As the name of the thread says. If you want iphone style notifications then download the app from the market. It is free and pretty sweet.
Video is below:
Link to the app is here
Enjoy and if you like the app hit the thanks
Credits to the developer who made it and to TechandMe who reviewed it.
just in case
If you didn't develop this application, you should't be asking people to hit your thanks button You're just here to provide a link to the Play store.
This is sweet, good job!
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If you didn't develop this application, you should't be asking people to hit your thanks button You're just here to provide a link to the Play store.
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true and you do have a point sir. but i wonder if i did not come across this app while watching the review on youtube i wonder how many people on these forums would know about it..probably not a lot. just sharing like i said and giving people more options on how to customize their phones since we have the best OS in my opinion that lets us do this without the need to root.
Like the whole point of android..it is about sharing what we have and what we know..And i know about this app and wanted to share it with the people here. if it is in the wrong place by all means move it but i feel if people are going to share apps that they find on the market and want to share it with people then i think i am in the right place for it.
Using it..... would be using it for sometime until i get bored with this new stuff
nice find
thanks for finding/sharing
wow with all the customisations available for android people are actually excited by something like this - seriously why would any1 want this ?
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wow with all the customisations available for android people are actually excited by something like this - seriously why would any1 want this ?
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cause it is something different. and cause android is the OS to do that for you..you can customise the phone the way YOU want
imy300 said:
wow with all the customisations available for android people are actually excited by something like this - seriously why would any1 want this ?
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People like me keep changing wallpapers/skins/themes every alternate day.... even though the like the one they have set... because they get bored... this is something different... i am sure after a week's use or so, i will get bored... so till than why not enjoy this..
and....as you said......this statement is true for this thing too :THIS IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF CUSTOMIZATION TOO MADE AVAILABLE TO ANDROID
P.S: I HATE iPhone too much
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People like me keep changing wallpapers/skins/themes every alternate day.... even though the like the one they have set... because they get bored... this is something different... i am sure after a week's use or so, i will get bored... so till than why not enjoy this..
and....as you said......this statement is true for this thing too :THIS IS A DIFFERENT KIND OF CUSTOMIZATION TOO MADE AVAILABLE TO ANDROID
P.S: I HATE iPhone too much
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if you hate iphones then why would you want something that makes your phone look like a iphone ?
i can kinda understand if you've got bottom of the range basic android handset and your a apple fanboy wanna be but on a one x why would you do that ?
just paid for the pro version, been looking for something like this for years!
thanks again for sharing your find
*sharing is caring
beanbean50 said:
just paid for the pro version, been looking for something like this for years!
thanks again for sharing your find
*sharing is caring
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No problem.
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imy300 said:
if you hate iphones then why would you want something that makes your phone look like a iphone ?
i can kinda understand if you've got bottom of the range basic android handset and your a apple fanboy wanna be but on a one x why would you do that ?
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I think you didnt get what i wanted to say
Nevermind.....
PS: I havent used any notification app with popup notifications for Gmail/SMS/Gtalk etc....so basically thats the concept i liked...not bcoz it is the concept of iPhone....
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hey guys,
I must say every one on this foroum who contributes towards the new roms are just amazing. I personally use the BLACK rom and absolutly love it.
Why doesn't some one make a iphone looking stable rom with everything out there? just a suggestion i don't know much about all this so cant but i know id love to use it since we got to wait so long for the iphone
hint hint BLACK wm6 developers
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hey guys,
I must say every one on this foroum who contributes towards the new roms are just amazing. I personally use the BLACK rom and absolutly love it.
Why doesn't some one make a iphone looking stable rom with everything out there? just a suggestion i don't know much about all this so cant but i know id love to use it since we got to wait so long for the iphone
hint hint BLACK wm6 developers
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Get a today launch application & some heavily copyright protected iPhone icons...and you're set...just don't let Apple's legal eagles get you! They don't like people 'borrowing' their icons...I think they sent out lots of letters...probably a reason not to put them in ROMs? Then again, if you don't use their icons, you're not doing anything wrong.
I read about that somewhere... we should change the icons just a bit.... it would be fun to see the looks on their faces. Im not a lawyer but i think if u change the background of an icon from white to an off white u can get away....
just a suggestion
How about some actual iPhone functionality?...finger scrolling for your contacts. (from elsewhere on the forums)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=37660&d=1177272732
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How about some actual iPhone functionality?...finger scrolling for your contacts. (from elsewhere on the forums)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=37660&d=1177272732
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maybe if the hermes had 128mb of ram it will work nicelym otherwise it will hog our low end avail ram
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maybe if the hermes had 128mb of ram it will work nicelym otherwise it will hog our low end avail ram
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I've been using it for the last day or 2 and it seems OK. I am flicking the rolodex right now with Messaging, ActiveSync, Pocket Mechanic and Call Block running. It's probably labouring but I can still flick away like Steve Jobs.
Great work with 2.5 BTW
3rd splash-screen IPHONE
Install cab on your XDA
my 5cts..
Frankly, even after a lot of years, anything that reminds me of Apple, makes me wanna puke.
I wouldn't like to install such a thing even by accident.
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Get a today launch application & some heavily copyright protected iPhone icons...and you're set...just don't let Apple's legal eagles get you! They don't like people 'borrowing' their icons...I think they sent out lots of letters...probably a reason not to put them in ROMs? Then again, if you don't use their icons, you're not doing anything wrong.
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Apples web site had all of their iPhone icons available for download ... yeah free ... you're just not allowed to use them ... very strange, and if it makes the news, its free advertising.
omg
yo is there a website for G1 themes where you can post your own and get some
or is XDA the best we got soo far
Theming has been available for what? A week? Give it time
furreal i thought its been like a month
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furreal i thought its been like a month
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Then why don't you get a domain name and create a site?
he was just asking if there was a website...
because i dont feel like redownloading and cracking fireworks and dreamweaver
but in the future i might just do that and use it as turn it in as project for my web design class
btw im in the 11th grade
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ahh.. gives me ideass to make a theme webiste.. lol.. if you make one i'll help contribute some themes to it .. just have to wait until putting themes on your phone becomes easier for the end user that doesn't know about XDA .. and flashing .. and what the heck a Root is
It is kind of humorous.
I was in the market for a new phone and was looking at the Iphone since it came out. Three or four guys at work showed me their phones and I was hooked, damned be the Iphone's good looks.
After having my phone for two weeks I noticed that the stuff coming out on the Android Market was usefull, but since I like things like Overclocking, you know... bigger...better...faster, I stumbled onto this website about a 2 weeks before the root RC30>RC29 breakthrough. I am trying to keep up because I think this android thing is gonna be really big and I am trying to keep up.
Its been along time since I have done any difficult computer stuff, and these forums has caused me to start considering learning something about Linux.
Themes and Wallpapers will probably get alot easier in the future, but I will be able to look back and say, I remember when we used to have to do things the hard way.
Yes indeed .. the Android in a lil shy of 3 months has already made so much progress
the android system will be come soo universal that the iphone will pale in comparison unless apple changes how they go about things , hardware wise
i think the iphone's hardware is a masterpeice but, the OS is like a trainwreck
ooooo imagine an iphone with android that would be pretty badass
but anyways
the free-ness and the ubiquidocity that will become of the android system
will lead too greatness
roguestatuskat said:
yo is there a website for G1 themes where you can post your own and get some
or is XDA the best we got soo far
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modmygphone.com has a Themes section where you can upload/download themes.
xda site has more themes but its not as organized =[
Dave Da illest 1 said:
Yes indeed .. the Android in a lil shy of 3 months has already made so much progress
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Went from a newborn on 22 October to it's current state as a cute lil' toddler with it's own personality already in just 3 months.
Now there's root for all thanks to JesusFreke; Koush has the screenshot and autorotate browser, we've got a good collection of themes started, 190 apps on Market and 140 games.
Our lil' Android is growing up. Ahh, they grow up so fast, don't they?
you are damn right they do
well the android system anyways its like a baby on steroids and growth hormone
Hi guys...I am thinking about creating a website that will host G1 themes, backgrounds, icon sets...etc. Kinda like a one site for all G1 stuff. If I were to create this website, would I have support from the G1 XDA crew, like providing with themes and what not?
Also, I will need some people to help me run the website and stuff so if you have experience, let me know
Cheers
Sounds like a pretty sweet idea, because I have a feeling this whole thing is gonna skyrocket once the Android usage hits critical mass later this year. I'd try to contribute on such a site, no doubt.
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Hi guys...I am thinking about creating a website that will host G1 themes, backgrounds, icon sets...etc. Kinda like a one site for all G1 stuff. If I were to create this website, would I have support from the G1 XDA crew, like providing with themes and what not?
Also, I will need some people to help me run the website and stuff so if you have experience, let me know
Cheers
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Reasons I'd consider waiting are as follows:
1, When CupCake is released, what kind of impact will this have on the theming community.
2, Maybe wait until all themes are cross platform compatible (i.e. we don't need separate RC8, RC30, and ADP1 versions)
3, Maybe wait until the first theming program is release, so people not aware don't try to randomly flash and jack up their phone.
4, Do we really need a dedicated website already? Have we even hit the 10 theme mark yet? (Also, aren't they all in here right now anyway?)
These are just my thoughts. Others' will probably differ.
Sounds like a great idea i am down check your p.m box.
I have the recources for this web site, but i can not develope it. If someone can make the website, i can host it. P.M me for more information.
I 100% agree with Mi|enko.
Wait it out man.... the operating system is changing so fast that you don't want to waste the money. There are rumors of Google releasing a theme creator which will be available "online". (You will create your theme from Gmail.com and it will sync with your phone).
That would mean your website goes down the hole REAL quick...
I did not know if I should put this in the general section or not. As many of you advance user dislike that section. But anyways... Today I came across this video, That clams that you can now use the iPhone OS on your android phone. I just wanted to know if you guys know anything about this. And do you think it is possible? Another thing? Is there anyone here that is working toward the same goal to have the iPhone OS on the android? Thanks is will really help me out.
P.S>Here is the link to the video:
youtube.com/watch?v=bxnUYtCm-Tw
I think it has been discussed before but I'll interject my opinion. Why in the name of sweet chocolate christ would you want to run the iphone os on here? I had every iphone since gen 1 and got the evo instead of iphone4 and I've never looked back. You know that expression" you don't know what you've got til its gone"? Well this is more like" you don't know what you had until you got something outrageously better"! I know devs like to do things just to prove it can be done. But id really hate to see a talented dev waste their time on this exercise in lew of something more useful like kernel, rom, and app development.
Just my$ 0.02. Change expected.
Sent from my Commodore 64 Evo running 8 bit XDA
Just watched the video. I guess its worth a shot i'm not sure what kind of risk it posses to your phone or even what it looks like. I would probably classify this under proceed with caution and only if you really know what you are doing.
I don't get it. If you wanted to run the iPhone OS on an EVO why didn't you buy an iPhone?
johnpucillo said:
I don't get it. If you wanted to run the iPhone OS on an EVO why didn't you buy an iPhone?
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QFT
from the fade
DeathBySnuggles said:
I think it has been discussed before but I'll interject my opinion. Why in the name of sweet chocolate christ would you want to run the iphone os on here? I had every iphone since gen 1 and got the evo instead of iphone4 and I've never looked back. You know that expression" you don't know what you've got til its gone"? Well this is more like" you don't know what you had until you got something outrageously better"! I know devs like to do things just to prove it can be done. But id really hate to see a talented dev waste their time on this exercise in lew of something more useful like kernel, rom, and app development.
Just my$ 0.02. Change expected.
Sent from my Commodore 64 Evo running 8 bit XDA
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I don't get it. If you wanted to run the iPhone OS on an EVO why didn't you buy an iPhone?
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I am not saying I want to.. I really want to know if it can be done. Also I am interested in a few things the iPhone OS offers, but why in sand hills would I do something as stupid as buy an iPhone. I would never buy an iPhone. I think the phone is a peace of crap. But if I don't pay for the OS then why would I care to try a few things!
Seems strange, they never actually show the iPhone OS running on an Android device so how can you even tell if this is legit?
If it is, I think it is pretty cool. I am definitely an Android fan, but the more our device can do is always better!
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I am not saying I want to.. I really want to know if it can be done. Also I am interested in a few things the iPhone OS offers, but why in sand hills would I do something as stupid as buy an iPhone. I would never buy an iPhone. I think the phone is a peace of crap. But if I don't pay for the OS then why would I care to try a few things!
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Thats why I am interested. Plus if it works thats another thing you can rub in an iphone owners face.
"Hey guess what. My Evo can be an iphone.....but why the hell would I want to do that!!!!! lol"
Stalte said:
Thats why I am interested. Plus if it works thats another thing you can rub in an iphone owners face.
"Hey guess what. My Evo can be an iphone.....but why the hell would I want to do that!!!!! lol"
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I know for one thing, I always here that the iPhone has some great game that have not made it's way over to Android yet so that might please alot of people.
Wonder if the OS is jail broken this way. I still don't believe that it works though. I think we would have heard a lot more about this........
Stalte said:
Thats why I am interested. Plus if it works thats another thing you can rub in an iphone owners face.
"Hey guess what. My Evo can be an iphone.....but why the hell would I want to do that!!!!! lol"
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Yeah! Exactly... If I could just prove it. I tried to download the file from the site but the site was down. But I did look more into and found out that this kid from NJ has proved this method works.
So here is a list of stuff our Evo's can already run:
Android 2.2
Windows 98
Windows XP
Windows 7 (Buggy)
Ubuntu (Linux)
iPhone OS (Once proven by me)
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I know for one thing, I always here that the iPhone has some great game that have not made it's way over to Android yet so that might please alot of people.
Wonder if the OS is jail broken this way. I still don't believe that it works though. I think we would have heard a lot more about this........
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First sorry I'm posting a lot I have history of confrontation with an iphone owner over whose device was better. So this sparks my interest a lot.
I agree it seems a bit fishy and the site to download the files doesn't exists according to Google chrome. So I cant even look into it or examine the files
Stalte said:
First sorry I'm posting a lot I have history of confrontation with an iphone owner over whose device was better. So this sparks my interest a lot.
I agree it seems a bit fishy and the site to download the files doesn't exists according to Google chrome. So I cant even look into it or examine the files
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So I just looked at the video again. Check out the comment: "yes, i have run into a lot of bugs. but i am working hard to fix them. This is why the files are not up yet. i hope to have them available with many bugs fixed by mid next week. for people that downloaded already.. please report bugs. thanks"
Sounds fishy... But yet cannot wait till they put it back up to confirm!
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So I just looked at the video again. Check out the comment: "yes, i have run into a lot of bugs. but i am working hard to fix them. This is why the files are not up yet. i hope to have them available with many bugs fixed by mid next week. for people that downloaded already.. please report bugs. thanks"
Sounds fishy... But yet cannot wait till they put it back up to confirm!
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Do we know which OS it is? It is 3 or 4?
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Seems strange, they never actually show the iPhone OS running on an Android device so how can you even tell if this is legit?
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+1 on that.
[email protected] said:
If it is, I think it is pretty cool. I am definitely an Android fan, but the more our device can do is always better!
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+1 androids are way better.
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Yeah! Exactly... If I could just prove it. I tried to download the file from the site but the site was down. But I did look more into and found out that this kid from NJ has proved this method works.
So here is a list of stuff our Evo's can already run:
Android 2.2
Windows 98
Windows XP
Windows 7 (Buggy)
Ubuntu (Linux)
iPhone OS (Once proven by me)
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well post the proof that you found. because it all sounds like BS
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well post the proof that you found. because it all sounds like BS
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Hey your the guy from youtube. The one whose comments get deleted lol
Just messing with ya
Bump +1 same question
I'm not sure why anyone would ever want to run iOS.
Stalte said:
Hey your the guy from youtube. The one whose comments get deleted lol
Just messing with ya
Bump +1 same question
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yeah my buddy called him a faggg. he blocked me from commenting, but i had another account.. I wrote an IM to CrashImpact to see if he will post a video of it actually RUNNING on a REAL phone...
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I'm not sure why anyone would ever want to run iOS.
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To say that you can of course
PS: He said it runs iOS 3
DeathBySnuggles said:
I think it has been discussed before but I'll interject my opinion. Why in the name of sweet chocolate christ would you want to run the iphone os on here?
Just my$ 0.02. Change expected.
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LOL. Well put.
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As it states, I've seen a couple blogs regarding this but just wondering via official channels...
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As it states, I've seen a couple blogs regarding this but just wondering via official channels...
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I read a few blogs about this too, is there a way to get the webOS files? I'd like to look at them... interesting!
ID
Good to see you're interested... I've enjoyed your other ports... I'm interested to see what webOS is all about...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=822401
This has the rom download and kernels and what not... Not sure if that's what would be needed to get this done...
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Good to see you're interested... I've enjoyed your other ports... I'm interested to see what webOS is all about...
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Thank you... I'm also interested to see what webOS can do on better hardware! Ill dig around and see what I can find, if anyone comes across anything let me know, you know where to find me!
ID
blaine91787 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=822401
This has the rom download and kernels and what not... Not sure if that's what would be needed to get this done...
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Thank you, looking into it now!
ID
Im very interested. WebOS has always intrigued me. If anyone can do it ID can!
IncredibleDoes said:
Thank you... I'm also interested to see what webOS can do on better hardware! Ill dig around and see what I can find, if anyone comes across anything let me know, you know where to find me!
ID
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My wife has a pre plus.. I have it OCd to 1.2 and its sweet. I really like webOS. Would be crazy to see it on the inc and working.
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Thank you, looking into it now!
ID
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I'm also very interested in this. I'm looking foreword to seeing what you can do with this.
So am I. My wife has a palm pre plus and it would be to cool
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seems like a need a palm pre to get to the webOS files, is there a way for anyone to pull the system files from their webOS device using debugger mode or something similar to android's way of pulling the system.
ID
Subscribed.
IncredibleDoes said:
seems like a need a palm pre to get to the webOS files, is there a way for anyone to pull the system files from their webOS device using debugger mode or something similar to android's way of pulling the system.
ID
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you should be able to download WebOS Doctor... it has everything needed to totally wipe the device and reinstall everything fresh... so it would have all the system files in it.
you should be able to find it somewhere other than palms site. on palms page you need to put in your phones serial to download it.
if you end up needing it, i would be happy to download it and host it so you can grab it quick. (wife has a pre plus).
the newest version is 1.4.5.
Hey, found a link for the latest WebOS doctor that camalus was talking about, direct download link for the file is http://palm.cdnetworks.net/rom/pre/...1351rod/webosdoctorp101ewwverizonwireless.jar
and link to the Webos doctor site that hosts all doctor files for all WebOS devices is
http://www.webos-internals.org/wiki/Webos_Doctor_Versions#Pre_Plus_3
..................hopefully that should be enough to get started!!
Wow this would be amazing. I'm sure alot of people would love this! ID is the man for the job
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Nazgul07 said:
Wow this would be amazing. I'm sure alot of people would love this! ID is the man for the job
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I had a Pre Plus for a while and my biggest beef, besides crappy hardware, was the lack of apps.
One of the advantages over Android...an awesome Facebook app worth of praise. They did a good job.
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I had a Pre Plus for a while and my biggest beef, besides crappy hardware, was the lack of apps.
One of the advantages over Android...an awesome Facebook app worth of praise. They did a good job.
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+1
Ended up returning mine within the 30-day period (after 2 defective ones) for an Incredible
Any updates on anyone picking this project up?
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well I'm guessing that this is dead so maybe this thread should be closed up?
IncredibleDoes said:
Thank you... I'm also interested to see what webOS can do on better hardware! Ill dig around and see what I can find, if anyone comes across anything let me know, you know where to find me!
ID
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Hey ID I had a Palm Pre Plus for like 29 before I got my Dinc. I loved the card UI, you can have like 50 things going on at once. Phone would get hot and battery would go but it was a nice OS. The Acer test video you made reminded me of it a little.
I'm new to Android coming from the iPhone 4s and iOS, what do you guys recommend that I download In the way of apps and maybe even Roms?
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I'm net to android coming from the iPhone 4s and iOS, what do you guys recommend that I download I the way of apps and maybe even roms?
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Welcome to the Android world. In order for members to suggest what to get is you have to give more info on what phone you want or using at the moment.
There are thousands of apps in the android market and lots of ROMs to choose from.
i liked using Engadget, Pulse, IMDB, XDA, Taptu, and a bunch of other stuff most people wouldn't be interested in. i don't have my phone right now so i can't see my Play download history. nobody can tell you what ROM to use. you just have to read and pick one. i mostly just like to look at the pictures. ;p
I have just preordered the htc one x for AT&T and I was wondering what are the best and maybe some of your favorite apps.
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I have just preordered the htc one x for AT&T and I was wondering what are the best and maybe some of your favorite apps.
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Cool. I like MyBackup Pro and Root Explorer from the market. They are not free but I think they are worth it.
For ROMs I think you have to venture to the One XL forum to find out what they are cooking there.
Ok thanks, do you know of any apps that are specific to android that are not on ios? And I'll check out that other thread too.
biggangsta1212 said:
I have just preordered the htc one x for AT&T and I was wondering what are the best and maybe some of your favorite apps.
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Angry birds in space
And I definitely definitely definitely recommend swiftkey, the best keyboard out there (some prefer swype). In fact if you're not happy with the HTC keyboard just have a look around, you can even get the stock android keyboards.
Tegra zone shows you the latest games designed specifically for Tegra phones.
Chrome browser (however it lacks the text reformatting that htc provides on the stock browser)
Enjoy
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For ROMs I think you have to venture to the One XL forum to find out what they are cooking there.
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I just had a look at the One XL forum and it's like a desert. I hope the devs start cooking something up.
Are there any tips and tricks you could give me for android? Ove never even used an android device before.
biggangsta1212 said:
Are there any tips and tricks you could give me for android? Ove never even used an android device before.
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The most important one I believe is if you ever root your device make sure you read the instructions and it should work out fine. ANd always backup your stuff.
Hmmm.. about android it's pretty basic though. Maybe watch some youtube clips to see how it goes.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0C9SCZRBxlo
Are there any real advantages to rooting an android device? It's kinda like jail breaking an iPhone right, is it mainly for themes, or is there more to it? I hate sounding like an idiot.
biggangsta1212 said:
Are there any real advantages to rooting an android device? It's kinda like jail breaking an iPhone right, is it mainly for themes, or is there more to it? I hate sounding like an idiot.
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Think of it as jailbreak x2. Firstly you need it for Roms. (themes can be changed without rooting actually).
It also let's you modify your phones behaviour and performance to suit (for example, overclocking)
Hope that helps, I know other members can explain it better than me though
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Ok thanks for all the help, I really appreciate it.