Hi, On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 12:34, Thomas Otterbein < [email protected]> wrote:
> > Before we continue with this thread, I would like to do a small poll: > > Please write here what you see as advantages of SHR distro against > android > > system. > My main reason: Once again after a couple of weeks I tried Android > (yesterday's daily build). And once again, though not with all images I > tried, > Android insists on "No Service available", making it useless as phone. This > never happened (yet) with SHR. > Hmm, GSM worked for me with minor problems (occassional transient service drops). Care to file a bug? Check that too: http://code.google.com/p/android-on-freerunner/issues/detail?id=89 And: As required I installed Android on "a fully charged Freerunner". After > less then 12 hours, with "No Service" (=no phone calls) and > Wifi/GPS/Bluetooth > turned off, the battery was almost empty. SHR nowadays keeps running for 2+ > days. > Known bug, filed by me more than a month ago :) http://code.google.com/p/android-on-freerunner/issues/detail?id=71 > SHR is pure voluntary work by the hands of few people who can fix only so > many bugs at a time and improve the interface only so much. > Exactly. With such limited resources it might be worthwhile to look around and see if there is more effective way to get the excellent features that SHR distro have onto more phones and in front of more eyeballs. We need to clarify these features first :) . Ok, I will drop the first couple features I like: * One can ssh into the device and have more-or-less familiar Linux environment * There are many useful on the phone linux applications (albeit with ugly and inconsistent interface) -- Arie
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