HTC announced awhile back that the Evo 4G wasn't going to get Honeycomb, let alone Ice Cream Sandwich.
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HTC announced awhile back that the Evo 4G wasn't going to get Honeycomb, let alone Ice Cream Sandwich.
True. The real question is if our phones will get ICS officially.yeah i think that the only way to get ICS on the evo is to be rooted. i guarantee you that once google releases the source code that the devs will find a way to get it on the evo.
I think he was stating that phones *usually* get about 2 updates, we've had ours.If you're a stickler for correctness, EOL is End Of Life. And Sprint does not limit the number of upgrades you may qualify for.
+1 And the honeycomb source wasn't made available either, so no devs were able to splice up a rom for us.True, but Honeycomb wasn't put on any phones as it was for Tablet's only.
yeah i think that the only way to get ICS on the evo is to be rooted. i guarantee you that once google releases the source code that the devs will find a way to get it on the evo.
Well, if you're coming from the Hero, then you must realize that development is still going on. There's even a 2.3.5 Sense 3.5 rom being developed right now so.........yea I agree that ICS will run better with a dual core phone but.....
For future posting, I would recommend that we keep this talk to whether or not the stock HTC Evo 4G will see ICS. All rooting thoughts of ICS should be directed here http://androidforums.com/evo-4g-all-things-root/431606-ics-rom.html
even tho i am very happy about ICS and would loooooooooveeee to have it on my EVO 4G, i highly doubt it will make it to us...
why? a few reasons:
- EOL being imminent
- I am sure ICS takes more space than Gingerbred 2.3, i dont think the phone will have much storage at all after installation
- HTC and or sprint didnt even pushed Sense 3.0 to us, u think they will with ICS?
- newer models of the phone already exists with more potential (EVO3D)
now, can it be possible? i think so... i think if HTC were to push a "vanilla" ICS to us, without sense, that it may be plausible... again i dont even know how much memory is needed for the OS.... so that alone can crush our dreams
Seems like it's looking less likely that the EVO 4G will get ICS. Google just announced that the original Nexus One will not be getting ICS because it's "too old." Since the Nexus One and the EVO 4G are pretty much the same phone spec wise(1GHz Adreno 200 and 512MB of RAM) HTC might use it as an excuse not to upgrade it.
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Nexus One “too old” to be upgraded to Ice Cream Sandwich | Android and Me
Android 4.0 does take more space than Android 2.3 did. The Sprint HTC EVO 4G has 1 GB of ROM space though, which will probably fit Android 4.0 just fine and dandy.
You might ask, but what about space for apps and so forth? A partition for apps and data can always be made on the microSD card to increase the capacity of what the system "thinks" is in the internal storage and even parts of the ROM can be moved to the microSD card if 1 GB is still too small to house Android 4.0.
I'll be happy if I can just get that facial recognition unlock.
Is partitioning and everything else you mentioned up there done after you root the phone? I'm starting to hover around 50-60 mb's of free memory on the Evo, and it's been running just a bit "slow" these days (little lag when I unlock, come out of a program and try to change screens, etc.) so I was going to rest it to factory settings and reload everything. Do you suggest I just wait 1-2 weeks and try rooting when one of the devs comes out with a 4.0 rom?
Also, is there any problem with rooting to a full gingerbread rom, then rooting to 4.0? Thanks!
Fyi, I stopped in a new sprint store in town on Friday. Thay still have the OG up for sale.
Nice! Still my favorite phone. ThanksFyi, I stopped in a new sprint store in town on Friday. Thay still have the OG up for sale.
well from what I heard the Evo will NOT get ICS only the Shift, 3D, and the new Evo Design (just a redesigned regular evo) would get it, I may be wrong but thats what I heard.
Android 4.0 does take more space than Android 2.3 did. The Sprint HTC EVO 4G has 1 GB of ROM space though, which will probably fit Android 4.0 just fine and dandy.
You might ask, but what about space for apps and so forth? A partition for apps and data can always be made on the microSD card to increase the capacity of what the system "thinks" is in the internal storage and even parts of the ROM can be moved to the microSD card if 1 GB is still too small to house Android 4.0.
welcome to the forums!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!How do you re partition EVO 4G to accommodate (think) more data and app storage?
jsb911 I hate you, couldn't you have just reassured me with false hope? ):
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