Ice cream for Bionic? 3rd Q???

[Tackle]

Incase other Bionic owners out there haven't heard, there has been 2 leaks of ICS for our phones last week.

The file you will want to look for is the one that will take you to .2233. Follow the steps as to not brick your phone. It requires a completely stock phone on .905.

I've been running ICS since yesterday and it has been absolutely flawless. BTW, you can root it as well.

 

[tech_head]

So why does motorola call this The phone to rule all others Then put us in the third quarter for receiving the update to ice cream sandwich? Shouldn't we have been the first phone to get the update? I have been trying to send an email to motorola But there is no direct link for customer service. At least not that I found. Love my bionic. Hate being lied to!

Third quarter starts next week......

 

[BasPilot]

I have confirmed and guaranteed information about the release of ICS for the Bionic!

It will be coming out.... .... After Q1 and Q2 in 2012!

 

[hokiesteve]

Third quarter starts next week......

Given the stability of the leak, I would be willing to bet it's getting close. I bet we'll see an announcement and or release by the end of July.

 

[Ry]

The rollout will begin in the last week of Q3, just the people that don't get it first can whine and complain about being lied to.

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[pappy53]

Moto's structure has always had this issue. Why are they always last in updates? HTC a close second.

JB is inevitable. Google IO 2011 was when ICS was announced as the unification of gingerbread and honeycomb. Google IO 2012 projects JB.

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Moto last in updates? I don't know where your info comes from, but Moto is known for usually being first with updates.

 

[bl024292]

This is why I'm leaving Motorola, they have nice potential, but they don't follow through.

 

[bl024292]

Waited for the bionic, the "best thing since sliced bread" and then got shafted a month later by the razr. Updates come so slow, ughh.

 

[Ry]

This is why I'm leaving Motorola, they have nice potential, but they don't follow through.

So long.

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[Yaish]

Waited for the bionic, the "best thing since sliced bread" and then got shafted a month later by the razr. Updates come so slow, ughh.

No, you didn't get shafted by the RAZR. It didn't take away a single bit of function from your phone just because another, similar phone got released a month later.

 

[Ry]

No, you didn't get shafted by the RAZR. It didn't take away a single bit of function from your phone just because another, similar phone got released a month later.

Lol. And the Bionic was delayed. If it had come out over the summer as previously scheduled, there wouldn't even be a supposed issue.

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[shady28]

This is just the way it is with Android phones. New phones come out too fast, so when the 'next big thing' hits it means everyone else gets pushed back a bit.

i.e., in 3 months the Razr will be getting pushed to pasture. Look at the Galaxy S3, impressive phone. Moto will introduce the 'next big thing' and the Razr will go to pasture; I give it 3 months, tops.

I like my Bionic. It's a good smartphone. But like most android phones, it's not special, it doesn't really have a cult following. Just some people who feel abandoned because they bought into some hype in the last product cycle.

I've got a lot of Apple stuff - ipod touch 3g /64gb, wife has iPhone 4, iPad 2 on Verizon. Updates are a non issue, after over 3 years of ipod touch iOS6 might just not work on it. I'm ok with that.

These android phone makers need to work on that. Have 2 or 3 lines of products if you must, fine, but make them so that they all (or at least within each line) are able to take the same updates. Then they would slowly develop a cult following like Apple. ie, I'm gonna get that phone because I know they'll support it continuously at least 2 years, probably 3 or 4.

Like if the original Droid, then Droid 2, Droid 3, and Droid 4 all could use the same update at the same time. Sure, maybe by now the original Droid is too old - nobody's gonna cry on that. But 2,3,4 - they should all still be getting updates, at the same type, running the same OS. IRL, I bet 4 isn't even getting updates anymore...

These phone makers just don't get it.

 

[crystalmoon]

The phones are coming out so fast, you sign the contract, and the one you bought is outdated already.

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[rj160202]

This is just the way it is with Android phones. New phones come out too fast, so when the 'next big thing' hits it means everyone else gets pushed back a bit.

i.e., in 3 months the Razr will be getting pushed to pasture. Look at the Galaxy S3, impressive phone. Moto will introduce the 'next big thing' and the Razr will go to pasture; I give it 3 months, tops.

I like my Bionic. It's a good smartphone. But like most android phones, it's not special, it doesn't really have a cult following. Just some people who feel abandoned because they bought into some hype in the last product cycle.

I've got a lot of Apple stuff - ipod touch 3g /64gb, wife has iPhone 4, iPad 2 on Verizon. Updates are a non issue, after over 3 years of ipod touch iOS6 might just not work on it. I'm ok with that.

These android phone makers need to work on that. Have 2 or 3 lines of products if you must, fine, but make them so that they all (or at least within each line) are able to take the same updates. Then they would slowly develop a cult following like Apple. ie, I'm gonna get that phone because I know they'll support it continuously at least 2 years, probably 3 or 4.

Like if the original Droid, then Droid 2, Droid 3, and Droid 4 all could use the same update at the same time. Sure, maybe by now the original Droid is too old - nobody's gonna cry on that. But 2,3,4 - they should all still be getting updates, at the same type, running the same OS. IRL, I bet 4 isn't even getting updates anymore...

These phone makers just don't get it.

The phone makers don't get it...yet you keep buying phones from them. I am pretty sure you are the one that is not getting it. Name of the game is to make money.

 

[SnydersWeb]

The phone makers don't get it...yet you keep buying phones from them. I am pretty sure you are the one that is not getting it. Name of the game is to make money.

True, but in some respects buying a phone is like going out on a date. If I went on a date, got what I wanted and never called her back or even took interest after the fact - the chances of getting a second date drop drastically.

There are many things I dislike about Apple in general, but I will give them all due credit that they stay wedded to most of their iPhone products. That they just don't love em and leave em.

While Android is faster paced, they would do well to borrow at least some of that. There is NO reason why my wife's Droid X2 can't be updated!

 

[shady28]

The phone makers don't get it...yet you keep buying phones from them. I am pretty sure you are the one that is not getting it. Name of the game is to make money.

So you're making a true statement, then twisting its implications into something you think is true (but demonstratively is not).

Cnet article headline from Feb, 2012 :

"Apple holds only a 9 percent share of the global mobile phone market, but it grabbed 75 percent of the industry's overall profits last quarter, according to data from Asymco."