HTC and the JetStream - HTC Jetstream

Good Morning my fellow Jetstream owners.
I have some trusted contacts that have informed me that HTC is not likely to produce an ice cream sandwich ROM for jetstream.
It is a simple business decision, it costs a ton of money to develop, test and support a build. So I have to agree with the decision.
Having said that, I am working on a plan with HTC and a developer to partner up and develop a ROM for us. As far as a I know this will be the first time an XDA dev and HTC have partnered on a dev project.
I will keep this forum updated on progress.
Russ741

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Well, on one hand I'm happy to hear that we might some day get ics.
On the other hand, I feel like I deserv an official answer after spending all that money.
Thanks for the information.
The thing I'm sure of - I wil never purchase htc again.

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guru_shastri said:
Well, on one hand I'm happy to hear that we might some day get ics.
On the other hand, I feel like I deserv an official answer after spending all that money.
Thanks for the information.
The thing I'm sure of - I wil never purchase htc again.
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I must agree with guru_shastri! This tablet is one of the most expensive tablets in the Android tablet market space, and for HTC to deny its customer information on future upgrades is shameful! If you are no longer going to support a product do what HP did and DROP THE PRICE! I will never buy an HTC product ever again, phone or tablet. This is why HTC is loosing money...

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I really hope this project takes place and does not end up born dead as it is the same for me, I hadeverything HTC, phone (Desire Z) two tabs (Flyer and jetstream) but I move simply away from HTC as not ICS on any of these devices. Samsung Glide Keyboard phone that will receive ICS, Huawei 7" Mediapad already on ICS and waiting for the Galaxy tab Note 10"
HTC wake up!! You are loosing a important customer base by not providing support to devices less than a year old and so expensive!!

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No ICS update, no more buy products made by HTC
I'm very disappointed by the response of the HTC as they will not to provide any ICS upgrades for the HTC Jetstream. This item is very expensinve and thus we, as a customer, deserve receiving ICS update considering other cheaper items from HTC got major updates.
When it comes to me, 'No ICS update' means no more buying products made by HTC.

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This is the biggest flaw in Android.
03457840723304580 devices running different OSes, as seen from the Android developer's site here:
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Apple really has the upper ground here because there are only a few devices they really have to worry about configuring iOS for (iPhone 4, 4s, iPad 1,2,3). Android has how many lol.
It is really a wrench in the gears.
AND, google announcing Jelly Bean Nexus devices this Winter... really?
Considering everyone is running 2.3.3 mostly, why would you want to begin implementing 5.0? Big game of catch up. Sorry. Had to rant.

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As I posted elsewhere on this thread.
Here is my reply from HTC yesterday.
Dear.....
At this time we do not have any information as to what the next update will be for the Jetstream or any other HTC tablets. The information is not available as to whether or not the Jetstream will get Ice Cream Sandwich or a HTC Sense update. The current version of Sense is HTC Sense 1.1 for the tablet.
I hope this helps. If any information is released, most of the time it is posted on our Facebook page. That is where the information has been posted in the past for devices that are to receive updates.
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I agree with people's remarks here. Shame on HTC, to abandon any upgrades, Sense or ICS, for such a high end tablet.
Biggest brand killer, is to make and sell high end products and then not support it.
The person making these sort of decisions should be fired.
Sent from my HTC One X using xda premium

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A little disapppointing, but I can't complain. I paid 169 dollars for it on a one year contract with Rogers.

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I feel like such a fool for not getting the lenovo thinkpad now. I used to be a fan of HTC but now I've traded my Evo 3D for a nexus and the Jetstream might be next. If you can get them to cooperate with helping developers get a working 4.0 build I would be very appreciative. The tablet has the horsepower but the software cripples it to merely passable.

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Moping won't help us.
the flyer forum has 2 or 3 ics versions in progress. they got a developer to help them, for money, and he got them the breakthrough.
bounty is the way to go. the device is far cheaper now, if we had more money we could get one for another developer..

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Not that it will help but for clarification, they said they would continue to support Honeycomb on the Flyer/Evo and JetStream, but were not going ahead with ICS.
Makes me sick too, but I had to clarify.
I don't know why they don't just release the source after a period after they say, "no more upgrades." With open source OSes it only makes sense to allow people who bought the devices to tinker with them once the retailer has essentially...committed themselves to abandoning their customers.
Google should really think long and hard about the Apache licensing compact thingy thing and see what they can do about these lame manufacturers who are bleeding us dry.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium

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Ah, I just posted over in the General section about this. I'd like to help out with the dev if I can. I want nothing to do with the bounty, but I will contribute up to $50 if it will help get an HTC dev involved.

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sbrownla said:
Not that it will help but for clarification, they said they would continue to support Honeycomb on the Flyer/Evo and JetStream, but were not going ahead with ICS.
Makes me sick too, but I had to clarify.
I don't know why they don't just release the source after a period after they say, "no more upgrades." With open source OSes it only makes sense to allow people who bought the devices to tinker with them once the retailer has essentially...committed themselves to abandoning their customers.
Google should really think long and hard about the Apache licensing compact thingy thing and see what they can do about these lame manufacturers who are bleeding us dry.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using xda premium
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How nice of them to "support" a device by doing absolutely nothing. How is it even legal to call it that?

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Well I've join the Jetstream family dispite all the bad press. I am a HTC fan, but sorry to hear the news. But glad to hear to good news of possibilities
Why doesn't HTC even give a new Sense update. I know they can't go to Sense 4.0, but what about 3.5 or 3.6 like they did with other Honeycomb HTC users?
They can't expect to leave us hanging and then make another HTC tablet, that would be insane on HTC to do that.
Can hardly wait to hear your plan. We are all ears my friend.
When will be get an update on the plan ?
Thanks in advance.
Russ741 said:
Good Morning my fellow Jetstream owners.
I have some trusted contacts that have informed me that HTC is not likely to produce an ice cream sandwich ROM for jetstream.
It is a simple business decision, it costs a ton of money to develop, test and support a build. So I have to agree with the decision.
Having said that, I am working on a plan with HTC and a developer to partner up and develop a ROM for us. As far as a I know this will be the first time an XDA dev and HTC have partnered on a dev project.
I will keep this forum updated on progress.
Russ741
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globalgpj said:
Well I've join the Jetstream family dispite all the bad press. I am a HTC fan, but sorry to hear the news. But glad to hear to good news of possibilities
Why doesn't HTC even give a new Sense update. I know they can't go to Sense 4.0, but what about 3.5 or 3.6 like they did with other Honeycomb HTC users?
They can't expect to leave us hanging and then make another HTC tablet, that would be insane on HTC to do that.
Can hardly wait to hear your plan. We are all ears my friend.
When will be get an update on the plan ?
Thanks in advance.
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H, welcome to the forum and the family of Jetstream users. Russ741 will inform us when he gets some useful confirmed info. So just give him some time. Till then we all can hope for some responsibility shown where deserved from HTC.
Sent from my HTC PG09410 using XDA

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Hi guys, count me as another new Jetstream owner. I just picked mine up on Friday, May 25. I already knew that HTC had announced that there would be no ICS for this tablet but my desire to have a tablet with stylus coupled with the superiority of the Jetstream over the Lenovo tablet made the decision easy. I run ICS (turl's CM9) on my Atrix and would surely like to have it on the Jetstream, but won't go nuts for it.
My primary reason for desiring the stylus is to use this tablet connected to a large TV as a pseudo smart whiteboard for helping my kids with their homework. In that capacity, the fine writing capabilities of the Scribe stylus are fantastic and therefore I accepted the dead-end attitude of HTC and bought anyway.
While I've had smart phones for a long time (back to iPaq with GSM sleeve as my first integrated phone + PDA), this is my first tablet and I'm really enjoying it. I do despise the bloatware and will surely root to have Titanium freeze that junk, but otherwise having lots of fun.
If there is a bounty running to get ICS on the Jetstream then I will contribute. I probably won't run the ICS port unless it has all of the Scribe bolt-ons for the above-stated reason, but would still contribute to support the dev of the ICS port to what I think is a great tablet.

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globalgpj said:
Well I've join the Jetstream family dispite all the bad press. I am a HTC fan, but sorry to hear the news. But glad to hear to good news of possibilities
Why doesn't HTC even give a new Sense update. I know they can't go to Sense 4.0, but what about 3.5 or 3.6 like they did with other Honeycomb HTC users?
They can't expect to leave us hanging and then make another HTC tablet, that would be insane on HTC to do that.
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For the record, HTC has never said they wouldn't update the tablet. They just said we wouldn't be getting ICS. They did claim that it will still receive software updates. This might mean Android 3.2 and an updated Sense, or it might just mean security patches.
I would love to see even 3.2 on this. There was a noticeable increase in touchscreen/display performance when I upgraded my Transformer. (Which I kinda miss, but I got a sweet deal on an unlimited LTE data plan for the Jetstream, so it took over.)
I would definitely give up Sense for some CM9 though, if the stylus is fully supported. I think the big hurdle will be the RIL. Having taken a cursory look at some (but not all) of the hardware in the Jetstream, I'd think CM9 is pretty feasible on it, save for the LTE radio, which there's no way in hell I'm willing to sacrifice.

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ICS for HTC Jetstream
I'm looking at picking one up today and can do some development however I'm wondering about the source release. From what I understand Android means that the sources have to be availed. Is something different with ICS? Do device makers now have the option?
Please let me know because though I can do whatever else I want with this thing I'm not keen on trying any ICS porting without the sources.
Thanks.
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Got the kernel source: http://www.htcdev.com/devcenter/downloads/P300
Hmmm.. do get or not to get an HTC Jetstream and ....
I bought it.
I still have some things to consider before taking the ICS port jump. Mainly, an X61T port for my current,
and possibly to be replaced by the Jetstream, Lenovo X61T work machine. To date ICS on the X61T runs real smooth.
Some tablet related issues to work out. .. Still deciding which to keep ...

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ICS on HTC Jetstream
mwoliver said:
Hi guys, count me as another new Jetstream owner. I just picked mine up on Friday, May 25. I already knew that HTC had announced that there would be no ICS for this tablet but my desire to have a tablet with stylus coupled with the superiority of the Jetstream over the Lenovo tablet made the decision easy. I run ICS (turl's CM9) on my Atrix and would surely like to have it on the Jetstream, but won't go nuts for it.
My primary reason for desiring the stylus is to use this tablet connected to a large TV as a pseudo smart whiteboard for helping my kids with their homework. In that capacity, the fine writing capabilities of the Scribe stylus are fantastic and therefore I accepted the dead-end attitude of HTC and bought anyway.
While I've had smart phones for a long time (back to iPaq with GSM sleeve as my first integrated phone + PDA), this is my first tablet and I'm really enjoying it. I do despise the bloatware and will surely root to have Titanium freeze that junk, but otherwise having lots of fun.
If there is a bounty running to get ICS on the Jetstream then I will contribute. I probably won't run the ICS port unless it has all of the Scribe bolt-ons for the above-stated reason, but would still contribute to support the dev of the ICS port to what I think is a great tablet.
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I'm in.
I'll be setting up the environment, getting the sources etc..
It'll be my first shot and I anticipate issues. An experienced porter would be of some help here.

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Hi all! Today I was thinking about ICS on Jetstream and here what I get in conclusion.
HTC devices are stick to sense, so mabe HTC stil does not have SENSE for ICS tablets!?
So mabe when HTC presents new tablet, they also will preset a new sense for 10" ICS tablets?
What u guys think about it? It make some "sense"
Sorry for bad grammar, I'm from Eastern Europe :angel: