Tag: android
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Getting root on a UK T-Mobile Galaxy S
It’s a bit weird. The process was really easy, but none of the tutorials I found worked; each stopped working at one point or another. So, assuming other people will hit the same barriers and want a Just Works way to get root, I’ve gone through my terminal history for the bits that worked. Obviously,…
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Giving Android a swap file
I don’t know if it’s because I’m doing more with it than I used to, or the rose-tinted specs that come with the novelty value have worn off, or if the later updates have been designed for more powerful hardware, but my G1’s been lagging a bit recently, so I figured I’d have a look…
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Cyanogen on my G1
I’ve just upgraded to Cyanogen on my G1 and it’s lovely. Well, I got root, which is basically what I always wanted. I basically followed the instructions on the Cyanogen wiki and everything worked exactly as described, I’ve nothing really to add here except to say it’s brilliantly easy and everyone should do it. One…
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Android G1 factory reset
With the phone off and the battery in, press and hold <power>+<back> for 20 seconds or so. You’ll get the standard G1 splash screen, then a screen with an exclamation mark. Press <alt>+<L> to get to the System Recovery screen. Here you’re presented with four options: reboot system now [Home+Back] apply sdcard:update.zip [Alt+S] wipe data/factory…
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Android Issues
Some of this might well be rendered obsolete by the 1.6 update I’ve just received. GMail Client No bottom- or inline-posting, only top-posting. And, while you’re at it, there’s no way to read the quoted text while replying. You have to read to the bottom of the email to get to the reply button, which…