Install Android 2.1 UI on Nokia S60v5 mobile

I was searching for a solution to run android on my Nokia 5230. I found some YouTube videos with tag Android and Nokia. After a long search I found some solution to tweak the user interface of Nokia with an Android. Here are the steps to change Nokia UI to an Android UI on Symbian 60V5. Remember this will change only the User interface. You can always uninstall.
1. Download GDesk.rar from following link
http://www.ziddu.com/download/9183034/GDesk.rar.html
2. Extract  and rename the folder as   “+GDesk”
3. Copy “+GDesk” folder to your phone memory
4. Go to +GDesk\Gdesk v0.33g Install SIS And install all applications, files listed below

GDesk.0.33g.SIS
GDeskAgnViewS60.0.33g.sis
GDeskClockS60.0.33g.sis
GDeskInfoViewS60.0.33g.sis
GDeskNotepadS60.0.33g.sis
GDeskShortcutsS60.0.33g.sis
GDeskTaskManS60.0.33g.sis

Normally Phone will not allow you to install GDeskTaskManS60.0.33g.sis. It will give following error

Certificate is expired

You have to sign the application and install it
How can you sign an application? Generate a certificate using this site and sign it.
Or try a self signing application  using application called FreeSigner

5. Now run GDesk from your installed applications.
6. Tap your screen, then click on Design >>  Load Design
select Android 2.1.gdd from your phone
Location : Memory card\+GDesk\Android 2.1.gdd
7. Now go to options and tick following option for better result
Replace Main
Full Screen
Hide title caption
Disable menu tap
It is compactable with Nokia 5230, 5800, 5235 and 5233

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InStall AnDroid GingerBread On X8

STEPS To Install GingerBread On X8:


Step 1: Make a backup copy of your Android Eclair 2.1 using xRecovery
- check that your phone's SD Card has at least 650MB of free space
[SD card free space is to hold both your phone original backup ROM and the 2.3 ROM]
- shutdown your X8 and wait 5 seconds -> <reboot> your phone.
- when you see the words [Sony Ericsson] on the phone screen -> start pressing the back button on your phone multiple times and you will enter the xRecovery Menu.
- select <backup and restore><backup> from the menu

NOTE:
- This will create a backup file in your SD Card <SD/xRecovery/backup>
- After you have completed the backup using xRecovery, it will return to the menu screen.
- Now choose <reboot> - your X8 phone should restart


Step 2:  download ROM Gingerbread For X8 

copy the file Gingerbread(x8).zip into SD card
- <unmount> and shutdown your Xpedia X8


Step 3: Installing the 2.3.3 ROM on your Xpedia X8
- <boot> Xpedia X8
- when you see the words [Sony Ericsson] on the phone screen -> start pressing the back button on your phone multiple times and you will enter the xRecovery Menu.
- perform <factory reset (full wipe)>
- scroll down and hit <install custom zip>
- select Gingerbread x8.zip> from your SD card & hit <yes>
- xRecovery will start to install the 2.3.3 ROM on your phone.
- when it is done, xRecovey will go back to the startup menu
Reboot & Enjoy

Mu'ammil A. I (a.k.a) MiL

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Install Android 2.3 On Yor Iphone 3G

Hackers have finally managed to port Android 2.3 Gingerbread on a jailbroken iPhone 3G. Everything is working fine as can be seen in the video embedded below.

click here to watch the video 

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Installing Android on laptop or USB

Android is the new buzzword geeks are chanting these days. We have seen gadgets ranging from TVs, mobiles, refrigerators, etc based on Android. So i wanted to find and install Google Android on my laptop. Here is what i have found.


First of all let me tell you , google is developing two Operating Systems at the same time one being Android while other is Google Chrome OS. We still don't know why. Microsoft has already said once that it is the biggest mistake that google is doing,  But when we saw these two OS except for being based on Linux kernel they were completely different.

I have already written about Google Chrome OS. Please see here-
"Chrome OS" Google's own operating system 

So I wanted to install Google Android for it. We came across two ways to use and install Linux. One was using a LiveAndroid while the other was Android x86 Project.

LiveAndroid CD

LiveAndroid is a live CD for Android running on x86 platforms. When you use this live cd you are using Android without making any change or installing anything on your system. The LiveAndroid is hosted on the Google Code site.

Follow the procedure to install LiveAndroid.

• You can get LiveAndroid here.
• You can also download LiveAndroid using any torrent client here.
• The files are split into two. You need to join them using HJSplit.
• Now burn these files to a CD that can be used as the Live CD to run the OS.
• You can also run the image from a USB, for that use W32DiskImager to copy the image to a USB drive.
• On running the image you would see the Android window.

We suggest you to do this using a virtualizaton software. With virtualization software like VMware , VirtualBox or Microsoft Virtual PC, you can run or install LiveAndroid inside windows.

Android x86 Project

Some programmers alternatively made Android-x86 Project. These programmers have built a full android with full applications support.


They have made great easy to use installations, and simplified tutorials for the non-programmers to understand easily. They have wonderful interface, with a huge back-up of android applications. We just loved the interface and look, as we never expected this as such an early stage.

The Android x86 can be downloaded here.
Android x86 project

Here is great tutorial at the project site on how to install the OS.
See the tutorial here- http://www.android-x86.org/documents/installhowto

Android is surely a promising platform for tablet PCs and netbook computers. We find it super touch screen compatible as it is made for laptops and netbooks and have a completely different interface than a desktop computer.

Please do comment on the post, and do tell us how was your experience with installing Android.

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Motorola Defy

Motorola Defy

Motorola Defy

If you thought that new twists on Android handsets were getting a bit thin on the ground, take a look at the Motorola Defy. Sporting Moto's love-it-or-hate-it MotoBlur social networking system as seen first on the Dext, the Defy adds an extra we've not seen with Android before: ruggedness.
Motorola says the Defy is dustproof, water resistant and scratch resistant. A tough little cookie then.

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Android Honeycomb 3.0 tips up on Asus tablets

CBS News

Android Honeycomb 3.0 tips up on Asus tablets

GOOGLE'S ANDROID 3.0 codenamed Honeycomb will power three of Asus' four tablets that it is unveiling at the Consumer Electronics Show, with the fourth running Windows 7. The Asus announcement also confirms that Honeycomb is Android 3.0 ...

ASUS Unveils Android 3.0 based Eee Pad MeMO Tablet Techtree.com

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