My Sprint / Samsung Android 2.1 Laundry List

In full disclosure, I had installed 2.1 about 3 weeks ago from one of the leaked ROMs, so the "shiny new-ness" that some of you are probably experiencing after flashing 2.1 is long gone for me. I lived with some of the bugs because it was a broken, non-official build, but after 3/4 of a day with the official build, I'm not overly impressed.


Here's what I've seen with DE03 so far, coming from dd03:

DISAPPOINTMENTS
*NO live wallpapers
*Old gallery
*turned phone on at 6:30, at 10:23 I'm at 30% with light use, running only beautiful widgets small home, so battery life is still an issue. UPDATE at 11:47 I'm still at 30%, so maybe it's just a battery curve issue.
*NO multi-touch
*NO Nexus One style launcher


UNRESOLVED
*Still can't connect facebook account under accounts after installing the official facebook app, but can connect twitter.
*Google Search widget still "sticks" to the top of the screen, but you long touch on the bottom to delete it & reinstall

NEW ISSUES
*EV lockups, airplane mode doesn't resolve them and you have to reboot to get out of airplane mode
*put phone on charger last night, woke up (late because I use my phone as my alarm) to a phone in complete shutoff and as hot as hades. I will monitor this and post further on it.
*Had a strange DL from www6.sprint.com that failed last night
*Market errors- I keep getting "A problem has occurred, hit ok to go back to the last screen" (a total paraphrase, can't reproduce right now)
*will not connect to my unprotected wireless router, can't rule out the crapbox router though.


All in all I think sprint got it wrong. When the Nexus one came out, and it was announced that the Moment would be going to 2.1, I think that all of us thought "Oh wow, we're gonna get that cool new gallery" and "Sweet, that launcher is awesome" and on and on with live wallpapers, multi-touch and more. I feel like this upgrade / band-aid version of 2.1 is a big let down because all of the cool parts of 2.1 aren't part of it.  I would have preferred to see something roll out that was more complete, and if it wasn't complete, I would have liked to been able to read a developer's blog that chronicled "live wallpapers just take more horsepower than the Moment is capable of, we tried our asses off but just couldn't get it done." Luckily, there's a place for us to turn, if you're somewhat savvy and willing to root your phone, the development community at sdx-developers.com have a ROM with all of the stuff that should be in there. I'll be rooting shortly and letting you know what 2.1 on the Moment really should be.

Finally some good news!

The house is underway!

Since my last post,

• the kitchen is ripped down to studs
• the bathroom is ripped down to studs
• the front and back doors are  in
• the little breezeway is gone
• The cabinets are ordered and delivered

and yesterday I got the best treat of all; The windows are all in, and the siding is underway!

I can't even put into words what a big relief this is for me!

After a slow start, my Father's really kicked some ass getting this house done. Uh oh, I'm "not supposed to say his name on the internet, ever" Tough luck, Buddy, I'll thank you wherever I want.

I appreciate everything Jen's folks have done for us, but I'm dying to get out of this house! 7 months of living with people shows you all of their idiosyncrasies, and brings out all of yours.

Victoria is getting so big, and progressing at a rate that's almost too hard to keep up with. Just when I'm amazed at the fact that she's starting to scoot backwards, she pulls herself up in the crib. Just when she begins to really babble, 2 teeth pop out. Just when I think she's as cute as she can possibly be, she learns how to wave goodbye! As I type this, she's mimicking what the guy is doing on TV!

Everything is a wonder to this little girl

On a side note, I want to wish a Happy Birthday to my sister Katie, and thank her for this wonderful photoset!