Root Motorola Milestone For Full Android Access

The European version of Droid – the Motorola Milestone has been finally rooted for full file system access on Android 2.0. This has been made possible by folks over at the German site named Android-Hilfe.de (English translated version). Root access will enable you to modify the phone’s firmware to whatever you want to have on your phone like themes, apps and custom Roms just like you do on the Verizon Droid, or the jailbroken iPhone.

See the full instructions at Redmond Pie at your own risk.

Motorola DROID camera woes fixed by a good lens clean?

One less than satisfying aspect of the Verizon DROID by Motorola Android is its camera. Despite boasting 5.0-megapixel optics, the DROID’s autofocus was sluggish and the final shots mediocre. Now, an ostensibly simple fix is promising to address the issue, and you don’t even need to whip out the screwdrivers: in fact, all that’s required is a soft cloth to give the DROID’s lens a proper clean.
According to some users’ experiments, the DROID is being shipped with an oily film over the lens; that film is what’s causing the autofocus to have trouble locking on, and producing less than perfect shots. After giving it a good polish, users are claiming to have perfect shot after perfect shot.
However, there’s now talk that the camera issues were addressed with a “silent” over-the-air (OTA) firmware update. But that’s not been confirmed by Verizon or Motorola as yet.

[Source: Slash Gear]

Motorola Android Rumors

Android and me has some rumors that are relevant to the Motorola Droid and Motorola Cliq:
Motorola Cliq: the Cliq might be stuck with Android 1.x. Rumor has it that Motorola has not budgeted to bring up all the device drivers for Android 2.0.
Motorola Motus: this device will launch in Q1 and be powered by Android 1.5. The phone is essentially the same internals as the Cliq (Qualcomm 528 MHz CPU).
Motorola Sholes Tablet: The phone is essentially a Motorola Droid minus the keyboard and with an updated camera. This device is headed for T-Mobile in Q1 2010 and will feature Motoblur.

Based on these maybe T-Mobile users should skip the Cliq and wait for the Motorola Sholes Tablet?

Motorola Sholes to use Android 2.0 [source: electronista]

Sholes is built for Android 2.0, also nicknamed “Eclair” by Google, and may actually be the first smartphone with Android 2.0.
Read the full story in electronista.

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