Tag Archives : Android 2.1

Do you like Samsung’s TouchWiz on your Samsung Galaxy S? If not then you would love this one has a hacker has ported the stock Android 2.1 on this phone. Samsung ships the phone with TouchWiz but it seems as many users and most of the developers prefer to have the stock Android 2.1 instead of the custom user interface. Don’t get too excited as its not ready yet because there are issues [...]

Are you a Dell Streak owner and are disappointed of running Cupcake on your device then worry no more as Greenarcher707 just ported Android 2.1 Eclair to his Unlocked Dell Streak. UK Streak owners already have got their hands on an Eclair beta and now you can do it too. He has posted the instructions and by following them you can get Eclair running on your Streak. Tweet

Here is a piece of hardware that looks like a Nokia N8 phone but unlike that it runs Android 2.1 instead of Symbian platform, This clone phone has a 3.5-inches WVGA touchscreen, and has a HDMI output, and gives a RockChip logo at the start up screen but we are not sure that it is actually powered with that chip or not. It sports a 5 Megapixel camera. Tweet

Above is a chart that tells us about the situation of Android versions on devices. At the moment 59.7% of the total Android devices are powered by Android 2.1, previously this figure was 55.5 percent. Android 2.2 that is popularly known as Froyo currently powers 4.5% of the total devices and 35% is of all the devices is powered by older version i.e 20% for Android 1.6 and 15% for Android 1.5. More [...]

As you might have read Verizon has finally given Android 2.1 update to its users. You might have got the notification but in case you haven’t here is the way to do it. Android central has written the following procedure that will help you in updating your Droid to Android 2.1. Tweet

Motorola and Verizon as reported have given the official Android 2.1 update for Droid. A lot of people have received the notification that is asking them to upgrade. If you have not received it yet don’t worry cause you will get the notification soon. Here’s what you get with the update (which, to be specific is AP: ESE81/BP: C_01.3E.03P): Tweet

Sprint employee has shared a recent internal memo on XDA-Developers forum, revealing that Sprint is “actively working on having the Android 2.1 platform available to our Hero and Moment customers over the coming weeks,” Sprint last month tweeted that it is working to bring Android 2.1 update for its Hero and Moment customers in the second quarter of this year and this thread from the forums [...]

HTC Desire has debuted today officially by making desires of many a reality. Its an Android 2.1 powered phone with HTC Sense. It has 3.7-inch capacitive AMOLED screen at 480×800 pixels, with 1GHz Snapdragon processor, it has a trackpad below its screen. If we take a look at its physical aspects it has four buttons at the bottom that are physical — not capacitive as on the Nexus One. These [...]

Acer is there at MWC in Barcelona and has just announced one more Android device i.e the Acer Liquid e. The main thing is that it will have Android 2.1 on-board from day one. No release or price dates are revealed but full specs are given to the media. It has Snapdragon 768 MHz that is the only thing that has disappointed us. Some other specs include a 5 megapixel camera, Wifi, GPS, Bluetooth, and [...]

Hackers at xda forums have managed to put Android 2.1 ROM from Nexus One to HTC Magic (myTouch 3G) and HTC G1. It brings all the new features of Nexus One to your HTC Magic or G1. But still there are some problems like Video Camera is not working.  Be ready to enjoy the all new features of Android. Hopefully they will fix the VideoCam problem as soon as possible. Tweet