HTC releases kernel sources for Aria, Evo, Incredible, Wildfire

By Jerry Hildenbrand  | Aug 11 2010 | 9:23 am  | 13 Comments

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Late last night HTC released a torrent of code -- kernel sources for the Aria, the Evo 4G update, the Incredible update, and the Wildfire; plus the FRF91 system image for the Nexus One (Happy dance).  Even though they are obliged to release the kernel source code by the GPL, I don't think anyone expected them this early.  Developers should start cranking things into gear shortly, and have something tasty cooked up for us soon.  [HTC Developer Center]

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There are 13 comments

belogical says:

Not sure exactly what this means. Can we conclude that 2.2 is closer for the Incredible?

romma says:

Does this mean we are closer for Froyo?

Principal Skinner says:

Ditto ... could Froyo be in our immediate future ..technically it is still "early August"

Andrew M 56 says:

pretty sure this has nothing to do with getting froyo earlier, this is for developer roms I think

NoobTube says:

Whoa...What does it all mean...Double Complete Rainbow All The Way!

TechStack says:

Hey my incredible kernel version is 2.6.29 so its some type of update.

Froyo Froryo Froryo...... please

TechStack says:

Hey my incredible kernel version is 2.6.29 so its some type of update.

Froyo Froryo Froryo...... please

eric.atx says:

Hopefully this means that the netarchy/toast custom kernel gets rid of the small bugs it has and becomes fully functional for froyo.

neoncorey says:

I 2nd that one...bring on the netarchy with fixed FPS and minor fixes. Sounding good.

DBRIZZEL says:

this sucks!!!! how much longer does the incredible have to wait for the official froyo??????

m_jameson1 says:

Affraid to root? Alot of us are already running Froyo :p

Now with the release of this, coustom ROMs will, again, be better than official releases. Woot!

angermeans says:

This stage in the Android game I can't see a reason why I wouldn't root my devices the dev community releases to many things the make the life of these phones much longer. Plus one gets to tinker and really see how these wonderful phones work inside and out. To me it's fascinating and a lot of fun.

m_jameson1 says:

I would have to agree man. I havnt had this much fun in long time. The Android community is very interesting, and this phone flies with alittle bit of know how and some TLC.

Plus you get to lern a little bit of Linux in the mean time :p