http://grh.mur.at/taxonomy/term/74/0 en http://grh.mur.at/blog/android2-on-htc-magic <p>Because of the bad weather I tried to update my old HTC Magic phone to the new Android 2.2 today: I wanted to have the latest and greatest Android features <img src="http://grh.mur.at/sites/all/modules/smileys/packs/Roving/wink.png" title="Wink" alt="Wink" class="smiley-content"/>. However, some tweaks were necessary to get a real nice performance. One has to go through long forum posts to optimize the system etc., therefore here is a short summary. (These tips might be also helpful on other old phones, like the G1)<br /> But it's worth the hassle: now the HTC Magic feels like an expensive, recent Desire phone !</p> <h2> Installing the system </h2> <p><a href="http://grh.mur.at/blog/android2-on-htc-magic" target="_blank">read more</a></p> android english blog htc mobile Sun, 26 Sep 2010 10:33:47 +0000 grh 224 at http://grh.mur.at http://grh.mur.at/blog/tethering-script-android-phones-and-gnome <p><strong>Update:</strong> If you want to use _real_ tethering (without proxy), install <a href="http://www.cyanogenmod.com/">CyanogenMod</a> - a tutorial is in the <a href="http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com">Wiki</a> !</p> <p>Just a small shell script to get an internet connection on a standard gnome desktop (e.g. Ubuntu) via a proxy on an android phone (no root access needed!).</p> <p><a href="http://grh.mur.at/blog/tethering-script-android-phones-and-gnome" target="_blank">read more</a></p> android english blog internet linux mobile open source proxy ubuntu Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:45:35 +0000 grh 181 at http://grh.mur.at