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Samsung Galaxy Nexus Full Screen Mod Collapses Onscreen Buttons (Video)

February 15, 2012
minimize galaxy nexus onscreen buttons

The Samsung Galaxy Nexus has a beautiful 4.65-inch 720p HD display, but that measurement can be a bit misleading since a good portion of the screen is constantly occupied by a row of on-screen navigation buttons. Unless you only use the Galaxy Nexus as a dedicated YouTube player, you’ve probably noticed that very few...
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Galaxy S2 I9100XXLPB Android 4.0 Update Leaked

February 3, 2012
samsung galaxy s ii android 4.0

A new Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich ROM, labeled I9100XXLPB and dated January 29, has leaked for the Samsung Galaxy S II smartphone. The ROM is believe to still be in beta/alpha stages, but it seems fairly stable. That’s a good sign considering the update is expected to be officially released in March 2012...
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Kindle Fire’s Silk Browser ported to other Android devices

January 4, 2012
android silk browser port

One of the big upsides about Amazon’s Kindle Fire is the Silk Web Browser that comes preloaded on the tablet. Silk is notable for using the cloud to process and render pages. Well, the creative minds at XDA-developers have successfully ported the Silk browser to other Android devices. The kicker is that you’ll need...
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Android Ice Cream Sandwich running on HTC G1 (video)

November 24, 2011
htc g1 android ice cream sandwich

Ice Cream Sandwich is the latest iteration of Android, but can it run on legacy hardware like the HTC G1? Yes it can! Thanks to jcarrz1 from XDA-developers, there’s now a ROM floating around comprised of the AOSP (Android Open Source Project) build of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich that can run on the...
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Android 4.0 keyboard port with working voice input (video)

November 22, 2011
ice cream sandwich keyboard port

The Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich keyboard port (for use on Gingerbread/Froyo), which was recently released to the Android Market by johntanmi, has been updated. You’ll be happy to hear voice input now works like a charm. We’ve also filmed an updated video demo to showcase the speech to text feature, typing, word suggestions/corrections,...
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Get Ice Cream Sandwich keyboard on your Android (video)

November 21, 2011
ice cream sandwich keyboard on galaxy s ii

Update: the keyboard port has been updated with working voice input! Check out our updated video. The new keyboard from Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich has been extracted and tweaked to work with Android 2.2 Froyo and 2.3 Gingerbread smartphones. Yes, that’s right, the keyboard that’s featured on the hot, new Samsung Galaxy Nexus....
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Nexus S gets Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich port

November 20, 2011
google nexus s ice cream sandwich

The Samsung Nexus S is scheduled to eventually get Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich officially, but there’s a way to get an unofficial build sooner. Kwiboo, from XDA-Developers, has ported Ice Cream Sandwich to the Nexus S using the source code recently released by Google. While many features work well, it’s still far from...
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Android Ice Cream Sandwich ported to Galaxy S II (video)

November 18, 2011
android ice cream sandwich on galaxy s2

Samsung already confirmed that their highly popular Galaxy S II smartphone will be updated to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. However, advanced users will likely want it sooner rather than later, so it’s encouraging to see an unofficial port already running on the device. The ICS build on the GS2 was compiled using the...
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Folders on Windows Phone 7 Start screen demoed (video)

October 24, 2011
hombrew folders windows phone 7

Ever wish you could group shortcuts together and place them under a single folder tile on the Windows Phone 7 Start screen? That’s what the guys at WindowsPhoneHacker have accomplished for devices that are developer unlocked. The Folders application requires a Mango device that is developer unlocked. We also must note that the setup...
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Get Google Music 4.0.1 from Android Ice Cream Sandwich

October 7, 2011
google music 4.0.1 android

Google Music 4.0.1, found on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, has been ripped from the unreleased Samsung Nexus Prime (Galaxy Nexus) smartphone for all to download. The app seems to be completely redesigned with a new user interface, improved controls, and more options. Grab the Google Music 4.0.1 APK (multiupload) for your Android phone...
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Get new Android Market on your Honeycomb tablet (video)

September 30, 2011
new android market 3.1.6

The Motorola Xoom (WiFi vesion) recently received an update (HTK75D) and with it came a new version of the Android Market (build 3.1.6). It’s essentially the same Market we saw pushed to Android smartphones over the past few months, but now it’s optimized and working on Honeycomb tablets – finally. In this video, we...
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Get HTC Vigor ‘Verizon Wave’ Live Wallpaper, ringtones, notifications and boot animation on your Android (video)

September 23, 2011
htc vigor android live wallpaper

In this video, we take a look at “Verizon Wave” Live Wallpaper, which has been leaked from the upcoming HTC Vigor Android smartphone. Also pulled from the device are regular wallpapers, notification sounds, ringtones and the boot animation. As you know, the HTC Vigor, which may soon launch as the (Droid) Incredible HD, is...
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Samsung Epic 4G Touch rooted (tutorial video)

September 19, 2011
samsung epic 4g touch root

If you picked up a Samsung Epic 4G Touch (Galaxy S II) from Sprint over the weekend, you may want to check out the two videos below. Zedomax from XDA-developers, with the help of ShabbyPenquin and Tanimn of ACS, achieved root for the sleek Android smartphone and has posted a tutorial video. He’s still...
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Get Netflix running on your Honeycomb tablet (video)

July 20, 2011
netflix android honeycomb tablets

Earlier today, Netflix released an update to their movie/TV show streaming application for Android. The update added support for more devices, which makes the list over 20 devices long. If you look through the list, you’ll notice it now supports the Lenovo IdeaPad, which is an Android Honeycomb tablet. That’s the first time we’ve...
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Samsung Galaxy S II overclocked to 1.5GHz (video)

May 12, 2011
samsung galaxy s ii 1.5ghz overclock

The Samsung Galaxy S II doesn’t need any help in the performance department, since it features a 1.2GHz dual-core Exynos processor out of the box. Tell that to coolbho3000 from XDA – he decided to overclock it anyway to a ridiculous 1.5GHz! So now we’ve seen the G2II go from 1GHz as originally planned...
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