I have an HTC Evo View arriving this Saturday and I couldn’t ask for better timing!
This 7″ HTC Sense Gingerbread tablet has been out for a few months and I have been hesitant about pulling the trigger on this one. It just so happens the day I order it there is a Honeycomb ota rolling out. Keep in mind folks, this OTA is not root friendly and may not be for sometime. Personally I own a few tablets and a few Android phones that are all rooted. I will keep this one unrooted, enjoy HTC Sense and Honeycomb (that is until our brilliant devs have a new root method… bwahahahaha). Now let’s get to the details on this upgrade!
The Android 3.2.1 update for the HTC Evo View 4G is in the midst of a rollout, bringing HoneyComb and a new “virtual and holographic user interface” to the 7-inch HTC tablet. The official change log reads:
- Physical Hard keys replaced with on screen Soft keys
- New Google search, available on every page
- System Bar: Quick access to notifications, status, and soft navigation buttons available at the bottom of the screen
- Notifications menu moved to the bottom right corner of the screen, on the System Bar.
- The Action Bar—which can be accessed by touching the Plus Sign icon at the top right of the screen—is the key to contextual, changing menus that are controlled by each application.
- Enhanced security including Sprint Data Link and 3LM
- Google video chat
- Fixed a bug that kept Bluetooth from working in airplane mode
The update is rolling out itself, but if you’d like to force a check, On the Home screen, tap Menu and then tap Settings; scroll up and tap System updates; tap HTC software update. On the Software updates screen, tap Check now and your View will check for updates.
We know a lot of you have been waiting for this update, and the manual update location is available in more than a few places, but if you’ve rooted your View 4G don’t even think about it. Waiting for a bootlooping View 4G’s battery to die is no fun. This update is not only as of yet unrootable, but it also changes things so that Revolutionary ceases to work by replacing the hboot files. Developers will get it sorted soon enough.
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