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[S. Fourteen]

^ lmao

 

[Casey]

^ lmao

I don't get what's so funny.

Do you not understand what the definition of free is?

free
provided without, or not subject to, a charge or payment: free parking; a free sample.

 

[Casey]

Official DropBox app is out and it's awesome. I uploaded a file from my phone and it appeared instantly on my computer DropBox folder with the notification.

Official Dropbox app hits Android Market » EuroDroid

If any of you guys wanna start using DropBox, if you sign up using my referral link:
https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTY0MjMwNzQ5

then we will both get an extra 250MB of storage.

 

[Rukas]

Man I was using dropbox in like 2001. They've come a long way.

 

[masta247]

Wow finally the official one. Dropbox is one of the most awesome things on an Android phone. No need to store things on your phone as long as you have internet access.

I also posted that when I started using the unofficial app but thanks for letting know that there's the full thing out :thumb:

 

[masta247]

Apps that I have installed right now I didn't see mentioned:

Aldiko where you can download and read full books with a very nice user interface.
APNdroid if you don't want your phone to connect to the net over gprs/3g.
Asphalt 3 - a very cool 3d racing game with nice graphics (steering with accelerometer sensor).
Astro file manager of course. imo the best one and the first thing I'd download.
Backgrounds - easiest way to change wallpapers.
Baseball superstars - a pretty addictive game.
Barcode scanner as well as all of these augmented reality apps are unbelievably awesome.
Gentle alarm - the best alarm clock EVER! I hated waking up in the morning. I donated 10$ to the developer. It's the ultimate alarm clock for me. It somehow synchs with your sleeping cycle. I always wake up fresh thanks to this.
ChompSMS for texting.
Grave defense and robo defense are pretty addictive if you want to kill some time.
Phonalyzr - charts with all info on how you use your phone for calls and texting (very awesome). Useful when considering a new plan since you automatically know how did you use your phone.
The weather channel - the most accurate weather app imo.

There are also many great Polish apps but I guess they are pretty useless abroad. There's an app for telling which carrier people from your phonebook have etc.

There are also many cool full games but I'm not that much into them. A friend of mine plays Sims 3 on my phone and thinks it's very cool lol.

Oh and google sky is also nice.

 

[Rukas]

^ masta send me your gmail so i can add you to gtalk. That goes for you too SiGh and anyone else that wants to chat.

 

[THEV1LL4N]

Official DropBox app is out and it's awesome. I uploaded a file from my phone and it appeared instantly on my computer DropBox folder with the notification.

Official Dropbox app hits Android Market » EuroDroid

If any of you guys wanna start using DropBox, if you sign up using my referral link:
https://www.dropbox.com/referrals/NTY0MjMwNzQ5

then we will both get an extra 250MB of storage.

thanks. i just use the link to sign up and download the installation file to my memory stick. im waiting for my computer to arrive and hope this works because it never gave any indication that it was through a referral. seemed like a normal, individual registration (although i did notice it say refferal in the address bar).

 

[Casey]

/\ I didn't get an email saying you had used my referral link. But I did get one saying Cooper used it. Thanks Coop!

 

[S O F I]

^ So, let me get this straight - every time I click on a Google Ad, I'm supporting Casey get his free Navigation and other free software? LOL so much for "fuck paying for software" lmao

Let me set you straight.

A company has to MAKE money to offer services. Look at most banks nowadays. You get a free checking account, right? But it's not free. The bank uses your funds to loan out to other people and bank reserves are usually about 10% at any given point during the day.

SO MUCH FOR A FREE CHECKING ACCOUNT! KILL BANKERS! WHOO ANARCHY!

don't be stupid. I don't pay for the navigation app and I don't see ads when I use it. But it doesn't mean Google isn't making money or using the information provided by my usage of the app to make money in the future.

 

[Cooper]

Was signing up as I read your post

 

[Casey]

Man I was using dropbox in like 2001. They've come a long way.

That must have been something else.

Dropbox is a Web 2.0 based file hosting service operated by Dropbox, Inc. which uses cloud computing to enable users to store and share files and folders with others across the Internet using file synchronization. It was founded in 2007 by MIT graduates Drew Houston and Arash Ferdowsi as a Y Combinator startup.[3]

 

[Casey]

In today's Android news..

Confirmed: LG Ally Will Run Android OS 2.1 on a Fast Processor

LG is slowly revealing the details on the LG Ally, a smartphone running Google's Android OS that will hit the market later this month. The company's micro-site dedicated to this model has been updated with additional details and images.

Over the weekend, LG began running an Iron Man 2-themed TV commercial featuring the Ally. This shows the device being used as a smartphone without revealing all the details. Since then, more information has been posted on an official company site.

This model will be a slider, with a landscape-oriented keyboard that can be hidden behind its 3.2-inch touchscreen.

It is going to run Google Android OS 2.1 and include the standard suite of software, including Gmail, YouTube, Google Maps, and more.

LG has yet to reveal the Ally's processor speed, but did say this model will offer animated wallpapers, a feature that so far has only appeared in Android-based devices with 1 GHz processors.

The company also says the smartphone is going to have a 3G cellular-wireless networking, a microSD memory card slot, and a GPS receiver. Its camera will have a flash, but its resolution is not yet known.

Pricing and Availability
The LG Ally will be introduced on May 20, but its manufacturer still has yet to say what wireless carrier is going to be offering it. Unconfirmed sources say this will be Verizon Wireless, though.

No source, official or not, has so far revealed the price.

Also, there's an update to Google Goggles in the Market. It now has built in translate, so for example you could take a picture of a foreign menu and it would scan it and translate it for you.

Point Your Android Phone At Foreign Text To Translate It Instantly With Google Goggles (GOOG)

 

[Casey]

MyTouch 3G Slide’s Beautiful Retail Packaging Spotted, Compared Against Other Phones | Android Phone Fans

Droid Sector got their hands on what looks like the final retail packaging for the T-Mobile MyTouch Slide. The box itself is very unusual as far as the exterior goes. It looks almost like a briefcase or a safe deposit box. The material looks to be plastic with rubber edges stamped with T-Mobile and MyTouch 3G Slide logos. I’m convinced that every cell phone manufacturer needs to copy this design (the box alone makes me want to go and get one of these things).

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They didn’t say whether or not the box was for mass production or just for review units, but I’m sure it’d turn a good amount of heads sitting in the window of a T-Mobile store. Early accessories look to include the charger (of course), MyTouch-branded earbuds, and I can’t really tell, but there are some other goodies beneath the cradle on the left side. Head over to Droid Sector for more images of the packaging, as well as views of the phone itself up against the T-Mobile G1 and the original T-Mobile MyTouch 3G.

I predict this will be a big seller amongst the Sidekick demographic.

 

[masta247]

Now THIS is GOOD:

I wasn't really interested in tablets but this looks so nice. The user interface and specs seem close to perfect. And that Nvidia Tegra 2..oh man, full HD (1080P) video playback.
And all of that for 199$!

 

[ImmortalTech]

I hate checking this thread.. It always makes me wanna buy a new phone.

You guys are wack.. kill yourselves.

 

[Casey]

I never heard of this manufacturer before but the phone looks good.

Meizu M9

Well, what do you know -- perhaps there is an M9 in your future (or someone's future) after all! After hearing the one and only Jack Wong detail the thing earlier this year, Beareyes.com is reporting that the device -- with the same 3.6-inch display, 1 GHz (Samsung S5PC110) CPU, HDMI 1.3 out and more -- may be out as early as this August. We think this is certainly do-able, although anything can happen -- as the drawn-out gestation of a certain Meizu M8 made painfully clear. The new news? It looks like Android 2.1 might just be on tap. Sweet, eh? Look for it August 18, for around $350 depending on options... but don't be surprised if you're still looking long past the target date.

 

[masta247]

Meizu used to manufacture mp3 players. Some were great.

 

[dedbrd]

A couple other good apps that I haven't seen mentioned, not saying they haven't been, just haven't seen it...

bump - find another android user and you cqan bump contacts, pics and apps, claims you can do contacts and pics with iphone also, I haven't tried that

us users...Redbox codes - it generates codes for redbox so you can get free movie rentals

keyring - scans all the stores keychain cards and puts the on your phone so the cashier can scan it and you don't have 20 cards on your keychain.

mileage - keeps track of gas mileage in your car and money spent on gas.

touiteur - I had Twidroid,but I like toutier as a twitter client much better

pandora radio - great to make your own stations to listen too

slacker radio - more unknown artists than pandora but same basic idea

probably most of them you have heard of, if not enjoy.

 

[S O F I]

Gotti, here are the steps you'll need to take in order to get CyanogenMod 5.0.7 (aka the all-new Android 2.1 ROM) on your G1.

I advise you to set aside at least an hour to get all of this done. And make sure you're not far from a power supply at any time.


1. Download the application "My Backup" from the Market. It's a fully functioning 30-day trial. Or you can buy the full version entitled "My Backup Pro".
2. Use that application to back up all your apps and data to the sdcard.
3. Download this file.
4. Once downloaded unzip that file and put the file DREAIMG.NBH on your sdcard.
5. Turn off your G1. Power it on whilst holding camera button to get to the bootloader screen. Hit the End key to begin the update. When it is done, hit the trackball to restart. You have now travelled back in time and should be running the Android 1.1 firmware.
6. Download this file. Rename it to "update.zip" and put it on your sdcard.
7. Turn off your phone. Power it on, this time whilst holding the 'Home' button. You should get to a screen with an exclamation mark. Press Alt+L to see the text, and then Alt+S to apply the update. This will update you to Android 1.5, which is where you need to be in order to gain root access.
8. Go through the standard Android setup routine so you can get to the home screen.

9. Download these two files and put them both on your sdcard:
FlashRec.apk
Amon-RA Recovery Image

10. Go to Settings > Applications and make sure the "Unknown Sources" box is ticked.
11. Download 'Linda File Manager' for free from the Market. Open this app and find the FlashRec file on your sdcard and click on it to install it.
12. Open the FlashRec app and click "Backup Recovery Image" and wait for it to finish.
13. Then click on the empty text box in the app and type:

14. Click on the "Flash Custom Recovery Image" button and wait for it to finish.
15. Download the following files and put them on your sdcard.
26I Radio
DangerSPL
Defanged 1.6 Base
CyanogenMod 4.2.15.1
CyanogenMod 5.0.7
Google Apps Addon
Do not unzip any of these, just put the zip files on your sdcard.
16. Reboot into Recovery (Home + Power)
17. Select Flash update from sd card
18. Flash the 26I RADIO file.
19. When that's done, flash the DangerSPL
*****IMPORTANT - DO NOT FLASH THE SPL BEFORE FLASHING THE RADIO. IF YOU DO YOU WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE*****
20. Reboot back into recovery
21. Flash the Defanged Base. Do not let the phone reboot after this is done (if it tries to reboot make sure you hold HOME to get straight back into recovery)
22. Flash CyanogenMod 4.2.15.1
23. Allow phone to boot up.
24. Turn phone off.
25. Boot into Recovery (Home + Power)
26. From the recovery menu, do a full Wipe (Factory reset)
27. After this is done, select "Flash update from sd"
28. Flash the CyanogenMOD 5.0.7 file
29. Flash the Google Apps Addon file
30. Reboot and you're done! Now redownload "My Backup" to restore your apps and data.

Another thing worth doing is using the Recovery Menu to make an EXT3 partition of 500mb on your sdcard, that way you can move all your apps to sd. But you'll need to do this stuff first before doing that anyway.

Are those directions for someone with a completely non-rooted G1 running 1.6?

When I did the power button + camera thing (step 5), it stays on the rainbow screen and doesn't proceed. Is my sd card supposed to be wiped off and only have the dreaimg file on it?