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Does anyone know if I can expect a CM port for my ZTE Blade? It's a supported platform for CM7 (Android 2.3.5). I read that all phones that support 2.3.5 ought
by morsch 15y ago
Does anyone know if I can expect a CM port for my ZTE Blade? It's a supported platform for CM7 (Android 2.3.5). I read that all phones that support 2.3.5 ought to be able to support 3.0, but a) I'm not sure that's actually true and b) I'm not sure if they're going to bother. Though a) is more important than b) -- if it can work on the phone, hardware-wise, someone is bound to do the port, even if it's not an official one.
- karolist 15y agoMy uneducated guess after playing with this model - not a chance! It's super laggy with CM7 as it is, can't imagine anyone putting the effort to port ICS.
- morsch 15y agoI've never tried anything except CM7 on this device, but supposedly it's faster with 2.3 than it was with 2.2, which was itself faster than 2.1, the version it originally shipped with. If the hardware (GPU, primarily) support is there, I would assume ICS would be an improvement. But yeah, I guess it's a bit much to hope for.
- morsch 15y agoFor others who are curios: ICS is compiled for ARMv7, while the Blade is ARMv6. That's not a huge issue, though, now that the source has been released. It's already been re-compiled for ARMv6¹ and alpha ports with lots of things broken are up and running². So the effort to port it is well under way, although I wouldn't go as far as saying that a usable port is a certainty. ¹ http://android.modaco.com/topic/348898-ics-compiled-for-zte-blade/ http://android.modaco.com/topic/348898-ics-compiled-for-zte-... ² http://youtu.be/JDmcdPUVnbc http://youtu.be/JDmcdPUVnbc http://youtu.be/kt8ZZLincUY http://youtu.be/kt8ZZLincUY