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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.

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.

G1 with Eclair ROM

If you following my tweets, last Monday I have bricked my G1 in order to update my SPL to HardSPL. I did not read thru the guide and ended up bricked my G1. Luckily my ubuntu box recognized my phone and revived it.

The reason that I want to update to HardSPL is , now every other dev rom beside cyanogen, need the HardSPL. I have always want to try Eclair (the nexus rom) and yesterday it is a success.

Simple step.

1. Update Radio

2. Update SPL

3. Flash the rom.

First boot take almost up to 10 minutes (remember to wipe data+cache+dalvik). The Nexus boot screen is sweet. And it fast. yeah FAST. No Force Close yet. Now I can add multiple GMail account, having Live Wallpaper and much more. Here are some screenshot I take earlier

You can do that by read this guide over at XDA -> here