Comments on: Android: Google’s Mobile OS http://blog.mmayhew.com/android-a-geeks-perspective/ A geek's perspective on technology and politics Mon, 30 Aug 2010 11:49:02 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Internet Banking http://blog.mmayhew.com/android-a-geeks-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-210 Internet Banking Thu, 04 Feb 2010 02:03:33 +0000 http://blog.mmayhew.com/?p=5#comment-210 Glad to see that this site works well on my Blackberry Bold, everything I want to do is functional. Thanks for keeping it up to date with the latest. Glad to see that this site works well on my Blackberry Bold, everything I want to do is functional. Thanks for keeping it up to date with the latest.

]]> By: mmayhew http://blog.mmayhew.com/android-a-geeks-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-25 mmayhew Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:05:30 +0000 http://blog.mmayhew.com/?p=5#comment-25 Non Geek: I would strongly consider NOT rooting your phone if you aren't a techy. As much as I love Android and the ability to hack it, my wife's MyTouch is not rooted. Simply because she doesn't care enough about the rooted features to maintain the ROM updates. Don't let me discourage you from rooting if that's what you want to do. CyanogenMod has a very nice OTA (over the air) updater that will keep you up to date if it's configured correctly. Just weigh your options. If you decide you want to give it a shot, head over to <a href="http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=448&order=desc" rel="nofollow">XDA</a> and find the thread on How To Root your android device. And as far as the radio goes.. That's talking about the firmware that controls the radio in the phone. Since you are buying the MyTouch you will not have to update, as you mentioned. Non Geek: I would strongly consider NOT rooting your phone if you aren’t a techy. As much as I love Android and the ability to hack it, my wife’s MyTouch is not rooted. Simply because she doesn’t care enough about the rooted features to maintain the ROM updates.

Don’t let me discourage you from rooting if that’s what you want to do. CyanogenMod has a very nice OTA (over the air) updater that will keep you up to date if it’s configured correctly. Just weigh your options.

If you decide you want to give it a shot, head over to XDA and find the thread on How To Root your android device.

And as far as the radio goes.. That’s talking about the firmware that controls the radio in the phone. Since you are buying the MyTouch you will not have to update, as you mentioned.

]]> By: non geek http://blog.mmayhew.com/android-a-geeks-perspective/comment-page-1/#comment-23 non geek Fri, 06 Nov 2009 06:42:42 +0000 http://blog.mmayhew.com/?p=5#comment-23 Hi so I am about to buy a mytouch. I am not a geek and do not understand half of the acronyms or there uses. But, It seems like I have to root my phone `more storage faster os and the beloved tethering. How does it work can I or do I load more than one? like Cyanogen and Hero's cupcake and donut. I don't really understand any of it. Have you tried the donut it seems to be the way I need to go since I want blue tooth It says no radio is required not sure what that means. Are they referring to internet radio or radiowaves? but it will have a music player? I do want to play pandora Sorry for all the ?? oh yeah do I do this to a sd card and not the phones hardware? I know I am supposed to partition a sd card? Any thanks for your knowledge signed confused Hi
so I am about to buy a mytouch. I am not a geek and do not understand half of the acronyms or there uses. But, It seems like I have to root my phone `more storage faster os and the beloved tethering.

How does it work can I or do I load more than one? like Cyanogen and Hero’s cupcake and donut. I don’t really understand any of it. Have you tried the donut it seems to be the way I need to go since I want blue tooth It says no radio is required not sure what that means. Are they referring to internet radio or radiowaves? but it will have a music player? I do want to play pandora

Sorry for all the ?? oh yeah do I do this to a sd card and not the phones hardware? I know I am supposed to partition a sd card? Any thanks for your knowledge
signed confused

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