OpenEclair is a community project to bring a stable 2.1 ROM to the Android Users. I’ve been using OpenEclair since it’s first released and I was overly excited for 1.2.2 to come out. It was finally released the other night, and I’ve been using it ever since. Here is what I think.
It’s a good improvement from V1.2.1, which was a good version but after 2-3 days it started to lag to the point where I had to switch back to Super D. So far not much lag with this version, although it could use a speed boost. It has two home launchers. The Nexus launcher, which features the box app tray and the indicators as to which page you are on. As well as a nexus like animation when pulling up the app tray. The app launcher does lag sometimes, but it’s usually when a lot of apps are running at once. A quick push to kill app and it should be fine. It also features the new gallery on the Nexus One, without the 3D animations of course. I’ve experienced a few force closes when opening the gallery, but other then that it works fairly well.
Live wallpapers work actually fairly smooth in this version. I downloaded a few from the market and Starfield so far is my favorite. It’s doesn’t delay when switching homescreens, like some of the stock wallpapers. I can’t forget to mention the boot animation. Which is just awesome.
Pros: It runs a lot faster then previous verisons. Live wallpapers work well, and no force closes in major apps. Apps load quickly, and work effieciently. The Gmail app comes with a manage accounts options, which allows you to sync several gmail accounts to your device. It’s a very useful tool for those of us who manage more then one account.
Cons: Wifi and wired tether force close and don’t work. The Clock app force closes and now Im stuck with this icon at the top of my notifications bar, which I can’t seem to get rid of. Battery life seems to be shorter even when I’m not using live wallpapers or wifi.
All in all I see myself using this as a daily ROM, with much satisfaction. Be sure to thank Chris Soyars and Wes Garner for all their hard work.
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we need google earth to work with these roms please
we need google earth to work with these roms please
Oo Tether does FC – added it to Google Code
Oo Tether does FC – added it to Google Code
Oo were you using the wired tether app?
You can do it under settings -> wireless/networks (worked fine for me)
I’ll give that a try, I was using the wifi tether app. Thanks!
Oo were you using the wired tether app?
You can do it under settings -> wireless/networks (worked fine for me)
I’ll give that a try, I was using the wifi tether app. Thanks!
I’ve really enjoyed this rom. I was trying out Eclair roms for a while, and finally gave up, and went to trusty Super D. I starting hearing the buzz about openeclair, and I’ll tell you what….I don’t think I’ll ever go back to a 1.6 rom.
The rom is phenomenal. I can’t say this enough times; Thank you.
Yeah, I’m over 1.6 =D
I’ve really enjoyed this rom. I was trying out Eclair roms for a while, and finally gave up, and went to trusty Super D. I starting hearing the buzz about openeclair, and I’ll tell you what….I don’t think I’ll ever go back to a 1.6 rom.
The rom is phenomenal. I can’t say this enough times; Thank you.
Yeah, I’m over 1.6 =D
liked 1.2.1 but switched back to super D, will try this out for sure the nxt days, and i’m this will become THE rom when the official update for the magic will bee released (drivers)
liked 1.2.1 but switched back to super D, will try this out for sure the nxt days, and i’m this will become THE rom when the official update for the magic will bee released (drivers)
I’ve had loads of fun on the bleeding edge ROMs over the past few months. No shortage of choice on the two elder Android phones (HTC Dream and Sapphire). But the Eclair ROMs all lack stuff I want – like functioning YouTube. The Bluetooth keeps breaking and that’s bad when you’re like me and use a Bluetooth stereo headset to listen to my music. Most of them also use the 10MB RAM hack which prevents a couple of my games from working properly. I’m more than happy to try them out for a dayr or so…….They are very close to being everyday ROMs. But they aren’t there yet. I keep going back to Donut-based Cyanogen Mod (lots of Eclair backported to Donut in CM, too) or “The Official” ROMs from Enomther for a fully functioning Android ROM with all the root-user extras.
I’ve had loads of fun on the bleeding edge ROMs over the past few months. No shortage of choice on the two elder Android phones (HTC Dream and Sapphire). But the Eclair ROMs all lack stuff I want – like functioning YouTube. The Bluetooth keeps breaking and that’s bad when you’re like me and use a Bluetooth stereo headset to listen to my music. Most of them also use the 10MB RAM hack which prevents a couple of my games from working properly. I’m more than happy to try them out for a dayr or so…….They are very close to being everyday ROMs. But they aren’t there yet. I keep going back to Donut-based Cyanogen Mod (lots of Eclair backported to Donut in CM, too) or “The Official” ROMs from Enomther for a fully functioning Android ROM with all the root-user extras.
Why does kingklick’s 2.1 rom get no coverage here? The newest version is probably the fastest, least laggy rom I’ve used to date, and I haven’t rebooted my phone since it was released.
Why does kingklick’s 2.1 rom get no coverage here? The newest version is probably the fastest, least laggy rom I’ve used to date, and I haven’t rebooted my phone since it was released.
3D Gallery is NOT included
3D Gallery is NOT included
it told me my busybox isnt working… wats wrong there?
it told me my busybox isnt working… wats wrong there?