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[dt_matthews]

1. Has Huawei confirmed when (other than 'this year'!) they expect to release ICS for the G300?

2. Has any Dev started looking at rolling their own ICS ROM for this phone (@tilal) ?

TIA,
dan

[Ubiquitoustastic]

Huawei have only said second half of this year/summer. I think end of July but that is a wild guess.

[FrankieADZ]

as Ubiq said..Huawei have "said" sometime in the summer....but thats only there word.

[flibblesan]

They said second half so it could be any time from July onwards

[tilal6991]

See my post @ http://android.modac...s?#entry1940558

[flibblesan]

In other words, tilal6991 is a clever guy and as soon as he gets one of these phones he'll bring ICS to you all much sooner than Huawei  

[dt_matthews]

That was never in doubt  ;-)

[trueno2k]

flibblesan, on 25 April 2012 - 04:11 PM, said:

In other words, tilal6991 is a clever guy and as soon as he gets one of these phones he'll bring ICS to you all much sooner than Huawei  

Also as this handset is running on a ARMv7 SoC it should make things a whole lot smoother for the ICS porting, seeing as CM is mostly compiling CM9 for ARMv7 smartphone handsets, well thats how I see it...

[Davidoff59]

CAF support for this chip also I think I read. somewhere.

[tilal6991]

Davidoff59, on 25 April 2012 - 09:50 PM, said:

CAF support for this chip also I think I read. somewhere.

Indeed. Should help tremendously.

[PaulOBrien]

I'm trying to get an official line from Huawei on when we can expect an ICS release... and the kernel of course!

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[Davidoff59]

I'm sure someone said that in the phone booklet, it says you can send off for the sourcecode. Cost was £20 I think it was.

[Frankish]

PaulOBrien, on 26 April 2012 - 09:54 AM, said:

I'm trying to get an official line from Huawei on when we can expect an ICS release... and the kernel of course!

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Keep us posted! Also speaker fix too

[master94ga]

The processor is armv7? Is the MSM7227A or MSM7627A?

[tilal6991]

master94ga, on 26 April 2012 - 08:12 PM, said:

The processor is armv7? Is the MSM7227A or MSM7627A?

7227a and ARMv7.

7627a is a cdma version.

[Patrick73]

Shame I'm thick as I would like a port of web os too...no programming for this dumb ass LOL

[bumps]

I really think they could be rushing out the official ICS update soon, this b886 build has nothing wrong with it seems faster/more polished than the stock voda rom so i cant see why it would take so long just to get a little speaker fix.

[hecatae]

bumps, on 03 May 2012 - 09:49 PM, said:

I really think they could be rushing out the official ICS update soon, this b886 build has nothing wrong with it seems faster/more polished than the stock voda rom so i cant see why it would take so long just to get a little speaker fix.

vodafone approval of a new rom takes ages

[FrankieADZ]

hecatae, on 03 May 2012 - 10:19 PM, said:

vodafone approval of a new rom takes ages

do u think that Vodafone could get a timed exclusive for ICS?...so when its nearly end of the exclusivity of the G300...then release ICS for it just for there models?...

i know it sounds kinda stupid as im sure someone would rom dump it.

[FlatPackPete]

FrankieADZ, on 04 May 2012 - 05:58 AM, said:

do u think that Vodafone could get a timed exclusive for ICS?...so when its nearly end of the exclusivity of the G300...then release ICS for it just for there models?...

i know it sounds kinda stupid as im sure someone would rom dump it.

From what I understand the manufacturer releases a stock rom to all the operators they sell the phone to and they sit on it while they customise it and add their bloatware.  The speed of release seems to have more to do with how many bureaucratic hoops it has to jump through before someone finally pushed the button and everyone gets notified there's an OTA update.
AT&T and Verizon in america have both pushed through quick updates on phones to get some free advertising on cnet, engadget etc but you just don't see that happening over here.