Your average Android phone may not get Jelly Bean, but the HTC HD2 will

6. aaronkatrini posted on 16 Jul 2012, 09:28 0 2

Im still surprised they haven't installed iOS yet! That phone can run anything Damn! :)

10. picka_vi_materina posted on 16 Jul 2012, 10:51 4 0

You forgot Nokia N900 which sits above the N9 ;)

11. ilia1986 posted on 16 Jul 2012, 13:20 1 2

Okay. You do realize that HTC has nothing to do with it, right?

This is obviously an unofficial mod. Unofficial mods can be installed to almost ANY android phone out there.

12. jackhammeR posted on 16 Jul 2012, 13:46 2 0

you do realize that a bunch of fans did something what huge company like htc couldn't?

13. ilia1986 posted on 16 Jul 2012, 14:29 2 3

Yes. This also happens with Samsung. With Sony. With Motorola. With HP. With Amazon. Any device which potentially can run Android - but is either not updated to the latest version, got a different OS in the beginning of it's life, or just for modding's sake got modded with a custom Rom.

What's your point?

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14. jackhammeR posted on 16 Jul 2012, 15:08 3 0

what's your point ilia? I posted a comment which was my thought and you commented it:)
But ok, if you insist.
My point is that despite the fact HTC was lying about desire and desire hd capabilities it is possible to run ics and even jb on those devices.
Given xda is like David compared to Goliat (htc) it's...I don't know, maybe even funny that bunch of fans can do something that was beyond reach of such a huge company.
The point is: companies don't want to support older devices even if they can.
They prefer to sell newer gadgets which is ok from financial point of view.
But, htc shouldn't play in broken promises and changing their statements every hour.

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15. ilia1986 posted on 16 Jul 2012, 23:59 2 1

Yes. You're right. Companies don't want to support older devices, even if they can. Thing is - HD2 is not an example of this since it came with WinMo 6.5.

Now - when it comes to Android manufacturers not supporting older hardware even though it's capable of running new Android versions - this can be due to several reasons:

1. The manufacturer wishes to apply it's own skin version of Android - and this skinned version with all the features doesn't run well on old hardware.

2. The manufacturer has a gazillion phones with different specs, so they prefer to focus on those which are more relevant.

Now - as I said - HTC is far from being alone in this. Samsung didn't provide an official port of Android 4.0 for the SGS1. Sony didn't provide a new version for the Xperia X10. Motorola didn't provide a version for the Droid X\X2.

But - it's no big deal! And that is because Android is open source! XDA guys and many others port new version of Android to older hardware all the time! And they do it for free!

That's why an Android device has a lifespan which is only limited by it's hardware - and not by some marketing decision of one company or another. And this is as it should be.

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16. jackhammeR posted on 17 Jul 2012, 02:34 2 0

yep.
but the funny thing is that people outside those companies can sometimes squize much more from even older phone than so-called specialists.
I think that's why the guy from cyn mod was hired by samsung.
I would probably do the same if I were a CEO.
But again. If they can't deliver something, they should stay quiet.
Thanks for talking:)
ps. thumbing you down-not me.

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