Android OS !

[computertech19]

I liked Android so much on my phone that I bought a Motorola Zoom today!
I never realized how amazing tablets were till I bought one.

 

[StalkeR]

Hello computertech,that's a nice phone. If you got some questions about Android ,feel free to ask.

 

[computertech19]

Hello computertech,that's a nice phone. If you got some questions about Android ,feel free to ask.

I do have one, the official specs of the Zoom says it have a NVIDEA Tegra 2 dual Core processor. I installed a "Android System Info" and it says it's a ARM V7 1Ghz 1 core chip. What's up with that?

 

[Everlong]

Hello computertech,that's a nice phone. If you got some questions about Android ,feel free to ask.

I do have one, the official specs of the Zoom says it have a NVIDEA Tegra 2 dual Core processor. I installed a "Android System Info" and it says it's a ARM V7 1Ghz 1 core chip. What's up with that?

Guessing it's just not updated properly for it. Like the Tegra 2 is an ARM processor, just not reading it properly.

 

[StalkeR]

Maybe you should try with another program. You can view that info in SetCPU,and Elixir also.

 

[Everlong]

Note that setCPU isn't free and need root access for it.

 

[StalkeR]

Note that setCPU isn't free and need root access for it.

Yes,it need rott,but as I know it can be downloaded as free from Market. Just to view that info for the CPU.

 

[Capt.Jack Sparrow]

Note that setCPU isn't free and need root access for it.

From XDA community Developer give it for free in Market we have to pay for it. It's donate version.

BTW i'm waiting for HTC Sensation to launch in India .. My HTC Wildfire is pretty outdated

 

[Everlong]

Note that setCPU isn't free and need root access for it.

From XDA community Developer give it for free in Market we have to pay for it. It's donate version.

I forgot about that. Now I know where I originally got it from as I always wondered why it was never in my Market app list as I don't remember paying for it, lol.

Been busy looking at getting the stock Gingerbread notification bar icons (battery, signal, wifi etc) in to a Sense ROM. Got the battery icons in, which is easy to find, but the other things don't seem to be in the framework-res.apk file. Will have another look tomorrow.

 

[mickey megabyte]

i used to have it, but haven't needed it since being turned on to cm7, which, as you know, has it's own built-in overclock doodah.

i can stably 'clock my cheap little 600 MHz phone to 710 - makes angry birds a lot smoother

 

[StalkeR]

I'm runing my CPU at 710Mhz(most stable),and 748 Mhz also ,but when I'm playing games battery is going over 35C.

 

[StalkeR]

Great article from LifeHacker. I'm sure that will help someone with Android device...

How to Get Better Battery Life from Your Android Phone

If you have a modern Android phone, you know the pain of turning on your phone at 5 PM only to realize it's deep in a low-battery coma. Here are the simple manual changes, and clever automatic tweaks, that will keep your phone awake and useful for far longer.

Source ...

 

[Everlong]

The best thing about that article is "Don't use a task killer". Way too many people use them and in the long run it can cause more problems then just a few hours of extra battery life a day.

Best way I found was to try find a custom kernel. Longest I've had my phone go without a charge is 2 and a half days, and with just general usage I was getting that a lot.

The only problem with newer kernels though is that the 2.6.38.xx versions have diabolical transfer rates to SD card when connected to PC etc, but they offer better battery life.

 

[Capt.Jack Sparrow]

Note that setCPU isn't free and need root access for it.

From XDA community Developer give it for free in Market we have to pay for it. It's donate version.

I forgot about that. Now I know where I originally got it from as I always wondered why it was never in my Market app list as I don't remember paying for it, lol.

Been busy looking at getting the stock Gingerbread notification bar icons (battery, signal, wifi etc) in to a Sense ROM. Got the battery icons in, which is easy to find, but the other things don't seem to be in the framework-res.apk file. Will have another look tomorrow.

Try this UOT Kitchen

 

[Everlong]

From XDA community Developer give it for free in Market we have to pay for it. It's donate version.

I forgot about that. Now I know where I originally got it from as I always wondered why it was never in my Market app list as I don't remember paying for it, lol.

Been busy looking at getting the stock Gingerbread notification bar icons (battery, signal, wifi etc) in to a Sense ROM. Got the battery icons in, which is easy to find, but the other things don't seem to be in the framework-res.apk file. Will have another look tomorrow.

Try this UOT Kitchen

I usually use that for themes. I found the remaining things I needed. Was in the systemUI.apk file. Was tired last night doing it, so I didn't realise until I was in bed where the rest of the icons would be lol.

Just need to pack it all up and flash them now.

 

[Capt.Jack Sparrow]

Good work Mate ... It's fun tweaking Android.

 

[Everlong]

Yea, as easy as it is using the kitchens etc I find it much more fun doing it myself.

I think when I get enough free time I'll work on putting a ROM together for myself using the ROM kitchen you linked to.

 

[Capt.Jack Sparrow]

Yea, as easy as it is using the kitchens etc I find it much more fun doing it myself.

I think when I get enough free time I'll work on putting a ROM together for myself using the ROM kitchen you linked to.

I made one from stock using [KITCHEN][APR. 24 '11] HTC Android Kitchen, v0.158 [Linux / Mac / Windows] - xda-developers with few mod for frameworks and remove some apps etc. it was nice .. I didn't post anywhere .. Just did it for fun

 

[Everlong]

Got them sorted and they look great. Find them much better than the stock Sense icons. Only thing that didn't work was the USB notification icon when the phone's connected to the PC, but I'll have a look at that another time.

 

[Everlong]

Found a music player called IVR Music Player, which is a voice recognition one. It's still not all that accurate Google voice actions, but speaking clearly can yield some good results. I wanted something for while I'm driving and I can just talk to my phone to change songs, lol. Only problem with this music player is if it finds the song I want it doesn't play it, but just displays it and I have to manually click play.

Might make it a project for over Summer and write my own voice recognition music player, lol. I'll throw it on the same pile as the Seven Forums Android app I said I'd have a play with making.