[android-developers] Re: Getting a Dev phone.

2010-05-01 Thread Nathan
Thanks. I was worried in rooting that I might have permissions the end users don't have and therefore don't see some bugs that they do. I have four options now that I will pursue: 1. Get a Droid and bypass activation with the four corner method. Since I don't have a Verizon plan it will just be

[android-developers] Re: Getting a Dev phone.

2010-04-25 Thread Bob Kerns
If you root your phone, you can still see the market. It's only if you replace it with some random build that doesn't include the market that you'd lose access to the market. While it's ideal to match the customer's phones, the differences in a rooted phone are so slight compared to the

[android-developers] Re: Getting a Dev phone.

2010-04-23 Thread Vladimir
I bought a Droid for development in December and use it with wifi. Bypassed activation by tapping the corners of the screen (I live in Europe so no other options for me). No issues at all with the device. On Apr 23, 2:17 am, Nathan nathan.d.mel...@gmail.com wrote: On Apr 22, 1:47 pm, Mark Murphy

[android-developers] Re: Getting a Dev phone.

2010-04-22 Thread Nathan
On Apr 22, 12:18 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: Verizon does not use SIM cards. Thank you for that clarification. So is a Droid useless for my purposes without a Verizon plan, or has someone got it to work with wifi? If I managed to pick up a Nexus One, can I activate that

Re: [android-developers] Re: Getting a Dev phone.

2010-04-22 Thread Mark Murphy
Nathan wrote: So even though you can buy a Nexus One without a plan, you can't start using it without one? That's too bad. Bear in mind that all you need is *somebody* with a SIM, a data plan, and five minutes. After that, you can go SIM-less or use a prepaid SIM (if you want to play around

[android-developers] Re: Getting a Dev phone.

2010-04-22 Thread Nathan
On Apr 22, 1:47 pm, Mark Murphy mmur...@commonsware.com wrote: Nathan wrote: So even though you can buy a Nexus One without a plan, you can't start using it without one? That's too bad. Bear in mind that all you need is *somebody* with a SIM, a data plan, and five minutes. After that,