While many great developers
have tried their hand with the HTC EVO 3D and there have been several
semi-functional Android 4.0 ROMs available, the unique camera library
for the device has prevented a proper daily driver. These tricky
libraries have caused much frustration to owners and developers alike,
and while several other HTC devices have seen ICS leaks, many users have
felt that the EVO 3D was being left behind. Fret no more, because
early this evening a leak emerged from an unlikely source and developers
already have a full ICS ROM available. Team Virtuous at RootzWiki got
their hands on a leaked Virgin Mobile build, of all things. Sprint
recently confirmed that WiMax would live on in their prepaid branch and
it appears the venerable EVO 3D will help carry that torch.
This
leaked build is Android 4.0.3 with Sense 3.6. The process is
relatively simple, especially for H-Boot 1.4 users, but does require a
firmware upgrade before you can flash the ROM. As usual, JoelZ9614 was
the first to get a functioning ROM out of this but no doubt other
developers will be hard at work this weekend bringing new ROMs to the
table as well as updating older ICS attempts with working 4G and camera.
We've been running Joel's build for about an hour now with only one
minor reboot in the beginning, but otherwise its been perfect. Still,
since this isn't an official release expect a few bugs while developers
iron out the kinks.
