[HTC Aria General] Gforce083:
It's a sad but also heartwarming, come back story. An early Android fan stuck on iPhon...I mean AT&T Mobile has the only option of leaving his carrier or go with the HTC Aria or Samsung Captivate. The Captivate wasn't impressive and he was especially turned off by the poor GPS functionality. But there was the little HTC Aria. She wasn't wowing anyone with specs but boy did he every think she felt good in the hand. So that Android fan took the little lady home and immediately the Aria became an integral part in his life. During those first few months, one would think that he'd never let the Aria go.

Well, a few months went by, we'll say 7 or 8. During that time, he'd rave and rave about the Aria and Android OS. He had no fear, no shame, nothing was going to hold him back from showing all those iSheep the power of Android. Then things got hairy. That little Aria just couldn't hold all of his precious apps. She began constantly yelling at him, popping up this little warning saying her internal memory was low. At first, he tried to continue to love her. He'd delete a few SMS threads, maybe a game he didn't play so often anymore. His willingness to compromise was there and he thought he'd be ok with it. Well, the yelling never stopped. As more and more apps had to be deleted just to receive SMS messages, things got bad.

He started looking for ways to get a newer, sexier Android before he was due an upgrade through AT&T. Eventually, his persistence paid off and the HTC Inspire 4G moved into his life. What did he do to the Aria you ask? He gave it to his wife!!! (That's a whole other story for another day) The Inspire inspired him again, this is what Android could really do!

As the months went by he would always crack jokes at the expense of the once beloved Aria. He'd reference the screen size, the processor speed, the new features, the new OS... he didn't love the Aria, he never loved the Aria! Well, it didn't take too long for his infatuation with the Inspire to settle down either. News broke of this Samsung Galaxy Nexus wearing this sexy little Ice Cream Sandwich piece... His eyes turned away from the Inspire and onto leaked images of the Galaxy Nexus. He showed no sympathy for the Inspire going so far as reading blogs on about Nexus, on her screen. It was only a matter of time. The Inspire knew she wasn't the apple of his eye anymore. She knew his ways, she'd be dumped on the interwebs and auctioned off like a little piece of meat.

That time came, his love for the Galaxy Nexus was too strong. In his hands he now held that Galaxy Nexus and all her Ice Cream Sandwich goodness in his hands. Now what about that Aria you ask? It was around this same time that the wife had seemingly destroyed the Aria via sweat! The wife was worried, what would she do without an Android? It was up to him to revive the little lady. He did all he could, took her apart to dry her out, left her in a bowl of rice for 48 hrs.... nothing worked, she was dead. Side tracked by other events he left the little Aria laying on a shelf. She would eventually find her way to a closet, surely to never see the light of day again. That was the end of the Aria as we all knew it.

Then a devastating day came to this man. It wasn't an uncommon occurrence that his GNex needed a power up come mid afternoon after a morning full of heavy use. She was plugged into the charger, a few minutes pass and he decided to turn her on. As she booted up the air reeked of burnt plastic and suddenly she powers back down. In panic, he pulls the charger from her USB port, powers her back on to find her functioning as normal. It was then he tried to continue her charge but it was too late, the damage had been done. She rejected the charge and once again shut down. What would he do with out his Jelly Bean/Google Now goodness?

It was then, in the back of his mind where he remembered of this once beloved, tiny little piece of Android goodness called the Aria. He wondered, over time has she forgotten about how he treated her in the end? Or perhaps she had grown fond of him again, after his attempts to save her. Regardless he had to try. Locating her, laying all alone on a dark, cold closet shelf he gently picks her up, grabs her charger and inserts it into her USB port. Suddenly, she begins to charge without a hitch. Seeing this, he smiled as if to show her the pleasure he felt from seeing her turn on. She gave him a full boot up and he gave her a fresh factory reset so that they would be able to reconnect once again. He whole-heartingly tried to make the relationship work as it once did. As an hour went by, he just couldn't get past the smell of her old, rotten froyo smothered in Sense UI. Where was project butter? Where was Google Now? Where all his apps?

He grew frustrated with the way she ways, just as he did before. Knowing he had no other immediate options, he knew it was time to take her under the lights...it was time to root. He had to see what the little lady could really do for him in this time of great need. He didn't want to push the limits too far, so he gets her a cute little stable build of CM7. When he sees that on her, there was a spark of hope in his eyes. Giving her a day to get accustomed to her new outfit and him as well, he felt it was good but he desired more. It was off to the interwebs he went, searching and searching to find her decent stable build of Ice Cream Sandwich. At first, the search was not going as planned. Was she too old? Did she not have enough power? After all this, was she going to let him down again? It was then that here at XDA he found WinSuk and they're version of CM9 for the Aria. He knew he had to at least try it. It was a risk but he knew he could flash her back to CM7 should things not go well. But what would this story be had things not turned out for the better? That little Aria is currently doing all she can to deliver her first love a smooth, cool, and creamy Ice Cream Sandwich experience.

Thank you WinSuk and my little HTC Aria.