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Jan

10

2012

Desire HD, Wildfire and Wildfire S Receive Bootloader Unlock Support by HTC

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by Jack Holt
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HTC has been on a quest if you will, to further support the development community by bringing the ability to unlock your phone’s bootloader. In my opinion this is a quest that more phone manufacturers should join (hint, hint Motorola). Well if you were one of the lucky ones to purchase an HTC phone after [...]

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Sep

19

2011

LG Optimus 3D and HTC Desire S Get Sprinkled With Some CyanogenMOD Love

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by Joe Sirianni
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The CyanogenMOD team continues to remain hard at work with gracing every device possible with their popular hit ROM. The latest and greatest to join the ranks are the LG Optimus 3D and HTC Desire S aka the HTC Saga.  It’s clear the team won’t stop until they’ve made a world wide recognized brand, if [...]

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Aug

11

2011

The DROID Incredible will NOT be getting Gingerbread after all

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by Robert Nazarian
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Back in April HTC announced that the DROID Incredible would get the Gingerbread update by early summer, but it looks like that plan has been scrapped. In an email conversation with a user, an HTC rep said the following: “We only update our phones if it will provide an overall improved user experience as we [...]

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Aug

1

2011

HTC Desire finally gets Android 2.3 Gingerbread, or did it?

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by Robert Nazarian
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A little over a month ago, HTC announced that the Desire would not get Gingerbread due to memory constraints only to reverse course a day later and promise that they could make it happen. Soon after they announced they were testing a Gingerbread build, and that it would become available by the end of July. [...]

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Jul

29

2011

Sensation and EVO 3D Plus Others Get S-Off Thanks to “Revolutionary”

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by Mitch Wright
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We’ve mentioned before that, despite having a locked bootloader, development for the HTC Sensation and EVO 3D has progressed at a surprisingly rapid pace. That progression has reached a breakthrough. Through the culmination of efforts by developer groups unrEVOked and AlphaRev, S-OFF has been achieved for several newer HTC devices through a tool called Revolutionary. [...]

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Jul

19

2011

HTC Desire HD update to fix Wifi Issues

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by Dustin Karnes
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HTC is rolling out a new update (software version 2.50.405.2) for the HTC Desire HD, and they’re olling it out over the air. According to reports, the update will address the wifi issues that have been plaguing Desire HD users. Aside from that, we can expect some small bug fixes / squishes, along with the [...]

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Jul

13

2011

Desire Z All Set For Gingerbread “In The Coming Weeks” Says HTC

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by Joe Sirianni
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We can hear them now, all of the Desire Z owners saying “Hellz yeah!”  Yeah, we feel ya.  HTC has recently sent out acknowledgements that its European version of the G2, is near the end of its testing phase and the Gingerbread 2.3 update should be arriving on devices “in the coming weeks”.  Better than nothing right? [...]

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Jul

10

2011

Gingerbread for HTC Desire to be rolling out by end of July

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by Dustin Karnes
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In a post by HTC on their official Facebook page, the Taiwanese Android phone manufacturer has some good news for their Desire users: “Hi everyone. We have more news about our build of Gingerbread for Desire. Our testing has gone well so we will begin rolling out the update by the end of July! Thank [...]

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Jun

30

2011

HTC: We are testing our build of Gingerbread for HTC Desire

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by Robert Nazarian
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About 2 weeks ago, HTC announced that there would not be a Gingerbread update for the Desire due to memory contraints. The very next day they reversed their position and said it will happen. HTC is a company that fulfills their promises and they posted the following update on their Facebook page: Hi all- We’re [...]

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Jun

24

2011

Telstra dumping Sense UI for Gingerbread on the HTC Desire

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by Jesse Bauer
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Telstra is bringing Android 2.3 Gingerbread to the HTC Desire, which is probably going to be as loved as when Gingerbread was announced for Sony Xperia X10 users. For Telstra to get this upgrade out to the Desire however, it’s going to require the loss of something else native to the HTC Desire among many [...]

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