New Android Version for Nexus One may change my mind about "Jumping Ship"

[Amber Lamps]

Supposedly, it makes the Nexus One run 450% faster, has Flash support, supports tethering and mobile hotspot, allows you to download apps to the sd card, etc...:rockwoot: Of course it's available for the N1 first. I may wait until the update to possibly update to the HTC Evo 4g. I really want that HUGE screen but if they can get the N1 to run better, I may save my money.:idk:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/05/20/AR2010052003295.html

[derf]

Dont forget over the air sync with your desktop

[Homeslice]

Is 4g even available where you live? It isn't here.

[Trip]

That's frozen yogurt, it's not due out til the 2nd half of the year and it will be available for all 2010 released android phones including the EVO and the Incredible.

I wouldn't follow the washington post's comments about it.

Go to http://www.androidcentral.com

http://www.androidcentral.com/android-22-froyo-officially-announced

[Amber Lamps]

Is 4g even available where you live? It isn't here.

To be honest, we don't even get 3g here!!!:lol: I don't care about that, I really only care about the large screen and some of the other internal features. Of course, with the update, several of the features that are available on the EVO will be available on the Nexus One so...:idk:

[Trip]

To be honest, we don't even get 3g here!!!:lol: I don't care about that, I really only care about the large screen and some of the other internal features. Of course, with the update, several of the features that are available on the EVO will be available on the Nexus One so...:idk:

Have you messed with an Android HTC phone? I suggest you go play with an incredible in a Verizon store if you can find one. HTC Sense adds a lot to the Android OS. The Nexus One will never have HTC Sense. I say wait out for the EVO and get it.

The EVO and the Nexus One will both have Android 2.1. They won't be really any different until the 2.2 update and they still will both get 2.2. The difference will be the HTC Sense stuff.

[Amber Lamps]

I don't know but I'm still betting that the N1 gets the update first. There are tons of rumors going around. If I wanted to become a developer, I could download it now...:lol: It wouldn't surprise me if I get the update within the next week or so. We got the 2.1 update weeks before anyone else.

[Dave]

Have you messed with an Android HTC phone? I suggest you go play with an incredible in a Verizon store if you can find one. HTC Sense adds a lot to the Android OS. The Nexus One will never have HTC Sense. I say wait out for the EVO and get it.

The EVO and the Nexus One will both have Android 2.1. They won't be really any different until the 2.2 update and they still will both get 2.2. The difference will be the HTC Sense stuff.

dont say never, you could do it if you root it

[azoomm]

Trip, n1 is an HTC android. :wink:

[Amber Lamps]

Have you messed with an Android HTC phone? I suggest you go play with an incredible in a Verizon store if you can find one. HTC Sense adds a lot to the Android OS. The Nexus One will never have HTC Sense. I say wait out for the EVO and get it.

The EVO and the Nexus One will both have Android 2.1. They won't be really any different until the 2.2 update and they still will both get 2.2. The difference will be the HTC Sense stuff.

Ah but not everyone is in love with HTC Sense.... remember, I just sent a HD2 back. I wasn't super happy with Sense, I understand that was on WinMo but still.... We'll see, trust me 2.2 will show up on N1 before anyone else, which will give me a chance to try it out. As pointed out, I don't get 3g much less 4g so that doesn't really impress me. All of the features will be the same between the phones minus the 8M camera, 1.3M raccoon shot camera and the huge screen. The main reason I may change is that T-Mobile coverage isn't very good here, Sprint is only slightly better...

[Amber Lamps]

Trip, n1 is an HTC android. :wink:

I thought he knew that...:wink:

[azoomm]

I thought he knew that...:wink:

Shhhhhhh.

:lol:

Btw, great video on the topic.

http://mobile.venturebeat.com/2010/05/20/android-froyo-google-apple/

[Amber Lamps]

dont say never, you could do it if you root it

I've actually seen a N1 running Sense. There's no real reason that it can't port it.:idk:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfnM8J3KJO0

[Dave]

I've actually seen a N1 running Sense. There's no real reason that it can't port it.:idk:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfnM8J3KJO0

Exactly, I've heard of droids running it too and motoblur ported to htc devices

[Trip]

Trip, n1 is an HTC android. :wink:

Not in the same terms as a true HTC device. It's on manufactured by HTC design is by Google

[Trip]

dont say never, you could do it if you root it

These devices perform poorly 99% of the time.

[Amber Lamps]

These devices perform poorly 99% of the time.

Bro, the HTC Devour is a Nexus 1...

[Trip]

It's not a rooted device.

[Amber Lamps]

It's not a rooted device.

True... anyway,I'm taking the wait and see approach. No use switching without major upgrades.

[azoomm]

Not in the same terms as a true HTC device. It's on manufactured by HTC design is by Google

I'm sorry - I thought the fact that it's made by HTC and running Android software made it an HTC Android. Who knew??

[Dave]

Bro, the HTC Devour is a Nexus 1...

Uhh the only devour I know of is a motorola

[Kaneman]

Any chance ATT is giong to have any of this cool shit?

[azoomm]

Any chance ATT is giong to have any of this cool shit?

Sorry man, y'all have the iPhone. :nee:

[Dave]

http://jkontherun.com/2010/03/10/when-open-platforms-get-closed-att-cripples-backflip/Any chance ATT is giong to have any of this cool shit?

They have the backflip but its crippled from the factory

[Kaneman]

Sorry man, y'all have the iPhone. :nee:

Man I'm tired of the iPhone, nothing against it but I'm ready for something new and fresh.

http://jkontherun.com/2010/03/10/when-open-platforms-get-closed-att-cripples-backflip/

They have the backflip but its crippled from the factory

FUCK! I don't even like that phone anyway.

[EpyonXero]

Im looking forward to getting Froyo on my Droid, supposedly its coming out in June. Id be shocked if Verizon allowed the tethering feature but Ill jailbreak the phone to get it if I have to. Being able to use my existing data plan for another device like an iPad would be great.

[LeeNetworX]

Is 4g even available where you live? It isn't here.

ORLY? This red state has had 4G in the city that no one wants to visit for some time now. Sucks to be you.

[Kaneman]

Just signed up with Verizon and ordered the Incredible....will update when it comes in.

[Trip]

Just signed up with Verizon and ordered the Incredible....will update when it comes in.

You will love it.

[Kaneman]

You will love it.

Playing with it in the store blew me away....made my iPhone 3G seem like a rotary phone.

[Amber Lamps]

Uhh the only devour I know of is a motorola

Oops is it the Desire? I can't remember... What does it say in the video I posted?:lol:

[Dave]

Oops is it the Desire? I can't remember... What does it say in the video I posted?:lol:

Hell if I know, I just remember the devour ad had megan fox naked in a bubble bath. Sorta left an impression
































































In my pants ;) :lol:

[Trip]

Oops is it the Desire? I can't remember... What does it say in the video I posted?:lol:


It's similar but not exact. Plus its only sold overseas.

[Amber Lamps]

It's similar but not exact. Plus its only sold overseas.

Okay

[Digifox]

Pfff fuck sense. It eats ram and glitches on android.
It made winmo though.

The N1 for being googles phone has kinda been surpassed by the incredible & evo..wait 512 & snapdragon... only diff is the camera.

I personally like the n1... juat all around+1st for the new updates.. and the first to get gingerbread in Q4

But hey ports are usually pretty good.. im using a port right now....

[Kaneman]

Pfff fuck sense. It eats ram and glitches on android.
It made winmo though.

The N1 for being googles phone has kinda been surpassed by the incredible & evo..wait 512 & snapdragon... only diff is the camera.

I personally like the n1... juat all around+1st for the new updates.. and the first to get gingerbread in Q4

But hey ports are usually pretty good.. im using a port right now....

I dunno man, every single review I've read of the Incredible says its the fastest on the market and virtually glitch free....even when running numerous apps. The one I played with today displayed the same behavior...

We'll see....I hope it doesn't make me miss my iPhone.

[Amber Lamps]

I dunno man, every single review I've read of the Incredible says its the fastest on the market and virtually glitch free....even when running numerous apps. The one I played with today displayed the same behavior...

We'll see....I hope it doesn't make me miss my iPhone.

No what he's saying is that all of the "new gen" Android phones are using the same processor and have the same capabilities. What sets the EVO apart is that it has more ram BUT since there isn't any frickin' 4g coverage, it's kinda worthless. Which also kinda negates the tethering and hot spot features as well...The big features on the Incredible and the EVO for me revolve around the camera and the video capabilities... They are both 8M cameras and the EVO will record in 720p, I believe a first for a phone, and play that video directly to your HDTV via a HDMI cord. Every other "feature" will be available on the N1 when the update comes out.

[derf]

I found the future plan from google for android updates

With Froyo, Google's latest dessert-themed update to its Android mobile OS, they added even more features users were clamoring for, like wireless syncing and hotspot support. But what about future updates? We think we've got it figured out.

Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
Release Date: Fall 2011
Features:
-WebM video playback support
-Full UI refresh
-Bluetooth voice commands
-Broader video codec support

Android 2.4 (Häagen-Dazs)
Release Date: Summer 2012
Features:
-Auto-tuned voice calls
-Built-in Twitter client automatically follows Drunk Hulk
-Fart ringtones standard
-Runs iPhone apps

Android 2.5 (Ice Cream)
Release Date: Winter 2013
Features:
-Automatic privacy screen when browsing pornography
-Valid form of ID in continental US and parts of EU
-Native CueCat support
-Calls your mother on her birthday

Android 2.6 (Jellybean)
Release Date: Spring 2014
Features:
-Phone numbers replaced by targeted ads
-Automatically screens calls based on other party's attractiveness
-Emits powerful Nordic pheromones
-Vibration mode causes spontaneous conception

Android 2.7 (Krispy Kreme)
Release Date: Summer/Fall 2015
Features:
-Charges via self-righteousness from not owning an iPhone
-Speaker automatically blasts Sade when in vicinity of love-making
-Transforms into an actual android
-Divides by zero

Android 3.0 (Lollipops)
Release Date: Spring/Summer 2016
Feature:
-BLOW JOBS

[Dave]

bring on the lolipops

[derf]

bring on the lolipops

no shit

[Amber Lamps]

I would pay for that update!

[azoomm]

http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/22/android-froyo-nexus-one/

Woo!

[derf]

http://techcrunch.com/2010/05/22/android-froyo-nexus-one/

Woo!

Did you get the 2.2 push yet?

[Amber Lamps]

not yet...what say you now Trip? :)

[Rangerscott]

Is the Droid still getting love?

[Amber Lamps]

Is the Droid still getting love?

Don't know...I'm betting they are going by the serial number so mine will be a while since I just had it replaced by HTC a couple days ago....:lol: It's kind of funny because I was pissed that that my blue tooth wouldn't work correctly with my headset, GPS or car stereo....apparently this update or the next addresses that. Oh well, thanks HTC customer service!:idk::lol:

[Trip]

not yet...what say you now Trip? :)

Google announced 2nd half of this year. Apparently they are the good kind of liars.

[Switch]

Trip, n1 is an HTC android. :wink:

I think he meant with HTC's Sense UI.

[EpyonXero]

Is the Droid still getting love?

I dont think its gone out to the Droid yet but Google said the Droid and the Nexus One would be the first phones to get it so it might be coming soon.

For the lucky people who have 2.2 and Flash installed, instructions for how to get Hulu to work on your phone:
http://phandroid.com/2010/05/23/want-to-watch-hulu-on-your-android/

[EpyonXero]

Droid 2 with HDMI output. :drool
http://phandroid.com/2010/05/23/motorola-shadow-droid-2/

[azoomm]

I haven't, but my husband has. He bought his well before mine. And, he is in South Korea...

[Rangerscott]

Android and google are getting serious about phones. Damn!

[Digifox]

Necroish...but that fucking Froyo shit is AWESOME!
I just ran a real early port (63% complete and left 219Mb) on my Mytouch (WITHOUT setcpu)
and it was the fastest ROM I've used so far!

[derf]

Necroish...but that fucking Froyo shit is AWESOME!
I just ran a real early port (63% complete and left 219Mb) on my Mytouch (WITHOUT setcpu)
and it was the fastest ROM I've used so far!

were you overclocking at all? Once the complete version is out in the wild I think i might put it on mytouch

[Homeslice]

new iphone vs evo, too bad both are on crap networks :td:

[Amber Lamps]

new iphone vs evo, too bad both are on crap networks :td:

I have an EVO waiting for me at Best Buy but I'm not sure if I should wait for Froyo. .. most of my problems with my Nexus One will be answered in the update.

[Rangerscott]

Where's my Fro Ho dammit!

[Dave]

Discovered a built in, hidden .pdf viewer on the droid. Needs a file explorer program to use it it but it works pretty well. Been loading the phone up with some books, old playboys, and back issues of fast bikes ;)

[Rangerscott]

Discovered a built in, hidden .pdf viewer on the droid. Needs a file explorer program to use it it but it works pretty well. Been loading the phone up with some books, old playboys, and back issues of fast bikes ;)

That's worked for me from the get go.

[Amber Lamps]

That's worked for me from the get go.

I got a pdf viewer/scanner from the marketplace...:idk:

[Dave]

That's worked for me from the get go.

Does yours have a shortcut for quickoffice?

[pauldun170]

So whats the deal with battery life? You have to carry the charger with you if you want to go the movies or drop something off at the post office?

[derf]

So whats the deal with battery life? You have to carry the charger with you if you want to go the movies or drop something off at the post office?

No most android phones have seen complaints about battery life. It has alot to do with the fact that it is constantly searching for an update from the internet. There are ways to offset this though. I started using 2 programs juice defender (which only searches for internet updates every 3 minutes). I also use task killer which shuts off any programs I'm not currently using. I went from having less than 50% batter life at the end of the bussiness day to having 80% each day with normal use.

[Homeslice]

No most android phones have seen complaints about battery life. It has alot to do with the fact that it is constantly searching for an update from the internet. There are ways to offset this though. I started using 2 programs juice defender (which only searches for internet updates every 3 minutes). I also use task killer which shuts off any programs I'm not currently using. I went from having less than 50% batter life at the end of the bussiness day to having 80% each day with normal use.

Are you talking standby, or actually using it all day?

[Rangerscott]

No most android phones have seen complaints about battery life. It has alot to do with the fact that it is constantly searching for an update from the internet. There are ways to offset this though. I started using 2 programs juice defender (which only searches for internet updates every 3 minutes). I also use task killer which shuts off any programs I'm not currently using. I went from having less than 50% batter life at the end of the bussiness day to having 80% each day with normal use.


I wish there was a way to stop the market from finding updates all the damn time. I'll search for a newer version of a program when I feel like it dammit.

[Rangerscott]

Does yours have a shortcut for quickoffice?

No, but I've downloaded .pdf files and it opens them up. Doesn't seem to be a program, just opens up kinda like a new tab.

[jtemple]

Interesting battery life issues.

I really want to get away from this iPhone and I like Android a lot. But, here I sit with a plain old 3G that easily runs all day long playing music and whatnot and has plenty of battery left at the end of the day. If I do some seriously heavy emailing or run the navigation app without having it plugged in, the battery drains pretty quickly. But, for 90% of my daily use, I have more than enough battery to get through the day. I guess the lack of multitasking has its benefits.

[EpyonXero]

Interesting battery life issues.

I really want to get away from this iPhone and I like Android a lot. But, here I sit with a plain old 3G that easily runs all day long playing music and whatnot and has plenty of battery left at the end of the day. If I do some seriously heavy emailing or run the navigation app without having it plugged in, the battery drains pretty quickly. But, for 90% of my daily use, I have more than enough battery to get through the day. I guess the lack of multitasking has its benefits.

The only time I have to worry about my Droid dying before the day is done is when I stream video or audio over 3G, when I am in a situation where the cell signal is weak or non-existent, or if Im using some type of navigation app for an extended time..

[Rangerscott]

My droid does just fine on battery life. It'll play mp3's all day (w/ screen off) and "maybe" use half the battery. The only time battery life seems short is when I have the screen turned up and I'm on the web most of the day. I've only had a couple times of almost dead battery scenerios. Hell Pandora hardly drains the battery.

[defector]

The Police Scanner app on my droid eats the battery pretty quickly. Everything else is fairly light on battery usage.

[Rangerscott]

You can go into system settings and see what is using what percentage of the battery. The screen is always No1.

[Kaneman]

And don't forget with a Droid phone you can upgrade the battery and have a spare ready to go.

[jtemple]

Sure, but who wants to carry around 2 batteries? Not me. I'm also not a big fan of hanging a big fat battery off the back of my phone for more battery life.

I'm guessing the crazy battery drain comes mostly from really heavy users. Playing music isn't that demanding. It's the heavy data usage stuff that really knocks it down. It'll do that to the iPhone as well.

[Rangerscott]

Stop watching porn all and get to work. There, battery problem solved.

[Homeslice]

Sure, but who wants to carry around 2 batteries? Not me. I'm also not a big fan of hanging a big fat battery off the back of my phone for more battery life.

I'm guessing the crazy battery drain comes mostly from really heavy users. Playing music isn't that demanding. It's the heavy data usage stuff that really knocks it down. It'll do that to the iPhone as well.

I carry an extra laptop battery almost everywhere, so I don't think I'd mind carrying an extra cellphone battery seeing as how it's about the size of a matchbook. :shrug:

iPhone is still somewhat inferior when it comes to actual phone calling abilities. Not to mention that AT&T's network sucks compared to Verizon, IMO.

Some people would be better off buying an iPad or netbook, and then a basic $20 or pre-paid phone.

[Trip]

Sure, but who wants to carry around 2 batteries? Not me. I'm also not a big fan of hanging a big fat battery off the back of my phone for more battery life.

I'm guessing the crazy battery drain comes mostly from really heavy users. Playing music isn't that demanding. It's the heavy data usage stuff that really knocks it down. It'll do that to the iPhone as well.

Bigger capacity batteries don't always have the larger door. I have one for my incredible and it uses the stock door. The battery is tiny. I can keep it anywhere in case of emergency.

[Trip]

iPhone is still somewhat inferior when it comes to actual phone calling abilities. Not to mention that AT&T's network sucks compared to Verizon, IMO.

Steve Jobs had to ask everyone at the iphone 4 unveiling to stop surfing the web so he could show the features of the new iphone because of the suck radio/network. He asked for suggestions to help him get on the network and someone yelled out "Verizon." LOL

Talk about funneh.

[Dave]

Steve Jobs had to ask everyone at the iphone 4 unveiling to stop surfing the web so he could show the features of the new iphone because of the suck radio/network. He asked for suggestions to help him get on the network and someone yelled out "Verizon." LOL

Talk about funneh.

Lolz would have been better if they offered to let him tether off of their android device

[jtemple]

The iPhone is a nice phone. Now that Android has some serious contenders going, Apple's biggest bottleneck is going to be AT&T.

Did you see that Sprint is imposing a $10 monthly fee for all EVO users? Why? Oh, just because.

If I could switch carriers right now, I'd probably spring for the Droid Incredible on Verizon.

Has anyone been able to compare the iPod functionality on the iPhone to Android's media player? I keep hearing the media player kind of blows.

[Trip]

Did you see that Sprint is imposing a $10 monthly fee for all EVO users? Why? Oh, just because.

That's for 4G, iphone can't do that at all.

[jtemple]

That's for 4G, iphone can't do that at all.It's already been debunked as a bullshit claim:

http://consumerist.com/2010/06/sprint-charges-a-10-monthly-awesomeness-fee-to-own-the-htc-evo.html

When I called the Sprint sales department asking about the Evo we checked where I live to see if 4G was available. It was not. Not even close. The sales person told me that I could opt out of the $10.00 premium data charge but if I went to a 4G area I would be limited to 3G because I did not enroll in the premium data package.

Once I bought the phone and checked my plan at sprint.com lo and behold I see the premium data charge. When I purchased the phone the girl behind the counter told me she was disabling 4g so I would not see the 10 dollar charge. I called support just now and had to speak to a supervisor. The super told me that the 10 dollar premium data was because of the 1ghz Snapdragon processor. What kind of web of lies is this? The Incredible, Nexus One, HD2 and other phones have a 1ghz Snapdragon and they don't get hit with a "premium data" charge.

[jtemple]

Has anyone been able to compare the iPod functionality on the iPhone to Android's media player? I keep hearing the media player kind of blows.I'm not talking about all that cover flow, genius and lyrics crap that the iPhone has. I just want good playlist support.

[Trip]

It's already been debunked as a bullshit claim:

http://consumerist.com/2010/06/sprint-charges-a-10-monthly-awesomeness-fee-to-own-the-htc-evo.html

It's to pay for the 4G network they are building. They don't let you opt out of it.

You can't really say shit though with the bullshit quota changes AT&T just made.

[jtemple]

It's to pay for the 4G network they are building. They don't let you opt out of it.The salesman told this guy he could opt out.

The charge still showed up on his bill.

When confronting customer service (which Sprint is notorious sucking at), they said it was because of the phone's CPU, which is the same CPU as other phones that do not charge the $10 fee.

Is every 4G phone to release from this point forward going to cost you an extra $10 a month to own? No thanks.

[Dave]

I'm not talking about all that cover flow, genius and lyrics crap that the iPhone has. I just want good playlist support.

I use meridian, works great. Very frequently updated

[skiergirl]

I just got the HTC Evo last night and love it! Super easy to use and set up just takes a little getting used to the touch screen, my old phone was a Crackberry with a keyboard. Did notice today that battery is already and 1/2 and it's only 1pm so we'll see how that goes...but so far so good.

[Homeslice]

The salesman told this guy he could opt out.

The charge still showed up on his bill.

When confronting customer service (which Sprint is notorious sucking at), they said it was because of the phone's CPU, which is the same CPU as other phones that do not charge the $10 fee.

Is every 4G phone to release from this point forward going to cost you an extra $10 a month to own? No thanks.

That's hilarious. Sprint customer service is crap. I had a laptop card with them, and when I called they had to transfer me 4-5 times to find someone who even knew anything about that part of their business.

Plus they put 2 accounts and 2 duplicate bills in my name instead of 1, and it took them 3 months to fix it.

[EpyonXero]

I'm not talking about all that cover flow, genius and lyrics crap that the iPhone has. I just want good playlist support.

Everything Ive tried for my Droid is still way behind Apples interface, I still carry my iPod Touch to play music.. Theres no easy way to create, edit, and sync playlists on your Android device. DoubleTwist did just come out with an Android app though, it lets you syncronize your phone with your iTunes playlists.

[jtemple]

Everything Ive tried for my Droid is still way behind Apples interface, I still carry my iPod Touch to play music.. Theres no easy way to create, edit, and sync playlists on your Android device. DoubleTwist did just come out with an Android app though, it lets you syncronize your phone with your iTunes playlists.I've read about some ways to sync the music with Winamp. Not having an Android phone, I haven't looked too deeply into it.

Getting rid of iTunes is one of the reasons I'm considering switching to Android. The last thing I want to do is sync it with iTunes.

Here's a quote about Winamp from another forum:

I recently started winamp when my Droid was connected and mounted* and Winamp immediately recognized that there was a "mass storage device of an unknown type" attached to the computer. Winamp then asked me if I wanted to treat the storage devices as a music player and let winamp sync it. I said yes and everything has worked perfectly so far.

My only gripe was that winamp stores everything on the root of the SD card. but it's not a big deal because it seems all the files are automatically detected by the droid anyways. It seems that's how a lot of apps work too -- kind of a "just toss their files on the root and use applications to sort through the pile" philosophy. So for whatever it's worth, at this point I dont care much that all the files on my SD card are at the root. Though I do plan to look for a way in winamp to make it a bit more tidy.

[Rangerscott]

Acer Stream.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgOVsOCjxvQ&playnext_from=TL&videos=rCcnDkc8rnM&feature=sub

[Homeslice]

ORLY? This red state has had 4G in the city that no one wants to visit for some time now. Sucks to be you.

Out here where real estate actually costs money, it takes time to develop a new network :lol:

[azoomm]

Hello 2.2. I'm impressed by how fast this thing is now. And, I thought it was fast before!

[Rangerscott]

How in the hell do I delete the amazon mp3 shit. Fucker just keeps running in the background.


I wonder if 2.2 adjust the hardware any?

[Kaneman]

When do i get 2.2 for the incredible?

[Rangerscott]

When do i get 2.2 for the incredible?

Bitch! Get to the back of the line. Droid was here before you.

[Trip]

When do i get 2.2 for the incredible?

It will be awhile before official. They have still yet to fully root it, so who knows when they will have a decent rom for it.

[Amber Lamps]

How in the hell do I delete the amazon mp3 shit. Fucker just keeps running in the background.


I wonder if 2.2 adjust the hardware any?


Figure out how and I'll give you a dollar!!! I hate Amazon!!!

[Dave]

Figure out how and I'll give you a dollar!!! I hate Amazon!!!

Has to be rooted

[Kaneman]

Courtesy of Android Central

The HTC Droid Incredible on Verizon (read our review) appears to be slated for an official update to enable 802.11n Wifi -- that's the fast kind -- according to a filing Friday with the FCC. [via Wireless Goodness] Included in the filing is an updated owners manual, which clearly shows 802.11n speed as being supported, as you can see below.

We'll go out on a limb here and say this may be a precursor to an update to Android 2.2, which we know officially supports 802.11n. And, no, we have no idea when any update may be pushed out.

And speaking of updates, HTC issued a statement to BGR regarding the "issue" of browser thumbnails (you'll recall it's not really a bug) being cached on the phone's internal storage, which is not wiped by a hard reset. HTC said:

HTC has identified the root cause of the DROID Incredible not deleting web page thumbnails after a factory reset, and is creating an update which will eliminate this issue. This will be distributed through a software maintenance release that will be pushed to devices in the near future.

We're not sure if that means the internal storage (those 6 gigabytes of space not used by the operating system) will be wiped on hard reset, or if the browser thumbnails will be moved to a different partition. Regardless, HTC reminds us that you can wipe the internal storage -- as in erase everything that's on it -- by going to Settings>SD Card and Phone Storage>Format phone storage. So the sky's not falling, people. Big brother's not watching you (at least not over this), and we can all go back to complaining about when we'll get Android 2.2.

[Mr Lefty]

Hello 2.2. I'm impressed by how fast this thing is now. And, I thought it was fast before!

Yeah 2.2 is fast as hell on my Droid


Figure out how and I'll give you a dollar!!! I hate Amazon!!!

Has to be rooted

ehh... even on my Droid (rooted) I can't delete it... that or the Twitter bullshit. though i haven't gone in and fucked with app manager but it's not listed in the application menu in settings.

[Kaneman]

So you guys are telling me when I get 2.2 for my Incredible its going to be even faster than it is now?? Cause it already kicks my laptop's ass as it is...

[Mr Lefty]

Yes... Froyo is all about hardware tweeks... the browser is supposed to dominate any and all in speed.

Gingerbread is supposed to be the big changes in UI

[Kaneman]

Unreal, I'm ashamed I ever had an iPhone. Though to be fair when I first contracted on it there was nothing comparable.

How long after Froyo is Gingerbread expected to come out, and are there rumors about what UI changes we might be looking at.

It seemed to me based on the videos I've seen of Froyo that there were quite a few UI changes, with the photo albums, etc.

[Mr Lefty]

Froyo is supposed to be coming out soon... Nexus 1 already got it... (as you can read from this thread) Gingerbread (still the unofficial name) is supposed to be out by the end of the year...


check this site out... they do multiple updates daily... and have a lot of good info
http://www.androidcentral.com/

[Kaneman]

Froyo is supposed to be coming out soon... Nexus 1 already got it... (as you can read from this thread) Gingerbread (still the unofficial name) is supposed to be out by the end of the year...


check this site out... they do multiple updates daily... and have a lot of good info
http://www.androidcentral.com/

I'm always logged in to Android Central since Trip recommended it.

[Mr Lefty]

I'm always logged in to Android Central since Trip recommended it.

yeah same here...that's where I'm getting all the info I'm regurgitating here...

[Trip]

Xda is also the bombtastic for rooting info and dev info.

[Mr Lefty]

nice

[Porkchop]

Gaddamnit you guys are making it real hard for me to wait a month. I want the Incredible so bad... redflip

[Mr Lefty]

Gaddamnit you guys are making it real hard for me to wait a month. I want the Incredible so bad... redflip

read up... that should be enough for you to wait... the new phones hitting this summer are fuck'n nice!

[Porkchop]

read up... that should be enough for you to wait... the new phones hitting this summer are fuck'n nice!

I have been. I'm not super impressed with what im seeing with the Moto 2. I'm going to have to wait to play with that. And the X is way too big for what I need. Any other verizon hitters I should watch for by August?

[Mr Lefty]

ehh I think the X is gonna be the shit. the size doesn't bug me at all...

I'm wondering if specs are gonna change on the 2 as info about the X leaks...

[Trip]

The x is almost a damn tablet. I would rather a tablet at that size.

[Mr Lefty]

considering the thing is in a jacket pocket or on my desk, or in a holster on my belt (when I don't have a jacket or not riding) so size isn't bad... and it's not THAT much bigger than my droid IMO... but who knows... my mind may change when I see it.

[Amber Lamps]

considering the thing is in a jacket pocket or on my desk, or in a holster on my belt (when I don't have a jacket or not riding) so size isn't bad... and it's not THAT much bigger than my droid IMO... but who knows... my mind may change when I see it.

the EVO is big but that screen is worth it IMHO. We were shooting video of my gf rollerblading this afternoon and for a phone the 720p is off the chain!

[Mr Lefty]

the EVO is big but that screen is worth it IMHO. We were shooting video of my gf rollerblading this afternoon and for a phone the 720p is off the chain!

they've changed the claim... the screen isn't 720p... the phone will CAPTURE 720p... still not bad.

but yeah... I've got large hands and I'm cool with the extra real-estate of the screen

[Porkchop]

considering the thing is in a jacket pocket or on my desk, or in a holster on my belt (when I don't have a jacket or not riding) so size isn't bad... and it's not THAT much bigger than my droid IMO... but who knows... my mind may change when I see it.

Thats the whole thing. i want to SEE them. I knew the minute that the Moto 1 was in my hands, that I didnt like the qwerty. Now from the pictures of the 2, the qwerty looks a ton better. Same goes with the X, it will need to be in my hands. But as far as I am concerned right now, my phone is in my pocket too much, and I don't have a desk at work.

[Mr Lefty]

to be honest... I NEVER use the keyboard. I rarely use the phone in landscape view

where as in my storm was rarely used in portrait. (and it a fucking piece of shit both ways)

[Amber Lamps]

they've changed the claim... the screen isn't 720p... the phone will CAPTURE 720p... still not bad.

but yeah... I've got large hands and I'm cool with the extra real-estate of the screen

I know, we have the mini HDMI cable. looks awesome on the big screen and on my computer!

[Mr Lefty]

I was talking about the X... not the Evo... I didn't realize the Evo did that as well..

[Mr Lefty]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pEDDysCqyw&feature=player_embedded#at=161

[Trip]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pEDDysCqyw&feature=player_embedded#at=161

straight to facebook with mad props

REAL TALK

[Mr Lefty]

Holla!

[Amber Lamps]

Holla!

I like that the Google puppet is a little brown guy...

[Mr Lefty]

:lol: nice...

[Dave]

finally got around to rooting my droid tonight. found a semi official "test" release of froyo coupled with the dev kernel which allows overclocking to 800 mhz :D seems to be working pretty good, averageing 12.5 mflops via linpack. pretty happy with things overall, might try a bump to 1k later but so far its nice and stable. lost wifi though. have to work on that later...

[Mr Lefty]

finally got around to rooting my droid tonight. found a semi official "test" release of froyo coupled with the dev kernel which allows overclocking to 800 mhz :D seems to be working pretty good, averageing 12.5 mflops via linpack. pretty happy with things overall, might try a bump to 1k later but so far its nice and stable. lost wifi though. have to work on that later...

mine is starting to glitch more and more... thinking of doing the whole process again. not sure what the issue is, but the touch screen isn't as accurate anymore, programs hang quite a bit, pandora will quit working and throw error messages until I re boot. doesn't happen often... just more and more.

still love Froyo.. the Droid is supposed to get the Official version here this month! (july)

[Dave]

mine is starting to glitch more and more... thinking of doing the whole process again. not sure what the issue is, but the touch screen isn't as accurate anymore, programs hang quite a bit, pandora will quit working and throw error messages until I re boot. doesn't happen often... just more and more.

still love Froyo.. the Droid is supposed to get the Official version here this month! (july)

We'll see how it goes, I used a clean unmolested rom/kernel so I'm hoping the performance sticks around. Really flying on the old mobile site

[Mr Lefty]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7yD-0pqZg&feature=player_embedded#at=127

[Rangerscott]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FL7yD-0pqZg&feature=player_embedded#at=127

Already been posted silly willy.

[Rangerscott]

http://www.jr.com/sony-ericsson/pe/ERC_W995ABLACK/?JRSource=chemail.4thOfJuly.07012010

[Trip]

Looks like that video might have cost a Best Buy employee his job. HAHAHAHHAHAHA

http://www.androidcentral.com/author-evo-versus-iphone-4-might-lose-job

[Dave]

Got flash installed :D can you say mobile strongbad emails?

[Rangerscott]

Download your SpillMap app.

[Mr Lefty]

Hey Dave, the build I have of Froyo allows my WiFi to work...

http://www.androidcentral.com/motorola-droid-froyo-build-frf85b-leaked

[Dave]

Hey Dave, the build I have of Froyo allows my WiFi to work...

http://www.androidcentral.com/motorola-droid-froyo-build-frf85b-leaked

Actually I got it workiing on the build I posted earlier, rarely use it though

[Mr Lefty]

ahh ok... yeah I don't use it hardly ever

[Dave]

ahh ok... yeah I don't use it hardly ever

me either lol

[Digifox]

Hahah Fucking i-Brick its a brick but its the best damn brick ever... >_<

Can't wait for CM6 to be atleast a beta
or ever the stock 2.2 rom Since T-mobile has released that "promise" to all phones will get the latest update(minus the Behold II) and HTC said all 2010 releases will get it..
I think this is the real reason they re-released the mytouch with a 3.5mm jack

[Kaneman]

ESPN Radio app was released to the Market, finally. One of my most used apps on my iPhone...I'm a sucker for local sports radio. Now I can return texts while I'm listening to it, :lol:

It slows your phone waaaay down though.

[Amber Lamps]

ESPN Radio app was released to the Market, finally. One of my most used apps on my iPhone...I'm a sucker for local sports radio. Now I can return texts while I'm listening to it, :lol:

It slows your phone waaaay down though.

Hmmm ESPN radio you say? Off to the market!!!:lol:

[Kaneman]

Hmmm ESPN radio you say? Off to the market!!!:lol:

Fuckin' $5....but I haven't found a suitable way to listen to local ESPN yet so I did it.

[Trip]

Fuckin' $5....but I haven't found a suitable way to listen to local ESPN yet so I did it.

Theres a couple of internet radio apps that are free. You can get some local espn stations on them. Since you are in a big market, they may have yours.

[Kaneman]

Theres a couple of internet radio apps that are free. You can get some local espn stations on them. Since you are in a big market, they may have yours.

Couldn't find one that did unfortunately, tried a few different ones. Didn't try Wunderground since it was like $7.

Just got Weatherbug Elite....this 3-day forcast widget is the shit.

[Dave]

Semi related but I got the flash radio player for the local am station working this morning.

I think later I'm gonna try and see if I can access the bbc i player

[Digifox]

AOnlineRadio is the shit!
IDK if it does what y'all are talking about but it does Euro icecasts and Di.fm which is all i need...lol

[Rangerscott]

Here's 4 benchmarks you can run.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilx_cpGZczM&feature=related

Here are my results. I did a restart and used task killer to kill everything but alarm & netcounter. 108mb free and wifi turned off. Android 2.1 update 1. I also task kill'd after each benchmark.

Linpack - This is a quick benchmark. I just hit it one time, no average since you can go on forever.

MFLOPS: 4.515
Time: 1.2 seconds
Norm Res: 3.36


Quadrant - Does cpu, memory, I/O, and 2d/3d benchmarks.

Score: 365


Gears: Just shows gears moving and frame rate. I watched it for 1 minute and watched for the lowest and highest number. The evo is capped at 30 fps so you're disqualified silly.

Lowest: 57
Highest: 61


NenaMark1 - OpenGL benchmark

FPS: 10.5

[Rangerscott]

What format do movies need to be converted to to work on the Droid? I've tried 3 different file formats and 8 different players and I can't get shit to work.

[Digifox]

What format do movies need to be converted to to work on the Droid? I've tried 3 different file formats and 8 different players and I can't get shit to work.

The only format i could ever get to work was .3GP
BUT Android says it supports .mp4(Mpeg4+mp3) like an i-Pos

[Amber Lamps]

The only format i could ever get to work was .3GP
BUT Android says it supports .mp4(Mpeg4+mp3) like an i-Pos

Mine does but I don't know about the Droid...:idk: Try downloading the MixZing app.

[Dave]

What format do movies need to be converted to to work on the Droid? I've tried 3 different file formats and 8 different players and I can't get shit to work.

Any .mp4 converted for psp will work. I had porn on my phone the first day lol

[Rangerscott]

Any .mp4 converted for psp will work. I had porn on my phone the first day lol

I uploaded an mp4 but it only plays the sound.

[Dave]

I uploaded an mp4 but it only plays the sound.

There's different formats. Try finding a video converter for a PSP. Pspvideo9 works well and its freeninetynine

[Mr Lefty]

Any .mp4 converted for psp will work. I had porn on my phone the first day lol

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IraQfhlMwi4&feature=player_embedded#!

[Dave]

That's an amusing take on avenue q :lol:

[Digifox]

HAha "The android phone is for pron"
Actually not really... Sure we have that nifty kandi app.
But all websites stream i-phone(MP4)/WMA videos that give you a "video not supported"
Unless you use Skyfire, hahah xnxx works >///<

[Amber Lamps]

It sounds stupid but one of my favorite upgrades is the ability to turn my phone any direction... ;)

[Dave]

It sounds stupid but one of my favorite upgrades is the ability to turn my phone any direction... ;)

it irks me lol, due to the droid keyboard only opening in one direction

[Rangerscott]

Hell. I converted a movie and now it's "too large" to be put on my phone. Horse shit.

[Amber Lamps]

Hell. I converted a movie and now it's "too large" to be put on my phone. Horse shit.

That sucks! In other news I have 14 movies on my phone...:lol: I'm not sure what the problem is but I'll see if I can find the compression hack I used to make them small. I originally had them on my PSP with only a 8G card.

[Rangerscott]

I still cant figure out why companies are scared of AVI format.

[Dave]

Hell. I converted a movie and now it's "too large" to be put on my phone. Horse shit.

There should be an option in the convertor to maintain the approximate filesize

[Digifox]

I still cant figure out why companies are scared of AVI format.

My old S620 would play .AVI's
Just didnt like the bitrate's i chose ...lol

Speaking of Videos..I think i can join that Flash porn club now:dribble:, unless Flash is still broken on CM6-RC1

[Dave]

My old S620 would play .AVI's
Just didnt like the bitrate's i chose ...lol

Speaking of Videos..I think i can join that Flash porn club now:dribble:, unless Flash is still broken on CM6-RC1

Flash isint included in the firmware, you gotta download it separate. Try poking around the android forums

[Digifox]

Flash isint included in the firmware, you gotta download it separate. Try poking around the android forums

Meh just did some searching apparently it still not working on ARM9 devices running Froyo.
Market download is blocked :td:

But I can not really complain with the speed increase.
scored 3.767 on linpack at 576mhz and 79MB free RAM with JIT:boobs:

Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 2.2; en-us; HTC Magic Build/FRF91) AppleWebKit/533.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/533.1 <<<< Yeahhh boi

[Dave]

Meh just did some searching apparently it still not working on ARM9 devices running Froyo.
Market download is blocked :td:

But I can not really complain with the speed increase.
scored 3.767 on linpack at 576mhz and 79MB free RAM with JIT:boobs:

Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 2.2; en-us; HTC Magic Build/FRF91) AppleWebKit/533.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Mobile Safari/533.1 <<<< Yeahhh boi

Yeah market is blocked for everyone unless you've got a n1

[Rangerscott]

Still need some help on movies guys.

[Dave]

did you try pspvideo9? this looks like the same thing

http://www.videora.com/en-us/Converter/motorola-droid/

[Rangerscott]

I'm using Any DVD.

[Mr Lefty]

how about this...

http://www.androidcentral.com/htc-1-anything-else-would-be-uncivilized


http://images.androidcentral.com/sites/androidcentral.com/files/articleimage/9875/2010/07/htcone.jpg

[Rangerscott]

Is there anyway to bitch and moan to get a new phone at discounted price. There's a lot of bitchers on here so let me hear the secret. I want the X but I got the Droid during this winter so they'll pull that you cant upgrade bullshit.


Orrrrrrr.......if someone on here is with Verizon and is up for an update and would like to help me out. I'll give you the money to get the X and I'll give you my Droid.

[Dave]

Playing with flash yesterday, got a bunch of the adult swim games to play (robot unicorn attack, fantasy telemarketer, 5mil miles from earth) still haven't quite figured out how to play .swf games from the sdcard though :( not even giving the browser a direct path to the file name

[Rangerscott]

I found tigger.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8kNvr9dQ0_s

[Rangerscott]

I just had a great idea. Jave any of yall used one of those remote pc apps to annoy someone at home? I was thinking like leaving the speakers turned way up and playing some scary sound file or movies. Also turning shit on and off to freak someone out.

[EpyonXero]

I just had a great idea. Jave any of yall used one of those remote pc apps to annoy someone at home? I was thinking like leaving the speakers turned way up and playing some scary sound file or movies. Also turning shit on and off to freak someone out.

Never used it as a prank but if you set up VNC on a computer you could do anything with it.

[Homeslice]

Damn.......Too bad, as it can actually fit in a pocket, unlike the X, Evo, or Incredible. Everything is going supersize now.


Google quietly kills its once-hyped Nexus One phone
By Doug Gross, CNN
| Filed under: Mobile

(CNN) -- With the eyes of the technology world squarely on Apple's iPhone 4, Google quietly announced it will stop selling the Nexus One, its first and possibly only foray into the smartphone world.

In a two-paragraph post on its official blog, Google's Nexus One team said the next shipment of the phones will be the last.

"Once we sell these devices, the Nexus One will no longer be available online from Google," according to the post.

The announcement was made Friday, the same day that Apple CEO Steve Jobs held a news conference to announce the company's solution for reception problems with the popular iPhone 4.

Running on Google's Android operating system, the Nexus One was released in January to mostly positive reviews from the tech blogosphere. Early users compared it favorably to the iPhone and liked the ability to buy the phone, albeit for more money, without a data plan from a particular service provider.

But sales were anemic, with the phone selling only 135,000 units in roughly the same time it took the iPhone and the Droid -- Motorola's phone that runs the Android system -- to sell 1 million.

Many blamed Google's experimental try at selling the Nexus One only in its online store. The company abandoned that approach in May, offering the phone in brick-and-mortar stores for the first time.

With the announcement, Google seems satisfied to write off the Nexus One as a tool to experiment with Android's features.

Recently, the search engine giant has been pushing Android users to phones made by other manufacturers, such as the HTC Droid Incredible. May's announcement mentioned both the Incredible, for Verizon customers, and the HTC Evo 4G from Sprint as phones that have benefited from advances made on the Nexus One.

The new Droid X from Motorola has most of the Android buzz now. It was released last week to positive reviews and is selling out online and in many retail stores.

Google's blog post said that it will continue to make the Nexus One available to Android developers so they have something to use while writing apps for the mobile platform.

[Kaneman]

Damn.......Too bad, as it can actually fit in a pocket, unlike the X, Evo, or Incredible. Everything is going supersize now.


Where are you getting this from? There are like 3 largish phones on the market, and you keep referencing the Giant Phone Armageddon of 2010.

HTC hasn't forgotten about grown men with tiny hands, they made the Aria just for guys like you.

[Dave]

Damn.......Too bad, as it can actually fit in a pocket, unlike the X, Evo, or Incredible. Everything is going supersize now.


Google quietly kills its once-hyped Nexus One phone
By Doug Gross, CNN
| Filed under: Mobile

(CNN) -- With the eyes of the technology world squarely on Apple's iPhone 4, Google quietly announced it will stop selling the Nexus One, its first and possibly only foray into the smartphone world.

In a two-paragraph post on its official blog, Google's Nexus One team said the next shipment of the phones will be the last.

"Once we sell these devices, the Nexus One will no longer be available online from Google," according to the post.

The announcement was made Friday, the same day that Apple CEO Steve Jobs held a news conference to announce the company's solution for reception problems with the popular iPhone 4.

Running on Google's Android operating system, the Nexus One was released in January to mostly positive reviews from the tech blogosphere. Early users compared it favorably to the iPhone and liked the ability to buy the phone, albeit for more money, without a data plan from a particular service provider.

But sales were anemic, with the phone selling only 135,000 units in roughly the same time it took the iPhone and the Droid -- Motorola's phone that runs the Android system -- to sell 1 million.

Many blamed Google's experimental try at selling the Nexus One only in its online store. The company abandoned that approach in May, offering the phone in brick-and-mortar stores for the first time.

With the announcement, Google seems satisfied to write off the Nexus One as a tool to experiment with Android's features.

Recently, the search engine giant has been pushing Android users to phones made by other manufacturers, such as the HTC Droid Incredible. May's announcement mentioned both the Incredible, for Verizon customers, and the HTC Evo 4G from Sprint as phones that have benefited from advances made on the Nexus One.

The new Droid X from Motorola has most of the Android buzz now. It was released last week to positive reviews and is selling out online and in many retail stores.

Google's blog post said that it will continue to make the Nexus One available to Android developers so they have something to use while writing apps for the mobile platform.

While loose change and condoms may be appropriate for those little subpockets on your jeans, cell phones are not.

[Homeslice]

There is nothing wrong with putting a phone in your pants pocket, as long as they are not tight pants, but who wears those except emo's?

And also, jacket pockets are nice to use as well.



HTC hasn't forgotten about grown men with tiny hands, they made the Aria just for guys like you.

And does it have a comparable feature set? Since it isn't the flagship, I doubt it.

[Dave]

There is nothing wrong with putting a phone in your pants pocket, as long as they are not tight pants, but who wears those except emo's?

And also, jacket pockets are nice to use as well.



And does it have a comparable feature set? Since it isn't the flagship, I doubt it.

You misread

[Amber Lamps]

You misread

I didn't and my phone does fit in the change pocket of my jeans...:lol:

[Kaneman]

And does it have a comparable feature set? Since it isn't the flagship, I doubt it.

My Incredible does, and its a normal sized phone.

[Mr Lefty]

My droid fits in my pants fine... even my Dress Blues which are uh... "snug"

[Trip]

incredible gets official froyo soon too, hell yeah.

late july, early august

[Amber Lamps]

incredible gets official froyo soon too, hell yeah.

late july, early august

It will blow your mind!!!:rockwoot:

[Rangerscott]

Still waiting on froyo for droid. Fuck you nexus.

[Amber Lamps]

Still waiting on froyo for droid. Fuck you nexus.

It gets better... with google announcing that they will no longer sell them, well check Ebay.:lol: In a month, I could sell mine for $500!

[Rangerscott]

Droid X's are going for $800+. People are so stupid.

[Amber Lamps]

Droid X's are going for $800+. People are so stupid.

Yea when the N1 was new they were selling for $700-1000... I'm like just order the stupid thing from Google dimwit!!! Yeesh!

[Kaneman]

Incredible owners should be getting Froyo in the next couple of weeks...

[Trip]

Incredible owners should be getting Froyo in the next couple of weeks...

reading is a good skill to have.

[Dave]

Apparently in voice to text you can say titties but you can't say butt

[Rangerscott]

Well I'm done with my replacement Droid. Complete piece of shit. Constantly having to turn the wifi on/off to get it to work. Hell, my old Archos 605 connects and STAYS connected just fine. I can be typing in the message box on a forum and it'll just exit out of the box and on screen keyboard. What I've typed will sometimes be there but not always. If it's there and I click back in the box, the letters disappear. Slows to a crawl a lot with nothing running. Headphone jack is screwed and they even know that. Pics that you take dont always show up in the gallery. Sometimes takes hours after you take the pic for it to show up.

[EpyonXero]

Well I'm done with my replacement Droid. Complete piece of shit. Constantly having to turn the wifi on/off to get it to work. Hell, my old Archos 605 connects and STAYS connected just fine. I can be typing in the message box on a forum and it'll just exit out of the box and on screen keyboard. What I've typed will sometimes be there but not always. If it's there and I click back in the box, the letters disappear. Slows to a crawl a lot with nothing running. Headphone jack is screwed and they even know that. Pics that you take dont always show up in the gallery. Sometimes takes hours after you take the pic for it to show up.

Thats pretty bad, was it a refurbished replacement?

[Rangerscott]

Awesome! It froz up while i tried to reply. The touch sensative button is the real shitty part. My finger is constantly hitting it. The on screen touch keyboard sucks donkey balls as ou can see from my aplies. The gyro thing that switches the screen to landscape is way over sensitve. I baely tilt the phone and it switches to landscape. Some times it wont go back to potrait. I have to shane he phone really hard or smack it against something.

[defector]

Damn. Why was it replaced originally?

[Rangerscott]

Screened cracked.

[defector]

Holy hell. Do you have concrete fingers?:lol

I have had mine since last year with no major issues. My kid literally beat the shit out of the screen playing some stupid game where you tap on the screen. Sometimes it is a bit slow when changing from landscape to standard view.

[Rangerscott]

Holy hell. Do you have concrete fingers?:lol

I have had mine since last year with no major issues. My kid literally beat the shit out of the screen playing some stupid game where you tap on the screen. Sometimes it is a bit slow when changing from landscape to standard view.

Physics.

[Homeslice]

Physics as in you have concrete fingers, or dropped the phone?

[defector]

Physics.

Gravity.

[Rangerscott]

Gravity.

Force

[Trip]

frozen yogurt is delicious

[Kaneman]

Just finished setting up my wife's Droid X...its awesome....but not so awesome that its making me want to sell my Incredible...yet...

[Trip]

Just finished setting up my wife's Droid X...its awesome....but not so awesome that its making me want to sell my Incredible...yet...

Root your incredible and install froyo

[KSGregman]

Just finished setting up my wife's Droid X...its awesome....but not so awesome that its making me want to sell my Incredible...yet...

I just put Kindle on my Droid X last night...I'm addicted to it completely now...there is no hope. :lol:

What a kick ASS device....can't wait for Froyo for the X too.

[Homeslice]

All this work you guys are doing upgrading your phone and re-rooting it etc.....And then 3-4 months later you'll sell it for another phone. Reminds me of the guys who buy a full system, PC, Ohlins, custom paint, etc, then sell everything at the end of the season. :lol:

[Trip]

All this work you guys are doing upgrading your phone and re-rooting it etc.....And then 3-4 months later you'll sell it for another phone. Reminds me of the guys who buy a full system, PC, Ohlins, custom paint, etc, then sell everything at the end of the season. :lol:

Some people like to tinker and play with their devices, some people like fashion items.

[Amber Lamps]

Some people like to tinker and play with their devices, some people like fashion items.

Part of the fun IS modifying it! That's why Android is so popular, you can do almost anything with it. It is entirely possible for 1,000,000 people to set their phones on a table without any two being alike.

[Akilldema]

Have you messed with an Android HTC phone? I suggest you go play with an incredible in a Verizon store if you can find one. HTC Sense adds a lot to the Android OS. The Nexus One will never have HTC Sense. I say wait out for the EVO and get it.

The EVO and the Nexus One will both have Android 2.1. They won't be really any different until the 2.2 update and they still will both get 2.2. The difference will be the HTC Sense stuff.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Desire basically a Nexus One for non google people, has HTC Sense.

[Kaneman]

Part of the fun IS modifying it! That's why Android is so popular, you can do almost anything with it. It is entirely possible for 1,000,000 people to set their phones on a table without any two being alike.

Entirely possible depending on whether or not you can build a table capable of holding 1,000,000 phones anyway...

[Amber Lamps]

Entirely possible depending on whether or not you can build a table capable of holding 1,000,000 phones anyway...

Huh? They could all stand in line and set their phones down one by one while a picture is taken and then the pics could be compared via computer for matches...:lol:

[Kaneman]

Huh? They could all stand in line and set their phones down one by one while a picture is taken and then the pics could be compared via computer for matches...:lol:

How are you going to get 1,000,000 to stand in line to have photos taken of their phone?

[Trip]

Part of the fun IS modifying it! That's why Android is so popular, you can do almost anything with it. It is entirely possible for 1,000,000 people to set their phones on a table without any two being alike.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Desire basically a Nexus One for non google people, has HTC Sense.

God damnit, you fuckers are ruining my apple bashing. Stop it.

[Amber Lamps]

How are you going to get 1,000,000 to stand in line to have photos taken of their phone?

The same way Apple gets people to stand in line for pieces of crap!:lol:
HYPE!!!

" Be in the first 1,000,000 people to get your phone's picture taken!!!!:lol:

[Homeslice]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTC_Desire basically a Nexus One for non google people, has HTC Sense.

This looks like something I could get into. Full price if you don't want US Cellular, though.

[Amber Lamps]

This looks like something I could get into. Full price if you don't want US Cellular, though.

Yea I want US Cellular... around here they have the best network but the crappiest phones. This will by far be their most advanced phone...

[Dave]

This is interesting, type about:debug into the browser and hit enter. Now hit menu>more>settings and scroll all the way to the bottom. Couple nifty toys down there, uastring let's you pick how websites see the device. Yes it let's you watch flash on redtube :lol: still can't get the pop out bbc iplayer working though

[Amber Lamps]

This is interesting, type about:debug into the browser and hit enter. Now hit menu>more>settings and scroll all the way to the bottom. Couple nifty toys down there, uastring let's you pick how websites see the device. Yes it let's you watch flash on redtube :lol: still can't get the pop out bbc iplayer working though

That's how I got Hulu working for about a day....:lol: I went and put my name on a Desire at US Cellular- they also have a Galaxy S phone coming out "soon" but no word on whether it will have a flash for the camera...

[Dave]

That's how I got Hulu working for about a day....:lol: I went and put my name on a Desire at US Cellular- they also have a Galaxy S phone coming out "soon" but no word on whether it will have a flash for the camera...

Does us cellular use gsm or cdma? If its gsm id bet there's no flash

[Amber Lamps]

Does us cellular use gsm or cdma? If its gsm id bet there's no flash

yea I'm thinking gsm and no flash...so I'll slum it with a Desire...:lol:

[Trip]

us cellular is cdma. They actually buy space on most of verizon's towers.

[Dave]

I've never heard of them, I assume its something like cricket?

[Trip]

I've never heard of them, I assume its something like cricket?

no, it's a regular cell service. They just aren't as well known as the big ones.

You can only use their phones though, they won't let you use one from another service.

[Amber Lamps]

no, it's a regular cell service. They just aren't as well known as the big ones.

You can only use their phones though, they won't let you use one from another service.

Yea, they are one of the last small time hold outs. Oh and they rent space with Verizon out of this market, in this market Verizon rents tower space from them.

[Rangerscott]

Woke up this morning around 3am to see that a I finally received 2.2 update notice. Other than the physical changes I haven't noticed it to be any faster.

Is there an app to see my hardware's speed? I'm not talking about the ones that let you overclock since you to be unlocked to do that.


*edit*

Found SystemPanel from Nextapp. Has a lot of info.

[Dave]

Yup it hit this morning, happily my backup util blocked it. Gonna wait for a clean root build

[Mr Lefty]

Yup it hit this morning, happily my backup util blocked it. Gonna wait for a clean root build

dude just buy the easy root. it's $3.00 and it roots the official version...

that's exactly what I did... kicked my phone back to 2.1 then let Verizon update it... then easy rooted it. works perfectly.


$.02

[Rangerscott]

1. Got 2.2 and got one thing I dont like. When I kill the web browser with advance task killer, then re-open the browser, it goes to the last website that I was at. I want it to go to google as I have it set to do in settings.


2. Where are all the cool games at for droids? There are some ok games but they look like atari compared to the games for iphones. I want some Angry Birds and shit.

[Dave]

1. Got 2.2 and got one thing I dont like. When I kill the web browser with advance task killer, then re-open the browser, it goes to the last website that I was at. I want it to go to google as I have it set to do in settings.


2. Where are all the cool games at for droids? There are some ok games but they look like atari compared to the games for iphones. I want some Angry Birds and shit.

theres eighty bajillion different handsets and very different chips under the android flag and four very similar ones on the other side. its much easier to program for the crapple.

[Amber Lamps]

theres eighty bajillion different handsets and very different chips under the android flag and four very similar ones on the other side. its much easier to program for the crapple.

GOD!!! I can't wait to leave T-Mobile and get the Desire...

I might start a thread but I'll be selling my Nexus1 with the desk and car attachments if anyone knows anyone who might be interested...

[Mr Lefty]

GOD!!! I can't wait to leave T-Mobile and get the Desire...

I might start a thread but I'll be selling my Nexus1 with the desk and car attachments if anyone knows anyone who might be interested...

you should look at selling it on an Android forum... the Nexus one is now a developer phone and is sold out. you could probably get a decent amount for it there...

[Amber Lamps]

you should look at selling it on an Android forum... the Nexus one is now a developer phone and is sold out. you could probably get a decent amount for it there...

Thanks! Any one forum in mind?

[Mr Lefty]

the ones I know are Droid forums... try just finding a Developer forum... but no... unless you go to Android Central

[Amber Lamps]

the ones I know are Droid forums... try just finding a Developer forum... but no... unless you go to Android Central

Thanks!

[Rangerscott]

Now the shuffle on the music program doesnt work. Sometimes it'll just play a song and stop. Sometimes it'll play a few and just stop.


FUCK! Froyo sucks ass on Droid 1.

[Akilldema]

I use a custom 2.2 Rom by CyanogenMod with a better kernel and my phone runs awesome, but it's an HTC and pwns motorola/samsung. You should see if they have something for your phone though.

[Rangerscott]

I guess I can try one. The droid 1 is just not built for Froyo. The whole system runs slower, apps that worked great with 2.1 now suck with 2.2 *cough task killer cough*, exiting out of an app it takes a long time for the main screen to show back up (the icons, it shows the background for a good 10 or so seconds).

Guess I need to unlock the phone and up the cpu speed.

Flash 10.1 is a fucking joke. Every video is "not optimized" for mobile and it plays every video at 5 frames a second. It constantly makes the browser app shut down. All it's good for is loading all the stupid shit icons on websites.

[Akilldema]

It's worked well for my phone. Using that and an overclock (very mild) kernel quadrupled my Quadrant score. I have an HTC Desire.

[Rangerscott]

I'm wanting to get the droid X. Is there anything coming out that's replacing it? Should I wait (ya I know I can wait 100 years blah blah)?


Have you messed with the Desire HD?

[Porkchop]

I'm wanting to get the droid X. Is there anything coming out that's replacing it? Should I wait (ya I know I can wait 100 years blah blah)?


Have you messed with the Desire HD?

DO iiiiittttt. X FTW.

[Akilldema]

I like HTC a lot, but the Droid X is supposed to be really good. I think they can go up to 1.4 or 1.6ghz, it would run smooth as glass at those speeds. A friend of mine who works with Verizon and knows a lot about Android phones says it's the best they have now.

Edit: No, I haven't seen a Desire HD in person, but they look sweet. I hope it takes a while to get here and with US Cellular (if ever) so I don't regret buying my regular Desire.

[Rangerscott]

I wanna say US cellular is like cellular one (dead) and alltel (dead here) with never having the cool shit. LOL

Kinda sucks having a BIG cellphone company to deal with, but you usually get some cool stuff. One thing I hate is how you are with the same cell company as say someone in NY and they get more phone options than you do. What the hell is up with that?

[Akilldema]

Verizon and US Cellular use the same network here. As for the phones, if they don't have the full Verizon lineup it's probably a retailer instead of a corp. store. If it's on verizonwireless.com then you should be able to get it.

[Rangerscott]

The Droid 2 "Global" sounds neat. It's like an unlocked phone you can use all over the world and its at 1.2 Ghz.

[Rangerscott]

I hope verizon doesnt get the iphone. The system isnt that fast here. It's gonna suck to have a shit load of those running off the data system. Escpecially when fuck tards use their phones as a modem.

[Akilldema]

People are doing that with android phone, but I doubt you'd notice anything if the iphone did come through.

[Dave]

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b369/Khajjathefang/ScreenShot-8.png

[Rangerscott]

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b369/Khajjathefang/ScreenShot-8.png



Phone?

[Akilldema]

I do like the way you have LauncherPro setup. How did you get the launcher icons to look like that?