Gentelmen,
I want to set up my old droid x as a server for our work TV. (no wifi, no service , only updates via micro sd).
I'm currently 2.2.1, dark slide v4.1.
It will work the way it is, but since I'm going to flash it anyway, I thought I would check and see if any of you had a good bloat free, that would be better for my usage.
Respectfully,
Dei-ng
Most roms dont seemto have working hdmi. Try out wizards miui4dx. Hdmi works and it is great rom
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EDIT: SORRY ABOUT THE TITLE IT WAS MEANT TO BE UN-RETIREMENT
Hey guys,
I just brought my old Alpine out of retirement, It works OK except it was retired because I broke the sim card socket.
I was going to use it for tom-tom but just left it ignored for years. I fancy using it now as a way of having a nice moile internet browser around my house, (Via Bluetooth, possibly wireless eventually if I can justify the costs)
Its an old XDA2 Branded device and what I really want to do is
Upgrade the os to get all the latest driver versions even upgrade the OS from the standard if it is not having issues. all I need working is the BT and SD card reader really and as few bugs as possible.
I really want rid of all the O2 crap as well just the plain basic good software.
Any recommendations of what browser to use (is there a firefox mobile?) i considered opera as well.
any other ideas of cool little apps to make this a good device that will only use in hope to brose net ad a couple of games, perhaps have skype on it for example
any advice is welcome as I have been away from the scene for 2 years.
Thanks guys
The quickest way i found to clear out the O2 garbage was to hard reset and then when it says "Custom application will be installed in 3 seconds", or something like that do a soft reset.
I just successfully rooted my (non-Fender) MyTouch using the howto at the unlockr website. The whole point of it was so I could use a tethering app like Barnacle, but I am finding that my laptop cannot seem to use the connection it provides, even though it sees it and appears to connect.
Further, my phone is now extremely flaky and is unable to fully sync my Google account (contacts are blank and won't sync at all). It often reboots itself for no apparent reason. I am regretting screwing around with it at this point.
Can anyone recommend a ROM to install that is stable and will give me all the functionality I had before I rooted, plus will work well for Barnacle or another good wifi tethering app? And I still don't see exactly where on this site I go to actually download ROMs.
Thanks in advance for any assistance.
Do you have a 32a or 32b board? do you have your sd card with 3 partitions Fat/ext2-3-4/swap?
What recovery did you flash? newest Amen ra 1.70?
What radio and SPL do you have.
We have to know these in order to choose a rom. But there are many good ones, just sounds liek you found a crappy one or one not made for your phone
Improved things with latest cyanogen ROM
Ok, so after my first post I managed to flash my phone with the latest cyanogen ROM. Now the flakiness has gone away and I have back all the stability of my former phone, plus actually a couple things I like better than before.
Alas, Barnacle still does not work properly. It starts and runs fine right up until my laptop or iPad actually tries to connect with it, then I get the message that "process stopped unexpectedly".
Thanks for your response. I will try to find the right place to post my tethering problem to see if someone can help me with it.
Mod. edit: not dev related, moved to general
Can someone give me a recomendation one which rom to download where internet sharing through usb will work.. straight away from flashing?
If there aren't any.. how about a rom version that'll have wifi tethering working straight out of the box?
I want to flash a new rom because Im using DC and I seem to be dependant on an un updated version of wifi tether and overclocking/underclocking seems buggy on this version.
I'd like to be able to use the internet through some means without tethering over heating my phone( and underclocking seems the solution) but at the same time I seem to be only able to get a maximum of 40kbps as is
So I'm in the market... I figure internet sharing through usb might be a better solution...
Any comments on how fast it works or if it heats up the phone like wifi and drains the battery faster then it charges it???
On a seperate note.. does wifi tethering mess up the initialization of the battery so that it seems like it has less life or says full when its not.. or have I just been really putting the beating on it?
PDANet works without even needing to root.
downloading now... Although I did notice a comment that says doesn't work on gnu/linux I will find out.
You can always download a new ROM directly off your phone.. I usually do it so I don't have to transfer it. I e-mail myself the link, go to it on my phone, download, move it to root, nandroid backup, wipe, flash, tah dah.
very good point
http://www.humans-enabled.com/2009/12/how-to-tether-your-verizon-droid-as.html
I followed these instructions in the video at the bottom...
It works...as long as my phones screen is on.. and then again it wants to go ridiculously slow at times and act worse than dialup...
I've noticed the same thing even through the tethering... is the sprint network extremely bogged down at the moment or is it just me???
Or let me guess... my bill was due yesterday and they are screwing with my data when I need the net to make the money to pay the bill
Aloysius 2.1 is my favorite, I've tried a lot of the others, it seems fastest and wifi tether works great
I flashed an Old DamageControl Rom to get a different PRI, then I flashed back to RegawMOD 2.1t which is my daily ROM, and now I don't even need wifi tethering, just connect to PC via USB, select internet sharing, and away I go! Best method for highest speeds.
jerry43812 said:
I flashed an Old DamageControl Rom to get a different PRI, then I flashed back to RegawMOD 2.1t which is my daily ROM, and now I don't even need wifi tethering, just connect to PC via USB, select internet sharing, and away I go! Best method for highest speeds.
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Are you talking about the one with the verizon PRI
Edit. When I replied to this, the site was still the old one and once I was done it looked completely different,
It seems like the remote control app is working fine for everyone else, but mine shows no devices found when I load it on my (refer to phone in sig). Anyone else having trouble?
Did you set Remote Control Settings on your Archos to Discoverable?
Settings> Wireless and network settings> Remote control settings> Discoverable> check
Of course. I checked all obvious issues, including firewall. Still nothing. The app doesn't even seem to search for devices. It opens in less than a second and immediately displays "No Devices Found". There doesn't seem to be a long enough pause for it to really be searching.
Did you reboot both devices? I had to do this to get it working.
I have the same problem. What phone are you using? Im using the Tbolt.
Yeah, both devices have been rebooted multiple times. Can people with it working post whether they are using the developer edition root method, and if so, what kernel?
@Richpopski123, check my sig. HD2 with nandroid.
Maybe the problem is, that you guys run a rom/mod on your phone?
Or maybe its the kernel?
I just put android on my old Touch Diamond just to test, and it works fine on that. Damn thing is 5 years old. Obviously it's the phone then. I'm wondering if it has anything to do with the wifi Hotspot.
@Richpopski123: Do you have wifi hotspot?
@Lennb: I wish I could run without a rom, but it's a WinMo phone, and I can't deal with WinMo. Everything else in Android has worked perfectly, even usb tethering. Also, that old Diamond is WinMo running a droid rom, so it's not just the rom factor, but the type of rom, or something included with the rom.
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Also, that old Diamond is WinMo running a droid rom, so it's not just the rom factor, but the type of rom, or something included with the rom.
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okey, didnt know that
is there another rom to port android to the HD2? maybe this would work.
oooor.. have you checked you're firewall settings, if you have one?
Thanks for the help. Firewall settings are good, and I refuse to use any other Rom on my HD2. Nothing beats this one. Though, I may have to back it up with CWM and try some others. It's gonna take some serious time though.
It looks like there is a problem with UDP traffic on the phone. I get no udp traffic with any apps. Now I just need to figure out why.
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New remote app .. doesn't work
I have installed the new fw on my Archos 70 and made it 'discoverable'. I have installed the Archos-app on my Samsung Galaxy S(i9000) and they are both on the same wifi network.
But my Galaxy doens't see the Archos. "no devices found'. Can anybody tell me what i'm doing wrong?
Now before anyone decides to tell me this is a stupid idea, or it's not possible, or that there'd be no point there is a reason I'm asking about this.
There's a project that's been around for a while called the PirateBox
This PirateBox idea was made into a Modified PAW Server which could run on Android and allow people to connect to a phone and thus get the dropbox experience.
It has also been made more recently into a plugin for the PAW Server
While this is all good and dandy, your average smart phone may get about a days worth of wifi (Assuming you use it for nothing else at all) allowing for maybe a days worth of it as a PirateBox (if you're lucky). With the Nook due to it's E-Ink Screen and lower power everything you could run Wifi for days without charging and because it's light weight and has expandable SD Cards you could easily increase the storage amount to what you wanted and carry it in your pocket so you always have a PirateBox network on you.
However to get PirateBox to run properly on the Nook we need to get wifi tethering to work on the nook (preferably Infrastructure) whether through a new rom or if at all possible on the stock rom. Anyways Just an idea.
An interestin idea.
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