Motorola Milestone XT720
Encyclopedia
The Motorola Milestone XT720 (known simply as a "Motorola XT720") is an Android-based smartphone
manufactured by Motorola Mobility
. It is the first Motorola Android phone with Xenon flash.
802.11b/g networking, Bluetooth
2.1 + EDR, micro-HDMI
1.4 (type D) port, with 720p
video output, micro-USB
2.0, a 8 megapixel digital camera
with flash, a standard 3.5 mm headphone jack, interchangeable battery, 3.7 inch 854×480 px multi-touch
capacitive touchscreen display. It also includes microSDHC
support with bundled 8 GB card. It features the Gorilla Glass
resistant coating.
It includes an ambient light
sensor, a proximity sensor
, a microphone, a magnetometer
(Compass
), a 3-axis accelerometer
, and an aGPS
, however, certified a 2.2 software upgrade that can be installed by anyone who owns this phone or by the service provider's store representatives for their customers. This upgrade is not certified by Motorola and requires the rooting
of the XT720 smartphone.
was posted on xda-developers
website 6 months previously to the "BS Official" update CBW put out.
Due to the fact that CBW was boasting their "Official" XT720 update, actual developers stop developing on D3xters release in anticipation of a "fixed XT720". The wait was mostly due to incorrigible system hack's that disabled vital functions in the ROM's system. When CBW released their "Official" 2.2 for the XT720, true developers we're appalled. Fortunately, the developers stroked back and took the XT720.
At this time the boot-loader is still locked. Motorola promised that boot-loaders would be unlocked.
More fortunately 2 special members, resar and fjfalcon found a "work-around" for the locked boot-loader.
Mioze7Ae, CyanogenMod6 (under development). hellmonger, XDA special "Hellmonger Edition" (RC2 under development).
khalpowers ROM
V4 New rom-support swap on (14-04-2011).
fjfalcon, RusMod 1.19, project currently closed doe CyanogenMod
and xda-developers
special.
Smartphone
A smartphone is a high-end mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone or camera...
manufactured by Motorola Mobility
Motorola Mobility
Motorola Mobility Holdings, Inc. , formerly the Mobile Devices division of Motorola Inc. until January 2011, is a communications corporation headquartered in Libertyville, Illinois, a Chicago suburb. Motorola's networks division pioneered the flip phone with the StarTAC in the mid-1990s...
. It is the first Motorola Android phone with Xenon flash.
Features
Features of the phone include Wi-FiWi-Fi
Wi-Fi or Wifi, is a mechanism for wirelessly connecting electronic devices. A device enabled with Wi-Fi, such as a personal computer, video game console, smartphone, or digital audio player, can connect to the Internet via a wireless network access point. An access point has a range of about 20...
802.11b/g networking, Bluetooth
Bluetooth
Bluetooth is a proprietary open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks with high levels of security...
2.1 + EDR, micro-HDMI
HDMI
HDMI is a compact audio/video interface for transmitting uncompressed digital data. It is a digital alternative to consumer analog standards, such as radio frequency coaxial cable, composite video, S-Video, SCART, component video, D-Terminal, or VGA...
1.4 (type D) port, with 720p
720p
720p is the shorthand name for 1280x720, a category of High-definition television video modes having a resolution of 1080 or 720p and a progressive scan...
video output, micro-USB
Universal Serial Bus
USB is an industry standard developed in the mid-1990s that defines the cables, connectors and protocols used in a bus for connection, communication and power supply between computers and electronic devices....
2.0, a 8 megapixel digital camera
Digital camera
A digital camera is a camera that takes video or still photographs, or both, digitally by recording images via an electronic image sensor. It is the main device used in the field of digital photography...
with flash, a standard 3.5 mm headphone jack, interchangeable battery, 3.7 inch 854×480 px multi-touch
Multi-touch
In computing, multi-touch refers to a touch sensing surface's ability to recognize the presence of two or more points of contact with the surface...
capacitive touchscreen display. It also includes microSDHC
Secure Digital
Secure Digital is a non-volatile memory card format developed by the SD Card Association for use in portable devices. The SD technology is used by more than 400 brands across dozens of product categories and more than 8,000 models, and is considered the de-facto industry standard.Secure Digital...
support with bundled 8 GB card. It features the Gorilla Glass
Gorilla Glass
Gorilla Glass, manufactured by Corning, is an alkali-aluminosilicate thin sheet glass engineered specifically to be thin, light and damage-resistant. Its primary application is portable electronic devices with screens, such as mobile phones, portable media players, and laptop displays...
resistant coating.
It includes an ambient light
Low-key lighting
Low-key lighting is a style of lighting for photography, film or television. It is a necessary element in creating a chiaroscuro effect. Traditional photographic lighting, three-point lighting uses a key light, a fill light, and a back light for illumination...
sensor, a proximity sensor
Proximity sensor
A proximity sensor is a sensor able to detect the presence of nearby objects without any physical contact.A proximity sensor often emits an electromagnetic or a beam of electromagnetic radiation , and looks for changes in the field or return signal. The object being sensed is often referred to as...
, a microphone, a magnetometer
Magnetometer
A magnetometer is a measuring instrument used to measure the strength or direction of a magnetic field either produced in the laboratory or existing in nature...
(Compass
Compass
A compass is a navigational instrument that shows directions in a frame of reference that is stationary relative to the surface of the earth. The frame of reference defines the four cardinal directions – north, south, east, and west. Intermediate directions are also defined...
), a 3-axis accelerometer
Accelerometer
An accelerometer is a device that measures proper acceleration, also called the four-acceleration. This is not necessarily the same as the coordinate acceleration , but is rather the type of acceleration associated with the phenomenon of weight experienced by a test mass that resides in the frame...
, and an aGPS
Assisted GPS
Assisted GPS, generally abbreviated as A-GPS or aGPS, is a system which can, under certain conditions, improve the startup performance, or time-to-first-fix of a GPS satellite-based positioning system. It is used extensively with GPS-capable cellular phones as its development was accelerated by...
Media
If supports the following media formats:- Audio: AMR-NB/WB, MP3, PCM, WAV, AAC, WMA eAAC, eAAC+, OGG
- Video: MPEG-4, H263, H264, WMV
Carriers
The following carriers are currently selling the Motorola Milestore XT720:- Cincinnati BellCincinnati BellCincinnati Bell is the dominant telephone company for Cincinnati, Ohio, and its nearby suburbs in the U.S. states of Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. The parent company is named Cincinnati Bell Inc. Its incumbent local exchange carrier subsidiary uses the name Cincinnati Bell Telephone Company LLC,...
- VidéotronVidéotronVidéotron GP is a Canadian integrated telecommunications company active in cable television, interactive multimedia development, video on demand, cable telephony, wireless communication and Internet access services. Currently, the company primarily serves Quebec, as well as the francophone...
- Wind MobileWind MobileWind Mobile is a Canadian wireless telecommunications provider operated by Globalive Communications Corporation. The company initially launched mobile data and voice services in Toronto on December 16, 2009 and two days later in Calgary...
Software upgrades
Motorola was unwilling to upgrade the Android 2.1 operating system preloaded on the XT720. Cincinnati BellCincinnati Bell
Cincinnati Bell is the dominant telephone company for Cincinnati, Ohio, and its nearby suburbs in the U.S. states of Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky. The parent company is named Cincinnati Bell Inc. Its incumbent local exchange carrier subsidiary uses the name Cincinnati Bell Telephone Company LLC,...
, however, certified a 2.2 software upgrade that can be installed by anyone who owns this phone or by the service provider's store representatives for their customers. This upgrade is not certified by Motorola and requires the rooting
Rooting (Android OS)
Rooting is a process that allows users of mobile phones and other devices running the Android operating system to attain privileged control within Android's Linux subsystem with the goal of overcoming limitations that carriers and manufacturers put on some devices...
of the XT720 smartphone.
Hacks
Unfortunately the CBW or "Cincinnati Bell" update was nothing but a plagiary of D3xters First 2.2 update.was posted on xda-developers
Xda-developers
xda-developers is a community of over 4 million users worldwide, started in 2003. The site's main purpose is discussion of Windows Phone, Android, and WebOS phones. They are also one of the first places that Windows Mobile and Android users come for general information of the device, ROM upgrades...
website 6 months previously to the "BS Official" update CBW put out.
Due to the fact that CBW was boasting their "Official" XT720 update, actual developers stop developing on D3xters release in anticipation of a "fixed XT720". The wait was mostly due to incorrigible system hack's that disabled vital functions in the ROM's system. When CBW released their "Official" 2.2 for the XT720, true developers we're appalled. Fortunately, the developers stroked back and took the XT720.
At this time the boot-loader is still locked. Motorola promised that boot-loaders would be unlocked.
More fortunately 2 special members, resar and fjfalcon found a "work-around" for the locked boot-loader.
Mioze7Ae, CyanogenMod6 (under development). hellmonger, XDA special "Hellmonger Edition" (RC2 under development).
khalpowers ROM
Rom
ROM, Rom, or rom is an abbreviation and name that may refer to:-In computers and mathematics:* Read-only memory, a type of storage media which is used in computers and other electronic devices....
V4 New rom-support swap on (14-04-2011).
fjfalcon, RusMod 1.19, project currently closed doe CyanogenMod
CyanogenMod
CyanogenMod is an after-market replacement for the firmware of over sixty cell phones and Internet tablets. Based on the Android mobile computer operating system, it offers features and options not found in the official firmware distributed by vendors of these devices.Features supported by...
and xda-developers
Xda-developers
xda-developers is a community of over 4 million users worldwide, started in 2003. The site's main purpose is discussion of Windows Phone, Android, and WebOS phones. They are also one of the first places that Windows Mobile and Android users come for general information of the device, ROM upgrades...
special.