Guides
Download the Ice Cream Sandwich ‘Roboto’ font for your Desktop
Last October, when Ice Cream Sandwich was announced, one of the first things highlighted in the huge press conference from Hong Kong was a sleek, new font used across the entire face of the Android OS, called Roboto.
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[How to] Download Android apps to your PC from Android Market
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We have been waiting for a handy tool to download Android app APK files directly from Android Market for a long time and now thanks to dev “redphx”, there is a chrome extension that helps us do exactly that.
Best Budget Android Phones in India
It has been a long time since we last published a guide on the best budget Android phones in India and during this period many new smartphones reached Indian shores and increased the number of choices available to the consumers.
Today, we will talk about the select few sub-INR 15,000 smartphones that you should consider before making your next purchase decision. We will divide this in two parts, one for INR 10,000 to INR 15,000 and other for below INR 9,999. Current market prices have been considered to make this cut, which can always change so take these prices as the rough guidelines only.
Best Android phones in INR 15,000 to INR 10,000 price category:
Sony Ericsson Live with Walkman: Sony Ericsson (soon going to be Sony) has really stepped
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HTC Jetstream gets rooted, instructions available now
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After a long wait and a lot of efforts, HTC’s first Honeycomb tablet Jetstream has finally been rooted. Currently, root access can only be obtained on the Jetstream units with unlocked bootloader, so you will first have to get your bootloader unlocked by using instructions at htcdev.com.
Convert your Xoom Wi-Fi to Google Experience Device with Xoot
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Bought your Xoom Wi-Fi outside US, but looking for faster updates then it’s time to convert your regional Xoom to a Google Experience Device ((GED) – same ones that are sold in US). Turning it to a GED means you will be getting updates directly from Google, which believe me is a lot faster than getting them from Moto.
Root, Unroot any HTC Android phone with HTC Super Tool
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Want to root your HTC Android phone; you should try HTC Super Tool. Released recently by XDA member frigid, this solution helps in gaining root access on almost every HTC Android phone. It has been tested with the following phones, but it should work with the rest too.
How to Root, Install TWRP 2.0 or Google Apps on Kindle Fire – The Easy Way
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Amazon Kindle Fire is increasingly getting developer love from all around. If you bought Amazon Kindle Fire and are thinking to do any of the following things, but don’t like to get your hands dirty on ADB or editing drivers files, there is an easy way.
How to Root & Unroot Samsung Galaxy Y
Want to root your Samsung Galaxy Y smartphone; this guide should help in achieving that. Gaining root access on Galaxy Y is a pretty easy process, but should only be done if you are sure about what you are going to do.
Follow these instructions carefully and you will be able to root your phone within minutes:
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How to update Nexus S I9023 to Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.3
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Google seems to have released a combined update for all Nexus S GSM owners, which includes the Super AMOLED version as well as Super Clear LCD version. It was confirmed by several of our readers, who updated their Nexus S GT-i9023 to Android 4.0.3 using the same build that was said to be released for I9020T only.
Setup ADB on Mac [How to][Guide]
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Want to setup ADB on a mac, this tutorial should help you. This guide does not require the full Android SDK installation on your mac to use Android Debug Bridge, rather you just have to install the required files and you are good to go.
STEP 1: Download Required ADB files ZIP from here.
STEP 2: Extract the downloaded ZIP to a folder/directory that you can easily locate.
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