New to the whole android rom thing. Been using my inc for awhile with a few different roms, there seems to be a lot of activity on here for support and upgrades. I also have a HTC EVO 4G that I ported to Pageplus. It is not active because most of the roms I tried were older and seemed to lack any support and they all had major issues, either performance or sound or data would not work. I am wondering, since the hardware seems to be pretty similar if I could port the inc roms or just use them on the EVO. Even better I wish I could rebuild some of the great roms on here for the EVO but I get lost reading all the different "How To" articles.
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New to the whole android rom thing. Been using my inc for awhile with a few different roms, there seems to be a lot of activity on here for support and upgrades. I also have a HTC EVO 4G that I ported to Pageplus. It is not active because most of the roms I tried were older and seemed to lack any support and they all had major issues, either performance or sound or data would not work. I am wondering, since the hardware seems to be pretty similar if I could port the inc roms or just use them on the EVO. Even better I wish I could rebuild some of the great roms on here for the EVO but I get lost reading all the different "How To" articles.
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Ive had some success porting between two similar devices, but with the EVO, it might be hard because it use Sprint's wimax network which can create issues when porting. You can try by searching for one of the How To Port guides on XDA
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if you want a good rom try evervolv
http://evervolv.com/devices/supersonic
im using their roms for htc nexus 1 & htc bravo, very smooth, both already have kitkat
the htc evo is only 4.2 JB but maybe they are working on 4.4 for it too
Thanks for the responses. Was hoping the Sprint thing would not be an issue since I was on Pageplus. My first attempt at porting would not load past the boot screen. I probably should not have tried the Evervolv 4.4 that is being worked on as my first attempt. I keep trying to use Evervolv on my inc but never really feel in love with it. I keep going back to Tiny's CM 10.1.
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I'm coming over here from the Samsung Captivate section for some help. I've been flashing ROMs on my Captivate since they were available and am pretty familiar with how stuff works over there.
However, my girlfriend has an EVO 4G and I have her running on Cyanogen 6.1 RC1. Sprint just stood up 4G here in Miami, so of course she wants to get her $10 worth and wants 4G access.
I'm wondering what ROMs are compatible with 4G, and of those which would you guys recommend? I tried searching but you guys have WAY to many ROMs available (we only have 10 or so for the Captivate) and I simply don't have the time to read through all the features of every ROM.
Thanks in advance for your help.
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I'm coming over here from the Samsung Captivate section for some help. I've been flashing ROMs on my Captivate since they were available and am pretty familiar with how stuff works over there.
However, my girlfriend has an EVO 4G and I have her running on Cyanogen 6.1 RC1. Sprint just stood up 4G here in Miami, so of course she wants to get her $10 worth and wants 4G access.
I'm wondering what ROMs are compatible with 4G, and of those which would you guys recommend? I tried searching but you guys have WAY to many ROMs available (we only have 10 or so for the Captivate) and I simply don't have the time to read through all the features of every ROM.
Thanks in advance for your help.
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Stick with the Sense-based ROMs. I'm a big fan of myn's warm and can confirm 4g works like a charm.
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Stick with the Sense-based ROMs. I'm a big fan of myn's warm and can confirm 4g works like a charm.
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+1 Myn's Rom is overall a favorite Sense rom of mine. However it may not be for anybody, thread wise it is the biggest rom for the Evo. I have also used Fresh which also has 4g. I would say between those two you can find what she would like just read the OP for each rom.
+1 Myn's Warm. Been using it for about a week now and it is a truly amazing ROM. I have been thinking about trying others. Myn's and CM 6.1 RC2 are the only ROM's I've tried since getting my EVO 2 weeks ago. Pretty much any of the Sense Rom's are going to work with 4G. Any AOSP will not. Hopefully soon someone will figure out how to get 4G in a AOSP Rom because I really do love CM 6.1 nightlies. They have some unbelievable features.
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I'm coming over here from the Samsung Captivate section for some help. I've been flashing ROMs on my Captivate since they were available and am pretty familiar with how stuff works over there.
However, my girlfriend has an EVO 4G and I have her running on Cyanogen 6.1 RC1. Sprint just stood up 4G here in Miami, so of course she wants to get her $10 worth and wants 4G access.
I'm wondering what ROMs are compatible with 4G, and of those which would you guys recommend? I tried searching but you guys have WAY to many ROMs available (we only have 10 or so for the Captivate) and I simply don't have the time to read through all the features of every ROM.
Thanks in advance for your help.
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I like Azreal X v.2 its fast stable and rick is always on listening to problems and creating fixes
Thanks for the help guys, I'll check those out.
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I like Azreal X v.2 its fast stable and rick is always on listening to problems and creating fixes
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+1 love Azrael X2
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I recently ROOT my EVO, so I want to know for those who has gone to varios ROMS what are the top 5 ROMS.
Me personally has ben looking for some Desire Z or Desire HD port, only for the Themes but don't know the names of the ROMS here, or or some Gingerbread ROMS but they are a lot of ROMS here, I;m comming from the HeroC...
Calkulin EVi0 2 best room (I just hate that animation color screen at boot) give me up to 12 hours of battery time.
im new too i just rooted my phone sunday i heard from some people that some roms and kernals are made for certain hardware. mines hardware 0004 is it true
thanks.
If you want to fall in love with your EVO all over again, I HIGHLY recommend MIUI. It is hands down the best looking and best performing ROM out there.
4g doesnt work on miui right
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4g doesnt work on miui right
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Nope, it's AOSP so no 4G or HDMI.
I think you will fall in love with the Azreal rom. I have been running it for over a month now with no issues at all. Good luck finding a rom that you will like.
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I recently ROOT my EVO, so I want to know for those who has gone to varios ROMS what are the top 5 ROMS.
Me personally has ben looking for some Desire Z or Desire HD port, only for the Themes but don't know the names of the ROMS here, or or some Gingerbread ROMS but they are a lot of ROMS here, I;m comming from the HeroC...
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The best rom for the evo right now is the mikfroyo 4.4 hands down. In terms of speed and customized features it is my favorite of all and mik is already working on
V 4.5 so for u its time to start flashing and enjoying your powerhouse that is the evo the way u suppose to. Happy flashing and have fun!
+1 in the mikfroyi 4.4. Makes me appreciate sense widgets.
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Calkulin's EViO 2 ROM is by far my favorite ROM out there!
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Everything works with mikfroyo, so u don't have to worry about anything.
Here is the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=883026
I'm also using evoelite theme, here is the link for joni themes:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=746689
Sorry, I meant Konikub's themes.
NEED TO TRY ROMS: DONT GO WITHOUT AT LEAST 3 HOURS ON THESE.
myn's warm twopointtwo: insane themeing. blows your mind and other parts (hehe). fast, stable, just very themed and very feature inclusive.
caulkin's evio 2: incredibly fast. this dude is amazing. you will find his 'usb/wifi tether hack, reboot mod, mms limit/compression mod's in almost every rom out there. slightly themed to not look as fugly as the htc version, very good battery, extreme speed, etc etc etc.
ava-froyo z3: this man is quite a coder. he goes deep inside the rom to alter things never touched by other devs, including radio, 4g, memory management, etc. its a hit and miss for some phones, but gets amazing results on others.
cyanogenmod: vanilla aosp, the biggest project on the xda. built on many different phones, huge team, incredible changes, its like a whole new phone. you wont get the same results or features from any other phone on the market. no hdmi (claims its almost done) and FINALLY 4G (in alpha 2 testing, the code for 4g had to be totally rewritten by two guys. thats probably the biggest feat in this phone's history)
miui: a crossover aosp rom that looks almost like the iphone but with the functionality and customizability of android +100. infinite amount of features. this isnt really built on anything... everything is different. a brand new operating system pretty much. worth a flash. some love it, some (like me) dont.
I am currently using this ROM [ROM(S)]CM7-EX.v9, its pretty neat, still has a few minor issues but it's usable and yeah its Gingerbread. No 4G or HDMI.
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Well put. I will +1 you on the CyanogenMod. Great stable ROM with tons of customizability and features out of wazoo.
I would also put in a recomendation foe Fresh Evo ROM by Flipz. Maintains a familiar Sense UI but has some nice performance tweaks and removes all of the bloatware. Also has full HDMI and 4G support. Just another simple and user friendly option for custom ROM that does not get too radical.
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rockypr said:
I recently ROOT my EVO, so I want to know for those who has gone to varios ROMS what are the top 5 ROMS.
Me personally has ben looking for some Desire Z or Desire HD port, only for the Themes but don't know the names of the ROMS here, or or some Gingerbread ROMS but they are a lot of ROMS here, I;m comming from the HeroC...
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I like all the responses here and how members try to help, especially the 8th grade kid, lol.
I for one won't flash a rom where any of the features of the phone won't work, despite the fact of the great work all of those guys are doing to bring gingerbread to us, I applaud all their hard work. Whatever rom u flash, make sure u do a full wipe so u can get a clean install, do a back up or nandroid before u start flashing and read, read, read and keep on reading, that's the most important thing, get acquainted with any issues or problems that may arise with the roms u gonna flash so u don't panick and go all monkey if the phone freezes or whatever the situation may be. Finally be ready for the storm, flashing is an addiction hard to control.
My top five (which may not be your top five)
MIUI
Evoneo
vaelpak
burnt droid
Evio2
If I'm on a Sense rom, I use go launcher
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I know this has already been said but I just have to agree with Cyanogen. The stable build (6.1.2?) is incredibly nice with plenty to do. On the other hand, Cyanogen7 (i.e. nightlies) are a bit more finnicky (still a superb work in progress). I used the stable build until I had enough courage (newbie myself to android) to start trying the night builds. I really dont want to go back to anything else now, not even the stable. Getting excellent battery life (intermittent tho), great look, very customizable. Def worth a try, if anything
Depends on what you want our of your rom. I tried many, but heres my personal experience.
I went with miui for awhile. Loved the speed and uniqueness. In the end missed everything working perfect.
Went to azrael for awhile. Fastest sense rom in my opinion. Highly recommend if you like sense.
Since I don't like sense, but want stuff to be fully functional, I'm currently on vaelpak. Very fast, great on battery, and the vaelpak settings app makes it very easy to tune to your liking.
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Myns RLS5 Rom with Aloysius theme..... Sweet or CM7 nightly 13 with Mixer theme.... Awesome
I'm hopefully switching from my Fascinate to the inc 2 today. I've read that it has a horrid amount of bloatware, which I plan to immediately remove. I've looked at numerous rooting guide on here for the inc 2, which all seem fairly straightforward. One thing I am curious about however, is how I can go about getting my phone back to stock if it gets stuck in a boot loop etc. for any reason. Thanks again, you guys are always a huge help!
Edit: Also, a lot of the roms for the inc 2 seem very stable and equally popular. Are there any that are more notorious for bugs etc than others?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1221494
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This is like the fifth fascinate to dinc2 thread
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do it! I've had an aria, a captivate, an inspire, and a thunderbolt. I just dumped the bolt for the dinc and I'm very happy I did. out of all those phones the dinc is my favorite with the inspire being a very close second
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One thing's for sure: if the Fascinate is anything like the Captivate in terms of flashing, then you will LOVE not having to do the hokey pokey every time you want to change / flash ROMs. The whole moving back to stock and having to back up your internal storage thing is flaky. With HTC/Droid Incredible, it's just flash and go, flash and go, flash and go.
Yeah, with this you can go from AOSP back to sense and such all you want, no need to "ODIN" between like on the fassy.
For sense roms, i love virtuous unity, if you just came from the fassy i'd give it a shot, since sense is nothing like touchwiz (it's actually usuable)
yep the cappy was the same way odin back to stock yadayadayada. then when gb came to town u had to worry about bootloaders. flash a froyo primary bootloader with a gb secondary or vice versa you got a complete brick. I don't miss the modem dance either. I do miss voodoo sound though that made music sound amazing
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Thanks for the replies! I ended up getting the Charge last minute, as I was informed by the mobile manager where I work that we'd be getting 4g coverage by the end of next month!
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Edit: Also, a lot of the roms for the inc 2 seem very stable and equally popular. Are there any that are more notorious for bugs etc than others?
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notorious for bugs? newtoroot's roms are the worst, the dude keep releasing a bunch of junk that he never intend to support so it seems, he didn't even bother to fix the very first rom he unleashed and now he's on his 6th or 7th. I'd stay FAR away from that dude's crap.
Try Skyrider Zeus, Gingerbang, CM7, virtuous unity, and Miui, these are the least problematic roms so far.
To answer your question (I think)... Yes, you can stock out; No, you don't have the luxury of anything like ODIN if something goes wrong, it's a more involved process (not as easy as an ODIN flash).
I need a Gingerbread/Sense ROM with and emphasis on stability. Close to stock would be best though it isn't paramount. I realize that ROMs are like beers, you get a different opinion on which is best depending on who you ask. The circumstances just don't allow me to try out a whole slew of ROMs.
A good friend's wife has an EVO 4G (I have a Sensation, G2x & HD2) and is having trouble with stability. I suggested we root it and slap a custom ROM on it. While they were over I rooted it and got everything ready to back up and slap a ROM on it. Problem is I am unsure as to what ROM to put on it. Yes, I could try out several ROMs to find one that works but this isn't going to go well at all. The reasons should be obvious for anyone who is married. This is magnified by the fact that I would only have access to the phone maybe once every other week. I need a silver bullet for this one.
Thank you for your time.
I've tried a ton of sense roms, MikG still wins for stability and everything working for me.
I'm currently running synergy w/o sense lockscreen. Loving it. I've had no problems with stability.
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I've tried a ton of sense roms, MikG still wins for stability and everything working for me.
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This one I assume? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1038967
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I'm currently running synergy w/o sense lockscreen. Loving it. I've had no problems with stability.
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RC2 from the below thread? Is there a problem with the lock screen or is that a personal preference?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1144447
Try EVO classic Rom. It's based off the latest stock Rom. It's fast and so far no trouble for me.
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Link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312414
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Thats the one. I used to use Synergy to but I found it to be a bit slower than MikG and Mik sees more updates.
If you go Synergy RLS1 is the newest version. RC2 is older and was an unofficial release I believe. I never had a problem with the lock screen on Synergy.
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This one I assume? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1038967
RC2 from the below thread? Is there a problem with the lock screen or is that a personal preference?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1144447
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I've found Mik Roms to be the most stable as well as be current with the latest updates. Myn's Roms are excellent as well.
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I need a Gingerbread/Sense ROM with and emphasis on stability. Close to stock would be best though it isn't paramount. I realize that ROMs are like beers, you get a different opinion on which is best depending on who you ask. The circumstances just don't allow me to try out a whole slew of ROMs.
A good friend's wife has an EVO 4G (I have a Sensation, G2x & HD2) and is having trouble with stability. I suggested we root it and slap a custom ROM on it. While they were over I rooted it and got everything ready to back up and slap a ROM on it. Problem is I am unsure as to what ROM to put on it. Yes, I could try out several ROMs to find one that works but this isn't going to go well at all. The reasons should be obvious for anyone who is married. This is magnified by the fact that I would only have access to the phone maybe once every other week. I need a silver bullet for this one.
Thank you for your time.
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click on the link in my sig to learn about aosp roms and kernels, it also has links to the roms and dl zips to the kernels. aosp may not be what you want but in reality you never know till you try ^_^
DECIM8 said:
I need a Gingerbread/Sense ROM with and emphasis on stability. Close to stock would be best though it isn't paramount. I realize that ROMs are like beers, you get a different opinion on which is best depending on who you ask. The circumstances just don't allow me to try out a whole slew of ROMs.
A good friend's wife has an EVO 4G (I have a Sensation, G2x & HD2) and is having trouble with stability. I suggested we root it and slap a custom ROM on it. While they were over I rooted it and got everything ready to back up and slap a ROM on it. Problem is I am unsure as to what ROM to put on it. Yes, I could try out several ROMs to find one that works but this isn't going to go well at all. The reasons should be obvious for anyone who is married. This is magnified by the fact that I would only have access to the phone maybe once every other week. I need a silver bullet for this one.
Thank you for your time.
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1. If she is having a problem with stability on a stock unrooted Evo then she needs to backup her information and just do a factory reset.
2. Trying out several ROMs is required because phones react to various ROMs differently. I can tell you that a certain ROM plays well with my phone but it may not play quite as well with yours. Then comes the issue of kernels. Kernels have a large impact on the phone's stability as well.
3. Tell your friend to do his own homework on how to get her phone up and running or have an affair with her so that you can see her more often and get more opportunities to test ROMs/kernels on her phone.
What version of Sense would you prefer?
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click on the link in my sig to learn about aosp roms and kernels, it also has links to the roms and dl zips to the kernels. aosp may not be what you want but in reality you never know till you try ^_^
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I ran AOSP and CM ROMs on my G2X. Eaglesblood with Faux's kernel. CM and AOSP ROMs are actually my preference for Android in general. I am not a huge fan of Sense, it has some nice apps but its too confining. This isn't my phone though.
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What version of Sense would you prefer?
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The EVO 4G has 2.5 by default I believe. I run the leaked 3.5 on my Sensation and it has some improvements over 2.5 and a couple over 3.0. If there is a very stable and fully functional ROM with 3.x that would be better. Stability and functionality still trump everything else though.
They mentioned that Netflix has to work as they use it often. Skype working properly with video would be good as well.
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I ran AOSP and CM ROMs on my G2X. Eaglesblood with Faux's kernel. CM and AOSP ROMs are actually my preference for Android in general. I am not a huge fan of Sense, it has some nice apps but its too confining. This isn't my phone though.
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i agree AOSP Roms are a lot better, smoother, and allow for more customization, that's why the thread i made in my sig is only about them and not about sense based roms. plus whenever an ICS rom comes out it'll be AOSP
I noticed the Evo Shift has working WiMax on ICS Roms because of processor similarities and leaked Roms. Is it possible the Evo 4g will get working WiMax on ICS Roms also?
EDIT: Found this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1604732
Possible not probable?
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i was recently using a ICS rom where 4G was working just fine... i forgot which one it is, ive been switching ICS Roms back and forth
Not any time soon as code has to be written from scratch due to HTC not supporting evo any longer. And any rom that's says its working is not true ics as of right now
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i was recently using a ICS rom where 4G was working just fine... i forgot which one it is, ive been switching ICS Roms back and forth
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Was probably an ICS themed gingerbread ROM, no ICS roms currently have WiMax. Might as well just hope they start working on WiMax for jellybean.
To shed some light onto this Wimax is indeed working on a ICS Rom (CM9) For the Evo 3D Quote from Toast member of Teamwin"
http://techerrata.com/file/toastcfh/ … <~~ wimax in cm9! check it out."
What does this mean? Well Wimax is working on ICS but that's all. Until Teamwin is ready to submit the Code were not going to see it here anytime soon.
Also do not download that rom it's for the Evo 3D not 4G.
also...
I was wondering about this. It seems like most devs are making the jump to other devices... What i've noticed by working on the HTC Hero and on the HTC Evo 4g is that the further we can push legacy devices, the more we find out about optimization not only for those devices, but newer devices as well. At least in the case of the Hero vs Evo, the ability to run optimized code with the Hero lead me to even more optimization in the Evo. So for those devs pumping it out with legacy devices, KUDOS! You've helped me a TON with holding on to my Evo for nearly 2.5 years and being not only satisfied with its operation, but able to jock any Apple fanbois I come across
Another question that seems pertinent to this discussion: How about a 3.0+ Linux kernel? Is it possible for the Evo to run this? Is there development as of now? I thought that ICS and Jellybean were difficult ports because of the kernel specifically... is that the reason?
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Atyoung has said that he's working on a 3.x kernel, but recently, his job moved him, and he's been busy with that stuff. So, it's coming. Just don't expect it soon.
Edit: From my understanding, it's not so much the kernel version that makes ICS development difficult. It's the lack of drivers being released. That's why HWA support took so long, and that's why the FFC still doesn't work in ICS.