I'm hearing of some unbranded UK Desires receiving an OTA update to Gingerbread, has anyone else seen this? Nothing on mine yet, and since it's unbranded I imagine it's not a staggered rollout.
Anyone know what's going on, or are my sources false?
I've not heard anything to maybe a fail. I guess if you find HTC's RUU then it will be rolling out soon. About now is when it's rolling out so maybe so.
Well after some checking I can confirm that a desire, possibly on TMob got a system update a couple days ago, but can't confirm whether it was 2.3 or just a pre update of some sort, also not sure if the desire is branded or not.
unfortunately the phone is a work phone that my friend doesn't have currently so can't get any more details at this moment.
Nothing here. Unbranded handset :-(
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weeks before you will see the ota update you will see it here:
http://911sniper.blog.163.com/blog/...080065086081094095085082083074084086094075085
it' s not there yet, so I wouldn't hold my breath
godutch said:
weeks before you will see the ota update you will see it here:
http://911sniper.blog.163.com/blog/...080065086081094095085082083074084086094075085
it' s not there yet, so I wouldn't hold my breath
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That site is moved here:
http://www.911htc.com/category/bravo
haven't seen or heard anything on this.
HTC Official Update
I received the following email today from HTC Customer Care in response to a question as to when they will fix the widely reported Google leak (potential security flaw in Android).
In regards to your last response, in order to to get the security update when it is being issued, you have to have a base of the 2.3 Gingerbread update on your handset, in which case will be released this summer for devices such as HTC Desire.
Currently we do not have a specific date as to when the 2.3 will be released for other handsets as at this time the update is only being issued to HTC Desire HD and HTC Incredible S.
summer? geeez... I thought it was going to be anytime soon this month... Bit fed up of waiting...
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There's always a custom rom
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Lothaen said:
There's always a custom rom
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...based on GB leak whose base is buggered. Until we get an official OTA we can't hope for stable GB Sense roms.
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...based on GB leak whose base is buggered. Until we get an official OTA we can't hope for stable GB Sense roms.
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I'm using one which is pretty stable at the moment based on that
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I asked a HTC representative at work last week, she said the HTC Desire will stay with Android 2.2
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I'm using one which is pretty stable at the moment based on that
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Check my sig. I can't say I noticed something actually does not work, which I can say for some other roms people swore are rock stable, but it drains battery and there is obvious lag especially with alternative launchers and animations. That said, I can cope with some lag, but I can't cope with memory leaks, bootloops, ads etc.
So you can't just yet say it is as it is meant to be, but it comes to that this actually works. Not extra smooth, but it does.
slasher-fun said:
I asked a HTC representative at work last week, she said the HTC Desire will stay with Android 2.2
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best reason to jump to a gingerbread ROM
Didn't HTC already announce a few times that the Desire will get the update...
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Haven't HTC announced it already iirc... also didnt 3 in the UK state they are testing it on the Desire?
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my girlfriends brothers best friends uncle slept with a htc nco, he said the Desire would get gingerbread for sure but would be made to wait for it until all the rich kids had jumped ship for greener more expensive pastures
any news..?
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any news..?
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in short.
no
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anyone know when 3UK might be releasing the 2.2 update as i have looked everywere and found nothing solid about a release date??
I read on another forum that rollout will be complete within two weeks, possibly hitting OTA servers from Monday. It sounds likely to be accurate, 3 cannot possibly drag it out any longer.
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Hope it does as I've gone from a Samsung portal to desire and all on 2.1 n would really like to use 2.2 with out having to root
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Right, can't post links yet. Google-three blog-tips to improve htc desire battery life-read comments
Most up-to-date source i've managed to find
I ended up debranding mine as I got sick of waiting for three to release update.
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I was close to debranding too, but decided to wait, as I can't see what difference it will make for me. Apart from apps2sd I can't see what benefit I'll get from 2.2
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When will the official 2.3 Gingerbread update be provided for HTC desire..it has bee released for Nexus one bt not for Desire yet! Any Ideas??, Thnak you.
According to UK carrier three its around late April early may that they plan to actually release 2.3 on desire. That is for 'three' branded handsets I hope unbranded ones get released earlier than that
Check out Android central they have an article
Hope it comes with new sense too
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I tried posting link but I'm a new user and can't sorry. Check out Android central its there apparently the news released on Twitter
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Be careful what you believe, if you read their timeline then you'll see that Three UK gave the exact same answer on Twitter for questions regarding HTC Desire *and* HTC Desire HD (when asked for a 2.3 date by different users with different phones). Giving the same answer may have been a mistake.
Reports from MWC Barcelona 2011 said the newer HD and Z will be updated first, followed by the original Desire a while later (early summer). Personally, I still believe this schedule to be more accurate and more realistic.
There is 1 definitive answer... q2.
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perhaps in june 2011
reports say telus will recieve there ota late april early may but thats what they said about froyo and it was delayed quite abit
Considering with Desire-S still not available in any market (it will be outdated already on its day one but this is another issue) assume our Desires will not get it before 2 months after its release = Q3/2011 (shame HTC) presumably my next device will be a SGS.
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Does DesireHD already got Gingerbread? Because we wont get Gingerbread before DHD for sure.
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DesireHD doesn't have gingerbread yet.
I hope the updates all come out soon.
Does anyone know if the new sense will be coming to the original desire with update?
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I think yes.
And we will have to wait :-( they should translate gingerbread for Russia. So I hope we will get it in q4 2011. But of course you can use unofficial mods like I do;-)
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Considering with Desire-S still not available in any market (it will be outdated already on its day one but this is another issue) assume our Desires will not get it before 2 months after its release = Q3/2011 (shame HTC) presumably my next device will be a SGS.
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Don't get a age you will regret it massively the desire is a much better device. I tried the sgs I have used it for about a week and it's now on eBay. The lag when using the phone gets worse and is a pain to open apps as they takes ages because of rfs. The build quality is also really bad compared to the desire. Only good point about it is the screen.
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...Only good point about it is the screen.
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+internal storage +real multitouch +wifi/n +dlna etc. anyway, I actually meant coming models in Galaxy series from Samsung.
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we had a similar thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=730416&page=15
also I'm more inclined to think that the DHD and DZ will get the GB update first as already mentioned - then the Desire Original a little later - best case is that it comes at the same time -
also I imagine that the GB update will include a newer sense version as it makes little sense to have a DS, DHD, DZ on a newer sense than the DO - else it's two platforms (DS/DHD/DZ on new and DO on old) to keep updated/fixed rather than just one (across four devices)
when the official Gingerbread update for htc desire?
When it's ready.
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For HTC Desire Z is before end of June:
http://htcsource.com/2011/05/htc-customer-service-confirms-htc-desire-z-gingerbread-update-for-q2/
The Desire Z is similar to the normal Desire, so i think this statement can also used for it.
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When it's ready.
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That's a nice one.
In the spirit of DNF Vaporware, it should just be "when it's done."
There's been millions of rumours and dates suggested. Who knows...
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It's probably going to be somewhere before the end of june...
This dutch article states that a reliable insider said that they have taken out some of the downloadable apps, like facebook and twitter to make the new OTA update fit on the system partition and that they'll begin rolling out in a week or so.
End of June... so probably end of August
Next week... Friday 12.33.
I have problems returning to stock rom so with this new update can I update it to unrooted 2.3 or ?
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mehnihma said:
I have problems returning to stock rom so with this new update can I update it to unrooted 2.3 or ?
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You won't be able to update a custom rom with the official over the air update but you should be able to unroot using an official RUU. No official 2.3 RUU is out yet and its unconfirmed as to when 2.3 will be released for the Desire.
i heard you can update in july or august
You have a lot of Gingerbread lying around. You shouldn't worry about a lame update (HTC reported that they have to trim it in order to fit the memory). It will never be able to support a decent Sense and the changes will not be as spectacular as those made in some of the custom ROMs. Plus you will have memory shortages and all the headaches associated with non-data2sd ROMs.
So I heard Desire is officialy dead. Is it really official or just a rumor?
I heard it was a zombie sucking out the brains of other "smartphones"...
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Terepin said:
So I heard Desire is officialy dead. Is it really official or just a rumor?
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If u mean about the official updates, that is possible, as gingerbread should be the final android version that htc gave us..maybe some minor security fix later eventually..but we will still have cm and miui that will give us the latest android version available of course
Well minor GB updates should be possible. I mean, it's not like complete overhaul like 2.2 -> 2.3 was.
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Well minor GB updates should be possible. I mean, it's not like complete overhaul like 2.2 -> 2.3 was.
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i don't know about minor updates..because they didn't release the ota for all user (and they will not do that in future), its only an ruu for devs..
I doubt any updates will come our way. That would really be too much to ask. I think that Desire will be discontinued soon enough anyway.
When i wanted to buy my Desire, Vodafone Romania was out of stock. When asked when will a new shipment arrive, they've told me that the device is listed as End Of Life and no new ones will be brought. They have since removed it from their website/on-line market.
IMO, there will be no further updates for the Desire, either OTA or RUU.
Yea sad but true. A more than 1,5 year old phone is around EOL. Htc need their customers to move on to newer more profitable phones.
edit: also just checked. Almost any store i can think of have taken it off their product list.
Yep it has been discontinued.
Its on the HTC website. I doubt they would remove it off that.
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I have also checked on several local stores near mhome, they do not provide any new Desire ...not anymore...
I guess this is it...
But how long the custom ROM will provide support/update to our Desire
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But how long the custom ROM will provide support/update to our Desire
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I have saved lots of Roms, themes, Apks, Hboots and mods so whenever the Desire Devs move on I still have plenty to play with. Sometimes nostalgia is good.
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I have saved lots of Roms, themes, Apks, Hboots and mods so whenever the Desire Devs move on I still have plenty to play with. Sometimes nostalgia is good.
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and what u will do? play with old things?
no, the solution is cm and miui...they will give us the latest android version available untill the hardware can support it..so maybe more than 1 year at least (android 2.5?)
As long as the Nexus One gets new updates, be it Ice-Cream sandwhich or even the next Android iteration that comes after it, I'm sure the dev's will continue to cook us new roms up to a point where it is no longer possible.
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As long as the Nexus One gets new updates, be it Ice-Cream sandwhich or even the next Android iteration that comes after it, I'm sure the dev's will continue to cook us new roms up to a point where it is no longer possible.
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There is no need to cook and porting when dev can build it from the source
rtb35 said:
Yep it has been discontinued.
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think it'll drop to £89 then?
With all the custom ROMs about I think the desire will plod on for some time yet
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They've been pretty crappy with updates so far, so I'm hoping this won't be too long.
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They've been pretty crappy with updates so far, so I'm hoping this won't be too long.
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Good question! In case you are on a custom ROM, I have a link for the latest H3G RUU
Just relock bootloader, fastboot, connect to pc and run RUU
Of course nobody knows. It's not even available to unbranded Euro handsets yet
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They've been pretty crappy with updates so far, so I'm hoping this won't be too long.
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Really feel for you, I just got my email response from 3UK when asked when Jellybean will be available; "We do not have the updated version, it will be released at some point."
Just come from LG optimus 2x and all that saga over ics, moved to a htc one x hoping to be treated better lol only to find yet another ****ty company when it comes to customer support. Very dissapointed to say the least.
Bought the phone unlocked, alas it is still tied to 3 via CID :crying: was hoping this could be altered. Dead end there too.
All the best.
Carrier's are a pile of w#nk with updates. That is all.........
Did you try to read the thread, which is almost on top all the time, regarding JellyBean for HOX?
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Really feel for you, I just got my email response from 3UK when asked when Jellybean will be available; "We do not have the updated version, it will be released at some point."
Just come from LG optimus 2x and all that saga over ics, moved to a htc one x hoping to be treated better lol only to find yet another ****ty company when it comes to customer support. Very dissapointed to say the least.
Bought the phone unlocked, alas it is still tied to 3 via CID :crying: was hoping this could be altered. Dead end there too.
All the best.
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I do really feel for you too.
You are complaning from the update speed of a company, and you're switching to the other one, which has the biggest software package added on to Android, and you are expecting to get updates quickly.
I do, really do.
Actually Three UK were the first network to release both 1.28 and 2.17. They skipped 1.29 entirely due to radio issues. The main problem was the communication with the customer, it was terrible.
I tweeted them a few weeks back and they said they had the update in testing. But that could have been the bugged version that they didn't release globally.
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Three are launching the update this month
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I predict least 1.5 months just because its just the way it goes. I hate HTC and their stupid security restrictions! Last HTC device ever!
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Do join this thread.
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