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Google Android Maps crashing

I dropped my phone last night and the battery fell out, nothing particularly scary about that. But when I woke up this morning, Google Maps was crashing regularly, giving me the following message: “Sorry! The application Maps (process com.google.android.apps.maps) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.” This happened with a frequency of about two minutes. To fix it, I entered the Android Application Manager and cleared all the Google Maps data. Clearly, some data got corrupted and the app couldn’t handle it. I guess they have forgotten to put an exception check in there, somewhere.

USB Host mode on HTC Desire

Here’s a video I put on YouTube where I demonstrate the use of USB host mode on the HTC Desire.

USB Host mode on HTC Desire

Here are some links which should give you some hints as to exactly how I managed it. As soon as I get some time I will fill in the details for you…!

http://sven.killig.de/android/N1/2.2/usb_host/ - Sven Killig’s superb instructions on USB host mode on the Nexus. Attempt nothing without first reading this.
http://www.cyanogenmod.com/ - The brilliant custom ROM I use.
http://alpharev.shadowchild.nl/ – S-OFF for your Desire. Essential.
http://unrevoked.com/recovery/ – Root and flash your Desire. Essential.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/ – If you want to know how to hack ‘droids, you need this.