The fine folks at Apple have seen the light and have decided to toss out plans for iPhone OS 4 and partner with Google to truly unleash the power of their hardware. No more will they lash the whip of Jobsian tyranny and cackle with glee as developers and customers alike skitter to and fro at their beckon call. It is reported that Steve Jobs was sitting on his diamond-encrused iToilet one night, when he heard the voice of God [...]
A complete, step-by-step guide for how to return your Nexus One to completely stock settings, including the original, stock/shipping bootloader, system image (ERD79), and recovery console. (Courtesy of seraph at xda-devs).
For those trapped in a basement for the last month, HTC has announced a new Android superphone destined to hit the Sprint mobile network this summer. The HTC EVO 4G is, by all accounts, the most media-rich and connection-friendly Android phone to date, with specs that make the mouth water, and nice “creature features” like a kick stand for horizontal media viewing, and a front-facing camera that we can only assume will lead to Skyping on the road.
Many fine folks tethered to an AT&T contract were salivating at the Nexus One when it was released for T-Mobile over the holidays. Those who simply couldn’t wait, and didn’t mind settling for slower, EDGE data speeds bought an unlocked N1 from Google and went merrily on their way. And finally, months after the aftermath of Google’s phone distribution paradigm shift “whatever” debacle, AT&T users finally see the device come to their 3G network. Rejoice!
This (not) simple guide was originally posted in xda-devs and on irregular-expression.com. If you have ever wanted to show off the power of your N1 as a full-fledged computer, follow these steps to boot Debian from your SD card. I highly recommend you only try this if you know what you’re doing, and if you’ve got a class 4 or better SD card. Class 6 preferred. This is a method to boot into Debian via fastboot on the nexus one [...]
One of the truly obnoxious discoveries made by the early adopters of the N1 on T-Mobile’s 3g data network has been the flaky connectivity the device seems to exhibit. Users have reported that the N1 constantly flops between EDGE and 3g connection while the device is stationary in areas that have known 3g coverage. Many of those same users even set their G1 or MyTouch3g right next to the N1 to witness the connectivity disparity. At last, a possible solution [...]
For those uninitiated into the world of Android rooting and custom ROM builds, Cyanogen is one of the pioneers (one of the few still active as well) in the world of custom Android ROM building. He has quite a following of users, so much so that Google at one point sent him a Cease and Desist order for inadvertently breaking copyright on the Google Apps suite of tools (Gmail, Maps, etc). In response, Cyanogen simply split his modifications and improvements [...]
First Tech Credit Union has notified its members about a fraudulent app in the Android Market that attempts to phish for financial info. Source: http://www.firsttechcu.com UPDATE: Rogue Android Smartphone app created We recently learned that a fraudster developed a rogue Android Smartphone app, Droid09, which tries to gain access to a consumer’s financial information. As a reminder, we don’t currently have an Android phone app. This attack did not target First Tech. Learn more about the phishing scam. Bookmark on [...]
Once you have rooted your shiny new Nexus One, you may want to add support for Arabic fonts if you frequently read websites published in Arabic. This support isn’t built into the US version of the Nexus One which released on January 5th, but will likely be included in any version shipping in the Middle East (upon release there). In order to manually add support for Arabic, just follow these steps. Root your Nexus One (this will void your warranty [...]
Damnit, Google Like many of you, I was really excited to see that Google was attempting to join the fray of online phone vendors. The news outlets reporting that this is a “revolutionary” look at how to sell a phone are missing two things: 1) Amazon has been doing this forever 2) Ebay has been allowing individuals to do this forever, and 3) Google is still planning to sell phones with subsidy from carriers (albeit poorly). Nothing revolutionary here, just [...]
Now that you’ve got your shiny new Nexus One in hand, you’re probably asking yourself, “Self, how can I make this bad boy shine like my dusty G1?” The answer, of course, is to unlock root access on this nifty new handset. Disclaimer: This does void your warranty. The root image auto-installs the Superusers Permission app. You perform these steps at your own risk. We hold no responsibility for damage you might do to your phone. This voids your warranty. [...]
Alright, folks. This is it. Competition between Android and iPhone OS is about to get really nasty. Hardware is no longer a question. Why? On Jan 5, 2010, Google entered the phone retail business with the Nexus One — the long-awaited “iPhone killer” Android handset. I won’t go into specs, because frankly, the reviews already abound for this phone and I’ve never been much for restating the obvious, which is: this phone (on a hardware level) beats the iPhone into [...]
How to root and install custom roms on your phone. 1.) Connect phone to computer with USB and select “Mount” so the phone is visible to the computer 2.) Right click the removable disk and format (fat32) (I recommend the full format and not the quick format 3.) Download and unzip the RC29 (http://g1upgrade.com/DREAMIMG-RC29.zip) or RC7 (http://g1upgrade.com/DREAMIMG-RC7.zip) image file. Copy the DREAMIMG.nbh file to the SD card. (RC29 for US, RC7 is for UK) 4.) Once the files are copied [...]
In this tutorial, you will learn how to install additional fonts on your Android device in order to support other languages besides English. By following this guide, you will eliminate the small white boxes that appear on web pages, contacts, text messages, etc. when dealing with a language that uses characters or script other than the Roman alphabet. This method does not alter your English language settings, so text on buttons, and built into the UI should not be resized [...]
As you may already know, the Android OS is built on Linux, and as such, it contains some really handy utilities for controlling system performance.
You have a nice, shiny new G1 from T-Mobile or Rogers, and you’re all excited to try out 3G coverage in your area for the much-tauted HSDPA 3G speed, right? If you’re like me, it’s one of the first things you did when you unboxed and set up that bad boy. But like me, you may have noticed how horribly sluggish the Chrome browser built into Android really feels when cruising around. Oh, sure. Cupcake has brought us many wonders, [...]
Ok, so you have firmware v. 123099 and wanna have root access… no problem. Here’s how. QMAT public (free) version used to succesfully downgrade with WM device: qmat_424.zip, md5: 7f0ccd1b52072bc2a6d594393f2ce348. The new version of QMAT can create a Goldcard only in the paid version. Buy it or get the old one somewhere else (Google/Bing search it). Requirements: – Micro SD card formated FAT32 (128 MB to 2 GB), Sandisc cards may not work (but worked for me). – Connected Windows [...]
Those of us who use our Android phone in an environment that requires Exchange email access no longer have to suffer with a 3rd party (slow) application to deliver our email via ActiveSync. Exchange for Android is here. For free.
Sometimes it is necessary to have the stock Android image loaded on your phone. In this tutorial, we show you how to do that. Following the steps in this article, your phone will be restored to the official image issued by T-Mobile.
One of the greatest advantages of the Android platform is that almost anything is possible with the right access. In the Android world, that means “root” access, which, for those unfamiliar with *nix operating systems is the master admin account. In this tutorial, we will walk through the process of gaining root access to your T-Mobile G1 (a.k.a. the HTC Dream) step-by-step.