The process for getting
HTC's Hero ROM with the so-called Rosie UI onto your G1 isn't necessarily for the faint of heart, so for those looking for a slightly more hands-off experience until HTC gets around to introducing this stuff officially, an installer went ahead and threw together a convenient little demo of some of the Android skin's capabilities. Everything we see here reinforces the understanding that this is a thorough, deep customization of Android, taking UI polish and functionality to the next level -- and happily, HTC appears to have really tailored the experience to Android rather than simply taking
TouchFLO and retooling it for another platform. A good example of that is widget support -- we see weather and Twitter widgets demoed here, and there appear to be plenty of others available in the list. There's no telling whether we'll see this skin come to Dreams, Magics, and G1s, but it's at least heartening to know that the G1 has enough horsepower to effectively run the stuff. Follow the break for the video.
posted Jun 3rd 2009 8:12AM
if they released this on cupcake, is it still going to work with all the new features when donut comes out?
Probably not, this is a custom build, with lots of deep modifications to the system. But honestly, i doubt that most of us using this will care by the time dounut comes out, because there's always new stuff to play with. ;)
My hope is that somebody builds an installable home alternative like this, similar to ahome or openhome. Sweeterhome is probably the closest to this, but it has a ways to go still.
wii want to play
nice thats what i like about HTC they always modify the OS
Yep. But the sweeter-home built themes look even better.
Check out the OSX Android theme. It's got smooth overlaying animations.... pretty neat:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-ANUtQXydw&fmt=18
Why does HTC refuse to put 3.5 inch headphone jacks into their phones??? Why put all those music/multimedia features in, if you have to carry an idiotic dongle to use headphones? HTC makes good phones, but doesn't listen to its customers.
Actually, I think the HTC Hero will have a standard 3.5mm headphone jack. Don't quote me on that, though...
Its lacking 3.5mm jack because Apple forced them to remove it. They (Google and Apple) share board members, so Apple new exactly what Google is going to release.
No they removed it because Apple 'invented' 3.5 jacks and prevented them from putting it in the HTC's.
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WTF are you talking about? This relates to a UI skin for an already established mobile OS. In case u just came out of hibernation, there are several mobile OSes out there.]
still don't think i want android...
Still, Android has somewhat toyish and cheapish feel in it.
And unfortunately it will stay this way till Android Eclair arrives this Christmas with OpenGL ES 2.0 support.
well that was 'whelming'.
Not over- or under-?
This makes the G1 a Hero killer.
Seriously, what reason is there left to get the touchscreen-only HTC Hero?
the hero build doesn't run well on the g1 (im using it now) there are a few bugs devlopers are trying to fix. also this rom needs because its so huge, apps2sd which can be problematic. the good thing about this build is that it has flash support (even though it's only flash 8 for now)
Hold on... Browser Flash support??? This is big. So why wasn't this highlighted in the videos?
because it's a pre release and hasn't been finished by adobe. also it's only flash 8(i think i can't find the exact version on the build) and most websites have flash 9 or 10 so it doesn't work (it;s like not having flash at all).
Who's the music by?
That music is by the Yoshida Brothers.
Not sure which song but it certainly is them.
It's the Yoshida Brothers, alright. The piece is "Kodo". Now, anyone know what that means? We must have some Japanese readers here who could tell us.
This isn't even the Yoshida Brothers' best piece. I recommend checking out their MySpace page. They have some really cool, inventive stuff. One of my personal favorites is "Overland Blues".
Ugly basketball shoes....
Got anything classier, maybe Tennis/Adidas shoes? Oh wait you don't belong here.
It's really slow on the G1. Even when "optimized".
Im really liking this build....... Is making me want to switch to tmobile....... Even though everything inside me says NOOOOOOOOOOO.....
stop judging android based off this demo. this is running on a g1 and android can be customized to look like anything
He could have set his top menu to auto hide on his gnome desktop so that it didn't show up so much in the reflection of the screen :-(
Other than that it looks very nice!
This video shows the ultimate fail that is the G1: slow hardware, crappy touch screen.
Good thing Android can be on any type of device...right =]
no, actually this shows what happens when you run a prerelease build of a brand new UI, its not optimized at all yet. Clearly you've never really used a G1 since hte touchscreen is just as snappy as my iPod touches (I can type as fast as my fingers are able and it keeps right up). nice try on the troll though.
I just loaded it up on my G1 and it looks slick, and the widgets are great. It runs a bit slower, but I can deal with that.
Where did you download the Hero software to install on your G1?
Where did you download the Hero software to load it on your G1?
Its not easy I read for a few days before I got it right. And I bricked one phone doing it. Before you do anything you will need to set up your SD card. After that I would push the app_s files listed in the Tutorial link.
Resize and make fat32/ext2 on SD card
part one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3582509&postcount=52
part 2 http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Haykuro_Apps_to_SD
You need to make sure you flash the new radio first, then new SPL, then the "Offical Hero With Rosie UI" not the "Hero Beta V4"
[TUTORIAL]How To Get Your Phone Running Hero(Rosie Ui)(Noob Friendly)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3874647&postcount=406
Original post on the Rom is called "Unwatermarked, Official, Hero ROM" on XDA Dream Development boards. I cant post more then 3 links in this.
Good Luck.
Oh and you must have root on your phone.
I would also suggest you backup before you start http://code.google.com/p/android-roms/wiki/NANDROID_Fastboot
Wow this is old.
The UI looks cool, but on my G1 no thanks, looks too slow.
Man, this makes me not even care about iphone os 3.0. After using the iphone for two years, I still believe it's the best phone out as of now, but the OS needs to evolve. HTC has done a great job in doing so with android, and apple should take some notes.
Adding a compass app and video recording is nice but the whole iPhone UI needs some work. For example I would like to be able to respond to a text message while browsing safari, or to be able to access the phone app from within any application without having to quit the app I'm in, wait for spring board to load up, and then press the phone icon and wait for the phone to open up. I know it sounds like I'm hardcore bitching right now, but after a while little things like that become tedious.
My only gripe with android is it's google, and I truly believe they're evil. Sorry, I'm a conspiracy theory guy.
Sure Google owns Android and is a google product but it doesnt mean its ran by google I mean if anything Apple is the evil one by them not lettting user install what we want thus protecting us from ourselves.....
Its funny you say that google is evil when they internal slogan is "dont be evil" and they are very much wanting competetion in all businesses there in, if not just for innovation but for also keeping the government from calling monopoly, when really there not, they cant help that generally most of the products they create turn out better and more used than the rest..
But then again im a google fanboy, (is it weird im a fanboy of a freakin search engine )
There have been videos of hero builds on g1's for quite a while now. You're a little late engadget :p
I'll wait until there is a more stable build. JF 1.51 ADP build is where it's at for now though.
Hmm well for stability and speed (especially if you have app2sd) then you should check out the ion revision 2 build, really snappy even with apps2sd.. requires new haykuro SPL though which i reccommned anyway bc it free up alot of app memory
This video is a bit old news for g1 owners with rooted phones and it's very much still a working process. It's being optimized as we speak on xda.
I'm just excited that less than a year old mobile os platform is a making strides to compete with the best. Rosie intergrates facebook and twitter similar to how pre does for contacts and includes exchange support. I think android is definitely a newcomer to watch for in the mobile os without a doubt. With about 20 mobile devices expected to launch in the coming year with android, many with their own custom manufacturer ui, I expect many new innovations to the os while creating the kinda of buzz for the app dev iphone did just a little while ago.
Flash plugin is infact intergrated to the browser, however, it's not anywhere near complete and lot of the source code is embedded to the htc optimized android core which is closed source. It's mostly a waiting game to see what becomes available to the devs so that things can be patched up ready for release. In fact, there are already some dev working on intergrating the flash feature into cupcake build with the little lead we received in Hero rom release. I say future is bright for Android.
over at XDA their are numerous tweaks to get this UI running as good as any other cupcake build. everything fro removing unnecessary files to moving important files to system memory. its definatly not for those that are squimish about messing with their phone. but its a great UI that does add a ton of functionality (footprints-geotagging images, pdf viewer, an office program, useful widgets like weather system controls and a ton others.) overall i am happy and have been running crash free for a while. and as for my speed, its awsome.
Hey thanks a lot Tim Sykes. I don't think I want to brick my phone but I will probably end up trying to anyways.
The HERO build has been fully optimized by JustAnotherCrowd a dev over at XDA. Not only is it absolutely gorgeous, it runs smooth as silk. This new UI blows iPhone away and is probably better than the Pre WebOS.
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