Android (7 Viewers)

[JCK]

Let's just get the rooting done first then decide.


As long as I know it's possible. Is the phone much faster now?

It is faster and there are more options and apps available. And yes it is possible.

 

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[icemaη]

You guys are having so much fun around here that I decided to order a Desire for myself. Been putting it off for a long time already. But the bloody site is a having a problem with their payment gateway

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Man, screw that and just get it from a retail store!

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Let's just get the rooting done first then decide.

:groan:

Sheik, did you get the Froyo update?

Yup, got it like a week after I bought the phone. But it won't matter if you root the phone. You'll be able to install custom ROMs, and most of them are based on FroYo.

Damn, Skype running in the background really drains the battery. Fucking Skype.

Damn right. Fuck Skype!

 

[icemaη]

Man, screw that and just get it from a retail store!

I'm being all desi because its cheaper online at 24k. Also I don't have to get out of the house

 

[V]

Damn right. Fuck Skype!

Indeed. I mean, I'd get that if I was making calls constantly or chatting, but my battery would go down 50% over-night just because Skype was running and being iddle. Screw that, but I really hope they fix this.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Indeed. I mean, I'd get that if I was making calls constantly or chatting, but my battery would go down 50% over-night just because Skype was running and being iddle. Screw that, but I really hope they fix this.

They'll fix it in 2012! That's how slow they are!

 

[JCK]

What I have done in the past two days is just orgasmic. Stock Android is the way to go, it offers much more customization. I miss only Facebook sync from Sense.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

 

[JCK]

Sheik, I need a Launcher Pro without paying, can you snatch that?

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Sheik, I need a Launcher Pro without paying, can you snatch that?

http://blackdroid.net/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=8102&hilit=LauncherPro

This thread as some modded versions with some transparency n shit. Choose the one you like.

 

[JCK]

Greatness

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

PS: You can scroll the dock bar just like the home screen to add more icons to it. Also, you can assign swipe gestures to the icons in the dock bar to reveal some more info, like unread gmail and SMS, missed calls and bookmarks.

 

[JCK]

That apk did not install, it said that i have it already installed.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Uninstall the current one, then install the new one.

 

[JCK]

I cannot, I can only uninstall the update.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Did your ROM come pre-installed with Launcher Pro? If not, then you should be able to uninstall it.

 

[JCK]

I think it did but without the update.

 

[Sheik Yerbouti]

Hmmm. You'll need to remove that first.

Connect the phone by USB and enable USB debugging. Open a terminal and type these commands.

adb shell
remount
ls /system/app(after this, check if Launcherpro.apk is in the list, maybe with a slightly different name too. If you see it...)
rm Launcherpro.apk
ls /system/app(to confirm it is removed)
remount
exit

Now install the new apk.

 

[JCK]

adb shell works
remount is not found
when I list the apps I found LauncherPro, I copied the name when I do rm <appname> I get: cannot remove <appname> does not exist