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[yads]

Still on 1.5? You've got to try and root your phone. You're missing out.

[GoinAllTheWay]

Ya I know. I've been hoping that Telus or HTC would finally get er done for the Hero but I'm tired of waiting. One of the first Android phones but the last to get the update.

There are TONS of threads out there for rooting phones, does anyone have a suggestion for one that has good, easy to follow instructions on how to do it for the Hero? I'm with Telus if that makes any difference.

[yads]

Check this thread out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=645253

The XDA forum is basically THE resource for rooting/custom roms.

[GoinAllTheWay]

Thank you sir! I will give this a rip tonight

[kermitology]

Shaw's Android VOD app is available for download. It's for ordering VOD to your set top, not for streaming.

http://www.appbrain.com/app/shaw-ord...aw.android.vod

Here is a great list for UI customization and theming:

UI CUSTOMIZATION

[Jing]

Originally Posted by Bent Wookie

Here is a great list for UI customization and theming:

UI CUSTOMIZATION

Awesome!

I wouldn't normally recommend something as simple as a live wallpaper but check out solar wind... it is fantastic.

http://www.appbrain.com/app/solar-wi....christmastree

There is also an iphone version..... haha.... just kidding... Steve Jobs will tell you what your wallpaper will be thank you sir....

[To Be Quite Honest]

Attempting to Root my Galaxy class Samsung but I run into an issue early!!

Installed Java - jdk-6u23-windows-x64
I go to install Android SDK and it tells me to install JDK!
Anyone else get this issue?

[FlameOn]

Originally Posted by To Be Quite Honest

Attempting to Root my Galaxy class Samsung but I run into an issue early!!

Installed Java - jdk-6u23-windows-x64
I go to install Android SDK and it tells me to install JDK!
Anyone else get this issue?

Don't you only need the oneclickroot program to root your Galaxy S?
As for the JDK, the stupid android SDK installer seems to search for the 32bit version of the JDK. Install that instead and it'll work fine. Had the same issue myself a bit ago.

[Hanni]

Originally Posted by Bent Wookie

Here is a great list for UI customization and theming:

UI CUSTOMIZATION

So today I decided to try some stuff out thanks to this.

Beautiful Widgets - Awesome clock/weather, I've spent $2 on worse things.
Elixir - Great widgets (and free!), just wish it had a couple of the toggle widgets that Beautiful has (vibrate and silent, instead of just airplane mode), so I ended up with some widgets from each app, but made it look decent.

ADW Launcher - meh, kind of slow and not very customizable (apparently the EX version is miles better, but costs. Anyone used it?)

Launcher Pro - does most things I could want, pretty cool, think I'll keep it for a while.

[Hanni]

So I said screw it and bought ADW Launcher EX and wow, it really is miles better than the free version. Ton's of customization, new and better dock bar, I love that you can change how many icons will fit on the screen.

How does ADW conpare to Launcherpro? I have only used the latter and it is fantastic.

[Hanni]

I found LauncherPro kind of sluggish. Regular ADW isn't even close, ADW Launcher EX (the pay one) is amazing. You can select how many columns/rows you want for your screen and it will scale down the icons so they fit in that space. Choose 1-5 icons for the main launch bar. 8 different scroll effects for changing pages. Different themes available (some free) to change the look of everything. Even allows you to set swipe up and down on the home screen to basically anything you want (open an app, open notifications etc.)

Basically I found it's just got more customization than LauncherPro.

[Hemi-Cuda]

well after being a huge fan of the HTC Sense UI, i have to say that after spending some time with Cyanogen i've become won over. paired with ADW EX Android looks brilliant and the level of customization is unparalleled. i'm really looking forward to the first stable release of CM7, i'd give the nightly builds a shot but i don't feel like having to flash Clockwork mod back and fourth

[FlameOn]

That looks awesome... I really need to root my phone and install this... still stuck on stock 2.2 will my Galaxy S

[PIMking]

what is rooting?

I just purchased the Droid 2 Global and today is the first day with it. I took it off the charger at 9 am and it was at 50% by 12:45.... I'm amazed with how fast it burns through the battery. hell I killed google maps but yet it's still running.

[Hanni]

Check facebook, twitter, youtube, weather etc for how often they are set to update and disable or lengthen it. Also the first few days I found I was using my Galaxy a lot simply because it was new and exciting. Now I'm getting about a day and a half out of it.

[FlameOn]

Originally Posted by PIMking

what is rooting?

I just purchased the Droid 2 Global and today is the first day with it. I took it off the charger at 9 am and it was at 50% by 12:45.... I'm amazed with how fast it burns through the battery. hell I killed google maps but yet it's still running.

Root is getting a lot more permissions than is normally allowed stock on the phone. It allows you to do other things like overclock your phone CPU, load custom ROMs onto it, do image back-ups of your phone, etc.

Those big LCDs also burn juice like theres no tomorrow. Turn down the brightness a lot too... Disable the wifi when you're away from home so it isn't always searching, etc. Like Hanni said... try to check the update frequency of some of your programs.

[GoinAllTheWay]

How are you capturing images of your phone like that?

I loved the 2.2 mods that were out there, they just lacked some of the polish of ROMS's that ran HTC Sense UI. If I could find a 2.2 ROM that had good calendar that synced nicely with Outlook 07, I'd be a pretty happy camper. Many of the 2.2 ROM's really seemed to be good on batter power too.