The new Orange Android phone (San Francisco) £99...but a Question??

MoNkEyMiKeY · 23 Dec 2010 at 22:18

Put my OLED model on 100 screen density and have to say the letters weren't fuzzy at all.

Immortal · 23 Dec 2010 at 22:24

well Ive entered fastboot mode-went to flash and command prompt just says waiting for device-any ideas anyone?

MoNkEyMiKeY · 23 Dec 2010 at 22:25

Keep in mind this is taken with a rubbish webcam. I also don't recommend switching to 100 density.

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MOOGLEYS · 23 Dec 2010 at 22:27

Immortal said:
well Ive entered fastboot mode-went to flash and command prompt just says waiting for device-any ideas anyone?

Try this driver...

http://www.easy-share.com/1912504577/usb_driver.zip

MOOGLEYS · 23 Dec 2010 at 22:29

Deffinately no Fuzz on mine.

MoNkEyMiKeY · 23 Dec 2010 at 22:32

Immortal said:
well Ive entered fastboot mode-went to flash and command prompt just says waiting for device-any ideas anyone?

As mentioned earlier its the lack of drivers. Have you installed the green droid screen drivers. Mine come up on device manager as ZTE composite ADB interface.

Immortal · 23 Dec 2010 at 22:36

it says it cant find the files lol

Immortal · 23 Dec 2010 at 22:54

ok done that-now the orange logo is blue-is this normal?

k++ · 23 Dec 2010 at 23:12

k++ said:
Sweet. Ill try it tonight.

Didn't work. Bummer! Guess I'll stick with 2.1 for the time being.

Any tips on improving the keyboard, sucks if you ask me but it is my first smart phone. Most used key is backspace

Storm3y · 23 Dec 2010 at 23:14

@MOOGLEYS What widget is that for the clock and the system information and that weather one?

MoNkEyMiKeY · 23 Dec 2010 at 23:15

Immortal said:
ok done that-now the orange logo is blue-is this normal?

Using a OLED only rom on a TFT phone?!

Immortal · 23 Dec 2010 at 23:41

ok well I installed a custom rom etc-all seems ok-except now the screen randomly goes black-still lit, and none of the keys wake it-anyone have any ideas?

NightSt@lk3r · 23 Dec 2010 at 23:54

Richdog said:
Can you please give a linky for this?

After only a couple months use, the status bar burned into the screen on this HTC with AMOLED Screen

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organic_LED#Disadvantages

Screen burn-in: Unlike displays with a common light source, the brightness of each OLED pixel fades depending on the content displayed. The varied lifespan of the organic dyes can cause a discrepancy between red, green, and blue intensity. This leads to image persistence, also known as burn-in.

As for fuzzy text, here is a brilliant article an PenTile AMOLED technology and how it works.

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news...exus-ones-screen-science-color-and-hacks.ars/

Im not saying OLED is bad, far from it but i see the Advantages of OLED being posted a lot but no one seems to be posting the disadvantages, id rather people had the whole picture before they decide whether to spend more on an OLED version over a TFT.

buchtis · 24 Dec 2010 at 00:06

Finally rooted the damn thing!

I've done it with the phone only too, only used the PC to copy some files across and that's it!

Sounds retarded but I can't say how happy I am after about 3 days worth of trying to update it from the PC, running BladeVillan atm.

I'd be happy to write a guide for those people who are having problems rooting it while connected to a PC.

NightSt@lk3r · 24 Dec 2010 at 00:08

buchtis said:
Finally rooted the damn thing!

I've done it with the phone only too, only used the PC to copy some files across and that's it!

Sounds retarded but I can't say how happy I am after about 3 days worth of trying to update it from the PC, running BladeVillan atm.

I'd be happy to write a guide for those people who are having problems rooting it while connected to a PC.

About time

Lethal` · 24 Dec 2010 at 00:09

Could someone summarize the best way to go about customing the phone's themes and home screens? (I'm using deorengated ROM if that matters)

.Sean · 24 Dec 2010 at 00:10

Flashed my girlfriends San Francisco with Paul's Froyo build and it's awesome! My only gripe is that the lockscreen is cack. I hate that silly microscope...

NightSt@lk3r · 24 Dec 2010 at 00:11

.Sean said:
Flashed my girlfriends San Francisco with Paul's Froyo build and it's awesome! My only gripe is that the lockscreen is cack. I hate that silly microscope...

Same here, Alpha 4 has the stock Android lock screen in it but you either need a subscription to get it or wait for it to go public

buchtis · 24 Dec 2010 at 00:13

NightSt@lk3r said:
About time

Can't belive how easy it was too, well happy now lol. Now I can try all the ROM's to my hearts content!

englishpremier · 24 Dec 2010 at 08:28

For those that are saying there phone is fuzz free. It is worth pointing out that OLED by it's very nature is not are sharp or as clear as TFT due to the pixel alignment.

I'm not even sure i'll notice any difference considering i'm currently running a 3/4 year old phone with a 2.2 inch screen.

I just wanted OLED as i heard that it is better in bright sunlight and i use my phone as a sat nav on my motorbike when touring europe and the like.