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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 03, 2012
Finally, Google has added quick settings to the notification pulldown in Android 4.2. That's a feature many have wanted in stock Android since, well, forever. Enthusiast ROMs have adde...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 30, 2012
Android 4.2 is official! So is the LG Nexus 4! But what about all those current Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 7s out there? They're going to get an update to Android 4.2, right? Most certainly. And we&...
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by Andrew Martonik
Oct 30, 2012
The Nexus 4 has a whole lot of features to be excited about -- that is, unless you're on Verizon or Sprint here in the states. For reasons you can probably figure out on your own, Google has dec...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 27, 2012
Web browsing on the Nexus 7, using Ubuntu and Firefox
I love fiddling with things. Especially electronic things. I admit, I've fooled with ARM builds of Ubuntu on Android devices, or running th...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 24, 2012
HOLLYWOODANT215 asks in the Galaxy S3 forums,
A friend rooted my device for me. I only use the root access to see emojis. Will he need to unroot my device for me to receive [the] ...;
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by Alex Dobie
Oct 09, 2012
The Android 4.1.2 update has started rolling out to Nexus 7 tablets around the world. But if your tablet has yet to receive the update, then don't despair -- we've got a quick walkthrough th...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 25, 2012
A quick way to tell if your Samsung phone is at risk, and what to do if it is
There's a lot of confusion as to exactly which Samsung phones are affected by today's big scary USSD v...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 17, 2012
Here's one we get asked quite often: How do you share from Instagram to Google+? After all, there's no way to automatically post to Google+ from Instagram like there is to Twitter, Flickr, F...
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by Andrew Martonik
Sep 10, 2012
The Nexus 7 has been out for a while, plenty long enough for some to have accidentally dropped and possibly broken it. It's terrible, but not all accidents can be avoided. We've seen the tea...
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by Andrew Martonik
Sep 10, 2012
My phone works just like yours. It makes calls, sends texts and has a high-speed data connection with nationwide coverage. As a matter of fact, I have the same device as many of you, a Samsung Galax...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 09, 2012
USB on-the-go cables are handy as heck with Android devices. They're a specially wired cable that allows the same USB port you use to charge or communicate with a computer to be used to connect ...
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by Andrew Martonik
Sep 06, 2012
Headset controls are something that iPhone users have taken for granted all of these years, with standardized volume up/down and play/pause buttons that work universally if the accessory is "ma...
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by Andrew Martonik
Aug 26, 2012
Many of us use Dropbox in varying capacities (see what I did there?), and when we do, we often use it as crucial backup storage for data that's important to us. If it wasn't important, ...
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by Gary Mazo
Aug 23, 2012
If you have been downloading apps like crazy since you got your new Galaxy S III, you need to organize them in folders to help find them in the future.
The Samsung Galaxy S III ships with ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 22, 2012
Shiny Top asks in the Android Central forums,
I have two Galaxy Nexus phones, bought 3 weeks apart. I have uninstalled Rom Manager from both.
One, when I reboot into recovery, has CWM Recovery...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 20, 2012
Super Turtleman asks in the Android forums,
My kids are getting to the age where they're about to start having Android devices. I'd like to create a master account I can have on my phone...
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by Chris Parsons
Aug 20, 2012
If you're on a Mac and frequent using Kies for syncing your device, you may have noticed it doesn't really play well with Apple's latest and greatest OS, Mountain Lion. Sure, it'll f...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 16, 2012
You're probably seeing a bit of news that the delta updates for Play store applications that Google talked about at I/O 2012 have went live today. Coders, web developers, and Android geeks ...
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by Alex Dobie
Aug 15, 2012
New devices will soon be unable to get Adobe Flash from Google Play. Here's how to install it manually.
From today, for some new devices, Adobe Flash Player will no longer be available fr...
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by Andrew Martonik
Aug 14, 2012
For many, the Nexus 7 will be their first experience with one of Google's own branded Android devices. If you're interested in hacks of any sort on your phone or tablet, there really is no o...