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ICS for Droid Bionic
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jdlowsracer
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Not surprised, we've been screwed from day one. At this point I'd be surprised if we get it at all.
Suuperflie
Member
jdlowsracer said:
Exactly how different will the coding be for the razr than the bionic? It can't be that much different.
LemmyCaution
New Member
Why do we get all jacked-up about this? ICS for the Bionic has been little more than a rumor ('promises' from the carriers/MOTO are just formally distributed rumors). Rumors and innuendo. If I want the newest, greatest AOS from
Google/VZW/ATT etc. I'm going to wait for it to appear on a phone. Meanwhile, I'll make do with .902 and whatever ROM I've have on my safestrapped Bionic. Simple.
Google/VZW/ATT etc. I'm going to wait for it to appear on a phone. Meanwhile, I'll make do with .902 and whatever ROM I've have on my safestrapped Bionic. Simple.
CurGeorge8
Member
ICS will be released for the Bionic sometime next week.
CurGeorge8
Member
Pay me no regard. I figure if the author of that post on gottabemobile can just make **** up and have everyone believe him, so can I.
Perhaps it would be more accurate to say "Next week at the earliest" That would be true and if it's before then, well, you can say "Opps, it was earlier than what I heard."
It's hard to tell if the story has any facts to back up the claims, but I have always felt(but not hoped) that we wouldn't see ICS any earlier than Q3 2012, and perhaps as late as Q2 2013. My feelings were based on the the fact that the Bionic has unique hardware and it was listed as step one (Evaluation and Planning) and not step 2 (Development) as Motorola's list originally stated. I know, a few phones on the list are looking to get ICS sooner, but those phones are also newer. Cell phone companies and cell phone service providers aren't interested in giving customers more once they have your money. They'd prefer that you buy a new cell phone and sign up for new service all over again so they can milk you for 2 more years. I won't be buying a phone that has issues like the Bionic had even if the manufacturer promises to fix them. Look at what their promises are worth in the long run.
The real BS is that by the time we get ICS on our phone(which I expect to have alot of issues) Jellybean will be out and available and we won't care about ICS anymore.
I've also wondered if Motorola doesn't want to spend the R&D on ICS on the Bionic and is instead playing the waiting game while alot of people switch to other phones so when they decide to finally come out and say that it's not "cost effective" or whatever excuse they come up with they'll piss off fewer customers than if they had made the same announcement in January. Last thing companies want to do is deliberately piss off their customers.
The real BS is that by the time we get ICS on our phone(which I expect to have alot of issues) Jellybean will be out and available and we won't care about ICS anymore.
I've also wondered if Motorola doesn't want to spend the R&D on ICS on the Bionic and is instead playing the waiting game while alot of people switch to other phones so when they decide to finally come out and say that it's not "cost effective" or whatever excuse they come up with they'll piss off fewer customers than if they had made the same announcement in January. Last thing companies want to do is deliberately piss off their customers.
It's possible that neither the Bionic nor the Razr will be able to take Jelly Bean. No proof, but par for the course. And by that time, we'll probably be on other phones.
xPlatinum-Androidx
Member
Sorry to go off topic here, but what would be the benefit of updating to ICS? And if it's the theme people want, you can always download GoLauncherEX and download an Ice Cream Sandwich Theme that's available.