[Q] How is android supposed to run?

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I have tried both a Froyo variant and a Gingerbread variant on my Diamond but for me its not usable at all .. It lockups every 30 seconds for like 1 minute. Just when my devices screen goes black i am barely able to turn it back on again.

Now im not complaining about the devs work here, dont take it that way.. I just want to know if its supposed to run this way or if its something i do wrong?

Originally Posted by Da9L

I have tried both a Froyo variant and a Gingerbread variant on my Diamond but for me its not usable at all .. It lockups every 30 seconds for like 1 minute. Just when my devices screen goes black i am barely able to turn it back on again.

Now im not complaining about the devs work here, dont take it that way.. I just want to know if its supposed to run this way or if its something i do wrong?

try to install android rom on your device's internal storage and use GenYDualBoot to be able to run it from windows !

Originally Posted by Hakim Rahman

try to install android rom on your device's internal storage and use GenYDualBoot to be able to run it from windows !

Is it usable on a day to day basis or is it still heavily in development? Can't find that much information on it to be honest.

Originally Posted by Lipinsky

Is it usable on a day to day basis or is it still heavily in development? Can't find that much information on it to be honest.

I have two 2 months applying it to my Htc diamond {dual boot = Eto.Y 2.4a WWE + XDAndroid FRX07.1 (on internal storage)}

Originally Posted by Lipinsky

Is it usable on a day to day basis or is it still heavily in development? Can't find that much information on it to be honest.

The usability has definitely increased over the years but it is still more a concept than a real operating system as the hardware and software dont work together very well. This is because there are no official kernels, drivers or anything provided by HTC. The xdandroid team has done an incredible work to get android running on this device, but they couldnt find a way to properly get android on the NAND because the storage is too small. Thats also why you have to start it via windows mobile and cant directly boot to it, it runs out of the SD Card. So you will never achieve a nice performance as long as the OS isnt located on the NAND. The lags and force closes you are certainly experiencing derive from this problem. The device itself would definitely have the power to run android at an acceptable performance.

As far as I know the development has ceased. If you search the corresponding threads you will find the statement of the devs. Here is were you can look:


Froyo, Gingerbread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=951981
Froyo 07: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=951811
Gingerbread 0A: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=711692
wiki: http://xdandroid.com/wiki/Main_Page
blog: http://southcape.org/category/android/

yeah development seems to be halted, its nice to play with, but not as main os for day to day use