Category: Android

[Win7] Upgrade Error in Android SDK for Windows

Recently I got an error on trying to upgrade my Android SDK, claming that I would not be able to access an URL. I was looking around the Internet and got the information that I should first upgrade the Eclipse Plugin. OK!

Upgrading AVT:
1. In Eclipse go to Help
2. Install New Software ---> Add
3. inside Add Repository write the Name: ADT and Location: https://dl-ssl.google.com/android/eclipse/
4. after loading you should get Developer Tools and NDK Plugins
5. check both if you want to use the Native Developer Kit (NDK) in the future or check Developer Tool only
6. click Next
7. Finish and Restart Eclipse

Source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/14869929/update-android-sdk-tool-to-22-0-4latest-version-from-22-0-1

Ok, that got my Plugin to the latest version. But I still could not upgrade to the latest SDK. And thats when I found out that you need to start the SDK Manager as Administrator (right click, run as Administator) - and voilá: Upgrade successfully.

Source: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4771895/android-sdk-manager-not-installing-components

[Android] Install FroyoMod onto Motorola Milestone

This document does explain in short how you install the popular FroyoMod onto your Motorola Milestone.
( Froyomod does use Android 2.2.2 )

- install RSD Lite v4.9
- download and unzip vulnerable_recovery_only_RAMDLD90_78.zip
- download androidiani-openrecovery ( http://code.google.com/p/androidiani-openrecovery/ ):
unzip into root of your Android SD ( update.zip + OpenRecovery Folder )
- Download Bootimage for your Droid (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=815595) und verschieben auf SD nach /sdcard/openrecovery/updates ( Zip nicht entpacken! )

- Shutdown Phone, Connect USB, HOLD D-PAD UP, Power on
- RSD Lite Flash Vulernable, Hold D-PAD UP on Reboot -> Boot to Boot Loader (OTHERWISE: OTA LOCK!)
- Shutdown, Hold Camera Button + Power Button (or X+PWR), Maintance Screen comes up. Press Speaker U+ Camera, choose with D-Pad apply sdcard:update.zip and click
- Backup: Recovery, Recovery All
- Wipe: Wipe Dalvik, Wipe Cache und Wipe Data/Factory Reset
- Flash: Apply Update

Thats it!
You don't need to do full wipe all the time if you change within version.

If you need QWERTZ Hardware Keyboard: Within OpenRecovery: Settings > Keyboard Layout > qwertz

[Android] Welcome!

Android by www.richd.com

Starting from today on, I want to give a little bit more detail about the little green Robot above:
The Smartphone OS Android.
Reasons for that is quite simple: I helped myself to an Motorola Milestone ( German "Droid" ).
And I'm really happy with that.
Actually I do want to get a bit more into Detail about the different Versions and the nice "side projects" and Apps.
I hope you'll enjoy it.

Picture Copyright by richd.com ^^