Just read this article and can't wait for it to be released. One question I do have is once this update is released through Sprint, how long before we get a rooted version that we can flash on our rooted phones?
http://www.itwire.com/your-it-news/mobility/52314-android-4-ice-cream-sandwich-upgrades
I don't think this is new... HTC has said before that they are planning to release ICS for the Evo 3d in the first quarter of 2012.
I would say within a week one of the devs will have a rooted version.
Honestly I would say there would be a full functional rooted version within 24-36hrs.
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With the way Joelz and Chad are cranking it out I'd say we'll have one before the HTC release they're machines.
No doubt they are good but they won't have a fully functioning ROM with 4G and 3D until Sprint pushes it out.
Agreed. But if those 2 things aren't that important to you (no 4g here anytime soon and rarely use the 3d feature so not a big deal to me) then you'll have a perfectly good ics rom way before Sprint finally releases it.
Just give us a leak HTC so it can be on & popping!
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Hey guys. Sorry if this is something everyone around here knows, because I haven't seen mention of it.
Most roms I've seen, including the one I'm using, keep getting updates yet continue to be based on 2.3.3...why haven't we moved along to 2.3.5 or even 2.3.4?
Im new to the evo 3d but I'm used to lightning fast releases with always the latest OTA included on the Evo 4G and this is puzzling.
Thanks!
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Not until HTC releases an updated version for the devs to pick at, were stuck with 2.3.3 until then, or until an asop version is successfully ported.
Actually there's this thread two spots down, asking the same question, with the same answer I gave
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1217361
Thanks for the info!
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http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/1...rce-coming-november-17th-says-notion-ink-ceo/
Normally a remark like this wouldn't be taken at face value, but Shravan already has a track record with this sort of thing, having accurately predicted the release of Android Gingerbread last year. Shravan's claim seems even more plausible when considering the fact that the European Galaxy Nexus has been confirmed for launch on the 17th. You may also remember that Dan Morrill made it clear last month that Ice Cream Sandwich's source would not be released before the Galaxy Nexus.
Of course, without confirmation from Google, we can only wait in anticipation, but luckily we won't have to wait long before seeing if this statement in fact materializes.
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Im still undecided btwn GN and Amaze since no Tmo sub'd version of GN exists.
Having come from N1 Kinda out of the loop as to what turnaround times are for these types AOSP> Rom times.
Are we talking Weeks , Months ?
From what I understand S-OFF isnt an issue and good devs seem to be working on Amaze already.
The galaxy nexus is a whole different experience from the amaze, being that when ics is released early next year for the amaze ( as according to htc ) its functions will be intergrated into the sense ui. The galaxy nexus will offer the stock or vanilla user interface.
Personally on all the vanilla based devices I've had it always seems I root to get that sense based ui back so it was an easy decision for me, but keep in mind even if that rumor is true the source code won't promise a carrier based update or even stable custom roms for a number of weeks.
tldr; it may be awhile
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FYI, ICS source is now in the wild (I got it from the general dev section at XDA)
http://groups.google.com/group/android-building/browse_thread/thread/4f85d9242667a85f?pli=1
will this software upgrade eventually make its way to the TB?
Im sure this has been covered before.
Don't hold your breath. Updates seemed to be few and far between. You will see a fully functioning ICS from one of the fine developers here long before an official release comes out OTA.
Sit back, relax and soon.. maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow.. but soon...
WE WILL HAVE ICS! MUHHH HAAH AHAHA
We could hope that ICS makes it to the Thunderbolt.
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Im sure this has been covered before.
Don't hold your breath. Updates seemed to be few and far between. You will see a fully functioning ICS from one of the fine developers here long before an official release comes out OTA.
Sit back, relax and soon.. maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow.. but soon...
WE WILL HAVE ICS! MUHHH HAAH AHAHA
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Well said.
I doubt we will ever see an OFFICIAL ICS build for the Thunderbolt. I just don't see HTC and Verizon spending the time on it with all the newer phones coming out.
I am confident we will get a full ICS ROM from our developers. There is already a booting port of it. No connectivity, but it boots!
Not offically
I'm sure we'll get a good working AOSP rom, CM9 is slated to fully supported the thunderbolt, as far as from HTC is concerned, it's seems very clear that the only announced supported devices from the big manufactuers, Samsung, HTC, Motorola are the dual core phones that were made recently, theirs no doubt in my mind the thunderbolt can handle ICS very well, but it'll probably get too laggy once they throw memory and resource intensive sense on top of it. I would bet money on the fact that the thunderbolt will never see official ICS
You'll notice that the Nexus S runs it fine, and other manufacturers like Sony Ericsion that have very light skins or none at all, can upgrade to ICS, they've vowed to do it for all Xperia devices launched this year at minimum.
I so wish they would drop the skins from Android devices. ICS don't need a skin, maybe older android versions needed skins to clean it up and make it user friendly but not any more.
I find it interesting how an update hasn't been issued in months, and the leaked update (198_7) never ended up being officially released. I wonder if that means either Moto has given up updating the phone or they are waiting for a newer GB or ICS build to release?
I'm very happy with my Photon with 198_7, although I have received the muted auto issue a few times that I thought Moto had fixed.
This is typical behavior. Updates don't typically happen every couple of months with android. There's a huge gap between them and its always been this way where have you been? Moto isn't focusing on updating gingerbread anymore there aren't major issues with our phone just minor. Their main focus is ice cream on newer devices including the photon. Again, manufacturers have always been silent about updates unless its a pure Google device i.e nexus, nexus s. Moto is hard at work right now to bring us some official ics real soon. My guess is some time before spring break (March-ish) not to forget stupid sprint still has to approve it which could take a month or two :rolls eyes:
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This is typical behavior. Updates don't typically happen every couple of months with android. There's a huge gap between them and its always been this way where have you been? Moto isn't focusing on updating gingerbread anymore there aren't major issues with our phone just minor. Their main focus is ice cream on newer devices including the photon. Again, manufacturers have always been silent about updates unless its a pure Google device i.e nexus, nexus s. Moto is hard at work right now to bring us some official ics real soon. My guess is some time before spring break (March-ish) not to forget stupid sprint still has to approve it which could take a month or two :rolls eyes:
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Sprint won't be stupid if they wait a month or two testing ICS before an offical OTAP. They've learned from past OS OTAPs that careful QA/QC of OS upgrades are manadtory for the best customer experience.
I for one am not worried whether not we get any updates of gingerbread. The only problem I ever had with this phone with random restart in that was cured with 198_7. As for ice cream sandwich I'm not worried whether not moto pushes out a build. I think ice cream sandwich itself is flawless and should not be skinned. I will be happy with a fully functional cm 9.
Sent from my photon running Skinny 2 with a Simply Mopho injection.
idk but i hope sprint and moto send out ics, or someone builds it here. i really want it. dont get me wrong i like what i have now just ics is sooo nice
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idk but i hope sprint and moto send out ics, or someone builds it here. i really want it. dont get me wrong i like what i have now just ics is sooo nice
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Lol? Builds it? We already have a damn good working ics rom where have you been? As the great joker said "I think its safe to say the photon has ics" lol
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idk but i hope sprint and moto send out ics, or someone builds it here. i really want it. dont get me wrong i like what i have now just ics is sooo nice
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Yeah we have a build that works better than most of these other phones that have a build.
You know I love how motorola builds it's own homes not based off release blah I can't think... Everyone should know waht I mean the gingerbread interface google released was way different from waht we got which I think is way better than googles!
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And didn't joker say a while back they stopped bug fixing gingerbread to work on ics
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Hi. I heard that android going to release version 5.0 jellybean. Does anyone know when is the release date?
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Hi. I heard that android going to release version 5.0 jellybean. Does anyone know when is the release date?
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Since Feb Google execs have been saying most likely this fall or late Q4. I'm sure this Fall though and even this summer their might be leaked 4.1 roms spotted on devices. Jellybean will be 4.1 not 5.0 as the Nexus 7 got it. It definitely will be more of a software/driver update and performance tweaks with few new features but probably not a whole new UI that 4.0 brought us. It makes sense considering that's how it was since back on 2.1/2.2/2.3 versions of Android And not much has been leaked or given in regards as to what features it will bring. Only thing I can think of is the integration of Google chrome as the default browser in 4.1 that's it lol
Sorry for my mistake, I thought it was android 5.0. Can't wait for the leaks. Thanks for the reply phantomg93
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Sorry for my mistake, I thought it was android 5.0. Can't wait for the leaks. Thanks for the reply phantomg93
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No problem androidboy123 and I could be wrong about it not being 5.0. Everyone on the websites changed it from 5.0 to 4.1 because of the Nexus 7. I guess we will have to wait and see what # version Jellybean will be when it starts rolling out on phones
Jelly beam
Probably we will not recive it with OTA, maybie will get a Rom without sense
Jellybean
I would say that how the EVO 3D got screwed over, we probably won't see Jellybean on our phones. It has been suggested that manufacturers should charge for major ROM updates and I would be willing to do so (provided the cost was reasonable). Hell, I would have paid for ICS to get it 6 months sooner.
Naturally, Apple would say how their updates are free and flaunt that in front of everyone. :\
*Sigh*
well... the 3vo might get 4.1 ... but chances are by the time jelly bean hits the market we still wont have the 4.0.3 from sprint... but if they follow their normal pattern, chances of seeing it are good more than likely as a End Of Life update sometime next year, but none the less, chances are probably a lot higher that the wonderfull devs that are still with us will port it fairly soon after they get a chance to play with it a little, or that vm will probably update there 3vo sooner, and we may end up with another questionable leak, but I can say with almost abosolute certinty that well get it in due time, untill then we will have the marithon wait that we did for ics. :good:
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well... the 3vo might get 4.1 ... but chances are by the time jelly bean hits the market we still wont have the 4.0.3 from sprint... but if they follow their normal pattern, chances of seeing it are good more than likely as a End Of Life update sometime next year, but none the less, chances are probably a lot higher that the wonderfull devs that are still with us will port it fairly soon after they get a chance to play with it a little, or that vm will probably update there 3vo sooner, and we may end up with another questionable leak, but I can say with almost abosolute certinty that well get it in due time, untill then we will have the marithon wait that we did for ics. :good:
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3VO EOL was like a month ago bro. Sprint hates this phone.
All jelly bean discussion goes here for now on
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1739962
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