On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 12:30 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Send Ilugd mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Ilugd digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Suggestions for anroid phone for running cyanogenmod > (gurteshwar singh) > 2. Re: Suggestions for anroid phone for running cyanogenmod > (Mahesh T. Pai) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 19:56:44 +0530 > From: gurteshwar singh <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: [ilugd] Suggestions for anroid phone for running cyanogenmod > Message-ID: > <cagxbtfdgyrn5dhzfudhyt2eb9qyyz3n9y_6oyfqj+qozj4c...@mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Hi, > > So I'm planning to buy a phone and install cyanogenmod. > It's kinda tedious to lookup the cyanogen wiki for models, check the > price/availability online and call my local dealer to ask if he's got > the specific model. > If anybody's running cyanogenmod, please could somebody save me the > wild goose-chase and tell me the make/model of the phone you're > running it on. I'd also like to know if there are any issues you're > having with it. I'd shortlisted motorola defy+, the ruggedness was > cool but AFAIK cyanogen doesnt work on the defy+, just defy. I'm > looking for something under 25K. > > Thanks > Gurteshwar > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 22:38:30 +0530 > From: "Mahesh T. Pai" <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ilugd] Suggestions for anroid phone for running > cyanogenmod > Message-ID: <20120325170830.GA10638@localhost> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > gurteshwar singh said on Sun, Mar 25, 2012 at 07:56:44PM +0530,: > > > So I'm planning to buy a phone and install cyanogenmod. > > It's kinda tedious to lookup the cyanogen wiki for models, check the > > So??? Check xda forums. Look at the search feature, and check if there > is some thread with the specified model in the thread title. > > > price/availability online and call my local dealer to ask if he's got > > the specific model. > > Nah. Use the multiple tab option in your browser. xda in one, android forum > in another and some online shopping site in other(s). > > > If anybody's running cyanogenmod, please could somebody save me the > > How about a Samsung Mini / pop?? I am running 7.2, and slightly ICS is > also available. > > > wild goose-chase and tell me the make/model of the phone you're > > running it on. I'd also like to know if there are any issues you're > > having with it. I'd shortlisted motorola defy+, the ruggedness was > > cool but AFAIK cyanogen doesnt work on the defy+, just defy. I'm > > looking for something under 25K. > > Ugh. oh. My phone costs hardly 8 K. Additionally, required a windows > machine to install ClockWorkMod aka CWM, a prequisite for installing > Cayanogen Mod aka CM.
Since I dont even remember when was the last time I bought a new phone, I'm willing to spend a bit for something that's worthy. > Not all phones are supported by that app called ROM manager - so > be careful while installing such applications. > > You certainly need to check rootability and how to go about doing this. > > For me, I was lucky to find a pristine machine running a working and safe > copy of Microsoft's WIndows (safe, fecause that that machine was sitting > isolated, without any network access, and had come with an OEM CD). > And like the defy+, you need to be very careful about those small letters and variations in model numbers. Well, it's this that I was most concerned about. These letters and variations can only be checked from the box of the phone. No number of tabs are gonna help that :) Thanks for you suggestion though, but I don't have access to a windown box. Gurteshwar > -- > Mahesh T. Pai || > Half knowledge is worse than ignorance. > --Thomas B. Macaulay > > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Ilugd mailing list > [email protected] > http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd > > > End of Ilugd Digest, Vol 28, Issue 16 > ************************************* _______________________________________________ Ilugd mailing list [email protected] http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd
