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Soooooo, ever since the release of the nexus galaxy sporting the new adroid 4.0, i wondered, will we get the update, and if not, is there a way to replicate the look of the deivice theme wise,i love the way it looks!

HTC has not confirmed nor denied the Inspire will be getting ICS. I'd bet not, and if we do it will take a LONG time, or one of the devs here will port it.
In the mean time, if you head over to the Android Development and Hacking section, and check out the Android Themes sub-forum there are a lot of different launchers and themes with ICS flavoring.

nooomoto said:
HTC has not confirmed nor denied the Inspire will be getting ICS. I'd bet not, and if we do it will take a LONG time, or one of the devs here will port it.
In the mean time, if you head over to the Android Development and Hacking section, and check out the Android Themes sub-forum there are a lot of different launchers and themes with ICS flavoring.
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I agree with him on the themes portion. There are MANY themes that are ICS, and many of them work well, and look VERY smooth.
Concerning ICS and the HTC Inspire. Looking at the specifications of the Galaxy Nexus, the Inspire has the internal components that can handle ICS. The processor for the Inspire is faster than the Galaxy, and so on. The only difference between the two is that the Inspire has dedicated soft keys on the home screen, whereas the Galaxy Nexus will have the home screen buttons as part of ICS itself.
Also, after talking to HTC, they're currently looking into how they can roll out ICS updates for as many phones as possible. I also read somewhere that most of, if not all, 2.3 phones WILL receive the update. Until then, continue looking at the forums and wait until a recognized developer ports to Inspire. Hope this helps!

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The processor for the Inspire is faster than the Galaxy,
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Not sure where you got your information from but this isn't even close to be correct.
But, I'm sure we will see ICS on the Inspire fairly soon after Google releases the source. Whether its from the CM team or a different dev.
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HTC_Phone said:
I agree with him on the themes portion. There are MANY themes that are ICS, and many of them work well, and look VERY smooth.
Concerning ICS and the HTC Inspire. Looking at the specifications of the Galaxy Nexus, the Inspire has the internal components that can handle ICS. The processor for the Inspire is faster than the Galaxy, and so on. The only difference between the two is that the Inspire has dedicated soft keys on the home screen, whereas the Galaxy Nexus will have the home screen buttons as part of ICS itself.
Also, after talking to HTC, they're currently looking into how they can roll out ICS updates for as many phones as possible. I also read somewhere that most of, if not all, 2.3 phones WILL receive the update. Until then, continue looking at the forums and wait until a recognized developer ports to Inspire. Hope this helps!
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I wish all we had to worry abut was when HTC was gonna release it but we have to wait for ATT as it will be them that finally releases an official release for our phones. It may not happen and we will have to use a port from the DHD which only has to wait for the HTC

thank yoiu alll! and i didnt know we could go to the general android theme section and use themes from there lol, i thought we had to use the themes in our designated section only

ThroughHymn said:
Soooooo, ever since the release of the nexus galaxy sporting the new adroid 4.0, i wondered, will we get the update, and if not, is there a way to replicate the look of the deivice theme wise,i love the way it looks!
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nope no update for the inspire (or dhd)
http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...-developers/ShsH+(xda-developers)&utm_content
theme away..

That's a bummer. I've got 2 years before I can upgrade again. Its going to be a long wait.

Well they're already working on a port for the dhd, but I've heard that it doesn't work on the inspire but there's still a very good chance that we'll get sometime in the near future.
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ultradie said:
Well they're already working on a port for the dhd, but I've heard that it doesn't work on the inspire but there's still a very good chance that we'll get sometime in the near future.
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Where did you see this? I'd like to keep tabs on it.
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wydra91 said:
Where did you see this? I'd like to keep tabs on it.
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The desire HD forum
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Who cares about official support? CM9 will be out as soon as the source hits and we'll all have it.

Elbob10s said:
Who cares about official support? CM9 will be out as soon as the source hits and we'll all have it.
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I do lol there are issues with cm roms that prevent me from using it as a daily. But if we don't get it then ill just have to wait lol

Biggest problem with CM Roms is battery. Only thing I miss about sense Roms is not having to charge halfway through the day.
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mindmajick said:
Biggest problem with CM Roms is battery. Only thing I miss about sense Roms is not having to charge halfway through the day.
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Ok hmm thats odd as CM based roms do seem to have better battery then sense roms. I can get through a full day of normal use without charging.

Same here. Get a good day with CM9
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trell959 said:
Same here. Get a good day with CM9
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Do you mean cm7
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No he means 9 he is running the ics beta
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I have MUCH better battery on miui or CM than ever had on a Sense rom!
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Jelly bean 4.1

Has anyone heard when this Rom will approximately be hitting devices.
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It's an operating system not a Rom. It's like ics is a operating system 4.0.3, but I can't wait for it to arrive! All I've heard is it's near .perhaps someone else has more detailed information. Hope this helps.
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Prolly a good bit away from that since ICS just hit a bunch of devices

JB is supposed to come the the nexus (whichever itiration is newest) before the end of the year IIRC.

I don't think there's much difference except under the hood and support for more APIs. We've seen a screen shot of it running on the galaxy nexus (Google it, you'll find it on Android blogs) it'll be like froyo to gingerbread. Not much visually but beefed up under the hood.
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I read that its suppose to hit devices in Sep,Oct of this year.
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Jelly Bean is likely to be first released on the Nexus tablet within a few months. We'll know for sure in a few days at Google I/O, as many tech websites have been expecting Google to announce this Nexus tablet with JB then. JB will then hit the Galaxy Nexus next, and we could reasonably expect to see JB ROMs for the Sensation before the year's end.

xdviper said:
I don't think there's much difference except under the hood and support for more APIs. We've seen a screen shot of it running on the galaxy nexus (Google it, you'll find it on Android blogs) it'll be like froyo to gingerbread. Not much visually but beefed up under the hood.
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Hmm that would be great a little bit more performance under the hood...
Now lets hope a port is possible
Swyped From My Sensation.

Jelly Bean would be cool!

galaxys said:
Jelly Bean would be cool!
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Providing that the new features are supported by the sensation - if not it will be a damp squib

Jelly Bean!

You guys as excited as I am? What's the time frame for devs implementing this into roms? Any idea?
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brandontrout said:
You guys as excited as I am? What's the time frame for devs implementing this into roms? Any idea?
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No kidding. One X with Jellyean will be awesome.
JB rolls out in Mid July

ya we will get it sometime in mid 2013 rofl

Hopefully it won't take long to port Jellybean once HTC releases the damn ICS source. Lots of cool features, but nothing that strikes me as difficult to implement. The only thing I'd worry about is the new rendering engine playing nice with the S4 right off the bat.

We will get it..Don't you worry...once we have the source I am confident that we will get aokp and cm with 4.1

mikelebz said:
We will get it..Don't you worry...once we have the source I am confident that we will get aokp and cm with 4.1
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Every time I look at HTC Dev I get angry. This is ridiculous.

since google is releasing the PDK for oems and stuff, os upgrades should be much faster now since they are given to them 3 MONTHS AHEAD. Plenty of time to fix bugs and make it compatible for the given device.

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since google is releasing the PDK for oems and stuff, os upgrades should be much faster now since they are given to them 3 MONTHS AHEAD. Plenty of time to fix bugs and make it compatible for the given device.
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Knowing OEMs they will just take 3 months longer to "Improve the user experience" (read: Make it crap)

It seems Google navigation voice has changed
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Yes it has not as raspy as before.

ChongoDroid said:
It seems Google navigation voice has changed
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If only the voice was a sexy british female....
Navigation should give us the option to choose voices

mikelebz said:
If only the voice was a sexy british female....
Navigation should give us the option to choose voices
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you can if only ivona voice worked. I'm not sure if that's an ICS thing or not.

I was extremely excited when I thought it was 5.0 but now that it has been revealed as 4.1 I'm less exited but still am exited
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The tablet (nexus 7) is being given away with jelly bean already on it. So i'm guessing it shouldn't take long.

karan1203 said:
The tablet (nexus 7) is being given away with jelly bean already on it. So i'm guessing it shouldn't take long.
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If im not mistaken I believe in the keynote they said that it wasn't the final release 4.1 yet.

the ota for jelly bean is already out to install.

It is... crazy.
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don't know if this is a placebo affect, but JB on the GNex appears very fluid and responsive. and i definitely like the new notifications in the status bar. downside for me (at the moment) is that Apex Launcher os FC'ing and SwiftKey and Swype seem to be a glitchy. will breath new life into my trusty "play" phone!

it should be smoother considering they were praising their "project butter" all over the place

Anyone get a chance to pull out some of the apks and give them a test run?
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We have been forgotten.

Is it me or does the Thunderbolt feel completely abandoned by developers?
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Yep no jellybean for us yet. JB makes ics seem as slow as am ibm pcjr. We should demand HTC give us JB instead of ics
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Developers need an ICS leak to make anything new, how many GB ROMs do you want? As far as the CM9 RIL has proved to be a huge problem. So no, developers still have Thunderbolts they just need something new to work with, instead of pointing fingers at them, point them at HTC.
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While it's not the fault of the dev's, we have been forgotten. The thunderbolt is unfortunately old news and most likely won't have much more activity until we get ICS/JB.

Its more like HTC doesn't give a crap about our phones anymore. It's unacceptable that they haven't put out an update sooner.

I'm still here!

Most phones were forgotten (or stagnated) on Verizon when the Nexus came out. Anyone who didn't see that coming was just a tad short-sided.

yareally said:
Most phones were forgotten (or stagnated) on Verizon when the Nexus came out. Anyone who didn't see that coming was just a tad short-sided.
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Sounds more like people just using us and then throwing us away when the next hot thing comes out...
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Let me tell you the gnex didn't do much for me. Should have never gotten rid of my thunderbolt.
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bond32 said:
Let me tell you the gnex didn't do much for me. Should have never gotten rid of my thunderbolt.
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The reason why I'll only buy nexus phones now
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The Thunderbolt is dead; it has been for awhile. I can't wait for my GS3! Verizon needs to ship those babies soon!
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It's not dead for me yet. Still waiting for the end of July / August for HTC to actually produce something. There's been beta testing supposedly but no leak.
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Dont blame only HTC. Verizon is also to blame... and VZW is historically known for not providing too many updates.
I dont expect any additional development until ICS is "officially" released for the TBolt.
I dont believe we'll ever see an official release of JB for our phones.

im building a rom off of cm7 now . RomZombie.

rajuabju said:
Dont blame only HTC. Verizon is also to blame... and VZW is historically known for not providing too many updates.
I dont expect any additional development until ICS is "officially" released for the TBolt.
I dont believe we'll ever see an official release of JB for our phones.
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Kinda gotta blame HTC tho, cuz a leak is just as good to me as Verizon's "official" release. Its the ril that is necessary, u get that n the rest is history -_-
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is the thunderbolt even supposed to get official ics?

silver03wrx said:
is the thunderbolt even supposed to get official ics?
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Yea supposedly this month or next.
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Bionic already has 4 ICS leaks...and blame HTC. Anyway, the Incredible S (GSM Dinc 2) got ICS today. Here's the thing - the Thunderbolt was replaced by the Rezound a long time ago, and it's honestly not that great of a phone anyway. It was the first LTE phone, but the specs were far behind other phones that came out before it. It will be nice when it finally does get ICS (and it will, but remember the 2.3.4 update took a very long time as well), but most people (like me) who bought this phone will have already moved on, or be well on their way to a better phone by the time it finally is released. As far as being forgotten by developers - not forgotten, but they have moved on to better phones. The Thunderbolt is old hat - 1Ghz Snapdragon w/ 768MB RAM, the developers have moved on to better things, for the most part.

Grnlantern79 said:
Developers need an ICS leak to make anything new, how many GB ROMs do you want? As far as the CM9 RIL has proved to be a huge problem. So no, developers still have Thunderbolts they just need something new to work with, instead of pointing fingers at them, point them at HTC.
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That and point really at Google for.this messed up veal they allow which is so stupid. We need to stop overlays on android and have the same user experence as any other device a unified way. On touch six.you select wick widget it brings up any available wick if one is not already selected on sense and stock that does not happen. Not a great user way here.
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Pretty sure specs weren't far behind anything when the tbolt came out. If you're this concerned sell it and buy a bionic. Go to craigslist, they are cheap.
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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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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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