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I’ve been running a rooted G1 for a month now and there are some gotchas, glitches and lessons learned I wanted to share. Change From Rooted TMobile 1.6 to CyanogenMod 4.1.99 (based on Donut 1.6) After a few weeks of reading about Android and rooting, I came across CyanogenMod many times. I decided to switch [...]
Apr 26
Failed to fetch URL https://dl-ssl.google…/repository.xml
Android | Monday, April 26, 2010 @ 11:26 PM
I was getting this error – “Failed to fetch URL https://dl-ssl.google.com/andrÂoid/repository/repository.xml†– installing the Android SDK on a Windows Vista box. Quick fix was to tell the Installer to “Force HTTP” In the Android SDK and AVD Manager, go to Settings and check the checkbox “Force https:// … sources to be fetched using http://…“
Apr 18
Rooting T-Mobile G1 (Android 1.6 – Donut)
Android | Sunday, April 18, 2010 @ 9:37 PM
The Blackberry was great for a few years, but I decided to buy a used T-Mobile G1 on eBay and play around with the Android platform. One thing that appealed to me was the simple one-click that allowed non-Android market applications on the phone. Another reason I liked Android was the ability to root the [...]
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