My priorities are Lotus Traveler, USB Tethering, and OpenVPN(need tun.ko compiled).
I've tried Das BAMF 1.8.6 and SynergyROM(7/1 build IIRC).
Lotus Traveler won't work with Synergy... So no go there.
Traveler and PdaNet work fine with Das BAMF, but no go with OpenVPN. It hits my first two priorities so I've stuck with it so far.
I'm under the impression Lotus Traveler will not work with any Gingerbread ROM that also has Sense...
Is anyone running any Gingerbread ROM that does have Traveler working?
Just assuming Gingerbread + Sense is a no go is there any ROM that works with MR2.5 that can support all 3 apps?
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Well this is technically the wrong section I will not be an asshat and answer your question. For openVPN to work the kernel needs the tun.ko module, which I believe is a flash able add on for the kernels, may be wrong though
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Might want to look at OMFGB. It is an AOSP ROM with drod's kernel baked in. IIRC, his kernels have tun support. Not sure about Lotus Traveler, though.
Edit: CM7 has built-in USB and WiFi tethering, not sure about OMFGB.
Been looking into CM7 RC1.2 for TB. Im fine with getting fancywidgets or whatever other apps are needed.
Just need to know if Lotus Traveler is working on that rom... Haven't found an example of anyone trying yet. If I find the time I'll try.
Tried CM7 today. Lotus Traveler 8.5 works fine. Thanks to the person who PM'ed me saying he had tried it and it worked.
I installed CM7 and lotus traveler worked fine. I installed an HTC Sense based ROM and lotus notes cracked it up. apps crashed left right and center, not to mention the infamous security notification. CM7 is very light, too light for my taste for the phone dialer, just love the Sense' phone dialer but other than had no problem with CM7 to write home about. Long story short, if traveler is your lifeline, go CM7. If not, Sense has lots of goodies you will love though it will run your device memory pretty short.
No offense but why use the crappy Lotus Traveler app at all? Traveler works off active sync so you can set it up just like you would setup a normal exchange account on your phone (though you have to have the full address including the /servlet***** in the server URL). Your global address book look-ups still work with no issues and you don't have to deal with the craptastic IBM interface.
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So someone I know surprised me today by saying he's thinking of purchasing the Hero. See, the thing is that he's not the most tech savvy person in the world, and he admitted that he had hoped I would offer him help in using it and generally improve its usability.
Problem is that I'm a Windows Mobile guy. I really don't know anything more about Android than that it's Google's mobile OS. That's it.
So I was hoping some people here could answer the question I had of whether Android apps work across builds? For example, do the apps made for the HTC Dream work on the Hero?
As of currently, I know Google is making a hell of a lot of builds (Original, Cupcake, Donut, Eclair, and so on), and they seem to be making it at a hyperpace. I also imagine that this might continue for quite a while, so this is an important question to me.
Thank you to all for reading!
Currently all Android phones run the same OS and alle apps works cross-phones. There has been some conflict with apps running on the Hero because of the Sense UI but this can be fixed by turning Sense of or use an application called Bar control wich allows for use of the original UI with ease.
You should tell your friend not to worry, Android is pretty easy and basic in general use.
Dont take my word for gospel but this is my perspective and my experience as a Hero user. I love it and your friend is gonna love it to.
R. Duke, thank you for your answer and reassurance.
I had not realize that all of the Android phones were currently using the same build (I thought the Dream was using the original Android build and Hero was using the newer Cupcake), so I'm glad to hear there will be complete app compatibility.
8525Smart said:
I had not realize that all of the Android phones were currently using the same build (I thought the Dream was using the original Android build and Hero was using the newer Cupcake), so I'm glad to hear there will be complete app compatibility.
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Most Dreams would have either received an OTA update to 1.5 (Cupcake) or its owners have likely rooted their devices and applied a custom rom, but again these are all likely to be based on Cupcake.
Regards,
Dave
R.Duke said:
Currently all Android phones run the same OS and alle apps works cross-phones. There has been some conflict with apps running on the Hero because of the Sense UI but this can be fixed by turning Sense of or use an application called Bar control wich allows for use of the original UI with ease.
You should tell your friend not to worry, Android is pretty easy and basic in general use.
Dont take my word for gospel but this is my perspective and my experience as a Hero user. I love it and your friend is gonna love it to.
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I'm planning on getting the Sprint HTC Hero in October. Do you know of any conflicts with the following applications:
Astrid
PDANet
Where
Evernote(Web version)
Documents To Go
Sprite Backup
My Backup Pro
Last.fm
GPhone Manager Pro
Astro File Manger
AndExplorer
TasKiller
ReedR News Reader
Flixster
I doubt that any one can tell you definitively as the phone is not out, and even then I doubt someone is going to download and test such a specific list of apps. However, I moved from a G1 to a Hero, and not found a single compatibility problem yet. When the firmware on the G1 went to Cupcake, some apps did break, but in general they were fixed by their devs very quickly.
Regards,
Dave
Well... there are actually some difference between the HTC Dream and all the other Android phones currently; the Dream have a physical keyboard. Imagine a game that uses the physical keyboard running on a phone with only the virtual keyboard (ScummVM to name one such app). How the hell are you supposed to use a function mapped to the "U" button without a keyboard?
The game Cestos for example have a chat function. The players can chat with each other during matches. Those with a Dream can easily chat while those witrh non-physical keyboards will have to press Menu and then press up the keyboard to start typing (it works but it isn't fluid).
Hi!
I'm thinking about switching back from Android to WinMo 6.5 because in my opinion Sense + CHT2 is superior to any other homescreen and I miss it a lot. But I am not sure because there are a lot of things I think I'll miss. First of all the stability of Android. I have never had problems with things crashing or the need to restart the phone. Also I like that everything works good for me out of the box. Well, and here are my questions regarding WinMo:
- Is there a browser which works as good and fast as the stock android browser? For me it is important that I can view all web pages as they would be displayed on my computer (no mobile pages and such crap). Also flash support would be awesome.
- Does syncing gmail via ActiveSync support push mail and multiple gmail accounts?
- Is there a free alternative to the provided rss app?
The most important things for me are:
- stable system
- very good and fast browsing experience (with working flash)
- sync contacts and calendar with gmail (which syncs also with evolution on my pc)
I think I'm going to miss the facebook app from android because the WinMo one is really crap but I can live with that, I'm not a heavy fb user.
Thanks a lot in advance!
Mark Twain said:
Hi!
I'm thinking about switching back from Android to WinMo 6.5 because in my opinion Sense + CHT2 is superior to any other homescreen and I miss it a lot. But I am not sure because there are a lot of things I think I'll miss. First of all the stability of Android. I have never had problems with things crashing or the need to restart the phone. Also I like that everything works good for me out of the box. Well, and here are my questions regarding WinMo:
- Is there a browser which works as good and fast as the stock android browser? For me it is important that I can view all web pages as they would be displayed on my computer (no mobile pages and such crap). Also flash support would be awesome.
- Does syncing gmail via ActiveSync support push mail and multiple gmail accounts?
- Is there a free alternative to the provided rss app?
The most important things for me are:
- stable system
- very good and fast browsing experience (with working flash)
- sync contacts and calendar with gmail (which syncs also with evolution on my pc)
I think I'm going to miss the facebook app from android because the WinMo one is really crap but I can live with that, I'm not a heavy fb user.
Thanks a lot in advance!
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Ive always found Opera 9.7 to be better than any of the android browsers... except maybe Dolphin..
I can give you a cab to get rid of the default user agent and prevent it displaying sites in mobile view if you want. Unfortuneately flash support is not possible, there is a flash compatible browser called Uzard but its pretty buggy. I guess you could install it and just use when you need flash...
Not sure about syncing your contacts and calendar with gmail as I have never bothered but I have seen something around here about it.
CHT2.0 contains an RSS widget which links in with the stock RSS reader, Im not a heavy RSS user so I dont really know how it compares with the android equivalent but its fine for me.
As for a stable system........ cooked ROMS are the way to go.
Energy, Artemis, Duttys and Elegancia are all popular choices...
Ive just switched from Energy to Elegancia and its incredibly smooth and stable.
Remember, you can always keep an android build on your SD card and have the best of both worlds.
Hope that helps in some way.....
conantroutman said:
Ive always found Opera 9.7 to be better than any of the android browsers... except maybe Dolphin..
I can give you a cab to get rid of the default user agent and prevent it displaying sites in mobile view if you want. Unfortuneately flash support is not possible, there is a flash compatible browser called Uzard but its pretty buggy. I guess you could install it and just use when you need flash...
Not sure about syncing your contacts and calendar with gmail as I have never bothered but I have seen something around here about it.
CHT2.0 contains an RSS widget which links in with the stock RSS reader, Im not a heavy RSS user so I dont really know how it compares with the android equivalent but its fine for me.
As for a stable system........ cooked ROMS are the way to go.
Energy, Artemis, Duttys and Elegancia are all popular choices...
Ive just switched from Energy to Elegancia and its incredibly smooth and stable.
Remember, you can always keep an android build on your SD card and have the best of both worlds.
Hope that helps in some way.....
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Yes, Opera 9.7 is a very good browser. Although on some websites it did not display everything correctly.
Well, flash is not a killer criteria but would be nice. You may not need it for months but when you need it one time and you can't...
RSS is important for me as I enjoy reading the news on my phone. I also use twitter a lot for news, so I love the twitter tab in sense
I used energy before switching to android and all at all I was pretty satisfied with it (although the dialer looks awful IMHO ). But sometimes you see WinMo behind the sense-curtain and some things lag or even crash and that is something I do not have with Android. Well, I think I'm gonna give it a try (I have a CWR backup for the worst case) and use parallel some SD builds of android.
Sharing that cab would be awesome! Thanks a lot! I know otherwise you have to do some registry tweaks...
Heres that cab for the user agent.
Also, if your a heavy twitter user you might want to try moTweets. Theres a free ad supported version, contains a few more features than the twitter tab.
Mark Twain said:
Yes, Opera 9.7 is a very good browser. Although on some websites it did not display everything correctly.
Well, flash is not a killer criteria but would be nice. You may not need it for months but when you need it one time and you can't...
RSS is important for me as I enjoy reading the news on my phone. I also use twitter a lot for news, so I love the twitter tab in sense
I used energy before switching to android and all at all I was pretty satisfied with it (although the dialer looks awful IMHO ). But sometimes you see WinMo behind the sense-curtain and some things lag or even crash and that is something I do not have with Android. Well, I think I'm gonna give it a try (I have a CWR backup for the worst case) and use parallel some SD builds of android.
Sharing that cab would be awesome! Thanks a lot! I know otherwise you have to do some registry tweaks...
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Have you ever tried Iconsoft Phonex 2.2 dialer? it's worthy, give it a try.
Thanks
Mark Twain said:
Hi!
I'm thinking about switching back from Android to WinMo 6.5 because in my opinion Sense + CHT2 is superior to any other homescreen and I miss it a lot. But I am not sure because there are a lot of things I think I'll miss. First of all the stability of Android. I have never had problems with things crashing or the need to restart the phone. Also I like that everything works good for me out of the box. Well, and here are my questions regarding WinMo:
- Is there a browser which works as good and fast as the stock android browser? For me it is important that I can view all web pages as they would be displayed on my computer (no mobile pages and such crap). Also flash support would be awesome.
- Does syncing gmail via ActiveSync support push mail and multiple gmail accounts?
- Is there a free alternative to the provided rss app?
The most important things for me are:
- stable system
- very good and fast browsing experience (with working flash)
- sync contacts and calendar with gmail (which syncs also with evolution on my pc)
I think I'm going to miss the facebook app from android because the WinMo one is really crap but I can live with that, I'm not a heavy fb user.
Thanks a lot in advance!
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Here is the tutorial for google sync, check it, if this is what you are looking for.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=678339
Thanks
Thanks a lot! I already discovered this thread earlier (and I found a discussion somewhere else on the internet). And I think this alternative dialer is worth a try!
From what I have found here, I believe that 'Sense' is simply additional eye candy and pretty animated widgets (i.e. Weather). Is my understanding correct? Thanks in advance for your replies and have a great day!
Thanks,
Lyondellic
Android Newbie, PC/WM Guru
Sense does add a lot of eye candy, but it also has a lot of deep intergration into the phones core features. Most of not all the intergration can be added to stock android via 3rd party apps.
As an example Sense uses a different bluetooth stack than stock android, it makes it easy to use but it also lacks certain profiles like being able to connect the wii mote to your phone.
A better example is simply the way sense handles contacts. Over all I think the experience you have using sense is much better than stock android.
HTC has done a very good job giving the mass market what they want in a phone; something that is more polished than stock android and adds all the function they want to have with out needed to download a ton of apps.
Now if you are one that wants to control every detail of the phone and have time to go find the app that does exactly what you want it to do then aosp roms or stock android is best for you.
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As an example Sense uses a different bluetooth stack than stock android, it makes it easy to use but it also lacks certain profiles like being able to connect the wii mote to your phone.
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It's not just a different stack, they use an older (broken) version of the bluetooth protocol, which is why some things do not work. Some of the kernel modders for the thunderbolt updated it though I believe.
you know, the 5 senses.. the ultimate in... sensation!
/me can only dream anyway
sense is what htc runs on top of stock andoird. it adds a dock lockscreens, widgets, etc, as you said eye candy. and like the guy above said they have there own kernel that controls bluetooth other stuff. because it runs on top of android sense roms are generally larger and some lag more but it really depends on the rom. for example synergy roms are faster than some aosp roms that ive used.
I haven't seen anything (free) other than Sense that can pull all the contact information from my company Exchange server. Everything I've tried only gets the email address, not physical address and phone numbers.
It's one of the main things that keeps me away from running CM7.
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Sense also has one of the few emails clients I know of that can actually correctly forward emails and attachments. Every time I tried with CM7 it just plain wouldn't forward crap, not the email, not the attachment. Sense? Forwards both like it should. Plus it does email zooming so that those pesky HTML emails get resized and can be scrolled around better than the AOSP email client in CM7.
Note: I am talking about "Email" not "Gmail" which if Google made the email app a user app instead of a system app, they could maybe fix the issue across the board.
The Sense UI also has great social network integration. No need to download a facebook or twitter app, just sign in through the Accounts and Sync and use the built-in apps. Even those contacts sync with your phone contacts.
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I have flashed Xrons current beta and have a general question about ICS and exchange. First of all does it work? With Xron 2.9.1 it worked awesome. Leo and the team have done an outstanding job and I look forward to all of my future ICS adventures. I do have to say 2.9.1 was the best rom for exchange so far.
I can't say for XRON, but it works just fine on the regular CM9A.05.
While Googles mail client is decent, you do have alternatives too. One of the better ones is TouchDown. (It costs money). It has quite a few features, but one of the nicer ones is that if your employer requires a password/pin code, TouchDown will apply it to ONLY TouchDown. So your work stuff is secure, but if you just want to read the news, you can skip the hassle of the pin code.
That said, if it leaves your house, having a PIN is a good idea. It gives you a chance to remote wipe the device. (Remember, you can go in to Outlook Web Access, under options, and perform a remote wipe.)
I have been using the Exchange email client for my work and it has been working flawlessly...I had no problems since I installed Android on my TP
I see the issue come up frequently on various forums on the 'net, people with Atrix 4G's that have a lot of trouble getting their sms/txt messaging to work with car on-board systems, like Ford Sync, BMW's System, and Mazda's Bose/Navigation system, etc etc.
The systems in question support SMS/txt messaging via Bluetooth (PBAP and MAP) from various smartphones. Hardware-wise, the Atrix 4G is compatible. BT specs say it should work as well. The systems should download any texts that show up, display or read them back to you, and show you the sender/#.
I've been experimenting on both my Atrix 4G's, and it seems any blur-based ROM has a poorly/improperly implemented bluetooth stack, or possibly an incorrectly configured messaging db. I have tried regular unmodified fruitcakes for .91, .141, and 145. on both phones in several different cars.
* .91 completely fails, will not upload messages/sender at all.
* .141 and 145. will allow message uploads, but cannot upload sender properly (always comes back as 'null' on cars display ). It should be noted, that both can be temperamental downloading messaging on rare occasion.
I have also tried the .141 based Nottachtrix ROM, and the .145 based Laytveyit ELITE ROM. Both has same issues and the OEM style fruitcakes.
To further test the theory, I installed CM7. It works perfectly will all the mentioned car systems, no issues, never misses sender or message info.
At this point, I dont even know if the blur-based ROM's are fixable, but for sure in their current state the BT messaging is kind of useless. Doesnt do much good if everything that comes in is from 'null', i.e. cant tell who its really from while your driving. I have heard of some people getting these to work sometimes, but I sure couldnt.
Despite going over log-cat info during BT events, I wasnt able to pinpoint anything obvious. But that may just be me not recognizing something.
Hopefully that may give some relief to anyone whos' been frustrated by the poor (or lack of) functionality with BT messaging.
For myself, I'm using CM7 as my daily ROM now. Unfortunately it doesnt support webtop, so I keep a backup of CM7, and a Nottachtrix 2.1 build I setup, on my external SD so I can switch between them if I need to use my lapdock.
Kinda sucks, but thats pretty much what I expect from Motorola these days.... Crappy software... broken promises.
If any development/programmer type guys have any idea on the 'null' sender upload, I'm all ears.
K