Sunday, July 24, 2011

Android Open Source Project!!!

My Xperia X10 was my main phone, mainly because of better battery life and a more comfortable form factor. But after I got CyanogenMod 7 on my Motorola Milestone the battery life gap was closing and fast!
The biggest flaw of the X10 though was the painfully outdated Operating System (OS). It was still running Android 1.6 Donut! I had Android 2.3 Gingerbread running in my, older and not flagship phone, Milestone!
Something had to be done about that, and it was a long time and after a lot of broken promises and delays from Sony Ericsson that finally Android 2.1 arrived to the Xperia! Yes Android 2.1!!! That's not exactly ideal but it's much better than 1.6. From 1.6 to 2.1 there's a great leap performance wise and with battery life.
But right after getting Android 2.1 to my Xperia it was slower than when I had 1.6 on it! Yes, again Sony dropped the ball and really bloated up the OS making it sluggish and disappointing...
But then the X10 developers started to pick up the ball that Sony dropped...
The XDA forums had the answers again, and some great developers started tweaking the 2.1 release from Sony to get a good experience on our phones. One of the best 2.1 ROM's can be found here.
But that wasn't what we wanted, we wanted more, we always want MORE!!! So the great Jerpelea and the great zdzihu started working together and managed to get Android 2.2 Froyo working on our beloved Xperia!! That was great news... Although 2.3 is a nice upgrade there are no major features that you don't have on 2.2. 2.2 on the other hand had Flash support that 2.1 lacked!! That's big, just ask any of your friends that have an iPhone or an iPad that can't access some sites because they don't have flash...
But that wasn't all they did, it wasn't a Sony Ericsson 2.2, with bloatware, Timescape, Mediascape and other things that slow your phone more that it helps, it was Android Open Source Project!!! That means it was a clean, nothing but pure Android!! That's what the Milestone had when I bought it almost a year ago by then, but that was a much lighter better looking phone with a better hardware with it!! This ROM completely revitalized my X10 and made using it an enjoyable experience again!! And that was not all, for now I could change pretty much anything I wanted to make my phone look and act the way I wanted it to...

PS: Sorry for the long gap between posts, I'll try and get back to a post a day, but I've been a bit busy lately...
PPS: The app I'm recommending today is Total Commander for Android, it's still beta but it's one of the greatest file managers for Android out there, it's free and has no ads!! Click here for a more detailed description.
PPPS: I still have Google+ invites if any of you guys want it...

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