Sprint Announces EVO 4G Gingerbread Update Rollout
Sprint has confirmed dates for the roll out of the Android Gingerbread update on the HTC EVO 4G via its Twitter account. The manual update will be available starting tomorrow Friday via the Check for Updates option on phones, while the first wave of over the air updates will start next Monday. The version of […]
Sprint HTC Evo Shift Revealed
The first images of the forthcoming HTC EVO Shift 4G have surfaced, confirming that the device will launch within the next month. While hard specifications have yet to be confirmed, the device is indeed a variant of the HTC Desire Z/G2 with a slightly different bodyshell design to match the larger EVO along with a […]
Google Maps for Mobile 5.0 for Android to Add Offline Maps, Navigation, Dynamic Map Drawing
Google late yesterday also announced Maps for Mobile 5.0, for Android. The application enhances several features already available on the platform. Most significant from a functional standpoint, is the addition of offline maps caching. Google Maps for Mobile will now offer to store map data on the device, and work when no data services are […]
Sprint Releases Small Update for EVO 4G
Sprint has released an update for the HTC EVO 4G that addresses calendar event editing issues as well as sync issues for multiple Gmail accounts. Internal Sprint documentation has also confirmed that the update is also supposed to address the device framerate issue as well as the GPS reboot issue. The update can be obtained […]
HTC Cautions Against Installing Leaked Android 2.2 for EVO 4G
HTC has posted a tweet cautioning against upgrading the EVO 4G with a leaked Android 2.2 update: “Please be aware any update.zip floating around for EVO are not final and may cause problems. Official updates are coming OTA next week!” It appears that this may be similar to the Droid Eris MR3 leaks, which while […]
Sprint Resumes EVO 4G Updating, Tells Customers To Take Bricked Phones In-Store
Sprint has resumed updating of the HTC EVO 4G. Calling the broken devices as isolated incidents, they have resumed the firmware update cycle OTA. Sprint encourages all customers to accept the update when prompted, for the changes previously listed. The update is identical in form to what was previously being pushed from Sprint’s servers. There […]
Sprint Rolling Out HTC EVO 4G OTA Update
Sprint has begun rolling out the expected over the air update for the HTC Evo 4G previously reported on last week. Sprint has yet to release the changelog for the update, which stands at 21.43MB and changes the system software version to 1.47.651.1. The update is expected to introduce improvements to battery life and Wi-Fi […]
Qik Details Premium Access Features on EVO 4G, Free Access Until June 15th
Following up on the premium access confusion for video chat on the EVO 4G, Qik has detailed what the additional $4.99 fee will include in terms of additional features. For the additional monthly fee, Qik will allow unlimited video mail, private public and group access, unlimited video storage, still image capture while recording video, full-resolution […]
HTC Pushes Out EVO 4G Memory Card Storage Fix, Breaks Root
During the launch for the EVO 4G this morning, HTC quietly pushed out an OTA update for all EVO 4G devices that addresses last minute shipping bugs, chief among the was the inability to write to the memory card bundled into the device when purchased. Before the update, reports surfaced that users were not able […]