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February 20, 2012 By: orb3000
Most of all graphing calculators applications this days still have -8bit like- low-res monochrome screens. Since tablets and smart phones are basically general purpose computing devices, why shouldn’t we have a nice graphing calculator on board too?
XDA member ZeroManArmy shows Graph 89; an emulator for Texas Instrument ROM images. You need to have the software off a TI-89 for it to work, but once you have copied the image to your phone or tablet, you essentially have the real deal on your precious Android.
You will find much of your favorite mathematical functions such as: Graphing, derivatives, stats, amongst others. The app still in public alpha and looks a bit strange on small screens, so it´s better you use app on tablets for now.
Your feed back is much appreciated during alpha testing, thanks for reading.
Proceed to the original thread to find more
February 17, 2012 By: ConanTroutman
If you’re one of those people who simply aren’t satisfied with the stock SMS application on your device then theres a good chance you’ve tried Handcent as an alternative. Of all the third party SMS applications available Handcent certainly seems to be one of the most customisable and intuitive.
Version 4.0 of this incredibly popular application has been in private beta for a while but now it’s available to the public here on XDA Developers. This is the seventh beta build and there are still a few minor bugs to be ironed out but I’m sure that won’t stop many of you from taking this new version for a spin.
New features include;
Known issues;
You can find the original release here.
February 16, 2012 By: ConanTroutman
While its no secret that there are a multitude of alarm apps available on the market, some people, especially XDA members, like to have as many features as possible crammed into theirs. Our very own XDA Member malrok37 has added some pretty nifty features to his app.
It’s called MRKAlarm and as well as the features we would all expect to find in any alarm clock he has added some rather ingenious touches;
The option to define a period of time between the alarm being triggered and reverting to a state of silence.
The ability to sync with your google calendar. Handy if you have a day off or you work different shifts each day. Once your schedule is in your calendar and the app set up, it will know when you wish to be awoken and you no longer need to worry about resetting it.
The option to trigger the alarm when your battery runs low. Better to wake up too early than too late, right?
The app is free from the market and you can find the original release thread here.
February 14, 2012 By: orb3000
XDA Recognized Developer Chainfire presents his latest app TriangleAway. The tool will give you the option to reset your flash counter and remove the yellow triangle by coding the bootloader. Use it only on rooted devices with Android Ice Cream Sandwich as it´s operating system.
Chainfire comment
The flash counter and triangle state had to be stored somewhere. Everybody knew that. Guesses have been made in the past where it could be, and I have personally compared the raw flash disk contents between different amount of custom flashes in the past, unable to find any differences. You can dump and compare the entire /dev/block/mmcblk0 and you won’t find a difference (you’ll find a few unallocated and unused gaps, though).
The solution comes with the new kernel uses by ICS builds. The flash disk actually has two hidden boot partitions, /dev/block/mmcblk0boot0 and /dev/block/mmcblk0boot1 . The MMC driver in the kernels used for Gingerbread did not present these partitions in the past, the MMC driver in the ICS kernel does.
Soon as more official ICS firmwares become available, much more devices will be able to use this interesting tool which should be used for experts only, as it can potentially brick your expensive toy.
Please leave your feed back to developer and thanks for reading.
Original XDA thread
February 5, 2012 By: PoorCollegeGuy
When it comes to your CPU settings, there isn’t a lot of competition out there. Most users have preferences for what they like to use and what suits their needs. However, not everyone can reap the benefits of some of these apps because sometimes their phone just isn’t supported.
This is a problem that XDA Recognized Developer Juwe11 is attempting to fix with the CPU Control app.
The app functions as you’d expect a CPU app to. The features are standard and include:
Set your MIN and MAX frequencies
Set your Governor
Set your UV settings
Set your Live OC
Make profiles for better controlling your CPU (Battery profile, Screen off profile, more profiles will be added soon) – only in full version
Save your settings on boot
Get info about your CPU
Safe mode
What sets this app apart from others like it is the compatibility range. Juwe11 has put work into making sure the app is compatible with any and every phone that is Android 2.1 and up that has a kernel that supports overclocking and UnderVoltage for those who want to keep their batteries under control.
As usual, be sure that you’re aware that overclocking and UnderVolting any device can be dangerous and is only recommended if you know what you’re doing. However, if you laugh in the face of danger, you can check out the app’s original thread for additional details and you can also find it in the Android Market.
February 3, 2012 By: PoorCollegeGuy
Traveling the world is the dream of countless people from all over Earth. People from the west want to go east and vice versa. People from the north think about going south and vice versa.
As we’ve talked about previously, there aren’t many better apps than GlobeTrotter to use if you plan on traveling across this humble planet of ours and, with a couple of recent updates, it hasn’t gotten anything but better.
XDA Member wariat has been making as much progress as possible to make GlobeTrotter the premier app for travelers, with points of interest and language support for many countries. Very recently, wariat has added a huge update to GlobeTrotter, which includes even more languages supported and an update list of points of interest for the following countries:
Italy
United States
Canada
France
Germany
Spain
South Africa
England
Switzerland
Austria
Australia
Hungary
New Zealand
Finland
Bulgaria
Holland
Belgium
Portugal
So for those who intend on traveling abroad in the near future and want an app on their phone that’ll help them get acquainted with their new surroundings, you can find the original thread for the app here for links to the Market app, screen shots and a full list of the updates.
January 31, 2012 By: PoorCollegeGuy
Installing a recovery on a phone has the potential to be challenging. On some devices, it’s as easy as flashing a kernel. On others, it’s knowing how to use ADB in your command prompt (or terminal) to push the recovery to the correct partition and hope you didn’t just turn your beautiful device into a very expensive paperweight.
In either case, XDA Senior Member pvyParts and friends have posted an application that will install a recovery straight from the app itself. No need for computers, debug mode or any of the other potential problems some people may have with other methods. Says pvyParts:
This App will work with the 2011 Xperia porfolio. it will install CWM into the system partition so you can use recovery even with a locked bootloader!
The Recovery has been ported by nobodyAtall @xda for the Xperia phones!
All Credits to him!all i did was bundle it into a nice easy installer. ( i also made some changes to the chargemon file to turn the LED on to signal when to pres your keys )
The development of this invaluable tool is ongoing, so if you give it a shot and experience some problems, make sure to report it so it can be fixed. The app has been posted in the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc forums, but pvyParts says it’s compatible with the 2011 Xperia line up, so there may be hope for those carrying something other than the Arc.
For additional details, change logs, a full compatibility list, screen shots and discussion in the original thread found here. As always, make sure you do a full back up of your device if you can, just in case.
January 24, 2012 By: PoorCollegeGuy
For awhile now, the 4-in-1, 5-in-1 or even 6-in-1 reboot menus have been apropos for Android ROMs. The ability to reboot the phone on a whim instead of having to turn the phone off and back on is an essential function that is often underrated.
Now, Windows Phone 7 has an app in progress that gives Windows Phone 7 users the ability to do this very thing without any difficulty. The developer of the app, XDA Senior Member sh4d0w86, has released the app to make the process more streamlined and easier for users to perform these basic functions, along with a function to hard reset the phone, which is the same as a factory reset.
You can find the first release of the app in its original thread. Thus far, the reboot and power down options work just fine, but the hard reset is still being worked on. The only requirement? An unlocked Windows Phone 7 device. If you’d like to check it out, follow the thread link above for additional information, download links and screen shots. Also, sh4d0w86 encourages anyone who tries the app to stop by and leave some feedback to help with future releases.
January 19, 2012 By: liwen
Forum member shinichi_wtn has developed a homebrew utility that backs up SMS messages on interop-unlocked Windows Phone 7 devices. It cannot restore them to the Messaging Hub yet, but you can import previously exported messages into this SMSBackup app, which then shows them in a human-readable format, sorted by conversation or time stamp. Not perfect, but better than completely losing your texts or viewing them in a crude XML format.
Basically, it regularly saves the “CommsBackup.xml” file, which contains all SMS messages older than a day, and then copies the file either to the app’s Isolated Storage folder or uploads them to SkyDrive, so you can access it easily on your PC. Credit for finding this file goes to forum member Thunder_, whom you may remember as the developer of Office File Uploader.
If your Windows Phone is interop-unlocked, head over to the forum thread to download this app, and be sure to leave some feedback!
January 15, 2012 By: liwen
If you like to listen to music on your Windows Phone before sleeping, you’ve probably missed a function that automatically stops the music after a set time. This way, you could safely fall asleep without having to worry about the battery being drained by the music. Though there are some apps with similar funtionality available, they’re only compatible with the built-in Zune player – so if you’re using apps like iHeart Radio, Slacker or TuneIn Radio, you’d be out of luck.
Because of this, forum member ace10134, whom you may remember as the developer of Power Planner, has made a new app called Stop Music that does exactly what its name says. You set a time, press the button and the music that’s currently playing will stop when the timer runs out.
The only thing to keep in mind is that, due to limitations in Windows Phone 7, you have to keep the app running in the foreground before you go to sleep, else the music won’t stop. However, it is possible to turn off the screen to keep the app running under the lockscreen.
Sounds useful to you? Head over to the forum thread for download links, and be sure to leave some feedback!
January 14, 2012 By: liwen
One of the big advantages of Windows Phone 7 is its homescreen, which uses Live Tiles to display information to the user, similar to widgets on Android but in a more uniform way. So, what this Tile World Clock by forum member Thunder_ – whom you may remember as the developer of Office File Uploader – does is just that: you create a world clock, set the time zone, display name, choose one of eight different clock types, and pin the tile to your homescreen.
It’s about as easy as it can get, and looks beautifully Metro. The only drawback is that the clock can be inaccurate – when background agents are disabled, for example in battery saving mode, the clock will even completely stop updating. Usually, though, the delay should be less than five seconds, which should be acceptable for most.
Continue to the forum thread to download the XAP, and be sure to leave some feedback!
January 14, 2012 By: liwen
We’ve previously covered Screen Capturer, which allows you to save a screenshot on your Windows Phone by pressing the camera button. However, it’s a bit cumbersome to get those screenshots transferred to your PC, since Windows Phone requires the Zune software for synchronization. In order to provide an easier solution to that problem, forum member N37-L0RD has developed WP Screenshot.
It consists of a desktop application, which displays the screenshots, and a phone app in which you have to type in the IP address of your computer (hit start, type “cmd”, enter, and type “ipconfig” in the command prompt to get the IPv4 address). Once you press the “connect and start” button on your phone, half-press the camera button and a screenshot should show up in the desktop app, which you can easily save by pressing CTRL+S.
The only minor issue is that this becomes unusable with the HTC HD2, as it does not have a camera button allowing half-presses. For everyone else, check out the application in the forum thread.
December 27, 2011 By: Jase Glenn
If your anything like me, then you know how difficult it is to keep track of your favorite TV shows. Your constantly searching the internet for the next release date of your favorite show(s), and remembering what episodes you’ve already watched is even more difficult.
Until m_kranzler11 stepped up to the plate.
You see he’s part of the team that created TV Show Favs. It’s an Android app that not only keeps track of your favorite TV shows, but also allows you to document the episodes you’ve already watched. It even has a calendar so you can schedule your watch times, making this the perfect app for the TV watching enthusiast.
The app is still in public beta and is free, so get it here and show your phone and the development team some love.
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