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Gingerbread (aka Android 2.3) on Evo!
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Awesome. I just can't Imagine them taking the time to make GB work with an older Sense version. I can bet that GB is kind of a package offer. You get Sense 2.0 & GB no questions asked.
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It doesn't matter what operating system they put on it. I'm happy with what I got now, and if I get sick of it well then I guess ill get something new.... like the evo 3d when it comes out. But I can swap roms on this no prob. And I know developer gb roms aren't as good as a manufacturers. Its real close I'm sure and I really don't think its that great over 2.2 right now, just different. But ill for sure be waiting until 3d has full root before I even consider buying it. Which will more than likely only be five minutes after it comes out anyway.
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damn it..
i was hoping evo would get the update to 2.3 first.. after the nexus.
but droid x bet us.
Official DROID X Android 2.3 Gingerbread OTA Slowly Rolling Out? Might Bring Netflix Support
well.. i sure hope htc feels my pain... and is working to release it next month!
i was hoping evo would get the update to 2.3 first.. after the nexus.
but droid x bet us.
Official DROID X Android 2.3 Gingerbread OTA Slowly Rolling Out? Might Bring Netflix Support
well.. i sure hope htc feels my pain... and is working to release it next month!
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I find this to be good news because if the Droid X is getting Gingerbread now, I can't find any reason for Sprint/HTC/Google not to update the EVO to Gingerbread.
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i believe that the most current version of sense is 3.0, which is what the evo 3d will be shipping with.. someone correct me if im wrong
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Lol I was wondering the same thing hopefully we get it I hope a sense upgrade will be given to us also but then again if we got both alot of Evo owners wouldn't get the 3D lol
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this is truly a let down and a bad look for htc.. hopefully we at least get sense 2.2 as a consolation.... i was much more interested in getting the new sense, gingerbread isnt even a big deal to me. uggggggh
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The 2.3 leak is out for the evo........i said we would've got it a month after the thunderbolt came out, but I never said it would've been the official one.....lol.
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Developers are already working on Sense 2.0 for the new leak that dropped today. I am running the leak now and it's pretty flawless and running really good. That with the new Sensation wallpapers and it feels like a new phone....sorta
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What's the difference between that (2.0?) and new sense on the 3d (3.0?) I'm really looking for the home screen rotation and the navigation/call split screen.
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Not 100% but sense 2.0 is like what is on the desire z HD and maybe the shift. Landscape sense and the new sense themes. I think it is lacking a lot from sense 3.0 but still an upgrade from what we have. Its nice for those who like sense but would like to change up the colors.
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Just wanted to know if anyone knows weather 2.3 will finally and should have a mouse pointer for BT mouse. I have been looking at the Atrix's ability to turn into a desktop computer with its dock but there are people already doing this with CM6 Mod of course on the Evo. You also need a dock, FULL HDMI out app, LCD density changer and Android 7 which is just badass. But of course you have to have root for this to work. So I figured since we should be seeing 2.3 very soon I hoping they would have been smart enough to make the proper code to finally get a mouse pointer so we can also have the amazing ability like the atrix.
Heres the vid
YouTube - Using the Evo like the Atrix
Heres the vid
YouTube - Using the Evo like the Atrix
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while we're waiting, can anybody post any links to where I can get gingerbread keyboards with different themes/colors to put on my evo?
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This thread started in June of 2010. It is more than a little silly that Evo users are still running 2.2.
I bought my Evo a couple of weeks ago because I lost my Blackberry and I've admired the phone. I have to admit to slight buyer's remorse that it is not further along as a platform ... and seems to be on the way out.
I bought my Evo a couple of weeks ago because I lost my Blackberry and I've admired the phone. I have to admit to slight buyer's remorse that it is not further along as a platform ... and seems to be on the way out.
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As of yesterday and the day before the Samsung Fascinate on Verizon - you know, one of the "Evo killers" - was finally getting its first official update to Froyo. (We were the first to get it besides the Nexus phone.)
And while Gingerbread has been out - from where I sit just reading things (and CM7 users are free to argue) - 2.3 has had some significant problems. No surprise that vendors are slow to roll it out.
So far as I can tell, the only non-Nexus phone to get GB has been the Droid X has gotten Gingerbread officially as an update and that was only within the last few weeks.
Even the Nexus One only GB fairly recently.
And - let's be fair - it's been 8.5 months, not a full year, since we got Froyo.
And Gingerbread itself has only existed in the wild (starting on the Nexus S) for 4 months.
So - saying we've been waiting since June for it is technically true - as is the fact that I've been waiting for Tiramisu since October.
Chin up compadre - the more you use an Evo the more you like it - it's not the newest anymore - but it's still a rocking beast.
And while Gingerbread has been out - from where I sit just reading things (and CM7 users are free to argue) - 2.3 has had some significant problems. No surprise that vendors are slow to roll it out.
So far as I can tell, the only non-Nexus phone to get GB has been the Droid X has gotten Gingerbread officially as an update and that was only within the last few weeks.
Even the Nexus One only GB fairly recently.
And - let's be fair - it's been 8.5 months, not a full year, since we got Froyo.
And Gingerbread itself has only existed in the wild (starting on the Nexus S) for 4 months.
So - saying we've been waiting since June for it is technically true - as is the fact that I've been waiting for Tiramisu since October.
Chin up compadre - the more you use an Evo the more you like it - it's not the newest anymore - but it's still a rocking beast.
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hi and welcome..
you got a phone that is almost a year old...
the new one will drop in a few months..
and you have buyer's remorse.. because it is old..
question.. was it a surprise?
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I'm a computer guy more than a phone person. My blackberry was *almost* computer-like. The Evo is the first real computer/phone I've owned. I love my 2 year old MBP and I expect to get at least another good 18 months out of it. I guess I'm a little early to the game where I can expect my phone to to be as future-adaptable as a laptop. I'm loving this phone, btw.
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Really, the Evo is still one of the top phones out there and any phone approaching a year old is technically "on the way out" since new models arrive on a yearly basis or shorter.
I am still on the fence as to whether I will upgrade or not, but if I don't I will feel no remorse in keeping my Evo another year. Rest assured you made a good purchase.
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