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How many times have your friends asked you for your WiFi password? How many times have you had to enter your the key on your own device after flashing a ROM? Surely more than a few.
Watching videos on our mobile devices is more common than ever thanks to increasing bandwidth, resolution and screen size. Despite greater device capabilities, many still find the YouTube experience to be a step behind.
Have you ever downloaded a launcher theme just for one of the included wallpapers? Don't feel bad; we all have. Now thanks to ThemeX by XDA Forum Member redphx, we can choose the items we like--- such as icons, wallpapers and docks---to our SD cards without having to manually poke around the theme's .apk file.
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 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.
Rooted Android devices sometimes have to edit the build.prop files to tweak settings like hsdpa, model name displayed, or many other things, normally this has to be done either on a computer with file pushing back and forth or via cli on the device. Build.prop editor allows you to edit the build.prop files on the phone, with a friendly GUI that shows you a list of all the properties.
Have you ever think about making your own ROM? You may say it´s too complicated, but if you are willing to learn heres something for you.
Heres an interesting tool for your Android device; another option to Root Explorer presented by XDA member jrummy16 to gain total control over your files. Access all of the Android's file system -including the elusive data folder-.
It's time for another utility for Android developers, and this time designers too. If you've ever found yourself emailing high-fidelity, full-resolution screen mocks around so that you could preview them live on your device, then this should help you shave a few minutes off of that work flow.
Since Siri appeared on the fruit phone, we have seen a similar Android application called Iris show up. Well, after some extra effort being added to get the app to behave and understand us better, a few devs were able to crack Siri's protocol. According to the original source, the guys at Applidium have Siri on the operating table and want to share what they've uncovered.
When publishing an app or a custom ROM, you need to sign the .apk or .zip files with a certificate using a private key. The Android system uses the certificate to identify the author of an application and establish a trust relationship between applications.
If you are old enough to remember the great HTC Shift or even better you still have one, this will be of your interest. XDA member djwillis told us about a guide to install the Windows 8 preview on the Shift. According to the source, no part of the installation process is complicated, it mostly came down to installing the right drivers in the right order, so if you follow the instructions it should be ok.
After all this Touchpad madness and some other hot news, I got back to writing and been reading that a lot of members would want to go back to older Market application; XDA member Omnichron show us a way to revert back to older version by replacing some files on your Android device´s directory. You will have to uninstall and re install some apk´s, Dev does not specify if your device must be rooted or not so let us know how it works for you by leaving your feed back.
Here's how to access the content of your SD card from another device or computer; XDA member jhonnyx1000 shows us that using File Expert on your Android device will let you channel your SD card through your wireless router making it accessible while connected to the same network. The application lets you do all basic file operations like copy, paste, move, create, and rename your files and folders. If that wasn't enough, the app also features:
XDA member mohammadN published his latest application for your Android devices. JBED will let you run any Java/J2ME/MIDP games or applications natively with JBed Android Java Emulator. The developer created a signed flash-able package for easy installation: just flash this package on clockworkmod recovery version 2 and up. The app was tested on a HTC Wildfire but it should be compatible with other devices as well.
PDF remains a very popular format for sharing and sending documents. You might have seen video game instructions in PDF format, or perhaps a recent corporate document came your way saved as a pdf.
A few days ago, XDA member MohamedYousri told us about the latest achievement by the alliance between AlphaRevX & Unrevoked. This tool, called Revolutionary, is the first major collaboration between two development groups. The term revolutionary was due because of some of the mechanisms by which we gain S-OFF. This new tool allows S-Off and NAND write access to a whole slew of modern HTC phones:
How many of you are using a personalized image on your home screen? I bet the vast majority of us have something "special". For those of you always looking for a great wallpaper, we have found a great pack from XDA member kanak122. This is the second pack from the original poster and this time, he has included 21 live wallpapers with assorted themes and topics ranging from Christmas to abstract, and from colors to galaxies.
What do you do when you find a trick, tip, or tweak for any of your applications? Are you the kind who keeps things to yourself just to impress your friends? Maybe you are the exact opposite of the latter and if this is the case, then you are of the same kind as XDA member marko!. The OP found out a trick in which he claims that you will be able to see blocked content of anyone's profile as if they were in your friends list when using the Facebook app for Android. The trick will let you find a post where they have commented on, tap on their profile pic in the comments and even see their pictures.
For Windows Mobile lovers, XDA member iwfratz posted an update to WiMoSpeed, a good tool to over clock your CPU. As mentioned by the developer, the application lets you change the CPU-speed by manipulating the values WM uses for clock control, which makes the app work reliably on battery and AC without any scripting or active components. It´s important to understand that by using this tool, you may damage your device, so make sure that you know how to proceed.