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How many megapixels in 5 megapixels?

Jeff — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:34:50 +0000

Many phones nowadays have cameras with 5 megapixels and above. Let’s take a closer look:

Looks like the Nexus One is using sharpening while Galaxy is not. The image from the Milestone is sharp but very noisy.

Now, another test:

The photo taken with the Nexus One looks more like a 3 megapixel image. The Milestone produces sharper photos, but overall quality is not very good.

So, do you still think that a 8 MP cameraphone is better than a 5 MP cameraphone?

Fixing text auto-fit in Milestone browser

Jeff — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 01:18:27 +0000

If you’re missing auto-fit functionality in the stock Milestone browser, it’s time to fix it:
http://alldroid.org/viewtopic.php?f=259&t=1690

Sounds complicated, but you simply need to copy Browser.apk to the /system/app/ dir and set permissions to 644. It can also be done with Root Explorer, if you don’t have ADB installed.

Text auto-fit in action:

Motorola Milestone has been rooted

Jeff — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 13:12:15 +0000

Motorola Milestone has been finally rooted by folks from Android-Hilfe.de (English translation).

Download .zip file and rename it to update.zip.
Copy file to the SD card (root directory).
Switch off the phone
Hold Camera button and Power until / ! \ appears.
Press Volume Up and Camera button to see a recovery screen.
Flash update.zip

Download links:

Just tested it with Market Enabler, it works. Wireless Tether said “No Netfilter”, I guess we need custom ROM now.

Android 2.1 apps on Motorola Droid/Milestone

Jeff — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 19:46:42 +0000

After spending a day on forums I’ve found these apps from 2.1:

Cooliris Photo Gallery
Music app
Genie Widget (Weather/News)
DeskClock

All apps works on the non-rooted Milestone (Android 2.0).

Download apps