Official Android discussion thread

[sujoyp]

And US too...they r also stuck with Motorola and iphone

[kalpik]

^^ Actually iPhone is still the largest selling phone even in Japan What can you say, Japanese are a weird race

[dreamcatcher]

Well, The HTC Desire is pretty much in sale too there. So kalpik, Hows your desire shaping up? Oh sorry, hasnt been launched yet.

[kalpik]

Well, The HTC Desire is pretty much in sale too there. So kalpik, Hows your desire shaping up? Oh sorry, hasnt been launched yet.

So how's Android 2.1 feeling on your X10? Oh wait! It's only gonna be released when the world will be on Android 3.0!

[dreamcatcher]

Android 3.0 by October?
Anyways, i would rather have a working phone in my hand running an outdated software than nothing at all. Anyways, its getting a firmware update in a couple of days. Would update the baseband and add a few other features as well. I am so waiting to shoot some HD videos on my X10. Let me know when you get your Desire though,

[kalpik]

Anyways, its getting a firmware update in a couple of days. Would update the baseband and add a few other features as well.

Yea.. You let me know when that happens.. Lets see who breaks news first!

[dreamcatcher]

It already has had two minor updates. How many times did you update ur desire? Oh crap man... I tend to forget.. its not launched yet.

[kalpik]

It already has had two minor updates. How many times did you update ur desire? Oh crap man... I tend to forget.. its not launched yet.

Can't really call something an "update" if its still outdated.. Oh wait.. You like to live in the past! I forgot!

[dreamcatcher]

At least something is better than NOTHING!!.. Literally NOTHING!!.. At least am not sitting t home *****ing about phones while waiting to buy one for like..ages.

[kalpik]

That's like saying having dog crap in your hands is better than having nothing in your hands :/ And even if i were to buy a phone RIGHT NOW, i'd rather buy a Legend or a Milestone, or get the Desire/Nexus One from abroad rather than buying X10.. Just because YOU wasted YOUR money on ****, doesn't mean other will too!

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Anyway, enough of this ****.. You don't need to come here and prove every time how shitty X10 is.. We all know it already.. So any more flamebaits will be deleted without notice.

[FilledVoid]

ell, The HTC Desire is pretty much in sale too there. So kalpik, Hows your desire shaping up? Oh sorry, hasnt been launched yet.

Let me give you a piece of advice. Stick to opinions and do not nag other people. If Kalpik wants a bloody desire . He will get one when he bloody pleases. Its not like hes borrowing money from you for the damn phone anyway so drop it and give it a rest already.

If you want to go ahead and make my day. Try nitpicking him once more.

[tgpraveen]

lets stop the argument and talk about froyo.
man it is looking to be awesome.
flash.
jit compiler.
usb and wifi tethering.
ui improvements.
and much more i hope.

[kalpik]

Only thing is that it won't be on Desire so soon!

[amitabhishek]

Postponing my mobile purchase plan till Froyo is announced. The wishlist is certainly lip making!

[tgpraveen]

@amit just get nexus one u will get froyo and many more updates.
if u dont min d warranty loss

[sujoyp]

Postponing my mobile purchase plan till Froyo is announced. The wishlist is certainly lip making!

Exactly what I was thinking....will jump on android wagon after froyo is common

[kalpik]

^^ When froyo is common, the next version will be announced It's a never ending cycle I tell you!

[amitabhishek]

Froyo looks like a significant upgrade and Google have just announced that they are changing their N1 sales strategy. Never know...India may get lucky so better to wait and watch before sinking that hard earned money.

Guess Froyo's release is this week?

[kalpik]

Yeah.. 19th May

[sujoyp]

Great...actually since I read that foryo is 4 times faster...I am just amazed

[sriharsha_madineni]

@Filledvoid
What about the application thread?? Any progress??? Even I'm looking for some good apps so creating one would be helpful na

For now I need an alternative for Locale, since the beta stopped working and the paid one is $11. I'm looking at alternative apps to manage my profiles automatically. Any Suggestions!

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Can you suggest any good site to follow android news

[amitabhishek]

If you guys have rooted the phone you can try overclocking the CPU. I have done it and phone does feel snappier. Its a simple two step process:

1) Download latest setcpuxx.zip , unzip and install using any installer.

Once you have installed setcpu the first screen would look like this (Select your appropriate device):




Magic processor by default has been clocked to 528Mhz:




2) After installing setcpuxx.zip; do this; Copy update.zip into SD card & flash using a recovery ROM (just like you would flash any ROM). Reboot and go to setcpu and refresh the values

New overclocked values (in my case) will look like this:



Don't forget to check this XDA thread before you start OCing.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=679033

Enjoy!

[sriharsha_madineni]

leshakkkkk r u listening

jokes apart, Amit is it model specific or universal app
what about the heating issue, does it get too hot

[kalpik]

Nice! Froyo announced! Looks promising! http://developer.android.com/sdk/and...ighlights.html

[sriharsha_madineni]

Again I envy you HTC guys
Most 2010 HTC Android phones will get Froyo ...in 2010

Planning to join you guys in a few months, which one should I be looking for in the 25K range

[FilledVoid]

ROFLCOPTER

And I thought the Magic would die out after 2.1 . If 2.2 comes out on Magic Ill be quite happy lol.

@Filledvoid
What about the application thread?? Any progress??? Even I'm looking for some good apps so creating one would be helpful na

I guess I've been slacking off for some time now. Will get to it as soon as possible .

[amitabhishek]

is it model specific or universal app
what about the heating issue, does it get too hot

It is not a universal app. you need to install the native "update.zip" for your device. I think it exists for Spica too. Though front end application (setcpu.apk) is universal. I had kept phone overclocked for a day and realized that the phone had become very unstable. Too many force closes I had to clock it back to native freq. of 528Mhz .

My guess is Froyo should be available for old Android devices too; devs. are waiting for source code to be released. Rubbing my palm in anticipation !

From Cyanogen's Tweet:

@cyanogen
I won't be doing anything with FroYo until the source code is released, which hopefully will be soon.

Inevitable Apple bashing after Froyo's launch. I love it .

[desiibond]

Again I envy you HTC guys
Most 2010 HTC Android phones will get Froyo ...in 2010

Planning to join you guys in a few months, which one should I be looking for in the 25K range

Wait for launch and price cut on Desire, then get it.

[sriharsha_madineni]

Wait for launch and price cut on Desire, then get it.

How much does N1 cost anna?? Desire looks bland, yet that looks like a good VFM option.

[kalpik]

I'm buying the N1 tomorrow, keeping in mind its gonna be well supported by Google and the hacker community in terms of updates. I enquired 2-3 places and the price seems to be around 28-28.5k.