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Jul

HTC Incredible Receives Some Froyo Love With Sense Via Sky Raider ROM Beta 1.0

Posted by David Ruddock in Android OS, Development, Froyo 2.2, HTC, Incredible, Verizon Wireless

Last Updated: July 13th, 2010

While its author openly claims the ROM is far from perfect, most Incredible owners would probably be happy to give this new ROM, codenamed Sky Raider, a whirl simply to see what Froyo+Sense feel like on their rare, practically extinct, phones.

While have not yet tested Sky Raider ourselves, the installation should be familiar to most rooted Incredible owners who have flashed a ROM before.

Note: this ROM appears to require a full wipe (system/user data or “factory” reset).

Download

Sky Raider 1.0 Beta for HTC Incredible:

Original: http://www.multiupload.com/WPEA12PICE
Mirror: http://www.mediafire.com/?woga5n4m5dc

Directions:
1. Download the ROM from the link above
2.

Apr

HTC Gives T-Mobile myTouch Slide's Sense UI An Espresso Boost

Posted by Chris Dehghanpoor in Carriers, Devices By Manufacturer, HTC, myTouch Slide (Espresso), News, T-Mobile

The T-Mobile MyTouch Slide just can’t get enough of the camera. We’ve already seen it in three color configurations, and now the good gents at TmoNews have let loose some screenshots of the [sexy?] new HTC Sense revamp, dubbed Espresso.

I’m not sure I’m exactly thrilled with the new ‘bubbly’ icons that they’re using – in my opinion it gives them a cheap, and quite literally, plastic look. They seem to be pushing wood grain and warmer, natural colors in this version over the more industrial/streamlined/modern look of the current HTC Sense UI.

I’m particularly curious about the almost SlideScreen-meets-Windows-7-Phone-Series like…home screen?

Apr

Detailed Mega Review Of Android 2.1 On Our HTC Hero - Discover All The New Features (With Lots Of Screenshots)

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in Applications, Development, Hero, Hero (Sprint, HeroC), HTC, Sprint

Last Updated: April 21st, 2010

Introduction

Us, Hero owners, have been waiting for an OS upgrade for a loooooong time, since the phone got released last October with Android 1.5.

At first, we were hoping for 1.6, then 2.0, and finally 2.1 was promised ("Totally for real this time, yo" - said Sprint and HTC but we saw nothing).

Other phones kept getting 2.1 upgrades but our favorite Hero saw only promises after promises with release dates pushed further and further back.

Android 2.1 On HTC Hero

Therefore, when a Hero Android 2.1 build got [inadvertently - oh, the drama with these leaks!] leaked online, and an Android ROM hacker by the name of damageless (hi damageless!) incorporated the code from the leak into his ROM, called DamageControl, we knew the finish line was near.