motorola droid app - install the flan gallery from 2.1
Friday, January 01, 2010i'm sure you've seen the fancy flan gallery app on all the nexus one videos right? well someone ported it to android 2.0.1 so that we can all enjoy its magic. what a fantastic gallery application this is my friends. this is exactly the way the gallery should have been on android 2.0. download instructions are below with a video coming shortly...
installation instructions:
1. Download gallery_flan.apk to your computer. (alt link)
2. Copy gallery.apk file to your sdcard.
3. On your phone go to Settings, then Applications and enable Unknown Sources.
4. On your phone, use a file manager such as Astro to browse to the gallery.apk file. Tap the file and install it.
5. You will now have two Gallery applications listed in your launcher -- the second one is the flan port. Tap it to launch the application.
video posted over at droiddog.com!
the rest of the android 2.1 apps you need:
1. nexus one / sense ui launcher
2. new eclair gallery with multi-touch
3. genie news and weather 2.1
4. launcher 2.1
5. music app 2.1
6. clock app 2.1
7. flan gallery 2.1
29 comments
Is there a way to uninstall the old Gallery app?
ReplyDeleteEasier install: do step 3, then visit this page in phone's browser, then click on download link and select to open in the package installer. No USB required.
ReplyDeleteRob: As far as I know only in android 2.1 can u uninstall.
ReplyDeleteTed: Great tip. Something I hadn't thought of and makes total sense. Awesome.
After installing the new gallery, be sure to check out your google account's sync settings. You will now be able to sync the gallery with your Picasa account. If enabled, your Picasa albums will show up after your first sync. Also, try typing your phone left and right while viewing photos in the gallery. As you tip, you see a glimpse of an infinite view that goes off into the horizon. That allows you to fit a few more photos on the screen when browsing. Cool app.
ReplyDeleteVery cool. This phone gets better by the day.
ReplyDeleteRob: I haven't tried it, but I bet if you rooted your Motorola DROID (search one of the many droid fan sites for info), you would be able to swap one Gallery for another... just be sure to backup the old gallery. Rooting a 2.0.1 phone and then making use of the root access requires adb, and so the process is not trivial.
ReplyDeleteRob: I just verified that with a rooted 2.0.1 device, you can get rid of the old gallery (or just rename it so it doesn't look like an app). See http://droidmuff.in/downloads/flan-gallery/
ReplyDeleteTed: Thank you very much. I will give that a shot.
ReplyDeleteDoes my phone have to be rooted in order to do any of these app installs where im downloading the file to my computer and whatnot afterwards?
ReplyDeleteNope. I haven't yet rooted my phone and I'm doing it all.
ReplyDeleteIf it ever comes to that point, I'll make sure to include it in the instructions.
Thanks to everyone for sharing these files. It makes waiting for 2.1 a whole lot easier. Great job.
ReplyDeleteI can't get picasa to show up on the sync page. Is there anything I can do to get it on there?
ReplyDeleteAny help is appreciated.
Check out this post we did:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.droid-life.com/2010/01/sync-flan-gallery-with-picasa-web.html
thank you but I did all that but all that shows up on my sync page is my gmail and facebook.
ReplyDeleteYou are missing a step.
ReplyDeleteOnce you get to your accounts and sync page which lists your gmail and facebook, you have to then click on the gmail account that is connected to your picasa account.
It will take you to another screen which gives you the option of Picasa.
thanks again, when I click my gmail acct, it has sync contact, gmail, and calender but no picasa. thanks for your patience!
ReplyDeleteWell now you've got me stumped...
ReplyDeleteIf you have the flan gallery installed, it should automatically place the Picasa option on that screen...hmmm. Still have flan installed? Heh.
If you do have it installed still and that option is not there, you'll have to give me some more time to figure this one out. :(
kellex
ReplyDeletei re installed flan again and checked the sync and still no picasa. my picasa is set to my gmail acct.i don't know if i don't have something set right or what but i usually can figure this stuff out. thanks again
kellex
ReplyDeletethird time's a charm for picasa. reinstalled and now I can sync. thanks
Hell yeah! I'm a throwing a mini-party right now haha. Great to hear.
ReplyDeleteMy pictures show up out of focus.
ReplyDeletelove it, it worked!
ReplyDeletethanks a ton for all this useful info. i'm showing this to everybody!!
ReplyDeleteThe 2.1 gallery is simply awesome. This "phone" is simply awesome! I just can't get enough of it.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the info.
Help.....is anyone else having issues with their picasa not syncing?....i got to the account settings and its not even an option...ugh...what do i do?
ReplyDeletedoes not install on droid running 2.0.l any ideas
ReplyDeleteDid you uninstall the other 2.1 flan gallery?
ReplyDelete@yoyo78 - me too! both the flan and this new app. cannot figure out. Works fine first time after installl, but go out and back in and all pics out of focus - rendering useless. frustrating? anyone?
ReplyDeleteIs this illegal to do? Will it also work on the Motorola Milestone? Is it "patchable"?
ReplyDelete