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If you own a Kindle Fire and want a tool for installing TWRP, look no further. XDA Senior member Vashypooh has written a Windows utility to do just that.
If you're the sort of of person that is concerned about access to your private data when downloading and installing applications on your Android device, be it from the official Andorid Market or not, you might be interested in XDA forum member svyat's application.
Want a convenient way to capture a screenshot on your Windows Phone 7 device? XDA forum member JerryJiang has written a little application to enable capturing a screenshot using your camera button.
XDA forum member GameGod72 is an avid user of the Aldiko eBook reader app and recently got himself a tablet. The dev wanted to be able to read his books on both his phone and tablet but could not find anything, and decided to do something about it himself!
If you haven't checked out Xianpeng's Game Boy Advance emulator for Windows Mobile, XDA forum member #LG# has brought our attention to this great freeware.
Android device owners who use Tasker, may be interested to learn of a new plugin from XDA forum member intangibleDroid.
If you want to be able to see emoji iPhone emoticons on your Android device as well as see other fonts which currently show up as square boxes, XDA forum member Mahlhavoc has written a tutorial on how to do this.
If you want to experience more smoothness, more speed, less lag and always have enough free memory, then check out XDA Recognised Developer Juwe11's RAM optimisation script for Android devices.
Wildfire owners how have unlocked their boot-loaders using alpharev x running stock 2.2.1 with HTC Sense may be interested to hear of the fix that XDA forum member rickwyatt has posted in the forums.
Fans of the MIUI analog clock mod by XDA member jamieaxall, you might like the themes created by XDA member 00McD00.
If you read our article on the SGS 2 SIM unlock application which was based on the work of XDA Recognised Developer Odia, you might be interested in finding out the nitty gritty or perhaps want more control over each of the steps.
For those of you not familiar with BackTrack, it's a GNU/Linux distribution that is used for security testing providing users with a wide range of tools from port scanners to password crackers.
Developed with the main intention to automate/batch processing decompiling and recompiling and creating flashable zips, XDA forum member xavierjohn22 has put together an Auto APK Tool specifically for modders, devs and translators.
If you are looking to try out a real tuned radio app, rather than a streaming app, take a look at XDA forum member mikereidis' Spirit FM Radio app.
If you listen to music on your Android device and want to try an alternative to the stock Android music player, XDA forum member phoezies has developed one for you to try.
If you're a dev who wants to be able to sign multiple apk and zip files very quickly and effortlessly, check out XDA forum member olboss's Windows tool.
SD card reading speeds vary depending upon which class of SD card that you have chosen. However, many have experienced disappointment when comparing the read speed on our PCs to that on our Android devices. XDA forum member brainmaster states that it doesn't matter if you have a fast 10 Class SD Card - it's all in the Cache.
If you're a fan of Live WallPaper, you might want to try out this clean design in HD by XDA forum members nemuro and xaffron.
If like some Android owners, you'd like the option to be able to toggle the AM/PM on your status bar clock, then look no further.
Optimising your Android mobile device can involve a lot of messing around so it's always helpful when developers build tools for themselves and share with the XDA community.