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CM 6.X is out for Nexus One

admin — Thu, 01 Jul 2010 18:23:14 +0000

After a long wait, CM 6.X is out for the Nexus One.

It is still a ealry alpha, but runs quite well.

It is now based on Froyo build with all it´s advantages from it mixed together with all the great stuff from cyanogen.

Get it over here:

http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/1934-cm-6-n1-disccussion/

Android 2.2 : Froyo Launcher

admin — Thu, 20 May 2010 17:33:55 +0000

Here is a first picture of the new Launcher within Android 2.2 codename Froyo.

More pictures from within the SDK will be added within the next day´s after i looked more into it.

Update: HERO on G1

admin — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 11:15:44 +0000

Since i couldn´t resist to use Hero as an everyday ROM i tried a lot of tweaks and optimizations in order to get it running as smooth as the ROMs from Cyanogen. And now i have finally got to the point for myself where i can say, i am running at around 95% of the same speed. So for me, it is now usable as an everyday phone.
Therefore i used JacHero´s Rom 2.3.3 together with apps2sd, swapper and TA Utilities.
But i got the most out of it with replacing the Rosie.apk which is normally around 4,5MB with a highly stipped down version which is only 336KB big (JacHero´s one is allready stripped down to around 1,6MB).
If anyone needs help installing Hero on his or her G1, i am willing to post a How-To.
Attached some screenshots:

HERO on G1

admin — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 10:19:32 +0000

Today, i tried a really stable Hero release on my G1.
At first, it looks really great, but even with overclocked cpu to 528MHz and external apps, it runs to slow (in my opinion) in order to use it as a everyday rom.
So now i will go back to Cyanogen. But you have to know, if you want to go back, you have to format your SD card again completely. The FAT32 partition for the standart stuff and the ext2/3 partition for Apps2SD.
If anyone will give it a try look over to xda-developers.com.

Android and Apps on SD

admin — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:28:58 +0000

Today i managed it to get my apps on the sd card of my android device and it is still working. I tried it a lot of times with terminal hacking, lucidrem scipts but without any sucess.
Today i put the ROM from CyanogenMod on my device. His rom supports ext3 on the SD card and after installing is recovery image it is very easy inside the recovery terminal to get the apps on the sd.
The ROM itself recognizes the ext3 on the sd card as “internal memory” and now i have enough space to install all the great apps.
Originally, i had 74Mb to install apps, no i have 980Mb.
Let´s see, how it works during the next weeks.

Neue JFv Firmware

admin — Mon, 25 May 2009 16:01:39 +0000

Seit heute gibt es die neue alternative Firmware JFv 1.51.
Dabei ist sie als ADP, UK oder US Version erhältlich.
Nachdem ich das Radio-Update und dann die neue Firmware geflasht hatte, musste ich leider einen wipe machen, da mein Home beim laden immer abgeschmiert ist.
Jetzt läuft aber alles reibunglos.
Mehr unter:
http://jf.andblogs.net/2009/05/24/jfv151-images-are-out/#more-88

G1 Cupcake wird verteilt

admin — Thu, 07 May 2009 07:34:33 +0000

Das lang erwartete Firmwareupdate auf Version 1.5 (Cupcake) ist erschienen. Es wird von T-Mobile OTA (over the air) verteilt. Wer nicht darauf warten möchte, bis sein Gerät an der Reihe ist, kann sich die neueste Firmware auch direkt bei google herunterladen und manuell auf seinem Gerät installieren.
Anleitungen finden sich hierzu im Netz.
Noch eine Anmerkung:
Ich habe es zuerst mit meiner 8GB MicroSD Karte mehrmals versucht, jedoch hat es nicht geklappt. Als ich dann die original 2GB Karte verwendet habe, lief das update ohen Probleme (nur so als kleiner Hinweis)
Also, updaten ist angesagt

http://android.clients.google.com/updates/signed-CRB17-from-TMI-RC9-eu.17667e06.zip