The GOOGLE | ANDROID Thread

[RASC]

[Wolfie]

Everything works fine here so far.

http://theunlockr.com/2010/05/22/how-to ... one-users/

?????

nah don't follow that. They have Froyo files from May 24th? lol that makes no sense.

Right now jp2 and jp3 are leaked internal beta firmwares for froyo and are by no means anything official. They are still buggy. I suggest you wait it out until samsung rolls out their official OTA froyo.

[tr1ad]

the file to dl from that link not working when i follow instructions

[N3M3SIS]

the file to dl from that link not working when i follow instructions

The file is from May24th, of course it wouldn't work. That's not a samsung ROM because Galaxy S wasn't even out then.

Just wait until the official Froyo and don't screw up your $4,000+ phone

[tr1ad]

orr i thought it would work on my nexus one

[N3M3SIS]

decent but something tells me wait until december to see what surprise phones come out

[RASC]

For real jed, just relax nah Triad...

[RASC]

orr i thought it would work on my nexus one

You seem to forget:

Nexus1=HTC

Galaxy S=Samsung

The ROM's have to be customised for the different hardware architectures also.

[tr1ad]

ah lorse

d link is for froyo on unrooted nexus one

[M_2NR]

guys, not sure if u all saw this... think it might be of use..

http://www.redmondpie.com/download-android-2.2.1-for-nexus-one-and-update-it-manually-how-to-guide/

[Swisha]

ah lorse

d link is for froyo on unrooted nexus one

what u trying to do? get froyo on ur N1? all N1s should have gotten that update OTA by now...

but if u dont have it yet, then the link M_2NR posted explains it best how to get the latest fw which is 2.2.1

[Wolfie]

i'm now rooted and lagfixed

Quadrant score of 1975.

Currently running jph, smooth as butter.

The process was nerve wrecking but i kept my cool lol, i wasn't so worried about linux side of things but was worried about odin as this is the first time i've used it (and its closed source).

Now to play with setcpu and other goodies

[Swisha]

glad to see another iphone user has seen the light

[tr1ad]

can you transfer msn contacts over to google talk app automatically?

[N3M3SIS]

i'm now rooted and lagfixed

Quadrant score of 1975.

Currently running jph, smooth as butter.

The process was nerve wrecking but i kept my cool lol, i wasn't so worried about linux side of things but was worried about odin as this is the first time i've used it (and its closed source).

Now to play with setcpu and other goodies

lagfix will work great for a few days but then you'll start noticing minor lags again. Not as bad as before though. I removed my lagfix because I was scared of bricking the phone. My quadrant was 2200+

[Swisha]

Dell launching 7-inch Android tablet in 'next few weeks,' 10-incher to follow a few months later



Good news, folks. It's looking like the tablet pool will be enriched with another 7-inch contender, running Android, within only a few weeks. The Wall Street Journal cites Dell's Greater China President Amit Midha as saying that the 7-inch slate we witnessed Michael teasing a few short days ago will be with us "very, very soon." Reiterating earlier promises of a family of tablets, Midha claims there'll be "a whole slew" of new devices emerging from Dell's labs over the next 6 to 12 months, which will include 10-inch, 4-inch and 3-inch form factors. Android is confirmed as the OS on the 7-incher, but Windows will be making an appearance somewhere along the line as well. Plenty to look forward to, then.

http://goo.gl/h1j0

[Wolfie]

Hey Nem,did you run a taskkiller also?

I'm keeping this set up until the official Froyo release.

Will check the lag over the next few days

i'm now rooted and lagfixed

Quadrant score of 1975.

Currently running jph, smooth as butter.

The process was nerve wrecking but i kept my cool lol, i wasn't so worried about linux side of things but was worried about odin as this is the first time i've used it (and its closed source).

Now to play with setcpu and other goodies

lagfix will work great for a few days but then you'll start noticing minor lags again. Not as bad as before though. I removed my lagfix because I was scared of bricking the phone. My quadrant was 2200+

[Wolfie]

Saymyname



Works great with pico on the sgs

[Swisha]

Exclusive: Samsung Continuum for Verizon has double the displays, double the fun



The Fascinate's ride at the top of Sammy's Android lineup for Big Red might be a short one -- a very short one. Feast your eyes on this monster, said to be the rumored SCH-i400 Continuum, whose biggest claim to fame would be the addition of a secondary OLED display below the main. What might you use it for? Well, it's called the "Ticker," and it'll show notifications and RSS updates (and judging from that picture, weather conditions, too). Naturally, one of the selling points is that you can access basic phone functionality and information without having to fiddle with the normal UI or turn on that big, power-sapping primary display; in fact, the Ticker will automatically turn on when you grasp the bottom of the phone. The Continuum's also got a microSD slot on the side (accessible without a battery pull) and a dedicated camera button, and judging from one of the shots we've got, it might be Galaxy S-branded. Follow the break for a couple more shots!





http://www.engadget.com/2010/09/30/excl ... -displays/

[N3M3SIS]

Hey Nem,did you run a taskkiller also?

I'm keeping this set up until the official Froyo release.

Will check the lag over the next few days

i'm now rooted and lagfixed

Quadrant score of 1975.

Currently running jph, smooth as butter.

The process was nerve wrecking but i kept my cool lol, i wasn't so worried about linux side of things but was worried about odin as this is the first time i've used it (and its closed source).

Now to play with setcpu and other goodies

lagfix will work great for a few days but then you'll start noticing minor lags again. Not as bad as before though. I removed my lagfix because I was scared of bricking the phone. My quadrant was 2200+

My firmware has a bulit in task manager.

If you don't have that I highly recommend advanced task killer. The phone often runs a bunch of processes in the background that can kill your battery more.

[Swisha]

BlindType acquired by Google, Android typists grin uncontrollably



The note's short and sweet, but it confirms that Google's buying spree is still on -- BlindType was just acquired by the Big G. If you'll recall, we were wowed back in July by the software's ability to predict words regardless of how text was inputted, and it seems as if a few bigwigs within Google were as well. It's unclear what Google's Android team plans to do with its newfound IP, but you shouldn't have to strain your imagination too hard to hazard a guess. As for the BlindType team? They're "excited to join Google, and look forward to the great opportunities for mobile innovation that lie ahead." Likewise, folks... likewise.





http://goo.gl/uSxa

[Swisha]

WebP is Google's new, leaner image format



Google's unleashed a new image format -- WebP -- and the images? Well, they're about 40 percent smaller than JPEGs. Good news for space savers, to be sure, but if we know anything about 'the world' it's that the best format doesn't always win, and sometimes, just getting there first is enough. WebP has just been released as a developer preview. Like JPEG, WebP's lossy compression gives you the option to choose between file size and quality. The drawback? WebP files take much longer to encode -- apparently about eight times as long. Hit up the source to check out more examples like the one you see above.

Gallery


http://goo.gl/Rv4o

[Swisha]

How and Why Chrome Is Overtaking Firefox Among Power Users



Firefox has long been the go-to web browser among power users for its impressive feature set, extensibility, and openness. But Google's nimble, light, also extensible and open browser, Chrome, has won over Firefox's core user base. Here's why:

On Monday, we asked Lifehacker readers to share their current browser of choice, and the results were surprising. While we'd expected to see a jump in Chrome usage since our last poll (in which Firefox was favored by 57 percent of respondents to Chrome's 21 percent), we didn't expect Chrome to have surpassed Firefox usage by almost 10 percent. Specifically, out of 40,000 responses, 42 percent chose Chrome as their browser of choice; 33 percent chose Firefox.



We've championed Firefox at Lifehacker HQ since we opened our doors back in 2005, and we may never be able to adequately express the love we feel toward Firefox for rescuing us from the clutches of Internet Explorer. But if our poll is any indication, there may be a new sheriff in town. Here's how and why Chrome is overtaking Firefox among power users.

http://goo.gl/EbW6

[zcarz]

pre-ordered my htc desire hd yesterday, should arrive by the end of this month.

[Swisha]

^nice! from where?

[zcarz]

amazon.co.uk via kingofgadgets

[Swisha]

Motorola and Verizon's crazy portrait Droid Pro unveiled



Whoa -- we knew Motorola likes to get funky with the form factors, but the new Droid Pro on Verizon might be the strangest (and best) yet: it's a portrait device (the rumored Venus) with a BlackBerry-esque keyboard below the screen. It's not the Droid 2 World Edition we were expecting, but damn -- we're in love.

It's going to have a 5 megapixel auto-focus camera, 3.1-inch display, 1GHz processor -- and a dual-mode CDMA/GSM chip for worldwide roaming. It'll be available in the first week of November.
Follow the break for the press release.





http://goo.gl/aaDm

[Swisha]

Android is number one OS among US phone buyers over the last six months



BlackBerry OS? Dead! iOS? Dead! Symbian? Never stood a chance. Android's exponential growth has today been illustrated by Nielsen's statisticians who present us with the above chart of recent US smartphone purchases. It shows that over the six months leading up to August 2010, 32 percent of American new phone buyers had grabbed themselves a device with Google's OS on board, which is comfortably ahead of RIM at 26 percent and Apple at 25 percent. These results corroborate NPD's figures on the matter -- which peg Android at 33 percent of new US purchases -- and reiterate the idea that Android is headed to a place whose name starts with D and ends with omination. One more chart showing total market share can be found after the break (hint: BlackBerry still reigns supreme overall).



http://goo.gl/NeJ9

[pugboy]

what the opinion on the HTC hero ?
is it considered slow and outdated now ?

[Swisha]

i'd say so. dont think HTC plans on any android updates for that phone