Today at 4:13 CST, Ubuntuz posted the annoucement that Jelly Bean 3D, an AOSP ROM with working camera and 3D based on the Android Jelly Bean source, will be released for GSM versions of the HTC EVO 3D tomorrow. Ubuntuz is probably best known in the GSM EVO 3D world for a port of the ParanoidAndroid ROM.
This announcement does not affect Sprint/CDMA EVO 3D users, but if it can be done on the GSM versions you can expect it to quickly flow over to CDMA.
A working camera and 3D in AOSP-based ROMs would finally provide a foundation for development and support on the EVO 3D that it has not had since its release. There’s only so much interest people can bring up for a rooted AOSP device that can’t use its three main selling points (3D cameras, 3D video, WiMax.) This release, if claims are to be believed, would alleviate two out of three of those shortfalls.
Whether or not Ubuntuz pulls through and releases this on time, or whether this announcement is actually too good to be true, development is still going strong in the CDMA world and releases with the Jelly Bean framework should be popping up for rooted users soon enough.
Once again, it’s an exciting time to be a rooted HTC EVO 3D owner!
Shame on Sprint & HTC.
Sick of it, going Nexus route next time.
The source code has only been available for 2 days. Shame on them for holding on to the ICS update, but not on this… too soon
are u kidding me – can we get ICS on a stock EVO 3D first. HTC and Sprint are dragging their feet on this one.
Agreed. It only makes you feel worse when the Sprint Epic 4G Touch is getting their ICS update this week.
I can only hope that the EVO 3D will soon follow. It has been a long time coming.
This is getting me excited again, I admit I was looking at something other then the evo 3d, but I can wait now.
It is exciting, I agree. I killed my ire at the fact that the SGS3, a BRAND NEW phone, has CM9 support already, while the EVO 3D has had official CM support.
Hopefully, with this work here, we’ll see official CM9/CM10 support soon. The EVO 3D is, after all, still on their list of supported devices (kinda funny).
Whoops. Meant “has never.”
My proofreading needs work. Haha.
I’ll believe it when I see it.
This is all good stuff!
The 3d for a few reasons has had its slow release of updates and development. (IMO has alot to do with the OG evo4g actually being a pretty awesome device) However the fact that there is a huge interest in the overall EVO line and development again for even the original is still pushing out new Roms/hacks/and such all the time makes it exciting to be a Sprint evo owner. 4g,3D,LTE… All pretty awesome devices.
May I again add they are all still relevant. Almost as if htc unknowingly already made a few “future proof devices”. (imagine the custom ‘stuff We’ll have for lte in a year.. Or 2)
Look nothings perfect but… If sprint could catch up we may have some exciting things to follow.
I gave up on my 3d about 3 weeks ago. My replacement is still boxed up hoping to get someone to buy it. Using a palm pre right now, sad isn’t it? I will most likely buy a gs2 till october comes around or samsung announces new phones for sprint. At this point htc will have to do a lot to make me come back.
By October you should be looking forward to a new Nexus phone. In the meantime, wouldn’t you rather have a SGS3 than the SGS2?
A Palm Pre. Haha. My wife used hers for about a year before switching to an OG EVO 4G. She hasn’t looked back.
A palm pre? Wow that is bad, what kind of problems were you having with the 3d that made you quit using it? I know it doesn’t get love from everyone but it’s not that bad.
I don’t see what working 3D cameras and screen should preclude a working official AOSP ROM from being created. Most people would be happy with working 2D cameras (back and front).
Thankfully, Devil’s Toast CM9 has WiMax working all cameras work in 2D (3D is being worked on). So, I imagine CM10 will be pretty easy to get running since JB isn’t a huge jump like ICS was. Frankly, not to be a downer though, these claims from a guy with 98 posts are pretty big. I hope they’re true though.
Haha. Apparently the thread has been locked.
They’ll unlock it if the OP can produce proof that it’s true. I hope that it is.
Yeah, it seemed a bit far fetched since he was configuring his computer to compile linux, but the claims stayed up for a while with no detractors and he runs a port…
So who knows… we shall see.
The EVO 3d won’t see ice cream sandwich or jelly bean until the end of July or even August. Sprint is to busy upgrading there towers for the debut of the 4g LTE system. My grandson bought a GS2 a month ago and he is going to get ice cream sandwich and jelly bean before I get it on my EVO 3d. Now isn’t that a crock of crap!!
Thanks Sprint !!
I guess that ended up being a load of nothing. Two days later and nothing.
Shame too. The guy accumulated well over a hundred thanks and it might be all for naught.
yeah, pretty sad… his other thread he seems to have disappeared in too..