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MT4G Gingerbread update coming soon according to HTC rep

http://www.tmonews.com/2011/04/mytouch-4g-gingerbread-update-coming-soon/

Can't wait, new roms will hopefully come in droves after this

cool..too bad I've been using gingerbread for the past couple of months now! So far so good!

Damn it, you beat me to it!

Well, 2Q 2011 ended 11 days ago. I'll believe it when I see it. Actually, I won't ever see it because I'm now using Virtuous Unity. Hot stuff I tell you. And it doesn't have all the pre-loaded crapware T-Mobile adds into the ROM.
The Nexus One spoiled me. I tried to keep my MT4G stock as long as possible. I'm surprised I made it 6 months on the stock MT4G ROM. Once you root and flash a gazillion different ROMs, stock is definitely and simply boring.

hldc1 said:
Well, 2Q 2011 ended 11 days ago. I'll believe it when I see it. Actually, I won't ever see it because I'm now using Virtuous Unity. Hot stuff I tell you. And it doesn't have all the pre-loaded crapware T-Mobile adds into the ROM.
The Nexus One spoiled me. I tried to keep my MT4G stock as long as possible. I'm surprised I made it 6 months on the stock MT4G ROM. Once you root and flash a gazillion different ROMs, stock is definitely and simply boring.
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i agree i got it too and its the best rom i have ever used i dont think im gonna go to another one

I saw on engaget today that the new MT4G slide will have gingerbread, sense 3.0 and some sort of new slick camera software. Curious if we'll get the same rom or not...

fastredponycar said:
I saw on engaget today that the new MT4G slide will have gingerbread, sense 3.0 and some sort of new slick camera software. Curious if we'll get the same rom or not...
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Hahahaha! Keep dreamin. Don't forget that the doubleshot has more than twice the processing power of the glacier. Sense 2.1 was already pushing it with the bloatware T-mobile added. Sense 3.0 is even worse.
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fastredponycar said:
I saw on engaget today that the new MT4G slide will have gingerbread, sense 3.0 and some sort of new slick camera software. Curious if we'll get the same rom or not...
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Of course not the hardware on that thing is the same as Sensation....We get Espresso, check out the leaked GB ROM for our phones, that's what we're getting. There's a doubleshot rom from the MT4GS here too if you wanna taste of 3.0 on that phone. Ginger for us will look just like froyo, no fancy 3D effects for older single core phones.

Ace42 said:
Of course not the hardware on that thing is the same as Sensation....We get Espresso, check out the leaked GB ROM for our phones, that's what we're getting. There's a doubleshot rom from the MT4GS here too if you wanna taste of 3.0 on that phone. Ginger for us will look just like froyo, no fancy 3D effects for older single core phones.
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You are correct. The Gingerbread leak from early May looks identical to 2.2.1. The only big change/addition was the inclusion of the Quick Settings tab in the notification pulldown. I believe the leaked build had Sense 2.1. Pretty much going to have to rely on XDA if you want Sense 3.0 on your MT4G.
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I never FULLY realized how bad sense was, but this weekend I played around with a sensation and it is horribly laggy. My cyanogen glacier blows it out of the water. Even things like un locking the phone produced noticeable lag
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dung8604 said:
I never FULLY realized how bad sense was, but this weekend I played around with a sensation and it is horribly laggy. My cyanogen glacier blows it out of the water. Even things like un locking the phone produced noticeable lag
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I rooted and loaded Virtuous Unity last night. It uses sense 3.0 and it's smooth as silk.

fastredponycar said:
I rooted and loaded Virtuous Unity last night. It uses sense 3.0 and it's smooth as silk.
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Its not slow like the sensations stock ROM through, it has many changes, if we use the stock sensation Rom it would be laggy.
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I've been testing the Gingerbread update and was going to post some screenshots, but apparently I need to have at least 8 posts before I can do so per the rules of the forums here.
I don't want to spam the forums here to hit some limit, but when I hit the magical 8 posts, I'll submit a post with images of the update.

So if i were to unroot to check out the update when its released i would have to root a completly different way? I had to gfree cause of the locked bootloader on the mt4g that i bought. Since my phone has the "bad emmc" I was thinking that using stock for a couple months til the phone dies would be a safe gamble.

What gingerbread update your talking about? We haven't got an ota, just the leak.
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I've been testing the Gingerbread update and was going to post some screenshots, but apparently I need to have at least 8 posts before I can do so per the rules of the forums here.
I don't want to spam the forums here to hit some limit, but when I hit the magical 8 posts, I'll submit a post with images of the update.
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chem.manish said:
What gingerbread update your talking about? We haven't got an ota, just the leak.
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Read the link in the op.
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eqjunkie829 said:
Read the link in the op.
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I know what the thread is about. You may wanna read my question again.
Again, the question is whether joedonh is from tmo and thats how he is testing the upgrade or whether he is working on leaked version which everyone here has access to. Later is most likely not the case but just want to confirm.

Some Tmo employees have been selected to test the official GB rom. I imagine it is just as bad as the froyo build. it is still a "stock" rom so i am sure it is full of bloatware...

chem.manish said:
I know what the thread is about. You may wanna read my question again.
Again, the question is whether joedonh is from tmo and thats how he is testing the upgrade or whether he is working on leaked version which everyone here has access to. Later is most likely not the case but just want to confirm.
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If he is an employee with T-mobile then he'd be breaking the NDA that they have to sign when getting phones or updates before the public. It's also against T-mobile policy. I wouldn't take the chance of it getting back to T-mobile and losing my job to show off a screen shot.

What if OTA UPDATE Hit's - Before Alpharevx Exploit/S-0FF

I'm curious how would everyone here feel about the HTC OTA Update if it was to come on the 1st of August or more simply put prior to Alpharevx S-0ff and the OTA closes the exploit they "say" they have accomplished.
FUBAR IMO.
Any other thoughts on this?

Verbal Assassin said:
I'm curious how would everyone here feel about the HTC OTA Update if it was to come on the 1st of August or more simply put prior to Alpharevx S-0ff and the OTA closes the exploit they "say" they have accomplished.
FUBAR IMO.
Any other thoughts on this?
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The chances of HTC actually putting out the update anytime soon are very very slim and none IMO. The thought of what is the chances of snow in Fla in August comes to mind. I believe if they were really serious about putting out the unlock update that it would have been out by now or a definite time frame established( I believe they mentioned something about August to test and release in Sept but no time frame(just coming soon) for the US sensation, correct me if I am wrong.). I really have lost faith and respect for HTC. The only other phone that I have had that rivals the Sensation in issues is the G2X and I have them both at this time(I know I am a sucker for all the latest and newest electronic toys) They both have marvelous potential and excellent hardware but who knows if and when they will ever live up to their promises or becomes the phones they have the capability to be.

Was it a bad idea for Bell users to do the latest update? (1.35.666.1)
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HTC is actually UNLOCKING the bootloader, not trying to lock the phone. Wait for 2 months for that to have happened. Rejoice if AlphaRev is earlier, if you want.

I wish Batman would get s-off before the Joker (aka Alpharevx)....!!!!!!!! I think they are full of it!!!! A video does not prove anything.
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manson1978 said:
I wish Batman would get s-off before the Joker (aka Alpharevx)....!!!!!!!! I think they are full of it!!!! A video does not prove anything.
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Well keep waiting for htc then. and actually a video proves alot(even better th an pix). I wonder Wut u would b saying if there was no video at all n they just said that they had s-off
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I guess if I showed you a video of Jesus you would believe it?
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manson1978 said:
I guess if I showed you a video of Jesus you would believe it?
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if you are a believer, you would believe even without seeing the video, but if your an unbeliever, you wouldn't believe even if Jesus is standing right in front of you.

I wouldn't care because I'm not about to install an OTA before I get S-OFF.

Agreed I won't UAE the OTA until I have s off
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manson1978 said:
I wish Batman would get s-off before the Joker (aka Alpharevx)....!!!!!!!! I think they are full of it!!!! A video does not prove anything.
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your thoughts are based on what? Not there first phone doin this to bro

AND THIS IS WHY I SAID NO MORE POSTS ON ALPHAREV X - every single one of these threads instantly turns to crap
NO MORE OR I WILL HAND OUT VACATIONS

[Q] we ever getting ICS

Is te HTC Inspire gettin ICS?
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As of right now, the Inspire is supposed to get ICS, but it is still up for debate. I bet there will be ICS ports though, so we will get it one way or another
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I thought HTC denied the Inspire would get ICS

Unless they denied it within the last week, it is still floating in limbo. Some say the HTC Ace and Stallion,which are the code names for DHD and Inspire, should receive ICS
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Even if the inspire doesn't get an official update to ICS there will be a custom rom

I don't think there will ever be an official release. We may get a newer gingerbread upgrade since the last on bites, but development for the inspire leaves us with better roms than stock anyway. I bet there will be a better more stable release through xda before ics ever hits officially for the inspire, but I don't think it ever will. I emailed HTC and asked if we would be getting ics or any other upgrades and they said they are working to make the experience better for the inspire but do not have anything in the works currently. This lead me to beleive they are long past worrying about the inspire. We will probably not even get a better gingerbread build imo.

HTC already released the list of devices that are getting ICS, Inspire4g/desire hd not in it.
Sorry.

If it doesn't we will still get it with ports from other devices... and of course cyanogen so no worries man
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I'm sure there will be a couple custom ICS ROMs on here.
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mateusm said:
HTC already released the list of devices that are getting ICS, Inspire4g/desire hd not in it.
Sorry.
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It wasn't a complete list. It was like these are the phones are definitely getting ics. The HTC desire had just got gb earlier this years when HTC clearly said it wouldn't. So don't count our phone out.
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houstonsveryown said:
It wasn't a complete list. It was like these are the phones are definitely getting ics. The HTC desire had just got gb earlier this years when HTC clearly said it wouldn't. So don't count our phone out.
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Yeah i saw it somewhere it wasn't the complete list, but i find it hard to believe an 1 year old phone get the second update of its existence; the phone is technically 1 year old, considering its a variation of the DHD (released in september '10 I believe)
Sure i hope for a ICS release.
http://www.xda-developers.com/android/htc-announces-which-devices-get-ice-cream-sandwich/

The source code is gonna get posted on 17th with all probability. Sometime after that we should start seeing some true ICS ported ROMs.
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Source code its out!
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Yup, and I'm anxious to see what ROMs we get based on it.
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I think htc will give us the official release of sense 3.0 or even sense 3.5 to make up for the widgets and animations ICS will have to offer so we arent completely out of the loop

JerseyScottie said:
I think htc will give us the official release of sense 3.0 or even sense 3.5 to make up for the widgets and animations ICS will have to offer so we arent completely out of the loop
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It wont matter really what HTC releases. It will be up to ATT to release a build built for the inspire or the best we can hope for is a port from the DHD. ATT normally has done a One OS update per device and thebinspire got theirs already. Hope I am wrong but history says I am not.

+1 for zelendel's post.
For anyone interested in ICS ROM(port):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1374912

Disappointed in ICS

NOT totally....but wanted my status bar to have a blue battery icon also everytime I type I get a notification icon of a keyboard???
Otherwise me likeyyy....the developer section is awesome!!!!
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ShaunMichael80 said:
NOT totally....but wanted my status bar to have a blue battery icon also everytime I type I get a notification icon of a keyboard???
Otherwise me likeyyy....the developer section is awesome!!!!
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Man, the kitchen is made for something! And the keyboard on the status bar is normal and let you choose which keyboard you want to use
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ShaunMichael80 said:
also everytime I type I get a notification icon of a keyboard???
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This is ICS behaviour - it replaces the pop up that appeared when you long pressed in a text box component on earlier Android versions that allows you to configure your input method.
If you test and/or use alternative keyboards or other input methods that shortcut is a blessing imo... if you don't need them, it could be annoying but you get used to it almost immediately.

Ohhh...well why no blue battery bar....that's lame
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ShaunMichael80 said:
Ohhh...well why no blue battery bar....that's lame
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It's not AOSP... You can contact HTC and ask why they chose to make it that way.

ShaunMichael80 said:
Ohhh...well why no blue battery bar....that's lame
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Seriously???????v

ShaunMichael80 said:
Ohhh...well why no blue battery bar....that's lame
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Lawlz
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im just thankful htc gave us ics and didnt leave us behind. u should be happy for that plus thats why we have root and custom roms.

s10shane said:
im just thankful htc gave us ics and didnt leave us behind. u should be happy for that plus thats why we have root and custom roms.
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That's the smallest thing htc had to do! A phone that comes out with a certain version of android will always be updated to the next one... The problem is when htc has to update the sensation to jellybean... Imo the sensation won't ever receive an official jellybean update unfortunately
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matt95 said:
That's the smallest thing htc had to do! A phone that comes out with a certain version of android will always be updated to the next one... The problem is when htc has to update the sensation to jellybean... Imo the sensation won't ever receive an official jellybean update unfortunately
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So we're paying for updates now? God forbid we actually enjoy the phone, but screw that noise, can't enjoy a great phone if I know I've only gotten one major OS update.
Get real. Who cares? The phone launched with 2.3, you got an update that bumped it all the way to 4.0.3, I'd say that's plenty.

We will get Jellybean someday...that's why we have XDA!

No seriously but I have to admit, HTC have no quality control. HTC sense looks pretty, but slow as hell, even with tweaks.
Touchwiz 4 is so buttery smooth, even if it isn't as attractive it is efficient and when i payed for this phone back when both came out I expected some decent usability and speed.
Timescape UI is also so refined. My dads Xperia arc runs smoother on a single core on timescale compared to dual core powered sense. This was my first and last HTC device
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matt95 said:
That's the smallest thing htc had to do! A phone that comes out with a certain version of android will always be updated to the next one... The problem is when htc has to update the sensation to jellybean... Imo the sensation won't ever receive an official jellybean update unfortunately
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Yeah the Sensation will never see an official Jelly bean in my opinion. But there really is no doubt that the Sensation will have ROMs with the next I would say two too three Android OS versions. It just has the hardware specs to be a device that will handle future OS updates.
sshede said:
So we're paying for updates now? God forbid we actually enjoy the phone, but screw that noise, can't enjoy a great phone if I know I've only gotten one major OS update.
Get real. Who cares? The phone launched with 2.3, you got an update that bumped it all the way to 4.0.3, I'd say that's plenty.
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You have a point, but I personally feel like the Sensation has the ability to continue to get every new Android versions like the HD2 does. The development community for this device is pretty outstanding in my opinion.
Oh and remember the Sensation, as well as all Android smartphones, got locked out of Android 3.0 as it was just for tablets. I mean Google did finally drop the source code on it when the released ICS. But with ICS being for both phones and tablets, I do not really see anyone making the effort to get 3.0 running on a phone now.

I don't see fully why not. I know for a fact it will be able to handle it because the desire c or whatever will definitely get it along with the one v and they are single cores. HTC brought ics to the desire s, why not jellybean to the sensation?
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Gotta love the genius developers at xda! If its possible they will do it! I have total confidence in them!
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[Q] Evo Shift 4g Rolling out with 4.1.1 ?

I've Read that someone, within the forums had purchased a shift with 4.1.1, Can someone Validate this for me ? should we be expecting an update sometime soon for the users whom are on 2.3.4 ?

Ianonymous said:
I've Read that someone, within the forums had purchased a shift with 4.1.1, Can someone Validate this for me ? should we be expecting an update sometime soon for the users whom are on 2.3.4 ?
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It was rooted and running 4.1.1, not storebought with stock 4.1.1 rom, unfortunately.
The thread you are looking for is this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2025338
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CNexus said:
It was rooted and running 4.1.1, not storebought with stock 4.1.1 rom, unfortunately.
The thread you are looking for is this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2025338
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Yup that's the one. I guess i jumped to the question hearing 4.1.1 None the less .Anyone thinks they will ever roll out with another update or its officially done via HTC's End .

Ianonymous said:
Yup that's the one. I guess i jumped to the question hearing 4.1.1 None the less .Anyone thinks they will ever roll out with another update or its officially done via HTC's End .
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I read this on a thread here somewhere, a guy had spoken to a friend who worked for HTC and he said that they would not be releasing ICS for the shift. Based on this, I think its pretty safe to say that HTC will not be rolling out a JB update, sad as it is. Your best bet is to root and flash a custom JB rom, several of which you can find over in the development forums
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CNexus said:
I read this on a thread here somewhere, a guy had spoken to a friend who worked for HTC and he said that they would not be releasing ICS for the shift. Based on this, I think its pretty safe to say that HTC will not be rolling out a JB update, sad as it is. Your best bet is to root and flash a custom JB rom, several of which you can find over in the development forums
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I would not hold my breath on any of it . I would not expect any real Updates form HTC. Sad as it is to say .

prboy1969 said:
I would not hold my breath on any of it . I would not expect any real Updates form HTC. Sad as it is to say .
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Yeah they kinda made a half assed attempt at closing the exploit in the last OTA, I wouldn't expect any more updates from HTC for the Shift, period.

CNexus said:
I read this on a thread here somewhere, a guy had spoken to a friend who worked for HTC and he said that they would not be releasing ICS for the shift. Based on this, I think its pretty safe to say that HTC will not be rolling out a JB update, sad as it is. Your best bet is to root and flash a custom JB rom, several of which you can find over in the development forums
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I was in my local BestBuy and surprised to see this phone still available for purchase. I would expect HTC to be planning an update to at least ICS since they are still selling these phones.
Gingerbread was good when this phone came out two years ago, but way out dated now to expect customers will be happy with it starting a new two year contract.

penroid said:
I was in my local BestBuy and surprised to see this phone still available for purchase. I would expect HTC to be planning an update to at least ICS since they are still selling these phones.
Gingerbread was good when this phone came out two years ago, but way out dated now to expect customers will be happy with it starting a new two year contract.
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I know, support for this phone is so bad, the most recent update just broke youtube links and other links going to the right apps
Its just bad how much HTC neglects this awesome phone...
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CNexus said:
I know, support for this phone is so bad, the most recent update just broke youtube links and other links going to the right apps
Its just bad how much HTC neglects this awesome phone...
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I think HTC support for any phone is bad.
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jesuscash said:
I think HTC support for any phone is bad.
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Yeah my HTC MyTouch 4G Slide is still on GB and will never see official ICS, but thanks to everyone on xda I've ported 3 JellyBean ROMS for it.
Since leaving the Shift I've moved from Sense to AOSP and wouldn't have it any other way.
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Since offically, HTC says the our shifts have reached EOL, don't expect many updates from them at all. And besides, we actually have an amazing 4.x community on the shift. I mean, we aren't the SIII or anything, but there are a handful of ICS and JB roms. Pick one and flash it, then you could just act like the phone came that way
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