HTC Adds Sense 6 Progress to Software Update Page
by Brandon Chester on April 21, 2014 4:44 PM EST- Posted in
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HTC has updated their software update status page with a section that displays the current status of the HTC Sense 6.0 upgrade. The page indicates that they intend to update the HTC One M7, HTC One mini, and HTC One Max across all US and Canadian carriers as well as the unlocked and developer edition versions of the HTC One M7.
According to the website, all the devices — with the exception of the HTC One M7 on T-Mobile USA — are on the integration state of development which involves HTC working with cellular providers to incorporate software modifications, applications, and other services that are specific to that carrier and creating the maintenance release. T-Mobile USA seems to still be in the state of development for their HTC One M7, which entails bring-up of the board support package (BSP), but given the fact that it uses the same hardware platform as the other versions this is likely to change soon. For the majority of the devices HTC is currently developing the maintenance release, and afterwards all that is left is to conduct their internal testing of the update and to receive certification from applicable regulatory and industry groups as well as from Google.
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Morawka - Monday, April 21, 2014 - link
why do they have to have these overly complex integration methods, and just push out OTA updates to HTC devices via the internet.Impulses - Monday, April 21, 2014 - link
Because carriersToTTenTranz - Monday, April 21, 2014 - link
What integration is needed to the unlocked and developer editions?Brandon Chester - Monday, April 21, 2014 - link
Hey there. The integration process also includes HTC incorporating HTC Sense itself into the Android OS. You're correct in saying that the part of integration relating to carriers isn't applicable to unlocked and developer devices. Hoping to revise that part of the article soon. Thank you for pointing out that lack of clarity.You can view HTC's rundown of the entire process in the link below which describes each step in great detail and separates devices into carrier, unlocked, and developer categories.
http://www.htc.com/assets-desktop/images/softwareu...
nevertell - Tuesday, April 22, 2014 - link
This looks like one of the most depressive things I've ever seen. I mean, look at all the different "models" that all consist of the same hardware and more often than not, run the same kernel, the same dalvik, the same drivers (for the most part), and are able to run the same hardware. Yet we have to differentiate each of these models because of their carriers. We need a bill that seperates church and state / communication service providers and hardware. When was the last time you had to buy a different macbook for a different ISP ? How often do suffer from obsolete software because of yourbj_murphy - Tuesday, April 22, 2014 - link
I agree fully. The only issue that should ever prevent someone from switching their phone to another carrier is a hardware limitation (i.e. the phone's baseband hardware doesn't support the carrier's frequencies). Putting all these artificial carrier locks on phones flies in the face of fair competition.royalcrown - Tuesday, April 29, 2014 - link
What is REALLY depressing is that the HTC one did not do better than the galaxy 4, it is MOSTLY a better phone.