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Will Desire be updated to Android 2.2?

I read a news from the following link
http://marmarday.com/?p=7239
It says N1 will be updated to Android 2.2 on the Horizon, and what about the Desire?

i think it will but there will be a slight delay as HTC need to update Sense to work with 2.2 whereas the N1 has no overlays so can be updated as soon as the update is released
daming said:
I read a news from the following link
http://marmarday.com/?p=7239
It says N1 will be updated to Android 2.2 on the Horizon, and what about the Desire?
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daming said:
I read a news from the following link
http://marmarday.com/?p=7239
It says N1 will be updated to Android 2.2 on the Horizon, and what about the Desire?
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I wouldn't count on that.
HTC Hero used to be the top of the line before the Legend and the Desire came out. I think the Hero was launched in September, but until now the latest """Rumors""" say it will be updated to 2.1 in June.
Not to mention, android 1.5 on the Hero has limitations, which naturally should become a reason for updating, but yet, that wasn't good enough.
So worrying about it is just a waste of callories
But when the Desire gets rooted, we'll have plently of cooked 2.2, 2.5... etc Roms

If 2.2 is when their "Defragmentation Solving" thing comes into effect then probably yes.
Because in theory, HTC wouldn't have to do anything, sense and all the apps would happily run on top of 2.2 as separate apps.

They had better... Flash 10.1, DivX and 720p recording depend on it.

brummiesteven said:
If 2.2 is when their "Defragmentation Solving" thing comes into effect then probably yes.
Because in theory, HTC wouldn't have to do anything, sense and all the apps would happily run on top of 2.2 as separate apps.
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Still, it will take HTC alot of work to migrate to 2.2 in the first place. After which defragmentation concept can be applied.
Anyway, the complexity of it will be clear when that feature is out.

abc27 said:
They had better... Flash 10.1, DivX and 720p recording depend on it.
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Did you read this somewhere?

salahag said:
Did you read this somewhere?
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Flash 10.1 is definitley in FroYo. DivX and 720P recording was something HTC promised to be released in an update after the desire was launched so to me it makes sense that FroYo would be the update.

Look at it this way...HTC supposedly take such a long time because they build Sense to integrate tightly with the underlying OS. It's hooked in. The direction Google is taking is going to mean Sense is a separate self standing app/service...so HTC now have to re-write it probably from the ground up. That's not a trivial task if that's what this means.

abc27 said:
Flash 10.1 is definitley in FroYo. DivX and 720P recording was something HTC promised to be released in an update after the desire was launched so to me it makes sense that FroYo would be the update.
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You're right, all these are promised to be coming to the Desire, and Flash 10.1 is rumored to be coming to Nexus 1 with Froyo.
But that doesn't mean all these features require the update to Froyo, at least I hope so, or the Desire will have to wait for a long time.

salahag said:
I wouldn't count on that.
HTC Hero used to be the top of the line before the Legend and the Desire came out. I think the Hero was launched in September, but until now the latest """Rumors""" say it will be updated to 2.1 in June.
Not to mention, android 1.5 on the Hero has limitations, which naturally should become a reason for updating, but yet, that wasn't good enough.
So worrying about it is just a waste of callories
But when the Desire gets rooted, we'll have plently of cooked 2.2, 2.5... etc Roms
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I agree with you, waiting for 'rooted'.

daming said:
I agree with you, waiting for 'rooted'.
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I can't wait to root mine. Good thing is that it won't affect the warranty unlike the Nexus One.

I REALLY hope that the seperated update stuff will be here sooner than later. I am actually quite surprised since I got the Hero that it's not in Android to start with.
And it's the only way Google can avoid fragmentation, which imho is one of the biggest threat to the platform so far.
Warranty issue also depends on where you live. They can put in as much warranty void thingies in as they want. But when my phone has a hardware issue and they don't want to fix because I changed something in the software they will be in trouble. And then they can try and prove my software change damaged the hardware.

I thought it was the other way around?
abc27 said:
I can't wait to root mine. Good thing is that it won't affect the warranty unlike the Nexus One.
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Also, don't forget that HTC has access to early builds and source of future versions because they are building terminals based on it. Porting Sense is probably being done right now, they don't have to wait like we do.

mtbmtbmtb said:
I thought it was the other way around?
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It's not check the thread I made "Rooting and warranty statement"

My missus works for Vodafone and had a visit from HTC last week promoting the Legend and Desire. They told her that 2.2 would be coming to both but she didn't think to ask when.
So, yes.

Noiz said:
My missus works for Vodafone and had a visit from HTC last week promoting the Legend and Desire. They told her that 2.2 would be coming to both but she didn't think to ask when.
So, yes.
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Your wife has made many people here very happy...
Joking aside that's really good news

Official Froyo for HTC Desire possibly in the beginning of August

Hi @ all
I know it wont be a 100% reliable news but I thought it would interest some of you.
A friend of mine ordered a HTC Desire at Sunrise (Swiss Operator). She was told that the delivery will be postponed to the beginning of August due to the fact that the device will be delivered with version 2.2 of Android aka Froyo.
That would mean that we could possibly get the official Froyo by the end of July for unbranded devices.
Hope the staff at Sunrise is reliable and the info is right!!!
We will know more in about one month.
Sorry if the news has already been posted before.
Sinerely,
Ascenca

Interesting

Well, HTC Customer Service reps got the date wrong for this. So I doubt that a network service provider rep has that much information.
I have a feeling your friend couldn't get a Desire because of the same problem that the Droid Incredible is facing. HTC has a shortage of AMOLED screens.
See here. http://pocketnow.com/tech-news/veri...le-shortage-due-to-amoled-production-shortage
Also, see here for a (probably) more realistic time table direct from HTC PR guy. http://www.androidcentral.com/htc-says-expect-froyo-version-sense-ui-christmas

ohyeahar said:
Well, HTC Customer Service reps got the date wrong for this. So I doubt that a network service provider rep has that much information.
I have a feeling your friend couldn't get a Desire because of the same problem that the Droid Incredible is facing. HTC has a shortage of AMOLED screens.
See here. http://pocketnow.com/tech-news/veri...le-shortage-due-to-amoled-production-shortage
Also, see here for a (probably) more realistic time table direct from HTC PR guy. http://www.androidcentral.com/htc-says-expect-froyo-version-sense-ui-christmas
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Thanks für your reply.
I am aware of the shortage of AMOLED displays and the recent PR statement of HTC. I dont pretend my info is right, only wanted to share what I heard. Nevertheless I think August could be possible. The PR guy said that all newer devices (Desire, Legend, etc.) will get Froyo by Christmas. The HTC Desire being their top end device at the moment in Europe I assume it will get the update first. And I am quite sure that they wont provide the update to all devices at the same time. So lets hope for it to be true .
Ascenca

ohyeahar said:
Also, see here for a (probably) more realistic time table direct from HTC PR guy. http://www.androidcentral.com/htc-says-expect-froyo-version-sense-ui-christmas
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There's no timetable there at all - it just says that they'll be finished with Froyo updates before Xmas. Well, August is before Xmas, as is September, October, November and most of December!
What we do know is that HTC have gone on record to say that they are expecting the first updates to roll out in Q3, but we don't know which devices will get it first.
Regards,
Dave

http://phandroid.com/2010/07/06/htc-to-complete-android-2-2-roll-out-by-christmas/
Lets hope it's true and the Desire gets 2.2 in August before the other phones, but i must admit that 2.1 is great and i have no issues with it so am happy to wait whenever it comes out.

It takes time to port all of our applications over to Froyo and then make sure that it is running well on each of our devices. That’s not like a one week kind of project. We need to make sure that our applications are taking advantage of the Froyo features. To make sure that they’re all running properly on the OS now that it’s a new version. And then to make sure that it’s running on our hardware as well as we expect. I would believe that we would be done with our Froyo updates before Christmas.
This was an intervjue with Eric Lin HTC PR dude
Source http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/34139/htc-froyo-update-delays-explained

That's no good. I'm going on holidays at the beginning of August lol
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

It seems alot of the replies in this thread don't take into account the fact that a HTC 2.2 test rom with sense has already been leaked to certain people and was mostly working. So HTC are pretty far along in development already.

Yes i know about that rom. Thats why i think its strange that HTC PR guy talks about crhistmas?

SperVaxjo said:
Yes i know about that rom. Thats why i think its strange that HTC PR guy talks about crhistmas?
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I think this is cos they want to prevent what happened with the 2.1 Update for the HTC Hero (more than a half year between announcement and shipment, at least in europe).
Better to make promises they can hold. So the Christmas announcement makes completly sense to me.
Ascenca

Ascenca83 said:
I think this is cos they want to prevent what happened with the 2.1 Update for the HTC Hero (more than a half year between announcement and shipment, at least in europe).
Better to make promises they can hold. So the Christmas announcement makes completly sense to me.
Ascenca
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Yes thats probably the reason. But it might make people not buying the Desire also and go for another brand like Samsung Galaxy S or even the Iphone 4 =P
Oh well, Im glad we have the Devs who get froyo roms out =)

Roms that dont work
Not trying to offend anyone.. I m pretty new to the HTC Desire (3 days) but VERY happy I forgot I ever had a 3GS.
But as far as roms are concerned, I see it is not worth using them since simple stuff such as video recording do not work.

Man, hope this better be true.
Sorry to sound so retardly geeky but it's been such a deep sadness for not being able to use the sdcard for applications. I'm sure you dudes feel the same!
Sent from my HTC Desire

jastonas said:
Roms that dont work
Not trying to offend anyone.. I m pretty new to the HTC Desire (3 days) but VERY happy I forgot I ever had a 3GS.
But as far as roms are concerned, I see it is not worth using them since simple stuff such as video recording do not work.
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About video recording not working: http://androidheadlines.com/2010/07/android-2-2-is-now-on-the-htc-desire-it-too-can-now-do-720p.html
Looks pretty functional to me

SperVaxjo said:
Yes i know about that rom. Thats why i think its strange that HTC PR guy talks about crhistmas?
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The only thing they have said is that they will be done BEFORE Christmas, that could be any time not precisely Christmas, it just gives them a window to allow for things to go wrong.

Another hint the update is not far of (statement from Eric Lin, global PR and online community Manager of HTC):
"I don't think you're going to see that really long six month, seven month lag, like you saw in the updates from 1.5 to 2.1, simply because it's a less severe change. Switching from 2.1 to 2.2, they made a lot of tweaks, but they didn't make any gigantic changes, so it should be a much swifter process".
Source: the::unwierd
Ascenca

[Q] Any news on New HTC Sense for Desire?

Hi All,
Anyone know of any news whether we will be getting a ROM Upgrade or a HTC Sense update for the Desire at all?
Thanks

read on a thread somewhere in here that it is coming to desires in december.
Or u could always flash hd rom. Sense hd i mean

Patience my friend, it's coming in December

Aye December, my guess is it will be included with Gingerbread update.

Yay! Thanks guys, I love this board so much. Maybe it sounds odd, but I hate flashing ROMs rather than using the stock ones. Just feels dirty
Awaiting December.

what have you guys been smoking there will be no gingerbread or sence update i can guarantee you that

AndroHero said:
what have you guys been smoking there will be no gingerbread or sence update i can guarantee you that
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You're base for your comment?
(Not sure about Gingerbread though...don't know where that rumour came from)

h3llb3nd4 said:
You're base for your comment?
(Not sure about Gingerbread though...don't know where that rumour came from)
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experience.... first of all the desire is nearly a year old, waaay to old for htc support in my experience. secondly, htc want us to buy new handsets not keep our old ones, it makes no sence updating old hardware. and finally, the htc legend is only a few months older than our desire and they dont even have froyo yet, so you give me an example of htc supporting year old hardware with new software updates and i will rescind my comments

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experience.... first of all the desire is nearly a year old, waaay to old for htc support in my experience. secondly, htc want us to buy new handsets not keep our old ones, it makes no sence updating old hardware. and finally, the htc legend is only a few months older than our desire and they dont even have froyo yet, so you give me an example of htc supporting year old hardware with new software updates and i will rescind my comments
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What you say is true, of course hTC would want us to buy the Desire HD & Z, but the Desire is less than 7 months old (announced in April, realeased in May/ June), not 1 year old, that means nearly all Desire users are still bound by their contracts. If hTC was to abandon the Desire, how would their customers feel? that hTC keeps on pushing out new models but leaving the older models to wither & die? I think not...
but only time would tell

h3llb3nd4 said:
What you say is true, of course hTC would want us to buy the Desire HD & Z, but the Desire is less than 7 months old (announced in April, realeased in May/ June), not 1 year old, that means nearly all Desire users are still bound by their contracts. If hTC was to abandon the Desire, how would their customers feel? that hTC keeps on pushing out new models but leaving the older models to wither & die? I think not...
but only time would tell
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good point were all second guessing htc anyway, only they know what devices there going to continue to support

If the new Sense doesn't come to Desire do you think it'd be possible to at least get HTC's offline Maps app - like they have with other features?

I bought a Hero when it came - so I know all about HTC not supporting devices. The first update I got for that phone came in June (Eclair).
And the thing about that update was that it came in two packages. It was a ****ty update I didn't use.
It's a fact that HTC doesn't support their own devices. When it comes to the Desire, I'm hoping they won't **** on us again, it's not outdated yet.
Or maybe it is to HTC - Still. I'm going to have this phone for another 9 months so it'd be nice with at least one official update.
HTC - "We make new phones for you.
Get rid of the old one, seriously."

AndroHero said:
experience.... first of all the desire is nearly a year old, waaay to old for htc support in my experience.
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Nothing makes me angry than ignorance. This is ignorance of the highest order. The iPhone 3G was released in July 2008 and it's still getting firmware updates. The Desire is barely 7 months old.
Grrrrr!

IamMartin said:
Nothing makes me angry than ignorance. This is ignorance of the highest order. The iPhone 3G was released in July 2008 and it's still getting firmware updates. The Desire is barely 7 months old.
Grrrrr!
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The iPhone is an iPhone.
The iPhone was not made by HTC
Apple makes the iPhone
HTC and Apple are not the same
Apple/iPhone - supported.
HTC/Any device - unsupported.
It's not ignorance. It's basic knowledge. HTC doesn't continue supporting devices. Apple might. HTC doesn't.
Then again, that's one of the reasons XDA exists.

IamMartin said:
Nothing makes me angry than ignorance. This is ignorance of the highest order. The iPhone 3G was released in July 2008 and it's still getting firmware updates. The Desire is barely 7 months old.
Grrrrr!
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dont call me ignorant, instead educate yourself, the reason even 2g iphones still get firmware updates is so apple can keep the tyrannic grip on what software they use!!! htc dont use this method, and after owning maybe 10 htc devices in the last 10 years, i think i can speak with experience.

h3llb3nd4 said:
You're base for your comment?
(Not sure about Gingerbread though...don't know where that rumour came from)
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Wasn't really trying to start a rumor. Just that gingerbread is expected from Google 4th quarter and new sense expected December made sense to me that HTC would wait and give one last update together.

i seriously hope that's the case, but it seems unlikely and I think It'll be up to XDA to get gingerbread onto the Desire...

It makes me kinda sad to read this. I know it's true and yet I always hope HTC changes their game plan and just support older devices.
I know they want ppl to buy their new devices but why would you buy a HTC you can only use for roughly a half year and then get outdated software.
Why not choose for a Samsung Galaxy S? mayB they have better support for their devices (just an example).
but I hope we all get proven wrong!!

There is a reason because HTC is going to upgrade our Desires. I think HTC want to boost the htcsense.com portal and for this, new sense is required, and what hardware can use new sense? Only Desire. So it’s a way to get a lot of users without waiting the sales of Z and HD

lostfan33 said:
There is a reason because HTC is going to upgrade our Desires. I think HTC want to boost the htcsense.com portal and for this, new sense is required, and what hardware can use new sense? Only Desire. So it’s a way to get a lot of users without waiting the sales of Z and HD
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no, older phones can also support HTCSense, this can be proven as they announced that all future HTC Android devices will support HTCSense (both Entry level [eg.wildfire type] and Enterprise level [eg. Desire type]). but HTC are holding them off entry level phones as they are stingy and want us to buy more phones from them.

Gingerbread Update

When will it come??
Late April to May was the last I heard, but will it have HTC Sense 2.1?

Read the other numerous threads instead of starting a pointless one

not sure but its good news that is coming soon

I read that it does but not sure how reliable they were
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

I have read http://bit.ly/gSN39i. If the update is allready in the hands of the 3 network for testing, wouldn't it normally be the case that it would now be released to un-branded handsets?

I read somewhere like end of April/May... and in Android community forum a tweet of guy who is working on Gingerbread ROM for HTC desire..not sure how legti this might be...

bobsie41 said:
I have read http://bit.ly/gSN39i. If the update is allready in the hands of the 3 network for testing, wouldn't it normally be the case that it would now be released to un-branded handsets?
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yes that is normal.
who knows in this case - everyone seems to have their own answer.

m1l4droid said:
NFC support
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NFC on Desire? I thought it does not have any hardware for that.

bobsie41 said:
I have read http://bit.ly/gSN39i. If the update is allready in the hands of the 3 network for testing, wouldn't it normally be the case that it would now be released to un-branded handsets?
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Some people are sure that 3 network, on twitter, confused the update with the one of the Desire HD..But i hope they really mean our Desire

the os may have support for it - whether the hardware is there or not...

No need to suspect. Just check out the FCC website. It does not.

3 UK stated its end of April/early May.
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GANJDROID said:
3 UK stated its end of April/early May.
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The problem is, what 3 UK mean? Desire or Desire HD? Some people asked about the gingerbread update for the Desire HD and they told the same date

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The problem is, what 3 UK mean? Desire or Desire HD? Some people asked about the gingerbread update for the Desire HD and they told the same date
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I really hope they mean the desire.
Still love my desire, because all those new phones have those touchkeys. (home, menu ...)

Looks like Samsung beat HTC this time, Galaxy S in EU recieved Gingerbread update today.
http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/16/galaxy-s-gingerbread-update-now-rolling-out-across-europe/
For me this is another important point for decision between SGS2 and HTC Sensation.

bit disappointed that samsung beat htc to pushing out gingerbread, hoping to see the update come soon though, especially with the sign of the leaked gingerbread update
Typed on Motorola Xoom

gingerbread leaked for Desire
I cooked ROM and flashed a2sd works. Updated Radio its based on the old Sense with some tweak. Had old marker but was able to update Vending apk. Unfortunately, because don't post often unless I can contribute I'm considered a new member and am not allowed to post in the development area or upload files. I based by ROM on leedroid's previous roms as in my opinion he is one of the top 2 developers working on HTC Desire ROMs.
Anyhow, his version is set to be out tonight. Search the forum threads. Again not new sense but its gingerbread and its a begining.

Acc to Eurodroid "HTC Desire Android 2.3 update coming in the middle of May" at least for the Three/UK customers. anyway, it will -soon or later- come to all our Desires.
Personally, I will be keep waiting until my contract expiry date comes (~Apr 2012) with better feelings against HTC if I get this eagerly awaited update. Cheers!
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

Samsung have just released GB upgrade for SGS in Europe which means they hv taken over HTC in terms of updates. Hope HTC reacts that quickly and will not leave us, Desire owners, alone.
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

I keep hoping that with the leaked rom that came out that the proper update/RUU will be out soon...
keep toying between rooting and trying the new rom on my phone - and waiting... at the moment (as I have my xoom to play with too) that I'm leaning on waiting

[Q] ICS prospects for the WFS

So, HTC have announced and shown us yet again how much they hate the Marvel by leaving us with Gingerbread but giving most other 2011 models a promise.
So what do people think? The source is out so when & more importantly will ICS be ported on this device? I hope so. Also are the specs up to scratch?

Don't expect a ICS realise this year. Maybe we won't get it at all.
Face it: we can only unlock with xtc clip, that says enough!!

All we need is s-off.
The ICS part may be done by our good developers.

ICS will be done by Cyanogenmod in 2-3 months.

But I read that that ICS will be available for ALL 2.3x devices in the HTC wildfire forum on the cyanogenmod forum!
Sent from my HTC Wildfire S A510e using XDA App

In my opinion ICS can not be ported to Wildfire s.. It doesn't have the proper graphics performance to work on this low budget poor phone..Maybe i am mistaken though....!

I read somewhere that ALL 2011 phones MIGHT get CLEAN 4.0

mars83 said:
I read somewhere that ALL 2011 phones MIGHT get CLEAN 4.0
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They probably mean the High-End phones!

arkatis said:
They probably mean the High-End phones!
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No, no. Clean android was mentioned for Desire, Desire Z and so on. They are only single core

arkatis said:
In my opinion ICS can not be ported to Wildfire s.. It doesn't have the proper graphics performance to work on this low budget poor phone..Maybe i am mistaken though....!
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Don't you think it would be nice if you could have one of those new Intel Quadraflop thingies in your WFS?
Sent from VercettiM's HTC Wildfire S.

VercettiM said:
Don't you think it would be nice if you could have one of those new Intel Quadraflop thingies in your WFS?
Sent from VercettiM's HTC Wildfire S.
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Sorry i don't get you..
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No, no. Clean android was mentioned for Desire, Desire Z and so on. They are only single core
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Htc Desire is a 2010 Phone though..lol
And Desire z is a 800mhz phone launched in 2010 also..
I don't think HTC will release ICS for them..

Hey Arkatis, do you know anyone that might have the xtc clip in Cyprus?

HTC announced only the first wave of ICS upgrades.
Until now they didn't say anything that makes me think WFS won't get ICS.
Obviously they will first update the high-end devices and leave the "budget" smartphones waiting.
From the replies I got from Tech Support I still have hope that we will get an official release.
Let HTC learn about integrating ICS with Sense on the Sensation and EVO 3D.
Maybe we should be a little bit patient...

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Hey Arkatis, do you know anyone that might have the xtc clip in Cyprus?
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No unfortunately not! You have to buy it on eBay or from here : http://www.xtcclip.com/
miguelca said:
HTC announced only the first wave of ICS upgrades.
Until now they didn't say anything that makes me think WFS won't get ICS.
Obviously they will first update the high-end devices and leave the "budget" smartphones waiting.
From the replies I got from Tech Support I still have hope that we will get an official release.
Let HTC learn about integrating ICS with Sense on the Sensation and EVO 3D.
Maybe we should be a little bit patient...
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If the boot loader of the wildfire s is not yet unlocked from them then no ICS on wildfire s either.. They only care about the high-end phones!
I don't think that HTC will come up and say "wildfire s will get Ice cream Sandwich!" Not a chance..lol

arkatis said:
Htc Desire is a 2010 Phone though..lol
And Desire z is a 800mhz phone launched in 2010 also..
I don't think HTC will release ICS for them..
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Oh crap... I was thinking 2010, wrote down 2011 (hate that sometimes). Anyway I think even without support from them our devs can make 4.0.1 for us with no bother Optimised and stuff...

miguelca said:
HTC announced only the first wave of ICS upgrades.
Until now they didn't say anything that makes me think WFS won't get ICS.
Obviously they will first update the high-end devices and leave the "budget" smartphones waiting.
From the replies I got from Tech Support I still have hope that we will get an official release.
Let HTC learn about integrating ICS with Sense on the Sensation and EVO 3D.
Maybe we should be a little bit patient...
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yes this information is correct, for Low end's phone only have ICS wait wait wait..............

ICS will be pointless from HTC on the WFS. Sense will ruin most of what's good in ICS.
Chances of HTC releasing it are pretty slim as well I think. Look at what happened with the HTC Desire and Gingerbread. A phone perfectly capable of running 2.3, but they came out with all kinds of crap excuses as to why it wouldn't be possible.. On an ex-flagship phone.
Seeing as they'll probably have another 5 models out before even the first wave of ICS is released, I can't see it happening. I doubt even my Desire S will get it from HTC.
We just need a software S-OFF fix and then hope CyanogenMod 9 gets the support.

arkatis said:
If the boot loader of the wildfire s is not yet unlocked from them then no ICS on wildfire s either.. They only care about the high-end phones!
I don't think that HTC will come up and say "wildfire s will get Ice cream Sandwich!" Not a chance..lol
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I personally don't think that one thing (unlocked bootloader) has anything to do with the other (O.S. updates). This is my humble opinion.
I know they obviously care more about high-end phones but I used to have a Wildfire (the original, not S), it came with Eclair (2.1) and later got an upgrade to Froyo (2.2). This was a nice surprise.
Of course that now the odds don't seem very good for the WFS but I still have a little faith on this.
In the meanwhile I can't find anybody with a XTC Clip here in my region, so I will have to wait for a "miracle". Either S-OFF is achieved by software only and I might think of flashing a custom ROM, or HTC keeps their word on the updates arriving on phones released on a certain time frame and I will have to be VERY patient.
Of course that I would like a lot to have a phone with ICS "onboard"... but for now I will have to survive with Gingerbread and at least hope HTC updates the 2.3.3 to 2.3.5.
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Durdy said:
ICS will be pointless from HTC on the WFS. Sense will ruin most of what's good in ICS.
Chances of HTC releasing it are pretty slim as well I think. Look at what happened with the HTC Desire and Gingerbread. A phone perfectly capable of running 2.3, but they came out with all kinds of crap excuses as to why it wouldn't be possible.. On an ex-flagship phone.
Seeing as they'll probably have another 5 models out before even the first wave of ICS is released, I can't see it happening. I doubt even my Desire S will get it from HTC.
We just need a software S-OFF fix and then hope CyanogenMod 9 gets the support.
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Durdy, you said it well: an "ex-flagship" phone. It's life-cycle is long gone now.
The HTC Desire (I had one but unfortunately it fell inside a portable latrine while attending an U2 show) was released more than 20 months ago.
How many version upgrades did the Desire get?
How many did the WFS get? Until now none. That's why I still have a little faith.
About your Desire S, I would say that you will definitely get ICS from HTC.
There can be no doubt about it. If HTC doesn't update the Desire S, I will never buy HTC again! Keep in mind that I don't own one myself but I thought about buying one for 2-3 months. The decision was based on my salary having other priorities nowadays, so I got a Wildfire S just to keep faithful to the brand and Android+Sense. I also liked the size/weight/features of the WFS.
I suppose the main question is that the upgrade "waves" may take too long for some of us to wait...
Of course that I am very grateful to everyone that is trying to port ICS to the WFS, to all nice devs that are trying to S-OFF without a XTC Clip, etc.
All HTC phones I had until today (except the WFS) were rooted and flashed with ROMS that I got here on XDA.
Kudos.

miguelca said:
I personally don't think that one thing (unlocked bootloader) has anything to do with the other (O.S. updates). This is my humble opinion.
I know they obviously care more about high-end phones but I used to have a Wildfire (the original, not S), it came with Eclair (2.1) and later got an upgrade to Froyo (2.2). This was a nice surprise.
Of course that now the odds don't seem very good for the WFS but I still have a little faith on this.
In the meanwhile I can't find anybody with a XTC Clip here in my region, so I will have to wait for a "miracle". Either S-OFF is achieved by software only and I might think of flashing a custom ROM, or HTC keeps their word on the updates arriving on phones released on a certain time frame and I will have to be VERY patient.
Of course that I would like a lot to have a phone with ICS "onboard"... but for now I will have to survive with Gingerbread and at least hope HTC updates the 2.3.3 to 2.3.5.
Virgin Mobile Usa is running 2.3.4 now.
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ScottPomroy said:
Virgin Mobile Usa is running 2.3.4 now.
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Thanks for the info ScottPomroy. This should be a sign that sooner or later the other RUU's will get it too. At least it solves some known bugs.
My WFS was Vodafone branded but I updated it to the latest European RUU (already 2 updates, still 2.3.3).