Have an HTC Desire S unbranded phone on 3 UK. When will Android 4.0 be coming to my phone. Was told July but no luck.
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Have an HTC Desire S unbranded phone on 3 UK. When will Android 4.0 be coming to my phone. Was told July but no luck.
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First of all Wrong place mate!
Your question already has an answer in the General section!
I don't want to sound roughly, but you should start using your eyes, for there's correct purpose!
Please post questions in q&a section!
And for an answer: it'll be coming when it's ready..
It'll never come. Just install an ics based rom, you're wasting your time
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July was the release date announcement by HTC, but they changed their schedule to August. So It will be coming soon (seems RUU is more likely than OTA, but still, it is coming at last !!).
However, I don't know when it will be finally released by your carrier, it really depends on their policy...
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Is there any new update announced by version
1.50.401.1
for European Sensation?
Oh God -.-
There have just been a thread about it, and even that was a repost. Search next time.
Hello has anyone else still not had the ICS update? I'm in Thailand and still waiting, been trying to update manually
Root and install or wait. Those are your choices, and we can only help with the first one.
rooting is not necesasry i guess.
i just download RUU_PYRAMID_LE_ICS_35_S_HTC_Europe_3.32.401.105_R_Radio_11.69.3504.00U_11.22.3504.07_M_release_251961_signed.exe on xda.
i fallow these step on installing,
-S-OFF via revolutionary.
- CID Changing (did 1111111)
- Run RUU.
Now i am ICS 3.32.401.105.
btw, this ruu for xe. for normal sensation, just check shipped rom threads,
We still dont have OTA ICS update in Turkey also
You're not alone, South African's are also still waiting for the official OTA.
The thing is, I see people in Thailand with the same CID as me (__053) have already received the update.
Is there something I could have done to my phone to prevent me from receiving the update?
I rooted a while back, however I unrooted and reflashed with a stock rom. My CID is still __53.
Thanks.
Not in pakistan :
I still don't have the update, UK sim free XE. Apparently it's a slow roll out.
Its a dead slow roll out. No update in India yet and the support reps are speculating on April end.
if only HTC would start working a little bit faster
Hey, they released a lot of phones, so they need a lot of time to support every of them. Ok, that is their fault, I think they should not release that much phones, now they have a problem with supporting them. But I think you will get OTA update soon
Nothing in Hong Kong.
Nothing yet in China as well.. and my phone is Taiwan set. pretty ironic since HTC is a taiwanese company
nothing in india as well
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not in US either
No update in the US and the smoke signals coming out of T-Mobile USA indicate it may be months and not weeks before we see it here.
Whats really strange is that Android 5.0 (Jelly Bean) is right around the corner too. Also I'm seeing that 6.0 (key lime pie) is already in the works. Just wondering why it takes so long to push what will soon be outdated updates.
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Hey everyone,
Some one found out that on htcdev ICS kernel sources are available for download.
HTC support reply on that:
Dear User,
This upgrade is released for developers, if you will download it, unfortunately, downgrade will not be possible
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HTC ChaCha will NEVER, EVER, EVER, EVER get an official ICS update. As stated here: http://www.htc.com/www/help/android4faq/?cid=android4blog
"What devices will not get Android 4.0?
We work hard to ensure each of our products has the optimal user experience and therefore some products will remain at their current version of Android. In general, devices with 512MB ROM or less will not be upgraded to Android 4.0. These devices include the HTC ChaCha, HTC Salsa, HTC Wildfire S, HTC Explorer, HTC Desire HD and others."
Also, the kernels provided on the htcdev site are GB (2.3.5) kernels. Do a compare between the 2.3.5 India and 4.0 India and you will see only 3 gpio files modified; the rest is the same - it's really, really hard to believe that the same kernels can be used for ICS without any additions/fixes/workaround that could actually improve the user experience.
Therefore, I've stopped believing in anything that HTC reps say.
1. Alex C. didn't trust them with the Unlocker, yet, they released the Unroot it for the chacha!
2. The device is limited, but why the kernel for developers!? (cm9??)
stayfidz said:
1. Alex C. didn't trust them with the Unlocker, yet, they released the Unroot it for the chacha!
2. The device is limited, but why the kernel for developers!? (cm9??)
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Alex is right, the guy who was replying to me sounded confused about it anyway or he was just in a rush. One point he thought I was talking about a Desire HD update when I didin't mention the device. Also he thought people could just install the ICS update from the Kernel source. And even if it was they aren't pushing it Over The Air....
"This update will not be pushed out over the air (OTA). This update will only be available on the dev website, it will be up to the user to whether they want to install the update. The reasons for this is because of the low memory and poor functionality it can cause."
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"What devices will not get Android 4.0?
We work hard to ensure each of our products has the optimal user experience and therefore some products will remain at their current version of Android. In general, devices with 512MB ROM or less will not be upgraded to Android 4.0. These devices include the HTC ChaCha, HTC Salsa, HTC Wildfire S, HTC Explorer, HTC Desire HD and others."
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stayfidz said:
1. Alex C. didn't trust them with the Unlocker, yet, they released the Unroot it for the chacha!
2. The device is limited, but why the kernel for developers!? (cm9??)
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1. There was no reason for me to believe that they wouldn't unlock the bootloader. They stated they will, yet they didn't say when. What I knew they wouldn't do is S-OFF the devices.
2. The kernel is for developers because you need the android sources from google and compile/build ICS on your own. Nevertheless, the sources they say are 4.0 are actually 2.3.5 sources; beyond compare clearly says only 3 gpio files have been modified. I have contacted HTC Support, told them I did a compare between the two kernels and I asked a tech guy to provide me with information about this.
This is their first response:
"Dear Alex C.,
Thank you for contacting HTC.
With regards to your inquiry, kindly be informed that we don't have access to all the details that our engineers have operate over the kernel sources. but i will escalate this question to our engineers from Taiwan."
I think there must be a developer version of ICS for ChaCha but it lacks much stuff as it was with HTC Desire.
Regarding this(From wikipedia):
HTC has released a software update to upgrade the Desire to Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). Originally, they planned to do this in June 2011.[28][29] On 14 June 2011, HTC announced via Facebook that there would be no Gingerbread update for the HTC Desire, citing memory constraints. This is because HTC had been unable to fit both Gingerbread and HTC Sense together in the phone's 250 MB system partition.[30] However, on 15 June, they released a statement saying the Desire would receive the Gingerbread update, with the possibility of some apps being cut.[31] The update was finally released for download from HTC's developer website[32] on 1 August 2011, and is not available as an over-the-air update.
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ChaCha is not popular as Desire was in time, thats why we will never receive that update.
But if some one could get that developer release i think it will bring more opportunity for developing CM9 for example.
ok then,
Straight, Alex C. do you have any contacts within the CM team? they said there will be support for the Chacha, at least a cm7 version.
stayfidz said:
ok then,
Straight, Alex C. do you have any contacts within the CM team? they said there will be support for the Chacha, at least a cm7 version.
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The support for the CM7 will be provided by adlx.xda which ported it. The CM team itself will not touch the ChaCha build (mostly). If you check the CM site, you'll see each maintainer - in our case adlx.xda.
I live in Australia and I use Virgin Mobile's One X. My CID is HTC_023, so I assume that my phone is unbranded. I am currently running a European stock ROM. Does this mean that I will receive the Jelly Bean update when the European handsets get it or should I wait until the Virgin Mobile Australia handsets get it?
I am a noob at this stuff so please help me out.
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I live in Australia and I use Virgin Mobile's One X. My CID is HTC_023, so I assume that my phone is unbranded. I am currently running a European stock ROM. Does this mean that I will receive the Jelly Bean update when the European handsets get it or should I wait until the Virgin Mobile Australia handsets get it?
I am a noob at this stuff so please help me out.
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Since you're unbranded, you'll get it whenever the ota is released for your phone. No need to worry about being on a carrier or not :thumbup:
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Not another thread about the OTA for gods sake. I think everyone has discussed this to such a point that now there is nothing left to discuss. Please read the existing threads before making another one. Cheers
SKYDRAGON Team
I'm with Virgin as well in Australia. I contacted Virgin once when Sense 4.1 came out to ask when the update would come out and they said that they had no plans to do an update. Then when Jelly Bean was released, i contacted them again via email to ask when they were planning to at least update the One X to Sense 4.1 or hopefully Jelly Bean. Their reply the second time was pretty much the same, they said that they're not planning to update the One X and they referred me to ask HTC's support for more information. In asking the above both times, i mentioned how Optus and Vodafone users had both received updates to at least Sense 4.1 and how Virgin uses Optus' networks, so clearly it's Virgin's fault that their users haven't received the update since Optus users have been running it just fine for a while.
So then i went to HTC Australia's support. I had a live web chat with one of their customer service reps and i asked him if it was possible for me to get any kind of update since Virgin isn't planning to do any updates. He asked for my IMEI and then told me that my phone is a modified Vodafone handset that is unlocked. He then told me that if i was going to get any update on my phone, it would come from Vodafone.
SidDev, i'd recommend for you to go to here and talk to HTC and see if you're in the same boat that i'm in. Hopefully you are, which would mean that you WILL get an update eventually from Vodafone. I must say though, i've been quite disappointed with Virgin's service and their responses to this issue.
Btw if you found this post useful, please hit the thanks button .
Curious, what chip set you guys have?
JB is not out for the XL S4, yet this is the XL forum.
You might get more help in the X forums unless I misunderstood something here.
WR
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no ota here..
no ota so i had to install a custom rom! that sucks!
khumzz said:
no ota so i had to install a custom rom! that sucks!
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I've never heard that one before, it sucks having to root and run a custom ROM?
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Yeah it really bites having superior software :banghead:
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Hello;
I am planning to buy htc sensation xe which was released in oct 2011. My question is until when the phone will continue to have firmware updates and bug fixes?, anyone knows when it will be discontinued by htc?, what happens if a phone stopped receiving updates, will it still be usable?
Sorry for this but I am updating from nokia 6800.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Regards.
jhafner said:
Hello;
I am planning to buy htc sensation xe which was released in oct 2011. My question is until when the phone will continue to have firmware updates and bug fixes?, anyone knows when it will be discontinued by htc?, what happens if a phone stopped receiving updates, will it still be usable?
Sorry for this but I am updating from nokia 6800.
Thanks in advance for your help.
Regards.
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Hi,
HTC are very slow with their updates for the Sensation.
This is a very sore point,considering that this was once a flagship phone.
Having said that,the unofficial route taken by our very clever Devs,means we have the latest ROMS available (namely Android 4.2.2)
It works well so as long as there are Devs willing to give up their time for us,we will keep up ...
malybru said:
Hi,
HTC are very slow with their updates for the Sensation.
This is a very sore point,considering that this was once a flagship phone.
Having said that,the unofficial route taken by our very clever Devs,means we have the latest ROMS available (namely Android 4.2.2)
It works well so as long as there are Devs willing to give up their time for us,we will keep up ...
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Hi malybru;
Thanks for your reply.
But what happen in general if a smartphone stopped recieving updates, whether officially or from dedicated forum members, can i still use it as a phone?, can i install apps to it?, anything I should care or pay attention for?
Regards.
jhafner said:
Hi malybru;
Thanks for your reply.
But what happen in general if a smartphone stopped recieving updates, whether officially or from dedicated forum members, can i still use it as a phone?, can i install apps to it?, anything I should care or pay attention for?
Regards.
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Hi,
Yes, you can still use the phone, and do all the normal things.
Sent telepathically from my pyramid