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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.

Official Android 1.6 Donut OTA Update for T-Mobile

From AndroidGuys.com

Look no further for confirmation! Tonight marked the beginning of the Donut OTA rollout for T-Mobile customers on Android phones.  Our friends over at Tmonews provided some extra details regarding tonight’s OTA release: Only select G1s would be receiving the update tonight, with select myTouch3Gs on the schedule for tomorrow, and then the rest to follow. As everyone sat and waited in anticipation to get their update notice, they finally started to trickle in around 1:30AM Eastern Standard Time. Hopefully the updates will run smoothly and remain uninterrupted. We’re very excited to see the community’s response to this update, for both novice and expert users.

Wow, a week after Google send C & D letter to cyanogen, now it rolling out the OTA update for G1(Dream), and myTouch(Clicks). So G1 still get the donut update afterall. Will update later what has been slashed to fit the tiny memory on G1.

Me? Will stay rooted with cyanogen. He update something here

Android 1.6 SDK is here (update with screenshots)

Wow, this is fast, Android now now releasing new sdk 1.6 (codename : donut). Just few weeks ago, I have decided to install eclipse and do a devlopment on android, but java is too extensive for me. will look that later.

As a HTC Dream owner, I have experienced the 1.6 thanks to cyanogen mod rom 4.1.x.x . With current experimental rom (as now 4.1.10.1 it supports multi-touch, will test later)

Cyanogen firstly put the BFS into 1.6 tree and now the official developer put that in the git tree. wow, i love open source. The 1.6 is responsive, can wait the Text-to-speech feature and like the rumour said maybe Dream/G1 not getting “Donut” feature officially, this is because cyanogen push the limit to his rom and able to fit into tiny memory. As now, I have only 10MB space left and at 7MB, notification always on remind that low on space.

So, developers, get your hands on the new sdk.

All picture taken from my HTC Dream to show what is really 1.6 has to offer, gladly I have the first hand experince and share with all you readers out there