With the death of my G1...I decided to move on to Sapphire...
However, I don't have a phone to test my skills on anymore..and like many others...I'm abit afraid to hack on a new phone...
I got myself a google Ion...however I have been wondering the difference between Magic as well...Can anyone comment on this?
Also, has anyone been able to port over the exchange server function that HTC Magic has to ION?
Thanks for the help out (still confused with reading all over the place)
Eh, "ION" *IS* an HTC Magic.
The ION is a HTC Magic with google stuff and 288mb ram instead of the Vodafone Magic's 192mb.
Draxter said:
The ION is a HTC Magic with google stuff and 288mb ram instead of the Vodafone Magic's 192mb.
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No the Ion is the Magic with 192MB of RAM.
Yes I understand the fact that the ION is HTC Magic but with engineer bootloader and spl..
However the version sold as HTC Magic rather than Google Ion has different Rom.
Other than the fact that the Rom alone is vanilla or basic rom with google stuff on it...what is the difference from the HTC Magic Rom? (Other than Exchange function and a list of local APN)
as mentioned many times on these forums,
the HTC Magic is HTC made so it has support and a few other software changes like the framework and kernal i believe.
Hello guys,
You 've made a great forum here, and i must admit you're all doing amazing work. I have a question that made me crawl out of my lurking cave.
I was thinking about buying a HTC Magic/Saphire phone. Maybe getting involved with some android development. Anyway, i was wondering how compatible the phones are with the upcoming android 2.0. I know multitouch will be support (and already is in Hero,) but does that mean that i will be able to upgrade to android 2.0 and enjoy multitouch in Magic? I know multitouch capabilities are already enabled through some roms.
Also, will i expierence slower speeds with coming versions of android? [i'm thinking the way a computer made with xp in mind, behaves when you install Vista on it].
I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, but i haven't found a clear answer yet
As far as MultiTouch is concerned...my understanding is that it will only work with capicitive touch screens. The Hero's screen is capacitive.
Correct me if I'm wrong but as far as I am aware the G1(Dream) and Magic have risistive screens.
Paul, thanks for your answer
That's what i thought at first, and i was gonna wait for hero to come out in Greece, but i found this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=558344&highlight=multitouch
and this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4510792&postcount=26
so it seems it works with custom roms. Any ideas about the speed factor and/or the compatibility of the phones with future android versions?
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As far as MultiTouch is concerned...my understanding is that it will only work with capicitive touch screens. The Hero's screen is capacitive.
Correct me if I'm wrong but as far as I am aware the G1(Dream) and Magic have risistive screens.
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Both the G1(Dream) and magic have capacitive screens. All Android phones on the market at this time have capacitive screens
Android 2.0 isn't being developed yet. 1.6 is though (codenamed donut.)
Cyanogen, over in the dream forum has already ported and IMPROVED 1.6 into the G1's.
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Android 2.0 isn't being developed yet. 1.6 is though (codenamed donut.)
Cyanogen, over in the dream forum has already ported and IMPROVED 1.6 into the G1's.
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That is not true either. 2.0 is rumored to be what is shipping on the upcoming Motorola Shules. The code name for 2.0 is eclair.
so, to get back to my original question, when Shules launches, will android 2.0 be portable to 1.6 phones like magic? i read that it won't be portable to G1 [or, to be more accurate, that they wont release an official update for it]
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so, to get back to my original question, when Shules launches, will android 2.0 be portable to 1.6 phones like magic? i read that it won't be portable to G1 [or, to be more accurate, that they wont release an official update for it]
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well the issue for the G1 was not have enough memory to "store" the update, but one of the lead developers said that the quote was taken in the wrong way. As far as I know, if you flash it yourself it should fit and work fine in the future. It is just that having the OS on there and then trying to do an Over the Air update would cause issues due to lack of space.
Alittle off the topic but, here's a spec chart of all the android phones on the market. http://www.engadgetmobile.com/2009/09/10/android-battle-cliq-edition/
http://gizmodo.com/5373372/more-details-surface-on-motorolas-verizon-android-phone
according to this motorola to role out mobile with android 2.0
android 1.6 32a roms are not yet made n heres the new of 2.0
come on developers
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http://gizmodo.com/5373372/more-details-surface-on-motorolas-verizon-android-phone
according to this motorola to role out mobile with android 2.0
android 1.6 32a roms are not yet made n heres the new of 2.0
come on developers
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Yes, it's coming. And it's supposed to have native video playback. Let's hope for xvid support.
that is still 2 months away. December 1 is the rumoured release date for the sholes/tao/droid.
32A developers are working on 1.6- stop being impatient.... there will be one in the next few days...... apparently it is fairly stable- just 1 issue needs sorting (plus HTC IME and hTC PDF reader cannot be used at this stage- if HTC framework is included it slows down the ion rom).....
I know the best of 1.5 properly is Myhero 2.0.5,,
how about 1.6 Donut(I need chinese language)?
Can some one give me a suggestion for the best 1.6 rom?
ps. I neglect 2.0/2.0.1 now as it seems not stable yet
Try them out! There are not too many Donut ROMs out there. Try CyanogenMod for a start and see how it goes.
Personally, I'm addicted to HTC's smart dialer so I'm sticking to 1.5 until 2.1 comes out with Sense UI.
Hey everybody
I got a Touch Diamond and i've been running xdandroid 2.1 for a while (booting manually from winmo). I've recently seen a news post (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=712310) about a fully working froyo on HTC Vogue. As far as i can see, it's a windows mobile device - older and less capable than the Touch Diamond (please correct me if i'm wrong, which i probably am) - still it seems to be working better with froyo than my diamond is with 2.1? (i read that both gps AND camera is working on vogue+froyo).
Did i miss something, or what is up with that?
What i'm trying to say is, how is it that froyo is not fully working on other devices? Is it because the community around Vogue is bigger/better than around Diamond and they spend more time making it work, or is the Vogue somehow magically more prepared for Froyo? The reason i didn't post this in the Diamond forum is, i wonder - generally - how this can be?