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Android Gadgets

Solution: Mail Sync failing on G1

Fail Road by Fireflythegreat
Fail Road by Fireflythegreat

I’ve had a problem with my G1 for the past week or two and today I found a solution.  My Gmail wouldn’t sync with the device in the same way that it had before.  It seemed to be stuck in the past and I couldn’t send or receive any new email using the Gmail app.  There was always a big button at the end of my inbox saying “No Conection” with a “Retry” button that didn’t seem to help.

Today I found the solution for the problem on the Google help pages, via the androidcommunity site, and it simply involves clearing the app’s storage.

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Android

Android Update: I rooted my G1

Tree Roots by Aaron Ecobar
Tree Roots by Aaron Ecobar

Having toyed with the idea for a while I was really excited to see the “one click root” that appeared this week.  Having installed the app from the Android Market (I’d like to see Apple allowing yellowSn0w onto the App store) I ran it, a few times before I worked out the whole system then updated to the CyanogenMod.

I don’t have any benchmarks but my perception is certainly that it’s faster and sleeker than the system I had before, and that’s very exciting.  Having also heard the rumours that the next version of the Android OS might not fit onto a G1 I’m delighted to have the freedom to upgrade past the point that others might see as necessary.

Lifehacker has a nice guide for those interested in following suit.  The only thing that caught me out was that the firmware was reset to the standard after a reboot – I had to re-run the hack software then reboot.

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App Review

App Review: Guitar Hero World Tour Mobile

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I’m under no illusions that android is not (yet?) a gaming platform.  I’ve found precious few games which are worth keeping on  my phone.  However I do have some standards and Guitar Hero World Tour Mobile (Demo) fell far below those standards.

The game weighs in at around 7mb which, for a phone with only 74mb for all applications and operating system, that’s a sizeable chunk.  I could forgive this rudeness if it weren’t for the absolutely useless gameplay.

I’ve played Guitar Hero on the PS2 and the Wii, as well as Tap Tap revenge on the iPod Touch so I know what the deal is.  The problem with this version is that it’s so jerky and jumpy that it’s impossible to be in time.  I tried several times and never made it past 30 seconds into a track.  I’m no genius at Guitar Hero but I can usually complete a track on the first few difficulty levels.   I made sure that I had nothing big running in the memory and went back to try again – to no avail.

I’d much rather shell out on independent games that are more fun (and significantly cheaper)

Do yourself a favour and don’t bother with this turkey.

(1/10)