It is a mystery to me how the hobbyist hacker community can make Android so much better than the stock images that Google ships, but if you’ve got a Nexus one , Cyanogen has just made things much much better. As an iPhone owner from day …
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So you just bought a Nexus One from Google – good job! This outstanding phone might still have a few issues, as we wrote about recently in our Nexus One review, but packs a lot of power with a 1GHz processor, plenty of storage, …
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An early alpha ROM is available now for you to get online for you to get the HTC Sense for your Nexus One . It is almost as if the Nexus One getting rooted before the official launch. Just a week from being announced there is already a …
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So you’ve got the latest superphone from Google and for some strange reason, that 1GHz Snapdragon processor just isn’t fast enough. What’s an AndroidGuy to do? Overclock it yo! One of the guys over at XDA Developers, persiansown, has found a way to overclock his Nexus One and get speeds of 1.113GHz. Not only is this faster, but according to him, it’s stable as well. Ever the giving hacker, persiansown is providing the kernel and step-by-step instructions. First up, you’ll need root access and Cyanogen’s latest ROM.
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If you’re the type who just can’t wait for an update to be pushed out (erm, like some of us around here), you’re in luck. You can manually apply today’s update to your Nexus One, enabling multitouch and (hopefully) fixing that pesky T-Mobile 3G issue. Here’s how to do it:
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Most smartphone owners want their smartphone to stand out from all the others, and now according to an article over on android and me, the Nexus One can sport a different jacket colour courtesy of ColorWare.
Along with ColorWare making available the customisation of the Nexus One superphone they can also give their touch to the Android powered Nook.
If you are a Nexus One owner you can take advantage of ColorWare’s design studio where you can opt for one of 87 colours and finishes to create you own customised Nexus One, can opt to purchase the Nexus One direct from them or send in their own.
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AllDroid forum user tasmanian_droid has been hard at work hacking his Motorola Droid and was able to overclock the CPU to 1.3 GHz. The Motorola Droid features a Texas Instruments OMAP3430 which Motorola had set at 550 MHz so this is an impressive overclock if true. The Droid is reported to be “rock solid” at 800 MHz, but that limit is still being pushed.
Tasmanian_droid has posted some benchmarks for the popular Android apps BenchmarkPi and Linpack. He recorded a score of 10.848 Mflops /s in Linpack and 2078 in BenchmarkPi, which are both new records for the Motorola Droid.
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With all the buzz surrounding the debut of Google’s new Nexus One phone, it seems there was one feature that mostly went unnoticed. This mobile device might not be ideal for sailors — or for people who talk like them. …
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It seems that Google has done some censoring that actually makes a bit of sense for once when it comes to the voice-to-text feature of the Nexus One.
Google has taken a lot of flack for going along with censorship in China, something it is currently trying to reverse, and now Reuters has discovered that the company is doing some censoring right here in the United States. Before you get too worried though, it does make some sense this time around.
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One of the most popular Android hackers has just made one the most popular Android handsets a touch* better. Steve Kondik, better known as Cyanogen, has figured out how to implement multi-touch into the web browser of the Nexus One. If you’re among the 20,000 or so people who have a Nexus One, you can do this yourself. You will, of course, have to root your handset.
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Whether it’s due to patents in place or just a gentleman’s agreement, you can’t overlook the missing multi-touch on the Nexus One handset. Actually, the device itself does support multi-touch, but those features aren’t enabled in the native Google apps. There’s no pinching in the browser, for example, although a third-party client does offer it. It didn’t take too long for the famous cyanogen at XDA-Developers to add multi-touch back into the native Android browser though. Redmond Pie tipped us off on the seemingly simply steps, which of course require you to root the device and install some extra bits. Here’s a quick peek at how it works after the device update.
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There have been several complaints concerning 3G connectivity with the latest Android smartphone from Google, the Nexus One superphone, and also some complaints over an issue with the Nexus One onscreen keyboard.
Well the guys over at android central have managed to capture said Nexus One onscreen keyboard issue on video and we have that video for your viewing pleasure and can be viewed below.
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No real surprise here that a fix for the Nexus One 3G connectivity issues turns out to be something incredibly simple, yet not from Google. While this may not be a permanent solution, it worked for one Kevin of JKontherun, it remains to be seen if it works for everyone else who was suffering 3G issues.
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The Google’s much awaited phone, Nexus One has finally arrived. Google has some big dreams with this one and is all set to compete with the mobile giant companies such as Apple and Motorola. Mobile phone lovers have their hands …
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Just so you can gain as much information as possible on the Google Nexus One superphone, we have for your viewing pleasure a video covering the Nexus One built in applications, courtesy of the guys over at pocket now. …
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Learn how to root and unlock the Nexus one by watching this tutorial video. The Nexus One rooting video gives users step by step instructions on rooting the Google Nexus One phone.
There are some important things you will need to perform before rooting the Nexus One, these include:
* Installing the USB drivers for Nexus One which can be downloaded from Google or XDA
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* Confirm your device is recognized by ADB. See CyanogenMod Wiki or XDA for help
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In just under a week of official release, Nexus One has already got custom cooked ROMs waiting to be flashed on the said handset. Paul over at the Modaco forums has released one of the first custom ROM for Nexus One which packs a custom …
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