Most Android users prefer to install a custom ROM on their devices, sacrificing some of the stability in favor of new features. A custom ROM also brings the ability to completely modify the system to the user’s liking by installing different mods made for a specific ROM or for deoxed frameworks. A majority of custom ROM developers claim that their…
While smartphone manufacturers start pushing their updates for their devices not everyone gets them at the same time, even if the conditions are similar. Fortunately a method was discovered by the guys at XDA Developers to force the update notification into arriving for your handset. Mind you, the method was tested on Nexus devices, where the Google…
When we talk about modding our smartphone and changing various features at the core of the operating system, Android is the most versatile OS. From the system boot animations to sound profiles, Android users are free to “play” with almost every aspect of their devices. Speaking of customizing the boot animation, changing them requires special…
There are some solutions available lately, though most still in Beta, that will let you manage your smartphone through the PC browser interface using a wireless connection. Some of these work pretty well but being limited to the Wi-Fi speed cam be somewhat an annoyance. The new solution, currently in development, is called SnapPea. It’s one of the…
Since their I/O event for this year, Google has released some updates for the Play Store, bringing it to version 3.7.15. The updates bring mostly cosmetic changes, nothing substantial has been included, until recently. One of the exiting announcements Google made in regards to the Play Store app updates back at I/O was Smart App Updates. It is well…
If you’re among the lucky owners of a Galaxy Nexus, the GSM variety, then you know you will soon receive the update to Android Jelly Bean, along with the Nexus S and Motorola Xoom users. You must know that Google has released the Galaxy Nexus Jelly Bean OTA update for the developers at I/O and as expected it was leaked on the internet and integrated…
