Android GBAtemp's Ultimate Guide to Android OS

[Satangel]

Excellent thread. I read it all so far and I really learned a lot.
I'm sure this will come in handy when I buy my Android phone.

 

[ThePowerOutage]

Couple of things:
Latest Tablet OS is now HoneyComb 3.2
Ice Cream Sandwich is 4.0
The Arc suffers from an awful jellyfish effect, so IDK why you said it has the best camera (Unless a FW update fixed this)

 

[Ace]

For budget-mode users: ZTE's releases of Android, including the ZTE Blade, should definitely be included there.

 

[MelodieOctavia]

No mention of the MyTouch line?

 

[ProtoKun7]

Couple of things:
Latest Tablet OS is now HoneyComb 3.2
Ice Cream Sandwich is 4.0
The Arc suffers from an awful jellyfish effect, so IDK why you said it has the best camera (Unless a FW update fixed this)

What is a jellyfish effect?

Blurring of some sort?

 

[shamiko_]

Couple of things:
Latest Tablet OS is now HoneyComb 3.2
Ice Cream Sandwich is 4.0
The Arc suffers from an awful jellyfish effect, so IDK why you said it has the best camera (Unless a FW update fixed this)

What is a jellyfish effect?

Blurring of some sort?

The 'jellyfish' effect on the video is due to the user shaking the camera too frequently, while the stabilizer attempts to make the image appear more still

 

[CarbonX13]

still working on that rooting section?
Haven't found the time recently, but it'll be started soon.

The Arc suffers from an awful jellyfish effect, so IDK why you said it has the best camera (Unless a FW update fixed this)
The "jellyfish" effect is the image stabilizer for video recording. It is present on many devices today, and is not exclusive to the Arc. There is an option in the camera application to disable the feature, and it was present since its release on Android 2.3.2.

QUOTE(TwinRetro @ Jul 24 2011, 09:18 AM)

No mention of the MyTouch line?

The myTouch line to my understanding is exclusive to T-Mobile USA, with certain devices (myTouch 3G = HTC Magic) being released under different names on other markets. It'd be tough to make it a notable line-up if it's exclusive only to one carrier in one region.

 

[Maid-chan]

my Xperia Arc makes me

 

[Satangel]

How is this not stickied yet? This really can't go lost in all the topics.

 

[Terminator02]

it was stickied at one point, then it got unstickied, then i bumped it

 

[CarbonX13]

it was stickied at one point, then it got unstickied, then i bumped it

The thread was never stickied in the first place.

 

[ThePowerOutage]

The Arc suffers from an awful jellyfish effect, so IDK why you said it has the best camera (Unless a FW update fixed this)

The "jellyfish" effect is the image stabilizer for video recording. It is present on many devices today, and is not exclusive to the Arc. There is an option in the camera application to disable the feature, and it was present since its release on Android 2.3.2.

Sorry about that. My friend greatly exaggerated the effect. I got to use it yesterday and it is really good.

 

[Maid-chan]

Well, why my facebook say that my post is from Facebook Mobile not Sony Ericsson Xperia or Android?

 

[Excellentnuke]

Well, why my facebook say that my post is from Facebook Mobile not Sony Ericsson Xperia or Android?

If you post using the web browser app, it says "Facebook Mobile", but if you post from the Facebook app, it says "Android".

@OT:
May I suggest adding Motoblur to the Manufacturer Modified UIs? It's not as popular or well known, but it's still packaged on new Motorola phones.

I'd also love to see a section on MIUI in this thread. It's my favorite Android UI so far except for maybe Sense. The only downside is that it requires a rooted phone and only a small number of phones are officially supported by the Chinese MIUI devs and only a handful more are supported by the unofficial devs who port over each release.

 

[Maid-chan]

you know, I post it with facebook apps and it says facebook mobile

 

[Terminator02]

it was stickied at one point, then it got unstickied, then i bumped it

The thread was never stickied in the first place.

It most certaintly was on my browser

 

[Excellentnuke]

you know, I post it with facebook apps and it says facebook mobile

I just checked my friend's Facebook, and it also says from Facebook Mobile. My mistake. I could've sworn it says Android if you post from the Facebook app. It was probably changed in a recent update if I remembered my information correctly. Also, it will only say what phone you posted from if you're using a custom Android OS that has Facebook integrated into a widget or something.

@OT:
Oh and I forgot to to mention in my previous post that there are more custom versions of Android that aren't as advanced as others. For the most part, they're just modified Launcher apks. Examples of this would be the Xperia Arc launcher and the Dell launcher (I can't remember the name of Dell's phone ATM).

 

[CannonFoddr]

One small suggestion for when OP eventually gets round to doing 'rooting' section....

How about a 'Glossary' of terms used for us newbies.... such as 'su'/'superuser','zipaligned','busybox','radio', 'RUU', 'ext4', 'S-off'/'ENG S-off','VR I/O Scheduler' etc

Looking in the XDA forums I've seen a lot of custom ROM's etc with terms used, but I have NO idea what most of them refer to, so a guide to what these terms mean may be a good idea to have.

 

[Maid-chan]

you know, I post it with facebook apps and it says facebook mobile

I just checked my friend's Facebook, and it also says from Facebook Mobile. My mistake. I could've sworn it says Android if you post from the Facebook app. It was probably changed in a recent update if I remembered my information correctly. Also, it will only say what phone you posted from if you're using a custom Android OS that has Facebook integrated into a widget or something.

Widget huh...? Well, gonna try post it with widget

 

[Excellentnuke]

you know, I post it with facebook apps and it says facebook mobile

I just checked my friend's Facebook, and it also says from Facebook Mobile. My mistake. I could've sworn it says Android if you post from the Facebook app. It was probably changed in a recent update if I remembered my information correctly. Also, it will only say what phone you posted from if you're using a custom Android OS that has Facebook integrated into a widget or something.

Widget huh...? Well, gonna try post it with widget

That's only if you posted through a widget that was built into your version of Android such as MotoBlur's widget.