Well once I get home (assuming it has actually charged) i will do this. I mainly want to remove some of the cluter hat is on there and those chinese apps that I can't figure out. Luckily I haven't done any customization on it as of yet.
I can understand the complaints people have with the launcher, but if you could run it and actually customise it all like the organised drawers the games are in, and maybe add a link the the android app page, it would be nice.
Yeah, I kind of liked the launcher it came w/ too, but the fact that everything was pretty much locked down was the deal breaker for me.
Is the system update on the site an update worth doing? I didn't get the chance to look at the specs in detail so I don't know what it updates at all
Update: So I got back and decided to play with the device some more. I installed the market/root package mentioned earlier and I installed a new loader, but what I am wondering now is whether the Chinese garbage can actually be removed or not. I am wanting to update the emulators and replace the GBA one with the version that runs golden sun, but it just says it can't uninstall.
Also it seems as though no apps from the Google market want to install, they all say they are not compatible with my device/version (MIP s7100 is what it shows up as), which is weird considering my phone that runs froyo can have the same apps installed. I am just hoping it's because I am just too tired to know what I am doing after a long day at work >.<
Did you get an A or B unit? In the about device page in the system settings under Build number it will display S7100B and a cryptic serial like code if it's a B. The Model number field will still report S7100 regardless of which you have, though. If it's a B you should be on Gingerbread (2.3) and not Froyo (2.2)... It could be that 2.3.4 is in the update, and I just don't recall. I really didn't see any big differences after doing it, other then all my apps and tweakings were gone or undone and the ROM's included for the emulator were gone (no biggie there). I really don't recall if it was on 2.2 when I got it though, I applied it only a couple days after I got mine and was too excited about its other crap to pay enough attention (and fairly clueless about Android).
The emulators and many of the Chinese apps are installed as system apps, you are going to need to use something like Root Uninstaller to get rid of them, the App Manager that is on there will not remove system apps.
Hmm... Not sure what the problem is w/ the market. My market install works fine and after a market update the pages I mentioned that were crashing it quit doing so.
What apps? I can check on mine to see if there is an issue for me. I mean, usually if a app isn't compatible (according to Google) then it doesn't even show up in the market when searched for or by browsing. If I locate it via other sites that then link me to the market page, then it reports it as incompatible w/ my device. Of course, if I download the APK from elsewhere and install it it usually works, despite what Google has to say on the matter.