[How To] Install Android 2.2 Froyo on HTC Desire

If you are one of the HTC Desire users who don't have the patience to wait until Q3 for an official Froyo build then you are in luck. udK_dev, a user from the xda-developer forums has managed to push out a near-perfect Android 2.2 port that works very well so far. The HTC Sense overlay is indeed included and while there are a few quirks here and there, most users who have tried it so far have thoroughly been pleased. The camera has even been upgraded to handle 720p video recording so that is a benefit as well. If you have some time on your hands and want to try it out OR if you really want to jump the bandwagon to Froyo early, check out the steps below:

ROM specs:

• Android 2.2 Froyo (FRF-85B)
• Kernel 2.6.32.15
• New Radio 32.41.00.32U_5.08.00.04
• New Base v2.04
• 720p Video recorder
• Native APP2SD
• App Sharing
• Car Panel
• Plurk
• Torcia
• Wi-Fi Hotspot
• ..and much more!

How to flash DJDroid v1.0-R1 BETA:

The installation procedure of this Rom requires 2 steps:

1. Rom installation
2. Radio installation

Prerequisites:

• Rooted phone
• Koush Fakeflash installed on SD (see here)

Step 1 - Rom Installation

• a. Enter recovery (press volume down then - keeping it pressed - press power button) and make all the WIPES available, with the procedure you like the most.
• b. After WIPES have been done, use Fakeflash to install ROM file on your SD card.
  After installation procedure is over, reboot your phone (first reboot will take some time to complete, do nothing meanwhile).
  After first boot, complete first time phone configuration skipping all unnecessary steps (like network, accounts and the like - you will have time setup everything later on).
• Shut down the phone.

Step 2 - Radio Installation

• Switch on the phone entering recovery (again, volume down + power)
• Use fakeflash to make all wipes available, and when you are done, install file on sd card: RadioUpdate.zip. The install will be blazingly fast (less than 3 seconds).
• Using back button, go to main menu and reboot your phone.
  At this point, slowly and gently lean your phone on a flat surface (an altar would be an excellent choice) and start praying (it always helps...), while imagining our grinning faces......
  Your device will execute several operations, and reboot more than once.
  Do NEVER TOUCH it - NEVER.
  If you find yourself alone, riding in the green fields with the sun on your face, and you phone boots into Sense, do not be troubled. For you are in Elysium, and you're already done with the installation!
  On the other side, if you find yourself alone, and also twelve sexually aroused virgins appear around you, do not be troubled. For you didn't follow the procedure and your phone is already dead....
  At this point, you can follow the normal setup procedure as you wish.

P.S.:
A little gift: among the programs, you will find an app which can allow you to choose where to install your APKs!!! BIG thanks to JD82 for this APK!

Know issue:

• There are no wallpapers
• Some times the geolocalization could not work well
• It's possible that some times the device reboot for unknown reasons

Download Links:

• DJDroid v1.0-R1 BETA [Mirror 1][Mirror 2]
• Radio 32.41.00.32U_5.08.00.04 [Mirror 1][Mirror 2]

Is AT&T Capping iPhone Data Upload Speeds?

Recently, many users from The MacRumors forums are comparing their recent upload speeds from their iPhone's and are complaining about what appears to be capped uploads at 100 kbps rather than the 1.6mbps norm. The users have been comparing rates captured with tools such as Speedtest.net's Speed Test to put numbers on the perceived performance drops, which is considerably large compared to the way things were just a week or two ago. According to the thread, affected cities include: NYC, Central Jersey, Boston, Orlando, Seattle, South Jersey/Philly, Columbus, Cleveland, West Houston, Phoenix, Northern Colorado, St. Paul/Minnesota, Suffolk County/Long Island, Quad Cities, South Jersey, Denver, Detroit Metro, and Cincinnati.

Upload speeds affect the ability to do things such as sending pictures and video-email over the 3G network, as well as to upload any kind of bandwidth-hungry data using your 3G connection. The folks over at TUAW gave the test a spin in Denver using SpeedTest.net's application as well as FCC Mobile Broadband Test and INetQCheck. They said they experienced as the ones reported by the Macrumors forumgoers. Comparing both runs on INetQCheck tests with those of SpeedTest.Net, many users didn't even crack 100kbps using 3G.

The question that arises is why the sudden change? AT&T has been contacted by several different people but everyone has yet to hear back from them due to the holiday. Our guess is that this comes in line due to AT&T's recent data plan changes, probably in an attempt to enforce data austerity and guard AT&T's business from high bandwidth demands. Some people suggest that the hypothetical upload caps are a consequence of holiday weekend infrastructure work and that speeds will return to normal tomorrow.

We will check and you can stay tuned for more info regarding the topic by following us on Twitter and/or subscribing to our RSS feeds.

Flash 10.1 On Froyo vs. Flash Lite 4 On Eclair

The newly-upgraded Nexus One (upgraded to Froyo) isn’t the first Android smartphone to have Adobe Flash video capability, not even the first to play the content on a 1 Ghz Snapdragon CPU. The HTC Desire has been out since April in Europe and it has been sporting something called Flash Lite on the older Android 2.1 OS. Find out how they match up against one another in a video showdown done by Engadget below:

HTC Legend Vs HTC Desire Vs Google Nexus One

 

With the market flooded with Android cell phones how do you decided which one is best for you, I am sure most of you are huge Android platform fans. There is so much that can be done with that locked OS. This open-source helps to breed new modifications as anyone and everyone who can rip the coding apart to find bugs and create new enhancements.

We have been keeping our eyes on the newest devices out there and reading a lot of everyone's comments and informations on these devices. Android cell phone is the next big thing. In our usual perusing of the web for mobile news, we found this hands-on comparison of three of the top devices out in the market running this great OS. Now while it would have been nice to see Droid thrown in there for good measure, this is definitely worth the read. Afterwards, I'd like to get user responses from those who own any of these devices and see if the author's review is spot on.

The days when the T-Mobile G1 was the bad boy in the Android world has happily come and gone. Now, the Android OS is being used to create some truly industry leading handsets and HTC is behind some of the best. But yet again which one would you spend your hard earned money on? Here is a review on the three great devices.

The HTC Legend:

The HTC Legend, successor to the company's widely-loved Hero, was made official at Mobile World Congress 2010. A little smaller than the Hero, the Legend has a 3.2-inch AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with multitouch support, dualband UMTS/HSPA (900/1800) and a frame milled from a single block of aluminum. In fact the Legend is an example of HTC's Hidden Power design ethos, a concept whereby good looks are delivered through slick functionality; in this case, the aluminum is not only the shell but the chassis, meaning HTC can make their devices a whole lot smaller.

The HTC Desire:

HTC Desire delivers intense brilliance, sharp contrast, and true colors on the expansive 3.7-inch AMOLED display. The 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor makes the phone incredibly responsive as you multitask from app to app without skipping a beat, while the instinctive HTC Sense experience lets you wield the power of the HTC Desire with the greatest of ease. The HTC Desire excels at helping you stay in touch with the different circles of friends or colleagues in your life. The new People widget lets you bring any group you create on your phone right to the surface for easy access to calling, messaging, emailing or simply checking up on social networking updates.

Google Nexus One:

The Nexus One is packed with its own tricks. Its version of Android is essentially the same improved edition as the one that appeared on the Motorola Droid back in November. But it has a few new features, including an experimental dictation capability. You just press a microphone icon on the keyboard and start talking, and the words appear. In my tests, this worked only adequately at best, and very poorly at worst, but Google insists it will learn and improve.

The phone also has handsome new visual features, including "live wallpaper," with waving grass or pulsing colored lines; and a new zooming effect when you want to view icons that aren't on your main screens. In addition, you can now view miniatures of your five main screens to help you navigate to the one you want. The Nexus One also has all the key software features introduced in the Droid, including free turn-by-turn voice-prompted navigation.