Root Likelihood of a JB ROM?

[Kookas]

What's the likelihood of a fully functioning Android 4.1 ROM coming out for this phone? I'm mostly just curious to see how well this phone would handle it, since a Nexus S running JB seems almost as smooth as my Galaxy Nexus. Though I do know that it only has a 600MHz processor, so perhaps it might not be enough to benefit from Butter.

 

[AntimonyER]

Hey, I moved this to the All Things Root section. Thanks for understanding.

 

[CafeKampuchia]

I don't think it's going to happen because there are probably no plans to release JB drivers for an old ARMv6 processor. The Wildfire S's cousins (Explorer and Desire C) have similar hardware and updated processors so they might, especially the Desire C.

 

[Kookas]

But there has already been a Jelly Bean port for an ARMv6-enabled phone (see link). Or does that phone just run JB without the drivers?

First ever working Jelly Bean port for ARMv6 phone! - xda-developers

 

[CafeKampuchia]

Interesting, because they have the same chipset, processor and GPU. Some dev must be working on it.

Edit: yes they are
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1745744