Want the full 2.1 look on 2.01 - you're in luck!

Fabolous · Jan 3, 2010

bigdroiddog said:
So we need to be rooted to install the new music player? I easily installed the new 2.1 gallery, but im not rooted, im not that technically inclined YET.

Root is now no longer required! It has been released in installable .apk format.

Get it here:
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MicroNix · Jan 3, 2010

...waiting to see what FireFox will be like before resorting to rooting.

mrthundercleese · Jan 3, 2010

mrthundercleese said:
Giving this a shot. The first impression after a reboot wasn't very good. It was super slow. I opened SmartMonitor and the CPU useage was pegged in the high 90%. Not sure what it was doing. It's calmed down now though and is much more responsive. I'll give it a bit before I bail back to home++.

Juneau said:
Mine was slow when I first loaded it. I uninstalled Home++ and set all of my pages back up and it seems to have calmed down for me as well. I did not check CPU usage but since you state what your was it seems as if mine did the same. I have been running it for a few hours now and it seems smooth and stable. I have a few widgets on the screens and many shortcuts.

If people are having issues at first they should give it a few minutes and it seems to smooth out.

Checking back in. Uninstalled and went back to Home++. It did speed up and was usable but it wasn't as nice of an experience as I imagined it would be. Browsing the apps menu, while pretty, wasn't smooth enough to enjoy it. Landscape didn't work well (as others have mentioned) and I find myself in this configuration often when exiting the browser. Hopefully, when 2.1 is out officially all of these things will be nixed

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Timaphillips · Jan 3, 2010

If we start pasting in pieces of 2.1 into 2.0.1 will we have troubles with the official 2.1 upgrade you think?

Berry2Droid · Jan 3, 2010

great post sir, you make it idiot friendly. Thanks. Ill have to test this out for a few days/weeks whatever and see how i like it.

+1

RobStemen · Jan 3, 2010

@slowednblowed Try extracting it, rather than the desktop, in your C:\ drive. That'll make getting to the directory faster and easier. It's also easier to remember. And you don't have to install it. Just use the cmd

blue rocket · Jan 3, 2010

there's a newer version up 1.1a, you might want to give it a try. Mine is very quick and I personally havent had a FC or reboot yet. Wish i could say the same for my 2.1 gallery!

Bkfraiders7 · Jan 3, 2010

With the installable APK is it ok to upgrade the current one or should I install beside it? Dont want troubles down the road.

Fabolous · Jan 3, 2010

I think it's okay to upgrade it. People have been upgrading the other default apps, such as Facebook and Google Maps from the market. I'm pretty sure if you have issues, a factory reset would revert it back to the original, 2.0.1 music player.

However, I'm not absolutely sure, as I have the new player because I run 2.1

RobStemen · Jan 3, 2010

cpetku said:
Writeup makes this seem harder than necessary but I assume tha's to avoid blame if something goes wrong on a noob's Droid. Works for me as well.

While you are right that that does give me a little leeway if someone does brick there phone (which this is fairly simple and I don't see happening *knock on wood*), I mostly did it this way to make it user friendly, because back when I was a noob trying to do stuff to my Droid, I couldn't do anything unless there were extremely specific instructions like mine are. Could I have cut the instructions down to size? Probably, but why risk it?

Bkfraiders7 · Jan 3, 2010

I have a nandroid backup just in case. I thought about just going with 2.1 but the rev 4 I tried was kinda buggy on my phone.

Berry2Droid · Jan 3, 2010

RobStemen said:
While you are right that that does give me a little leeway if someone does brick there phone (which this is fairly simple and I don't see happening *knock on wood*), I mostly did it this way to make it user friendly, because back when I was a noob trying to do stuff to my Droid, I couldn't do anything unless there were extremely specific instructions like mine are. Could I have cut the instructions down to size? Probably, but why risk it?

I agree 1000%, why make it more risky to a droid user who isnt completely sound with these things(quite like myself). Im a quick learner and ive been on the site for 4days and have already done quite a bit of aftermarket to my droid, while on the other hand, this was the first How-To that went STEP by STEP EXACTLY to the T of how to do something and it worked first shot. Ive never done that before. Except for maybe installing greeks 2.1. I think its a brilliant write up =) :cool:

Devinitas · Jan 3, 2010

I agree. +rep

RobStemen · Jan 3, 2010

Glad to know that everyone is happy, pinching and unbricked.

blue rocket · Jan 3, 2010

not a huge upgrade...but definitely better than 2.01's music player. Mine's installed and working nicely.

Devinitas · Jan 3, 2010

Was already pinching with Dolphin, but this is like butter comparatively.

Timaphillips · Jan 3, 2010

blue rocket said:
not a huge upgrade...but definitely better than 2.01's music player. Mine's installed and working nicely.

No such luck for me. But I only tried installing it through AndroZip and kept getting the error that parsing was successful. I'll just have to wait for 2.1 to finalize and get it OTA. I REALLY miss my iPod's software sometimes...

RobStemen · Jan 3, 2010

Devinitas said:
Was already pinching with Dolphin, but this is like butter comparatively.

Ah. I wasn't using Dolphin because pinch and zoom didn't work well with me on that one. This one is, like, iPhone-like. (I know, I said the i-word, don't criticize me)

daihl92 · Jan 3, 2010

Redflea said:
Would really be nice if someone puts out an installable APK for the new player...Adding these 2.1 bits into 2.01 has worked really well so far with the Gallery, Clock, and News/Weather updates. Hopefully waiting...

could you post the apk for the clock please? thanks

shizzy1427 · Jan 3, 2010

The 3D app gallery is cool i guess. I wish it wasnt so plain looking, maybe keep the checkered background that the app drawer on 2.0.1 has? And inside the app drawer the Application names sometimes become uncentered and then it just looks plain dumb. For the most part, i like it. We'll see if i end up switching back to Home++

Edit: Back to Home++, much smoother, and i love the option to have my wallpaper not scroll, and the endless scrolling of the pages. and the taking up less memory too.

Hegemony · Jan 3, 2010

This is a good show for being such a new project. But it's still weird for me with the updated version. The app drawer doesn't look right in landscape for one. The indicator dots in the corners get all messed up when switching to landscape. Also, the RAM usage is still obscene.

If they continue working on it, this could be really cool. But I hope a 2.1 OTA will make the whole thing moot.

meekrab · Jan 3, 2010

Thanks for the updates man. Diggin the album art backgrounds

CRPercodani · Jan 3, 2010

Ok before everyone gets mad....I put all the 2.1 mods for 2.0.1 into one thread. This way you can get everything you need in one place to modify your 2.0.1 to get the new stuff and look from 2.1. This is easier then using 3 different threads I think.

Redflea · Jan 4, 2010

daihl92 said:
could you post the apk for the clock please? thanks

Here's a thread on Alldroid that should get you what you want.

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radikal · Jan 4, 2010

this is cool, i like the 5 screens and such, i had launcher+ and now this so its cool. launcher + just gave 5 screens, no more and so this does that. my only thing is i have to rework all my dang screens when i set something new up! DANG IT!

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