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Android 2.0 Capabilities

There's a new video on the Android Developers Blog; that is essentially a walkthrough of some of the new Eclair features. Just an interesting tidbit for your consideration about the future of what's going to be on our devices
http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/10/announcing-android-20-support-in-sdk.html

Thanks for this !

it also looks like Android 2.0 SDK is now available?!
http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Doesnt this mean it can be compiled into a functional rom now?

how long before we can flash 2.0 on our devices?

josdehaes said:
how long before we can flash 2.0 on our devices?
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when someone pulls the imgs from the sdk and makes it into an update

hopefully not long then

Ah every minute is too long . When will we get it ?
I need those layers and other stuff on my GMaps.
And thought I will never say this ever, but that android at the start was cute

Just got Android 2.0 to boot in emulator... looks nice! digging the new icons.

dills84 said:
Just got Android 2.0 to boot in emulator... looks nice! digging the new icons.
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i thought the sdk release for this was private to the devs that won the best app crap
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nevermind i should probably get online to do more than check twitter facebook and xda
the new avd manager and layoutopt look sweet
layoutopt will help alot if i could get hero booting on it hahaha.. il lsee if this is intented to run from emulator or if i can run it while my device is running (will allow cleaning up of file heirarchies ...= less symlinks/useless files the system goes through to find the original file = faster interface less cpu load)
when i get home ill see if i can get it going on a device........

Zarboz said:
i thought the sdk release for this was private to the devs that won the best app crap
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nevermind i should probably get online to do more than check twitter facebook and xda
the new avd manager and layoutopt look sweet
layoutopt will help alot if i could get hero booting on it hahaha.. il lsee if this is intented to run from emulator or if i can run it while my device is running (will allow cleaning up of file heirarchies ...= less symlinks/useless files the system goes through to find the original file = faster interface less cpu load)
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No sir publicccc... been playing with the emulator even though it doesnt do much... still somewhat fun? Would i be crazy to try to fastboot the img? haha

Does this mean we can get the Sholes dump apps working?

dills84 said:
No sir publicccc... been playing with the emulator even though it doesnt do much... still somewhat fun? Would i be crazy to try to fastboot the img? haha
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yes
enjoy your brick
hahah jk jk i dont think itd be a good idea because of boot.img compatibility
from what im reading in this sdk stuff it has settings on your avd for multiple res differences... someone grab what our screens can handle post it and you can prolly pull the corresponding boot.img from your sdk
if anything id suggest getting into your adb via emulator and see if you cant just adb pull the system data and framework folders
or you can unyaffs the sdk's "stock" system.img and add/replace apk's for functionality "the google experience" can be added as well
i dont really recall where the SDK sticks its "stock" system.img and boot.img though
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Does this mean we can get the Sholes dump apps working?
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as far as sholes idk why the apps werent working i was waiting for the sdk release to play with the dump from sholes
you can prolly make an avd matching sholes specs n boot the dumped system.img from it via emulator if you REALLY wanna play with it
no promises tho there could b closed source stuff in the sholes dump that will prevent emulator from running it
i have SO much stuff to do today by the time i get to my computer someone will have prolyl posted a update.zip
if no one has ill swing by my folks house to use their t1 landline dl the sdk and try to get a update.zip for you guys

Zarboz said:
yes
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if no one has ill swing by my folks house to use their t1 landline dl the sdk and try to get a update.zip for you guys
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I happen to think you're a cool guy now.

Eskibo said:
I happen to think you're a cool guy now.
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thank you?
im cheap and downloading on tether...well....you know pretty much SUCKS A$$ if the file is over 40 megs.

Zarboz said:
thank you?
im cheap and downloading on tether...well....you know pretty much SUCKS A$$ if the file is over 40 megs.
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Same here, besides my tethering speed range is 2 - 7m/bits.
I hear its unhealthy for the phone tho.
Anywho... good luck on the work if you get to it. I wish I had the ability to do that kinda stuff.

Love the ability to sync multiple google accounts.
I hope there will be the chance to selectively enable the sync on an account basis, ie : account 1 mail sync on, account 2 mail sync off but contacts on, etc.
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There's a new video on the Android Developers Blog; that is essentially a walkthrough of some of the new Eclair features.
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[Think Tank] Lets PORT the Eclair Browser to the G1

Hello all I would like some assistance on how to PORT over the Browser from Eclair. I have successfull installed the Flash application from the Droid-eris on my G1. Any thoughts. This may be the way to getting flash on our devices.

flak0 said:
Hello all I would like some assistance on how to PORT over the Browser from Eclair. I have successfull installed the Flash application from the Droid-eris on my G1. Any thoughts. This may be the way to getting flash on our devices.
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create job

neozhu said:
create job
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Is this meant to be sarcastic?

loccy made a post stating his plans to backport the browser already, into his "betterbrowser"
i dont think we necessarily need this thinktank

Its compiled for SDK 5 so atm no way except backporting.

flak0 said:
Hello all I would like some assistance on how to PORT over the Browser from Eclair. I have successfull installed the Flash application from the Droid-eris on my G1. Any thoughts. This may be the way to getting flash on our devices.
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The droid eris is android 1.5, not eclair. Lots of people have wanted to and tried to bring flash over, but so far no good.

If you go to android-platform group, you will see that JBQ try to port all to ADP1 and lot ot things work.
We must wait and it will be come
See this link http://groups.google.com/group/android-platform/browse_thread/thread/53c6f66d5dc155bd

As I understand it, *right now*, you can simply compile the android master branch for HTC DREAM, and it will work fine except for no camera.

phamous said:
loccy made a post stating his plans to backport the browser already, into his "betterbrowser"
i dont think we necessarily need this thinktank
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To be honest, I took a quick look last week, and most of the new UI prettiness stuff is webkit and/or framework based, so coming up with an APK that'll run on Donut will be a nightmare. Other things (e.g. double tap zooming) I'm doing in my browser already. I might have another play this weekend, but to be honest I think I'll wait until 2.0 ROMs start to appear before I really get my teeth into the 2.0 browser code.
You do know Eclair doesn't have Flash (yet)?

[App] RemotifyMyDroid (my 3rd FREE app)

Hello Everyone,
i've finish working on my application RemotifyMyDroid, and uploaded it to the market place toy can download:
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.yazan.remotifyMyDroid&feature=more_from_developer
it sends notifications to your PC, when you got event on your mobile,
best case when you are charging your mobile in a room, and setting in another..
however you can use it in different purposes ...
the phone and the PC should be on the same LAN,
in future i may upgrade it to work over the internet ...
it notifies for those events:
1- Incoming Call (shows the caller number to)
2- Outgoing Call (someone using your mobile to call a number)
3- Your mobile is fully charged (in case you were charging it)
4- Someone unplugged the power of the charger.
5- New Incoming SMS.
to download the PC server
http://www.yazandroid.com/
and go to RemotifyMyDroid (1st link) and it contains some screen shots to.
also have a look at my other FREE 2 applications there
your feedback is appreciated
Yazan.

Sounds great, but I think setting this up might be a tad harsh for general use (firewalls etc). I would suggest building an intermediary platform (web service) to communicate to. That way you can have a very easy setup. For instance, you can use the Google login service to identify yourself from the phone and the notification program and that's it then. No IP's or port numbers as most users don't know what that is anyway.
But for the techies, good start.
Cheers

bra1nDeaD said:
Sounds great, but I think setting this up might be a tad harsh for general use (firewalls etc). I would suggest building an intermediary platform (web service) to communicate to. That way you can have a very easy setup. For instance, you can use the Google login service to identify yourself from the phone and the notification program and that's it then. No IP's or port numbers as most users don't know what that is anyway.
But for the techies, good start.
Cheers
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good point, and that what i was afraid about in the first place
i am planning to take this to the internet as a next step, i will be doing that soon
thanks bra1nDeaD

stinger1 said:
good point, and that what i was afraid about in the first place
i am planning to take this to the internet as a next step, i will be doing that soon
thanks bra1nDeaD
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No problem

Portal pending. Nice app

I will use this when it's possible to use it via the web. Maybe a Chrome/FireFox/IE plugin would be cool?

Really nice idea!
Another suggestion : an honeycomb client
let us be notified about our phone when it's away and we're using our favorite tablet

I'm sorry to have to say this, but I think you may have wasted your time:
http://code.google.com/p/android-notifier/

Timmmmmm said:
I'm sorry to have to say this, but I think you may have wasted your time:
[Link]
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What a great find... The integration with Growl will be excellent on my HTPC. Also, this allows easy integration with EventGhost through Scripty.

just installed. works fine.

Any chance on a open source version, i would like to see how you did this. an maybe use some of the code in a Domotica project of mine.

Hey another MightyText. At least I can use this one lol.\

Timmmmmm said:
I'm sorry to have to say this, but I think you may have wasted your time:
http://code.google.com/p/android-notifier/
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Have you ever heard of...dare I say it...variation of ideas? Just because there is something similar out there, does not mean it is identical. Please do not spam dev's threads with others work.

he's right though, there is google voice add on for chrome that does this, mighty text, and that last one he mentioned.

Timmmmmm I'm sorry to have to say this, but I think you may have wasted your time:
http://code.google.com/p/android-notifier/
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its not a waste of time, and for sure i have learned couple of things while developing this app, its not a waste at all.
otherwise you will see a single app for each purpose ... on pc\mobile ...
one more thing .. why do you think there is Windows , Linux and Mac??
could not other parties just SAVE there time and NOT develop another OS!!!!
Any chance on a open source version, i would like to see how you did this. an maybe use some of the code in a Domotica project of mine.
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for now i am not planning to open source any of my work,
sorry
Really nice idea!
Another suggestion : an honeycomb client
let us be notified about our phone when it's away and we're using our favorite tablet
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this was on the list next
with this to
I will use this when it's possible to use it via the web. Maybe a Chrome/FireFox/IE plugin would be cool?
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still thinking which one will go first,
thanks all

Hey, didn't try it yet but I have some suggestions, in addition to a web service:
reply to sms / transfer calls to PC
low battery event
as an option, deliver every notification from notification bar (alarms, songs played, ebay auctions ending, FB msgs, etc.)
cheers

Mac version would be awesome .

Hey, didn't try it yet but I have some suggestions, in addition to a web service:
reply to sms / transfer calls to PC
low battery event
as an option, deliver every notification from notification bar (alarms, songs played, ebay auctions ending, FB msgs, etc.)
cheers
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hey lastnikita, thx for suggestions,
i will be working on such updates,
but regarding the call forwarding to PC as far as i know you can't do it as the call is protected by the OS. it has limitations...
Mac version would be awesome .
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hey Bomster,
there is a MAC version...
not tested yet, i don't have a MAC, please if you try and send us a feed back, that will be great
cheers
thanks,

stinger1 said:
but regarding the call forwarding to PC as far as i know you can't do it as the call is protected by the OS. it has limitations...
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Using bluetooth maybe ? PC as a handset (would have to be paired before)
I understand then distance range would come as a limit for many use cases, but could still be enjoyable instead of standing up to pick up the phone !

lastnikita said:
Using bluetooth maybe ? PC as a handset (would have to be paired before)
I understand then distance range would come as a limit for many use cases, but could still be enjoyable instead of standing up to pick up the phone !
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that looks fine
now we have along list to start with lol
cheers

[ROM][4.1.1][4.1.2] AOSP for Nerds

I developed an AOSP for Nerds.
I make no changes at the GUI. I installed all unfortunately needed proprietary drivers and unlocked all hidden features like launcher rotation, camera icon, and 720p video. I installed Superuser, a terminal and BusyBox. I created the missing device nodes, so than you can mount external USB devices over USB On-The-Go. In the most cases "mount /mnt/usbdrive" should enough. You can play with /dev/ttyUSB0 and microcom, too.
If you miss the Google Apps, type simply install-gapps in the command line, and they will be installed.
You will be need fastboot to install the ROM:
http://x-alina.name/downloads/android/grouper/aosp/
This is a home server, so that the download will be really slow.
Thanks to Henning Rogge, there is a Mirror now:
http://hrogge.de/downloads/

x-alina said:
This is a home server, so that the download will be really slow.
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Please someone setup a mirror. My Internet connection is currently unusable.

x-alina said:
Please someone setup a mirror. My Internet connection is currently unusable.
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Hey man I would but it looks like it will take over 10 hrs to download.....that's just crazy! You need to find a better connection somewhere and upload to dropbox or something. Sorry

When I get home I will download it and when its done I will put it on media fire. I have a pretty good connection so it shouldn't take too long.
[Edit] my internet was down when I got home

chappy824 said:
Hey man I would but it looks like it will take over 10 hrs to download.....that's just crazy! You need to find a better connection somewhere and upload to dropbox or something. Sorry
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That's a GDR telephone line.
I will setup a Mirror today CET.

chappy824 said:
Hey man I would but it looks like it will take over 10 hrs to download.....that's just crazy! You need to find a better connection somewhere and upload to dropbox or something. Sorry
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This mirror should be much faster:
http://hrogge.de/downloads/

Ok, I'm going to expose my ignorance a bit here and ask for a little guidance in using fastboot to flash this ROM. Would I have to approach it as if it where a factory image?
Something like Flashall? Or do I specify a particular partition.
A quick little list for dolts like myself would be greatly appreciated. I'm not afraid to do research or stretch a bit, but I'm also a bit brickaphobe...a little 1...2...3...ect and I'll fire this bad boy up.
There goes my nerd street cred...oh well ;~}

Vektor67 said:
Ok, I'm going to expose my ignorance a bit here and ask for a little guidance in using fastboot to flash this ROM. Would I have to approach it as if it where a factory image?
Something like Flashall? Or do I specify a particular partition.
A quick little list for dolts like myself would be greatly appreciated. I'm not afraid to do research or stretch a bit, but I'm also a bit brickaphobe...a little 1...2...3...ect and I'll fire this bad boy up.
There goes my nerd street cred...oh well ;~}
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Yes, you flash it like factory image. All data will be overwritten.
You can manually flash only the system partition with fastboot, but there is no guarantee that it work.

x-alina said:
Please someone setup a mirror. My Internet connection is currently unusable.
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Use google drive man...

x-alina said:
Yes, you flash it like factory image. All data will be overwritten.
You can manually flash only the system partition with fastboot, but there is no guarantee that it work.
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Thanks Man.

I compiled a complete a GNU command line environment for the Nexus 7 in the next Days.
glibc, gcc, g++, perl, python, mc, nano, vim and so on.
I will integrate it in my AOSP distribution as add-in, so that you can use your Nexus 7 for real programming.

x-alina said:
I compiled a complete a GNU command line environment for the Nexus 7 in the next Days.
glibc, gcc, g++, perl, python, mc, nano, vim and so on.
I will integrate it in my AOSP distribution as add-in, so that you can use your Nexus 7 for real programming.
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WOW!
That is amazing!
Could you maybe also make a package to use the dev cmdline tools on stock ROMs? I'd really appreciate that and would love to able to use your toolchain

x-alina said:
I compiled a complete a GNU command line environment for the Nexus 7 in the next Days.
glibc, gcc, g++, perl, python, mc, nano, vim and so on.
I will integrate it in my AOSP distribution as add-in, so that you can use your Nexus 7 for real programming.
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Really excited about this project. Keep it up!

Backup & Hard Reset without a screen?

So I killed my XT897. I dropped it on cement and cracked the screen so badly that I can't read it at all. Luckily I had the insurance and most of my data backed up to the cloud. However, it would be great if I could somehow back up the other stuff (apps, sms, call log, etc...) and then would like to wipe the old phone before returning it. Any suggestions on how to do this?

I guess you could adb pull stuff, but no clue how to adb pull sms messages and call log....
You usually need an app to back that stuff up. Maybe someone has another idea...

arrrghhh said:
I guess you could adb pull stuff, but no clue how to adb pull sms messages and call log....
You usually need an app to back that stuff up. Maybe someone has another idea...
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Yeah, I have those apps installed, just haven't ran them in a while...figures
What I was hoping for was a way to take remote control using a service like webkey (I use that to remote control my tablet). Problem is, I can't see the screen to configure the app so it's a catch 22!

i don't supose HDMI-out would help? is it just for viewing videos and such?

yogi2010 said:
i don't supose HDMI-out would help? is it just for viewing videos and such?
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Damn, I didn't think of that. In theory that should still work if the touch screen is still functional. I even have one of those micro HDMI dongle things here somewhere. I will report back.

cscotti said:
Damn, I didn't think of that. In theory that should still work if the touch screen is still functional. I even have one of those micro HDMI dongle things here somewhere. I will report back.
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I've never used it so i don't know if it mirrors the display, like on a pc, or if it just gives you a way to watch videos and view pictures. If it's like a pc it could possibly help you!

yogi2010 said:
I've never used it so i don't know if it mirrors the display, like on a pc, or if it just gives you a way to watch videos and view pictures. If it's like a pc it could possibly help you!
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It works, though it's a little disconcerting trying to figure out where your finger is on the screen! Good call.

cscotti said:
It works, though it's a little disconcerting trying to figure out where your finger is on the screen! Good call.
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Nice! I forgot about that too, good call indeed yogi2010

Thanks, i'm glad it (kinda) works... i can imagine having to guess where you are touching on the screen!

you bet, took me like an hour to finish configuring the backups but they are finally done. Now it's time to root and get my new phone up and running!

yogi2010 said:
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Would it be possible to install a remote viewing program such as TeamViewer using ADB on your Android device and and corresponding software on PC side???
Then you could in theory utilize the PC Application to at least search through all the Android system files and have access to everything you need to back up...
(Yes, HDMI probably works better for this because of the fact there is a GUI, but I was considering all options)

galacticservant said:
Would it be possible to install a remote viewing program such as TeamViewer using ADB on your Android device and and corresponding software on PC side???
Then you could in theory utilize the PC Application to at least search through all the Android system files and have access to everything you need to back up...
(Yes, HDMI probably works better for this because of the fact there is a GUI, but I was considering all options)
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i know Team Viewer can be used to control a PC from an Android device(or another PC), but can you control an Android from a PC? that could be handy too i guess..

yogi2010 said:
i know Team Viewer can be used to control a PC from an Android device(or another PC), but can you control an Android from a PC? that could be handy too i guess..
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Last I remember you gotta be rooted with a VNC server app running though. :/
You might be better off just pulling all your data with ADB, flashing with RSD and sending it in.
If you pull with ADB though some things like call/text history might not be easily loaded into another phone but you will at least have all the database files and any media.
Sent from my XT897 using xda premium

cscotti said:
So I killed my XT897. I dropped it on cement and cracked the screen so badly that I can't read it at all. Luckily I had the insurance and most of my data backed up to the cloud. However, it would be great if I could somehow back up the other stuff (apps, sms, call log, etc...) and then would like to wipe the old phone before returning it. Any suggestions on how to do this?
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You could install a custom recovery like clock work mod then back up your phone from there. Then do a factory reset. Then uninstall your recovery. then lock your boot-loader again.
PM me 4 help

In response, with TeamViewer one is not able to "control" an Android device, as there is no Graphical User Interface (GUI), but I am able to access all files and such with my PC. And I will check to see if indeed being rooted is required to install this on the Android side.

http://www.teamviewer.com/en/help/341-How-can-I-control-my-Android-device-with-TeamViewer.aspx