stock android

[velvetelvis]

can you put stock android on this? if so, how hard is it?

 

[Cyber Warrior]

What do you mean by stock android? all phones are sold with stock android.

 

[waltercln]

I'm pretty sure he means android without motoblur or sense or whatever.

 

[velvetelvis]

that is exactly what i mean. just android as it was designed.

 

[Terrigno]

I dont believe thats possible right now. I might be wrong. But Ive herd Motorola locks the phone. Maybe someone else can chime in on this one.

 

[rmead001]

I'm running a gingerbread launcher for the time being...I dont like that when I switch screens the page indicator covers the bottom buttons with blur

 

[dseiden]

Once someone figures out how to unlock the boot loader you will be able to put custom roms on the device but for now changing the launcher will at least get you closer to clean.

 

[RacecarBMW]

I'm running a gingerbread launcher for the time being...I dont like that when I switch screens the page indicator covers the bottom buttons with blur

what launcher is it and where can I get it?

 

[rmead001]

Gingerbread launcher in the marketplace, and free.

 

[dageniusal]

Question: Does running a different launcher mean that Motoblur stops running? I'm concerned that it's constantly updating in the background and eating my battery. I don't so much hate the look and feel, just want better battery life.

 

[rmead001]

Yes its running in the background as far as I know. I dont have stuff on their thats constantly updating though..

I'm new to this android scene so I could be wrong.

 

[Brett]

Running a different launcher means that the Motoblur extras will not function. They still might be running in the background but you will not see them.

As for being able to run stock android. Until it is hacked correctly, no. The locked boot-loader denies access to the boot image. This will cause a device with root access to not have full control over the boot images and things of that nature.

Don't give up hope though because just look at how much progress the Droid 2 and Droid X have made over the past 6 or 7 months. They don't have access to the boot but devs have created work arounds so that you can change a lot and flash roms. It is limited but it still offers a lot.

 

[velvetelvis]

i dont even have one yet. i have an inspire, but the battery life, crappy external speaker, and the so so gps have me looking else where

 

[Beezzy]

Question: Does running a different launcher mean that Motoblur stops running? I'm concerned that it's constantly updating in the background and eating my battery. I don't so much hate the look and feel, just want better battery life.

No, cause theres no widgets running from MotoBlur thats needing to be updated.


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[Jonneh]

Yeah just be sure and delete everything that's currently on your motoblur homepages when switching over to your fancy new launcher such as ADW or LauncherPro, and then set those screens up, leaving your motoblur launcher empty.