**UPDATED** Android On Vogue - n00b Guide (now with files)

[SEAL62505]

Another rookie question... In the ion build, is there a back to home screen shortcut? I typically use the back button, but that is a pain if you have been using a browser for awhile as you need to back out through every page you browsed before you get home... My current way to deal with that is to kill the browser rather than back out through everything.

Thanks in advance!

[Dlanoz]

Originally Posted by SEAL62505

Another rookie question... In the ion build, is there a back to home screen shortcut? I typically use the back button, but that is a pain if you have been using a browser for awhile as you need to back out through every page you browsed before you get home... My current way to deal with that is to kill the browser rather than back out through everything.

Thanks in advance!

Yes, go to the SPARE PARTS application and set the End key to return you to the Home screen.

Did you have to do anything to get your back key to work? Mine doesn't have a back, so I have to hit home everytime.

[4wheelfurry]

Well I took the plunge and following your post #1 guide I got Android up and running. I played with it all weekend, tried most all builds, had to learn which file does what and how to edit them.. Once I caught on it was't bad at all! Apps are cool, widgets were fun to play with. As for the builds: Ion is fast and stable, Hero is really nice looking but more bugs, overall I like Android and the way its OS is built but the developers need more time to iron everything out.

I must admit though after using WinMo for so long I understand its OS and how to edit it under the hood so I have to keep my 6.5 for now but in a few more months after Android gets ironed out I plan to get under the hood and figure that OS out! I'm sure I'll end up being a Android user LOL

[jdmilleriii]

Okay I think I have it figured out now. I've got it booting up now.

[SEAL62505]

Originally Posted by Dlanoz

Yes, go to the SPARE PARTS application and set the End key to return you to the Home screen.

Did you have to do anything to get your back key to work? Mine doesn't have a back, so I have to hit home everytime.

No, with the ION build I didn't do anything to get the back button working. I have a sprint touch with the latest sprint firmware installed (Win MO 6.1). I am guessing that doesn't matter though. The only two extra things I did were
* I used the pannel 3 option (or whatever it was called) as that was the only one I could use to get android to boot on my phone
* I also had to use the file for distored audio (no bluetooth)

So far what I have seen is that it is fairly stable except
* camera
* setting airplane mode

Both of those caused me a reboot


Thanks for the tip on the home screen. Any idea how to then shut off the screen then? (As that is what by default I was using the END button for)

Thank you!

[psykotik312]

Originally Posted by SEAL62505

No, with the ION build I didn't do anything to get the back button working. I have a sprint touch with the latest sprint firmware installed (Win MO 6.1). I am guessing that doesn't matter though. The only two extra things I did were
* I used the pannel 3 option (or whatever it was called) as that was the only one I could use to get android to boot on my phone
* I also had to use the file for distored audio (no bluetooth)

So far what I have seen is that it is fairly stable except
* camera
* setting airplane mode

Both of those caused me a reboot


Thanks for the tip on the home screen. Any idea how to then shut off the screen then? (As that is what by default I was using the END button for)

Thank you!

There is supposed to be an app in the marketplace to fix the camera bugs. Look for something called fxcamera in the marketplace. I think airplane mode may be very buggy because it has to turn off the cellular radios and ANY android wasn't designed for our systems so it may have trouble doing this.

[SEAL62505]

Originally Posted by Dlanoz

Yes, go to the SPARE PARTS application and set the End key to return you to the Home screen.

Did you have to do anything to get your back key to work? Mine doesn't have a back, so I have to hit home everytime.

Ok, I see the spare parts functionality did exactly what i was looking for. ROCKIN!

[Masterface7]

Hi, i have been using an older android build on my vogue for a while and now i want to try out hero and i downloaded a bundle and got a bunch of file i have no idea what they are, if someone could enlighten me i would appreciate it.

zen
hero.user.conf
userinit.txt

Not sure what these are or if i should just put them on the sd card root

system-m22.sqsh<-rename to system.sqsh and with new basefiles will load it instead of system.img

[Mikeschevelle]

so just to ask a dumb question, every time i want to use adriod, i will have to wait 3-10 minutes, or does the intial wait load things and the rest of the times i want to use it it will take a few seconds

thanks

Mike

[SEAL62505]

Originally Posted by Mikeschevelle

so just to ask a dumb question, every time i want to use adriod, i will have to wait 3-10 minutes, or does the intial wait load things and the rest of the times i want to use it it will take a few seconds

thanks

Mike

I think it takes me about 2 minutes to boot android. It doesn't seem to matter to me too much as I don't switch back to WM very often.