RT @PaulOBrien Man, the HTC Flyer Honeycomb ROM is a huge file! ;-)
Does this mean it due soon? Know Paul he'll have a custom rom out soon....
This makes me happy!
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New post exciting new ROM this weekend
@PaulOBrien HC on Flyer brings some real improvements to how the pen works too. HC MCR for Flyer coming up
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New post exciting new ROM this weekend
@PaulOBrien HC on Flyer brings some real improvements to how the pen works too. HC MCR for Flyer coming up
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Which new ROM, which weekend, which HC, when, where, ... ??? Your post contains more secrets than information
He has the files by "secret magic trick", so I don't know that we'll get access soon. At least we know the build is out there, based on HC 3.2, and hopefully he'll tweet a little more about it.
The excitement is building...
Paul said early next week for release....
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Will all of my existing applications work in HC or will I have to find other applications to use instead?
Posted the raw RUU in the dew section, custom Ron to follow early next week.
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Posted the raw RUU in the dew section, custom Ron to follow early next week.
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Dude - thank you so much!
Any news or luck about honeycomb on the view?
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But what about us View owners?
yep....there is the download link, but it doesn't work....I just tried from morning time up to now...doesn't boot at all. just revert to highfly again!
there is Official HC screen shot at thisismynext.com.. aw, i cant post the link
I've got already working on my Flyer ! check "development" for more info!
As of September 2, the response from @htc on twitter is "no eta yet" for an OTA update.
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Anybody has some news, when HTC leak out another beta version or publish a real update for Honeycomb?
PS. The leak is great but still has some bugs.
Any News ? I really wanna have Honeycomb
Please [email protected] here
Man, I'm also getting very frustrated.
1. The View gets no love from Hulu+ or NetFlix, even though the Flyer is officially supported.
2. STILL don't have the new Android Market, so I can't download movies on WiFi. (Since NetFlix doesn't work for crap over the air, I can't watch movies on the tablet.)
3. The pen is all but useless. If I could use it as a stylus, that would be great... but as it is, it's an $80 paperweight.
4. Still no $$**&## video chat in Google Talk. Grrr!!
In the end, my View is a $400+ Kindle. If I wanted an e-reader, I would have bought a Kindle 3G and saved myself the $200 on the purchase price, plus the monthly fees.
Are there ANY tablets on the market right now that work with Hulu+, NetFlix, and can download movies through the Android Market?
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Man, I'm also getting very frustrated.
1. The View gets no love from Hulu+ or NetFlix, even though the Flyer is officially supported.
2. STILL don't have the new Android Market, so I can't download movies on WiFi. (Since NetFlix doesn't work for crap over the air, I can't watch movies on the tablet.)
3. The pen is all but useless. If I could use it as a stylus, that would be great... but as it is, it's an $80 paperweight.
4. Still no $$**&## video chat in Google Talk. Grrr!!
In the end, my View is a $400+ Kindle. If I wanted an e-reader, I would have bought a Kindle 3G and saved myself the $200 on the purchase price, plus the monthly fees.
Are there ANY tablets on the market right now that work with Hulu+, NetFlix, and can download movies through the Android Market?
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Uh, my View has netflix right off the market. Yes, the new market. So all that's missing is Hulu+ which I imagine is any day since the Flyer has it. Not sure why you can't have the first two though since it IS there officially.
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Honestly I think HTC is shorting us by not giving us 3.0 so the only reason I'm going to get this is we can port 3.0 to it. So what are the odds? How hard is going to be?
I guess they want more development time to set up Sense on Honeycomb and possibly to push it out sooner so people get this rather than Xoom...
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The first day we have a compatible kitchen, I'll have the port out. Can make that in 10 minutes.
I.e if they haven't switched from RUU to something new...
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The first day we have a compatible kitchen, I'll have the port out. Can make that in 10 minutes.
I.e if they haven't switched from RUU to something new...
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Good sir you are why im buying this device. Thank you very much
Does the digitizer make porting Honeycomb more difficult (i.e., because it's not designed for styluses)? I'm on the fence about the Flyer, but developer support would be a huge plus.
+1 for honeycomb development.
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Does the digitizer make porting Honeycomb more difficult (i.e., because it's not designed for styluses)? I'm on the fence about the Flyer, but developer support would be a huge plus.
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I feel the same way although I'm 99% sure ill get it anyway. I don't see the point in 10" tablets. If I was going to carry a bulky device, I'd sooner take my laptop as its far more useful and weighs abt the same as the 10" tablets.
Have used the Galaxy Tab for a few months now and its the form factor which makes is useful to me - will fit in your pocket if you really need a free hand.
My only other concern is performance. With the majority of honeycomb tablets sporting the Tegra 2 chipset, does this mean apps will be designed with those specs in mind? Anyone know how the flyers Qualcom CPU?
Why want to port a buggy honeycomb if around 3 months later (Juni or July) there will be a official 3.0
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Why want to port a buggy honeycomb if around 3 months later (Juni or July) there will be a official 3.0
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No offense intended, but your question comes across ass a little troll-ish. Assuming you genuinely want an answer though:
1) Because apps for 3.0 are designed for tablet form-factor. If you have used any of the 2.x (or even earlier) tablets, you will know that many apps look horrible because they are either scaled up to full screen, or only appear as a 'small box' in the middle of the screen.
2) I love XDA - the Devs here are top-notch and I never have issues running early versions of the ROMs that are cooked up by XDA devs. The releases here are always way ahead of the manufacturer releases and that's kind of the whole point of the site. It lets DEVs get familiar with new platforms so that when oficial releases come out, they can be quickly ported to the 'official' build when HTC get around to releasing it.
3) Never hold your breath waiting for manufacturers to release updates. HTC are relatively quick to release updates compared to most manufacturers, but waiting for official updates can lead to pain and disappointment.
I was wondering this as well, but more in a general sense. I got an ipad from my work for winning a contest, I played with it, and I can't stand apple crap. So I'm going to sell it, looks like I can get about $450 for it on ebay. So I wanted to take that money and get a android tablet, and I was thinking I would wait for the honeycomb tabs to come out and come down in price a little. But then I thought why do that?? Especially since i'm running gingerbread on my Evo and it runs freaking awesome!
So any worries hardware or other with buying a froyo tab and rooting it and getting a honeycomb rom later? Any min specs one should look for etc..? I know it's slightly off topic sorry, but not really sure where I should post this
Thanks!!!
Do a little research next time, it WILL be released with Honeycomb. I can't post the link cause I don't have more then 8 posts, but if you google it, HTC tweeted that it will be released with 3.0.
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Do a little research next time, it WILL be released with Honeycomb. I can't post the link cause I don't have more then 8 posts, but if you google it, HTC tweeted that it will be released with 3.0.
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WTF?? What do you mean "IT will be released with honeycomb"? What is "IT"?? exactly?
anyways that post is old I bought a gtab
http://twitter.com/htc/status/48806237156016128
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Gotcha thanks, makes more sense now, but if you read my original post you'll see that I don't have an htc tablet and that it was just a general question
But if you port it you will lose the gaming experience app forgot the real name and HTC said they are going to update 2 honeycomb
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But if you port it you will lose the gaming experience app forgot the real name and HTC said they are going to update 2 honeycomb
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Yea, but you have to pay to use OnLive. I don`t think many people are going to bother with it.
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Yea, but you have to pay to use OnLive. I don`t think many people are going to bother with it.
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And seems people's 3g plan can't hold the bandwidth for a few hours per month...
Hd2 desire s build xda app.
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But if you port it you will lose the gaming experience app forgot the real name and HTC said they are going to update 2 honeycomb
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didnt google say there licencing wont allow 2.x products to upgrade to honeycomb?
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didnt google say there licencing wont allow 2.x products to upgrade to honeycomb?
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Unless given express permission by mr Google, and the flyer/evo tablet got the green light
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Unless given express permission by mr Google, and the flyer/evo tablet got the green light
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Yeah, now all they need is the source. Can't understand why Google would hold back the source from HTC but...
@htc
HTC
@Geekhangover We will be offering a Honeycomb upgrade when it’s made available. What feature are you most excited about?
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Honestly I think HTC is shorting us by not giving us 3.0 so the only reason I'm going to get this is we can port 3.0 to it. So what are the odds? How hard is going to be?
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Before u spend ur money. You should know that the has no RUU released. And any system posted of the xoom that's not the WiFi version moto keeps having the links removed. And to top it all off the system dump can not be deodexed. I have even tried myself. The only version of 3.0 that can be ported is SDK and nothing works on it... T-Mobile will be releasing an honeycomb tab but know Google it will be locked too... And its not HTC's falt honeycomb will never meet sense. Google will not allow any overlays of any kind of honeycomb. That means no blur or sense...
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when will the honeycomb official rom come for flyer? ??
Seriously? Somebody just asked this yesterday. And the answer hasn't changed, nobody but HTC knows, and they aren't saying.
I asked them on twitter recently (like a week ago) and they said they are working on it and have no idea as to when we should expect it.
I have been VERY disappointed with HTC support for this product. In all aspects.
Have you guys seen if the Best Buy Flyer is able to use one of those custom HC ROMs?
@HTCUSA any ballpark timeframe when 3.2 will be dropped for the Flyer?
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11:43 AM Sep 27th via twicca
http://twitter.com/kardain/status/118757734337351680
@kardain Don't have anything to give you as of right now. But we'll be sure to keep you in the loop once we have more info for you!
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12:19 PM Sep 27th via CoTweet
http://twitter.com/HTCUSA/status/118766683207901184
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Have you guys seen if the Best Buy Flyer is able to use one of those custom HC ROMs?
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Best Buy Flyer works with the HC ROMs. I generally don't have really high opinion of HC, but in this case, It's a HUGE improvement over the stock Gingerbread because of how the pen is integrated.
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To put it into Motorola's wise words on questions like that: "when it's done, it's done."
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Given how many app compatibility issues there are with HC tablets, it might be a bit of a blessing for us not to have it quite yet. Yet the app devs catch up to HC, then HTC can roll out the update with confidence that it won't break a bunch of apps that we have grown accustomed to using.
I wonder if the release Honeycomb will come as a dissapointment, when the rest of the Android world is now beginning to talk Ice Cream Sandwich...
I'm hoping HC will be here soon. The Flyer has been out for way too long now and HTC promised the Honeycomb update for the summer. Google may have slowed things down a bit since they officially didn't support smaller screens with HC until the 3.2 release.
Lets hope HTC releases an even better HC update which takes advantage of the built-in widget re-sizing capabilities. There's no reason why HTC still needs to have all their widget size options within HC.
No news, good news
Surprise, surprise
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Click "like" or comment on following post on HTC Flyer USA facebook page. Best way to send a message to HTC
https://www.facebook.com/htcusa/posts/212867458781538
Worth a try. I will post something
My crystal ball says: Within the next three weeks we will get HC.
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My crystal ball says: Within the next three weeks we will get HC.
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Hope you are right
like or comment the following links also:
HTC official page: http://www.facebook.com/HTC/posts/10150495979693084
HTC Flyer official page: http://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=262036503831697&id=182447658457249
I hate to say but after looking at the face book page, it seems to me that its just a marketing outlet for HTC. I don't see them ever answering any support questions there, have you?
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I posted this.
It appears to me that HTC may be exiting the tablet market. They have never delivered on the promised Android update from Gingerbread to Honeycomb for the Flyer / View and the Jetstream is not competitively priced. Additionally no announcements or marketing in place for the holiday sales pitch coming up would appear to leave HTC in a bad position.
HTC are you competing and supporting your customers or dumping us????
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I hate to say but after looking at the face book page, it seems to me that its just a marketing outlet for HTC. I don't see them ever answering any support questions there, have you?
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Maybe, but a good place to put your message don't you think? I am not looking for support, I want their sales team know that they are not selling hardware, tablet is a complete package. I also want future customers know the facts. Hurting sales is the only way to teach a lesson.
Yes I guess you are right. Just have a bad feeling about this. Reminds me of my HTC Hero.
Here is the HTC US customer support email page. Use this to email to HTC support
http://www.htc.com/www/contact/email-us/
THIS IS BULL **** MAN.....i can't even express how unfair this is. HTC originally said it would be included with HC and then MONTHHHSSS later they still don't offer it to us? They promised it to us, but something tells me they forgot about us and just said screw it.
I only buy HTC products, but this customer support is unfair. This product has been out for months now and still nothing, not even a reminder saying "were working on it". They keep giving us old OS, right when (IF) we ever finally do get HC, Icecream will already be out on tablets once again giving us an OLD OS.
Would someone please explain the point of this? ICS was announced last week and is obviously superior to HC. Why are you complaining about not getting HC now? I can understand if you're complaining because you don't expect any updates, but ICS is obviously the upgrade path Google wants everything with Gingerbread to go with. By the look of things, it appears that HTC was working on HC then stopped when they got word that ICS was coming very soon.
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Here is the HTC US customer support email page. Use this to email to HTC support
http://www.htc.com/www/contact/email-us/
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I sent them an email and this is what I got
You were wondering about a software upgrade for your HTC EVO View 4G. I would be more than happy to assist you with this software inquiry. Unfortunately, I do not have any information about the release of the Honeycomb upgrade for your Android tablet. I would recommend you keep an eye on the HTC regional website at www.htc.com/US under the Home tab for further developments.
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Would someone please explain the point of this? ICS was announced last week and is obviously superior to HC. Why are you complaining about not getting HC now? I can understand if you're complaining because you don't expect any updates, but ICS is obviously the upgrade path Google wants everything with Gingerbread to go with. By the look of things, it appears that HTC was working on HC then stopped when they got word that ICS was coming very soon.
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I'm sorry to be blunt , but you really need to read the threads here more and understand how the Android update process works. Google does not release or control updates for any device, none, zero, nada. Maybe in the future since they now own Motorola, they will control Motorola releases, but currently no, so ICS updates are not coming soon to a device near you. When Google announces any given version of Android it runs on exactly nothing at that point and a lot of work remains with each hardware vendor to make it work on each devices.
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I sent them an email and this is what I got
You were wondering about a software upgrade for your HTC EVO View 4G. I would be more than happy to assist you with this software inquiry. Unfortunately, I do not have any information about the release of the Honeycomb upgrade for your Android tablet. I would recommend you keep an eye on the HTC regional website at www.htc.com/US under the Home tab for further developments.
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Here’s my first email to them
"Being the owner of several HTC Phones and enjoying their build quality, I recently purchased a HTC Flyer, thinking it would (as promised) get updated to Honeycomb.
Now, some web sites are reporting the flyer will not be updated.
I am now approaching my 30 day return window, so my question is, do I need to return my Flyer and buy something like the Samsung?
I really like HTC products but, I do want a device that (as promised) will get updated.
Gary"
I got the same reply as you. I then sent them this
"Thank you for your quick reply. As you know the official announcement was on Feb 11, 8 months ago saying the update to Honeycomb would be coming soon. The Flyer is approuching 1 year old and still no update. It seems like I may have to return my flyer and try another product. Thanks, Gary"
I got this back
"Gary, We very much appreciate your loyalty to HTC and understand how it can be frustrating awaiting announced updates, especially when they take longer than anticipated to come out. We ask for your patience as the update is being developed and tested for your device. Thank you again!"
Deerhunter48 said:
My crystal ball says: Within the next three weeks we will get HC.
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IS there some relevance in your 3 week suggestion?.
I mean is there some announcement from HTC due in that timeframe (fiscal results), a trade-show, or is it really just a gut-feeling/guess?
Thanks
Iain
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"Gary, We very much appreciate your loyalty to HTC and understand how it can be frustrating awaiting announced updates, especially when they take longer than anticipated to come out. We ask for your patience as the update is being developed and tested for your device. Thank you again!"
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Sounds good. I hope it's true and not just another ready-made reply.
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Sounds good. I hope it's true and not just another ready-made reply.
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If it is false info they’re going to buy mine back … they just don’t know that yet
ICS is long way off. I don't expect HTC to release ICS update. Most likely the combination of cyanogenmod + some talented developer will give us ICS.
People fail to realize that Android and iOS are completely different animals.
iOS is made for very small set of hardware (for e.g. iOS supports iPHone 3G, 3GS, 4,4S, iPad and iPad2 hardware only) and hence it is a complete product. Hardware/Software/Apps and middleware (drivers etc) work together to deliver a consistent experience - Apple ensures that.
In Android world - google creates one version of OS with basic set of apps and middleware (drivers etc). It relies on companies to to create software and drivers compatible with the OS and developers to create apps compatible with OS - not an easy task with multiple vendors/hardware combinations.
In a sense Google has been shooting itself in foot with so many versions Froyo, GB, HC and ICS within last 2 years. I will not be surprised if companies stop supporting Google because they are tired of providing all this support. Supporting an OS update takes months of hard work. Add carrier specific releases to that and you begin to understand what a big mess all this is.
ICS is a first step by Google in right direction. Now we will have a single Android OS for phones & tablets with patch releases in future. This will bring stability to Android platform and to its vendors. In my opinion there should never have been HC and GB out at all. It should just have been HC that supported both phones and tablets.
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If it is false info they’re going to buy mine back … they just don’t know that yet
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Haha, excellent answer!
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Click "like" or comment on following post on HTC Flyer USA facebook page. Best way to send a message to HTC
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Yeah. I have added my $0.02.
I'm getting my fiance one or the other for christmas, but I would like to know if there is actually the development support for the view as the flyer. Is it worth getting the view over the flyer for the price or am I going to pay for it in the long run due to lack of support? The reason I ask it is doesn't seem like there is much support for the view under the development section and I would like to know I have community support in anything I buy. I see we have root on both devices but there doesn't seem like near as many roms and such on the view as the flyer, which I understand because the view is just a sprint product. Where the flyer is sold globally. More or less I'm just looking for advice on which is the better buy, as I know for sure that she does want the flyer/view for the pen functionality and form factor of the flyer/view. Thanks for the help.
Flyer. If development is a big issue for you(as it is for most people on here), then that's your pick. And an added bonus is that the flyer will have a better resale value because it is gsm
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Cool, that's mainly what I needed to know.
There isn't exactly an abundance of support for the flyer as far as I am aware.
Oh, so I guess it's not going to matter either way? I've seen a few custom roms for the flyer, but only one for the view. The biggest thing I'm concerned about is that she wants to "try" honeycomb(assuming it does actually show up), but she didn't really like it in the store on the other tabs(A100, Tranformer, etc.). So I really just want to make sure if I allow her to accept the OTA that I can get it back to stock GB if necessary. I assume that I could just root and recover back to GB if necessary? Same as I can take my TB back to stock if I wanted, or do you think I am mistaken on this?
Flyer. We don't know what the rollback options will be on the view (if any) after an OTA update to HC.
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Flyer. We don't know what the rollback options will be on the view (if any) after an OTA update to HC.
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This will be the kicker then. And since you're a Dev. then I'm not even going to bother with trying to deal with the view. Plus you have already wrote the rollback guide for me if that needed to happen. Thanks again for responses.
Well, I just purchased the flyer, thanks for the comments.
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Oh, so I guess it's not going to matter either way? I've seen a few custom roms for the flyer, but only one for the view. The biggest thing I'm concerned about is that she wants to "try" honeycomb(assuming it does actually show up), but she didn't really like it in the store on the other tabs(A100, Tranformer, etc.). So I really just want to make sure if I allow her to accept the OTA that I can get it back to stock GB if necessary. I assume that I could just root and recover back to GB if necessary? Same as I can take my TB back to stock if I wanted, or do you think I am mistaken on this?
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Can you please give me a link for that Custom ROM for view?
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Well, I just purchased the flyer, thanks for the comments.
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how did you manage to get one if you don't mind me asking?
Ebay. That's the only place I could find them. I originally took her to best buy, and she tried the A100, the Flyer, the Gtab, Nook, and Kindle. She originally wanted a kindle, but after playing with it she didn't like how it felt, and it had to be a 7 in or close to it, so since BB still had the Flyer up on display she played with it and loved it, so I was looking to get her what she wanted.
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Can you please give me a link for that Custom ROM for view?
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I could have been wrong, it was a quick glance though the first 3 pages in the Dev section. If you looked though the Dev section and there isn't one there then it was a mistake on my part.
The thread in question was written by Contradude and the ROM name is ClerverNameHere.
Seems the View is the better option if you can get for the same price or less, since the View has 16gb more internal storage and no white sides (OK, that is picky).
I have the Flyer and have ordered the View for $235.
Either model IMO is the best option for 7" tablets, none the less.
Two more questions, has anybody used the mhl adapter? Does it do hdmi mirroring? Or is it more of a media output like the dnla adapter? And, has anyone used a keyboard/mouse with it? I assume this will only be possible with the hc update, but I would still like to know for curiosity sake.
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The View is a beautiful device. The best looking 7" tablet available.
The problem is that the support for it is terrible, in terms of roms, and Honeycomb probably won't happen. That's fine with me though since it is an excellent and strong device, as is.
I got the View also bc its on sale and the 32gb of memory.
mhl will mirror on gb, hc, dont know
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mhl will mirror on gb, hc, dont know
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Mirroring works on HC and DLNA works great on HC, for the Flyer
I just received my "like new" flyer from amazon. Everything looks great except that the volume rocker is very loose, jiggly, and noisy. Is this normal?
Hi XDA folks,
Just saw this link which give us some insights to news onofficial ICS for flyer
http://www.htc-hub.com/htc/actualites/htc-flyer-mise-a-jour-officielle-ice-cream-sandwich/
Cheers,
Renga
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Hi XDA folks,
Just saw this link which give us some insights to news onofficial ICS for flyer
http://www.htc-hub.com/htc/actualites/htc-flyer-mise-a-jour-officielle-ice-cream-sandwich/
Cheers,
Renga
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My French needs some work. You mind translating
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here you go!!
This is what i got when i translated.. with googles help
Many of us regret installing Honeycomb on the HTC Flyer . Gingerbread for a return on it will send its tablet for service or simply flash the UCP method (not verified) that we can show you on request.
Honeycomb has taken a while but for Ice Cream Sandwich the story will be different since the update is scheduled for the first quarter, in a little over 2 months the very most!
Thank you to bandjamesband for the info!
We remind you that Google had not delivered the source code and therefore Honeycomb HTC 's had to do with using the SDK. So Sense is much less well integrated in Android 3.2. With the arrival of Android 4.0 on our shelves is expected obviously a major concern of this correction
Well yes according to that it looks likely.
The conversation with HTC which is mostly missing appears to have been about what options a user had to get off honeycomb.
The response from HTC was to send it to after sales service for a downgrade to gingerbread or to wait for the ICS update
The follow up question was, when is the ICS update planned for?
The response: Planned for the first quarter of this year.
I didn't translate the article, just the "chat with us conversation" from where the information about the update comes. And yes I am 100% certain of the accuracy of meaning in my translation.
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My French needs some work. You mind translating
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How do you say +1 in French? Plusavue une?
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shameful as my mother is a French Canadian that I could not piece together the message. Hopeful it its true though
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How do you say +1 in French? Plusavue une?
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Like this: +1
Plus un, would be a suitable translation but I don't think I've every seen it written in words in any language.
So does everyone actually prefer Gingerbread over Honeycomb on this device? If so then why?
I prefer honeycomb but reasons why are all opinion
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So does everyone actually prefer Gingerbread over Honeycomb on this device? If so then why?
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Everyone actually prefers Froyo, but no one could figure out how to downgrade to it.
But anyway my unofficial poll came out like this.
Favor HC: 96%
Favor GB: 3%
Favor Terminal mode: 1%
DigitalMD said:
Everyone actually prefers Froyo, but no one could figure out how to downgrade to it.
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I prefer GB, battery life is a bit improved and I can make calls again.
Backwards compatibility is not all the way there for HC.
Yeah it looks fancier and all but I can make voip calls and all my bought apps that are bought for my Inspire 4G work 100% on GB Flyer.
Since I have AT&Trash the reception here leaves alot to be desired so I rely on my Flyer for phonecalls + I can call pretty much call or receive nationwide for free.
I know some do not care about this feature but it is essential to me and especially my gf. Yak, Yak, Yak. lol
Info on the procedure here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1449859
I hope this is true but I don't believe it.
Customer service people are always the last to know anything. So, something is up here. I fear it is a hoax or just more bad information. We should all know better than to believe stuff we read on some site we never heard of before.
lawguy said:
I hope this is true but I don't believe it.
Customer service people are always the last to know anything. So, something is up here. I fear it is a hoax or just more bad information. We should all know better than to believe stuff we read on some site we never heard of before.
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I am full of doubt, especially considering how long honeycombe took and the fact that the flyer is pretty much discontinued
I agree. Hate to be pessimist, but I think the road ends with Honeycomb and all its shortcomings.
Sent from my HTC Flyer; resisting Honeycomb due to allergy
My question is will Honeycomb actually be supported a little further down the road or will it just be forgotten. It seems like it was just a bridge to hold over tablet owners until the real OS hit, ICS. So what will developers do and will they continue to make everything Honeycomb compatible.
I almost feel like Google should request all Honeycomb tablets be upgraded to ICS and they should take the hit on any costs to do since they are responsible for putting together a half assed OS until ICS rolled out...
Microsoft did that with Win/ME and Vista
what i dont like with HC is the bar at the bottum... takes up to much screen.
this baby only got 7 inch, and by haveing a permanent bar there, makes the screen even smaller. dont like it..
the flyer/view got some HW-buttons, so the bar isent that useful...
but otherwise i prefere HC
Everyone needs to get a grip.
HC will go the way of Froyo and GB. They will be forgotten and the next big thing ICS and then Jelly Bean will replace them and on and on. Hardware will always be outdated in 6 to 9 months and new stuff will replace it. As for Google dictating that HW vendors and sellers update to the latest OS, they tried that in the annual meeting Oct. 2011 and got the big one fingered salute from all the manufacturer and cell carriers. Google is in no position to dictate things. They attempted to get everyone to agree to updating all devices to the new OS within 4 months and no one agreed. So it's all best effort meaning sellers can do it if they want to.
You have to remember that HW sellers don't make money from fixing all your problems and updating software. They make money from selling new hardware. So they will choose to do the bare minimum level of support. Now that may not be what you think is right or how it "should be", but that is reality and not accepting that will just make you more unhappy. Where you going to go? Apple? MIcrosoft? maybe.... Microsoft started out having a central update site for all Windows phone, but they have abandoned that concept due to cell carrier pressure. So now they are in the same boat as Google with users beholding to cell providers for their updates.
Google does not make a dime from direct Android sales. They are an advertising company.
Here is the English version of the article...
http://htcsource.com/2012/01/android-4-0-update-confirmed-for-the-htc-flyer/