Google killing 2.3 update, skipping to 2.4. "Rumor"

**splmonster** · 02-07-2011, 07:06 PM

So it looks like Google may be wanting manufacturers to wait and not release 2.3 "Gingerbread" and instead wait for 2.4 "Gingerbread". Reason being is because it supports dual-core. So looks like we may be waiting for an update till April. Even though my sources at Sprint have said that 2.3 is coming to the EVO. I'm guessing this is recent and they are making them wait.

**taadow1030** · 02-07-2011, 07:12 PM

Wow....what a horrible evening all the way around on the Sprint front.

**splmonster** · 02-07-2011, 07:17 PM

Originally Posted by taadow1030

Wow....what a horrible evening all the way around on the Sprint front.

I hear ya with the Sprint thing, but this has nothing to do with them. This concerns all devices on Froyo waiting to be upgraded to Gingerbread.

**taadow1030** · 02-07-2011, 08:25 PM

Thanks for keeping us up -to- date. Hopefully, us poor non -rooted users will have a chance at making our great phone even better...and avoiding new phone envy this summer. Lol

**splmonster** · 02-07-2011, 08:32 PM

Originally Posted by taadow1030

Thanks for keeping us up -to- date. Hopefully, us poor non -rooted users will have a chance at making our great phone even better...and avoiding new phone envy this summer. Lol

Honestly if your really wanting Gingerbread without Sense. Then rooting and adding ROMs is a very very easy thing. There are so many solid Gingerbread ROMs out there.

**RUSH** · 02-07-2011, 08:49 PM

ROMs is a very very easy thing. There are so many solid Gingerbread ROMs out there.

REALLY. And bricking is even easier. Lol.

Wow....what a horrible evening all the way around on the Sprint front._

In what way? Sprint first dual-core phone. How's that horrible? Watching a video on one screen, while.playing another or browsing the web on the other... How awesome is that.

**splmonster** · 02-07-2011, 09:00 PM

Originally Posted by rushrl

REALLY. And bricking is even easier. Lol.

In what way? Sprint first dual-core phone. How's that horrible? Watching a video on one screen, while.playing another or browsing the web on the other... How awesome is that.

Yet bricking doesn't mean it's a dead device. It's another simple task to restore it.

You mean Dual-Screen? lol

The Echo has the same Snapdragon single-core chip the EVO 4G does.

**Tre Lawrence** · 02-07-2011, 09:32 PM

Bricking is actually pretty hard to do...

Those Gingerbread ROMs are looking better and better...

**splmonster** · 02-07-2011, 09:46 PM

Originally Posted by Tre Lawrence

Bricking is actually pretty hard to do...

Those Gingerbread ROMs are looking better and better...

Yeah it is pretty hard to brick your device. I haven't yet...

**cloak.n.dagger** · 02-07-2011, 10:29 PM

So tempting, but I have to just walk away from this one...

**Smokexz** · 02-07-2011, 10:33 PM

I don't believe this, remember when people thought Gingerbread was 3.0?

Sent from my Nexus S

**splmonster** · 02-08-2011, 12:19 AM

Originally Posted by Smokexz

I don't believe this, remember when people thought Gingerbread was 3.0?

Sent from my Nexus S

It's been confirmed by multiple sources already though. Plus even Android Central did an article on 2.4.

**taadow1030** · 02-08-2011, 07:19 AM

Believe me, I would love to root and have the fun all of you are having with your Evos. Maybe I'm just paranoid, but I know the second I root, something will happen to the phone and my insurance claim will be denied. I know the phone can be unrooted, but there still appear to be no fail-safe way for Sprint to not find out. (ie superuser icon still shows up, etc).

**ernbrdn** · 02-08-2011, 07:47 AM

Originally Posted by taadow1030

Believe me, I would love to root and have the fun all of you are having with your Evos. Maybe I'm just paranoid, but I know the second I root, something will happen to the phone and my insurance claim will be denied. I know the phone can be unrooted, but there still appear to be no fail-safe way for Sprint to not find out. (ie superuser icon still shows up, etc).

If you follow the 2 step Simple unrooting thread over on XDA the icon is gone, everything is gone and your phone is back to stock. The only tell tale signs of the root would be if someone looked on your SD card and saw the Titanium Backup folder, or the SOff file that is placed there for some reason, or maybe your nandroid backup placed in a inconspicuous folder titled ClockworkMod, lol. Of course when your phone is being checked out by a sprint tech I don't think he really has any buisness poking around on your SD cards, I always remove mine.

**npark** · 02-08-2011, 09:00 AM

Originally Posted by splmonster

So it looks like Google may be wanting manufacturers to wait and not release 2.3 "Gingerbread" and instead wait for 2.4 "Gingerbread". Reason being is because it supports dual-core. So looks like we may be waiting for an update till April. Even though my sources at Sprint have said that 2.3 is coming to the EVO. I'm guessing this is recent and they are making them wait.

DEFINITELY a rumor that is completely baseless.

Phone are already released with 2.3.1 (Nexus S) or will imminently be released with 2.3 (Galaxy S2).

**bp3dots** · 02-08-2011, 09:00 AM

Originally Posted by taadow1030

Believe me, I would love to root and have the fun all of you are having with your Evos. Maybe I'm just paranoid, but I know the second I root, something will happen to the phone and my insurance claim will be denied. I know the phone can be unrooted, but there still appear to be no fail-safe way for Sprint to not find out. (ie superuser icon still shows up, etc).

Insurance claims via Asurion don't get affected by rooting. Only Manufacturers warranty does. So if you have TEP insurance you only risk $100 for the deductible. (and as others have stated, it's actually pretty hard to FUBAR an Evo via rooting it.)

**kamtsa** · 02-08-2011, 10:21 AM

Originally Posted by Tre Lawrence

Those Gingerbread ROMs are looking better and better...

Can you name few of the most common ones for EVO?

Are they AOSP based?

Any significant advantages over CM 6.1.2 ?

Thanks.

**Dark_Blu** · 02-08-2011, 12:53 PM

Originally Posted by cloak.n.dagger

So tempting, but I have to just walk away from this one...

Walk away from what? Rooting your phone and custom Rom? I'm just not brave enough to try it. Besides, I like HTC Sense. I just want Gingerbread. Say it will arrive in April? That would be a nice birthday present.

**taadow1030** · 02-08-2011, 01:57 PM

Originally Posted by bp3dots

Insurance claims via Asurion don't get affected by rooting. Only Manufacturers warranty does. So if you have TEP insurance you only risk $100 for the deductible. (and as others have stated, it's actually pretty hard to FUBAR an Evo via rooting it.)

Thanks! I will research... looks like my weekend just got reserved! NFL season is over anyway. LOL

**splmonster** · 02-08-2011, 02:35 PM

Originally Posted by npark

DEFINITELY a rumor that is completely baseless.

Phone are already released with 2.3.1 (Nexus S) or will imminently be released with 2.3 (Galaxy S2).

These words came from Google themselves. So even though the Nexus S already has this, it seems as other devices that were waiting in line for 2.3 will now probably wait for 2.4.

**rem_kujawa** · 02-08-2011, 04:46 PM

Originally Posted by splmonster

These words came from Google themselves. So even though the Nexus S already has this, it seems as other devices that were waiting in line for 2.3 will now probably wait for 2.4.

Say it ain't so, Rooting looks better everyday.

**Linkzo** · 02-08-2011, 05:10 PM

April is not that far away, I just hope it's true and we get the update then.... However, I'm still waiting on a patch to fix the SMS bug on Android 2.2, I already sent a text to my mother thinking it was my girlfriend and it wasn't pretty :S

**XCypserX** · 02-08-2011, 05:29 PM

That sucks... But then again, maybe not.

**rem_kujawa** · 02-08-2011, 06:55 PM

Originally Posted by HugoV

April is not that far away, I just hope it's true and we get the update then.... However, I'm still waiting on a patch to fix the SMS bug on Android 2.2, I already sent a text to my mother thinking it was my girlfriend and it wasn't pretty :S

Lol

**splmonster** · 02-08-2011, 10:02 PM

Originally Posted by HugoV

April is not that far away, I just hope it's true and we get the update then.... However, I'm still waiting on a patch to fix the SMS bug on Android 2.2, I already sent a text to my mother thinking it was my girlfriend and it wasn't pretty :S

I don't seem to suffer from that SMS bug. I thought that was a Nexus S only issue with 2.3? Then they updated to 2.3.1 and that patched it.