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Official Update to 2.3/Gingerbread?

Please if you are going to post a scandalous statement like that back it up with the source that you found it :eek:

I've got pretty much every RSS and news feed possible on my news reader and nothing has been announced yet.

As has been said above if they don't and you want it look into rooting and running GingerVillan or Oxygen until CM7 is released.

Have downloaded the latest Cyanogen nightly and going to try that today as from reading the comments on XDA it looks pretty stable already. Am still on DeFroST 6.1a at the moment and have just wiped and reinstalled again and not installed any Kernals or OC'd and running so much smoother and faster than when I had it OC'd and the best its done since I got it.
 
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If HTC do not provide the regular updates to this phone (in timely fashion) there is no way I will ever buy a HTC android phone again. I really like this phone but lack of support will put me off upgrading. I already can't stand the HTC sync software, although very much like the HTC Sense system. I'm sure I'm not the only one who thinks this.
 
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If HTC do not provide the regular updates to this phone (in timely fashion) there is no way I will ever buy a HTC android phone again. I really like this phone but lack of support will put me off upgrading. I already can't stand the HTC sync software, although very much like the HTC Sense system. I'm sure I'm not the only one who thinks this.

to be fair, they actually ARE still supporting the desire....we've had the 2.2 froyo update, then a few others on top of that to fix certain bugs..

we cant ALWAYS expect to get a truly NEW update on everything...thats just selfish really, given that 2.3 doesnt REALLY give that much on top of Froyo compared to what Froyo did from Cupcake...

if you also look they are also spreading themselves on bringing 2.2 to alot of the other HTC handsets as well...little hard to focus on ONE phone when they have a large selection to update..
 
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to be fair, they actually ARE still supporting the desire....we've had the 2.2 froyo update, then a few others on top of that to fix certain bugs..

we cant ALWAYS expect to get a truly NEW update on everything...thats just selfish really, given that 2.3 doesnt REALLY give that much on top of Froyo compared to what Froyo did from Cupcake...

if you also look they are also spreading themselves on bringing 2.2 to alot of the other HTC handsets as well...little hard to focus on ONE phone when they have a large selection to update..


haha. Well no, considering 2.3 (Gingerbread) is only one version up from 2.2 (froyo), but 2.2 is 3/4*** versions up from 1.5 (cupcake) ;)

Not sure 1.6 Donut added a great deal to Cupcake, but 2.0 / 2.1 Eclaire added quite a lot to Donut


*** depending on how you class the 2.0 Eclair and 2.1 Eclair versions
 
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haha. Well no, considering 2.3 (Gingerbread) is only one version up from 2.2 (froyo), but 2.2 is 3/4*** versions up from 1.5 (cupcake) ;)

Not sure 1.6 Donut added a great deal to Cupcake, but 2.0 / 2.1 Eclaire added quite a lot to Donut


*** depending on how you class the 2.0 Eclair and 2.1 Eclair versions

whoops...my bad...I thought 2.1 was cupcake no eclair....Im sorry but as sweet tasting as the updates sound...its bloody confusing haha...

what I MEANT to say is 2.2 added quite alot over say 2.1 but 2.3 doesnt seem to have added a VAST amount on top of 2.2..

what I cant wait is when 3.0 is just bout to be released and everyone starts crying "when will HTC update us to 3.0"....given that we know its only for the SUPER high end adroid phones and the tablets due to the high resolution...I think its safe to say we WONT see it...

Besides cant people just be paitent....the Desire HD and Z havent even got 2.3 yet..nothing has been said bout ANYTHING updating officially...cant people JUST be happy with what they have...
 
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whoops...my bad...I thought 2.1 was cupcake no eclair....Im sorry but as sweet tasting as the updates sound...its bloody confusing haha...

what I MEANT to say is 2.2 added quite alot over say 2.1 but 2.3 doesnt seem to have added a VAST amount on top of 2.2..

what I cant wait is when 3.0 is just bout to be released and everyone starts crying "when will HTC update us to 3.0"....given that we know its only for the SUPER high end adroid phones and the tablets due to the high resolution...I think its safe to say we WONT see it...

Besides cant people just be paitent....the Desire HD and Z havent even got 2.3 yet..nothing has been said bout ANYTHING updating officially...cant people JUST be happy with what they have...


true. Theres always the dev community after support is ceased. HTC hero was given one last push to 2.1 Eclair, before end of line. My fiance is rocking froyo though. yeah sure, no HTC sense but after a while, people get bored of it. Yeah Android is cusomisable, but HTC sense as a UI is not that customisable, compared to the likes of Launcherpro.
 
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true. Theres always the dev community after support is ceased. HTC hero was given one last push to 2.1 Eclair, before end of line. My fiance is rocking froyo though. yeah sure, no HTC sense but after a while, people get bored of it. Yeah Android is cusomisable, but HTC sense as a UI is not that customisable, compared to the likes of Launcherpro.

I thought there now WAS a 2.2 update OFFICIALLY for the Hero now? I know the legend was now officially 2.2..

and hell yea launcher pro NEVER stops being customisable..lol
 
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In fairness to the phone manufacturers, HTC or otherwise, I'm not sure why so many people think it's their God-given right to receive updates ad nausiam. I think it's fair to suggest that, given the speed at which the technology is moving now, any given model has a life of somewhere in the region of 18 months (give or take a bit). That's not to say that after 18 months the unit wil give up the ghost and die - it may go on for years and years - but it will most likely be superceded by better technology and higher spec phones as standard after this time. I understand that if you buy a new / top of the range model you expect a) to receive support for at least 18 months and b) to receive at least the next itteration of any OS (if not the next two) but to expect more than that is just rubbish. You wouldn't buy a PC and expect it to be able to run the latest version of Windows in 10 years time, so why would you expect the same of a smartphone? I would also remind folks that Microsoft charges you when you want to go from XP to Vista or Vista to Window 7. Android doesn't charge you for such upgrades.

Considering the Desire, when it was released I think it was running 2.1. In the last year it has received 2.2 and there is still no reason to believe that it shouldn't receive 2.3 - you already can if you root. Any more than that from HTC and you're into bonus time.
 
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I thought there now WAS a 2.2 update OFFICIALLY for the Hero now? I know the legend was now officially 2.2..

and hell yea launcher pro NEVER stops being customisable..lol

No, The Legend is the repalcementfor the Hero. Official upgrade was to 2.1

I believe there are a few 2.2 legend ports to the hero (custom) but nothing fully working with sense
 
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No, The Legend is the repalcementfor the Hero. Official upgrade was to 2.1

I believe there are a few 2.2 legend ports to the hero (custom) but nothing fully working with sense

ah right....well still the 'latest' crop of android sets are 2.2.....Nexus, Legend, Desire, Wildfire....yup even the lil brother of the desire is 2.2 now....though..to be fair given the LOOK of the wildfire I'd say its more baby brother of the nexus NOT desire..
 
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Same sort of buttons, unlike the physical of the Desire, yup. It looks quite nice the WF. Shame about that screen and CPU though

yea but you gotta remember not everyone can afford a desire....so HTC have to compete with the cheaper end of the market too...and to be fair...the only other REAL trouble maker in the cheap end is the orange san fransisco....once its rooted and custom rom'ed of course lol

but yea screen and cpu are a let down but thanks to the 2.2 update it does run faster and its just a nice lil phone..my other half has it, and while she DOES love the screen on my desire she does like her lil wildfire..
 
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The problem is when MF's like HTC start adding things like sense to the software. Add to this what the service providers add in too there is too much work involved in updating the devices. After a certain period of time it just isn't worth it.

That's why I went 'pure Google' with the Nexus S. Updates direct and quickly. I'll always have the updates first and don't need to wait for HTC, Samsung, O2 or Orange to fiddle with it first.

Vanilla Android makes a lot of 'sense'.
 
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The problem is when MF's like HTC start adding things like sense to the software. Add to this what the service providers add in too there is too much work involved in updating the devices. After a certain period of time it just isn't worth it.

That's why I went 'pure Google' with the Nexus S. Updates direct and quickly. I'll always have the updates first and don't need to wait for HTC, Samsung, O2 or Orange to fiddle with it first.

Vanilla Android makes a lot of 'sense'.

Yeah. Cast your mind back to last may on the o2 forums - desire thread
 
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