Gingerbread (aka Android 2.3) on Evo!

[Rigmaster]

Evo won't be on the bleeding edge in 6 months, but it'll still be a very good phone and a likely A3.0 upgrade. The question will be what Sprint and HTC want. I don't think Evo will get cast aside quite like the Hero b/c Hero wasn't considered for Froyo because it's just not up to the specs required.

Doesn't matter to me though, I'm sure Froyo will be more than an adequate upgrate until at least '12 when it may be time for a new phone that's Wimax/LTE/3G capable.

 

[chrisinsocalif]

Dan Morrill, Android's Open Source and Compatibility Tech Lead claims these rumors are made up and not to believe everything you hear. So I really don't know what to think.

 

[gnarlyDUCK]

We won't get it. By the time it's released, Sprint will have a new Flagship 3.0 device.

All I can say is, unless my Evo starts to give a ton of issues (which I doubt), or the new device has improved battery life by 50%... Evo will stay in my pocket for a great while.

 

[Hockey4life0099]

looking at the hero, i would say yes, but probably very late in the game. who knows though, maybe since sprint is pushing this evo so much and since the user base will probably be fairly large, htc will devote more time to making sure this device is supported. either way, im sure the guys over at xda will get the job done for those of us who root.

 

[Deleted User]

I read that one of the changes in Gingerbread is that it will disable customizations like Motoblur or Sense. All the phones will have Google UI

Disable? No.

Offer the carriers/phone makers a UI that they don't feel the need to replace? Absolutely.

Will all carriers use the default UI instead of their own? No.

Can Google really stop them? No, because of the nature of the OS and that it's wide open for anyone to use. If Google uses a license that prevents this, a carrier can simply fork a version of the OS that doesn't break their UI and call it something else other than Android.

In this case, Google will be working hard to persuade carriers to use their UI, but the definitely won't be laying down the law to them. Look what happened to them the last time they tried to change the way carriers work...

 

[adamf663]

android isn't a microsoft product. Newer versions aren't automatically slower. It is only in the microsoft world that you need 2+ gig of ram and 5+ghz of processor just to browse the file system.

 

[rkkeller]

All I can say is, unless my Evo starts to give a ton of issues (which I doubt), or the new device has improved battery life by 50%... Evo will stay in my pocket for a great while.

Agreed. As it is right now the EVO does 100% of what I need, looks good and runs fast. I can't see any OS or apps coming out in the near or semi near future that would change it.

The EVO can already do more than the majority of other phones out there and it will be a long time until it falls out of the top 70-80-90% I bet.

 

[AmericanTemplar]

I'm just finally seeing Evos around town now & the Evo commercial seemed to be running more frequently than any other during the World Series. I think that it will still be Sprint's flagship until June.

 

[edlex]

I'm one of those who beleives we won't be getting it. Regardless I love this phone and don't plan to upgrade until there's something really crazy sick coming out. I should be fine for at least another year and a half.

 

[JunBringer]

I'll probably be good until Evo 2 comes out in june. Nobody holds a candle to it yet.

 

[OneStepAhead]

yea the evo seems to be sprints flag ship phone so as of now it seems as though sprint is going to focus a lot of their attention on the evo and keep it up to date so that it remains a worth competitor with whatever is coming out. but that can change very quickly.. i just hope that these super phones dont come out for a while and if they do that sprint gets some of them because i was previously on tmobile and they always got the worst phones

I know you posted that awhile ago now. I cant speak for how T-Mobile was a few years back, but these days they have the best phone selection around, and they are always first out the gate. If i leave Sprint I'll definitely be hopping over to T-Mobile. Especially being a GSM provider you can basically use any phone you want as long as its unlocked.

 

[cookie_monster]

Well here is my theory on the whole thing, We get it if we do and if we dont then we dont. Play with what we have and Enjoy it if we dont get it someone might make a rom for us so therfor WE most likly will....lol

 

[jersey221]

i think its more a question if htc/sprint will give us the update im pretty positive the evo can run it.

 

[Caloy]

I feel that the phone will be outdated in several months. No sense in holding on to it, especially when you can be eligible for an upgrade in 1 year instead of the usual 2.

 

[brownhornet]

I still have my upgrade so whatever comes out next that has a 4.3 screen at least and better specs ill probably jump on it. Im kinda tempted to jump in this tablet craze though.

 

[dzuchowski]

I know you posted that awhile ago now. I cant speak for how T-Mobile was a few years back, but these days they have the best phone selection around, and they are always first out the gate. If i leave Sprint I'll definitely be hopping over to T-Mobile. Especially being a GSM provider you can basically use any phone you want as long as its unlocked.

that is not true about using any unlocked phone on tmobile. It is only true for voice call and data at 1x non evdo speeds. SO if you take an Iphone 3g, 3gs or 4g you will only be able to use voice and slower 1x speeds for data as ATT and T-Mobile use different bands for 3g and umts/hspda+

 

[Androidalltheway]

evo was the first phone to get 2.2, besides the nexus one, it would make sense for the evo to be the first to get 2.3, I was hoping by end of the year, but it does not look like its going to happen until next year

 

[Nayogod]

Alright, I am a bit confused, we are talking about two things here and I will like to understand what the question is really before I jump in to give my full answer.

 

[lordofthereef]

Alright, I am a bit confused, we are talking about two things here and I will like to understand what the question is really before I jump in to give my full answer.

 

[EarlyMon]

This thread was started before people knew that Google would be going with 2.3 and not jumping to 3.0, but as far as I know the requirements remain the same as what people have been quoting here.

Good catch - updated above.

 

[JunBringer]

I can see us getting 2.3, but I doubt 3.0. By then Evo 2 will be coming out and we'll all be able to get our new phone every year.

 

[Thefoodman52]

I can see us getting 2.3, but I doubt 3.0. By then Evo 2 will be coming out and we'll all be able to get our new phone every year.

Not to mention, newer chipsets will be in all the phones, making the 65nm one in the Evo look like a slug bug.

Sign me up for better power efficiency and faster speeds, please.

 

[JunBringer]

tr00f

 

[firechicken]

Released today. Nexus ones getting 2.3 pushed to them. If the N1s can run it, im sure the evos will be able to run it as well. Also Nexus S (galaxy s phone from samsung) announced running 2.3.

DailyTech - Google Announces Nexus S, Android 2.3 Pushed out to Nexus Ones

 

[superflex]

Alright, I am a bit confused, we are talking about two things here and I will like to understand what the question is really before I jump in to give my full answer.
“Android 3.0 Gingerbread?” The last time I checked, the next Android OS which is expected to be released sometime this month is Android 2.3 Gingerbread not 3.0.
Android 3.0 if I recall correctly is Honeycomb which is expected sometime next year. I also understand that this is the OS that is fully optimized for Tablets.
Now which one of this two are we talking about here, “Android 2.3 Gingerbread” or “Android 3.0 Honeycomb?”
If the question is if Evo is going to be getting Android 2.3 Gingerbread, then I will say why not. I believe it has all the requirements that are needed to run Gingerbread, but if the question is if Evo will be getting Honeycomb?, now that is the one I am not too sure of.

Thank you. I wanted to slap some of these early posters from June thinking 3.0 = Gingerbread.
I dont see why we would not get Gingerbread (2.3). Honeycomb (3.0) is probably a no no since it does not play well with skins like Sense.