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Yesterday I had some time to kill so I decided to look around for an android upgrade for my HTC Tattoo. HTC only provides (and supports) android 1.6 for the Tattoo, which feels a bit outdated. I like to run a little more up to date OS

So after some help from google I found a guid on the unlockr. Following that guide and then using the SPQRom 0.7 is basically all there is to it.

The downside of this upgrade is that the FM and camera are no longer working. The FM is a sad thing (but hey I still have my rockbox-enabled-ipod) but the camera is something I can live with, since well it made crappy pictures anyway!

But other than some things not working I am very pleased with android 2.2.1 it runs smooth and after installing all the apps (and some new onces) my phone feels up to date again!

Since my old phone was sometimes shutting down without me telling it to shutdown or an empty battery forcing it to shutdown, I decided to get myself a new phone: the HTC Tattoo.

One of the things I missed on my Nokia N73 was the ability to sync pproperly with my linux enviroment, the tattoo runs android and syncs perfectly with google, wich in turn syncs nicely with other things. Of course the downside is that it syncs with google, but for now that is necessary evil.

So far I am pretty impressed, mobile e-mail, Facebook, flogging etc. All work like a charm. Even Eduroam, the WiFi used at the university works out of the box! That is not even the case on my laptop!

This message was of course written on my tattoo.