[Q] Question about new ICS leak; Performance and reverting to GB

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Howdy.. I just received my Amaze 4G from T-mobile two days ago (Free with contract.. caught the sale right before it ended!)

In love with the phone, it's my first Android phone.. and I really want to upgrade to ICS.. but there's a couple of things holding me back

I've noticed benchmark scores have decreased considerably for people in ICS.. is this simply a lack of optimization for given benchmarks or something else? How is real world performance compared to GB?

If I upgrade to ICS and wanted to go back to GB for whatever reason, is it possible without hassle? (I'm stock, s-on, locked bootloader) This is a major one for me.. I'd like the assurance I can go back if there's something I don't like about it.

Will upgrading to ICS effect my warrenty or insurance policy? I'm afraid that if I upgrade to ICS i'll immediately have a problem with my phone and my warrenty will be void for upgrading..

And last but not least.. will upgrading to ICS ruin my ability to receive OTA updates? When ICS is officially released, will I still get the updates or will I have to revert to GB and then receive the upgrade (See question about reverting to GB.. is that possible easily?)

Sorry about all the questions! I've been doing as much reading as I can, but these are the questions I still find myself asking every time I'm about to try and flash ICS..... thanks guys for any information.

Originally Posted by ericdjobs

Howdy.. I just received my Amaze 4G from T-mobile two days ago (Free with contract.. caught the sale right before it ended!)

In love with the phone, it's my first Android phone.. and I really want to upgrade to ICS.. but there's a couple of things holding me back

I've noticed benchmark scores have decreased considerably for people in ICS.. is this simply a lack of optimization for given benchmarks or something else? How is real world performance compared to GB?

If I upgrade to ICS and wanted to go back to GB for whatever reason, is it possible without hassle? (I'm stock, s-on, locked bootloader) This is a major one for me.. I'd like the assurance I can go back if there's something I don't like about it.

Will upgrading to ICS effect my warrenty or insurance policy? I'm afraid that if I upgrade to ICS i'll immediately have a problem with my phone and my warrenty will be void for upgrading..

And last but not least.. will upgrading to ICS ruin my ability to receive OTA updates? When ICS is officially released, will I still get the updates or will I have to revert to GB and then receive the upgrade (See question about reverting to GB.. is that possible easily?)

Sorry about all the questions! I've been doing as much reading as I can, but these are the questions I still find myself asking every time I'm about to try and flash ICS..... thanks guys for any information.

Performance-wise, ICS is way smoother than any GB ROM I've tried on the Amaze by far. I never look at benchmark scores because I think they're bogus half the time.

Downgrading back to GB shouldn't be a problem since a lot of people are saying that the ICS radios are backwards compatible with GB ROMs, which is pretty convenient.

I believe unlocking bootloader will void your warranty but if a hardware problem occurs (eg. screen has a dead pixel, etc), HTC may still honour the hardware warranty since it's unrelated to software, I'm not sure 100% sure about this though.

Regarding OTA updates, I wouldn't worry too much about those since the developers here are always releasing ROMs based off of the latest firmware updates for the phone for us to flash so in one form another you'll be able to get the latest and greatest firmware.

Originally Posted by adslee

Performance-wise, ICS is way smoother than any GB ROM I've tried on the Amaze by far. I never look at benchmark scores because I think they're bogus half the time.

Downgrading back to GB shouldn't be a problem since a lot of people are saying that the ICS radios are backwards compatible with GB ROMs, which is pretty convenient.

I believe unlocking bootloader will void your warranty but if a hardware problem occurs (eg. screen has a dead pixel, etc), HTC may still honour the hardware warranty since it's unrelated to software, I'm not sure 100% sure about this though.

Regarding OTA updates, I wouldn't worry too much about those since the developers here are always releasing ROMs based off of the latest firmware updates for the phone for us to flash so in one form another you'll be able to get the latest and greatest firmware.

Thanks for the reply! I wasn't planning on unlocking the bootloader.. I was just going to flash ICS with s-on and a locked bootloader. The major thing I worry about is that I see mixed reports about the new radio, some people having a major loss in quality/reception while others might ever report a gain! So I assume that the update to the radio isn't reverted if I were to downgrade to a GB ROM if ICS did not work out for me?

And I'm also assuming that if I do upgrade to ICS, that I would be forced to unlock the bootloader if I wished to downgrade back to GB?

Ah I'm so torn haha.. brand new phone and I love it so I'm a little weary with a "dont try to fix what aint broke" mentality...

my wifi is slightly better after upgrading, and signal is noticeably stronger.

After upgrading firmware I ran fourth bar fine, so going back shouldn't be a problem.

you shouldn't have any issues once you make the switch. If you're worried just waitt for ota

Please keep all question based threads in the Q&A section. Thanks.

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I was right there with you, ericdjobs.

I decided to upgrade due to battery issues.

Custom ROM's that are debloated and tweaked do help, but the warranty concerns and OTA issues do bother me, too.

Now that OTA is out, did you wait long enough to stay stock and locked?

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Once you upgrade to ICS, you cannot downgrade back to GB unless you S-Off your device, just wanted to point that out, proceed with your discussion now.