Comprehensive Android Phone/MODs/ROMs Thread

[Kurp]

How scratch resistant is the EVO screen and camera lens? Do you guys use a case?

My trusty flip phone of around four years is taking its last breaths. I'm probably going to pick up an EVO in the next day or two, as it's about time I get out of the stone ages. I've been with Sprint for many years and would like to stay with them.

[Krandor]

The screen is pretty resistant, I think you can google up a scratch test video. The plastic around the back is less so, so you probably want something to cover that up, be it a case or some kind of 3M covering.

Personally I use both a screen cover and a case cause I'd rather be safe then sorrying.

[Kurokikaze]

Froyo performance gains seems to be overall boost.

[Celeras]

Are you aware you posted AT&Ts Voice/Edge network as a 3G coverage map? Not the same thing.

http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/8...overagemap.png

Blue is 3g.

[Kurokikaze]

Ohhh.. I thought their coverage seemed too good to be true. Thanks lol >.>

[Krandor]

So, HTC released the Evo source today, so fully functional froyo roms should be right around the corner, along with undervolt/overclock goodness :O

(Technically the evo already had all of those, but the makeshift kernel used so far broke quite a few things)

[Krandor]

Beyond Awesome - http://anddev.at.ua/news/scummvm_por...s/2010-06-02-1

ScummVM port for Android. It's basically just an APK to run the PC version of Scumm. I played a bit of Sam and Max and with graphic smoothing on it runs like a dream on my Evo, if a little difficult to play given the tiny screen size in comparison to a computer monitor.

Screenie from it running on my Evo

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y31...mandMaxEvo.png

[Mjd]

Wireless Tether (root) - Allows you to use your phone as a WiFi hotspot for up to 8 devices. Not necessary in Froyo.

Doesn't work with some Rom builds. The wifi tether that is built into Android, doesn't seem to work sometimes.




Kernels: (has wifi tether for root and usb tether for root apks)
http://www.p3designs.info/kernels/

Flash 10.1 Beta 3: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NT2ER7HX (NEED 2.2)

Moto Phone Portal: app which allows your phone to connect to your pc wirelessly and allow for file transfers.
http://sites.google.com/site/motodro...29WiFiOnly.zip

Caller ID: Shows city which # is located
http://sites.google.com/site/motodro...d.callerid.apk


There's a bunch of other stuff out there. I'm currently running JRummy's Froyo Kangerade v4.0.7.

[sruon]

I have a titanium backup license to share if anyone wants. /PM

[Kurokikaze]

Cyanogen Mod 6 RC 1 was recently released for the Nexus One, Magic and Dream.

Desire is up next followed by EVO. :D

Just ran a clean wipe/install for RC1 and damn shit is so cash. Very smooth compared to the alpha. No problems yet.

[Cougarclaw]

http://mashable.com/2010/07/12/google-app-inventor/

http://appinventor.googlelabs.com/

This just launched today, haven't had a chance to try it yet but it sounds really useful on paper. I can't tell you how many times I've thought to myself "I wish I could make an app that did ____".

[Seanr]

Fuck the Droid X apparently...
Motorola Is Willing To Break the Phone They Just Sold You

We don't really like the Droid X as a phone, but that part barely matters now. You probably shouldn't buy the phone because doing so supports something very wrong—something anti-customer and anti-innovation—that Motorola is doing.

According to a forum of Android modders, as pointed out by MobileCrunch, the Droid X is locked down with an authentication chip called an eFuse. Even if you aren't a hardcore techie, you can grasp what it does.

The eFuse is there to verify what's called a bootloader—the very first process to load filled with important stuff encompassing the core software of the phone, like firmware. And if the eFuse doesn't see specific, pre-programmed code within Motorola's guidelines, it will essentially short out and the Droid X will cease to function at all. (To resuscitate the phone, you'd need specialized hardware only found at Motorola.)

Now, I know what the skeptics may be thinking: Why would anyone be messing with the core software of the phone anyway? Great question.

Motorola's software sucks. Their 100% unnecessary Android skin on top of the Droid X ruins the experience of the phone, killing the speed and cluttering the UI, making it pretty much unusable.

But maybe you like Motorola! Maybe you're just a Motorola guy. Maybe you appreciate everything impressive they've done in terms of hardware with the Droid X. Maybe you just want to buy American as much as you can and realize that Motorola and Apple are (sort of) our last bastions of hope in a mobile marketplace dominated by excellent designer-manufacturers like HTC, Samsung, LG and RIM.

So maybe you want to buy the Droid X and load Android 2.2 yourself. Because Google, another bastion of American tech innovation, has this fantastic, newer, faster, better version of its operating system...not crummy old Android 2.1, the OS preloaded on the Droid X.

Motorola is telling you—maybe its most ardent customer base—don't even think about loading Android 2.2. Don't even think about messing with the phone's drivers or firmware. If you do this, we will break your phone.

Hey Motorola, imagine if Henry Ford made the Model-T blow up any time someone lifted the hood. Imagine if Thomas Edison shorted a homeowner's wiring if they tried to change their own lightbulb. Where would we be now?

If you'd rather not support your product if someone else meddles with it, that's totally fine. Void their warranties; don't kill your own product to spite them.

You are not inventors. You are profiteers afraid of people, at home, doing what you do better than you.

And maybe you should be.

[SDSD]

Anyone with a Motorola Droid (not X or 2) get Android 2.2 yet? It was supposed to be rolled out on July 13th but I haven't been notified of any upgrades.

[Krandor]

CM6 update from yesterday for the Evo version -



They said keyboards and and pretty much any other bluetooth device you can imagine works as well. The eventual plan is to have this + full HDMI output on the phone (instead of just pictures or videos), so that is quite literally a computer you can fit in your pocket.

Edit: And Yeah, Motorola is seriously dropping the ball on the Droid X, I feel sorry for everyone who already purchased that phone.

[Quixotic]

Anyone with a Motorola Droid (not X or 2) get Android 2.2 yet? It was supposed to be rolled out on July 13th but I haven't been notified of any upgrades.

False info, they announced sometime back that Froyo would be available for the X by the end of August.

edit: looks like me (and the person above me) read the quote wrong, since its asking about the original droid not the X or 2. I believe that is supposed to be in August as well.

[Kajii]

Finally got my X, must have apps?

Is Dolphin HD really that much better than stock browser?

[Krandor]

Tabbed browsing.

Other then that it's mostly just a much better interface, it has a very Firefox look imo, which another + to me.

[Kajii]

Does BG support Tapatalk?

[Krandor]

Don't believe so.

[sruon]

What do people use for widgets? Having a hard time filling Launcherpro 7 screens.

Using atm:
-Beautiful Widget Clock
-SetCPU
-MiniInfo
-Mortplayer Widget
-Extended Controls x3
-Multiple Apps Organizer folder
-Official Twitter

Bonus question: what's your favorite twitter app (with a decent widget), because official twitter isn't anywhere near as good as Sense Twitter.