Yesterday Bradesian Communications declared they are going to buy MyMobile from Horizon Wireless to become the largest mobile company in the BK. They purchased MyMobile (and all of it's customers) for V2 Billion. ($56 Million) The details include posession of cell towers, bands, employees, and customer crossover. All customers of BC should not see a difference but MyMobile customers should swap in your CSIM card within the next year to a BC CSIM card. SIMless smartphones should be taken in for a BC radio flash. BC also mentined the purchase to also boost BC's coverage and 4G ratio. DO NOT FLASH IPHONES TO HORIZON DURING THE CHANGE. Horizon's bands could render your iPhone unusable on BC.
Monday, April 11, 2011
Tuesday, March 8, 2011
Another Day In Paradise...
Just sitting here in my office, looking out the window at the sunshine, trees and bushes, thinking about how blessed I am to be able to live in San Diego. The Carlsbad Flower Fields are around the corner and I can walk to look at them during the summer. The bright colors of the flowers take my breath away and the panoramic ocean view beyond the flowers is priceless! The near by strawberry fields smell so sweet and wonderful as the strawberries bloom and grow! I love to watch the tourists that come to Legoland with their young children during the summer months. My son used to love Legoland, but alas, he is growing up and California Adventure is more to his liking when it comes to amusement parks! It's amazing to me how fast he's grown into a young man! He even says things to me like "oh mom" or "you see mom, it's like this". Where has my baby gone?
I have always lived in San Diego County and while I have thought about living in other places, I've never taken any action to move. My whole family lived in San Diego at one time. My sister was the first to move away. I hate to admit that I don't remember when she did, but I know it was before my niece was born (and she's 16 now). My mom and dad moved to Nevada about 7 years ago. They have a love-hate relationship with where they live. My mom misses the cultural aspects of San Diego. One of my brothers lives somewhere near Sacramento (that's a whole story in itself), and my little brother and nephew still live in San Diego. I guess we are the lone survivors!
I know that I could live in other parts of the country for a lot less than what it takes to live in San Diego. My fiance owns a home in Northern California (and I mean NORTHERN) and while it's a charming little town, it's just that...a little town. He loves to hunt, fish, hike, swim and be outdoors. I like to joke around and call him "Indiana Jones", but in all seriousness (geez, that's a word I rarely use) he is an all around guy and I suppose I'm attracted to that.
We often say that I'm the City Girl and he's the Country Boy, and we really are! I love to go to the theater, fancy restaurants, cultural events, and I don't even mind the traffic on the freeways. I have to give him credit, he will never turn me down when I want to go to a "city girl" type of thing. And I don't turn him down when he wants to be "Indiana Jones". While it does scare me to watch him jump off the cliffs at Sunset Cliffs, I just take my lawn chair and sit close to the edge and watch (that's about as Indiana Jones as I get LOL). I suppose I shouldn't tell you that he's actually been ticketed by the police for "jumping in the ocean". Yes it's true! But he went to court and fought it and he actually WON! He had the courtroom roaring with laughter as he presented his case to the judge (claiming not guilty of course). The judge couldn't let the case go to trial, so he dismissed the charges but gave him a stearn warning about how dangerous it was to jump off the cliffs! In my opinion, the judge probably wanted to ask him when he was going to jump next and to call him to go along!
Now back to living in paradise...yes, it really is paradise. But, the price of paradise is high with no chance of it becoming affordable. I think I need to give more thought to moving, but I'll do that on a rainy day.
I have always lived in San Diego County and while I have thought about living in other places, I've never taken any action to move. My whole family lived in San Diego at one time. My sister was the first to move away. I hate to admit that I don't remember when she did, but I know it was before my niece was born (and she's 16 now). My mom and dad moved to Nevada about 7 years ago. They have a love-hate relationship with where they live. My mom misses the cultural aspects of San Diego. One of my brothers lives somewhere near Sacramento (that's a whole story in itself), and my little brother and nephew still live in San Diego. I guess we are the lone survivors!
I know that I could live in other parts of the country for a lot less than what it takes to live in San Diego. My fiance owns a home in Northern California (and I mean NORTHERN) and while it's a charming little town, it's just that...a little town. He loves to hunt, fish, hike, swim and be outdoors. I like to joke around and call him "Indiana Jones", but in all seriousness (geez, that's a word I rarely use) he is an all around guy and I suppose I'm attracted to that.
We often say that I'm the City Girl and he's the Country Boy, and we really are! I love to go to the theater, fancy restaurants, cultural events, and I don't even mind the traffic on the freeways. I have to give him credit, he will never turn me down when I want to go to a "city girl" type of thing. And I don't turn him down when he wants to be "Indiana Jones". While it does scare me to watch him jump off the cliffs at Sunset Cliffs, I just take my lawn chair and sit close to the edge and watch (that's about as Indiana Jones as I get LOL). I suppose I shouldn't tell you that he's actually been ticketed by the police for "jumping in the ocean". Yes it's true! But he went to court and fought it and he actually WON! He had the courtroom roaring with laughter as he presented his case to the judge (claiming not guilty of course). The judge couldn't let the case go to trial, so he dismissed the charges but gave him a stearn warning about how dangerous it was to jump off the cliffs! In my opinion, the judge probably wanted to ask him when he was going to jump next and to call him to go along!
Now back to living in paradise...yes, it really is paradise. But, the price of paradise is high with no chance of it becoming affordable. I think I need to give more thought to moving, but I'll do that on a rainy day.
Monday, March 7, 2011
Android 2.3.2 (GPA10)
I would like to present to you a clean stock Gingerbread (Android 2.3.2) ROM. Although this build is stock, I spent many hours modifying it to my liking. First off let me start by saying compiling Gingerbread for the Droid is a pain, goodluck to those who are attempting this process. On that note, I would like to say thank you to actngrezy for answering my questions about Gingerbread specific compiling. Secondly, but no less important, I would like to say thank you to the CyanogenMod community, specifically the maintainers for the Droid, cvpcs, mtwebster, and koush. Without the efforts of this community we (Droid users) would not have a stable, fully functional Gingerbread build.
So how is this build different from other Gingerbread ROMs?
For starters, this build was made using the master branch of the AOSP only two days ago, meaning it not only brings you to version 2.3.2 but it also has the latest bug fixes included. Once you flash this ROM you will immediately see how much time I spent making this build exactly how Motorola would have provided it to you (if they still supported our "old" device). This ROM has the stock signature Droid boot animation, ringtones, wallpaper set, 2D Launcher, and Neural Network live wallpaper. Additionally, I have implemented many of my own bug fixes and others provided by the development community. I also went ahead and enabled the Sound Recorder and Camcorder shortcuts because I find them useful.
Since Motorola will never "officially" provide the Droid with a Gingerbread build, we will never have accurate build numbers (e.g. FRG83) to go by. Upon installing this ROM, you will notice a build number of GPA10.
So how is this build different from other Gingerbread ROMs?
For starters, this build was made using the master branch of the AOSP only two days ago, meaning it not only brings you to version 2.3.2 but it also has the latest bug fixes included. Once you flash this ROM you will immediately see how much time I spent making this build exactly how Motorola would have provided it to you (if they still supported our "old" device). This ROM has the stock signature Droid boot animation, ringtones, wallpaper set, 2D Launcher, and Neural Network live wallpaper. Additionally, I have implemented many of my own bug fixes and others provided by the development community. I also went ahead and enabled the Sound Recorder and Camcorder shortcuts because I find them useful.
Since Motorola will never "officially" provide the Droid with a Gingerbread build, we will never have accurate build numbers (e.g. FRG83) to go by. Upon installing this ROM, you will notice a build number of GPA10.
This ROM is to be treated as if it were an update straight from Motorola. For those learning to develop or those who base their ROMs off of stock builds you may use this ROM, modify it, and distribute it as your own. I do ask that you provide a link to my website wherever you distribute it. Also, please do not reupload this ROM elsewhere if you have not modified it in any way.
If you have not read about the amazing features that Gingerbread brings, I encourage you to visit android.com to learn more. While you're there you may notice that Android 2.3.3 is on its way, when it hits the source tree, I will bring it to you. Also, don't forget that the new market.android.com is now live and works well with this ROM. Most importantly, be sure to give Google a "thank you" by setting you and you're friends home page to Google.com!
I did not include ANY market apps in this ROM other than Car Home (because I included an updated version not available in the Market yet) and Quick Search Box (if you do not include this app, the search key will not work properly). Having said that, after the installation I recommend downloading YouTube, Gmail, Street View, Voice Search, Maps, and Flash Player. For those of you wanting a boost of performance without the need of a CPU scaling application, download and install AutoOverClock.zip which will bring this ROM to 800mhz. If you decide to flash an alternate kernel, it will automatically overclock itself to the highest available slot.
Ok, I am done rambling.
GPA10 (66MB):
Download Link
If you have not read about the amazing features that Gingerbread brings, I encourage you to visit android.com to learn more. While you're there you may notice that Android 2.3.3 is on its way, when it hits the source tree, I will bring it to you. Also, don't forget that the new market.android.com is now live and works well with this ROM. Most importantly, be sure to give Google a "thank you" by setting you and you're friends home page to Google.com!
I did not include ANY market apps in this ROM other than Car Home (because I included an updated version not available in the Market yet) and Quick Search Box (if you do not include this app, the search key will not work properly). Having said that, after the installation I recommend downloading YouTube, Gmail, Street View, Voice Search, Maps, and Flash Player. For those of you wanting a boost of performance without the need of a CPU scaling application, download and install AutoOverClock.zip which will bring this ROM to 800mhz. If you decide to flash an alternate kernel, it will automatically overclock itself to the highest available slot.
Ok, I am done rambling.
GPA10 (66MB):
Download Link
Welcome to Droid Software Updates!
Looking for a new software update that hasn't been released for your legacy Droid yet? (even though it will never come out) You've come to the right place! First, before you go digging in here, make sure your droid is rooted! I will post all the gingerbreads (and more)! Have Fun!
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