Android 3.0 honeycomb?

Icey · Sat 25/06/2011 16:36:34

This may not be the best thing to ask here but I wanted to know if any has a android device with firmware 3.0?

I have the Samsung sidekick 4g and I have found a way to get honeycomb for it. The thing I wanted to know is how it is & works for you. Do you like, what is it's flaws, etc...

Froyo vs Honeycomb

monkey0506 · Sat 25/06/2011 17:51:02

Does this "way you have found" involve rooting your phone? Coz if it does I would advise you to seriously take caution in doing it. You can permanently damage your device, and it voids any warranty.

Seeing as you have a Sidekick, do you live in New York by chance? Having worked a year in T-Mobile's Sidekick Tech Support, I've learned two things about them: everyone in New York has one, and none of them have the slightest idea how to use the things.

Seeing as I was planning to not keep it, use it just to test the data services and then return it, lost it, and failed to return it in time, I am stuck with a Garminfone which only supports Android 2.1, so I can't comment on either of those.

Calin Leafshade · Sat 25/06/2011 18:02:58

My phone is rooted. It's *very* unlikely you will be brick your phone unless you do something silly.

Bror_Jon · Sat 25/06/2011 18:05:36

Quote from: Calin Leafshade on Sat 25/06/2011 18:02:58
It's *very* unlikely you will be brick your phone unless you do something silly.

I totally agree. You'll have to do something really silly for it to become a brick.

Icey · Sat 25/06/2011 18:28:48

Quote from: monkE3y_05_06 on Sat 25/06/2011 17:51:02
Does this "way you have found" involve rooting your phone? Coz if it does I would advise you to seriously take caution in doing it. You can permanently damage your device, and it voids any warranty.

Seeing as you have a Sidekick, do you live in New York by chance? Having worked a year in T-Mobile's Sidekick Tech Support, I've learned two things about them: everyone in New York has one, and none of them have the slightest idea how to use the things.

Seeing as I was planning to not keep it, use it just to test the data services and then return it, lost it, and failed to return it in time, I am stuck with a Garminfone which only supports Android 2.1, so I can't comment on either of those.

Yeah I think I have to Root it to get it to work. I live in Boston. I modded a few other things. I think if I follow the instructions like it is said and not do any thing silly then I will get it to work.

Peder 🚀 · Sat 25/06/2011 19:58:55

You should of just got yourself an android phone in the first place.... Or IS this an android phone? (if yes should it then not be easier to upgrade to a new version?)

Icey · Sat 25/06/2011 20:09:28

The sidekick 4g is an android phone. I cant update to honeycomb because they haven't made a update for my phone yet.

Peder 🚀 · Sat 25/06/2011 20:17:20

Then why not just be patient and wait?

Haven't you got a game to make?

monkey0506 · Sat 25/06/2011 20:24:49

I think you should do the silliest thing you can conceive of doing, just to see if you can't create the first mutant superphone. 8)

I can't get a root to take root on my phone.

Also you should make PMQ:Legends Android 3.0 compatible.

Icey · Sat 25/06/2011 21:16:09

I think I will just wait because I was looking at the instructions for how to root my phone and it has like 24 steps so I think the mutant phone will have to wait.

And as for my game, I am working on it. Fixing a lot of old things.

Quote from: monkE3y_05_06 on Sat 25/06/2011 20:24:49
Also you should make PMQ:Legends Android 3.0 compatible.

Shh, Your gonna "spoil my plan"

Icey · Sun 26/06/2011 03:04:47

Um never mind about the whole thing. I was searching for Honeycomb font when I stumbled across a quote

"but donâ€™t want to flash a buggy, half-functioning preview ROM"

This is sorta what I was looking for. I dont want to mess up my phone trying to make it look cool. So I will just stick with the Honeycomb launcher instead.

monkey0506 · Sun 26/06/2011 03:59:26

Ah, of course. The elusive some-singular-disgruntled-guy-on-the-interwebz review. Most reliable of all sources.

Icey · Sun 26/06/2011 07:17:40

Well, If I find someone who has done it for there phone and tells me that it's ok then I will do it.

Chicky · Mon 27/06/2011 03:30:17

It seems like a lot of hassle for a better looking interface.

Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens · Wed 29/06/2011 17:39:52

I have an Acer Iconia with 3.0 on it (well technically 3.1, but it's buggy so they've kind of backed up on it for now). I think it works fine, but since I have 2 tablets (1 is a chinese-surplus tablet with gingerbread) I am able to notice differences between the builds more easily. Gingerbread certainly seems more responsive, both on startup and how quickly programs execute. Honeycomb has a bit slicker interface, but something I'll concede is that the Acer interface is packed full of useless crap that may be slowing it down. I've already rooted the sucker but so far there isn't a 'safe' way to clean up the Iconia because their firmware update software checks to see if all the files are there before it installs.

Anyway, I'd say honeycomb has some interface and menu bonuses (there are more settings) but generally is a bit slower to load and respond than gingerbread or froyo. Oh, and they still haven't gotten rid of the phone or telephony apks so the stupid cell standby process still drains your battery needlessly on the tablet. There are a couple ways to stop this, though. On generics you can just delete the two files and hard reboot, or you can use a freeze program to keep them from running.

Icey · Wed 29/06/2011 19:44:08

So it's not just buggy on the phone but the tablet too. Well hopefully if there do someday release 3.0 for the phone they will have edited it to make it run faster.

R4L · Thu 30/06/2011 00:20:51

One thing that sucks about android rooting is that there is so many models and recoveries to work with.

I have an LG Optimus V running bumblebee rom with stock recovery, and it's 100% stable. Everyone with the same phone uses Cyanogen Mod v7, which is very unstable and makes most of the phone features unusable, like wifi for instance.

One thing to be careful of, in this case, is if you do root your phone, make sure you have a correct recovery. I first flashed the stock optimus recovery on my phone, but it was the S not the V, and in return, my buttons didn't do what they were supposed to do (home went back and back went home), among other things.

If you decide to root, I would recommend the bumblebee rom, and xionia's custom recovery. It's 100% stable, removes bloatware, has an overclockable kernel, and comes with an overclocking app, as well as impressive SD card reading and writing speed enhancements, free wireless hotspot tethering, and other things.

It's not as fast as Cyanogen Mod, but it's about a billion times more stable, and way faster than stock rom.

EDIT: XDA Forums is the best place for these kinds of questions. I'd check em out if I were you.

Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens · Thu 30/06/2011 19:00:28

One 100% safe method for gingerbread/honeycomb users is to get gingerbreak.apk. That little program allows you to root and unroot your device at will and so far I've used it on two tablets with no problems.

Icey · Fri 01/07/2011 05:29:07

Quote from: R4L on Thu 30/06/2011 00:20:51
One thing that sucks about android rooting is that there is so many models and recoveries to work with.

I have an LG Optimus V running bumblebee rom with stock recovery, and it's 100% stable. Everyone with the same phone uses Cyanogen Mod v7, which is very unstable and makes most of the phone features unusable, like wifi for instance.

One thing to be careful of, in this case, is if you do root your phone, make sure you have a correct recovery. I first flashed the stock optimus recovery on my phone, but it was the S not the V, and in return, my buttons didn't do what they were supposed to do (home went back and back went home), among other things.

If you decide to root, I would recommend the bumblebee rom, and xionia's custom recovery. It's 100% stable, removes bloatware, has an overclockable kernel, and comes with an overclocking app, as well as impressive SD card reading and writing speed enhancements, free wireless hotspot tethering, and other things.

It's not as fast as Cyanogen Mod, but it's about a billion times more stable, and way faster than stock rom.

EDIT: XDA Forums is the best place for these kinds of questions. I'd check em out if I were you.

If I do plan on rooting my phone then I will keep this in mind.