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[Q] last official android version by htc

Hi! I'd like to know which is the last version of android OFFICIALLY published by htc for the desire (not an unofficial rom by xda). Is the 2.2 or still 2.1? There will be a future upgrade to 2.3? Thank you very much!

jackal992 said:
Hi! I'd like to know which is the last version of android OFFICIALLY published by htc for the desire (not an unofficial rom by xda). Is the 2.2 or still 2.1? There will be a future upgrade to 2.3? Thank you very much!
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Are you serious?? I don't mean to sound rude but seriousely have you read anything at all on the desire forums ??
The latest official version of android is 2.2 aka Froyo It is possible that 2.3 will come to the desire and although there are certainly a lot of rumors that it's going to happen honestly until it's announced or out then i reserve judgement!

when you use Gingerbread there will be 2.3.3 but its is a kind of fake the lastest version is 2.2 how the guy over me said
but i heard that HTC will realease the official GB Rom and then the lastest version will be 2.3

warlordxxx said:
Are you serious?? I don't mean to sound rude but seriousely have you read anything at all on the desire forums ??
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My thoughts exactly.

Sorry, i've read some threads, but i'm really a noob in these things, and i didn't understand if 2.2 was official or not (also because in htc's site there aren't updates in download section, then where can i find official one?). Sorry also for this other question...but the fact that in some threads you speak about recording at 720p with froyo 2.2, this is only for custom xda rom or it's an official improvement even in htc official 2.2 rom? Thank you very much

jackal992 said:
Sorry, i've read some threads, but i'm really a noob in these things, and i didn't understand if 2.2 was official or not (also because in htc's site there aren't updates in download section, then where can i find official one?). Sorry also for this other question...but the fact that in some threads you speak about recording at 720p with froyo 2.2, this is only for custom xda rom or it's an official improvement even in htc official 2.2 rom? Thank you very much
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It's better to ask someone in this community than live in the dark. To answer your question, yes the latest official version for the desire is 2.2. It has been confirmed by HTC that the desire is going to get 2.3 & yes 720p recording is a standard feature in android 2. 2 for the desire. If your looking for and official Rom to download, check the development subsection in the desire forum. If you don't have any experience at installing updates or roms I suggest you read about the pros and cons before you attempt anything as you will find all the needed info on this site.
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Thank you for your replies! But however i don't understand why htc didn't updated the tech specs of desire in their site with the recording at 720p. Would it be possible to change the video recording format from 3gp to mp4/h264 (or other)? (Also with unofficial xda roms). Again Thank you!

Official Android 2.2 version for Desire has MPEG4 and H.264 recording.

Last unbranded HTC rom is 2.29.405.5
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monsterfly said:
Official Android 2.2 version for Desire has MPEG4 and H.264 recording.
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wow really???? It's amazing!! I'm undecided between desire and desire hd, do you know if also desire hd has mpeg4/h264 recording format too? Thank you!

probably.. anyway it's also confirmed that desire will get Gingerbread (maybe GB 2.4 ) in Q2 2011

EranSa said:
probably.. anyway it's also confirmed that desire will get Gingerbread (maybe GB 2.4 ) in Q2 2011
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I think it's just 2.3 in Q2 and then maybe, just maybe 2.4 later one. It's taking bloody ages to have an official release of 2.3 so 2.4 will prob take.... about 10 years. I wish manufacturers looked after current customers rather than forgetting about them more or less.

from what I understand most manufacturers will 'skip' 2.3, as 2.4 is gingerbread with fixes and there's not much difference.
however if rumors aren't true, and 2.4 will be ice cream sandwich, then I doubt our beloved desire will even get it :| (though I'm sure devs will manage to get a port working ;D)

EranSa said:
from what I understand most manufacturers will 'skip' 2.3, as 2.4 is gingerbread with fixes and there's not much difference.
however if rumors aren't true, and 2.4 will be ice cream sandwich, then I doubt our beloved desire will even get it :| (though I'm sure devs will manage to get a port working ;D)
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It's behavior like that from manufactures that forces us to root so that we won't be left in the dark. Props to the all the devs for all their work.
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Desire 2.4 and 3.0

Hi there. I have been thinking, if there is android 2.4 rom for HTC Desire. I am using cyanogen mod 7 (2.3.3) and I am satisfied with it, but I want the latest one. And also is there any stable release of honeycomb around there?
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The simple answer for both questions is "No".
2.3 is the latest, 2.4 probably won't be out sometime. If it were you'd see it in the dev section.
Honeycomb is for tablets. If you want it, buy a tablet. There are devs working on porting it to the Desire, but to be honest, I don't see the point.

2.4 is 2.3 for dual core phones (not desire) 3.0 is 2.3 for tablet both are pointless on desire you would notice no difference to 2.3

Thank you very much. I will buy tablet with honeycomb, but I just wanted to try it out on my Desire. And I thought 2.4 was for every phone, but thanks for correcting me.

bob1369 said:
2.4 is 2.3 for dual core phones (not desire) 3.0 is 2.3 for tablet both are pointless on desire you would notice no difference to 2.3
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¿?
Sorry, but no
Probable, 2.4 will be a first implementation of some of the 3.0 features to phones, not only for dual core phones!! Im pretty sure that HTC will release a 2.4 for Desire.

bob1369 said:
2.4 is 2.3 for dual core phones (not desire) 3.0 is 2.3 for tablet both are pointless on desire you would notice no difference to 2.3
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Looks to me like thats pure assumption. 2.3 is not 3.0.
Neither is 2.4 2.3 for dual cores.
It is speculated that 2.4 will support dual core phones.
However there is nothing officially stating any of the above, so I'm not sure where this info of yours comes from.

3.0 was built from scratch purely for tablets, it has absolutely nothing to do with any previous version.
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Barnabas4ever said:
Hi there. I have been thinking, if there is android 2.4 rom for HTC Desire. I am using cyanogen mod 7 (2.3.3) and I am satisfied with it, but I want the latest one. And also is there any stable release of honeycomb around there?
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it is possible to flash the honeycomb port to your desire if you desperatelty want 2 test it al though allotta features wont work. but if u r in it just to get a look at honeycomb, give her a try

Terepin said:
3.0 was built from scratch purely for tablets, it has absolutely nothing to do with any previous version.
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Where do you get this from? It's certainly not built from scratch. A couple of devs even think that the reason Google is not releasing the source code of 3.0 is because it's just a bunch of hacks.

2.3 and 2.4 are so similar that some manufacturers don't bother differentiating between them it's mainly sn update for developers and compatibility with 3.0 which is simply for larger screens e.g. ui changes and modified api's

Afaik Google renamed version 2.4 you saw on a device on mwc in Barcelona to 2.3.3 because there were too little changes from the first release of gingerbread on the nexus s to "2.4"
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bob1369 said:
2.3 and 2.4 are so similar that some manufacturers don't bother differentiating between them it's mainly sn update for developers and compatibility with 3.0 which is simply for larger screens e.g. ui changes and modified api's
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Pure speculation.
Source?

mr_norris said:
Pure speculation.
Source?
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Engadget claimed HTC were describing ll their phones as 2.3 when some actually run a version normally referred to as 2.4 they said this was to avoid confusion, personally i would have called them all 2.4

bob1369 said:
Engadget claimed HTC were describing ll their phones as 2.3 when some actually run a version normally referred to as 2.4 they said this was to avoid confusion, personally i would have called them all 2.4
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if im still wrong im sorry but i do know the difference isn't great

bob1369 said:
2.3 and 2.4 are so similar that some manufacturers don't bother differentiating between them it's mainly sn update for developers and compatibility with 3.0 which is simply for larger screens e.g. ui changes and modified api's
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2.4 is nothing more than 2.3 with dual-core support. And it isn't out yet.

Im sure we will get an icecream port which is just like honeycomb for phones.
this is a quote out of some news i read. some of you probably already know this
but for those that dont this could be usefull :
Details on Ice Cream
According to an interview between PhoneScoop and Google Android Engineering Director Dave Burke, Ice Cream will bring Honeycomb's "Action Bar" to Gingerbread. This is the bar that brings the contextual, app-specific buttons to the top of the screen.
Burke also said that Honeycomb's "System Bar" (the bar at the bottom) may not come to phones, but would remain a tablet-only feature. The hologram-esque visual styling found in Honeycomb will arrive in Ice Cream, though, as will Honeycomb's multi-tasking app switcher functionality.

Will we ever get Sense 3.0?

Well the HTC Incredible S seems like they are getting Sense 3.0 according to this.
http://techie-buzz.com/mobile-news/htc-incredible-s-to-get-official-sense-3-0-update.html
Does that mean the HTC Incredible 2 will also be getting it?

I would think we will. Unoffically we already have Sense 3.0 as well as 3.5. So Htc is a little behind our devs on the releases

No. HTC has officially said no phone older than the HTC Sensation and EVO 3D will be getting Sense 3.0. They've all been backported from phones that are qHD and higher, and they said that they won't be porting it to WVGA resolution phones.
While that Incredible S tweet is pretty surprising, it still leaves doubt in my mind whether we will get 3.0 or not.

The Desire S is older than the 3Dvo and the Sensation and it got Sense 3.0. Also, if you ask on HTC's facebook wall something along the lines of "Is the Incredible 2 getting Sense 3.0", the response is something like "We are working to bring at least parts of the new version of Sense to older devices."

They're probably making an official skyraider like update.
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Berzerker7 said:
No. HTC has officially said no phone older than the HTC Sensation and EVO 3D will be getting Sense 3.0. They've all been backported from phones that are qHD and higher, and they said that they won't be porting it to WVGA resolution phones.
While that Incredible S tweet is pretty surprising, it still leaves doubt in my mind whether we will get 3.0 or not.
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really? cuz the desire s, desire hd, and inspire 4g all phones *older* than the inc2 and running very similar if not more outdated hardware and wvga res all have it officially by ota with the last 2 months...where do you think we've been getting the sense 3 roms to port from?
now official sense 3.5 will never happen id imagine for this phone...but if the inc s gets it via ota, we will as well (probably not til 2012 though when we ll be complaining about no ics yet)

PacerguyDon said:
I would think we will. Unoffically we already have Sense 3.0 as well as 3.5. So Htc is a little behind our devs on the releases
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If HTC operated in the manner things do here they'd be out of business. They're QA testing is probably pretty rigorous when it comes to updates and they can't just roll out an update with "Please let us know of any bugs!". That works for an environment like this where people are willing to work through and deal with issues but this is only a small small percentage of their market.

frankspin said:
If HTC operated in the manner things do here they'd be out of business. They're QA testing is probably pretty rigorous when it comes to updates and they can't just roll out an update with "Please let us know of any bugs!". That works for an environment like this where people are willing to work through and deal with issues but this is only a small small percentage of their market.
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htc is generally pretty good about updates (i really didnt think the og inc would get gb officially which it did...boads well for eventual ics sense on this phone)
with the exception of the tbolt gingerbread disaster of course
my only gripe would be that they tend treat similar devices a tad differently...we were getting a sense 2.1 ota to 2.3.4 while the desire hd and desire s had already gotten a 2.3.5 sense 3.0 ota
i guess we could put the blame on verizon for that (hey why not) but idk

[Q] Incredible s ICS released, reusable for DHD?

I just read that Incredible S ICS is now officially realeased with Sense 3.6, I have also read that its camera is the same as DHD. Does this mean that we can await fixes for the camera soon
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KH

maybe yes....but kernel 3 is coming soon to our device...just w8

The kernel for our device will be released when ICS officially comes to our device (between now and end of August) so I'd just hang tight if I were you
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[Q] DEVS: Port a Port from DHD?

Been dead from the phone game a bit... so
forgive the ignorance if that is what this is, but
can http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1539423 now be ported back to the EVO to get working cams and such and also to play with Sense 4.0 while I await an HTC Nexus announcement?

Circular Pastry said:
Been dead from the phone game a bit... so
forgive the ignorance if that is what this is, but
can http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1539423 now be ported back to the EVO to get working cams and such and also to play with Sense 4.0 while I await an HTC Nexus announcement?
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A 3.0 Linux kernel is still needed to further progress on a sense 4 port
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Yup currently, only the_plattypus is working on a 3.0 kernel for his sense 4 rom. Im sure we would have one, but the evo is a 2+ year old device and everyone has moved onto the latest and greatest. Sense 4a should be the smoothest sense version on the evo since it only requires 512 ram and a 1 ghz processor, other than sense 1.0. I wish i knew how to build a 3.0 kernel, since i really wanted to use sense 4 and i have this phone till april next year... Im sure the evo 4g section will be pretty dead by then...

thanks for the responses! I guess we'll see what happens.
Still some life in my G1! I'm hoping someone gets it going,
or maybe I'll dig into the os more than I have in the past...

I was also wondering the same question about the Inspire 4g which has a Rom here on XDA that states everything is working including FFC http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849074. It uses the same resolution Cameras as the OG Evo. So does the Huawai Mercury which also gained ICS. There are other phones that use the same rez Camera as the OG Evo that got ICS and have been trying to find the answer if they could be ported over. I can upgrade but in comparison to my OG all other phones are lacking and found nothing worthy of my effort to change phones. Maybe the next drop in Feb will bring one but as to date they fail horribly.

Fangstien said:
I was also wondering the same question about the Inspire 4g which has a Rom here on XDA that states everything is working including FFC http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1849074. It uses the same resolution Cameras as the OG Evo. So does the Huawai Mercury which also gained ICS. There are other phones that use the same rez Camera as the OG Evo that got ICS and have been trying to find the answer if they could be ported over. I can upgrade but in comparison to my OG all other phones are lacking and found nothing worthy of my effort to change phones. Maybe the next drop in Feb will bring one but as to date they fail horribly.
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It's not about the res. It's about the drivers and kernel. New drivers need to be written from scratch as well as the 3.0 kernel.
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