Hi, I still have an (non carrier branded) HTC Hero (gsm version) with V1.5, it is from a different region than me, it has only been offering an OTA update to V2.1 just in the last few weeks. Anyway some users may never be in a position to update from V1.5 even if its available.
Regards On Jan 21, 11:12 am, Zsolt Vasvari <[email protected]> wrote: > I think the only major phone in the US still on 1.5 is the CLIQ XT > (the one with the keyboard) and there should be an update for that one > as well soon. > > I put a very large warning on top of my "What's New" pop-up that comes > up with every release warning users and to e-mail if they are on 1.5 > and it's not the regular CLIQ. > > But yesterday there was a user who came to me with a problem who was > running on the CLIQ XT, but didn't even know what version of Android > they are on. I believe a lot of users have absolutely no clue that > there are multiple versions of Android out there. > > On Jan 20, 4:31 pm, Kostya Vasilyev <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > No, I'm not disputing those numbers at all. > > > What I meant is - it wasn't a weird phone made by a fringe manufacturer. > > > The phone a Motorola Backflip - AFAIK, it still runs 1.5 outside the US, > > and the 2.1 update in the US was not an OTA, so perhaps not everyone who > > could update actually did. > > > -- Kostya > > > 20.01.2011 3:47, Indicator Veritatis пишет: > > > > This is interesting: according to the dashboard, less than 5% of > > > individual phones connecting to the Google Android Market are still > > > running 1.5. Yet you call that 1.5 phone, "a certain quite popular > > > phone". > > > > How could this be? I am curious to hear how either 1) the dashboard > > > sampling could be that far off or 2) how popular this phone really is. > > > Can you post the make and model# of the phone without compromising > > > confidentiality? > > > > On Jan 17, 7:27 am, Kostya Vasilyev<[email protected]> wrote: > > >> I recently ran into some 1.5 issues with my widgets that were caused by a > > >> certain quite popular phone that still runs 1.5 ignoring @dimen values. > > > >> So supporting 1.5, understood as some kind of pure Platonic form, is no > > >> problem at all, but dealing with bugs in particular firmware versions is > > >> not > > >> fun at all. > > > >> For now, both my apps continue to support 1.5, but a new project I'm > > >> working > > >> on will only run on 1.6+ - because that's the first version with > > >> multi-resolution support, and one really needs that these days. > > > >> -- Kostya > > > >> 2011/1/17 TreKing<[email protected]> > > > >>> On Mon, Jan 17, 2011 at 7:07 AM, > > >>> String<[email protected]>wrote: > > >>>> For my own apps, I don't have a problem supporting 1.5, and I figure > > >>>> that > > >>>> an extra 5% is nothing to sneeze at. But then, I've yet to run into > > >>>> anything > > >>>> that was really problematic for me to support on 1.5. Some of the > > >>>> resource > > >>>> handling is kind of annoying, but not really a big deal. > > >>>> If I had some core feature that I just couldn't make > > >>>> backward-compatible, > > >>>> then yes, I'd drop 1.5 too. But probably not until then, or until the > > >>>> install percentage drops a few more points. > > >>> This. (Thanks for writing my post for me :-) ) > > >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >>> ---------------------- > > >>> TreKing<http://sites.google.com/site/rezmobileapps/treking> - Chicago > > >>> transit tracking app for Android-powered devices > > >>> -- > > >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > > >>> Groups "Android Developers" group. > > >>> To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > > >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > > >>> [email protected]<android-developers%2Bunsubs > > >>> [email protected]> > > >>> For more options, visit this group at > > >>>http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en > > > -- > > Kostya Vasilyev -- WiFi Manager + pretty widget > > --http://kmansoft.wordpress.com-Hide quoted text - > > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
