I can't seem to find the answer to this anywhere, so if someone could
take a crack at it or point me in the right direction, I would
appreciate it.
I have the Google Ion (the phone handed out at the Google IO
Developer's Conference), but I have no idea how to upgrade the OS to
1.6. The HTC support website has some information on how to do it and
the necessary files, but the instructions are way above my head (I
don't know where to input a command line, how to bootload, or
anything). I got this as a gift and really want to upgrade it to 1.6
so any help would be appreciated. Anybody have time this weekend to
provide an Android for Dummies type of explanation? Thanks!
~Gene
On Sep 17, 6:02 pm, brucko geoff.bruck...@gmail.com wrote:
I'll be the first to admit that I am a bit of a novice in the android
arena.
What I would like to bring to your attention is that there may well be
very good reasons as to why some pre-installed apps can be hard to
change.
I'm trying to import some devices into Australia, many of our
regulations are based on the US and Europe. If you change some of the
key software on a phone you may very well make it illegal to use that
phone. One key example would be the requirement we have to be able to
dial emergency numbers even when the screen is locked. Someones life
may depend on this functionality being intact. I have no idea what the
legal ramifications would be of making software available that did not
maintain this ability. However selling, giving or even loaning phones
with emergency dialing no longer enabled would certainly be an offense.
( Not saying you shouldn't replace these apps - just be careful)
...brucko
On Aug 29, 3:53 am, Chris Stratton cs07...@gmail.com wrote:
On Aug 24, 9:09 am, Ran dahan...@gmail.com wrote:
What is the benefit of working with ADP1 over the other Android
phones ?
Just to expand on what others have said:
Cost seems comparable betwen a dev phone and a retail phone at full
retail or plan price + termination fee, so it's really more a of a
technical question.
Reasons for a dev phone
-sim unlocked (some such as tmobile may? do that if you pay full
retail or eventually on a plan)
-can change linux and system libraries
-can change pre-installed applications
-tmobile myfaves application sends periodic sms which costs money on
any other network
Reasons for _not_ getting a dev phone
-only one older dev phone model generally available at present
-dev phones can't buy paid applications from the market (including
your own)
-if you sell apps, you need to restrict yourself to the capabilities
of your users phones (and test on such adevice!)
-various preinstalled proprietary applications missing (+/- depending
on your interest)
The not being able to change preinstalled applications is in my mind
the least anticipated, and most annoying, problem. There are many
areas where very small decisions of questionable wisdom in default
applications really hamper the user experience (even in the using it
just to make calls sense), but these can't be very readily changed on
a retail phone, particularly the parts most closely involved in the
telephone functionality.
As of this moment, I believe most of the retail phones are probably
still shipping with an easily rooted linux kernel, but that probably
will get closed up (already fixed in google's tree) and they will be
limited until another hole is found.
--~--~-~--~~~---~--~~
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google
Groups Android Beginners group.
To post to this group, send email to android-beginners@googlegroups.com
To unsubscribe from this group, send email to
android-beginners-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com
For more options, visit this group at
http://groups.google.com/group/android-beginners?hl=en
-~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
