everything is hardware & software!
Posted: August 3rd, 2010 | Author: Julien | Filed under: Hardware, Software | Tags: android, bandwidth, froyo, hack, htc desire, mods, phone, root | No Comments »
as the title announces, we talk about machines!
why did I spend a lot of time on software part of the protodeck interface? or even on the firmware part?
because this isn’t only the wiring & hardware which matters! not at all !!!
we often have pretty powerful hardware with limited or ugly code inside.
today, memories are cheaper, cpu are less cheaper but cheaper too.
so this is not the problem.
a nice anecdote.
Google released Android 2.2, the famous OS for smartphone.
Constructors often add their little specific layers in order to make their hardware & software closer.
I can understand that.
BUT, providers do that too.
and I don’t really agree.
Because I’m paying them for my line, I cannot be sure they don’t limit it, or anything else !
I was on HTC Desire with an Android 2.1 Orange-modified ROM.
All was ok. smooth etc.
Yesterday, I rooted it and upgraded it with the REAL Android 2.2 ROM from HTC.
It has added a lot of features… of course FROYO (codename of Android 2.2) is newer
BUT a big thing changed!
(before, just a remark: 3G+ = HPSA ok)
let’s continue: before the upgrade, I was always with the 3G bandwidth.
after the upgrade, I’m everytime with HPSA bandwidth
and indeed, surf is VERY VERY smoother and faster than before!
WOW!
the question to finish: Does Orange limit the bandwidth directly on the endpoints ???
It sucks but Do It Yourself attitude saved me … once again 
