HTC Desire will not see Gingerbread update after all

HTC Desire will not see Gingerbread update after all – at least not officially

June 14, 2011 | by Andrew Kameka

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Update: What do you know…HTC has caved to pressure once again and decided to deliver Gingerbread after all, says the Facebook page. Thanks, Joe! Here’s the original post below.

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HTC has begrudgingly backed away from its promise to deliver an HTC Desire Gingerbread update. Despite its best efforts to upgrade Desire users to Android 2.3, the engineers at HTC just couldn’t bake Sense UI into the latest version of Android and have it fit into the Desire’s tiny oven.

The HTC Desire memory is too small to accommodate both Sense UI and Android 2.3, so HTC has decided to not officially support Gingerbread on the Desire. In a statement made on the HTC UK Facebook Fan page, the company confirmed that it will not be able to deliver the update which was originally supposed have already been available.

Our engineering teams have been working hard for the past few months to find a way to bring Gingerbread to the HTC Desire without compromising the HTC Sense experience you’ve come to expect from our phones. However, we’re sorry to announce that we’ve been forced to accept there isn’t enough memory to allow us both to bring Gingerbread and keep the HTC Sense experience on the HTC Desire. We’re sincerely sorry for the disappointment that this news may bring to some of you.

Naturally, those words set off a torrent of angry Desire owners vowing to purchase a phone from a competitor or simply root their phone and do away with Sense once and for all. Either proposition poses a problem for HTC. If Sense UI is what attracted people to the Desire and ultimately is cited as a reason that phones aren’t updated, it creates a portion of users who will no longer feel compelled to purchase HTC products. It’s also a reminder of why HTC choosing to unlock bootloaders is vital to a large portion of its customers. The only people who will ever see Gingerbread on their phones are the ones who are willing to root and switch to CyanogenMod or load a Gingerbread-based custom Sense ROM.

I recommend browsing the XDA Developers Desire section and learning more about and rooting your UK Desire phone, and then pick a Gingerbread Sense ROM. I did a quick scan to compare some of the virtues of each, and I’d say Reflex or HiApk Sensefun are worth exploring since they have elements from the newer versions of Sense UI. However, be sure to read instructions and requirements thoroughly before installing.

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6 Comments

Zeak Zikansson said: On June 14, 2011

Screw HTC. Desire is my first and last HTC phone…

Rolands Sv?ti?š said: On June 15, 2011

Go to hell HTC. Desire is my first and last HTC phone… [2]

Joe W said: On June 15, 2011

They've backtracked again – so much negative PR and nerd-rage in the last 24 hours that they had no choice really!
http://www.facebook.com/htcuk/posts/2258573007770…

Oli said: On June 15, 2011

Which android device has gone from Eclair to Gingerbread? I don't none and also most new functions from Gingerbread are already implemented by HTC in the Froyo version. So, where is the problem?

Okay, I have a custom Gingerbread ROM on my Desire but the most advantage are here new functions from Sense 2.1 and Sense 3.0. And we all know before that there is no space left in the device. All custom ROMs did many "dirty" tricks to put all this in their ROMs.

- JZCXW said: On June 15, 2011
  
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android apps ireland said: On July 10, 2011

is there much free space left after a gingerbread install? i have moved as much as i can to SD but some apps can't be moved…just hoping that when i get the update i can have space for essential apps, like, you know, anti virus and asuch..
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