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Android Software Thread - Tasty Desserts, Tastier Apps
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Corran Horn
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Frustration...guess Ill move on to a different computer to see if this still failsgcubed said:
Corran Horn said:
See if this works for you (I have no idea if it would work, I was just googling what sideload mean and it seemed promising)
http://www.androidcentral.com/sideload-android-apps-all-you-want-sideload-wonder-machine
Corran Horn
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tried. my issue is that its not recognizing my phone. Device isnt found :/Achtius said:
The Interrobanger
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gcubed said:
Wordwise is a million times shittier than Wordfeud (which I'm also addicted to...and in about 60 games I remain undefeated)
I can deal with the server issues for now. They're not too bad and being able to have 20 games going makes it all worthwhile.
Khalifa Jayy
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ShootMe is pretty awesome. You take screenshots by shaking your phone :lolKraftwerk said:hmm..i used drocap but its kinda messy and the output quality isn't that good.What program do most people use for screen caps? they are all so high res.
Zombie James
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RJNavarrete said:ShootMe is pretty awesome. You take screenshots by shaking your phone :lol
Anything for unrooted phones?
jonnybryce
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Zombie James said:
I don't think you can do it unrooted which does suck. For me I mainly care about website screenshots to text people funny or interesting things and I've found Siteshot (a workaround in the share menu where it reloads the page in a mini app and saves the area you want onto SD) and Dolphin Browser's add on.
Google really needs to add it though.
jiien said:
I'm not rooted right now; I have a Droid and it's been supported well enough that I haven't felt the need to root (I also don't care for many of the things people root for). I'd give rooting a shot if it came to it but I'm not really thrilled about looking to devs of a forum to supply the firmware for my phone and playing the games along with it; all this talk of roms, kernals, flashing, this app not working right on this rom, that app not working correctly on that rom. I want it to be simple. But you're right, at least the option is available and it's not a bad one.
Zombie James
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jonnybryce said:
Not a big deal. I plan to root my phone once these SLCD issues get ironed out anyways.
Where can I get Swype, btw? It's not on the Market.
WasteLand Soldier
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Kraftwerk said:hmm..i used drocap but its kinda messy and the output quality isn't that good.What program do most people use for screen caps? they are all so high res.
holy crap what skin is this?
Its not one skin/theme.Bunch of files and app i dl'd and customized.Here ill give you the names and setup should be really easy.WasteLand Soldier said:
Launcher pro
Tajm clock (background black)
BattStatt (medium size,background black)
Text icon pack
wallapaper
Launcher pro dock background It looks gray here but it will look like mine when you set it up ( once you get launcher pro :go to appearance>dock background>custom>folder where you put it)
that should be it honestly.
JohnTinker
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WordFeud is much nicer now after the 1.0.2 update, way fewer conection problems and the battery isnt sucked down so much.
The addition of a friends list would be nice though.
Can add me as jtink
The addition of a friends list would be nice though.
Can add me as jtink
You could try MusicMod, it's very nice and has some nice widgets. I'm far too attached to how Sense puts its Now Playing with controls on the lockscreen so it's not an option for me. But if you're not using a Sense branded phone or don't like Sense it'll probably be more than good enough for you. Instead I'm using the stock HTC player with Pure Music widgets. See below for an example.Kraftwerk said:
http://i771.photobucket.com/albums/xx356/saunderez84/screenshot.png
Miggytronz
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UNREVOKED FOREVER
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For EVO and Inc users. Should be up today. Nand Unlock? we'll see. Roots 2.2 OTA? We'll see.
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For EVO and Inc users. Should be up today. Nand Unlock? we'll see. Roots 2.2 OTA? We'll see.
mckmas8808
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jonnybryce said:
Well some people like myself look custom UIs so what if I don't want them to stop? I like HTC Sense, so I hope they keep it and at least make it optional. I DON'T want no boring stock vanilla Android phone.
MarkMclovin
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Kraftwerk said:
My 1st screen is exactly the same as yours only my wallpaper is darker.
Chairman85
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Pure Music Widget? It has a transparent skin.Kraftwerk said:
Nother small question: When you're in contacts and you've linked your contacts to their facebook accounts and pretty much everything, how do you modify the name that shows up? I have the entry listed as the short name but it keeps using the facebook name, which is much longer.
Is that really what everyone is saying? I know *I* want stock and maybe you do too, but when I look at what everyone is saying in threads like this, I see a lot of people who want the new features/fixes that are in stock Android OS updates, but they don't necessarily want a purely stock experience. The majority of this thread is using one home replacement or another, for example, same for soft keyboards. A lot of people swear by Sense UI. Etc.jonnybryce said:
And since the OEMs and carriers seem to be stepping up the pace at which they implement the stock Android updates, I doubt you're going to find a lot of people displeased with the situation.
I'd like to see another flagship phone like the N1 running stock Android in the future, but if carriers/OEMs remain committed to relatively fast updates when new stock versions become available, I say close enough.
jonnybryce
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If you go to Engadget the highest ranked comments are the ones saying we hate custom. The actual posts by the writers say the same. In this thread there have been plenty of pleads for stock and diggs at Samsung for Touchwiz although it turned out a little better than we expected in the end.kaching said:
HTC may have stepped up to the plate but from Droid X to Samsungs Galaxys, the months and months are still the rule and HTC was simply the exception; whether the reasoning is the challenge of porting, the manpower + low priority or simply not giving a fuck.
Launcher Pro is such a success because it itself is awesome, people with Touchwiz, Motoblur and Sense also love it - not just people with stock looking to escape stock. No one is saying the stock launcher is the best or that stock is the prettiest but the point is that Android can be customized through the app store without manufacturers baking in custom uis that introduce new delays, bugs, methods of operation and compatibility issues with apps.
People may be buying the Droid X or Incredible but there's still a large prescense screaming for stock and no one seems to want to step up to the plate for that. I will never buy a Touchwiz phone, Sense is nice but in the end its become more of a facelift than anything else and the old Motoblur fails to do anything a few apps couldn't while the new one is a little messy and not without its problems (the last post I saw in the Droid X thread was someone complaining that Motos custom message app is slow. Same for the Galaxy, the software often makes it slow).
Is this a huge issue in anyones life? No, but its baffling that none of the manufacturers realize a AAA phone with stock slapped on is another super easy way to "differentiate" yourself from the competition. Its odd that the OS people root for and see Google showing off in conferences is becoming impossible to buy; you basically have to pick a skin you like the most.
JLateralus
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jonnybryce said:
+1 - I agree 100% with this. I'd rather they just put stock 2.1 on the DX instead of the weird ass design choices they made. The first thing I did was to make it as close to the stock version of Android on the original Droid that I could. It's just a lot easier to use that as a base to customize from.
jonnybryce said:
Engadget probably doesn't represent the typical user.
jonnybryce said:
It's not a lasting way, though. If it turns out to be that popular, everyone else can follow suit and your competitive edge is gone. Providing an enhanced user experience through custom software is seen as the way to go.
The fact that many of the user experiences are anything but 'enhanced' is neither here nor there, and at least my handset manufacturer of choice got that bit right. 
negreenfield
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And so the Stock vs Customized issue arises again. Maybe I'm out of the norm but I have a Nexus One, and stock sucks. The themes out there are decent, but to me stock Sense is still the best, has the best widgets, has the best theme, etc. I don't think the average user really cares about this however, I doubt they are even aware they are running any specialized version of Android.
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Yeah, I personally will never buy a skinned phone.
Which makes me kind of nervous considering there are NO flagship phones running stock anymore.
Luckily I plan to hold onto my Droid for another year and half but if companies are still cramming gaudy skins on their devices fall of next year I really have no idea what I'll do.
Which makes me kind of nervous considering there are NO flagship phones running stock anymore.
Luckily I plan to hold onto my Droid for another year and half but if companies are still cramming gaudy skins on their devices fall of next year I really have no idea what I'll do.
Personally if I had to choose between 2.2 Stock and 2.1 Sense, I would choose Sense. There are a lot of little touches in Sense that make it a superior experience in my opinion, even if you are using LauncherPro instead of the Sense launcher.
Yes, you could probably eventually get similar functionality out of Stock with replacement widgets, keyboards, and skins, but that would require a lot of work. Given that the EVO was one of the first devices to receive 2.2, it seems clear to me that Sense is not a big issue preventing timely updates, and that it depends on other factors.
Yes, you could probably eventually get similar functionality out of Stock with replacement widgets, keyboards, and skins, but that would require a lot of work. Given that the EVO was one of the first devices to receive 2.2, it seems clear to me that Sense is not a big issue preventing timely updates, and that it depends on other factors.
It really shouldn't even be an argument. OEM's should be able to customize their phones, but not in a way that makes it difficult for the end consumer to be up to date with the current update to the OS.
The WP7 approach is the way to go.
New Android Interview with the Product Manager:
http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2010/08/google-talks-about-the-future-of-android/
The WP7 approach is the way to go.
New Android Interview with the Product Manager:
http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2010/08/google-talks-about-the-future-of-android/
What are the big priorities for the Android team at the moment?
The first theme for Android is really about bringing innovation to mobile, and specifically all the goodness of the Web to mobile. Thats why we got into Android in the first place. The second point was in order to drive this innovation the system has to be as open as possible so we went for an open source approach and let everybody see our code base. We have a very open marketplace that lets developers put up all sorts of apps. We believe that this diversity of apps and devices is ultimately offering consumers a lot of choice and that it what they want. We really believe in that innovation driven by openness which ultimately fosters diversity and a whole ecosystem. Thats the overall theme for Android as a whole.
With that as a backdrop, what were focusing on now is were seeing a lot of success with devices, obviously. What were really focusing on is how do we take the user experience to the next level. In the last year, you saw us take a step in the direction of hardware where we did the Nexus One which was really our experiment in terms of how far we could push the envelope in terms of hardware development so that it matches and can showcase all the great stuff on the software platform. Now that we have a lot of basic pieces of the platform done, the next step is really to improve the user experience beyond what it already is, so to really have a polished experience around not just the core OS, but scaling across different devices and different form factors: different screens, different types of input, camera, GPS, all those things. Thats the big direction in which were moving in now, and I think youll see a lot of new features being released going forward.
The first theme for Android is really about bringing innovation to mobile, and specifically all the goodness of the Web to mobile. Thats why we got into Android in the first place. The second point was in order to drive this innovation the system has to be as open as possible so we went for an open source approach and let everybody see our code base. We have a very open marketplace that lets developers put up all sorts of apps. We believe that this diversity of apps and devices is ultimately offering consumers a lot of choice and that it what they want. We really believe in that innovation driven by openness which ultimately fosters diversity and a whole ecosystem. Thats the overall theme for Android as a whole.
With that as a backdrop, what were focusing on now is were seeing a lot of success with devices, obviously. What were really focusing on is how do we take the user experience to the next level. In the last year, you saw us take a step in the direction of hardware where we did the Nexus One which was really our experiment in terms of how far we could push the envelope in terms of hardware development so that it matches and can showcase all the great stuff on the software platform. Now that we have a lot of basic pieces of the platform done, the next step is really to improve the user experience beyond what it already is, so to really have a polished experience around not just the core OS, but scaling across different devices and different form factors: different screens, different types of input, camera, GPS, all those things. Thats the big direction in which were moving in now, and I think youll see a lot of new features being released going forward.
negreenfield
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For me personally I generally use the Desire ports for my Nexus One though there isn't a real stable one out there right now.tokkun said:
But I love the Sense experience, the Twitter widget, the Friendstream widget (I use both because i don't like them mixed), the Dialer, the clock and weather animation (Fancy widget and Beautiful Widgets try but aren't nearly as seamless), the Photo Album widget, the call screen, the Music player and it's wiget are better, etc, etc. Everything about it is better. I really can't think of anything about stock I like better honestly...
But are most of these people really saying they want to operate using the stock OS experience? It's not unlike the way the Engadget crowd have trumped up the "fragmentation" concerns previously. Just a different coat of paint.jonnybryce said:
Customizing solely through the app store is no guarantee against bugs or compatibility issues with apps. And some were frustrated with the delay just between Google's announcement of Froyo being complete and the few weeks it took to get on the N1. Stock isn't a guarantee against seeing the very same complaints that are levelled against custom - everyone just shifts their perpsective to be even more impatient.jonnybryce said:
The bottom line is that there doesn't seem to really be a lot of clamor for the stock experience and people end up swapping major portions of it that potentially introduce new stability issues anyway.
It's odd that people rooting for an open-source OS don't appreciate that that is exactly what it enables. You can't have one without the other.
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