The results of the Droid Dev Challenge 1: Cupcake Widget are in. 18 widgets were submitted to be voted on and 2 were chosen as first and second place winners. The widget that won first place gets a prize total of $656 with the second place winner getting $164. While I could keep typing here forever to prolong the results, I will hold in my deep desire to be mean like that and just get on with it

First place goes to aniWidget from aniFree

Second Place goes to Weather from Android Apps

Thanks to all of the devs and those who donated. This will probably be the last contest here for Android-DLs.com but do feel free to check out the Android Bounty contest and AndroidandMe.com to get mobile Quake working on Android.

JesusFreke releases a Cupcake update for all Dream devices. This includes the G1 (US and
UK) and the ADP1. The previous release only covered the ADP1 (which most users just flashed anyways). If you have not flashed the cupcake RADIO update, you will want to do that soon after flashing this update.

Information and links to the updates can be found here: http://android-dls.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=24&t=526

As always, these updates can be downloaded and applied using JFupdater, which can itself be found on the market.

Now that the update has been found we can make way for JF to perform his usual magic. Once he creates a JFized version, it will be posted here. For those who want to tweak it themselves or just want to try it without root the information including download links can be found in >the wiki.

JesusFreke released his Cupcake (Android 1.5) udpates for ADP1 tonight. The mirrors can be found here.

You will still need to update to the new radio which is not packaged inside the update. I will add the radio to the JFupdater list BRIEFLY tomorrow so those that want to wait for that can. Keep in mind, since the radio does not change your OS version it will always show as an update even if you have already flashed it (hence the brief time I will leave it there).

We are still waiting for someone to find the URL for the G1 OTA that has been rumored but not proven to be released. If you are able to get us this url, please contact me with it. Thanks in advance.

Droid Dev Challenge 1

With the success of the Android Bounty from AndroidandMe.com and the Android Developer Challenge from Google, I decided to start up our own little contest. The task: create an Android 1.5 compatible widget. The best submitted widget will win the pot, which will be filled by user donations. More information can be found in the Droid Dev Challenge section.

We all knew they were coming (and those of us running a pre-release cupcake already have some new ones), but having a Google employee write a how-to makes it all the more real. Jeff Sharkey, who brought us some fun apps before being headhunted by Google, is showing how you can build your very own widget in the 1.5 sdk.

I have been using his 4.5 build for about a week after he helped me get a semi working apps-to-sd setup working. Today he finalized this and if you use any kind of apps-to-sd mods, you will be able to try out his build. His latest 4.5 build is missing a few things that keep it from being a daily use build for most. Of those few things, the most notable are the inverted colors and upside down picture on the camera and the headphone jack not working (no audio output). While he plans on working on this more in the coming days, If you are not afraid of the bleeding edge, you should try it out. Cupcake is a much needed improvement over Android 1.0 and 1.1 which you can sneak a taste of early thanks to him. >Check out his latest builds here.

A user at >XDA-Developers (haykuro) has been playing around with a rom from an HTC Sapphice/Magic and has made it run fairly well on the G1. I flashed it last night and have been messing with it (not much, its pretty incomplete because he is still working on adding back some stuff he had to remove to make it work). Overall impression is that it looks better, runs better and has a lot more features. Lots of stuff we were expecting our G1 to have when we bought it will be added. They have added video recording, soft keyboard and a few features you know about, plus a lot that you do not. If you are not a stranger to flashing roms I would suggest you head on over there, download the latest version (he updates it as soon as he can get things fixed) and try it out. Make a nandroid backup first so you can restore if you need to go back to a JF build because it is not 100% functional.

RC33 was spotted by a few but no download links yet. Everyone is speculating and starting rumors about what they think is cupcake in the wild. While I am normally skeptical, the size of the thread on XDA-devs makes me believe this might be real. If this update is real and is really being deployed we need to get the url to the download to JesusFreke so he can work his magic for us. If you are able to get ahold of the update, Please find the url (generally found by checking adb logcat and searching for “.zip”) and >post it here so he can get started disecting.

It would appear that Android has a thing for tasty sugar coated treats. From what I have heard the newest cupcake is not even a cupcake, but a donut! Word is flying around the underworld (freenode.net) about the latest buzz which is dubbed donut (sans frosting?). Hopefully this means that we will see a new word on the market besides cupcake for once