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PETITION Dear HTC

So I was thinking. If we can get a large number of people, starting here on XDA, maybe we can convince HTC to upgrade us Evo's to gingerbread with sense 2. We can write a letter somewhat like the following.
Dear HTC,
Please upgrade the Evolution to gingerbread with sense 2.
Who's with me.
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i guess you have not read
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=866245

I don't see anything official about those links. I'm talking firm confirmation from HTC.
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Just root your phone and use a custom Gingerbread ROM.

Custom ROM's all seam to be ported from other devices and there is always something that is broken.

optimus549 said:
Custom ROM's all seam to be ported from other devices and there is always something that is broken.
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I'm rocking cm7 nightly build 8 and find it to be very stable. An official update would be nice though for app support.

OP, what is in gingerbread that you need so badly?

Honestly I want an official sense 2 update for the evo more than anything. Gingerbread would be an added bonus. I just think its the right thing to do by keeping our phones updated. I know HTC is looking for everyone to keep buying. But I think we deserve the update
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JoeLithium said:
Honestly I want an official sense 2 update for the evo more than anything. Gingerbread would be an added bonus. I just think its the right thing to do by keeping our phones updated. I know HTC is looking for everyone to keep buying. But I think we deserve the update
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Why do you think we "deserve" an update?

Hell, count me in. I rather a real EVO ROM with Sense 2.0 rather then ports. And as far as I know, there are no gingerbread Sense ROMs that I've seen. I'm running Warm Z just for the new Sense.
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Hell, count me in. I rather a real EVO ROM with Sense 2.0 rather then ports. And as far as I know, there are no gingerbread Sense ROMs that I've seen. I'm running Warm Z just for the new Sense.
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My point exactly.
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SilverStone641 said:
Why do you think we "deserve" an update?
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Honeslt one of the reasons I went with HTC over Samsung is because of faster update time. I don't wanna be let down. When my upgarde comes, if I'm happy, ill get another HTC. If they don't update my current phone to sense 2 and or gingerbread, ill lose faith and go with a different phone next time. A lot of people will agree I think.
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JoeLithium said:
If they don't update my current phone to sense 2 and or gingerbread, ill lose faith and go with a different phone next time. A lot of people will agree I think.
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You would lose faith and jump ship because an update didn't meet your personally approved time line??

SilverStone641 said:
You would lose faith and jump ship because an update didn't meet your personally approved time line??
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yeah but look at the other manufacturers. They all pushed out Gingerbread and HTC is the only one people are waiting on.

I'm asking that they do it in the next six months or so. A standard contract is 2 years. If they do it officially by June, ill be happy. Some confirmation would be nice. And yes. HTC is the one we are waiting on.
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m4rk0358 said:
yeah but look at the other manufacturers. They all pushed out Gingerbread and HTC is the only one people are waiting on.
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"All" of them? Who's currently running Gingerbread? The only one i've heard of is the Nexus One.

SilverStone641 said:
"All" of them? Who's currently running Gingerbread? The only one i've heard of is the Nexus One.
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Time to fix yours...
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Lol!! I apologize good sir, i missed it. (In my defense, that was some pretty stealthy sarcasm. well played!)

Lol hate aside. All I want it confirmation.
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JoeLithium said:
So I was thinking. If we can get a large number of people, starting here on XDA, maybe we can convince HTC to upgrade us Evo's to gingerbread with sense 2. We can write a letter somewhat like the following.
Dear HTC,
Please upgrade the Evolution to gingerbread with sense 2.
Who's with me.
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this is going to work for sure, because currently HTC doesn't think we would like any more updates.

Ever getting gingerbread?

I know there's a bunch of different threads of people speculating and rumoring about gingerbread, but I thought it'd be a good idea to try to make a central one. I know the chances of getting an official release are slim but if you see any news, rumors, announcements, tweets, carrier pigeons, or messages in a bottle, post them here.

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I know I should be insulted, but that's damn funny, lol. (I also need 10 posts to be able to ask a question in the dev section, so there!)

How many times has this question been asked.
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I'm not so much asking as much as trying to give a place for people to go to in the future. I'm sure we're never getting official gingerbread, so this is more of a place for people to put what's up and coming, most in roms I assume. just tired of scrubbing through tons of threads when there can be 1 central idea.
Jeez! Just trying to do a public service! lol

keith5039756827 said:
How many times has this question been asked.
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How many times has *this* question been asked?
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exspecto said:
How many times has *this* question been asked?
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Too many
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Psest328 said:
I know I should be insulted, but that's damn funny, lol. (I also need 10 posts to be able to ask a question in the dev section, so there!)
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Psest328 said:
I know I should be insulted, but that's damn funny, lol. (I also need 10 posts to be able to ask a question in the dev section, so there!)
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Part of the reason there is a 10 post requirement is to give you the time to learn that this is exactly what you don't do in the development section.
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If a man could get one decent answer instead of 10 smartass comments we would all be a lot happier.

Psest328 said:
I know the chances of getting an official release are slim but if you see any news, rumors, announcements, tweets, carrier pigeons, or messages in a bottle, post them here.
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I got a smoke signal. It said that gingerbread was coming to the epic on 4-20. Or it said gingerbread was epicly tasty at 4:20. I couldn't tell. I wasn't a very good scout.
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hypothetically since typically a device gets 1 maybe 2 updates and there was a boost mobile galaxy s being released with 2.2 if it gets the standard 1 or 2 updates that would but it at 2.3 then would it not be quite simple to port it over to the epic??? i know it is a lot of ifs but a thought maybe

Cyanogenmod 7 alpha3, get it now in the dev area.....
Its based on Android 2.3.3 so I think it will curb your hunger for gingerbread...
I always Do research before asking question.
But I also think I'm the master of everything so I could be all wrong.....haha
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While I hope the epic will get Cyanogen because I don't much like the idea of being dependent on Sprint and Samsung there is a leaked gingerbread rom for the Galaxy S so I think there is a possibly in the far distant future.
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exspecto said:
How many times has *this* question been asked?
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Hahaha u so funny, u think of that all by yourself????
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tinkergnome said:
hypothetically since typically a device gets 1 maybe 2 updates and there was a boost mobile galaxy s being released with 2.2 if it gets the standard 1 or 2 updates that would but it at 2.3 then would it not be quite simple to port it over to the epic??? i know it is a lot of ifs but a thought maybe
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Nexus s is a galaxy S so no the porting won't be simple, but we all wish it was
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We will never see an official Samsung gingerbread release. The closest we will get is surely cyanogen and that isn't far from us.

We wont see it officially, and if we do, it will be when this phone has 1 dev left.

danasmith2816 said:
If a man could get one decent answer instead of 10 smartass comments we would all be a lot happier.
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speak for yourself

Who cares. All I want from gingerbread is hardware acceleration. Not that big a deal. Im absolutely fine with midNIGHT 2.2.
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Poll:who is holding up the Gingerbread?

So with Samsung putting out a Gingerbread app for the Epic and no new RDFs who thinks Samsung is still holding up the Gingerbread Orrrrr is Sprint having OTA problems with network outtages across the country and October maintenance. Do they really care if they put out the OTA now or November?

Mudkips are holding us back
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AY SPRINTSAMSUCK WHEREZ OUR GINJURBREDDZ?
Oh isht they burned it!!!!!
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Let's wait till Oct 22 and see what happens. There lots of reasons for delay.
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My phone is not gingerbread....but it works.. so I'm not that worried...so ill wait
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I voted for the ghost of Steve Jobs.

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Im running ec05 until official gingerbread.. Not happy about it but leaks are too buggy and battery life is no good without custom kernel... My next phone will be the next nexus so i wont have to put up with this bs any more weather its sammy or sprints fault.. Im putting my money on sammy being to blame tho.. The evo got gb almost from the first day it was available with no issues...
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knock.back said:
The evo got gb almost from the first day it was available with no issues...
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The first day? No issues? Incorrect.
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Yeah, I thought I heard all the HTC updates had major bugs. The THunderbolt had our random reboots.
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kennyglass123 said:
Yeah, I thought I heard all the HTC updates had major bugs. The THunderbolt had our random reboots.
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Yeah i know the thunderbolt update was garbage..
Also i didnt say the first day, i said close to it..
Wasnt the evo one of the first phones to get it? Right behind the nexus s? And my girlfriend at the time had an evo and i also worked for sprint at the time and i dont remember any major issues... Theres always going to be some issues with an update but for he most part i remember it being pretty smooth...
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HTC Shift already has GB but ........
Both of my daughters have HTC Shifts; ever since the GB update they've had mucho problemo. So much so that 1 of the phones completely died after all the reboots and freezes (not rooted just stock phones).
sprint did replace that 1, but now the 2nd phone is starting to do the same thing. Guess we'll have to have that 1 replaced in a few weeks too.
I prefer to receive an update that is not riddled with bugs, so they can pacify the "we need an update every 6 months groups".
I have fun playing with the leaks and then going back to my daily; the fact we have those options with this phone is AWESOME.
I am happy for what I have and am not fixated on what I think I should have or am missing.

My thoughts exactly JD.

I'm all for things that make the phone better, but so far I'm not convinced that there's anything all that great for me in GB. I've been running leaks for a while, and they're fine, but I don't see anything too exciting in there. GB, meh.

My theory is that Samsung and Sprint both had Gingerbread hot and ready for release straight from the oven but the second they pulled open the oven, out popped the Gingerbread man and ran away so now they have to catch 'em first before they can start sharing the yummy gingerbread.
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revol.epic said:
i am holding up the gb update as ics is due any day now. i phoned the ceo of sprint and samsung and told them to forget gb and do ics. i say ics will be available on launch day for epic 4g.
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You bastard!
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I ate it all. Forgot to share. Lol
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and you probably already started downing the ice cream sammiches too!!

xopher.hunter said:
I ate it all. Forgot to share. Lol
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Damn you! Can we at least have the recipe (source)?

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Damn you! Can we at least have the recipe (source)?
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Let's hope he didn't eat that too
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So correct me if I'm wrong...

You've got working camera drivers for both 3.1 and 3.2 and we can't get someone to engineer a working ics kernel with cameras?
Would someone like to school me on what the big roadblock is here if you already have examples to work with? I don't have a problem donating some cash up front if dev time/interest is what's holding us back here
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crimsonsin said:
You've got working camera drivers for both 3.1 and 3.2 and we can't get someone to engineer a working ics kernel with cameras?
Would someone like to school me on what the big roadblock is here if you already have examples to work with? I don't have a problem donating some cash up front if dev time/interest is what's holding us back here
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From what I understand its drivers for ICS coming from source. When Samsung releases ICS, camera can be fixed in AOSP.
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My understanding is that its not worth spending the time to engineer or reverse engineer the driver. Especially since it will be released by Samsung in the not to distant future. Just be patient or use a Honeycomb based ROM.

crimsonsin said:
You've got working camera drivers for both 3.1 and 3.2 and we can't get someone to engineer a working ics kernel with cameras?
Would someone like to school me on what the big roadblock is here if you already have examples to work with? I don't have a problem donating some cash up front if dev time/interest is what's holding us back here
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Put up a bounty if you're interested; state how much you're willing to donate, and put it in escrow. It can be done, and maybe a dev will take you up on it. That said, with ICS on the horizon any dev will be wary of putting in time if Samsung drops the code before they get the bounty. I agree with the previous person -- suck it up and wait. Use HC if you need the camera.

I was wondering this too... cameras work on a HTC evolution and Samsung captivate...no ics for those in official releases...

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I was wondering this too... cameras work on a HTC evolution and Samsung captivate...no ics for those in official releases...
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Maybe they got a similar device they could take drivers from
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Maybe they got a similar device they could take drivers from
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Gee, I can't believe these guys never thought of that. You should be a dev.

It's not ICS that's the problem, it's the GPU. NVIDIA hasn't released any useful stuff for devs.

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Gee, I can't believe these guys never thought of that. You should be a dev.
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Lol, wow.
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Gee, I can't believe these guys never thought of that. You should be a dev.
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Lol
I can always count on you to make my day
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I would rather have miui than a camera to be honest.
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slack04 said:
Gee, I can't believe these guys never thought of that. You should be a dev.
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Read what I was quoting before you trying to be funny. You just look stupid
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Your order has been cancelled

I had this phone on pre order since around the 25th of June, coming from a Galaxy Nexus to a phone from Samsung which I thought had a good history of not completely ruining their devices, and now hearing the news I have cancelled my order and will wait until this issue is bypassed/fixed. I will stay with my Galaxy Nexus which is completely open.

I hear you concern man but you didn't really need to make another thread for that
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Isn't the Galaxy Nexus a "phone from Samsung" too?
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dcaplinger76 said:
Isn't the Galaxy Nexus a "phone from Samsung" too?
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it is but software is by Google Samsung didn't mess with Google OS on the one
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jgalan14 said:
it is but software is by Google Samsung didn't mess with Google OS on the one
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My phone has been running pretty great actually what issue was you referring too. Also i like the skins such as TOUCHWIZ and sense 4 it gives the phone character stock android just to plain for my taste.
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Panic FTL!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1756885

Vertig0 said:
Panic FTL!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1756885
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Custom recovery doesn't mean custom kernel sir, Moto devices even the encypted ones have recoveries but they do not have custom kernels.
Not researching FTL.

bonebeatz1234 said:
My phone has been running pretty great actually what issue was you referring too. Also i like the skins such as TOUCHWIZ and sense 4 it gives the phone character stock android just to plain for my taste.
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I never said issues I actually l like touchwiz somehow , doesn't look as nice as sense 4 but it has a lot features that I'm actually keeping this and no my galaxy nexus
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Wtf man? Are you hoping more people will cancel their order because you did?
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busties said:
Wtf man? Are you hoping more people will cancel their order because you did?
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Not exactly, just saying I'm jumping ship because of samsungs poor decisions . Sad to see it come to this.

Is it me or is this thread a waste of bandwidth?

Burley1 said:
Is it me or is this thread a waste of bandwidth?
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If you are on vzw unlimited data it isn't. Lol.

ikithme said:
Not exactly, just saying I'm jumping ship because of samsungs poor decisions . Sad to see it come to this.
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Here man I figured you might need one of these..
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ikithme said:
Not exactly, just saying I'm jumping ship because of samsungs poor decisions . Sad to see it come to this.
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You do realize that it most likely wasnt samsung's fault considering it was released globally and on all other US carriers unlocked.. So dont blame Samsung.. Blame your carrier.. Yes,the nexus is open but that's because it's a google device. I'm sure if Verizon could have locked that baby up they would have but I'm sure they had an agreement to keep it open if they were going to offer the device.
so you should change that to say because of "Verizons poor decisions"

I'm so confused.
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Chicago281 said:
Here man I figured you might need one of these..
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Haha nice one
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