Archive : Guides

Time for another round of techie wonders. Our PC’s and browsers are capable of doing a lot of things. Often times we forget or just don’t know how to simplify our lives. This little how to was provide by Christina Warren over at Mashable. They do an excellent job of doing everything...

I only say potential because I have yet to give it a try. It makes a lot of sense though. Thanks to a post we found on XDA by ogdobber you should be able to easily make this work. You will need to pick up the Google Video APK which can be located HERE, thanks to MaSt3rGrIfF. Once you have that installed...

Here we go again with another innovative website that is piggy backing the success of G+. Don’t start, yes we are too. For those of you that are already users, you will know that your user ID is not a simple one to remember. It is a twenty one digit number that identifies who you are. Although...

After yesterdays announcement of the new Android Market being launched and Netflix changing prices, it got me to thinking. Whatever happened to movies on YouTube? So I grabbed my Logitech Revue keyboard and navigated to the YouTube app. On the right hand side was a list of newly released movies. I clicked...

Who doesn’t love Google+? I assume the only negative answer would come from anyone currently not using the service. Like with any new service, application, game or anything new in our hands, there is a learning curve to adjust to. Things like how to navigate, what the buttons do and what hotkeys...

I was unaware that some device running Android 2.3 were not able to enjoy the beauty of the CRT screen on and off animations. Apparently there are a bunch of you that are suffering. For that I am truly sorry! As usual though, I have found the solution to the problem. Not on my own of course, but thanks...

We are all very aware of the limitations of some of the services we take here in the states for granted. One of them is the great and wonderful ability to pull up the Amazon App Store and take advantage of the Free App Of The Day. Even though not all current states side users get this option, AT&T...

Everyone out there is or was a noob at some point or another. The greatest Android devs started some where asking questions and learning. You would be surprised at how often I have been asked how to get or make your own own ring tones. As simple as the process is, I have seen some pretty horrendous...

Again with the knowledge sharing. It has to be my favorite part of the Android community. The willingness to share what they have discovered freely in an effort to make every ones lives a little bit easier. After all, there is no ‘instruction manuel’ for custom builds. To tell you the truth,...

I don’t think many people can really argue that CM7, or any CM build really, doesn’t give you a lot of control of your device. With the team adding support for new devices all the time, coupled with the shear numbers of new users that are added daily, it’s nearly impossible to teach...

When Android launched, everyone that knew anything about coding got to work to bring us apps. Then along came tutorials, training classes and online groups to help others learn to create apps too. After that was the launch of  App Inventor from Google. That helped more people get started in building...

I loaded up CyanogenMod7 on my Nook Color via microSD card (grab it here thanks to XDA member verygreen) and it works great but one of the biggest issues that I had was finding a way to partition my sd card to open up the unused space on it after writing CM7 on it.  There’s plenty of instructions...

I personally like to know what makes developers and community members tick. What got them to where they are today and anything else they want to get off their chest. We recently gave you all a chance to win a copy of his latest book, ” App Inventor for Android; Build Your Own Apps – No Experience...

Although my ROM flashing has slowed down quite a bit as of late, one of the issues I’ve always ran into was finding an easy way to back up some if not all of my current text messages. While I know there’s a few methods I often opt for some of the more tedious ones, which often left me simply...

So you just purchased the new T-Mobile Sidekick 4G made by Samsung, and would like to Root it to make the best out of your phone? XDA Member CLShortFuse has made this very easy for you. Installing Device Drivers: The first thing you will want to do is install the drivers. Right now, it seems that the...