HTC Tattoo is a very cheap Android device and rooting it will allow you push the phone to its limits. It can be easily rooted by making use of a small program that allows you to re-write the system partitions with the image data. Once you have rooted the phone, you can even run Android 2.3 operating system on it. So, here are the instructions needed to root it:
Make sure you have followed my Unroot Motorola xoom guide to make sure you have unrooted your tablet. Now, follow these steps to relock it:
Motorola has rolled out OTA update for the Xoom that includes support for Flash 10.2 and Daylight savings update. However, in order to get the updates installed, the tablet needs to be relocked and unrooted. Here is how to do it:
First you will need to download some tools. First, download the Motorola Xoom USB drivers. Download them from Motorola’s support website (support website link). Download the ‘motohelper’ program from that link.
HomeScreen: Homescreen is much more customizable and features a new dedicated button for the multi-tasking. The homescreen also features a notification bar, system status while the rest of the screen is left for the apps. Notifications aren’t intrusive at all. They can also be used to control background apps.
Optimization to Run Existing Apps on Tablets: Since honeycomb is primarily a tablet based OS and has only been showcased yet only on Xoom, one of the most important targets for the android team was to make sure that all exisiting apps run flawlessly on tablets. The team has spent considerably huge amount of time to make sure of that. If the apps follow the recommended guidelines, they will run really good on the honeycomb.
Application Fragment: A fragment is part of an application that can be reused throught the app to perform specific funtionality. It makes the system more modular in nature. The application frgaments were explained by using the Gmail app for the honeycomb. Tapping the message slided the left most pane out to make room for a new pane, the message.
Dragging Manager: Part of the app framework, this new feature allows you to create and manage dragging intereactions as per your wish. They are added to support richer touch based user interface. These are the generic drag-and-drop APIs.
Optimization of Graphics: 2D and 3D graphics are optimized for the honeycomb. All the 2D graphics can now be hardware accelerated. New framework has also been introduced for the animation.
Multicore Support: Honeycomb will support multiple cores. It was previewed on a Motorola Xoom which has dual-core ARM-based Tegra 2 chipset. With that, the first game for android that works hundred percent on 2 cores, Great battles Medieval, will be released.
Market: The market now provides plenty of methods to discover and purchase apps. The web store has also been launched which can directly be accessed through tablet’s browser to make the purchases.
The market also offers advanced search with filters like device compatibility, paid, free etc. Developer and buyer can have different currencies which means buyer currency support is coming to the market.
