UPDATE: I’ve made a new site called AndroLinux.com to dedicate to Android on Ubuntu.
(World’s first installation of Ubuntu on an Android smartphone! WHOOHOO!)
This guide is for those of you who want to install Ubuntu as a sub-system under your Nexus One or any oth
Over the Independence Day weekend, I was able to install both Debian and Ubuntu to run on my Nexus One.
UPDATE: I’ve posted full step-by-step guide on how to install Ubuntu and X11 on your Nexus One here!
I spent about 5 days straight of craziness, even trying to get it working while my friends were barbecuing tri-tips and firing off fireworks in the background. Well, let’s just say I started the challenge to myself of being able to run Ubuntu couple days back and it li
Step-by-Step video tutorial for installing HTC Desire ROM on your Nexus One:
HTC Desire is basically the same hardware as Nexus One but branded for HTC coming in about a week.? But someone has hacked the Desire ROM into a Nexus One, allowing Nexus One users to see firsthand what HTC Desire looks like.
Well, I installed the HTC Desire on my Nexus One and I have to say it̵
For those of you who have backed up your ROMs (such as your factory Nexus One OS or the Cyanogen Mod), you will love the fact that restoring your ROMs are only couple buttons away using the System Recovery tool (that you used to install ROMs.)
For those of you who want to know how to back up your Nexus One ROMs, read Step 2 through 3f on the guide on how to install Cyanogen ROM on your Nexus One.
To start restoring your ROMs, make sure you have curre
In this guide, we will show you step-by-step on how to install cyanogen mod ROM on your Nexus One with detailed pictures and whatnot. The reason we made this guide is for those of new total newbies who don’t know a thing about Android operating systems but want to really upgrade you Nexus One to Cyanogen Mod ROM.
Cyanogen Mod ROM is basically a modded Android operating system that will enhance many features of your Nexus One phone including better reception, faster UI, ability of overclock the Nexus One, custom keyboards, USB/WiFi tethering, and a whole lot more. Plus, with
Still using Android 2.2? Even with Google’s latest Android 2.2.1 update, you are probably not up to speed unless you’ve got the Android 2.3 Gingerbread ROM. Actually there’s a bunch out there now but the one I recommend to install on your rooted Nexus One is
For those of you who have rooted your Nexus S, now there’s Modaco ROM, which is a bit faster than custom Nexus S ROM, head over here for full instructions on installing the Nexus S Modaco custom ROM.
Some of the features of this ROM:
The Samsung Nexus S is taking the world by storm and now some tweaks are coming out one by one. The latest tweak we have for you helps add 200 MHz more processing power although you may have to sacrifice Bluetooth connectivity to do so.
The Samsung Nexus S is already boasts of fast processing speed at 1GHz but for the people craving for power, this should be the answer for you, particularly the ones after smoother grap
You thought playing Scrabble with an iPad with iPhones were amazing, think again as Nexus One has beat that with an HDTV multi-player game. Grant Skinner, the guy who made the gas-pedal wireless controllers about a week back, has made a prototype of his multiplayer game that allows any “Android” phone to be used as game controller.
Androideroids is a prototype multiplayer asteroids game in which each player uses an Android phone as their game
The Google Nexus One, is launching in South Korea in couple days on June 21st, 2010. I think this will get very interesting as South Korea has been a great proven-ground for smartphones as iPhones have gained rare popularity more than its domestic Samsung and LG phones.
True to Nexus One form, you’ll be able to snag the phone off-contract for 699,600 won (or about $576), but you’ll also be able to get it for just 150,000 won (or $125) on a two-year contract. Not many surprises beyond that, but it looks like supplies will be limited to just 4,000 units for the Ju
Here’s an incredible hack involving the use of Nexus One as gas pedal for wireless speed control of RC cars. Sure sounds like a lot of fun.
To summarize: The generic mobile client connects over the LAN to the desktop app. The desktop app sends it a “surface” SWF which contains all of the graphics and logic for the interaction (allowing the host to dictate the experience). The mobile client then sends accelerometer data to the host, which interprets the data, and sends back commands to update the client UI. The host communicates with a Phidgets motor contro
Wow, someone “hacked” their Nexus One to do 720P HD video! The quality is shockingly good.
mac ilife 11Now there’s 720P HD on the Nexus One, I don’t think it’s too long before it starts hitting the rest of Android smartphones. Of course, don’t forget that we always knew Nexus One was HD-capab