A trecut ceva timp de când nu am mai acordat atenție proiectului Freedom 4 Android (F4A). Astăzi am dat însă drumul la o nouă actualizare – anunțul oficial este aici.
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Actualizare F4A – versiunea 1.6
Complete freedom guide for HTC Desire GSM
I really hate it when vedors spoil perfectly good hardware by shipping crappy software. I also don’t like being locked out of the product that I paid with my own money. So, while HTC Desire is a really nice phone (I have been using it for the past 8 months and I am very happy with it), the software that HTC installed on it is a piece of crap.
How to manually update the radio firmware on HTC Desire
There is more than one software component that make a Android device work. There is the boot loaded (HBOOT), who does more than just loading the rest of the system. It holds the S-ON/S-OFF flag and the extended fastboot commands enable flags. I can be also used to repartition the internal memory. Then there is the recovery image, which you will use to backup and restore your system, and a bunch of other hackerish stuff. And there is, of course, the Android system and all the pretty apps you can use. But that’s not all!
How to repartition HTC Desire to have more storage space for apps
If you have a lot of applications installed, like I have on my phone, at some point you’ll notice that you’re out of storage space. Sure some apps can be moved to the SD card – but this comes with some issues, like launch speed and the fact that those apps are not accesible while the SD card is accessed from a computer. Fortunately, there’s something you can do about it!
How to backup everything on your Android device
I have tried a lot of apps for my Android phone. One category that interested me a lot was backup and restore. The reason is simple: a phone is easy to lose or destroy, or someone might steal if from you. It’s important, then, to always have a backup of your data, just in case.
