A very short time after Google’s announcement of Android 4.2, and the subsequent porting of the keyboard and camera apps, the entire system dump of the next version of the Android operating system is now available online.
The update, which is still called Jelly Bean, does not seem to be as wide a gap to bridge as the gap between Gingerbread and Ice Cream Sandwich, so there’s some good reason to hope that if your device has Jelly Bean running now, you’ll be seeing the 4.2.x versions fairly soon.
The main features of Android 4.2 seem to be improvements in the camera, the keyboard, and notification settings. So if you’re rooted and have Ice Cream Sandwich or better, you’re already two-thirds of the way there already, if you want to be.
It’ll be interesting to see what all gems are buried in the 4.2 code base, but we’ll have to wait until the developers get their hands on it and have a compiled version for our devices.
Personally, I’m betting that, with how close this is to Jelly Bean, we will see something by this weekend for the HTC EVO line.
I hope this makes its way to the Evo 4g
I just want a version of JB for my evo 4g lte that has a non blurry picture! Do you think that will happen soon?
I meant that takes a non blurry picture lol sorry
I think the blue is a hardware acceleration issue – I’ll take a look where the development is at on those things tonight – been out of the game due to flu and blah and honestly have no clue at the moment…
Thanks man! I used aokp and cmx for like a month each but finally I just got sick of the crappy pictures it was taking. Cant wait for the sense version. Although Im guessing im gonna prefer the AOKP version in looks.
I usually am a patient guy, I really enjoy what my evo lte has. But this is getting frustrating. It literally feels like Sprint had forgot about the evo lte…no jellybean yet (not even a mention of it), and in most cities yet no lte. I bought this phone on the hype that it was going to be amazing, and it is. Yet 5 months after it’s release I feel that phones that came out a month or two after the evo are far more advanced. Remember the days of the old evo 4g? When sprint wanted that phone to be premier, and never lost interest in it…I live in a city with a population of 1 million+ and still no 4g lte for sprint, yet I see other places getting sprints 4g that maybe have 15 people total in that city that own 4g lte phones. C’mon sprint…put the evo line back up front as your premier flagship phone, be proud of it again. Remember when the old evo 4g put you back on the map? Pass on that wealth to it’s siblings yeah?
Surely it won’t be out until at least the 13th November? Won’t Google be doing their usual thing of releasing the new version with the flagship devices (i.e. the new Nexus line) and then everything else getting it afterwards
Htc and Sprint truly have forgotten about us…no more ads for the evo, not even a front page on sprints website. I guess no jellybean for us. I just got screwed into a two year contract. Thanks Sprint
Same here, I think I’m gonna be trying out a nexus device on my next upgrade.
I Love my Evo… I did a performance test on mine against my buddy’s GS3 and evo won by a long shot. And all my friends GS3′s are still running 4.0.4 so how have we gotten screwed over so bad? My radios have been working fine and everything has been running flawlessly. Plus everyone has the GS3 or the Nexus or the Iphone’s so I like having a phone that looks different;t than everyone elses phone. I don’t know. Not arguing or anything… Just still love my phone.
I agree with you. This phone is to amazing to put down. It’s still a beast of a phone compared to the GS3 and iPhone 5. I wouldn’t trade it for anything right about now.
Whoa there, Paul…
“…there’s some good reason to hope that if your device has Jelly Bean running now, you’ll be seeing the 4.2.x versions fairly soon. … Personally, I’m betting that, with how close this is to Jelly Bean, we will see something by this weekend for the HTC EVO line.”
I wholeheartedly disagree on both fronts. First, just because it’s *close* to what’s already out there for JellyBean doesn’t mean that there’s any less regression testing on both the Google’s side, the manufacturer’s side, or the carrier’s side. Secondly, you expect to see 4.2 this week for the EVO line? Seriously?!? The last time I checked, the EVOLTE didn’t even have the FIRST version of JellyBean officially. Am I wrong? What exactly do you expect to see this week for the EVO line?
On a 2nd look, I’m assuming that you’re talking about AOSP builds.
heh – yeah, AOSP – don’t expect to see Sense JB until December (no basis for that date as a note)
Fully expect the AOSP community be be going mental with this right now…
So how do I get the camera app? Any links?
Heres the link to everything YUMMY 4.2 has to offer right now!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1965895
Guys, i love my Evo 4G LTE and i have never given up on this handset!
Been Running CodefireX CM10 Jellybean port for a couple of months now. IM LOVING IT!! I just updated to Decks More recent Nightly and i cannot complain at all. Those seeking a better sharper picture should be plenty happy with this new Camera. The PHOTOSPHERE effect is touch and go. It seems to work better in brighter light. I get the idea though just hope that it works a lot better when the “Official” version comes out.
In this XDA page are links to the 4.2 Keyboard and Camera Apps.
Also The New CLOCK and GAPPS are here too.
Also the SOUNDS and WALLPAPERS from the new NEXUS 4 phone for those of you who wanna try em out..
All work lovely on my Evo 4G LTE.
Enjoy- Dante69