Gingerbread is on the Droid Incredible? But of course!

By Phil Nickinson  | Dec 21 2010 | 9:51 am  | 15 Comments

Gingerbread on the Droid IncredibleGingerbread on the Droid Incredible? Don't sound so surprised. Now that the source code has been made publicly available, everyone and their mother (hi, Mom!) is compiling a beta build for their favorite device.

For the most part, though, remember that these builds aren't really ready to be your daily driver -- though they're definitely getting better day by day.

That brings us back to the DInc, and this ROM from r2DoesInc. You'll get the basic Gingerbread experience, with a few tweaks. The camera's working, though GPS and video recording aren't. Be sure to check out the full changelog and instructions at the source link for the full rundown. It's a hodgepodge, to be sure, but an impressive one.

Video's after the break as well. [XDA-Developers]

Thanks to everyone who sent this in!

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There are 15 comments

romma says:

I'll wait till they get the GPS and video working before I flash. Or will I? ;-)

belogical says:

Yeah, I said the same thing. Now I'm on Gingerbread :)

Argent says:

already got it - GPS should be fixed soon enough and hopefully that will fix the apps that won't install (twitter, foursquare, etc which all seem to be location based)

runs fast on my Inc - I love it!

cowboysjunkie says:

Wow, that looks to be running really slow...

Krypto74 says:

Either the camera recording this has a slow framerate, or this particular build is munching up a ton of memory. PASS.

msnight04 says:

I have been following this ROM since it first started. I can assure you that it runs like a champ now (especially with Launcher Pro). The video posted is of a build that was based off of the SDK not the source code. A better video is linked below but keep in mind that a new build has already been released.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LwQ2hsR-aQw&feature=player_embedded

bookworm1990 says:

Is having gingerbread on the DInc going to eliminate sense?

jordanetodd says:

About an hour after incdoes got it so did bnice20 on the evo. Got it running gingerbread now, gps, front camera, and a few other small things arent working yet, but nothing i couldnt live without. Even has working mms.

TreyDaPrince says:

This shouldn't be big news for the Inc owners in our forums since I posted this Rom in the Hacks forum a week ago right? Right?!

JTEastwood says:

+1
This rom rocks. So fast and so smooth and. its early in development. Posting 41 linpack and 1500 quadrant without any over clocking. Nice start.

Dperks17 says:

Just flashed this about 30 minutes ago and has to be by far the fastest rom of all the time!

jason821 says:

Flashed it to my disconnected Incredible and was able to call via wifi with sipgate. Pretty sweet. Now I can make calls when flying.

Smokexz says:

I am just saying... this isn't from the Nexus S. It worked great on the Galaxy S, it was the EXACT same stock from the Nexus S, so it had the 3d app drawer and it was snappy!

This thing:
No 3d app drawer(seems to be the Gingerbread launcher from the market)
Slow
Heavily modified(widgets modded, etc.)

I would just wait for an official OTA, not like you would ever even imagine using this as your daily driver anyway.