Gingerbread Custom ROM With Sense 3.0 For Google Nexus One [Install]

The Nexus One may have been superseded by the Nexus S, but the Android device has a long standing bond with the development community and that is making sure that the device does not fall behind it’s successor. One such effort is the development and release of a Sense 3.0 custom ROM based on Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread for the Nexus One. To be more precise, the ROM is actually a port of another ported ROM being ported from the HTC Desire Kingdom / Pyramid port. All of this has been made possible by XDA-Developers forum member dbasabe and without a doubt, a shout out to the HTC Desire’s developers responsible for the original port. Read More

Install Sense 3.0 Based ROM On Nexus One With 720p Video Recording

The Nexus One, was Google’s first flagship Android phone manufactured by HTC. The phone came with a stock looking Android 2.1 Éclair firmware and was one of the hottest phones of its time. If you’re familiar with HTC, you must be familiar with their custom Sense UI for Android. Even being manufactured by HTC, HTC could not launch the phone with its Sense UI but that doesn’t mean XDA-Developers forum member abhi0n0nakul cannot release a ROM for the Nexus One based on the latest Sense 3.0 UI. So if you own a Nexus One and are a fan of the Sense UI, this ROM is worth looking at. Read More

Install English MIUI 1.5.6 Android 2.3.4 Custom ROM On Nexus One

Nexus One was Google’s first developer phone and it enjoyed tremendous support of the developer community in form of different ROMs. Despite being replaced by Nexus S as the flagship developer phone, it still gets a lot of developer love and the new MIUI 1.5.6 ROM based on Android 2.3.4 can vouch for that. MIUI ROM is the epitome of elegance and speed and unless you have tried this latest version out on your Nexus One, you are surely missing out. More on the ROM and how to install it after the jump. Read More

Install CyanogenMod 7 Final Release On Google Nexus One

Earlier, we covered CyanogenMod 7 RC3 Release for the Nexus One and that ROM was stable enough for everyday use. Development was fast underway to put out a final stable relase without any bugs at all and that day has finally arrived with the release of the CyanogenMod 7 Stable Release. The ROM includes some additional features as well in this release. For more on this ROM and how to install it on your phone, read on! Read More

How To Install CyanogenMod 7 RC3 On Google Nexus One

CyanogenMod 7 RC3 has just hit the Google Nexus One! CyanogenMod ROMs are known to be extremely lean and fast in the Android world, and the latest version of the CM7 boasting the 2.3 Gingerbread version of the Android OS is no exception. With CM7 RC3, the ROM seems to be developing fast, heading on towards being an entirely stable release. For more information, the download link and installation instructions, read on after the jump! Read More

How To Install HTC Desire S ROM Port On Nexus One

Previously, we covered the Desire S ROM port to the HTC Desire and you thought that was awesome. Well, thanks to the efforts of developers at XDA-Developers forum, owners of the Nexus One have not been left behind with the ROM being successfully ported to the Nexus One too, who now have an excellent option when it comes to custom Gingerbread based ROMs. The ROM is stated to be stable enough for everyday use, but is still being worked on for further improvements. For more on the ROM and how to install it, read on! Read More

How To Install Amon’s RA Passion v2.2.1 Custom Recovery On Nexus One

So if you’ve found your way here, it’s possible you already know what custom recoveries offer, and there’s a slight chance you’ve heard about Amon’s RA custom recovery or ClockworkMod recovery. Well, regardless of whether you're familiar with these recoveries or not, this guide is intended for the owners of Nexus One wishing to flash the RA Passion V2.2.1 recovery; which is the latest version out right now, onto their phone. For installation instructions, read on! Read More

Install BIOS Boot Animation On Android Devices

We all remember the good old PC days when you used to power it on and watch the BIOS check RAM and notify you of other hardware status and then bring the Windows logo to you. While most motherboard manufacturers customized the boot up to something more graphically entertaining and moved most of the data stream behind the scenes, there are still a lot of us nostalgic for that boot up. For this reason, we are bringing you a BIOS based boot animation that would remind you of the good old days and works on a range of Android devices. You can try out the new boot animation by following the below mentioned simple procedure to replace your existing boot animation. Read More

Install Android 3.0 Honeycomb SDK Port On Google Nexus One

Android 3.0 Honeycomb – the tablet version of Google’s Android operating system – has been successfully ported to run on Google Nexus One using the code from the Honeycomb SDK release. It is basically just an SDK dump at the moment with no hardware features implemented but if you want to test drive the Honeycomb interface on your Nexus One, read on for our complete guide.

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How To Root Nexus One Running Android 2.2.1 From Ubuntu Linux

Nexus One has been rooted a long time ago and that method is still quite easy to follow as long as you are running Windows. However, there might be many of you wanting to root the device from Linux and while the method previously worked on Linux, it won’t work if you have applied the Android 2.2.1 OTA update. Fortunately, there is a way to do that right now from Ubuntu. Read on for detailed instructions. Read More

Solve Low Free Space Problem On HTC Desire And Nexus One

HTC Desire and Nexus One are almost identical when it comes to features and both these Android phones along with many others have one serious limitation – low internal storage. With the following guide, you will be able to make the best of the limited internal memory available, and avoid the dreaded ‘running out of storage’ message while still being able to install and use lots of applications.

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Install CyanogenMod 6.1.1 On Nexus One, HTC Desire And Other Android Devices

CyanogenMod 6.1.1 is the latest stable CyanogenMod release available for most Android devices and it is based on Android 2.2.1 FroYo. While the newer Androiid 2.3 Gingerbread based CyanogenMod 7 ROM has been out for several devices, it is not a final or stable release yet and is being worked upon. The following guide will help you install CyanogenMod 6.1.1 on your HTC Desire, Nexus One or other Android phone. Read More

Install Gingerbread Custom Android 2.3 ROM On Nexus One

Nexus One is without a doubt one of the finest Android phones made to date and is a developer favorite. However, with the release of Nexus S, Nexus One has gone down the priority list for the latest official Android updates by Google. This does not mean that the developer community will leave its favorite device neglected. Thanks to MicroMod777 of XDA-Developers forums, you can now install a custom Android 2.3 Gingerbread ROM to your Nexus One, built on the recently released Gingerbread source code at AOSP (Android Open Source Project). Read More

Install Android 2.3 Gingerbread AOSP ROM on Nexus One

Google just started pushing Android 2.3 Gingerbread source code to AOPS (Android Open Source Project) earlier today, and ROMs based on the AOSP code have already started to surface in the developer community. Now you can grab one for your Google Nexus One to experience the latest Android release on it in all its Gingerbread goodness. Read on after the jump to find where to get it from and how to flash it to your phone. Read More

Install Android 2.3 Gingerbread SDK ROM On Nexus One (Alpha Version)

Since Google released the Android 2.3 Gingerbread SDK recently, we have been covering the SDK ports by many custom ROM developers for several Android devices. In this series,  today we bring you one just released for Nexus One. Do note that being an SDK port rather than a ROM built for this device from the source code, it has several hardware features missing at the moment. More information about what's working and what's not, the download link and the installation instructions after the break. Read More

Increase Write Performance and Save Power In HTC Desire

Most Android users are familiar with app2SD – a widely used hack that enables users to copy OS-specific apps to the SD card to save the limited user data memory available on their devices. XDA-Developers member ownhere has recently released something similar for your OS-specific data, called data2ext, which allows you to copy OS-specific data to external storage to boost the performance of your device further. Read More