I will be starting a daily/weekly post about ways to customize your phone. Todays Topic: Bezier Live Wallpaper Depending on whether you have a Nexus One or Rooted phone running Eclair, this may apply to your phone. I am going to show you a live wallpaper that you can download free off the market. Bezier Live Wallpaper Video of it in action This is a slow moving bar that you can customize in many ways: Number of lines How far they spread Thickness and length Colors Background Color Rating: 3.5/10 (Kinda slow and boring) A suggestion to get live wallpapers in OpenEclair ROM for rooted devices.
Archive for January, 2010
Customization Corner – Bezier Live Wallpaper
Sunday, January 31st, 2010A Week in Android, Recap of news and events from 1/24-1/31
Sunday, January 31st, 2010
Another week has gone by, and much information came our way since last time. So without further delay, here it is: Hardware News The tumor-looking Motorola Motoroi is coming to T-mobile. Sounds like T-mobile is ditching the Sidekick for the MyTouch (and this could be it – MyTouch 3g ‘Slide’). Cara gathered some more information on the Nexus One Dock (the word is its pretty sweet)... and it’s available now. Renders of a Motorola MOTOSPLIT started popping up. In more promising Motorola news, a new phone passed through the FCC with T-Mobile bands, giving more hints at the Motoroi. An official fix ...
Nav4All Being Shutdown by Navteq in 3 Days!
Sunday, January 31st, 2010We just received an email from Nav4All stating that they are being forced to shutdown their Tracking & Tracing in 3 days! This is the email we received: Subject: Nav4All navigation shut down by Navteq Letter to 27,625,631 Nav4All navigation customers Dear Customers, It is with the deepest regret that we hereby notify you that the global navigation of Nav4All and the Tracking & Tracing will go offline in 3 days. The reason for the same is that the data licence agreement with Navteq (a 100% Nokia subsidiary) was not extended, in a totally unexpected manner. It is not possible to implement data from another supplier in our Nav4All ...
CyanogenMOD v4.2.14.1 Update (With Missing Contact App)
Sunday, January 31st, 2010Cyanogen has just released a small update for CyanogenMOD taking it to version 4.2.14.1 to include the newset contacts app that he left out of the previous release To download 4.2.14.1 or for more information about the release, go to Cyanogen's AndroidSPIN Developer Homepage.
Cyanogen’s CyanogenMOD v4.2.14 Released (He didn’t forget you)
Sunday, January 31st, 2010Everyone was starting to think that Cyanogen would forget all about his early roots with the T-Mobile G1 and concentrate all his efforts on the new Google Nexus One, any now he's here to prove you wrong. Cyanogen has just released an update for CyanogenMOD taking it to version 4.2.14. CHANGELOG ---- v4.2.14 * DeskClock and Music apps from Eclair * Wysie's Contacts updated to latest * Cytown's Phone updated to latest * Browser MT fixes, add option to disable onscreen zoom * New wallpaper from Prash * Fixed flashlight bug * Fixed auto-changing wallpapers bug again * Various other bugfixes To download 4.2.14 or for more information about the release, ...
Trimble Outdoors v4.0.4 Review
Sunday, January 31st, 2010
Application Review By Eddie Koulak You like outdoors? Maybe mountain biking, hiking, or exploring a trail in the woods? I love the outdoors and if I don’t know my way around a new trail I need a GPS to guide me. I also love to snap photos and shoot occasional videos for memory’s sake. I also need a phone “just in case”. When the hike is a long one you probably want to pack light, but to do all of the above the traditional way you need a lot of gadgets. The problem is that’s just too many fragile things to ...
OpenEclair v1.1 rc1 released for testing
Sunday, January 31st, 2010OpenEclair Version 1.1 release candidate 1 is out and about and ready for download. The release candidate currently does not have a working camera but that should be fixed real soon. No change log has been posted yet but the release was done late last night and more details will be forthcoming once the team is awake and had their coffee fix :-) Head over to the OpenTeam's AndroidSPIN Developer Homepage for more information and the fastest downloads around.
CyanogenMod v5.0 for Google Nexus One Beta 3
Sunday, January 31st, 2010CyaogenMOD v5.0 for Google Nexus One Beta 3 is released and available on AndroidSPIN. Users have been testing Cyanogen's updated ROM for the Google Nexus for a while now and this latest release, according to posts in the XDA forum are saying it's fast and stable and almost ready for prime time. CHANGELOG ---- 5.0-N1-beta3 * Removed some kernel patches that caused instability * Added Wysie's Contacts enhancements * Fixed Superuser freeze * Fixed installer backup script to not copy odexed apps * Higher resolution wallpaper from Prash * Added German locale updates from thiasB * Added LZO support to BusyBox * Various minor fixes Head over to Cyanogen's AndroidSPIN Developer ...
Bravo Headed To T-Mobile.
Sunday, January 31st, 2010
A reliable source of mine who works for T-Mobile informed me, that we would be seeing the Bravo on T-Mo soon. No release date, or additional information was given to me. Just that HTC plans on sending the Bravo to T-mobile at a possible $199.00 price with a 2-year contract. The Bravo will be running Sense UI which was seen on Hero. It's packing a 1GHZ Snapdragon processor with a 3.7" AMOLED Touch screen display. It's also rumored to come with a FM radio tuner. Hopefully more information leaks out and we get a release date for the Bravo.
Milestone hits T-Mobile UK
Saturday, January 30th, 2010
Are you on T-Moible UK and want a Milestone well it may be closer than you think. "The Android 2.0 powered Milestone phone from Motorola has now been released on T-Mobile tariffs, the high specification Motorola Milestone was first introduced SIM Free followed by an Orange launch."- The date is not stamped in stone but this is a good speculation. " It may not make it to market until early Q2 2010." Source:BigNews.biz
App review: SMSAwake v1.1.0 by Andrew Schwimmer
Saturday, January 30th, 2010
SMSAwake is a 4 star Android application by Andrew Schwimmer. He is also responsible for other quality apps like SaveMMS and HideNSeek ( you know you all have that one ;) ). SMSAwake is not a program that you run. Meaning you just download and install it and it does it's thing. That thing being, when you receive an SMS message, the app will cause your phone's screen to light up for 5 seconds. This app can be very handy if you are running your phone in silent mode, you have trouble hearing your notifications or when your phone is ...
OpenEclair Now in the AndroidSPIN Release DB!
Saturday, January 30th, 2010OpenEclair and the members of the OpenTeam have now setup the releases in the AndroidSPIN database. Version 1.0 is now available and an update is expected real soon according to Chris and Wes. We are all very excited to be involved in this project and hope that more and more developers will join as this moves forward. History: Known Issues / Pending Enhancements - YouTube - We don`t have hardware acceleration yet, anything video related is going to be choppy at best. - Defect: Insufficient Storage errors when installing applications. (Issue 4) - Defect: Desk Clock - Music button does ...
Nexus One Desktop Dock Unboxing and Review
Saturday, January 30th, 2010The guys over on the Nexus One Blog have a released a video unboxing and review of the new Google Nexus One Desktop Dock. Short and sweet but to the point the video highlights the initial issues found and how to fix them. Worth the $50 for this little puppy? Maybe! It doesn't look like much for your money but it does act a Bluetooth link to play your music too. No real mention of the weight and build quality in the video! If you've get one of these docks, please let know your thoughts in the comments. Source: NexusOneBlog
OpenEclair: The Community Driven Eclair ROM for Everyone!
Saturday, January 30th, 2010ctso is trying to change the way the developer's of the community approach the development and release of ROMs, and it's for the better. The OpenEclair thread over on XDA is looking nice and organized, but that's only the front end we see. Let's hope that ctso and the rest of developer's already on board are being as organized in the background. The current team as it stands today is a great start and includes: Developer - ctso - Twitter Developer - wesgarner - Twitter Developer - benbuchacher - Twitter Developer - jubeh Forum Support - zeppelin481 - Twitter Forum Support - zimphishmonger - Twitter I really hope ...
Should Android Worry About iPad? Doubt It.
Friday, January 29th, 2010
If you've been living in a cave for the past few days, you wouldn't have heard about Apple's new gadget the iPad. The iPad is an Apple tablet that's a basically an enlarged iTouch with a not-so-appealing name. It's packing a 9.7" Touchscreen, weighs in at 1.5lbs and it's powered by their new 1ghz A4 processing chip. It has all the functionality of an iphone, of course without the phone part. Apple is also throwing in a new book store, which is bringing in features seen on the Kindle and Nook into play. Many have been speculating that it might even hurt ...
AT&T may be getting the Nexus after all…
Friday, January 29th, 2010
Don't worry all of you disgruntled iPhone users...here comes Nexus to the rescue, maybe... Our friends at Engadget may be on to something... The photo above shows two very similar but slightly different labels. And when I say slightly different, I mean off by a mere one digit. The label on the right is from a current Nexus One and the one on the left was spotted passing thru the FCC (they always get the good stuff first). The one on the left is for a device with FCC ID NM899110. The current Nexus One has ID NM899100. Upon looking a little ...
MyTouch3G OTA Updated Being Pushed
Friday, January 29th, 2010News is spreading of a MyTouch OTA update being pushed to your devices. Nothing too much to get excited about, according to the peeps over on AndroidGuys. The update is purely a fix for a missed call notification bug on your phones. I never knew there was an issue but apparently you do not receive correct missed call notifications on theMyTouch3G. They also noticed some other strange occurrences once the update had been applied including; applications disappearing from the market. Someone also posted a comment stating that they had received updates on the G1 as well, but I cant confirm this. Quote: Well, I ...
VeriSign Identity Protection (VIP) Access for Mobile
Friday, January 29th, 2010
VeriSign Identity Protection (VIP) Access for Mobile
Review Of KiNgxKxOveR AOSP 2.0.1/2.1 Blend v0.9
Friday, January 29th, 2010
ROM Review URL: AndroidSpin DB Based off: Eclair 2.0.1 Created By: KingKlick Download: KingKlick's AndroidSPIN Developer Homepage First Impressions This ROM boots at a decent speed, Full setup wizard works 100% no force closes. Change log looks good including Voice input* and Live wallpapers I was excited to test this ROM out and see these features in action. Score: 4.5/5 Polish And Appeal Stock this rom has the Nexus One drawer icon and nexus wallpaper, very appealing. As I stated before the ive been waiting for the live wallpapers since I saw them on the nexus, althought most of the stock ones wont load and they just FC. You can download any wallpaper off the Market. Other than those ...
MyTouch 3G Slide images leaked…did we go back to the future?
Friday, January 29th, 2010
Remember the hoverboard in Back To The Future II? Well they added a QWERTY to it... And this is supposedly the line to replace the Sidekick series? If this is indeed the MyTouch 3G Slide (aka HTC Espresso or MyTouch 2), good luck with that...I doubt we'll be seeing it on the sidelines of any fashion runways. Besides the rather unattractive lack of contour, rumored specs for the new handset include an optical pad, a camera with LED flash, a 1,300mAh battery, an external microSD card slot (not blocked by the battery), a HVGA 320 x 480 panel display and an ARM11 ...
Nexus One Data back up and running…?
Friday, January 29th, 2010My Nexus One data is back up and I have received a few other reports of it as well. I'm still looking into what caused the issue and who is claiming blame. In the meantime, leave a comment and let me know if yours is restored as well. ;)
Nexus One Data Outage…TMO says “It’s not us…call HTC.”
Friday, January 29th, 2010
I woke up this morning, turned on my Nexus One, went to the browser and got directed to a page that said I need a webconnect plan from T-Mobile to access the internet. So I checked, absolutely no data connection whatsoever. I called T-Mobile who proceeded to apologize for "any inconvenience I was having" and reset my network connection. No dice. They said it's not us then, call HTC because we are not allowed to troubleshoot the Nexus One. Photo courtesy of Engadget According to Absolutely Android, HTC started receiving phone calls around 6:30am and they are looking into the issue. They ...
Updated: Official HTC ROM Upgrade for HTC Magic adds Sense UI
Friday, January 29th, 2010HTC Magic ROM upgrade, adds Sense UI
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