yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[HTC Incredible S] n1cnak:
I'm not waiting for OTA (could have stocked my phone & applied it from Day-1 if I so desired). After it was released I tried to answer a few questions & offer suggestions hoping I may have something small to offer to get others going with the stock ICS if that's what they want!!

I flashed to ARHD 3.0.0 myself as soon as released:)

P.S. Prior to the Virtuous test-keys release I was playing around changing my CID, being sick & tired of dev phone owners boasting about their OTA ICS (obviously test-keys)Updates, naively believing that getting the dev updates was exclusively linked to special CIDnums!!

P.P.S. ALSO, it seems that changing CID isn't easy, straight-forward or possible, for many.
[HTC Incredible S] mr nick:
Because for many people, it is not always just about the end result but the learning of different methods to achieve an end result.
[HTC Incredible S] gmkv:
just got right now the new update...:good:
[HTC Incredible S] jw82:
Available in UK

Now available for me in the UK, unbranded WWE handset. :laugh:
[HTC Incredible S] Hendrix89:
Echo that as well, currently is downloading for my unbranded UK handset.

Chris
[HTC Incredible S] cirian75:
Same here on my bosses phone

Forgot how good the Inc S is.

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And now it's ruined

Lag monster

Have disabled animations and selected force 2D gpu rendering

Still laggy
[HTC Incredible S] poondog:
Give it a few hours and a few reboots

It should go down to an acceptable level
[HTC Incredible S] miguelca:
+1
[HTC Incredible S] Cookie Ninja:
Ok I get it,, but doesn't the end justify the means? Or you guys have been touching your noses by stretching your arms around the back of your heads?

... // shakes head in sympathy//

Sent from my HTC Incredible S
[HTC Incredible S] orange2784:
Just wanted to check did ICS update reach INDIA (HTC__38) ... ????:confused:
[HTC Incredible S] jib_intelli:
Not yet received in India. Still waiting... :fingers-crossed:
[HTC Incredible S] cenkcnk:
also still waiting in Turkey :S waiting sucks.
[HTC Incredible S] Hendrix89:
Been using it for a day and loving ICS as for me seems to be a lot smoother, have noticed though it sort of lags when typing though, but very minor. Also managed to figure out how to change the lock screen quick links as well.

Just now have to wait for O2 to behave now :P

Chris
[HTC Incredible S] hackers11:
im curious about the effect of ics on internal storage.in gb it took more than 500 mb cmiiw.what about the ics?

and forgive for oot but do anyone know why eventhough i still have 100mb space in my phone,everytime i trying to update apps from play all i get is insufficient storage.any idea?
[HTC Incredible S] mustang123:
I am also waiting when the update will reach India ??? ;(
[HTC Incredible S] jib_intelli:
hey Hendrix,

Just a few questions, does the Inc S now support native 3G video calling (without using Skype/Gtalk but directly from the dialer)? Also is Beats Audio there?
[HTC Incredible S] vieose:
That's what I have with all apps closed.
[HTC Incredible S] mustang123:
How do you guys take screenshots on HTC Inc S? is it a feature in ICS?

on Gingerbread, can we take screenshots of our phones?
[HTC Incredible S] cirian75:
vol down and power for 1/2 a second
[HTC Incredible S] Inferi0r:
More ICS Ruu's available now
[HTC Incredible S] cenkoloji:
I am in Switzerland and the update just came! Downloading it now :-)
[HTC Incredible S] owziee:
I got more free internal storage after the upgrade... I had around 800 I believe, after the upgrade I had 840-850 mb free... Not much but better than nothing I guess :cowboy:
[HTC Incredible S] :
God, where is the f-ing update for hong kong??? >:(
[HTC Incredible S] mustang123:
Checked Just now. Its still not available for India :mad:
[HTC Incredible S] Ozgurce:
Its available in Turkey too now.
[HTC Incredible S] Force F:
No update her in australia optus stock
[HTC Incredible S] naathaanb96:
Optus says not until august !
[HTC Incredible S] chestnut1969:
They must be busy adding their bloatware ;)
[HTC Incredible S] EvrStngNevDwn:
Check it out guys.. i think we got it.. at last :)

{{for those who have not received yet}}
[HTC Incredible S] mustang123:
Which Country are you talking about?
[HTC Incredible S] :
I think he means every country that hasnt got it but i still dont have it :((

But still EvrStngNevDwn which country are u?
[HTC Incredible S] razesky:
Already received here in Malaysia, and I guess in South East Asia is receiving now and slowly... Wait or root. It's your choice.
[HTC Incredible S] EvrStngNevDwn:
SG Phone in Myanmar
[HTC Incredible S] letmedanz:
Any updates for India?

Seems like we are the last country to receive the update...

Either they are trying to do something special for us or they just don't care ;)

JK.. but it's been too long anyhow
[HTC Incredible S] aluli95:
flashable RUU

If someone is interested i post the link for the official flashable update for Europe:

http://dl.s1.superhosting-cdn.p.ulo...pgo5o99q87515.zip?bD&c=1281898311&De&redirs=1.
[HTC Incredible S] naathaanb96:
talking to jef from htc now, hoping to get a eta on the kernal source!
[HTC Incredible S] ZaySk:
Nice, good luck. I already asked them and they told me 90-120 days. No luck on anything more specific.
[HTC Incredible S] naathaanb96:
LOL all i got was a massive ass email from him telling me about unlocking my bootloader and htc legally have to give the kernal source to moblile carriers and not the general public. he also called me and left voicemails but i didnt answer because im trying to port jellybean and my phone was off
[HTC Incredible S] ericsson3819:
Hi All, OTA vivo android 4.0 with sense 3.6 release now here in Malaysia. Try update now !

Have fun :o:cool:
[HTC Incredible S] Shorex:
Inc s s off running stock can i still get ics ota update?

As the subject explains,

I have a HTC INCREDIBLE S I Rooted and S off'd the phone, played with a few roms then decided to go back to my stock rom.

I still have S OFF but with the pending ICS update for Virgin Mobile (Canada) subscribers...

I wanted to know if it's safe to accept the update if and when it comes to my phone.

Sorry for noob question :S

Thanks again:eek:
[HTC Incredible S] poondog:
No, you have probably have a custom recovery

Update wont work, don't attempt it :)

Flash arhd or something
[HTC Incredible S] 20545ZR16:
Sorry for my noob question as when it comes to HTC devices i am all lost,

could you please explain how (and if) can i flash the zip file of your link to my IC?

status of my IC:

-unlocked bootloader via HTCDEV site

-S-ON

-HBOOT 2.01.001

-Rooted with super user

-Still on stock rom 2.3.5,

sense 3.0,

software number 3.11.405.2 CL285270 release-keys

Baseband 20.4805.30.0822U_3822.01.08.14_M

Kernel 2.6.35.9-g5fd83fe

thanks
[HTC Incredible S] Shorex:
Well the stock rom I got is the proper one for my carrier, does this make a difference?
[HTC Incredible S] poondog:
If you have a custom recovery, you can't install an ota from any official update
[HTC Incredible S] mr nick:
It depends on the current state of your phone. You say it

was

rooted and flashed but that you went back to stock. Do you still have stock recovery and stock hboot or is any of this modified (i.e. stock but with s-off and custom recovery)? For the OTA to work you must be 100% stock otherwise you will only get as far as downloading the OTA update and then getting met with an error when you try and install. Nothing bad will happen, it just won't install.
[HTC Incredible S] roud9:
If I have unlocked my cellphone, can I update OTA? Can I lose my unlock?
[HTC Incredible S] tpbklake:
It depends on what you mean by unlocked. If you mean it has been SIM unlocked so you can use different carrier SIM cards and you are stock and haven't rooted, then you would be safe taking the OTA and it would not affect your SIM unlocked.

If you are talking about HBOOT unlocked via the HTCDEV.com site, then you need to restore the recovery image if you have a custom recovery and then relock the bootloader before you apply the OTA.
[HTC Incredible S] Gemms:
Do u know where can I get official recovery image?
[HTC Incredible S] tpbklake:
Extract it from an official RUU/ROM.zip
[HTC Incredible S] thiagofbrito:
@Gemms Then reboot to bootloader and type fastboot flash recovery recovery.img. You need to have knowledge on adb to do this.
[HTC Incredible S] Shorex:
Hey Mr Nick,

Thanks for the reply,

Ya I have the STOCK ROM , but it is S OFF with Clockwork... so I assume that is a customer recovery then
[HTC Incredible S] mr nick:
Yup, that's a custom setup so you'll probably get notified of the OTA being available and it will even allow you to download it but when you try and install you will just get an error (a big yellow exclamation mark if I remember correctly). This won't cause you any harm, it just means that the OTA will refuse to install for you.

The options you have are either to revert back to FULLY stock (i.e proper bootloader and recovery) or flash one of the ICS roms - the choice is yours.
[HTC Incredible S] poondog:
And some advice from me:

Flash a custom ROM, and dont go back to stock :)
[HTC Incredible S] TheDareDevil:
So if I root my phone and make it S-OFF, will I still get the OTA update?
[HTC Incredible S] tpbklake:
You may get the OTA notification, but it will not install. You need to be on a stock HBOOT and stock recovery before you can install the OTA.

If you go ahead and root and S-OFF your phone, you'll have a larger variety of customs ROM to choose from instead of using the stock ROMs.
[HTC Incredible S] TheDareDevil:
Oh. So is it possible to root my phone using the same method after I get the ICS update?
[HTC Incredible S] tpbklake:
No, i am saying just go ahead and root your phone now and forget about the ICS OTA. Once you are rooted, you try all of the different custom ICS ROMs. There is even a pre-rooted stock version if that is what you want.

I you take the ICS update, you would have to resort to unlocking the bootloader at HTCDEV.com in order to gain root. This is a major turn-off for some users since you would be telling HTC that you are modding your phone.
[HTC Incredible S] TheDareDevil:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1705913

Is this all I need to do to root my phone and install custom ROM's?
[HTC Incredible S] poondog:
It depends what hboot version you have. Boot to bootloader (turn phone off, turn back on by holding power+vol down)

Have a look at your hboot number

Post it here

That will determine whether you have to downgrade or not

Sent from my Nexus 7
[HTC Incredible S] TheDareDevil:
My HBOOT is 2.0, so I guess I will have to follow all of the steps.

Another thing, In this thread - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1130346, OP says that an Indian Incredible S does not work with AlphaRevx's method and simce mine is an Indian one, will the above method work?
[HTC Incredible S] mohitgalaxy3:
Use revolutionary if it doesn't work....you will find a guide in Development section.
[HTC Incredible S] poondog:
Nik's guide is quite old

If you use either nonverbose or fallensuisydals methods, it should work with revolutionary I think

Can someone with a Indian phone confirm please?

Sent from my Nexus 7
[HTC Incredible S] TheDareDevil:
Oops, by above method, I meant this one - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1705913

Will it work or will the Indian version face the same problem as AlphaRevx's method?
[HTC Incredible S] thiagofbrito:
So the period June-July expired (updates on Thursday) I guess most but not all of us has received ics update. Is there anyone still pending and willing to receive it?

I must confess it's pure crap the system is all laggy in a few days. Dam...
[HTC Incredible S] letmedanz:
Don't think it's out here in India..

Funny, i don't really care!

Except of course for the kernel sources which is gonna take what now looks like 3 months (They say. i say double that)
[HTC Incredible S] ahmadx:
i got the update

peace be upon you all

um in Luxor, Egypt and i had got the update from 6 hours

and it's great
[HTC Incredible S] Rah0ol:
Scheduled update for Incredible S - June - July

Still no update for India and just 2 days left for July to end :(
[HTC Incredible S] phonedeamon:
ICS seading to India as we speak
[HTC Incredible S] thelostlegend:
is it the same .11 radio in Indian update or diff ?
[HTC Incredible S] phonedeamon:
How do I check for the radio?? Maybe I could reply back if you can help me get that info
[HTC Incredible S] ragz:
Go to System settings,about,software info,more.baseband version.
[HTC Incredible S] compro01:
nevermind.
[HTC Incredible S] :
What the f**k is wrong with HTC Hong Kong? India even has the update now! Boo HTC!:mad:

Just shame on you HTC!
[HTC Incredible S] mr nick:
Out of interest, what is the CID of your device?
[HTC Incredible S] Lasantha:
+1..I'm in sl but 4n from hk
[HTC Incredible S] thelostlegend:
any link to the Indian ruu 4.12.720.1?
[HTC Incredible S] sagarparmar:
Lag?

Anybody experienced a slight lag during animated arrival of the home screen in the new update? Seems like 1 GHz cant handle it...!
[HTC Incredible S] phonedeamon:
Baseband version - 20.74.30.0833U_3831.18.00.11_M

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Once updated through OTA. Do a factory reset and the phone works flawlessly
[HTC Incredible S] owziee:
I haven't even done a factory restore and it's blazing fast...

I know I'm starting to sound like an idiot because I've said this about a million times... but new the office (suite?) app that came with the new ICS update seem to slow down the whole device... Disable it and you WILL notice the difference! :)
[HTC Incredible S] phonedeamon:
Screenshot

Does anyone know how the screenshot works after the ICS update. Tried the Vol down and power button but doesn't seem to work???
[HTC Incredible S] thelostlegend:
its power button + home button
[HTC Incredible S] MrToastbrot:
Is HTC India Update 4.12? What is changed to 4.10 from wwe? Is the Touchbug fixed?

Sent from my HTC Incredible S with Android 404
[HTC Incredible S] Cookie Ninja:
Can someone post the Indian OTA update? Can help in cooking up an India specific rooted stock ROM, with tpbklake's help.

Sent from my HTC Incredible S
[HTC Incredible S] justin_nys:
Just received the OTA update for ICS yesterday. I'm based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
[HTC Incredible S] keithkei:
OTA for Hong Kong arrived... finally
[HTC Incredible S] :
yay me got ics :cool:
[HTC Incredible S] poondog:
And August had finally come too, maybe Australia / Optus is next :D

Sent from my Incredible S
[HTC Incredible S] keithkei:
Anyone know if there are screen cap feature after the ICS update?

Thanks.
[HTC Incredible S] poondog:
Power and home at the same time

Sent from my Nexus 7
[HTC Incredible S] keithkei:
it works!

Thanks!
[HTC Incredible S] ChaseVoid:
Can somesome point me to the latest rooted Stock ICS rom (preferably India version)?
[HTC Incredible S] Lasantha:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1088498 stock with much more :)
[HTC Incredible S] poondog:
Bump

http://ausdroid.net/2012/08/20/optus-htc-incredible-s-ics-update/

Htc optus sending ota for ics over the next few weeks

I can confirm I witnessed an update with my very eyes :0

Sent from my Nexus 7
[HTC Incredible S] mr nick:
The Optus site says it's not starting until 'Early September'
[HTC Incredible S] naathaanb96:
Optus always change it
[HTC Incredible S] poondog:
I saw my friends update notification today, I just didn't press it

Sent from my Nexus 7
[HTC Incredible S] naathaanb96:
There fb page says its rolling out
[HTC Incredible S] Ramesh kumar 1987:
can anyone suggest me which is the best rom should i download without any bugs
[HTC Incredible S] poondog:
Stock experience: I like ARHD, the dev has the most thanks on xda so his roms must be pretty good :)

I assumed you want stock because you're in the ota thread, no?

Otherwise, ice cold, ukb, project x are good

Sent from my HTC Incredible S
[HTC Incredible S] Ramesh kumar 1987:
thanks for your suggestion

i am using the stock rom and i want to test sense 4.0 which rom should be best for me
[HTC Incredible S] poondog:
IMO, ukb or nik project x

If you can wait 3-4 days, nik is releasing project x transformer which had the full sense 4

But its hard to beat project x IMO

ukb and virtuous infinity are good too, don't discount those

Roms are a personal thing though, everyone will have a different preference/opinion

So I suggest trying the roms I mentioned and see which you like best

Sent from my HTC Incredible S
[HTC Incredible S] vizzy:
ARHD mike1986 also supports the most devices of all the devs so that's one of the reasons he has so many thanks.
[HTC Incredible S] poondog:
True, but devs like FXP and codeworkx also support heaps of devices
[HTC Incredible S] vizzy:
I have no idea who those people are haha I only go I'm the incredible s, general, off-topic forums.
[HTC Incredible S] poondog:
Okay, well I am all over the place looking at things haha

FXP is a sony dev

codeworkx is a samsung dev

Actually recently, there have been a lot of developers reaching the 10 000 thanks mark...

Only a few have reached 20 000 like Mike has
[HTC Incredible S] Ramesh kumar 1987:
ok got all except imo

Can u please say what is imo
[HTC Incredible S] poondog:
hahaha internet slang for "in my opinion" lolol sorry I use so many internet terms I wouldn't use in actual speech :)
[HTC Incredible S] Ramesh kumar 1987:
ohhh got man thanks for your suggestion
[HTC Incredible S] thiagofbrito:
So that's all guys. It seems that ICS rollout has finished at least I hope it did. I just want to note I tried to read all pages and it was really nice and pleasant having you around, thank you.

Enviado do meu HTC Incredible S
[HTC Incredible S] acme anvil:
Except my carrier in Canada, Bell Mobility, announced yesterday that the Inc S will NOT be getting the ICS update. :mad:
[HTC Incredible S] zizou_cr:
Still waiting...

I bought my phone unlocked on ebay, now I outside the US territory, I use my phone with the carrier of these country, with all that services, but nothing of the OTA update..

You are the experts, you know!

My phone characteristis are:

Android 2.3.3

HTC Sense 2.1

Base Band:

Originaly its come with these: 20.2808.30.085AU_3805.06.03.03_M

But I channged for these one: 20.2808.30.085AU_3805.09.03.27_M

Kernel: 2.6.35.9-g0b44b72

compilation: 2.30.405.1 CL88716

software:2.30.405.1

CID: BM_001

How do you see I rooted the phone to get a best experiencie....

HBOOT-6.13.1002

Radio-3805.06.03.03_M

MMC-Boot

April 2011

4EXT Recovery v2.1.6.RC
[HTC Incredible S] tpbklake:
You have S-OFF and a custom recovery, so you can simply flash the pre-rooted, stock 4.10.405.1 ICS ROM based off of the official RUU. Even if you did get the OTA notification, you would not be able to run it in your current state since you do not have the stock HBOOT and stock recovery installed.

Go check this out instead:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1756500
[HTC Incredible S] zizou_cr:
Thanks friend!!

Today I will read all the info concerned about it, specially the post about upgrade Revolutionary HBOOT 6.13 to BlackRose 2.02.0002 http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1509236, Im little affraid for brick my phone in these step...

After read all about, it tryed it, on the night I hope..

I will tell you...
[HTC Incredible S] tpbklake:
The upgrade from Rvolutionary to BlackRose is fairly painless. You shouldn't have any issues.
[HTC Incredible S] itandy:
The 4th row is Desire S. Incredible S is S710E, so according to this chart, it will be updated by the end of May.
[HTC Incredible S] nsg86:
To be honest second row is for incredible S, it mentioned the upgrade to ICS would be in the end of may.
[HTC Incredible S] aerosmith:
Damn my Chinese friend! Will have to go and have a chat with him :). Sorry about that.
[HTC Incredible S] nsg86:
That's alright=)
[HTC Incredible S] TobaccoDoff:
see attachment....
[HTC Incredible S] Vaxx93:
Cool, thanks! To be very optimistic; we could get it every moment..
[HTC Incredible S] Oronra82:
This looks good! Can't wait to get the new update :D
[HTC Incredible S] bob8x:
Directly from HTC's official blog

Well, I hope that "more news" include IncS and "soon" is tomorrow xD
[HTC Incredible S] Juventus1897:
Personally I can't see it happening.
[HTC Incredible S] MrToastbrot:
I heard somewhere that HTC usually releases their updates on Thursday (I got the Update to Sense 3.0 on the Thursday, 8. December). So i think the IncS will get the update on the 24. or 31. may.
[HTC Incredible S] thakur90:
It amazes me that end of may is here but still no leaked rom..!!! And is it correct that we'll get sense 3.6 update with ics? Coz that would be sad considering how the one v and desire c get sense 4.0 which are lower specced..
[HTC Incredible S] skinniezinho:
I was wondering the same.How come?

About the Sense 4.0, don't worry, there will be lot's of rom with it when the sources/roms come out.
[HTC Incredible S] pec0ra:
A leaked ROM would be due to a human failure and they don't happen all the time.

It seems that the (htc's) end of may has come because they started to release updates. Sadly not for the Incredible S but for the HTC Amaze today.
[HTC Incredible S] inSaN1Ty_X:
Just 'read' [With Google Translate] Xda.cn and no sign of leaked ROMs there ether. Tho everyone there is talking about offical OTA coming within few days. Somebody said that Europe will get the OTA it first, but from what I remember Xda.cn and sites like that have always been able to provide a leak at least a week before official OTA.

So no hope there ether. Update will most likely be Android 4.0.4 or 0.3 and Sense 3.6 when it come. For now just waiting and waiting :(
[HTC Incredible S] kaijura:
HTC doesn't earn any money at all upgrading people from 2.x/3.x to 4.0. They have to pay their devs, testers, IT staff, employees, etc so they are losing money when providing free upgrades. It seems more of they are extending generosity under their wing to look after some of their past phones.

They do earn money, if someone buys their Sense 4.0 phones.

That's why they 'make sense' (pun intended) when they don't want to upgrade everyone to 4.0. Making the customer satisfied with the latest update ASAP has never been top priority for them.

They might lose unsatisfied customers who want the latest updates, but I surmise these are actually a very small minority. XDA and other online android communities in reality, I am guessing the total members might make up less than 6-10% (maybe even 3-6% if I daresay) of the real-world android owners population. It would take some statistics to find the actual amount and we have to remove people who have duplicate phones.

It's all politics and marketing in the end.
[HTC Incredible S] tpbklake:
How true that is. The IncS was originally launched with Froyo 2.2 last year and they have upgraded it to Gingerbread 2.3.3 with Sense 2.1 and then GB 2.3.5 with Sense 3.0. That is 2 upgrades during the phone's lifecycle. We are fortunate that ICS is in the future. HTC doesn't owe a thing.
[HTC Incredible S] thakur90:
Whoa u don't say that!! How come they not owe anything!! We bought this phone and it wasn't cheap!! We are not talking wildfire or chacha here... This was the top of the line phone! They have to support it.. the money they earn from the sales goes into development and production! And if they aren't gonna update they can release the damn drivers for camera and back light and what not so that devs can cook custom roms atleast!!
[HTC Incredible S] tpbklake:
The point is that HTC has supported the IncS since it was introduced with 2 different platform updates already. Just because someone bought the IncS at the end of it's lifecycle with Android 2.3.5/Sense 3.0 (the third platform that has been supported) does not mean that HTC is obligated to continue supply Android updates.

We are very fortunate that HTC is rolling out ICS which will be the 4th platform during the IncS lifecycle. I don't think there are many HTC android devices that have had that kind of support during their lifecycle. I know my HTC Aria shipped with Eclair 2.1 and we were very lucky to get Froyo 2.2 at the end of it's lifecycle.