Judgment day not too far ... Just kidding. I am pro robots. At least, till the day when they try to smack the living day lights out of humans. This is amazingly close to a "human walk". Interesting and cool.
Via Gizmodo
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Friday, October 02, 2009
Got me self a Donut
Got my self the android 1.6 update. New features like the Quick Search (across history, contacts, bookmarks, web etc), Gestures, test to speech and more.
Update 1.6 highlights
As before get it here:
HTC Developer Centre
Interestingly note that the radio image is the same for 1.5 and 1.6. So one can skip this part if one is already updated to 1.5.
download the SDK
download the radio image
download the system image
sudo ./adb devices
connect device using USB. But, DONOT mount from phone
sudo ./adb push ../../ota-radio-2_22_19_26I.zip /sdcard/update.zip
sudo ./adb shell sync
start phone in recovery mode:
press HOME button while restarting
Alt+l
Alt+s
HOME + BACK
done!
NOTE: had to erase the user partition this time as many apps did not work after the update.
enter fastboot mode (hold the BACK key while starting)
sudo ./fastboot erase cache
sudo ./fastboot update signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-img-14721.zip -w
to get to the settings menu (to enable wifi) without having a data connection in the FASTBOOT mode try this:
sudo ./adb shell
$ am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n com.android.settings/.Settings
Starting: Intent { act=android.intent.action.MAIN cmp=com.android.settings/.Settings }
From:
Unlocking G1 or ADP1 without sim card
Update 1.6 highlights
As before get it here:
HTC Developer Centre
Interestingly note that the radio image is the same for 1.5 and 1.6. So one can skip this part if one is already updated to 1.5.
download the SDK
download the radio image
download the system image
sudo ./adb devices
connect device using USB. But, DONOT mount from phone
sudo ./adb push ../../ota-radio-2_22_19_26I.zip /sdcard/update.zip
sudo ./adb shell sync
start phone in recovery mode:
press HOME button while restarting
Alt+l
Alt+s
HOME + BACK
done!
NOTE: had to erase the user partition this time as many apps did not work after the update.
enter fastboot mode (hold the BACK key while starting)
sudo ./fastboot erase cache
sudo ./fastboot update signed-dream_devphone_userdebug-img-14721.zip -w
to get to the settings menu (to enable wifi) without having a data connection in the FASTBOOT mode try this:
sudo ./adb shell
$ am start -a android.intent.action.MAIN -n com.android.settings/.Settings
Starting: Intent { act=android.intent.action.MAIN cmp=com.android.settings/.Settings }
From:
Unlocking G1 or ADP1 without sim card
Saturday, September 12, 2009
McLaren MP4-12C in 2011
No, this is not a mixed breed Mercedes McLaren that we are talking about. Its pure McLaren this time.
Official site: http://www.mclaren.co.uk/
The MP4-12C: http://www.mclarenautomotive.com/uk/default.aspx
Lots of drool worthy pictures and info at:
Via: Autocar.co.uk & Car Magazine via Jalopnik
Official site: http://www.mclaren.co.uk/
The MP4-12C: http://www.mclarenautomotive.com/uk/default.aspx
Lots of drool worthy pictures and info at:
Via: Autocar.co.uk & Car Magazine via Jalopnik
Saturday, March 21, 2009
My Android Dev Phone 1
Ah! finally a unlocked phone with an open OS that seems to be going somewhere. First, impressions are impressive. No branding of any kind on the phone. No mention of the word Google or HTC on the outside of the phone, except for the Android robot on a polygonized terrain. Opening the cover reveals HTC mentioned on the battery. For a first cut OS release, Android rocks.
Functions are intuitive and has very good integration with Google applications. One can't initially start the phone without creating/having a Google account. Plethora of applications are available on the android market place. And, I think a lot more will be coming soon. Apart from the default applications I downloaded the following free applications from the market place and gave them a try. Decent...
http://www.android.com/market/free.html
Compare Everywhere: Barcode scanner which returns comparative pricing of the items scanned.
GPS Status: Shows the satellites the GPS has connected to. Also, shows other information from the Compass and sensors on the phone. Pretty decent to have.
GpS Tracker: Can track GPS coordinates real time. Also, has a functionality to get activated by SMS sent to the phone.
Homer Soundboard: DOH!
Barcode Scanner: Another barcode scanner.
Last.Fm: Yups they already have an official application for Android.
Opera: I will make this clear. The default browser Chrome on Android sucks on Edge connection.
Phonalyzer: Various statistics one always wants to know from one's call history/log.
SkyMap: This tool is awesome. It uses the phones GPS, compass etc. to show you the starmap with the names of the stars and constellations in front of you.
SMS Backup: One needs this. Backs up the SMS'es to gmail.
Updating to Android 1.1
Recently, update 1.1 was released. Below is my summary of how to update Android. Don't follow these without first going through the complete official instructions here. Then again consider yourself warned.
http://www.htc.com/www/support/android/adp.html
download fastboot
download the SDK
download the radio image
download the system image
sudo ./adb devices
connect device using USB. But, DONOT mount from phone
sudo ./adb push ../../ota-radio-1_22_14_11.zip /sdcard/update.zip
sudo ./adb shell sync
start phone in recovery mode:
press HOME button while restarting
Alt+l
Alt+s
HOME + BACK
done!
enter fastboot mode (hold the BACK key while starting)
sudo ./fastboot erase cache
sudo ./fastboot update signed-dream_devphone-img-130444.zip
NOTE: I wanted to keep the data in the user partition so ignored the option -w
Saturday, March 07, 2009
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