Samsung F480

The guys over at xda-developers.com have managed to root the HTC Tattoo which has proved a big problem for some time. Here are the links to their forum posts explaining how to do it yourself. its still in early development but managed to get it working using the instructions there!

Linux
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=635961

Windows
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5677932&postcount=18

Enjoy and thank the guys in the forum!

UPDATE

Here is the second update with a consistently working root method.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5707195&postcount=163

I've now got rid of my Samsung F480 and got myself a nice HTC Tattoo. The main reason I got rid of the F480 is because A. the touchscreen had stopped working and B. I completely destroyed the phone trying to get it into another chassis!

I'm liking the Tattoo which runs Android 1.6. One thing that is annoying though is the amount Orange seem to have customized it and the fact that not a lot of applications in the Android marketplace support QVGA. This means they are just not available. Apparently more VGA Android devices will be out soon so support should increase.

Anyway...

Here are a couple of interesting sites I've found along with apps to customise your phone.

PandaHome
Vastly superior home screen replacement compatible with loads of themes
http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-nd-android-pandahome-jtj...

Layar
Overlays your camera with real time info (augmented reality). Great for getting the tube home!
http://layar.com/

How to Flash Your Tatto
Guide to debrand your Tattoo. I've not been brave enough to try it yet but sure I will soon!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5179788&postcount=1

Android 2.1 on the HTC Tattoo
A leaked user agent image confirming a 2.1 upgrade for the Tattoo some time soon!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=5139802

Jordan over at samsungflashwiki has managed to get some screen shots of the new open platform from Samsung known as 'bada'. It looks like developers can get involved and make their own apps for Samsung devices which is a much better idea than the current widgets. It doesn't look like it's going to beat the iPhone or Android but its nice to have another option which is probably cheaper as well. Take a look at the links below for more info!

http://samsungflash.webs.com/apps/blog/entries/show/2327680-samsung-bada...
http://www.samsungbada.com/
http://developer.bada.com

Jordon over at the Samsung Flash Wiki has created a guide for those of you who own an F480i so below is a link. Enjoy!

http://samsungflash.webs.com/apps/wiki/flashing-f480i

Revlin software have been very quiet about their new OS for the F480 and their Android port. Nobody seems to be able to get much info out of them either. Some people even believe its a scam so take a look at these links (translated from Dutch).

As 'japie' has said on the Revlin site 'Don't believe the HYPE!'.

The great Bolt mobile web browser has just been updated to version 1.5. Things seem a lot speedier on the F480 and personally I think it is far better than Opera Mini.

Find out how to remove the JAVA bar from it here

http://www.domsyard.com/samsung-f480/bolt-mobile-web-browser-f480-no-bar

...or go here with the standard F480 browser to download a version with JAVA bar already removed for you!

http://www.domsyard.com/sites/default/files/bolts2.jad

BOLT Homepage

http://boltbrowser.com/

It looks like RevLin Software are taking up the challenge of porting Android, Google's open source mobile operating system, along with their own OS to the Samsung F480!

This is an easy way to improve the Touchpad sensitivity on the Tocco. I found it a bit jumpy before this tweak but following these instructions improves things quite a bit!