CyanogenMod on Desire
Aug. 7th, 2010 05:05 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
abortrephraseToday I install CM6.0 RC1 on my HTC Desire, following the instructions on the CM wiki.
All worked okay, except for the bit where it wanted me to use ROM Manager to fetch and install the new ROM. So I did that part manually and it worked as it should.
Been running CM6 for a couple of hours now. Obviously all the HTC Sense stuff is gone. Bluetooth headset support -- the thing that was driving me nuts and made me try this in the first place -- works properly now, there's a toggle for the headset on the phone call screen. Haven't received a call to test that I can pick up using the headset, but am confident that even if that doesn't work properly I can always hit the toggle and switch to it anyway.
The GMail app in 2.2 is quite improved from that in 2.1. My biggest complaint with it -- not being able to change the message display font -- is fixed.
Mildly ironically the Email app doesn't seem to allow any way to change the message display font. The Mail app HTC shipped did. Will give K9 a try later and see if that's any better.
Swype is working correctly. The Kindle app crashes. Could just be a 2.2 compatibility issue. Not a deal-breaker for me right now, even if slightly inconvenient.
There are a bunch of places where Google opted for convenient functionality over spiffy animations, and as a consequence I'm finding things like the Contacts and Messaging apps much nicer than the Sense equivalents.
Am missing a few of the HTC widgets though: FriendFeed, their clock, and their calendar "next item" widgets were great and there's no real equivalents in stock 2.2/CM6.0. Shall have to poke around on the Market, see what I can find.
The stock unlock screen is far less annoying than the HTC one. With a PIN set, it gives me a numeric pad rather than trying to make me use a full keyboard. This alone is a major improvement for me.
Have noticed though that the notification bar likes to disappear on the home screen. Can still swipe down get the dropdown, but the bar itself has gone AWOL. Moderately annoying, probably fixed in the next release. This is after all a release candidate, a few rough edges are to be expected.
Overall, pretty happy.
All worked okay, except for the bit where it wanted me to use ROM Manager to fetch and install the new ROM. So I did that part manually and it worked as it should.
Been running CM6 for a couple of hours now. Obviously all the HTC Sense stuff is gone. Bluetooth headset support -- the thing that was driving me nuts and made me try this in the first place -- works properly now, there's a toggle for the headset on the phone call screen. Haven't received a call to test that I can pick up using the headset, but am confident that even if that doesn't work properly I can always hit the toggle and switch to it anyway.
The GMail app in 2.2 is quite improved from that in 2.1. My biggest complaint with it -- not being able to change the message display font -- is fixed.
Mildly ironically the Email app doesn't seem to allow any way to change the message display font. The Mail app HTC shipped did. Will give K9 a try later and see if that's any better.
Swype is working correctly. The Kindle app crashes. Could just be a 2.2 compatibility issue. Not a deal-breaker for me right now, even if slightly inconvenient.
There are a bunch of places where Google opted for convenient functionality over spiffy animations, and as a consequence I'm finding things like the Contacts and Messaging apps much nicer than the Sense equivalents.
Am missing a few of the HTC widgets though: FriendFeed, their clock, and their calendar "next item" widgets were great and there's no real equivalents in stock 2.2/CM6.0. Shall have to poke around on the Market, see what I can find.
The stock unlock screen is far less annoying than the HTC one. With a PIN set, it gives me a numeric pad rather than trying to make me use a full keyboard. This alone is a major improvement for me.
Have noticed though that the notification bar likes to disappear on the home screen. Can still swipe down get the dropdown, but the bar itself has gone AWOL. Moderately annoying, probably fixed in the next release. This is after all a release candidate, a few rough edges are to be expected.
Overall, pretty happy.