It was time to change name of the blog from Desirezeta to Android deving. Someone may wonder why it was necessary? Answer is quite simple, and it's... *DRUM BEAT*
because I replaced my HTC Desire Z with new Samsung's flagship model Galaxy S3. I bought it on Sat (Aug 25th) and after less than two days use I can easily say that this is way more than smooth. So can't blame why it carries name "flagship model". I'll post some unboxing pictures here sooner or later, probably those are available in next blog post.
And finally about Android deving, already rooted (with BusyBox) my new treasure, mainly to get rid off ads and possibility to have full backup. Whoever CWM and custom ROM can still wait because I'm still satisfied with Samsung's stock ROM (inc. Touchwiz) and anyway official JB is coming soon.
When CM10 (JB 4.1.1) becomes more stable for daily use, maybe then I re-think about flashing custom recovery and ROM.
Also more information about easy-rooting is available in next post, so be patient.
sunnuntai 26. elokuuta 2012
keskiviikko 27. kesäkuuta 2012
Switching ICS build
Being an active XDA Developers forum user, I recognized new Andromadus ROM build, which is
"based off CyanogenMod 9 and forked from three mighty Andromadus main repo."
More information about Andromadus Mimicry can be found from here.
As a first glance it runs "a bit" smoother than Audacity b4 though it still suffers from same issues than any other ICS rom for Vision.
I'm truly waiting official drivers from HTC, it's time for petition!
"based off CyanogenMod 9 and forked from three mighty Andromadus main repo."
More information about Andromadus Mimicry can be found from here.
As a first glance it runs "a bit" smoother than Audacity b4 though it still suffers from same issues than any other ICS rom for Vision.
I'm truly waiting official drivers from HTC, it's time for petition!
torstai 24. toukokuuta 2012
My mobile phone timeline
Cheers mates!
I decided to gather all my previous (and current) mobile phones to timeline. It took a while to remember which were those mobile phones I had during my previous years.
After a moment, I had a list of all my previous brands and models and later on I searched pictures from all phones via Google picture search. With help of Photoshop and my average graphic design skills I created simple timeline, where all my previous phones are in chronological order. Timeline describes pictures and model names.
Even thought timeline is not part of my Android development project, I want to share it among my blog readers.
I decided to gather all my previous (and current) mobile phones to timeline. It took a while to remember which were those mobile phones I had during my previous years.
After a moment, I had a list of all my previous brands and models and later on I searched pictures from all phones via Google picture search. With help of Photoshop and my average graphic design skills I created simple timeline, where all my previous phones are in chronological order. Timeline describes pictures and model names.
Even thought timeline is not part of my Android development project, I want to share it among my blog readers.
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| All my past phones (and current one) in chronological order |
sunnuntai 20. toukokuuta 2012
Trying new custom launcher
Decided to investigate and try other ICS compatible custom launchers, especially those which allows to modify app drawer.
Tried first Nova Launcher, which seems quite similar than Andromadus' stock launcher (Trebutchet) but it has feature which allows to modify app drawer. The most essential for me was possibility to hide app icons.
In my opinion Andromadus Audacity b3 ICS rom includes several stock apps' which ain't so necessary, e.g. Dev Tools, Movie Studio, Search, Latitude, Places, Speech Recorder, Talk and News and Weather.
Some of you might see earlier mentioned apps highly necessary but according to my personal needs I wanted to hide those app icons from app drawer.
To adjust app drawer, Nova Launcher Prime version was required to download and install. Price was quite small in Google Play-store but still I decided to get apk file via Google.
Tried first Nova Launcher, which seems quite similar than Andromadus' stock launcher (Trebutchet) but it has feature which allows to modify app drawer. The most essential for me was possibility to hide app icons.
In my opinion Andromadus Audacity b3 ICS rom includes several stock apps' which ain't so necessary, e.g. Dev Tools, Movie Studio, Search, Latitude, Places, Speech Recorder, Talk and News and Weather.
Some of you might see earlier mentioned apps highly necessary but according to my personal needs I wanted to hide those app icons from app drawer.
To adjust app drawer, Nova Launcher Prime version was required to download and install. Price was quite small in Google Play-store but still I decided to get apk file via Google.
tiistai 17. huhtikuuta 2012
Screenshots from Andromadus
This post consists of three screenshots from today's view of my Desire Z.
Starting from left, first picture introduces view of my simplified homescreen, Android 4 basic wallpaper instead of live wallpaper saves battery duration. Not much but it's a good start!
Middle picture shows my app drawer, which also introduces part of my application collection (in alphabetical order). It's possible to recognize that moving in app drawer happens vertically (mentioned in earlier post).
Third and the last picture shows basic information of my current Andromadus Audacity B2 ROM.
Starting from left, first picture introduces view of my simplified homescreen, Android 4 basic wallpaper instead of live wallpaper saves battery duration. Not much but it's a good start!
Middle picture shows my app drawer, which also introduces part of my application collection (in alphabetical order). It's possible to recognize that moving in app drawer happens vertically (mentioned in earlier post).
Third and the last picture shows basic information of my current Andromadus Audacity B2 ROM.
LauncherPro custom launcher for ICS
Now mainly all needed applications are re-installed and new ROM has been in use for couple of days now. I can honestly stay in my earlier opinion, that Andromadus Audacity ICS ROM runs quite smooth even it's still in beta stage. Few times stock launcher has crashed but it has been recovered automatically in same second.
Andromadus includes Trebutchet launcher which seems to be quite stable (excluding earlier mentioned crashes) but it doesn't consist one of my favourite functions, which is possibility to hide icons in app drawer. There's no confirmation that earlier mentioned function would exist in next build of Trebutcher launcher. Who knows if that happens and then I'll return back to stock launcher.
That's why I had to return to LauncherPro custom launcher, which I had been using in earlier CM7 GB ROM. Only personally noticeable visual difference between Trebutchet and LauncherPro is following: user needs to scroll applications horizontally in Trebutchet but vertically in LauncherPro.
That's why I had to return to LauncherPro custom launcher, which I had been using in earlier CM7 GB ROM. Only personally noticeable visual difference between Trebutchet and LauncherPro is following: user needs to scroll applications horizontally in Trebutchet but vertically in LauncherPro.
Same version of LauncherPro (0.8.6) seems to be compatible with Android 4 as well. I downloaded free version from Google Play store and Plus extension from Applanet. Main reason why I needed Plus extension was that it allows to adjust widget icons. In my case it would mean adjusting stock email widget and Gmail widget to largest position in home screen.
Ps. next post should finally consider about battery duration in new ICS ROM.
Ps. next post should finally consider about battery duration in new ICS ROM.
sunnuntai 15. huhtikuuta 2012
ICS rom deving part 2
Being lazy wasn't smart idea this time, if you start to think what I might mean with this expression don't hesitate to read my earlier post about cache/dalvik cache wipe vs full wipe battle.
After some testing I noticed that several applications weren't working properly so I had to return to CWM for full wipe. At least I was enough smart to create Excel list from my current apps in CM7.
After my Excel list was done, I could count around 45 installed apps in my DZ. Did quick checkout which needs to transfer to new ROM, luckily could shrink list a bit, mainly it was about dropping out ICS based theme and launcher applications. Those purpose were to make my previous GB based ROM look like ICS (Android 4). Also other not needed applications weren't replaced in new ROM.
So how I operated now - in nutshell:
1. Full wipe with CWM
2. Flashed audacity_b2 rom
3. Flashed newest ICS gapps
4. Flashed V6 Supercharger
5. Flashed stock OC Daemon
6. Flashed Enhanced Keymaps r3
After restarting phone first time I fixed permissions in CWM just in case.
Now I've already installed most of needed apps, recovered SMSs' via SMS Backup & Restore, recovered Contacts from vcard and syncronized Gmail and Mail for Exchange accounts.
After some testing I noticed that several applications weren't working properly so I had to return to CWM for full wipe. At least I was enough smart to create Excel list from my current apps in CM7.
After my Excel list was done, I could count around 45 installed apps in my DZ. Did quick checkout which needs to transfer to new ROM, luckily could shrink list a bit, mainly it was about dropping out ICS based theme and launcher applications. Those purpose were to make my previous GB based ROM look like ICS (Android 4). Also other not needed applications weren't replaced in new ROM.
So how I operated now - in nutshell:
1. Full wipe with CWM
2. Flashed audacity_b2 rom
3. Flashed newest ICS gapps
4. Flashed V6 Supercharger
5. Flashed stock OC Daemon
6. Flashed Enhanced Keymaps r3
After restarting phone first time I fixed permissions in CWM just in case.
Now I've already installed most of needed apps, recovered SMSs' via SMS Backup & Restore, recovered Contacts from vcard and syncronized Gmail and Mail for Exchange accounts.
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