More Cowbell!

Donut by Laszlo - Most Stable 1.6 ROM

OK, by far I have tested so many rom for my HTC Dream aka G1. And the latest is OpenEclair ROM. For me Eclair is the best ROM but is not intend to be fit on my G1. After a month using OpenEclair, I give up. Mainly because of these reasons :-

1. Too slow - From the startup boot, to even to recognize the call screen to popup. This is include, the browser, map and gmail.

2. Sucked up my battery into half a day usage. Mind you, I am using 2300mAH battery. The Live Wallpaper is somewhat a resource hunger and will quickly drain your battery.

I want to use CyanogenMod 4.2.x but lately cyanogen busy with his BaconMod. So I searched the XDA Forum, about to try Super D ROM, with some nice feedback from user.

I stumble this polish rom cooker named Laszlo, and he make a wonderful themed rom, that is super fast! One is Donut by Laszlo and Eclair R5. Want to try eclair but I think I need a stable, usable day-to-day phone. I wipe OpenEclair and flash to Donut by Laszlo. So fast, flick from screen to screen is responsive, and most important is stable. Not even a force close since I have flashed it.

Now an update Donut by Laszlo 1.2. Just update it and as usual it is fast. Head to l-rom.googlecode.com/ and download it there.

Google Buzz on Android

Yesterday when woke up in the morning, all tweets mentioning about Google Buzz. When reached office and fired up google buzz, it did not appear on my gmail. Frustated, I open buzz on android. Tada, amazing. So enjoy the screenshots.

It supported all android phone with at least Eclair ROM (2.0), and Iphone (i think). So you have android phone, try load your browser and go to http://buzz.google.com. Enjoy.

Migrating from Fedora 12 to Ubuntu 9.10

Just a little update. Finally I manage to migrate from F12 to Ubuntu 9.10. The main reason is

1. Android Development - More and more tutorials are refering to Ubuntu, even from the Google itself suggested using ubuntu

2. Sound - Like crap in F12. In Ubuntu I get more surround sound.

Settings up like backup the /home folder in F12 and complete install Ubuntu just around 30mins and up installing java, eclipse, in an hour. Lucky in a fast connection.

[Android Apps] Radio Songs by me. yeah me.

Finally I got all things working. Now my first app for android, Radio Songs.
So What is Radio Songs?
Radio Songs is the apps that inform you the current songs that play on AMP Radio Network (Malaysia) such as Hitz FM, MY FM, Era FM and so on. Curious what songs play on the radio, fire up Radio Songs from your Android and select the radio station. It will display the current song, name and iamge of the artist.
Radio Songs is now on Android
Yes, you heard it right, Radios Songs is now on Android. Download the apk files below. Develop in 1.5 (SDK) and should be working on 1.6 (because I am using it)
Changes
Version 1.1 (Download here -> Radio Songs 1.1) - 24 November 2009
- Added splash screen
- Added artist image from Last FM (almost 95% correct preview)
Version 1.0 - 23 November 2009
- Initial release
Donation : Well, I do this on my leisure time. If I put this on Market, it will cost me USD25 just to be listed on Android Market, and I don’t think I will make profit from it. For initial release, there is no ads in my apps. If you like my apps why dont you buy me a Prosperity Burger or Teh Tarik by donating to my PayPal account. Thanks.