Comprehensive Android Phone/MODs/ROMs Thread

[Krandor]

Don't think so

[Mafai]

Not trying to be smart here, but do you know you can long hold in the input field and it will popup a box for input method, here u can quickly change between keyboards.

I don't know of an app that force loads a keyboard based on screen orientation.

Someone else posted your exact question here (maybe it was you?):

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dro...landscape.html

[Velgadess]

Anyone know when Froyo is coming out for the LG Ally?

Late Fall people are guessing.

[Chun Liroy]

Not trying to be smart here, but do you know you can long hold in the input field and it will popup a box for input method, here u can quickly change between keyboards.

I don't know of an app that force loads a keyboard based on screen orientation.

Someone else posted your exact question here (maybe it was you?):

http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dro...landscape.html

No, I don't have an account there But thanks for the long hold info, didn't know about that. This is my first droid phone and I got it like 5 hours ago.

[Chun Liroy]

Another question... what's everyone's views on app killer. I've heard people say don't use it heavily, don't use it at all. I mean I don't wanna use it heavily, but I can't get the damn autokill to work. I have it on aggressive and auto kill when the phone screen goes out but it doesn't work. I've heard the battery life pretty much doubles after a few days of breaking it in so I'm not too worried about that, but I do want the phone to stay snappy.

[Antithesis]

Here is a list of ROMs for various Android devices:

→ Samsung Moment

Radioactive Froyo
Titanium X
MeatKernel
Amstel ROM

→ HTC EVO

Caulkulin's EVO ROM
Joeykrim's ROM

→ HTC Hero

FroydVillain

→ HTC Incredible

Ruby
Skyraider 2.5
Cyanogen

→ Motorola Droid

Chevyno1's Froyo ROM
Cyanogen

→ Samsung Vibrant

{ODIN} Froyo
Vibrant Eclair

[Kurokikaze]

Good stuff. Adding to OP.

[Krandor]

Some others for the Evo

Damage Control - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=745659
Fresh - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=743079
CM6 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=735596

Both DC and Fresh come with stock kernels (no OC/FPS unlock) so there are kernel options for those as well. CM6 has an alternate kernel in Snap, which provides tweaks to a whole ton of shit (undervolting, network tweaks, other stuff) and gets updated regularly to accommodate for changes in the CM6 kernel

netarchy-toastmod - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=719763 (FPS Unlock, OC/UV, Audio Tweaks)
KiNgxKernel - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=754128 (FPS, OC/UV, HAVS)
CM6-Snap - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=733099 (UV, Cpu Scaling, Network Tweaks, SDcard R/W tweaks)

[Chun Liroy]

Okay so I found and want to install this: http://forum.androidcentral.com/moto...i-droid-x.html

But I can't for the life of me figure out how the hell to execute those commands properly.

[Krandor]

Need to the android sdk, can just google it up. The lazy way to do things past that point is to just dump all the adb files into your C:\Users\<your name> folder.

Go to the start menu and type in cmd text entry bar. From there it's usually a good idea to type "adb devices" (minus the quotes obviously) to make sure your phone and computer are seeing each other. Then I'm going to assume you'll follow up with "adb shell" and go from there with the directions.

[Chun Liroy]

Alright, I think somethings wrong, I copypasta into command prompt and I get this:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Quincy>adb shell
$ su
mount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
cp /sdcard/services.jar /system/framework
cp /sdcard/framework-res.apk /system/framework
cp /sdcard/BlurHome.apk /system/app
smount -o ro,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
u
rebootmount -o rw,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
cp /sdcard/services.jar /system/framework
cp /sdcard/framework-res.apk /system/framework
cp /sdcard/BlurHome.apk /system/app
mount -o ro,remount -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system
Permission denied
$ mount: Operation not permitted
$ cp: /system/framework/services.jar: Read-only file system
$ cp: /system/framework/framework-res.apk: Read-only file system
$ cp: /system/app/BlurHome.apk: Read-only file system
$ mount: Operation not permitted
$

I tried typing it in line by line and I still get the same errors at the bottom, is the super user command not picking up?

Edit: I got it... not really all that interestin, i thought it was going to change some stuff, not just make it look like the Sense, guess I shoulda known, time to buy launcherpro and try that out.

[Ragnell]

Man I wanna update my Droid to one of those custom firmware but that shit looks confusing as fuck for me

[Antithesis]

Man I wanna update my Droid to one of those custom firmware but that shit looks confusing as fuck for me

1. Flash Stock root android to your phone.
2. Use connectbot to check if you have root access by typing "su" and receiving a # command in return.
3. Select your custom ROM and download the zip.
4. Insert the zip into the root of your SD Card.
5. Boot your device up in recovery mode. Select Apply zip from SD > Select your ROM and apply.
6. ???
7. Profit.

It's a bit more work than jailbreaking but nothing serious.

[Chun Liroy]

I bought launcher pro and I love it. Also bought that weather/clock sense looking one. Its beautiful.

[Ragnell]

Anyone else having issues with the market? Im trying to buy Setcpu but everytime I enter my CC info it tells me I get an Error

[Antithesis]

Anyone else having issues with the market? Im trying to buy Setcpu but everytime I enter my CC info it tells me I get an Error

You have Google Checkout?

[Ragnell]

No but Im entering my CC info

[Antithesis]

Pretty sure you need to use Google Checkout to buy stuff from the market. If regular CC info is giving you errors I suggest you use it.

[Chun Liroy]

Register the cc with your computer... That's what I did earlier

[Ragnell]

Yea Just did it, works now