just that i believe. Cant wait to see what he come up with.

The Rom in my signature is based on the OTA for MyTouch/Sapphire and it is amazing.
Reminds me of my other daily driver Super D.... yes it is that good.
Full Wipe and Flash and experience it for yourself.

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Absolutely agree. Thats precisely what i'm waiting on. It would be really nice to see other builds come out based on oem. We will see what happens soon. Enomther is waiting to start working on just that i believe. Cant wait to see what he come up with.
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Enom is one of the first Roms I flashed, he is also up there for reliability.
Will see what he releases as well.
Hopefully he will have an apps2ext built into his Rom.
Honestly the black theme and the above mentioned is the only thing that is missing from the Official AOSP 2.2 OTA
There is a workaround using Titanium Backup however but would want a more streamlined approach to accomplish this.

[Q] Shipping with 2.3????

I just took a look at Sprint's website and they now have EVO's shipping with 2.3, does this mean that we will be able to use the kernel that was used for those models to help out with developing roms with 2.3? Sorry if this was in the wrong place or if this information was known and not helpful.

provide a link & yes this is the wrong section.
http://shop.sprint.com/mysprint/sho...0138&flow=AAL&planSKUId=&ptn=&tabId=dt_phones
it does say...
"Operating system
Ships with Android 2.3"

So theres an official 2.3 version of android for the Evo,just not for those of us who have already purchased our Evo's? How does that work?

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So theres an official 2.3 version of android for the Evo,just not for those of us who have already purchased our Evo's? How does that work?
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Agreed, I would love to know.....
This sounds odd. Maybe they updated the page too early? and this means GB Update soon?

Moved to General. I could have moved this to Q&A, but I think it is of enough interest to have it as a General topic.

I thought I was going nuts but right in their page it says ships with 2.3 smh... I hope it means something good for us
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App

Check this: http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-19736_7-20055834-251.html?tag=mncol;1n
Says by the end of June...According to CNET > It's an old post from April, but it seems to be accurate after seeing the "Ships with 2.3" on the Device page...

That wouldn't make sense to have the update by the end of June if I can order a white one from Sprint.com today and have it to my house with 2.3 in two days...

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That wouldn't make sense to have the update by the end of June if I can order a white one from Sprint.com today and have it to my house with 2.3 in two days...
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I agree with you...I think it's time we all mass-calling the sprint reps ;-)
Maybe someone can get some scoop. Ill try.

i heard through the grapevine that we'll be getting 2.3 with sense 2.1...buuuut i take it all with a grain of salt, and i even work for sprint ( not on the wireless side though)

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i heard through the grapevine that we'll be getting 2.3 with sense 2.1...buuuut i take it all with a grain of salt, and i even work for sprint ( not on the wireless side though)
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Any dates?

If this is true then...
from my phone duh

Not shipping as of yesterday
I picked up a new EVO yesterday from the Local Best Buy here in Austin, Texas... 2.2
anxious to see it come about, though.

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I picked up a new EVO yesterday from the Local Best Buy here in Austin, Texas... 2.2
anxious to see it come about, though.
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Dang... you got hosed, I think I'd be taking that one back and making them give me an updated one. The gal I just talked to from Sprint had no clue that the page were all looking at had been updated so.... She did get in touch with tech support for me, but they werent aware of any ota either. She suggested contacting HTC.

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Dang... you got hosed, I think I'd be taking that one back and making them give me an updated one. The gal I just talked to from Sprint had no clue that the page were all looking at had been updated so.... She did get in touch with tech support for me, but they werent aware of any ota either. She suggested contacting HTC.
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i have been in contact with HTC about the Gingerbread update and a new version of Sense.... here is what i have gotten so far from the HTC rep......
here was his first reply "I understand that you need to know when the update to the EVO 4G will be available. At this time, a release date has not been announced yet for any of our updates to 2.3. We also don't have any information as to whether the EVO 4G will receive an updated version of Sense, either. For the latest news, please keep an eye on www.htc.com/us and www.twitter.com/htc."
then he sent this "I apologize, I realized that in my previous email my wording didn't confirm that the Evo will be receiving an update to Android 2.3. This follow up is just to confirm that it is a when, not an if; it has been confirmed that the device will be receiving an update."
then i pushed him a little harder for more info and he replied with this "Thank you for your response. As stated in my first email, we don't at this point in time have a release timeframe for Android 2.3 for the EVO (or any of our devices). We want to get the updates out as soon as possible, but will not do so until we have thoroughly tested them and they are approved as ready by both ourselves and Sprint. In regards to an update to the Sense UI, this is completely independent of the ROM version. There's been no word on if the EVO will receive an updated version of Sense or even if Sprint has shown an interest in having it put on the phone. Thus for the latest news, please keep an eye on www.htc.com/us and www.twitter.com/htc."
then he sent this (kind of randomly i dont know why, and ENDED the conversation) "Thank you again for your reply. I'm concerned that only the notification that you have a response is getting to you but not the message itself. In your last two emails you have inquired as to when the Evo will be updated to 2.3 and if it is going to receive an update to the Sense UI. However, I did supply the only available response to that inquiry (thus my concern that the messages are not making it to your inbox for whatever reason). We don't at this point in time have a release timeframe for Android 2.3 for the EVO (or any of our devices). We want to get the updates out as soon as possible, but will not do so until we have thoroughly tested them and they are approved as ready by both ourselves and Sprint. In regards to an update to the Sense UI, this is completely independent of the ROM version. There's been no word on if the EVO will receive an updated version of Sense or even if Sprint has shown an interest in having it put on the phone. Thus for the latest news, please keep an eye on www.htc.com/us and www.twitter.com/htc."
what do you guys think???

It would be refreshing to have a new version on Sense on our EVOs.

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It would be refreshing to have a new version on Sense on our EVOs.
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yes, it would. for being a flagship device, it is the only one still stuck on Sense 1.0
sense 2.? would be SUCH AN IMPROVEMENT AND MUCH NEEDED!!!!!!

Funny . . you visit the HTC site and look at tech specs for Evo and it says Android Gingerbread for OS. . .
EDIT: Sorry, looked at Sensation specs thinking it was Evo . .

Yeah that was the first place I checked after seeing it shipping with 2.3 on Sprint's website. You'd think they would communicate, at least a little

wow this is weird. Sprint has updated info to soon b4, but to have both sprint and htc update info to soon is to much of a coincidence. So i'm thinking the ota should be hitting in the next couple of days
EDIT: ok looked all over the HTC site and see nothing saying android 2.3/gingerbread. So where are u guys seeing 2.3 on htc.com?
I did however see that at htc.com it says the EVO has OS 2.1 and at shopamerica.htc.com it says 2.2