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Category Archives: Phone
More Android Experiments
When I first looked at building for Android I followed the route that led me to install Eclipse and all the associated bits required. Having not done anything with Java for over 10 years it was a bit of a … Continue reading
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This is not the Android you want…
Compared to Apples “one size fits all” iOS, Googles Android comes in a myriad of different guises. By choosing to partner with different firms they have ceded absolute control over how their operating system will look to those how manufacture … Continue reading
Kernel Building
First attempt at getting a new kernel for my phone, an HTC Desire HD. Download the source from http://developer.htc.com/ Expand it into a directory As we’ll be building for ARM, we need the cross compilation toolchain, so install relevant packages. … Continue reading
Android
I’ve been using an Android phone since late 2009 and am now on my second phone. I’ve found Android to be easy to use and the over the air updates I’ve experienced from 1.5 to 1.6 and 1.6 to 2.2 … Continue reading
3G problems again
My current phone is 3G compatible. The software that Vodafone supply is old and lacks the ability to state that the phone should ignore 3G networks. Ideally this shouldn’t matter as 3G is faster than older GSM, but in practice … Continue reading
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Niggles
The ongoing saga of the new phone continues… When travelling overseas the phone doesn’t automagically detect the network. I have to manually select it. After being selected it’s then quite happy on automatic and will pick it up again if … Continue reading
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Battery life
One of the things that most concerned me with the change of phone was the battery life of the new model. The 6310i has great battery life and I’ve become very used to never needing to take a charger when … Continue reading
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Pyhton & IRC
After updating my bluetooth drivers and persuading my USB hardware to work (really must replace that with something that works correctly one of these days) connecting to the phone has become really easy. It’s nice when things work as they’re … Continue reading
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Installing Apps
After a bit of searching I found FExplorer, a free file viewer for the phone. It looked good and had a few good reviews so I downloaded it and tried to install it. Wham! Denied! The phone has the defaults … Continue reading
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Hello World
One of the things about the new mobile is that it’s a Series 60 Nokia, which means it runs symbian OS and therefore ytou can write apps that will run on it! Yes, really. So, I decided to have a … Continue reading