[MINIPRO] ICS still coming for minipro?

[swimon]

So is an official ICS update still in the pipeline?

Because I'm waiting to flash a custom ROM based on the official one...

Regards, Simon.

 

[gandhar]

So is an official ICS update still in the pipeline?

Because I'm waiting to flash a custom ROM based on the official one...

Regards, Simon.

yes it's supposed to come in a month's time or so..

 

[baenre79]

End of May / beginning of June.

Sent from my SK17i

 

[semsemx]

we are waiting also

 

[assasins007]

Confused... should I root or wait for official ICS...

 

[42me]

hope so .....

 

[Someguyfromhell]

Confused... should I root or wait for official ICS...

You can root anyway, it will not affect ICS.

Sent from my Xperia Live using xda premium.

 

[xperiaactive]

Start to try with some custom rom, and when ICS will be official released you can do a comparative and choice your favourite one.

I don't think that will be problem. Am i wrong?

 

[KhemaraS.]

You can root anyway, it will not affect ICS.

Sent from my Xperia Live using xda premium.

Yes it's ok to root when you cant wait to use ics try a custom rom first and when the official update is released zou can still flash it via wotan
Sorrz for mz bad english

 

[Someguyfromhell]

Yes it's ok to root when you cant wait to use ics try a custom rom first and when the official update is released zou can still flash it via wotan
Sorrz for mz bad english

Wotan is paid, Flashtool is better now

 

[swimon]

Good to hear it is still coming,

Another question: Will ICS give the minipro a preformance boost or would it do the opposite?

 

[Someguyfromhell]

Good to hear it is still coming,

Another question: Will ICS give the minipro a preformance boost or would it do the opposite?

Likely will do the opposite as ICS needs more power to run smoothly with all the new functions.

 

[swimon]

hmmm,

I was hoping it was going to be like when I went from Froyo to Gingerbread on my HTC Desire, there were a lot of preformance improvements and also battery improvements.

I guess we'll have to wait and see.

Grtz

 

[Someguyfromhell]

hmmm,

I was hoping it was going to be like when I went from Froyo to Gingerbread on my HTC Desire, there were a lot of preformance improvements and also battery improvements.

I guess we'll have to wait and see.

Grtz

However, although ICS is new and compelling in many ways, we would like all of our users to make an informed decision when selecting what Android™ software to use. We are actually proud to say that our Gingerbread software is very stable and has great performance, so it’s not a bad idea to stay on this release. Ice Cream Sandwich is more intensive, for example in terms of resource usage. As smartphones become more capable, our own applications, as well as the Google Mobile Services (GMS) applications, are becoming more advanced, which means that they require more CPU power, run more network activities and use more RAM. On the other hand, ICS brings a refined UI and some nice new features as described below.

http://developer.sonymobile.com/wp/2012/03/30/learn-about-the-technical-differences-between-gingerbread-and-ics/

 

[swimon]

Thanks for the link.

What I understand from this article is that ICS uses more RAM. But this is in fact not really a big issue, because android decides for itself which apps will run and which will be closed? I don't care if an app I opened 2 hours ago will be automatically closed.

Or is this not the right way to think about it?

 

[dumraden]

Well, since everything WILL be more Ram consuming, and you're not really looking for extreme multitasking (even with 180MB of free Ram, if i exit Temple Run by pressing the home button, read a message and re-enter it will reload the game), then i suppose that the way ICS is built, it will be a win-lose situation. You will lose in terms of multitasking, but "might" win in terms of speed and battery usage.

 

[Someguyfromhell]

Thanks for the link.

What I understand from this article is that ICS uses more RAM. But this is in fact not really a big issue, because android decides for itself which apps will run and which will be closed? I don't care if an app I opened 2 hours ago will be automatically closed.

Or is this not the right way to think about it?

Android itself uses more RAM, leaving less free RAM, means less multitasking and possible lag in games.

Also, processor usage will be higher.

 

[djnik7]

Well, since everything WILL be more Ram consuming, and you're not really looking for extreme multitasking (even with 180MB of free Ram, if i exit Temple Run by pressing the home button, read a message and re-enter it will reload the game), then i suppose that the way ICS is built, it will be a win-lose situation. You will lose in terms of multitasking, but "might" win in terms of speed and battery usage.

I agree with dum..