^^^ Yeah, but imo the 1 year upgrade is never worth it. Waiting an extra 10 months would be much more lucrative.

6/4/2011 5:03:52 PM

Whats the best method to root my Evo? I saw this site: http://www.androidcentral.com/evo-4g-root-instructions but that involves flashing my phone...

6/5/2011 3:57:52 PM

http://unrevoked.com/
Worked great for me. Might want to wait for some others to chime in though.

6/5/2011 4:49:03 PM

let me know how that works... especially with the gingerbread update. I had a buddy ask me to root his Evo for him.

6/5/2011 5:40:46 PM

Unrevoked is the easiest method. Flashing stuff isn't that bad, it's scary the first time, but now it's like nothing. Cyanogenmod 7 is where it's at if you step up to the flashing a Rom scene.

6/5/2011 6:42:37 PM

Droid 3. http://www.droid-life.com/2011/06/05/droid3-tutorial-videos-leaked-new-version-of-blur-on-the-way/#more-35504

6/5/2011 7:43:36 PM

I heard the Droid X got Gingerbread but the X2 isn't going to get it for awhile?

also apparently Droid2 Globals wont get Gingerbread until at least July

I apparently have the "Nextel Blackberry" of Droids

[Edited on June 5, 2011 at 11:00 PM. Reason : .]

6/5/2011 11:00:17 PM

6/24 3D Launch confirmed. Reserved one yesterday because the rep told me I had to come back when I showed up Friday. I better get one...

6/6/2011 7:39:02 AM

I love HTC and the development community. Gingerbread and Sense 3.0 on the Thunderbolt. w00t.

6/6/2011 10:10:08 AM

Quote :

"Additionally, Sprint Premier customers will have the opportunity to purchase HTC EVO 3D online three days before the national launch, while supplies last. Qualifying customers will receive an email on June 21, or they can log on to their account at http://www.sprint.com on June 21, click “show me my rewards” and then “Sprint Premier Community” for more information"

Holler.

6/6/2011 10:14:39 AM

android sites used to have like 3 posts/day on rooting when new operating system versions came out

since Gingerbread came to the DX via OTA, nothing

6/6/2011 12:09:53 PM

Hmmmm....ever since upgrading to gingerbread on my x it just codes to turn off/reboot multiple times a day

6/6/2011 1:07:27 PM

factory reset? Stuff tends to go wonky with major os updates without a wipe.

6/6/2011 1:25:53 PM

100% charge to 35% in 3 hours on light use. Happened only once before like this.

6/6/2011 1:30:53 PM

http://www.droid-life.com/2011/06/03/the-difference-between-the-top-ten-iphone-android-applications/#more-35472

Quote :

"Top 10 iOS Apps 1. Angry Birds 2. Angry Birds Rio 3. Tiny Wings 4. Fruit Ninja 5. Where’s Waldo? 6. Tetris 7. Words With Friends 8. The Sims 3 9. Cut The Rope 10. Plants Vs. Zombies Top 10 Android Apps 1. Beautiful Widget 2. Rom Manager *Premium* 3. Root Explorer 4. Fruit Ninja 5. Better Keyboard 6. Robo Defense 7. SetCPU 8. Weatherbug Elite 9. Titanium Backup Pro 10. Power AMP *Full Version*"

6/6/2011 3:10:15 PM

ha, gg apple with the android rip off. pull down notification bar, tabbed browsing, etc etc.

6/6/2011 3:21:01 PM

I don't understand how you can call using a perfectly good piece of UI design a rip-off. Android has a software keyboard for touchscreen input. Is that a rip-off of the iPhone just because the iPhone had it first? The iOS notifications center will at least let you clear individual notifications, which Android doesn't.

6/6/2011 3:24:25 PM

Yeah, I don't see how any Android fan can get on Apple for ripping off anything.

There's plenty of "idea sharing" in both directions to go around.

6/6/2011 3:26:12 PM

... but it doesn't allow you to clear 'em all!!

6/6/2011 3:26:25 PM

Full disclosure: I own a Motorola Droid and an iPad 2.

6/6/2011 3:27:16 PM

frosh...should be able to clear individual notifications. there's a little x button or something to the right of each notification. at least I can with my droid x.

oh, and WM had a software keyboard before iPhone.

[Edited on June 6, 2011 at 4:15 PM. Reason : ]

6/6/2011 4:14:38 PM

Quote :

"there's a little x button or something to the right of each notification. at least I can with my droid x."

Think that's a blur thing. Besides it only takes like 3 seconds to hit the notification and hit the back button.

6/6/2011 4:29:08 PM

In CM7 you can swipe away individual notifications without clearing all of them. I'm sharing this mostly because I just discovered this a couple of days ago.

6/6/2011 5:26:06 PM

Sweet baby jesus. 4.3" is a little big but 4.5 is just ridiculous.
http://www.droid-life.com/2011/06/06/more-droid-bionic-pictures-surface-4-5-qhd-screen-new-3d-blur-and-android-2-3-4/

6/6/2011 5:49:11 PM

Turbo Granny game can go to hell

6/6/2011 6:43:24 PM

rooted and installed CM7 and am loving life so far. few questions tho

1) Whats your favorite dialer? (i miss evo's stock keyboard allowing u to type a couple letters to bring up peoples names)

2) What theme are you running?

3) How much worse is your battery life these days? (not a huge concern for me, i knew a decrease was in the cards, just curious)

4) Do you overclock your CPU? If so what are your settings and how much improvement have you seen?

5) What are some of your favorite post-root apps (outside of that list above)?

6) A Nandroid backup is a complete backup of your entire OS right? It's essentially like a bare metal/bit by bit backup??

Quote :

"let me know how that works... especially with the gingerbread update. I had a buddy ask me to root his Evo for him."

It was all pretty smooth
http://unrevoked.com/recovery/
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=HTC_Evo_4G:_Full_Update_Guide

6/6/2011 6:48:09 PM

1) Whats your favorite dialer? (i miss evo's stock keyboard allowing u to type a couple letters to bring up peoples names)
I like Stock...I find it easy enough to press the search button and start typing 2-3 letters.
Go Dialer is the next best option IMO if you want that functionality.

2) What theme are you running?
MattedBlues

3) How much worse is your battery life these days? (not a huge concern for me, i knew a decrease was in the cards, just curious)
I have an extended battery - 3500 mah. That lasts me all day with moderate use, so I can only imagine what you guys with normal batteries are going through...

4) Do you overclock your CPU? If so what are your settings and how much improvement have you seen?
Yep...I switch between kernels sometimes. Stock gives me the best battery life at 1113mhz ondemand. I notice the snappier response time.
I have Kernel Manager installed and so I switch back and forth regularly. I use godmode kernel for more overclocking if need be. It's undervolted but still the battery life isn't great...Tiamat is the the other one.

5) What are some of your favorite post-root apps (outside of that list above)?
Nothing that's root only...tethering is good...WidgetLocker working with root exception is better than setting it to the home key with WLHelper or whatever...root file explorer is good to just go in and delete APKs from /system/app sometimes...

6) A Nandroid backup is a complete backup of your entire OS right? It's essentially like a bare metal/bit by bit backup??
Pretty much...

6/6/2011 8:35:38 PM

The bionic is fucking massive. Wtf

6/6/2011 9:31:53 PM

yeah, that poor Defy (3.7" screen) looks like it might get eaten.

6/6/2011 9:41:36 PM

I'd estimate it at like 5"x2.75"

6/6/2011 10:00:50 PM

Quote :

"MattedBlues"

Can anyone find a download for that theme? I found this thread:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=768848

but can't locate the download link

As long as it's flashable I think I can handle it from there

6/6/2011 11:31:25 PM

Wait a couple days ...they're publishing it to market...

6/7/2011 1:20:56 AM

looks like Samsung is in image repair mode.

http://www.androidcentral.com/cyanogenmod-coming-galaxy-sii-thanks-samsung

Quote :

"Atinm, the developer responsible for maintaining CyanogenMod on the Samsung Vibrant and Captivate, recently received a free Galaxy S 2 to develop for. (click to see our hands-on). Don't adjust your screens, you read it right the first time: Samsung gave a phone to a CyanogenMod developer because they want them to work with it. It seems that Samsung is starting to see the value of having an active development community on their devices, becoming the latest manufacturer to start working with these developers instead of against them. This doesn't mean Samsung will do this with every device, remember Carrier's have a big say in how locked down they want their devices to be, but it's great to see these first few positive steps from one of the world's largest Android manufacturers. No official word on when nightlies for the Galaxy S 2 will start pushing out (let alone a stable release), but Atinm mentioned that serious development should start tonight."

6/7/2011 8:27:31 AM

so it looks like the Bionic will be the phone of choice this summer?

4G
Good camera
large screen
dual core processor

6/7/2011 10:07:06 AM

Quote :

"Wait a couple days ...they're publishing it to market..."

Only problem is they posted this:

Quote :

"PLEASE DO NOT PORT THEME TO T-MOBILE THEME ENGINE/CHOOSER. We are working on this now and will release to market when it's complete (hopefully in the next week). Thank you. "

Over two weeks ago. They must be planning to charge for it...why else would they take the DL link down. Oh well, spose I'll just be patient

Thanks again for all the info you posted dFshadow

6/7/2011 10:11:27 AM

Quote :

"The iOS notifications center will at least let you clear individual notifications, which Android doesn't."

I guess it varies phone by phone. I could on my Droid X and they made it even easier on the gingerbread update. I guess it could be ADWLauncher that has allowed me to do it? I dono.

6/7/2011 10:21:33 AM

As pttyndal mentioned, that's probably a customization Motorola made in Blur. Stock Android doesn't have it.

6/7/2011 10:26:44 AM

^Honeybread is the theme I used between CM7 nightlies while the devs caught up to each other.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=956997

6/7/2011 10:32:47 AM

Quote :

"Over two weeks ago. They must be planning to charge for it...why else would they take the DL link down. Oh well, spose I'll just be patient "

A buddy of mine has been beta testing the port for theme chooser for the past few weeks

they don't know how to put it on the market so the guy making it is getting a friend of his to help - it's already an APK you can install and works like a charm.

6/7/2011 1:32:20 PM

Quote :

"it's already an APK you can install and works like a charm"

Where can I get the apk?

6/7/2011 1:52:49 PM

I can give you v2.91-CM7.0.2.1-EVO.zip but I too would love a copy of that .apk

This means it's going to be universal across all devices, correct?

[Edited on June 7, 2011 at 2:12 PM. Reason : ]

6/7/2011 2:03:22 PM

FWIW
http://elusivity.com/MattedBlues-v2.91-CM7.0.2.1-EVO.zip

6/7/2011 2:53:35 PM

404

6/7/2011 3:17:03 PM

http://www.droid-life.com/2011/06/06/bs-themes-releases-synergy-for-your-device-running-cm7/#more-35653

^works now.

6/7/2011 4:55:57 PM

LOL. I just got a PdaNet update through the app store despite the fact that I can't search for it anymore due to Verizon blocking the listing.

6/7/2011 5:22:41 PM

that APK is what the people in the beta testing group got - it's such a small group...my buddy won't send it to me but he said if i @ tweeted @mackgk1 i might be able to get a copy or at least ask about the status...

6/7/2011 5:43:34 PM

So I just need to flash that ZIP and I'll be good?

Whats the difference between the ZIP and whats being tested?
From my n00bish perspective it just seems like they're making this theme available on other phones?

6/7/2011 8:11:55 PM

I beat Mountains in 11:10:434

6/7/2011 9:49:07 PM

there is a theme chooser engine for t-mobile that they've put into more phones using CM.

the APK makes this a theme you can choose in the theme chooser app and so you can switch back and forth to themes as many times as you want.

the ZIP just goes into your /system files and replaces all the files with skinned versions and it's not reversible, only over-writable by flashing another zip or flashing the unskinned ROM back (you don't lose personal data in either case).

the ZIP can skin far more things and looks far more complete, but it breaks when CM updates any part of the system framework - a new ZIP has to be created regularly. the APK and themes in theme chooser don't suffer from that but if you used the zip before, you'll be able to see its limitations, like the lockscreen theming, orange highlights onClick, etc.

6/8/2011 3:16:28 AM

Galaxy 10.1 tablet is up for preorder

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/Computers-Promotions/null/pcmcat243500050023.c?id=pcmcat243500050023

ordered mine this morning

6/8/2011 2:23:35 PM