HTC Vivid Android 4.0 ICS update available now from AT&T — unofficially
It looks like users of the HTC Vivid 4G LTE smartphone over on AT&T may have a tasty frozen treat waiting for them today. Yes this is the official Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update with the new HTC Sense UI 3.6 experience. Sadly AT&T has announced that the update is not, i repeat NOT rolling out, although multiple users have received it and a little trick will get you the update today. No hacking or root required.
It looks like the update is ready, but for some reason isn’t being officially pushed out to all users yet. A simple code you type in your phones dialer instead of a phone number is all you need. Multiple users over on XDA gave it a try and now have the official update and Android 4.0.3 ICS. similar to #646# to check minutes — just enter *#*#682#*#* and the update will pull right to your device. We aren’t sure if this will work for everyone, but seems pretty legit according to XDA.
As usual you can’t accept an official over the air update if your bootloader is unlocked. So either use the official HTCDev.com/bootloader relock tool, or check out this thread for more details. However, if you are completely stock just give the code above a try and enjoy the latest and greatest OS from Google and HTC on your very own HTC Vivid.
Let us know if things worked for you, and enjoy that improved Beats Audio.
Story Timeline
- Samsung Skyrocket and HTC Vivid are AT&T’s first LTE smartphones on Oct 31st 2011
- AT&T 4G LTE speedtest results: HTC Vivid and Galaxy S II Skyrocket on Nov 5th 2011
- AT&T drops HTC Vivid & Samsung Skyrocket prices by $100 on Nov 6th 2011
- HTC Vivid Review on Nov 7th 2011
- AT&T LTE Shootout: HTC Vivid vs Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket on Nov 7th 2011
- HTC Vivid update to ICS, Sense 4.0, and Beats Audio in the coming weeks on Mar 5th 2012
- Device Name : Vivid
- Manufactuer : HTC
- Carrier : AT&T
- Announced Date : October 31, 2011
- Release Date : November 06, 2011
- Also Known As :
- Screen Size : 4.5 Inch
- Resolution : 540×960
- Screen Type : S-LCD
- Height : 5.07 Inch
- Width : 2.64 Inch
- Depth : 0.44 Inch
- Weight : NA
- Battery Type:
- Lithium Ion
- Battery Capacity : 1620 mAh
- Talk Time : NA
- Stand By Time : NA
- Android OS:
- 2.3.x
- Audio Playback:
- AAC
- AAC+
- MP3
- WAV
- Video Playback:
- MPEG-4 (MP4)
- Messaging:
- SMS
- MMS
- CPU : APQ8060
- CPU Clock Speed : 1200 Mhz
- Core : 2
- Ram : 1024 MB
- Internal Storage : 16 GB
- Front Facing Camera :
- Camera Resolution : 8 MP
- External Storage:
- MicroSD
- MicroSDHC
- Camera Features:
- Auto focus
- Flash
- 1080p Video Recording
- Sensors:
- Accelerometer
- Ambient light
- Proximity
- QWERTY :
- Network Technology:
- GSM
- GSM Band:
- 850
- 900
- 1800
- 1900
- Wi-Fi:
- 802.11b
- 802.11g
- 802.11n
- Bluetooth:
- Bluetooth 3.0
- Location Features:
- Compass
- GPS
- Cellular location
- Wi-Fi location
- FM Radio :
- NFC :
[via Android Police]
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