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Upgrade your Nexus One to Froyo (Android 2.2) Now

Tom — Sat, 22 May 2010 21:22:04 +0000

This guide at xda-developers works great:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=686593

I updated from Cyanogen 5.0.6

Nexus One Setup on Orange UK

Tom — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:32:02 +0000

Although the icon isn't on as I'm connected over wifi, 3G works

I got my Nexus One from Google yesterday, and it’s great! It took 3 days to ship from Illinois, and I didn’t need to pay any extra taxes on import after I’d bought it. Everything worked fine out of the box, except for internet over the mobile network, which required setting up the access point manually. This requires going to Settings > Wireless & Networks > Mobile Networks > Access Point Names, then tapping and then New APN. The following settings need to be entered:

Proxy: 192.168.071.035
Port: 9201
Username: [your mobile number]
Password: [your orange.co.uk account password]
Server: orangeinternet
MMSC: http://mms.orange.co.uk
MMS Proxy: 192.168.224.10
MMS Port: 8080
Any other settings can be ignored.

Windows Mobile 6.5 Leo

Tom — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 23:28:18 +0000

New Home Screen

I just flashed the ROM on my HTC Touch HD to Duttys HD WM6.5 Leo R4, and it’s a huge improvement. Previously I had been running Duttys HD WM6.5 R14 Turbo, which was still a huge improvement over Orange’s bundled ROM, which was WM 6.1, which didn’t help.

The Leo ROM’s main improvement is the further reach of Manila (TouchFlo 3D). Nearly everything can be accessed via Manila’s own menu system, including nearly all settings. Even on my old phone, it runs smoothly, and at startup uses less than half of the available RAM.

There are a few major updates to the familiar Manila panes, most notably the Home screen and the Contacts screen. Bother feature large customizable buttons. On the Home screen these can be pointed to apps, contacts, widgets or links, for instant access. The old contacts rolodex has gone, and now there is a large customizable button pane instead.

Flashing was a breeze, this is the third time I’ve done it now, so the whole process takes less than an hour. I have my contacts and calendar synced with my Google, via the fantastic Nuevasync, and all my apps were installed automatically during flashing, so it was just a case of re-logging in to a few things and I was good to go again!

If you want to flash your HTC WM phone, check out xda developers’ fantastic guide, it really is quite simple.