Tuesday, November 8, 2011

Ropehead Review: Transparent Google+ 2.1.1



If there's one thing a an avid fan of, it's themed apps.  Just another way to separate your device from the rest.  From inverted apps to transparent widgets... the list goes on and on.

Now with that said, when an app is updated to a new version, I'll actually keep the older version on my phone for a bit in the hopes that a modified version of the app will surface on the forum.  In regards to the Google+ most recent update (v2.2.1) that day had arrived.  Android Themer, B-boy, has taken the Google+ updated app and made 4 versions of the app which are Inverted, Transparent, Stock Icons Inverted, Stock Icons Transparent.  ((con't)

Tuesday, October 25, 2011

Rom Overview: dReWs-Ginger_FauxICS v.Beta2 (HTC Hero CDMA) **Updated 11/06/2011**





Ever since my laptop crashed with Vista, which also happened to bork my recovery, I've been running Linux (Ubuntu 10.10) on it.  Since I was now running Linux natively on my laptop, I decided to try to cook a ROM just to do it.  With that said, I'd like to introduce to you my very first attempt at cooking with Android... Ginger_FauxICS (v.Alpha3.1).

Friday, September 30, 2011

Ropehead ROM Review: Warm TwoPointThree (Nightly - r280) [Sprint HTC EVO 3D]



So as we all know or may not know, an official alpha build of CM7 has been released for the HTC EVO 3D.  Unfortunately since it's still ALPHA, there are some issues that still need to be worked out such as the battery not charging correctly, the camera not working, bluetooth etc.  Now I've been a huge fan of AOSP builds of android, as opposed to manufacturer overlays (Sense, Touchwhiz, Blur, etc.) since my original G1.  With that said, I also need my daily driver phone to have all of its features working.  I flashed CM on my EVO 3D and boy was it fast.  It was nice to finally see an AOSP ROM in all its heavenly glory being backed by a dual core Snapdragon processor but.  That lasted for about an hour before I flashed back to my trusty sense ROM.  The sense ROM that I've actually been rawkin' for the past month.  Different builds of it anyway.  Which brings me to this review.

The sense ROM that took me away from all others which I believe to be the most stable, battery efficient, and cleanest looking EVAR is Warm TwoPointThree by Myn and Team Warm ROMs.  I don't even think official builds have been released as of yet, however, if you scour the official discussion thread on rootzwiki, I'm sure you'll find one.  That's where I first got a taste for this ROM goodness.  Even more so, if you set up an SVN program on your computer, you'll be able to download every revision made to it by tapping into their ROM repository.  Isn't that just convenient.  Let's get to the ROM shall we?