Want to install Froyo Android OS on the iPhone 2G and 3G with just a click? Developer Sergio Mcfly has just revealed that he is working on a Windows version of iPhoDroid, which is expected to be released by next week.
Here’s what Mcfly has to say:
iPhoDroid hits the chance for Microsoft users to get a taste of the desirable Android Project. And on my schedule it’s for next week. It will be in 1SHOT; 99% to be, at least from my head calculator. So, tell your friend because I need to get this intention more strong than never. Windows platform always was my main target, believe me. And now that time just arrived.
But it will take some time, before you can actually grab this, so stay coming for updates.
Android-powered cell phones may be powerful devices, but devices like the Motorola Droid X and Samsung Vibrant don’t have endless battery life. In fact, many owners would be happy to make it through a single day, hoping that a nightly recharge is sufficient.
Sadly, it sometimes isn’t. A number of factors have conspired to reduce gadget endurance over the past several years. Thinner designs with less room for the battery, larger screens, faster processors, software that runs in the background, and power-hungry GPS chips all share responsibility. The move to 3G and 4G networks has also taken its toll. Our battery life test results drop significantly—sometimes more than half—when we’re testing an AT&T or T-Mobile phone in 3G mode instead of 2G alone.
But there’s much more to poor battery life results than that. Fortunately, there’s plenty you can do to stem the flow of juice from your Android device. Try these tips to extend your handset’s battery life:
Set display brightness to adjust automatically. Turning down the brightness is obvious. But the automatic adjustment setting is less well known. Activating it means the OS will automatically dim its display in darker environments, including seemingly well-lit indoor rooms.
Reduce e-mail, Twitter, and Facebook polling. This is a big one. Even handset manufacturers like Motorola don’t necessary get this. Set your various messaging apps to “manual” and you’ll instantly extend your device’s battery life by a significant amount.
Kill extra tasks. This one is controversial, because Android does its own task management. Each new version of Android has improved automatic task management. But some programs still misbehave, especially social-networking apps that like to poll the Internet frequently. Having a task killer like Advanced Task Killer around can help neutralize unexpected network access and lengthen your battery life.
Turn hardware features off. It’s great that today’s phones have GPS, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth, but do you really need all three activated 24 hours per day? Android keeps location-based apps resident in the background. The constant drain on the battery will become noticeable, fast. If you’ve got an HTC EVO 4G, you can turn off 4G mode separately—a good thing, since WiMAX consumes extra power but has yet to blanket the country. On AT&T and T-Mobile phones, you can even turn 3G off when you don’t need speedy Internet access.
Dump unnecessary home screen widgets. Just because they’re sitting on the home screen, seemingly inactive, doesn’t mean they’re not consuming power. That goes for widgets that poll status updates in the background, as well as ones that just sit there but look pretty and animated.
Reduce RSS feed update frequency. Staying current with the news is fine, but why update feeds constantly in the background? Plenty of third-party apps set their defaults to poll at a set period of time. Others may offer a choice, but give no indication to the user that battery life will suffer as a result.
Android Market can help. Power Manager is a powerful Android app that helps you manage many of the settings we discussed in this article. It also can add a few features here and there when necessary, such as the ability to tune the screen timeout while on a call (although the effect of that one can be miniscule). If your Android device lacks a task manager, try the free Advanced Task Manager.
Check the reviews. We conduct battery life tests of every single phone we review. Unsurprisingly, the results vary widely between handsets, even on the same network. When choosing a phone, make sure that real world talk time is sufficient. You can’t go by what the manufacturer says; we’ve seen variances on the order of several hours of usage in both directions.
Sprint customers can now choose between 2 4G devices as the wireless carrier in partnership with Samsung has announced that the Epic 4G will be released August 31. On that day user can purchase the device for $249.99 on a 2 year contract after a $100 mail-in rebate. This will be their second 4G device offering from sprint, HTC EVO 4G which was the first ever 4G smartphone to hit the market this past June.
Samsung packed the Epic with a Samsung 1GHz Cortex A8 Hummingbird Application Processor supports 3-D graphics, faster upload and download times, Dual camera: 5 MP camera/camcorder with autofocus, power LED flash and 4x digitalzoom for photos and HD video, Mobile Hotspot capability supporting up to five Wi-Fi enabled devices to share the 3G or 4G connection. The device will ship with Android 2.1 with plans on upgrading to 2.2 some time later.
Customers look to get the device now sprint has added A new reservation system will allow customers to order their phone starting this Friday, August 13th at sprint.com . New customers keep in mind that because sprint being the first wireless carrier to have 4G coverage which gives you faster web browsing and download speeds will cost you an extra $10 per month Premium Data add-on which is required by Sprint.
It’s the moment that many of you have been waiting for: the Dev-Team’s ultrasn0w carrier unlock for iPhone 4 is out. You’ll find version 1.0-1 of ultrasn0w in Cydia on jailbroken devices. If not, just add the repo666.ultrasn0w.com repository. It works for iPhone 4 baseband 01.59 and 3G/3GS basebands 04.26.08, 05.11.07, 05.12.01 and 05.13.04. If none of this makes sense then you’ve got no reason unlocking your device in the first place, buddy.
So, the iPhone is still unavailable and has a 3 week waiting time at any Apple Store, Orange doesn’t have it in stock and so does Vodafone. O2, the original exclusive carrier of the iPhone 3G, seems the only carrier to have it in stock, at least, that’s what their online stock finder says.
If you are having a iPhone 3GS or iPhone 3G with the latest iPhone OS 3.1.3, then you can use ultrasn0w to unlock it so that your iPhone can use it with any carrier. But before unlocking your iPhone, you should jailbreak it. You can use ultrasn0w to unlock iPhone 3GS/3G if your baseband is 04.26.08.
How to Unlock iPhone 3GS and iPhone 3G With 3.1.3 Firmware Using Ultrasn0w…
Download the latest version of iTunes and take a backup of all your data.
From your jailbroken iPhone 3GS/3G, start “Cydia” and select “Manage” and then “Sources”.
Select the “Edit” button at the top right of the screen.
Now press “Add” and enter the Cydia/APT URL as “http://repo666.ultrasn0w.com” and click on “Add Sources”.
After adding the sources, press “Return to Cydia” button and Cydia will now automatically update the sources.
Select http://repo666.ultrasn0w.com/ from the list of user entered sources and search for ultrasn0w.
Now press “Install” and then the “Confirm” button at the top right of your iPhone screen to install ultrasn0w.
Ultrasn0w will automatically unlock your iPhone 3GS/3G so that you can use it with any carrier.
Restart your iPhone by holding down the power button for 3 seconds then moving the power slider that appears to the right. Press the power button again to turn on the phone.
Once rebooted, your iPhone 3GS/3G can be used with any SIM card.
So using ultrasn0w 0.92 you can easily unlock your iPhone 3GS/3G with iPhone OS 3.1.3 after it has been successfully jailbroken using Sn0wbreeze.
Android-powered cell phones may be powerful devices, but devices like the Motorola Droid X and Samsung Vibrant don’t have endless battery life. In fact, many owners would be happy to make it through a single day, hoping that a nightly recharge is sufficient.
