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Sid Gabriel brings pariSoma the first in a series of meetups centered around meetings and resources for people using the Android Operating System to power home brew computer and robotics projects.

Check out the Android Makers website here! We have an amazing group project (APEX, underway and almost ready for limited alpha release) our momentum is great. Also, Android as a whole is booming.

It’s really hard to get anything done alone. Sharing technique and knowledge is key in getting to a stable build. Meeting frequently, discussing our projects and presenting what we’ve made can bring the art to another level… We are a group of technologists, designers and hobbyists that support a healthy and empowered culture of collaboration and invention. We hold regular public meetings and maintain online resources for other Android Makers. The group meets in the spirit of the “home brew computer club” ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homebrew_Computer_Club ) our public events are open to all makers, professionals and hobbyists alike.

Even if you come with little experience, we’re sure you can make meaningful contributions.

This event will focus on catching people up to where the group, and the technology, is now. We have lots to enjoy but we are leaving people behind. Too many people, both developers and users are stuck on Android 1.5 or 1.6. Some users are even trapped on *gasp* Android 1.

So we’re taking a moment to go back to day one of The Android Makers where Sid demonstrated how to unlock and upgrade the G1 and outlined the opportunity that is there for makers to enjoy a massive leap forward in their potential to create new and interesting devices.

Schedule for the night:

Open Handset Architecture: This is an intro to what Firmware is, why the “Radio” is really important, what an SPL does and what is in an Android ROM. This is designed to give you a basic understanding of the “moving parts” of an open handset.

Android Open Source, The Google Experience and The HTC Sense UI: This is a brief explanation on what is legal and what is not. The basic gist is that you can not distribute roms containing paid applications or proprietary code and you definitely can not sell a device which is running a rom that cotains these.

Upgrade Demo: We’ll upgrade a G1 from the locked, stock version of Android 1.5 to Android 2.1 with live wallpapers, voice control, speech to text, and more.

Nandroid Backup/Restore Demo: Here you will learn how to back up and restore the whole device.

Break

Unbricking Demo: This is where we will purposefully break all the rules, in the first section, mess up an upgrade and brick a G1 rendering it completely useless… & then we will magically bring it back to life

Demo Lab: For members who bring their G1, MyTouch, ADP1 or ADP2. This is where you upgrade your phones and myself and some of our members will help you if you run into problems.

The Android Makers: This is a brief intro to the group, a brief history, including why we do what we do and how to get involved.

Nothing is set in stone, and we’ll be working out the flow of the night for the next couple weeks and inviting relevant people and companies to participate.