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Download Android 2.2 Froyo FRF85B for Nexus One [Final Version]

Maverick — Wed, 30 Jun 2010 19:32:07 +0000

Google has released final version of Android 2.2 (Froyo) for Nexus One. Final version has built FRF85B. Users will receive FRF85B built update OTA (Over The Air). Infect some of AT&T and Verizon users on FRF85 and older builds have reported that they have already started receiving latest firmware of Froyo.

Announcement from Google:

Starting today, Nexus One users will begin to receive the Android 2.2 (codenamed Froyo) over-the-air software update on their phones. This update provides some great new features including support for making your handset a portable hotspot and support for Adobe Flash within the browser. For a complete list of everything we’ve included in Android 2.2, please see the Android 2.2 Platform Highlights.

In order to access the update, you will receive a message on your phone’s notification bar. Just download the update, wait for it to install, and you should be all set. This update will be rolled out gradually to phones – and most users will receive the notification by the end of the week . We hope you enjoy these new features.

You can manually update your Android 2.2 Froyo FRF85B on your nexus one as well, update procedure is the same to previous updates. Comprehensive step wise guide on how to update Android/Froyo firmware OTA/Manually on your Nexus One is available here.

For manual installation, please download these files and follow the same procedure recommended above.

Download this file if you want to go from FRF83 to FRF85B, rename it update.zip and flash it.
Download this file if you want to go from EPE54B to FRF85B, rename it update.zip and flash it.

To read more about Android OS, please visit here.

[via Androidandme & Google Nexus One]

iPhone 4 vs. Other Smartphones [Comparison Sheets]

Wolverine — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 14:30:50 +0000

Just after the release of iPhone 4, TiPb has published an awesome comparison chart between iPhone 4 and other famous smartphones available in the market including HTC EVO 4G, Droid Incredible and Google Nexus One. Previously TiPb published the similar kind of comparison chart between iPhone 4G and other smartphone, however this time they have updated it by replacing the unkown values with the known one after WWDC 2010.

Comparison by TiPb

Comparison by Engadget

Engadget also doubled the comparison of iPhone 4 with other devices including Nokia N8, Palm Pre Plus and HTC HD2. With so many smartphones available in the market, such comparison sheets are really helpful to those who are planning to buy a new smartphone.

Considering the above comparison, we can say that iPhone 4 is no doubt a tough competitor to HTC EVO 4G as far as hardware specs are concerned. Lolz @Apple who just tried to make the comparison even more tough by setting the price tag of iPhone 4 to U.S. $199 [16GB] which is exactly same to Sprint HTC EVO 4G. [via TiPb][via Engadget]

How To Install Android 2.2 Froyo On Nexus One Manually / OTA?

Maverick — Sun, 23 May 2010 15:20:29 +0000

Google has released Android 2.2 aka Froyo for Nexus One, it has brought Android users numerous new interesting features. So, how to upgrade your Nexus One to Froyo/Android 2.2? If you have factory/unmodified Nexus One than you can upgrade OTA (over-the-air), which means that users can update the software online and you don't need to connect your device to computer, all you need is an internet connection on your Nexus One from your service provider. However, if you have a rooted Nexus One, you'll have to manually upgrade to Android 2.2. Both procedures are given below.

How to Update/Install Android 2.2 on Nexus One OTA (Over The Air)

If you are on stock (Unmodified Bootloader, Recovery) Android 2.1, you should automatically receive a message on your Nexus One's notification bar about software update available for your phone, please note that this will only happen if you phone is connected to internet (GPRS/EDGR/3G/HSDPA etc). Simply download the software update and wait for its installation to complete. Just follow simple onscreen instructions and you'll be all good to use it.

If you didn't get the notification on your phone, you can also route to Menu > Settings > About phone > Software updates in your Nexus One and check for any updates available OTA.

How to Download and Install Nexus One Software Manually

Please follow following step-wise procedure to install Android 2.2 (FRF50) update on your Nexus One manually:

NOTE: Please note that following procedure is for the Rooted/Modified Custom ROM Nexus One users. It will ONLY work on Rooted devices.

Download rooted version Android 2.2 Froyo (FRF50) software update on your computer, once downloaded rename the .zip file to update.zip.
Connect your Nexus One with your computer via USB cable.
Now you need to move/copy update.zip from your computer to your phone SD/Memory card, you need to make sure that update.zip is place in /root of your card, not in sub directories.
Now turn OFF your phone and turn it ON again in bootloader mode, turn on the phone while pressing and holding the trackball and power button.
Now to get in the bootloader mode, turn on the phone while pressing and holding the trackball and power button.

Now you need to follow the navigation instructions on the screen. Select BOOTLOADER and then go to RECOVERY mode.
When your device will be in recovery mode, you should see an Android bot on your screen, to view the menu, press the power button and volume-up key once.

Now select the second option "apply sdcard:update.zip" in the menu, which should start the installation process.
After the installation process is done, reboot your device by selecting "reboot system now" from the same menu.

That's all! Your Nexus One should be on latest software/os now. You can verify by routing to Go to Settings >About phone in your phone.

Android 2.2 Froyo Announced! [What's New]

Maverick — Thu, 20 May 2010 16:34:34 +0000

Finally Android 2.2 with codename "Froyo" has been officially announced at Google I/O, 2010. Here are the new features - an improved compiler, which brings a 2-5x speed boost to the system, better cloud-to-device messaging API which as per Google is much better than "push notifications" service which is designed to cover up basic necessities such as "multitasking" etc, WiFi tethering - which was used to get a WiFi iPad online! Also, Google introduced a new JavaScript engine in the Android browser and couple of Chrome browser plugins for directions/Google maps.

Froyo will be available in June for download, great news for Nexus One and other Android users. Other updates include full flash support, a widget to search android apps, an improved browser (Google is claiming that it's the fastest one on earth) and apps could now be installed in your SD card.

You may go through our complete coverage on Android 2.2 Froyo, by visiting here.

UPDATE: Visit here for detailed procedures on how to Install Android 2.2 Froyo On Nexus One Manually / OTA

[via Engadget]

iPhone 4G (HD) vs EVO 4G vs Nexus One vs Droid Incredible [Comparison]

Maverick — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:48:41 +0000

iPhone 4G (iPhone HD) is all around the web these days, we've gone over leaked iPhone 4G prototype and Apple claiming it back, now have a look at one-on-one comparison between iPhone 4G, EVO 4G, Nexus One and Droid Incredible. Although the idea behind comparing a prototype and unannounced/unfinished phone specs with other popular phones in marker seems bit ridiculous but considering the hype iPhone 4G has these days, the comparison is definitely worth viewing!

The specifications of unreleased phones including iPhone 4G and Evo 4G can't be 100% authentic, but we can say with certain indemnity that majority of these specs would hold true, particularly for Apple iPhone 4G after it's leaked prototype.

For our complete coverage on iPhone 4G / iPhone HD, please visit here.

Flash 10.1 Demo On Google Nexus One

Jaxov — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:42:51 +0000

Google Nexus One is the first Android based smartphone from Google and its hardware is provided by the famous manufacturer HTC. It has Qualcomm QSD 1 GHz processor which is pretty much capable of running Adobe Flash as stated by Antonio Flores of Adobe Systems. According to Flores only those smartphones will be fully capable of running Flash 10.1 who have ARM Cortex A8 chipsets. All other phones with less hardware capabilities will be able to run Flash Lite. As confirmed earlier, Flash 10.1 will be available in the first quarter of 2010. Here is a video made by Ryan Stewart, a platform evangelist for Adobe Systems who is demoing Flash 10.1 on his Nexus One.

In this video he is watching March Madness live on Google Nexus One over 3G connection. You can double-click on the Flash video to go into full screen mode. The video does seem to a stutter a bit but the overall Flash experience is rather smooth and quite in the flow as compared to the desktop experience.

Motorola Droid and Nexus One will support Flash 10.1 as they have processors powerful enough to process flash content. The normal clock speed of Nexus One's Qualcomm Snapdragon processor is approx 1Ghz and after overclocking it can be increased 1.113 Ghz. Original clock speed of Motorola Droid is 600Mhz and after overclocking it can be increased 1.1Ghz. However the Qualcomm 528MHz CPU of HTC Hero is not powerful enough to run Flash 10.1 due to its low CPU power.

Download Opera Mini 5 For Android Devices

Jaxov — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:45:08 +0000

Opera has announced Opera Mini 5 for all Android based cell phones like Motorola Droid, Nexus One etc. Opera Mini is an award winning mobile web-browser well known for its lightening speed and new features. Main features of this released include Tabbed Browsing, Speed Dial, Download Manager, Password Manager and many more. You may download it either by visiting m.opera.com/next from your mobile browser or simply download it to your PC and then transfer it to your cell phone.

Main Features of Opera Mini 5 Beta

Tabbed browsing: Browse several Web sites at the same time, while easily jumping from one to another.
Speed Dial: Get to your favorite Web page with just one click, with a set of visual bookmarks when you open a new tab.
Opera Link: Synchronize your bookmarks and Speed Dial between your mobile phone and desktop computer.
Download manager: Manage downloads right from the browser. Pause and resume downloads to suit your needs.
Touch & Keypad: Now it supports touch screen phones too. The interface optimizes the display for both touchscreen and keypad phones.
Password manager: Just like other popular desktop browsers Opera Mini asks you to save username and password. So that you can login in to social networks and other websites with just one click.

Opera Mini 5 was first released for all Java based cell phones in September 2009. At Mobile World Congress Opera gave the demo of Opera Mini 5 on iPhone 3GS where it loaded New York Times webpage almost 5x times faster than iPhone 3GS stock browser. Moreover with the release of Opera 10.5 for Windows and Mac OS X, Opera team have claimed that Opera 10.5 is the word's fastest browser which is 7 times faster than previous Opera releases.

Confirmed: Flash 10.1 Will Be Available In 1st Quarter of 2010

Jaxov — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 12:06:02 +0000

As informed earlier, Google Nexus One and Motorola Droid will be the two lucky smartphones which will support Flash 10.1 and now its confirmed. Only devices with ARM Cortex A8 chipsets will be able to run final version of Flash 10.1. Devices with low hardware capabilities can view Flash content via Flash Lite. Taimur Asad of RedmondPie have already tested Alpha version of Flash Lite by playing the famous Facebook game Farmville on his Google Nexus One. So HTC Hero can also view Flash content on their devices with Flash Lite. Flash 10.1 will be available in the 1st Quarter of 2010 for all supported platforms.

According to Adobe:

Therefore the choice to target the ARM Cortex-A8 chipsets will result in greater efficiency, and most importantly a wider range of consistent experiences as uptake grows. To be clear, that uptake is already happening, and it will expand rapidly just like it does every other year.

It’s like a Moore’s Law of mobile phones

Yet some devices will not be able to support the full Flash Player 10.1 due to low hardware capabilities, and for many of those devices we have a new version of our optimized runtime, Flash Lite, to fill the gap.

Moreover, you can get adobe Flash 10.1 in three ways:

You can get Flash Player 10.1 which comes bundled with System Software Updates (Firmware/ROM Updates)
By manually downloading through on-device catalog.
Downloading and installing from the Adobe Flash site

Adobe further clarified:

At Mobile World Congress Adobe demonstrated the full Flash Player (Flash Player 10.1) running on Android, Palm webOS and other mobile platforms. The HTC Desire will support Flash Player 10.1 once the runtime is available in the first half of 2010. Users will be able to upgrade the free player over the air. Until then the HTC Desire will ship with a new version of Flash Lite that supports ActionScript 3, and other new features. The Farmville demo shown on Redmondpie is using Flash Lite, not the full Flash Player.

Motorola Droid And Google Nexus One Will Support Flash 10.1

Jaxov — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 08:55:35 +0000

According to Antonio Flores of Adobe Systems only those Android phones will be capable of running Flash 10.1, who have ARMv7 (Cortex) processors in it as only these processors are powerful enough to process and run flash based video content on the mobile web. Out of 10 most widely used Android phones in US, only people who have Motorola Droid or Nexus One will be fortunate enough to view flash based video content on their phones. Flash 10.1 final version for Android will be released in the mid of year 2010.

Hi all,

You can expect the final release for Android to be available mid-year. All Android devices that meet our minimum s/w and h/w requirements will be supported. Unfortunately, I cannot say a lot more publicly about our port to the Android platform at this time.

As for WinMo, we have made the tough decision to defer support for that platform until WinMo7. This is due to the fact that WinMo6.5 does not support some of the critical APIs that we need.

As for your other questions:

Yes, we will support the Motorola Milestone.

No, the HTC Hero will not be supported b/c it does not have the correct Anroid OS version and it’s chipset is not powerful enough. We require a device with an ARM v7 (Cortex) processor. Examples include the Qualcomm Snapdragon chipsets and TI OMAP3 series.

Best regards,

Antonio

Acc. to the above scrap, only Motorola Droid and Nexus One will support Flash 10.1 as they have processors powerful enough to process flash content. The normal clock speed of Nexus One's Qualcomm Snapdragon processor is approx 1Ghz and after overclocking it can be increased 1.113 Ghz. Original clock speed of Motorola Droid is 600Mhz and after overclocking it can be increased 1.1Ghz. However the Qualcomm 528MHz CPU of HTC Hero is not powerful enough to run Flash 10.1 due to its low CPU power.

Nexus One Multicolored Trackball LED and Custom Live Wallpaper

Jaxov — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 22:41:18 +0000

As we know, Google Nexus One has a trackball for navigation and it possess the ability to glow in different colors for showing different kind of notifications such as Missed calls, SMS, Warnings etc but this functionality doesn't come in Nexus One as a default, though both Android software and handsets are fully capable of it; but no worries! few Android geeks are working on bringing this functionality in Nexus One.

Along with Multicolored Trackball LED functionality, working on Customized Live Wallpaper has also been see, this functionality will allow users to change the colors from the default set color scheme. Have a look at following video demo showing both customized functions in Nexus One.

These mods are not yet available, but they will soon come in market. Please note that for adding these mods, if available, you will need an Unlocked Nexus One along with Root access.

For our complete coverage on Nexus One, please visit here.

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