***Nexus One Thread***

CSlater said:
Lol, I know what you mean. They announced it in January! My guess is that they've been heavily branding it for 3 months solid (we know how vodafone love branding) and that it will be totally unrecognisable once released.
Click to expand...

My guess is it'll get 360 like the Legend. Root and uninstall it it would be the first thing I'd do :P
 
griffo_001 said:
My guess is it'll get 360 like the Legend. Root and uninstall it it would be the first thing I'd do :P
Click to expand...

ditto. I've never owned / rooted an android phone. Can someone gauge how difficult it is compared to overclocking a PC in the bios for the first time? Im assuming its much easier and not as easy to screw up.

Once rooted, can you un or de-root your phone? to return if faulty? I currently use a software called Hello Ox2 that roots my N95 8gb with an un-root function.
 
Noto said:
ditto. I've never owned / rooted an android phone. Can someone gauge how difficult it is compared to overclocking a PC in the bios for the first time? Im assuming its much easier and not as easy to screw up.

Once rooted, can you un or de-root your phone? to return if faulty? I currently use a software called Hello Ox2 that roots my N95 8gb with an un-root function.
Click to expand...

There are SO many tutorials online you shouldn't be allowed near a computer bios if you mess it up :p As for un-rooting the method used at the moment does not allow for un-rooting. I've had mine for ~2 1/2 months now without issues and have been rooted for most of that.

The only way I could see my Nexus breaking is by me dropping it, which isn't covered under warranty, so losing the warranty by rooting wasn't a huge concern for me
 
Took me a few hours to root my n1 because I messed up the driver installation, but once I actually got it done I realised everything I had done was pretty simple. There are only about 3 steps but there is a lot to read so make sure you understand it first. It also doesn't invalidate your warranty completely, only the software warranty.

Best thing about rooting is the total customization you can get, and that you can easily change between different ROMs.
 
Last edited:
As reflux says, it's installing the drivers so adb can see your phone which is the tricky bit. After that the flashing and stuff is easy.

You can't really mess up your phone unless you mess up while flashing a radio image. I've not noticed any improvement between the radios so my advice would be to keep with the latest one from google and just flash Anom_Ras recovery and whatever ROM you like (I'm on cyanogen's 5.0.5.3). If you do a nandroid backup first you're sound.
 
Last edited:
will keep this all in mind :) thanks.

Just noticed vodaphones internet allowance is ONLY 500mb......... wut?!?


how is t-mobiles network? are they sharing now with Orange or something... gonna do some digging
 
T-Mobile is 3GB unless you buy through a place like MPD, then its 1GB.

I've been on voda for 12months and never hit the 500MB cap and that was with constant MSN / browsing. Then again i've never had an Android phone with lots of apps to download :p
 
Does anyone using the desire rom getting horrendous battery?

Mine only lasts about 9 hours with very moderate use.

I even have underclockced the cpu and turned most syncs off.


How do i flash a different kernel? There is a under-volt kernel that will make the batter a little better apparently ?
 
stoke1863 said:
Does anyone using the desire rom getting horrendous battery?

Mine only lasts about 9 hours with very moderate use.

I even have underclockced the cpu and turned most syncs off.


How do i flash a different kernel? There is a under-volt kernel that will make the batter a little better apparently ?
Click to expand...

I'm on a21 and it seems fine on the stock kernel. Try SetCPU first? I set 245 MHz max for standby, that seemed to help a lot (You can control the clocks depending on battery status in the profiles menu :) )

The kernels are linked on the Nexus One development XDA forum, but the instructions now don't match the files you're given, so I've stopped using them until the instructions are updated :)

Also, try a full discharge of the battery, try to boot it, use it till it dies again then repeat until it won't boot. Then charge it completely. Should reset the battery memory (I don't trust this myths/theory's but this one seems to work :) )
 
griffo_001 said:
I'm on a21 and it seems fine on the stock kernel. Try SetCPU first? I set 245 MHz max for standby, that seemed to help a lot (You can control the clocks depending on battery status in the profiles menu :) )

The kernels are linked on the Nexus One development XDA forum, but the instructions now don't match the files you're given, so I've stopped using them until the instructions are updated :)

Also, try a full discharge of the battery, try to boot it, use it till it dies again then repeat until it won't boot. Then charge it completely. Should reset the battery memory (I don't trust this myths/theory's but this one seems to work :) )
Click to expand...

Im on a21 aswel. I already had the set CPU profiles done from way back.


Strange
 
Yea battery seems ok after a wipe.


Why the hell aren't these not out in the UK now? This phone is selling so woefully becuase google are doing such a bad job of marketing it!

Google most customesr want to actually see the phone in the shops and not just order from your poor website!!
 
Last edited:
yeah its getting stupid how long we have to wait for vodaphone to brand it... seriously stick a stupid jpeg logo on it and get on with it.
 
Didn't it appear alongside the X10 and Desire on the "coming soon" page of voda's website ages ago. And those two are now on sale :(

I'm considering a Desire contract atm, some really good ones out there, sell the Desire on fleabay and keep the superphone obviously ;) Might work for you Noto, if you've really got your mind set on a Nexus :)
 
HTC have really shot the Nexus in the back with their Desire release. It's essentially the same phone, but slightly better. Thus, I don't see the Nexus doing that well even when it does get here.
 
Its not any better in any clear way, although a lot of (weird) people love Sense UI, only differences are carrier support and that the Desire has ACTUALLY been marketed and put for sale in shops at all :p

P.S. reflux are you still on 5.0.3 as per your sig? The latest is 5.0.5.3 isn't it?

That's what I'm running now, its SO much faster than even the latest Desire ROM, there's also a kernel with an extra 8MB of RAM made available (every little helps :) ) along with the usual undervolt and overclock settings, really flies now (as if it didn't before :p) plus now its just flashing a .zip through recovery, so its easy to do :) And yet I'm also seeing improved battery life with it too :D
 
Sense UI is a nice improvement over stock Android, plus it has a better camera and more RAM. It seems to be targeted as a more mass-market phone than the Nexus, with more social features and a flashier interface.

Nah, on 5.0.5.3 or whatever the latest version is - waiting for the next version whenever that falls - should be soon hopefully!
 
Camera is the same, the camera software is slightly different, but apparently tints the images a cooler blue hue with the Nexus being more "natural". As yet it doesn't do 720p (Anyone claiming otherwise is lying to you) it will apparently be rolled out as an update later, but I don't see it happening as Android doesn't support 720p recording yet :confused: HTC and Sprint have created custom API's for the EVO so that that can shoot 720p, so HTC will need to do the same for the Desire..... And then we'll port them straight across :p

Physically the Desire has more RAM, but less is available to the system, like it was with the Nexus, some is reserved for nothing in particular, plus Sense and and all its widgets use ~50MB of RAM :O

Just been into Vodafone and seen their Desire contracts - £30 p/m unlim texts and net and some minutes (I forget how many) with a free phone on an 18 month contract.

I was tempted to get one then flog it, but interestingly the Nexus seems to be going on fleabay for £50 more than the Desire on average :o
 
Yea if you are waiting for the nexus one i would truthfully just get the desire.

I have had my Nexus since mid january so im glad i got my nexus and not waited 4 months. I advised my friend to get a desire and here are my observations.


Sense UI has a MUCH better music player imo

I prefer the soft touch buttons over physical buttons but im very sure im the only one

Nexus one is a betetr looking phone.

Everything else feels the same

Personally i prefer Sense over stock. So having the ability run sense on my nexus one is the best of both worlds
 
Last edited:
Yeah I've had a Nexus since January, I've got one friend with another Nexus and one with a Desire - Students, eh :D . Today I'd still get the Nexus, its the geeky little brother to the cooler, more popular Desire. The Nexus appeals to my inner (ok, outer :p) geek more :D
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom