[lugm.org] linux experience on samsung mobile

[Nitin K Sookun]

Hello Logan,

Thank you for sharing.
Yep, it'll be awesome to have it shared on the wiki (including your
hacks of course).

In fact, I was looking for an Android phone with a hard keyboard too.
So, thanks for the tip.

Regards,
-- 
Nitin K Sookun <nsgupta at indra.mu>

On Mon, 2012-03-05 at 05:11 +0000, Loganaden Velvindron wrote:
> I bought a galaxy Pro B7510, and it's a pretty nice phone. It seems to
> be the only 
> 
> android phone with a hard keyboard and 2GB microSD card.
> 
> 
> 
> It comes with android 2.2.2, I switched over to 2.3.6. Battery life is
> better, and
> it seems more stable.
> 
> 
> Additionally, I've rooted the box, removed drm, and found out that 
> 
> the internals are quite weird. I see lots of running programs with
> java namespaces :-)
> 
> 
> I've installed ssh (through a hack), busybox, a terminal (needs
> fiddling to work decently), 
> 
> video player. Concerning the latter, the load on the CPU isn't great,
> and I think it's because
> of the multimedia extensions inside the CPU or GPU.
> 
> 
> 
> My only complain would be the screen which I think is quite small.
> However, for Rs 7,000, I think
> it has an excellent price/feature ratio if we tweak it properly.
> 
> 
> 
> Should I place the info on a wiki :-) ?
> 
> 
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