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How To use Xposed Framework and Modules?

noreply@blogger.com (Soumik) — Sat, 26 Jul 2014 14:36:00 +0000

Android is truly a blessing for people who like to tinker with the look and feel of their phone. It can allow you to modify/customize your phone according to your needs or according to your liking. If you are bored of your plain screen or default launcher, you can experience change in the form of different launchers. And even in launchers you get lots of options like, if you want a launcher which is high on customisation and less in simplicity and speed than you got Themer & buzz launcher. If you want to go for simplicity and speed than you got nova launcher. In the same way you have launchers which gives you looks of Windows 8 or Android L. You can get launchers for practically all your likeness.
Not moving away from topic, level of customization depends on user's knowledge about android. If you are basic user than you got widgets, launchers, keyboards & wallpapers for your needs. But, if you have some sound knowledge of android and are not afraid to try new things than you have whole new world out there to use your expertise and customize your phone to your liking. If you have rooted your phone (If you don't know about rooting, than read my article about What do you mean by rooting an android) than there is practically anything you can do with your phone. You can install custom rom on your phone, you can customize its kernel, you can be the super user, you can install apps which will help you use your phone resources in a better way (lets take example of app like Greenify, which will stop your apps from using your phone's resources when they are no longer required and stay active in background. they will be stopped from sucking the juice out of your phone),
But now thanks to Rovo89 we will be able to use selected features of different custom rom on your rooted phone, which can be running on stock rom. Xposed framework will help you get all the features of custom rom in the form of modules. All the changes will be done on phone memory so reverting back to old state is also easy unlike custom roms. But beware, it will work only on ROOTED phone (P.S - It works in Dalvik runtime only, so people using ART please revert to Dalvik before activating xposed otherwise you might end up in bootloop). Best part of xposed is that it will allow user to use one module on another module.

I am quoting the explanation given on repo.xposed.info for better understanding about the topic.

Xposed is a framework for modules that can change the behavior of the system and apps without touching any APKs. That's great because it means that modules can work for different versions and even ROMs without any changes (as long as the original code was not changed too much). It's also easy to undo. As all changes are done in the memory, you just need to deactivate the module and reboot to get your original system back. There are many other advantages, but here is just one more: Multiple modules can do changes to the same part of the system or app. With modified APKs, you to decide for one. No way to combine them, unless the author builds multiple APKs with different combinations.

How to install Xposed Framework?

You can download latest installer for xposed framework from this link. Install it as an .apk file

Just install it as a normal apk file.

After installing Xposed framework, you will get to see next screen which will let you know that xposed is not yet active as you haven't activated it yet and you have not yet given it super user access. That screen will look like the screen below..

First it will alert you by saying xposed might act little different for you.
In second screen it is asking you for root access.
Next it will ask you to reboot your phone so as to activate the Xposed installer.
It will look like the fourth screen when it has been activated.

How to use Xposed Modules?

After activating Xposed framework and restarting your phone. When you open xposed framework you will need to go to download section, there you see xposed installed. And list of other modules, there find the modules you want.

Xposed activated. If you want to install any module for xposed framework, you need to go to download section, where you can search for your desired module and install it.

I am going to install GravityBox, In same way you can install any module you want. After searching for GravityBox I need to download and install it. And restart phone for module to get activated.

After searching for my desired module, i.e GravityBox in this case. I need to install it and than activate it by restarting it.

Want to see collection of Xposed modules? go to this XDA thread.

Want to know more about Xposed framework? go to this XDA thread.

Still have any doubts about Xposed frameworks or modules?

Comment below, will try my best to help you.

And yes special thanks to Rovo89 for giving us an option to use special feature from any rom on our stock rom itself. Such developers should always be encouraged.

Credits - repo.xposed.info

Android WebView Example | How to create WebView?

noreply@blogger.com (Soumik) — Fri, 07 Mar 2014 07:52:00 +0000

Hello everybody, its been a while since I have blogged about something. Today I am not going to write about any Android app or Android tech, But today I will teach you about how to make an android app to show your own website. I know there exist many sites like appgeyser which will let you create such types of apps, but if you want to learn to make android app than you need to start learning somewhere. So why not start with making of webView? P.S In simple language webView is used to show webpage. You can read about webView on android developer tools. And yes I would like to make one thing clear, I am not some big Android developer, Here I will be sharing in next few posts what I have learnt in last few months. Anyway will try to help you in all ways possible.

So lets stop talking and get to work.

To start Android App development you'll need Android Developer Tools. You can get here. All tools needed are already there on that site. You just have to download it. And how to set an Android Development Environment can be found here. Actually I was going to write about it in detail but then it was written in such an easy and simple way on Android Developer site that I thought that I won't be able to simplify it more and you can very well read it there [Links are very well provided].

So after you are done with setting up an environment, Start eclipse.
When you start eclipse, it will ask to load a workspace, If it would be your first time you can use default workspace or create your own.
After you have defined workspace, eclipse will load. Than go to file>new>project>Than select Android and than Android Application Project.

Screen will look like this..

Than new Screen will imerge which will ask you for Activity name, Application name, Package name and so on. (remember to write package name properly as, when you submit your app to android playstore, package name will be included in your app's URL)

Click Next on this screen without making any changes.

You can click Next in this screen too, You can define your app icon here. But I skip it always as you can always add that later too.

Click Next in this screen too. It lets you create different types of activities like you want particular activity to start in full screen mode or master detail mode. But we will take blank activity for this app.

Next screen will ask you to write activity name and layout name. Write that name as you want or keep it unchanged. Click finish here and it will take you to our destination where we will start coding.

Than go to WebView > res > layout > layout file ( In my case it is main.xml) and paste following code.

<framelayout 
android:id="@+id/container" 
android:layout_height="match_parent" 
android:layout_width="match_parent" 
tools:context=".MainActivity" 
tools:ignore="MergeRootFrame" 
xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android" 
xmlns:tools="http://schemas.android.com/tools">
         
<webview 
android:id="@+id/activity_main_webview" 
android:layout_height="match_parent" 
android:layout_width="match_parent"/>
</framelayout>

Your graphical layout will look something like this

Than we will need to write code in source folder. For that go to webView > src > in.droidgyaan (That's my activity name)
Than paste following code

package in.droidgyaan;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.webkit.WebSettings;
import android.webkit.WebView;
import android.webkit.WebViewClient;
import android.app.Activity;


public class MainActivity extends Activity {
    
    private WebView mWebView;
    
    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(R.layout.main); //Sets layout to main layout defined in res>layout>main
        mWebView = (WebView) findViewById(R.id.activity_main_webview); //finds webview by id we mentioned in main.xml
        //Enables JavaScript
        WebSettings webSettings = mWebView.getSettings();
        webSettings.setJavaScriptEnabled(true); //Sets javascript to true
        mWebView.setWebViewClient(new WebViewClient()); 
        mWebView.loadUrl("http://www.droidgyaan.in/?m=1"); //It loads website we mention here.
       
    }
}

Now you are ready with your first android app. But remember if you have made any changes to activity name after you made your project or midway somewhere, you will need to change activity name in manifest file too, otherwise your app won't run, it will give error. You'll need to add internet permission to manifest file to allow application to use internet. You can give access to internet by using following code in your manifest file.

<uses-permission android:name="android.permission.INTERNET"/>

Now after you are done with coding, you can make an .apk file to run it on your phone.by going to File > Export > Android > Export Android Application > Select project you want to export as apk file > Now select keystore > Now select keyalias > Now select destination folder to save your apk file. (Keystore is used to encrypt your app with particular key, you can use default keystore by going to C drive > Users > Select admin username > than go to .android > select debug.keystore. Password for it is android. This is debug key provided by Google. While releasing android app it is preferable to make your apk file by your own keystore. But remember to store your keystore as safely as possible because if you release an app on playstore with X keystore and than after sometime you want to release an update to your app than you have to use that same keystore as you used before otherwise it will be considered new app. So keep copy of that keystore at as many place you can. I would recommend save it on cloud. Make your own keyalias too along with keystore).

Now we are done with our first Android App Development tutorial. Hope it is helpful to you.

You can download source code for this project from my Github, Click here to download.

If you have any questions fire it up in comment section below. I will try to solve it somehow.

Why should you buy a Nexus device?

noreply@blogger.com (Soumik) — Tue, 17 Dec 2013 13:12:00 +0000

There may be time when you see your friend buy an expensive phone and crib about it being laggy or slow. So what can be the alternative to all these "laggy phones"?
There may be time when you see your friend crib about latest android version not provided by their OEM. So what can you do in that scenario?
There may be time when your friend buys a phone which is available just in your country. It does not sell globally. And his phone develops some problem, And he comes to you to solve his problem. You try searching for the solution to that problem on Google. But his phone being a local one, not much support is available from developers. Hence no relevant solution is available to you (Just limited solution by your local developers can be found). So what will you do in that scenario? [I am not at all saying that local community is not much helpful or active, just giving readers an idea of what they would be missing].

So what can you do, if you are stuck in above scenario? Not much. Because your friend has already done a mistake on his part to not buy a nexus device. But you can help your self by not doing that mistake.

So I would be writing in this post about why you should buy a nexus device. You would be thinking from where has this sudden love for android has awaken. But let me tell you it was already there. Before it was just limited to me, as I didn't wanted to force my love on everyone. But I have seen many people who don't know about nexus devices, their plus points, why they should prefer nexus devices above local manufacturers. Yes! believe me such people still exist. All they know is nexus devices are made by Asus/Lg, and the companies making them are not so famous or have bad customer support. But let me tell you that, along with Asus/Lg, nexus devices also have major connection with Google. By major I mean they provide the software for these phones. And till your bad customer support is concerned, I think these are global companies, so they ought to have nice support. Atleast better than what your local device maker is providing. Sometime slip ups occur from their part too. But that can be tolerated till you want an "proper" Android phone.

So, why should you buy an android phone?

Want to get Android updates quickly - Google providing software for your phone means they will keep you updated with whatever they release. So if you want to get android update quickly than you should not think beyond nexus devices. If you want a phone

Want to feel real Android - By real, I mean unadulterated form of android. Currently all OEM's are adulterating android by adding software from their part. Samsung adulterates android with their laggy TouchWiz, HTC does same by adding HTC sense. So you buy an nexus device, all you get with it is android. Nothing else. You are just provided with pure/Vanilla form of android.

Want a Cheap, yet quality phone - Nexus devices are cheap as compared to other phones that provide similar hardware. All nexus devices are not so cheap (in all countries) but are quality products. And increased prices in some countries can be attributed to many reasons including tax, importing cost etc.

Want to get Developer Support - Nexus devices are known for being developer friendly. And being a Google product, there is ought to be a global presence. And this results in plethora of developers striving hard to get you something different and better than what other devices are offering.

You have any other points to include here or don't agree with any of my points here than do comment below. It will just make us both more wise.

Unusually Awesome Tools For Android

noreply@blogger.com (Soumik) — Wed, 16 Oct 2013 11:55:00 +0000

Android is and will always be remembered for the applications and the levels of customization it provides. Application is something that is offered on other Operating System as well but what makes android different from other Operating Systems is that it provides apps that can make a difference to the way you use your phone and the way your phone behaves with you (Ofcourse I am talking about the apps which helps you control your processor, your cores, improves your user interface and improves your overall experience in using your phone. For this you'll have to root your droid, to know what do I mean by rooting, click me and here are the apps that will help you realize worthiness of rooting your droid, to know more about such apps click here). There are many android tools which will make you switch from an Apple device. This apps will let you help in many ways, there are some WiFi managers, app which will let you find some better apps according to the categories, some WiFi app which will help you manage your WiFi passwords, Some apps which will let you access sites which are restricted in your country. So this post is going to be an interesting one if you wish to continue reading. The apps mentioned here are tools which are very much unusual and helpful, many sites write about keyboards or some common apps that have very high downloads or are trending currently (yes, Its not wrong, but why read about apps that you know about already. So I am writing some apps which are remotely known to you. And definitely make you fall in love with it.

If you are low on time and want to hurry with the app name and link here it is. This is the short list of the apps which are explained in detail in post below -

Fing
Fetch
WiFi Analyzer
DroidWall
WiFi Signal Booster
Airdroid
Clueful privacy advisor
DroidVPN [Root required for Android phones below 4.0]
Speedtest.net
System App Remover [Root required]
WiFi Pass Recovery & backup [Root required]

The same apps are explained in details below, so that you can decide here itself about installing this apps.

FING (Free)

Fing is the ultimate toolkit for network management, It has become one of my favorite app in recent time as it lets me know which devices are using my wireless network at a particular time. It is without any doubt the best app which lets you know who else is hogging your bandwidth.

Fing is a network discovery tool that finds devices connected to your network. It also features several networking utilities. Even though it's free, its developers aren't stingy with the feature set. - PCMAG

FETCH (Free)

Fetch is a app which will suggest you apps. It will help you in shortlisting or finding apps which are similar to apps which you have installed. Along with it, It will help you shortlist apps according to different categories like trending, most downloaded, top apps, top ranked, top rated, Fetch picks etc and yes it even sorts between paid and free. And it will let you follow some categories/feeds, so when new app is added you will know about it. So you can be sure that you are guaranteed to get some surprise, as you will definitely get some app which you would have believed never existed. So basically this is a app which will introduce you to other top apps in playstore.

Fetch gives you pretty much everything you might need in an app-discovery application. It offers a rich vein of filters and search functions which mean finding a list of great new apps and games is available in just a few seconds. I strongly recommend to anyone to check this app out; it’s powerful, user friendly and completely free, so definitely try it out. - AndroidTapp

WiFi ANALYZER  (Free)

Some times when many WiFi routers are using same channel to transmit signal it will lead to congestion and reduction in speed. So it is always recommended to be on a channel which is least crowded. So how will you know which channel is less crowded? This app will help you. It lists all the WiFi signal around your phone and sort it according to the channel it is using. So you can know which channel to use to get optimum bandwidth.

WiFi Analyzer offers five different ways to view wireless channels (some more valuable than others): Channel graph, Time graph, Channel rating, AP list, and Signal meter. To quickly switch between views, simply swipe left or right on your screen. Unfortunately, the different views are not labeled, so at first, it will probably take you a few minutes to figure out exactly what you're looking at. The app is not terribly difficult to use, but it does take some time to orient yourself. - CNET

DROIDWALL (Free)

DroidWall is an easy solution to save your data plan. As we all know, there are many apps which consist of advertisements. This ad can not only hinder with your data plan but may also compromise your privacy. So its better to use this app to block data usage by some apps which consume your data plan and may affect your user experience. So this app is like a firewall for your droid which won't let that app to use any bandwidth from your data plan. This app requires ROOT.

The privacy and security benefits of DroidWall are comparable to desktop PC firewalls and justify the effort it takes to root your phone. - Techhive

WiFi SIGNAL BOOSTER (Free)

This app don't do some black magic through which you will start receiving great download or WiFi speed. Only thing this app does is, it will just change your phone WiFi's sleep cycle so it will search for better signal more times than it would do without boost offered by this app. Just think of it as you want to gain some weight, So you will increase the amount of morsels you eat everyday, just because you want to increase some weight (I know its gross example, but this was the only thing that striked me while writing this post :P). So this app also works in same way, you want strong WiFi signal, you hit boost button. It will increase the frequency through with which it scans for signal ( In the same way as your weight gain example). Hence by more scanning, you get more strong signal.
[ This app worked for me 2 times out of 5 times I tried it, hope it works in your phone]

AIRDROID (Free)



There are times when your USB cable is not able to connect with your PC or laptop (Happens with me every time) or you don't have access to USB cable at particular moment. What will you do to transfer media files or any particular files from mobile to computer and vice-versa. This app comes to your help at that time. This app let you access your mobile from your machine, you just need your mobile and machine to be on same LAN network. It let you access your entire phone through web browser on your machine, including messages and contacts and even find your phone. So this can be your go to app if you are in trouble with your USB cable.

CLUEFUL PRIVACY ADVISOR (Free)

This app will let you know the privacy quotient of the apps you have installed in your phone. This app categories your apps according to the privacy level and permissions it asks for. It also gives scores according to that apps. This app will help you remove potentially unwanted and high risk apps which can compromise your privacy or can harm your privacy. So this app is a must for anyone who likes to protect their privacy.

Clueful provides helpful "clues" about Android app activity and potential security risks intended to let you decide whether an app is worth keeping or not. - PCMAG

DROIDVPN (Free)

There are restrictions in many places about particular sites. So this app is a VPN (Virtual Private Network) which will help you connect to this site even if its restricted at your place. VPN service can help you to unblock regional internet restrictions, web filtering, bypass firewalls, and browse the web anonymously by tunneling all your internet traffic from your android device to their servers. This free app will let you transfer 100MB/day traffic. If you want to use more, then ofcourse you can subscribe to their servers. If your phone is below android 4.0 than you will have to root your phone to use this app.

SPEEDTEST .NET (Free)



How to measure that you are getting same bandwidth that you are told? This app lets you know the speed you are getting on your data plan. With this new version, Graphics have been enhanced many folds. This app is the best visual treat you can get from playstore among its competitors. This app lets you discover your Download, Upload and Ping.

Should you Download Speedtest.net? Essential app for checking your network mobile Internet speeds! - AndroidTapp

SYSTEM APP REMOVER (Free)

This app helps you to remove system apps (basically all that apps which are preinstalled, Sorry bad news for some people here! This app needs rooted phone) so basically it categories app according to its usefulness and notify us that removing particular app will lead to some damage or not. This app along with deleting system app also helps in app uninstaller, move app to SD card, move app to phone, apk on SD card scan/install/delete, rooting guide help.

WiFi PASS RECOVERY AND BACKUP (Free)

WiFi Pass Recovery and Backup is not some type of hacking tool, which will let you recover password of your neighbor or some one else's WiFi. It just saves password of WiFi which you have connected to before. Sometimes it happens that you have once entered password of your neighbor's WiFi in your phone then you forgot about it till you format your phone or factory reset it. At that time you won't recollect their password and asking your neighbour again can be rude. So what can you do? This app can be useful here, it collects stored password from your phone. Then ask you if you want to backup it or restore it. If you backup your WiFi settings you won't need to ask your neighbor about it again. you can directly recover it from this app. The saved file will be saved on your SD card. So it would be safe even in case you format your phone.

How to retrieve your device by using Android Device Manager?

noreply@blogger.com (Soumik) — Fri, 09 Aug 2013 07:33:00 +0000

Now many of you would have known about Google android manager and even would have started using it. But for those who are still figuring out how to use or how to start monitoring your phone by Android Device Manager, then this post is for you. Many people would wonder how to use it and what function will it perform, at present it will let you ring your phone and delete/erase your data. Hopefully more features are added to it later. But releasing this feature Google has relieved us from using third party services. Many third party services are far better than what Google is offering right now. But we can be assured that Google will definitely not withdraw support to this app till it is made awesome. It uses Google's standard wireless positioning technology to locate your phone, but it seems to stop working if you toggle location services off in the settings menu. Positive thing about this feature is that it is compatible with android phones having android 2.2 or more. which is something nice considering last few Google services were incompatible with Gingerbread and lower android versions. So lets start our topic for how to start monitoring your device through Google Device Manager.

Step 1 :-

Go to www.google.com/android/devicemanager

Then you will get screen where you'll need to give access to android device manager to access your location. It will look similar to screen below.

Screen looking like image above will appear, just click accept and give access to Android Device Manager to access your location

Step 2 :-

Then it will attempt to contact your phone, to find its location.

It will look like image below.

Step 3 :-

After location of your phone is retrieved it will show you location of your phone. It will mention an accurate region in which you will need to find your phone. So you would know where and in which area you will have to find your phone.

Now you can ring your phone or erase data on your phone. Ring your phone is a nice feature for you, if you tend to forget where you kept your phone in your house and to your horror its on silent mode. If you log in to site and use ring my phone feature it will ring your phone and your phone will ring on max volume even if its keep on silent. So you can use this feature even if your phone is not stolen. To use erase data, you will need to activate this feature first on your phone. which is as simple as clicking an checkbox.

You can control Android Device Manager through your phone by going to Google settings on your phone, and accessing settings from there.

Google settings is will look like below, click it and access Android Device Manager.

Click Android Device Manager in Google settings, To access settings of Android Device Manager.

Cloud storage applications for Android [UPDATED]

noreply@blogger.com (Soumik) — Tue, 23 Jul 2013 05:51:00 +0000

As you'll know cloud storage is one of the most interesting invention in tech field, with cloud storage we have freed the memory on our native machine. but with android we are blessed to have apps made specifically to take backup of data we have on our handsets. and after taking backup we can easily access that data on any machine having internet connection. We can take backup of data on our machine also and the files will be shown to you on our handsets, we can access that file from that handset and even make changes to it and store it again and the same update will be shown to you on your machine also. that is the beauty of cloud storage.

ACCORDING TO WIKIPEDIA:- Cloud storage is a model of networked online storage where data is stored in virtualized pools of storage which are generally hosted by third parties.( but we don't have to try very hard to know its meaning, because in simple language cloud storage means it is a online storage area where data is usually hosted by third parties that we can access with help of internet connections).

Many people might be having some doubt about security of that uploaded data, but I think that uploading data on cloud or on your email id is same thing because both have same procedure to upload the file, but in cloud storage if you have any doubt about the security of the data you can always upload the data after encrypting it, and many software are available to encrypt your important data now a days. so for security point of view you can always encrypt your data for storing.

And one of the best advantage of cloud storage is you can get hold of your data anywhere , on any machine with internet connection. for example if you have an important seminar and you loose your pendrive somewhere, then instead of going to find pendrive you van easily go to your cloud account and complete your presentation. after that you can go and find your pendrive.

what is cloud storage? explained above in video(courtesy:CNN)

so now we are going to share some applications that help you in storing your data on cloud.

1) DROPBOX

Dropbox lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere. Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring all your photos, docs, and videos anywhere. After you install Dropbox on your computer, any file you save to your Dropbox will automatically save to all your computers, your Android device, and even the Dropbox website! With the Dropbox app, you can take everything that matters to you on the go. it offers 2 GB basic free space for all and you can get 250MB free space for every person joints in dropbox through your referral. You can use dropbox in Windows, Linux, Mac and Mobile phones.

DOWNLOAD DROPBOX FROM HERE - DROPBOX.

2) GOOGLE DRIVE

Keep everything. Share anything.

*** Google Docs is now a part of Google Drive! ***

with Google Drive, you can store all your files in one place, so you can access them from anywhere and share them with others.
Access files others have shared with you on Google Drive.
Make any file available offline so you can access them even when you don't have an Internet connection.
Create and edit Google documents with rich text formatting.
Edits to your Google documents appear to collaborators in seconds.

download GOOGLE DRIVE from here - GDRIVE.

3) BOX

Box for Android lets you view and share files from anywhere! With 5GB free, Box makes it easy to access and edit your files, share content and stay connected with your team from anywhere on any device. Box allows you to do all these things and more! Box OneCloud is our ecosystem of apps where you can annotate, e-sign and do more with your favorite productivity apps. More than 120,000 companies - including 92% of the FORTUNE 500, rely on Box for simple, secure content sharing.

Box for Android lets you:

Secure content with file-level encryption, passcode and auto logout when app is closed

Via Box OneCloud, open and edit Box files in other apps installed on your device

Save content directly to Box from more than 50+ compatible apps

Invite colleagues to shared folders and leave comments on files for them (note that you’ll need to grant permission for the app to access your contacts – we only use this permission to quickly retrieve email addresses when you want to invite collaborators, and we do NOT store any contact information on Box’s servers).

Download app for box from here --- BOX.

4) SugarSync

With SugarSync, you get free cloud backup that you can use to sync files, share folders, and access your data directly from your Android device. If you like Dropbox, iCloud, or Carbonite, you’ll love SugarSync.

Get anytime, anywhere access to all of your files, photos, and music

Automatically back up and sync photos & videos to your computers (no wires needed)!

Share any file or folder, even if it’s huge, over email, Facebook, Twitter, or even SMS.

Stream your entire music collection, even while you use other apps

Download files or entire folders for fast, offline viewing

If you don’t have an account, you can sign up from the app and get 5 GB of free online storage.

Download SugarSync from here ---- SugarSync.

5) iDrive

IDrive Online Backup makes it possible to backup files from Windows and Mac computers, iOS and Android mobile devices.

**With the IDrive mobile app you can access and share any file in your account, as well as backup contact information, photos and videos – it's perfect for transferring your data to a new phone!**

Browse through files and folders in your IDrive account
Read documents, watch videos and listen to music
Share files and folders with anyone
Backup contacts and items in the Gallery

Protect, access and share your digital life with IDrive! Your first five GBs of storage are free!

Download iDRIVE from here -- iDrive.

6) Mediafire

MediaFire provides a complete and easy to use service for managing your digital stuff. Whenever and wherever you go, MediaFire makes sure that your files are always with you.
Never be away from your important files again! With 50GB of free storage.

Features:

Keep all your important files at your fingertips.

View docs, spreadsheets, presentations, video, and listen to audio.

Take and upload pictures and videos directly in the MediaFire app.

Upload Android gallery images.

Create and manage folders of files.

Share files on the go via email, SMS, through other Android apps, and with copy and paste links.

Quickly search all your MediaFire files and folders.

Mediafire is my favorite app for cloud storage. it is very easy to use and makes it possible to share link with your friends extremely easy.

Download Mediafire from here - Mediafire.

7) SkyDrive

SkyDrive is the place to store your files so you can access them from virtually any device.

Features:

Access all of your SkyDrive content including files shared with you.

View recently used documents.

Choose multiple photos or videos to upload from your phone.

Share your files and photos – send a link in email or in another app.

Open your SkyDrive files in other Android apps.

Manage your files – delete, or create new folders.

Download it from here - SkyDrive.

8) MEGA

MEGA is secure cloud storage service that provides you with 50 GB of secure cloud storage for free. Everything you upload to MEGA is completely encrypted and the key stays with you. Camera Sync, two-ways transfer, password encryption are the main features of this app.

You can download MEGA from here - GOOGLE PLAYSTORE LINK

9) UBUNTU ONE FILES

Ubuntu One gives you 5GB of free storage for all your files, photos and music, watch as they magically appear on all your devices. Ubuntu One works on Windows, iOS, Android, Ubuntu and via the web.

Auto upload - any photo you take will appear online and on all your devices, the instant you take it. The U1 Files app also automatically uploads images from other photo apps you use, so if you’re into Instagram, it will automatically upload all those cool images to your Ubuntu One personal cloud, making them available on all your devices.

You can download Ubuntu One from here - Google playstore link

10) CUBBY

Cubby frees you from limitations. Get to your important .docs, .pics, .movs or .anythings on any device, anytime. Just make a folder a cubby to stay up-to-date across all your devices, or share cubbies with friends and colleagues to collaborate easily.

App features

• Access your stuff on the go
• Share cubbies from your Android
• Save cubbies or individual files for offline access
• Share a public link to your cubbies
• Set permissions/access for friends/colleagues

You can download cubby from here- Google Playstore link

Android phones below Rs 15,000 having JellyBean

noreply@blogger.com (Soumik) — Mon, 22 Jul 2013 10:26:00 +0000

Having an droid with android 4.1 is no longer an luxury, you can buy an android phone having jellybean for as low as Rs 15000, so here we will name a few which are outstanding in their benchmark test ( benchmarking is basically knowing a potential of your phone as compared to other phones, there are many apps available on Google Playstore which will let you do benchmark test on your own). So we name here few phones having an outstanding benchmark test and yes having android JB too.

1) Micromax Canvas A116 HD

Android OS - Google android 4.2

Screen size - 5 inches

Processor - Quad core 1.2GHz

Resolution - 720*1280 ( ~ 294 PPI)

Internal Memory - 1.77GB + External SD card

Camera - 8.0 MP (Rear camera) & 2.0 MP (Front camera).

Ram - 1GB

Price - Rs 13,679 (According to amazon).

As I have mentioned this phone as per its benchmark test, I will give an link to its benchmark test too.

Phone review - Fonearena & NDTV.

Link to its benchmark test - Fonearena.

2) Karbonn Titanium S5

Android Version - Google Android 4.1

Screen size - 5 inches

Processor - Quad core 1.2GHz

Resolution - 540 * 920 ( ~ 220 PPI)

Internal Memory- External memory slot.

Camera - 8.0 MP (Rear camera) & 2.0 MP (Front camera).

Ram - 1 GB

Price - Rs 11,199.

Phone review - Fonearena & NDTV .

Link to its Benchmark tests - Fonearena.

3) Lava Xolo A1000

Android Version - Google Android 4.1

Screen Size - 5 inches

Processor - Dual core 1GHz

Screen Resolution - 720*1280 ( ~ 294 PPI)

Internal memory - 4 GB + External memory slot.

Camera - 8.0 MP (Rear camera) & 1.2 MP (Front camera)

Ram - 1GB

Price - Rs 13,300

Phone Review - FoneArena & NDTV

Link to its Benchmark tests - FoneArena.

4) Lava Xolo Q700

Android Version - Google Android 4.2

Screen Size - 4.5 inches

Processor - Quad core 1.2 GHz

Screen Resolution - 540*960 ( ~ 245 PPI)

Internal Memory - 4 GB + external memory slot.

Camera - 5.0 MP (Rear camera) & 0.3 MP (Front Camera)

Ram - 1 GB

Price - Rs 9,299
Phone review - FoneArena & NDTV
Link to its Benchmark test - FoneArena.

5) Videocon A55HD

Android Version - Google Android 4.2

Screen size - 5 inches

Processor - Quad core 1.2 Ghz

Screen Resolution - 720*1280 ( ~ 294 PPI)

Internal Memory - External Memory slot.

Camera - 8.0 MP (Rear Camera) & 3.2 MP (Front Camera)

Ram - 1 GB

Price - Rs 13,695

Phone review - NDTV

Link to its benchmark test - Benchmark test of this phone is not available as of now. try it once again before buying this phone if its added somewhere later on.

The phones above were written in detail as they had outstanding benchmark result. Then too if you are interested in buying a Samsung or an HTC phone I will link you to a page where you can know all thing about phone in detail. some phones mentioned below are yet to arrive in market hence it has no benchmark result as of now. hence they are mentioned below.
(Names of the phones are hyperlink/ link to announcement/ specs page of that phone.

Samsung Galaxy Ace 3 ( Rs 15,000)
Samsung Galaxy Fame ( Rs 8,599)
Samsung Galaxy Core ( Rs 15,000)
Samsung Galaxy Pocket Neo ( Rs 5.999)
LG Optimus L4 Dual ( Rs 8,599)
Samsung Galaxy Young S6312 (Rs 7,800)
LG Optimus L7 Dual (Rs 14,389)
Sony Xperia E ( Rs 8,275)
Samsung Galaxy Grand Quattro ( Rs 15500) [Grand quattro is little bit above 15,000 but considering that this price will get lower in some days I have mentioned this phone. As it is definitely better then core and fame]

[Prices of this phones are as of on 22/7/2013, They are bound to change. so please check prices on Amazon or Flipkart before buying to cross check the prices].

Android applications for reading News and Magazines (Tech related)

noreply@blogger.com (Soumik) — Fri, 07 Jun 2013 07:22:00 +0000

Many people here have habit of accessing news and tech stories via phones, like me. And yes, I would like to add that its best way to kill time (ofcourse if you are not addicted to games). Here I would like to add android apps that would help you in accessing your data easily and at one place. Along with ease of use and brilliant graphics they do help you in accessing more content then you would have expected. The apps I am mentioning are different from your regular eBook readers, so don't expect me to mention kindle, watt etc. These apps are good, they will definitely help you in getting content you desired and sometimes you would get more then you would expect. so here I am starting my post for today..

(The apps mentioned here are not in order of their popularity or most downloaded, they are randomly mentioned, just with the intention that you would go through all apps instead some top apps).
[Name of the app as heading is hyperlink, just click it, it will take you to playstore to download that app]

PULSE NEWS

Pulse News brings all your favorite blogs, magazines, social networks and newspapers in one place for FREE. Exciting to use, quick to read, ready to share.  Tap on an article to see a clean and elegant view of the news story. Save stories for reading later across all platforms or sync them with Instapaper, Read it Later and Evernote. Sharing a story via Facebook, Twitter, Google + and email is as easy as one tap.

Size: Varies with device.

Price: Free.

POCKET (READ IT LATER)

This is my personal favorite app, it is very much useful if you like reading articles but don't have time at that moment you can save that article to be read on later. When you find something on the web that you want to view later, put it in Pocket. It automatically syncs to your phone, tablet or computer so you can view it any time, even without an internet connection. Use Pocket when you discover an interesting article, video or web page, but don’t have time to view it. Once it's in Pocket, it's on your phone, tablet or computer. You can read an article during a flight, see a web page while you wait in line or watch a video while relaxing at home.

Size: 4.7 MB
Price: Free.

FLIPBOARD

Flipboard is now pre installed on almost all Samsung phones, if you are not using Samsung phone then this is the app that you should try. Flipboard brings together world news and social news in a beautiful magazine designed for your Android phone and tablet. Once you pick a few topics, your Flipboard is built and you can instantly start flipping through the pages of news you care about and stories and photos friends are sharing. And with Flipboard 2.0, when you find things that you want to save for later or collect into your own ‘magazine’ on Flipboard, just tap the “plus” + button on any item.

Size: 4.7 MB
Price: Free

APPY GEEK

Appy Geek – The #1 tech news app with a beautiful design, unrivalled coverage and a fully functional interface independently optimized for all smartphones and tablets.

• Get a visual overview of all the latest tech news from your favorite topics
• Choose only the topics that are of interest to you, and personalize your home screen
• Explore via Tag Nav™, our innovative news navigation system
• Enjoy complete articles with photos and videos from trusted sources – no RSS feeds!
Features all the best tech publications on the planet; including CNET, Engadget, TechCrunch, SlashGear, Stuff, T3, Pocket Lint, Tech Radar, The Verge, Android Headlines and many more.

Size: 3.9 MB

Price: Free.

FEEDLY

After the death of Google reader this has been the most trusted and most downloaded alternative for Google reader. Feedly is a new way to browse the content of your favorite sites, rss feeds, tumblr blogs and youtube channels. Instead of having to hunt down for information, feedly uses RSS to aggregate the contents of the news sites and blogs you like and deliver them as a fast mobile-optimized experience. Feedly is an RSS news reader re-imagined for android phones and tablets. It makes browsing faster: the content of your rss feeds and blogs are transformed into pocket-sized cards which load very fast and are easy to browse.

Size: 8.9 MB
Price: Free.

GOOGLE CURRENT

Google Currents delivers beautiful magazine-like editions to your tablet and smartphone for high speed and offline reading. Features include:

Fast scan - A new navigation mode lets you quickly swipe vertically to discover unread stories within an edition, swipe horizontally to move to the next edition within a category. Or, use the “sidebar” to jump ahead to a specific edition.

Publisher editions - Publishers such as Forbes, The Guardian, TechCrunch, PBS, Saveur, and more have produced hundreds of editions including full length, in-depth articles, videos, fine photography, and slideshows. Editions are free - covering news, business, lifestyle, fashion, sports, science, technology, design, food, entertainment and more.

Saved stories - Run across an in-depth article that you want to read later, or a special recipe you want to keep? Star any story to be saved for later, in your personal Saved stories edition.

Size: 5.2MB
Price: Free

ZITE

Zite is a free personalized magazine for your phone that automatically learns what you like and gets smarter every time you use it. Zite delivers all the great news, articles, blogs, and videos you want – and helps you discover new stuff that you'll love.

NOTE: this app is optimized for phone form-factors, not tablets.

Size: 1.0MB

Price: Free

You may want to try below app too

MINIMAL READER PRO

Above apps will give you news from all sites and feed in a centralized manner, but if you want news from particular site (or say main tech sites then go through apps below or else your find should be complete above itself).

I know there are many apps mentioned here, but I have added them just to give you'll more choice.

Hope you like apps mentioned by me here. If you have your personal favorite then I will try to add it here, just mention it below in comments.

Saga of an Low End Android Phone user

noreply@blogger.com (Soumik) — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 15:04:00 +0000

There are many users like me who are on helm of low end android devices. People like me [ I am sorry, but I am going to narrate part of my story. About my experience with android] who were on Nokia bandwagon and have jumped onto android platform on the first available chance given to them, and are happy to have make a jump then to weep for apps and games used by their peers having android. Even if its low end or mid range android device didn’t mattered for someone like me at that moment because I was too eager to get on this awesome OS. I had read about various highly customizable rom on android before making the jump and I must tell you it was one of the most intriguing thing that I noticed about android at that moment. so I had made my mind about getting an android on any given opportunity. I knew that it would be impossible to get an high end phone at that moment because my old Nokia phone was just 7-8 months old. And asking for high end android phone had full possibility that I will be kicked out of house for this demand ( just an abrupt assumption ) and one of the main reason being added later that nobody from my friend or family had any positive thing to say about Samsung, And it can be valid point also, as Samsung phones are not (definitely not) meant to be as sturdy as Nokia phones (And sturdy phones were one of the point user viewed while buying new phone). And during Nokia reign, Samsung was not at all trusted (at least not by people surrounding me). Then too I went with Samsung Android phone (Galaxy AceI or GT s5830i). And thankfully my father approved an android phone for me ( and I think article of mine from TeChNoGeeK published in magazine played an important role). I must say this phone seemed one of the awesome phone at that moment, but as I started using this phone more and more, I discovered that it is lacking something.

First thing I noticed was that Broadcom inc was manufacturer of chipset on my phone, and that company don’t believe in open sourcing its source code for chipset, so it makes it very much difficult for developers to make custom rom or make any customization for your phone [I learned this thing from developers for my phone on XDA]. So was extremely disappointed as I had an urge to try custom rom as soon as I get my hand on any android phone. but as company had policy about not sharing source code. developers were not able to make any custom rom. It just have some custom rom that too made by moding stock rom. I bet many people would have faced same scenario too. Believe me its heart wrenching to know, that purpose for which you bought an android is totally beaten and torn apart. [Your phone would be having chipset from some other company so this point can differ for you]
Next I noticed that major OEM’s are not at all interested in providing an update to their android version. As I had limited knowledge about android at that time. I used to curse all OEM's a lot on all social networking sites for leaving us mid way. but then some blessed soul on XDA made me realize that low end phones don’t have hardware that can support latest or even mediocre android version. so I thought it was useless blaming OEM’s for it now, it was my fault that I got this device if I was so much interested for getting an updated android version.
Next thing that I noticed that I got an ARMv6 processor and it had no support for any of the latest games available. so basically I had an android phone and I was not able to make any latest games work on my device. Be it subway surf or temple run or BIA or GTA. no games were supported. And I had to bear brunt of my friends for not installing these games. but I had no choice there. These games were not supported on my phone so had no choice apart from weeping while seeing my friend play subway surf.
Few of the these jolts came when Google announced Google Now,Google Keep, Google Wallet, Google Chrome for phones having ICS and above. Initially I thought that they had just made it available for ICS users but we will be getting it soon. but that wait didn’t seemed to get over any time soon. Then Google announced Google Now for iOS. That feeling was like, Google is rubbing salt on my deep wounds. They have not made these software’s available for people like me running Gingerbread. And they went out of their way to provide it to iOS. It might be having some economic or some kind of strategy from Google to have it made for Apple. but people like me who are keen supporter of android are very much hurt. If iOS gets all Google services, before majority of android phones does. Then there don’t seem any major reason for people to be loyal to android (please consider customization an reason too for buying an android but Google services are important part to consider too). As being an OS by Google,. Google services are the only thing that people with low end phone look forward too and make them feel important. as they are aware that they don’t have access to latest android updates nor any other support from their OEM’s. so its heart breaking for us to get rejected by Google as well.
If Google was not enough, we are not provided support by many of the top developers or many budding developers. GB phones have no support from many developers ( for example- there are many twitter clients like robird, tweetings, carbon , falcon pro widget and many more that are not supported on GB). So that is even more heart wrenching for us.

So what can an android user possible do about all this problems? Nothing we can do about all this problem. We can just crib about lack of these features. Nothing is going to change from this point of view of anyone. But as you’ll know there is no better medium then blog to vent your anger.

P.S- YOU WILL PROBABLY AGREE WITH MOST OF MY POINTS, BUT SOME POINTS CAN DIFFER ACCORDING TO YOUR OEM’s TOO.

Latest Android phones having ICS [UPDATED on 21st march 2013] (below Rs15000)

noreply@blogger.com (Soumik) — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 07:00:00 +0000

We all know the power of android, but few years ago Android phones were very costly. only few of them would be able to afford it. And that to while buying we would get Gingerbread devices only, as Ice Cream Sandwich was not that mainstream, even now it covers only 25% of the android market. but after the launch of jellybean more and more companies are trying to launch budget ICS phones. There are many phones launched in the market with ICS. so I am going to help you choose some of the best ICS device within your budget i.e below Rs 15000.

STARTING WITH OUR BUDGET ICS PHONES (prices and phones are as of 21st March 2013, please check price before buying) :-

Sony Xperia E Dual

Android OS: Google Android 4.1

Screen size: 3.5 inches

Processor : 1 GHz

Resolution: 320*480 pixels (~165 pixels per inch)

Internal memory : 4 GB+external memory slot

Battery capacity: 1530 mAh

Camera: 3.2 megapixels

Extra features -

xLOUD loudness enhancement

Walkman app

Sony Entertainment Network (Music Unlimited, Videos Unlimited)

Music Recognition

You can read review about this phone on GSMArena by clicking here.

Price - Rs 10,489 (Its dual sim phone).

Samsung Galaxy Y plus S5303

Android OS: Google Android 4.0

Screen size: 2.8 inches

Processor : 850MHz

Resolution: 240*320 pixels (~143 pixels per inch)

Internal memory : 4 GB+external memory slot

Battery capacity: 1200 mAh

Camera: 2.0 megapixels

If you want to read reviews about galaxy y plus, click here (Its user opinions and review on GSMArena as proper review about it is not available on any site)

Price - Rs 7,659 (It is Dual sim phone).

Lava Xolo A1000

Android OS: Google Android 4.1

Screen size: 5.0 inches (HD IPS Display screen)

Processor : Dual core 1 GHz (RAM - 1 GB)

Resolution: 720*1280 pixels (~294 pixels per inch)

Internal memory : 4 GB + external memory slot

Battery capacity: 2100 mAh

Camera: 8.0 megapixels

If you want to read review about Lava xolo A1000, Click here (by tech2.in.com).

Price - Rs 13,999 (Its dual sim phone)

Below phones were mentioned in February 2013 post, above phones are latest as of 21st march 2013.

Micromax A116 Canvas HD

Android OS: Google Android 4.1 (Expected update to 4.2)

Screen size: 5.0 inches (HD IPS Display screen)

Processor : Quad core 1.2GHz

Resolution:      720*1280 pixels (~294 pixels per inch)

Internal memory : 1.77GB+external memory slot

  Battery capacity:     2000 mAh

  Camera: 8.0 megapixels

   you can read review about this phone on iGyaan(click here)

  Price: Rs 13,990 ( its dual sim smartphone)

Micromax Superfone A90s

Android OS: Google Android 4.0

Screen size: 4.3 inches

Processor : Dual core 1 GHz

Resolution:      480*800 pixels (~217 pixels per inch)

Internal memory : 2.09 GB+external memory slot

  Battery capacity:     1600 mAh

  Camera: 8.0 megapixels

you can read review about this phone on iGyaan(click here)

  Price: Rs 12,199 ( its dual sim smartphone)

Micromax Ninja A89

Android OS: Google Android 4.0

Screen size: 4.0 inches

Processor : Dual core 1 GHz

Resolution:      480*800 pixels (~233 pixels per inch)

Internal memory : 2.07 GB+external memory slot

  Battery capacity:     1450 mAh

  Camera: 3.0 megapixels

   you can read review about this phone on Technodify (click here)

  Price: Rs 6,190 ( its dual sim smartphone)

Lava Xolo X500

  Android OS: Google Android 4.0 (upgradable to 4.1)

Screen size: 3.5 inches

Processor : 1.2 GHz

Resolution:      320*480 pixels (~165 pixels per inch)

Internal memory : 4 GB+external memory slot

  Battery capacity:     1500 mAh

  Camera: 5.0 megapixels

you can read review about this phone on Technodify (click here)

  Price: Rs 8,999 ( its dual sim smartphone).

Phones below are the ones mentioned before this post was updated (before 23rd jan 2013), but their prices have been updated. Prices are as of on flipkart and may vary somewhere else, so please confirm price before buying.

Karbonn A30

Android OS: Google Android 4.0

Screen size: 5.9 inches

Processor : Dual core 1GHz

Resolution: 480 * 800 pixels (~158 pixels per inch)

Internal memory : 4GB+external memory slot

Battery capacity: 2500 mAh

Camera: 8.0 megapixels

you can read review about this phone on techmagnifier(click here)

Price: Rs 10,999 ( its dual sim smartphone)

Micromax superfone A110 canvas2

Android OS: Google Android 4.0

Screen size: 5 inches

Processor : Dual core 1GHz

Resolution: 480 * 854 pixels (~196 pixels per inch)

Internal memory : 2GB+external memory slot

Battery capacity: 2000 mAh

Camera: 8.0 megapixels

To read review of this phone tech2.in.com (click here).

price- Rs 10,999 (its a dual sim smartphone)

Sony Xperia J

Android OS: Google Android 4.0 (expected update to 4.1)

Screen size: 4 inches

Processor : 1GHz

Resolution: 480 * 854 pixels (~245 pixels per inch)

Internal memory : 4GB+external memory slot

Battery capacity: 1750 mAh

Camera: 5.0 megapixels

Extras : Illumination Alerts for incoming messages, facebook updates.
50 GB of Cloud storage (time limited offer).

Want to read review of Sony Xperia J, then click here (gsmarena)

Price- Rs 13,499

Samsung galaxy S duos

Android OS: Google Android 4.0 (expected update to 4.1)

Screen size: 4 inches

Processor : 1GHz

Resolution : 480 * 800 pixels (~233 pixels per inch)

Internal memory : 4GB+external memory slot

Battery capacity: 1500 mAh

Camera: 5.0 megapixels

if you want to read review for this phone, then click here [GSMArena]

Price- Rs 13,545 (its a dual sim smartphone).

Lava Xolo A800

Android OS: Google Android 4.0

Screen size: 4.5 inches

Processor : Dual core 1GHz

Resolution : 960 * 540 pixels (~245 pixels per inch)

Internal memory : 4GB+external memory slot

Battery capacity: 1600 mAh

Camera: 8.0 megapixels

If you want to read review about Lava Xolo A800 then click here [techmagnifier.com]

Price: Rs 10,699 (its a dual sim smartphone).

Samsung Galaxy Music Duos

Android OS: Google Android 4.0 (expected update to 4.1)

Screen size: 3 inches

Processor : 850 MHz

Resolution : 240 * 320 pixels (~133 pixels per inch)

Internal memory : 4GB+external memory slot

Battery capacity: 1300 mAh

Camera: 3.0 megapixels

If you want to read review about this phone then click this link [connectingbharat.com]

Price: Rs 7,990 (its a dual sim smartphone).

Phones below are little outdated. below phones were mentioned in october 2012. so if you are looking for new and latest phones look above options, below phones are nice but little outdated.

SAMSUNG GALAXY CHAT

Android OS: Google Android 4.0 (Expected upgrade to 4.1)

Screen size: 3 inches

Processor : 850 MHz

Resolution: 240*320 pixels

Internal memory : 4GB+external memory slot

Battery capacity: 1200 mAh

Camera: 2.0 megapixels

Want to read the review of this phone click here

PRICE: Rs 7,990

Micromax Superfone A100 canvas

Android OS: Google Android 4.0

Screen size: 5 inches

Processor : 1 GHz

Ram: 512 MB

Resolution: 480*854 pixels

Internal memory : 2GB+external memory slot

Battery capacity: 2000 mAh

Camera: 5.0 megapixels (primary)
Camera Features: Flash
Secondary Camera (Video Calling Support)

More features: Multiple Sim (GSM+GSM)
Noise Filtration

Want to read review about this phone click here.
Price:- Rs 10,391

LG Optimus L5 E610

Android OS: Google Android 4.0

Screen size: 4 inches

Processor : 800 MHz

Ram: 512 MB

Resolution: 320*480 pixels

Internal memory : 2.72GB+external memory slot

Battery capacity: 1500 mAh

Camera: 5.0 megapixels (primary)
Camera Features: Auto Focus, Flash, Touch Focus, Face Detection,
Panoramic Picture

More features: NFC support

want to read review for it click here

PRICE: Rs 11,999.

Micromax Superfone A90 Pixel

Android OS: Google Android 4.0

Screen size: 4.3 inches

Processor : 1 GHz

Ram: 512 MB

Resolution: 480*800 pixels

Internal memory : 4 GB+ external memory slot

Battery capacity: 1600 mAh

Camera: 8.0 megapixels (primary)

Camera Features: Flash

Secondary Camera (Video Calling Support)

More Features: Multiple Sim (GSM+GSM).

Want to read review for it click here.

Price- Rs 12,990.

HTC Desire C

Android OS: Google Android 4.0

Screen size: 3.5 inches

Processor : 600 MHz

Ram: 512 MB

Resolution: 320*480 pixels

Internal memory : 4 GB+ external memory slot

Battery capacity: 1230 mAh

Camera: 5.0 megapixels.

Camera Features: Auto Focus

More Features: NFC support.

Want to read reviews for it? then click here

Price- Rs 10,090

Sony Xperia miro

Android OS: Google Android 4.0

Screen size: 3.5 inches

Processor : 800 MHz

Ram: 512 MB

Resolution: 320*480 pixels

Internal memory : 2.9 GB+ external memory slot

Battery capacity: 1500 mAh

Camera: 5.0 megapixels.
Camera Features: Auto Focus, Flash, Touch Focus, Face Detection, Smile
Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Video Light
Secondary Camera (Video Calling Support).

More features: DLNA support.

For reading reviews for this phone click here [GSMArena.com].

Price: Rs 12990.

If you want to buy this phones in india, then click this link Flipkart

*links for Reviews are taken from fonearena,techmagnifier,GSMArena,tech2,connectingbharat.

This prices and mobile devices are latest as of 21 March 2013, I will try to update it every month.

Download applications from Google play store directly to your PC

noreply@blogger.com (Soumik) — Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:28:00 +0000

NOTE: This software is made by 'codeimba.com' team or you can say

bibovodanh from xda, I am just sharing it with you guys. All credits for this app should go to them for making this awesome software for us. Link to original post is here and if you want to visit xda thread of this app to clear your doubt from developer himself then click here.

There may be time when you have crossed your data limit of your 3g/edge network on your Droid and you are desperately wanting some application or game. but as of now there is no way through which you can download application from playstore directly to your computer and then transfer it to your phone (this software uses android-market-api). I know you would be thinking about 4shared and other file sharing site through which you can download apk directly to your PC, but mind you all that application downloaded from there are not at all safe as uploader of that app can not be trusted as you don't know person as he can, it can be malware/bloatware/virus. so its better if you can find an software which downloads applications directly to your PC through playstore itself. This software is very much helpful if you are flash maniac like me who likes to flash each and every custom rom available for your phone. so when you go on flashing rom you have to install your applications again each time you flash new rom, yes I know you are thinking about titanium backup, appmonster and file expert which backups up your app on sd card but one thing you must remember is that developers keep on updating their app very fast so it can happen that backup of that application is old and update of that app has to be made everytime you install it. so isn't it nice if you can update .Apk file of app even when it is on your PC? yes, this software updates your app aswell whenever update is available it will update your app and store it on your PC. so after downloading apks of applications transfer it to your droid and install it, so whenever you flash new rom you will not have to worry about updating all your apps. Name of this software is Real APK leecher. It is java program made for your PC.

So I will explain to you in easy steps how to make it work on your PC (Will explain it as developer has done it on his site, will try to simplify it wherever possible)

Step 1:

Download Real APK leecher on your PC from here. It will be in zip file format

Extract (with winzip or any extractor you have installed on your PC) it to any drive on your PC.

Step 2:

There will be Real APK leecher application in folder that will be extracted, click it.

New window will open which will probably look like this one

Enter email address and password of Gmail account you have access on your phone.

For device id- open dialpad on your droid and enter *#*#8255#*#*, new window will open which will look like window below, device id is marked in red, enter it. check it many times as it is the main cause that can give you error if you enter it wrong (as mentioned by developer), If you are on tablet that doesn't support calling function you won't be able to dial *#*#*8255#*#* so for knowing your device id you can install Device ID app from playstore, to get device id of your tablet.

Then select directory where you want your downloaded applications to be kept, and also select default folder where your applications will be downloaded so it can scan applications about available updates from playstore so it can be updated.

Step 3:

After software is installed it will open as it is shown below.

Search applications you want to download and when software is displayed right click it and select download.

DONE.

P.S: This software doesn't support payment option so if you want to download paid app you have to go to playstore pay for the software and then download it from this software.

care should be taken that Email, password should be of the account you have logged in in your droid. Device id also should be of the same phone/tablet.

I have tried explaining in simplest manner possible, if you feel any problem in installing it, write below in comments or on developer's xda thread mentioned above, will try to solve it or will forward it to developer.

Top Applications for your Android.

noreply@blogger.com (Soumik) — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:32:00 +0000

We all know power of Android, but you can't deny that Applications have great impact on its popularity. If you don't have enough apps on your playstore to compliment your OS then it won't have an impact on users, but Google or say Android has nailed that thing by making its OS open source. so you can get hold on apps that can automate your life for you, I say automate because it can do everything for you, it can wake you up with help of its alarm app(this app is common, I know. Even Nokia had it), then it can plan your travelling hassles with help of Google Now, will let you know everything you come across through Google goggles, will let you plan your day through its task list, there are many productive apps that will help you according to your use, its apps range from simple calculator to scanner. This are the apps that help in making Android what it is today. Without applications you cannot say android is great, as it gives us power to do anything we want. There won't be any use of doing anything when you don't have apps that make it worth to do that type of thing.

so without wasting time lets list our top apps (If you some nice app to add in this list please do comment below with the name [Names of the apps below are hyperlink itself so just click it, and it will take you to that app on Google playstore] ):

P.S- If you don't want to read each and every app description below, then go to bottom of article. apps are divided into categories and just name with its link is given.

Utilities

Avast! mobile security

Free

Avast antivirus is one of the best antivirus currently in playstore, being free amount of features it contains is mind boggling. You get anti theft with it aswell. It has ton of security features, like remote wipe, remote-lock, app management, safe Web browsing, a battery manager.

Swiftkey 3 keyboard

Rs.99

SwiftKey 3 understands how words work together, giving much more accurate corrections and predictions than other keyboards. Very sloppy typing will magically make sense, even if you miss spaces, and SwiftKey 3 also predicts your next words.

SwiftKey 3 learns the words and phrases you use, and how you interact with your keyboard as you use it, to make typing easier and even more accurate over time. You can also personalize it using your Gmail, Facebook, Twitter or blog posts.

Tasker

Rs.346

Tasker has to be the smartest app to have on your droid, it was difficult for me to understand its working first, but then it worked like a charm, and converted my phone into an actual smart phone having brains of its own. tasker uses each and every sensor on your phone in a brilliant way. It lets you quickly program commands for your phone, like automatically turning on your music when you plug in earphones, or automatically turning off Wi-Fi when you put your device face down.

News/Magazine

Flipboard

Free

Flipboard brings together world news and social news in a beautiful magazine designed for your Android phone and tablet.Once you pick a few topics, your Flipboard is built and you can instantly start flipping through the pages of news you care about and stories and photos friends are sharing. Flip through the news from your Twitter timeline as well as from outlets like the BBC, USA Today and The Verge.

Pulse

Free

Pulse helps us to connect with various news or articles from various tech sites.Pulse News is a beautiful app that takes your favorite websites and transforms them into a colorful and interactive mosaic. Tap on an article to see a clean and elegant view of the news story You can aggregate your favorite publications on one clean, snappy, gorgeous interface.

Pocket (read it later)

Free

Pocket simply saves webpages and videos you come across to read offline (or just, you know, later). When you find something on the web that you want to view later, put it in Pocket. It automatically syncs to your phone, tablet or computer so you can view it any time, even without an internet connection.

Reference

Dictionary (Dictionary.com)

Free

Dictionary.com's top-ranked Android dictionary app includes more than 2M words, definitions, synonyms and antonyms. And information in this app is local so it will give you result faster without going to dictionary.com.

Google Maps

Free

When you need maps to navigate in any unknown locations you can trust on Google Maps (so unlike apple maps). Whether you need directions to your destination, the closest good place for a bite to eat, or just a sense of where you are, Google Maps for Android can help.

Sky map

Free

If you are into astronomy and love observing sky then this is the app which will help you the most. The sky map shows the entire sky as viewed from a given location at a specified time and date.

Productivity

Any.Do

Free

If you are person who plans everything beforehand then this might be great app for you, you will love to use this app. This app is one of the most stylish task managing app for android.

Key benefits: Seamless cloud sync, Speech recognition, Alerts, Snooze tasks, Google Task Sync, Notes, Sub tasks, Amazing Widgets, Repeating / Recurring Tasks, Missed call, Auto complete, In app actions, Gesture support.

Google Drive

Free

Google drive is one of the best cloud storage app for android, now there are many cloud storage app available in playstore but this app takes the cake.

With this app you can do following task aswell apart from storing your data on cloud.

Create and edit Google documents with support for tables, comments and rich text formatting

Create and edit Google spreadsheets with support for text formatting, multiple sheets and sorting

Edits to your Google documents and spreadsheets appear to collaborators in seconds

View Google presentations with full animations and speaker notes

There are many cloud storage applications for android apart from Drive that can help you, click here to view all.

Communication

Whatsapp Messenger

Free for first year of installation, Rs55 thereafter/year

Whatsapp messenger is one of the most successful messenger, it success can be attributed to its cross platform support. it is supported on Android,blackberry, Ios and Symbian.

Viber

Free

Viber allows you to call, text, and send photos worldwide for free,Viber is available for Android, iPhone, Blackberry, Windows Phone and many more devices and platforms. Viber lets everyone in the world connect. Freely.

Skype

Free

Free voice and video calls to anyone else on Skype, whether they’re on an Android, iPhone, Mac or PC, as well as IMs to your friends and family, no matter where they are.

Social

Facebook for android

Free

This app was once very slow but after this app was updated to 2.1 it became quite fast, it is facebook's official app to visit facebook.

Instagram

Free

Instagram is an online photo-sharing and social networking service that enables its users to take a picture, apply a digital filter to it, and share it on a variety of social networking services, including its own and other leading sites such as Facebook or Twitter.

TweetCaster for Android

comes in both free and pro version

TweetCaster is the #1 Twitter app for Android, iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad and the ONLY app with Search Party, SmartLists and Zip It!. It has gorgeous user interface. It allows multiple sign in and even simultaneous facebook posting.

Sports

Soccer Scores- FotMob

Free

Over 3 million downloads for the best soccer/football app available! Featuring audio commentaries for all Premier League matches in up to 12 different languages.

thescore sports & score

Free
Complete scores and news coverage includes:
- Football (NFL, NCAA, CFL)
- Basketball (NBA, NCAA - including March Madness)
- Hockey (NHL)
- Baseball (MLB)
- Mixed Martial Arts (MMA: UFC, Strikeforce, Bellator, Score Fighting Series)
- Soccer (EPL / Premier League, Champions League, Serie A, La Liga, MLS)
- Auto Racing (NASCAR Sprint Cup, Formula 1)
- Golf (PGA)
- Tennis (ATP Men's, WTA Women's).

If you feel above list is quite long, I am writing app names in short and giving playstore link aswell.

Utilities:-

Avast! mobile security!

News/Magazine:-

Pocket (read it later)

Reference:-

Dictionary (Dictionary.com)

Productivity:-

If you want to read about more cloud storage apps for Android, Click here.

Communication:-

Social:-

Tweetcaster for Android

Sports:-

Soccer scores- Fotmob

thescore:sports & scores

How to view easter egg in Jellybean?

noreply@blogger.com (Soumik) — Sun, 06 Jan 2013 07:07:00 +0000

zombie art in Gingerbread

In Gingerbread those tapping repeatedly on android version in settings, were greeted by 'Zombie art' by John Larson Android continued this tradition with Honeycomb were person tapping android version were greeted with 'bee'. In ICS people were greeted by image of an android robot dressed in Icecream sandwich,which grows in size when you long-press it until it transforms into a Nyan Cat-style animation. Android has continued this tradition with Jellybean where person tapping on Android version were greeted with a bean and when it long pressed it, you're presented with a game that encourages you to flick candy around a gravity-less location.

Easter Egg

So how can you get Easter egg in your jellybean device?

1) Goto settings

2) About phone

3) Tap repeatedly on Android version

see image to know where to click

4) Bean will appear,long press it

5) You can flick beans around a gravity less location.

This is not some great feature, but you can definitely say that care has been taken to look into small details of all android version. These feature is not something big thing where you can compare it with something, else but care has been taken to add something extra to your favorite operating system.

I know it is little late to publish this post, and most of you would be knowing about it as well but I came across many people who were not able to recognize Easter egg, so I thought of writing it.

video by intomobile.

(Some points are taken from engadget, just with intention to give you best knowledge about that particular thing)

How to revive your WET phone?

noreply@blogger.com (Soumik) — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 16:24:00 +0000

What happens when your phone suddenly decides to take a plunge in water? there is always a possibility that it will be fine if you fish it out quickly and thoroughly shake the water out, but what if you are not so lucky? water in your phone means there is always a possibility of short circuit in your phone (due to combination of water and electricity) which can transform your your phone into just an paper weight. And consider large term defect as well, like corrosion of your inner parts due to water. And rust on your inner parts will cut off electric current, so display of your phone will be first to get affected in most cases.
But what would you do if your phone is soaked? most of the phones now a days have color indicators which changes color when it comes in contact with water, so telling your service center any lie about your phone will definitely not work. Don't worry before going to service center directly with your 'wet' phone as you can definitely try this methods as it might help you and definately save you some bucks, if not then you know where to take your phone.
so what are these methods you will learn by reading below steps, it is not necessary to try all these methods all at once, you can try any of these which you might consider useful for you.

HOW TO REVIVE YOUR WET PHONE:

First thing you do when you soak your phone is to disassemble your phone till its possible, because it is better to remove each and every drop of water which might hamper your phone later.

1) DRY

Disassemble your phone and let each and every part of your phone dry, you might think that's an obvious thing, but this is the most important and foremost thing you should do. but remember to remove your battery as soon as possible, because if battery is kept connected to your phone then it might result in short circuit, as current is still being supplied to your chipset. so first remove the battery source and then shake your phone and remove each and every drop of water possible.

2) Suck your cell phone dry

Many people might think of blowing your phone with blower but it might prove harmful for your phone as water might get in deeper places, so your best bet is to use vacuum cleaner, as it will suck all your water droplets and prevent water to seep in.

3)Absorb the moisture

Water seeping in your phone means moisture coming into picture, so it will be always nice to absorb that moisture as well so that would not affect your phone's internal. so you can absorb the moisture by using rice, you have to follow this basic steps, take a bowl full of uncooked rice and place your phone between that rice and cover it with some thing tight. it is advisable to use air tight container like tupperware. it is important to have cover on the bowl or the rice will absorb moisture from environment too, not just from your phone.

4) clean the display

There will be time when you would still see moisture in your phone basically on your display, you can clean these areas with isopropyl alcohol. this fluid is used as it has two advantage:

it does not conduct electricity and it evaporates quickly.

Try not to use any heat source to dry your phone as it would not help, because when heat is given to your phone water evoparates from your phone but still it would be in your phone itself, so after cooling these water vapour again gets transformed into water droplets. so this method won't reduce much water but may result in overheating of your phone, so its advisable to stay away from these method.

These are some steps which might help you if your phone decides to take a plunge in your sink or in swimming pool.

SO DO REMEMBER DO NOT TRY TO START YOUR PHONE IF WATER IS SOAKED IN, AS IT MIGHT RESULT IN SHORT CIRCUIT ON YOUR MOTHERBOARD AND MIGHT DAMAGE IT,

And do refer above steps, it might help you.

(The above steps are not tested by me, but they are definately tested by cnet, chip and wikihow and are referred from there to help you out if you get in such situation)

How to Backup Contacts on Google (Android only)

noreply@blogger.com (Soumik) — Wed, 19 Dec 2012 10:12:00 +0000

Android provide us with wide range of software, some are very useful while some are hardly used by us in our day to day life, there are many software that would help you take backup of your contacts. but here I am going to explain how to take backup on Google without any third party software.In this post I am going to give you method through which you can backup your contacts on Google. I know people who are already using android might be knowing this method ( and might feel that this post is waste, but people who are new on android should know what this OS is capable of.. and this might be helpful to many people who have just switched to android/ people who are not so much into phone so as to learn its each and every function). As we know android is one of the fastest growing Operating system, so there is an steady influx of people from Nokia, Apple, Blackberry onto android bandwagon. so they might want to definitely learn a way to enjoy android without any hard work. Google is a giant company providing us with everything we need. so as android is one of the products of google, it provides us an way to store our contacts on its server. And having backup on Google means you are ought to get your data back in case of emergency (other companies provide cloud storage as well but Google is my favorite, so sorry had to write about Google). so without taking more of your time let's start to backup our contacts.

Step 1

Ensure synchronization is active by tapping on " auto sync" on your notification bar (if its provided), if not then go to settings> accounts and sync> click on auto sync.
this step will sync all your contacts on your Google account.

select auto sync, option like above might be present if your notification bar has that option.

Step 2

Now your contacts are on Google, you can access, add, edit, modify or delete contacts present on Google account by visiting www.google.com/contacts. it will take you to your contact list ( but obviously after you have login on Google with the same account you have synced your contacts with).

optional (perform below steps only if you want backup copy on your machine otherwise ignore further steps)- Now to backup this contacts on your computer as well, instead of using any other third party software you can use this same contacts that you have synced on Google.

Step 3

Now to save backup of contacts on your Computer as well go to www.google.com/contacts or you can access your contacts by going to gmail.com from your browser.

so go to google.com/contacts or gmail.com from your browser.

if you are on gmail.com click on "contacts" from upper left drop down menu (where gmail will be written).

Step 4

Click on checkbox in front of any contact you want to take backup of. Incase you want to take backup of all contacts, click on drop down option provided near checkbox which is above contacts name and select all.

Step 5

Click "More>Export" after you have selected the contacts.

Step 6

Click Google csv format.

And click "Export".

your contact data will be shown in your download section of your browser.

DONE.

If you feel above method is confusing please let me know in comments, I have tried my best to explain it in easiest manner possible and explaining basic things too. If you still find it difficult please let me know.

Applications that makes ROOTING worth

noreply@blogger.com (Soumik) — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 09:07:00 +0000

Now you might have got idea about ROOTING. what it means and why to root your Android, If you still have any doubt about it or you have skipped my post on "what do you mean by rooting?" then you can read my post here. so now after you have rooted your android then what applications you should install to make it worth will be mentioned here in this post. because even after rooting your phone you have done half work, because to make root worth you need to install applications that are worth the hard work you did to find root file for your phone and to void warranty of your Android. so lets start this post with applications that will make difference to you and your Droid.

1) SuperUser

Superuser is the first app you will have to download after rooting your droid, most of the time you will get this software after you root your phone automatically but many times it is not provided to you, so this app has to be taken foremost on your Android. Rooting a phone allows a user to establish total control over the device, but Superuser is the app that provides the button for that control. With Superuser installed, any app that needs root privileges to run will have to ask permission, and an informative pop-up will display with the option to give it those privileges. This app is an absolute must for any of the other apps on the list to even run.

2)SetCPU

After rooting your phone main thing you can do with an android is controlling its processor speed, it can be done with this application, SetCPU. You have rooted your android to gain control of it, the beauty of rooting is that you can get complete control of your phone. you can control its processor also. so this is the app that will help you do it. SetCPU allows the user to take total control over how fast, or slow, the processor runs at any given point in time. As an example, SetCPU can force the processor to sit at its lowest setting whenever the screen is turned off, but to use a range between 240MHz and 806MHz as needed while the phone is awake. For phones that have the ability to drastically overclock, SetCPU can help ensure that they don't overheat by keeping watch on the temperature, and acting accordingly. Overclocking or not, battery savings and overall performance can be greatly enhanced using this app.
This features can also be provided by CPUtuner (it is available in playstore free of cost unlike setCPU).

CPUTuner

SetCPU Screenshot

3) BusyBox

BusyBox is designed to be a small executable for use with the Linux kernel, which makes it ideal for use with embedded devices. It has been self-dubbed "The Swiss Army Knife of Embedded Linux". BusyBox not an actual app that you run, but instead provides all the Linux/UNIX commands that we know. Without the commands installed, the barebones "Linux" that Android runs on top of can't really do too much, making apps like Terminal Emulator nearly worthless.

BusyBox

4) SD Maid- System Cleaning tool

There are many flaws in android like it saves some deleted data behind,,Apps you have already deleted, sometimes leave data behind data.The system constantly creates logs, crash reports and debug files you don't really need.The market leaves temporary files of downloaded apps behind. All this files will be handled by SD maid, and even more features are available in the app. so try this application and tell me hows it.

SD Maid

5) My Backup Root

My Backup Root helps you in making complete backup of your applications and then restoring it. this app is most helpful when you want to flash custom rom. because while flashing all applications and user files are deleted so this application helps you in saving application on memory card along with its data files, so while restoring you will get all your apps as it were before flashing custom Rom. I have mentioned this application instead of titanium backup because this application is available free in playstore and it does exactly same functions as titanium backup (and main reason I suggest this app is because of its ease of use).

My Backup Root

6) Link2SD

Link2SD helps user to move their applications to SD card. All apps that are stored in phone memory by default can not be moved to sd card by default so to move them to SD card we need this application. We can even link application to memory card if you have created second partition in memory card. It also provides native apps2sd features on Android 2.2 and higher. It can move any non-protected user apps to SD card (force move), with batch moving capability.That feature uses Android's standard SD-card installation feature and does not require a second partition. It can break some apps if they are not meant to be moved to the SD card (Such as Widgets).

Link2Sd

So if you know about any more application that should be here, then please write below in comment section.

hope I have helped you with your Android.

Happy ROOTING.
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what do you mean by ROOTING an android phone?

noreply@blogger.com (Soumik) — Tue, 11 Sep 2012 11:23:00 +0000

You would have heard root many times from your friends having android or on internet somewhere, and you always wonder what these term would be.

so what exactly means rooting your android? According to wikipedia : Rooting is a process allowing users of smartphones, tablets, and other devices running the Android operating system to attain privileged control (known as "root access") within Android's subsystem. In simple language you can gain control of your phone by rooting( i.e be an admin of your device, called as superuser in android ). you will be able to control your processor, change its speed according to your need and main thing you can increase (overclock) its speed. but need to handle it with care as with great power comes great responsibility. Rooting is the process which makes you take control of your phone completely. And this can also be termed as " feature of an android phone, which Iphone users should be jealous of".
For rooting your phone you don't need to know rocket science, it takes just few steps to root your phone, but care should be taken to download proper root file of your device, if you flash an root file of some other device on your device it can brick it (Bricking an android phone means you have damaged your phone software so badly that it cannot be used or repaired any further, as good as throwing your phone away, In most cases if your phone is stuck on your manufacturer logo or android logo and doesn't load any more then its said to be bricked). I am not discouraging you but just advising you to take proper care while flashing an root file. most of the user root their phones for installing custom rom's, because to flash an custom rom you need to be superuser (admin) of your device and that can be done only via rooting.

so you would be asking, why do we take risk of bricking our phone? just for overclocking or changing processor speed? Believe me it is just not overclocking or changing processor speed its lot more. Having an android means you are forced to carry your charger along with you. through rooting you can install softwares that will let you change processor speed so that when you are low on battery and don't need phone more than just calling and messaging you can slow your processor to save you some battery. and there are softwares that will do it automatically for you. here is one of the software that can be helpful to you, CPU TUNER ( REMEMBER TO ROOT YOUR PHONE BEFORE). Rooting will help you install custom rom's, many people like me would be bored to use stock rom or default rom( rom is the phone software installed on your device, for example as samsung's stock rom is touchwiz) installed on your phone which is always slow,laggy and ugly. after rooting your phone you would be able to get many apps in playstore that would help you increase performance of your phone.
Phone manufacturer gives us an guest privileges as they don't want us to damage internal software beyond repair. that's the reason we have to root our phone to get the most out of our phones because they don't have time for us to constantly give updates for our phones and make it an awesome affair for us to use their device. so it is upto us to get it done. and there are many software out in the market that would let you enjoy that.

YOU CAN ROOT YOUR PHONES TO GET FOLLOWING THINGS:-

1) Custom rom:-
If you are having an old android phone and are bored of using the same old rom or same old version of android on your phone, and update for latest android version is no where near. so your best bet in this scenario will be to get an custom rom. now a days there are many custom roms on net which helps you in increasing performance, speed, graphics and will help you to fall in love with your old android phone again. For finding custom rom you can visit forums on xda-developers.com.

2)Custom theme:-
Themes are basically the graphics that appear on your Android device. Rooting your device allows you the ability to fully customize just about every graphic on your device. You can load custom themes that totally change the look and feel of your device.

3)Kernel, speed, and battery
There are many custom ROM’s and apps available for rooted devices that will allow you to drastically improve the performance (speed) and also extend battery life on your device.

4)Baseband
Rooting your device grants you the ability to update the Basebands on your smartphone. The Baseband is what controls the radio on your device. By updating to the latest Basebands, you can potentially improve both the signal and quality of your phone calls.

5)Latest versions of android:-

As mentioned earlier, custom ROM’s can allow you to update to the latest version of the Android OS before they are officially released. This is a great feature for those who are tech-savvy and want to stay on top of the latest and greatest software updates before it hits the mainstream crowd. This is also useful if you have an outdated device that is no longer being updated by the manufacturer.

6)Unlocking Additional Features
By rooting your Android device you also gain the ability to unlock some features that your carrier may charge for. One example is enabling free WiFi and USB tethering, which many carriers charge money for. Now, I’m not suggesting you do this. But I did want to make you aware of the fact that it is possible to do this. However, your carrier may catch on to the fact that you are using your device as a free WiFi hotspot and figure out a way to charge you for it. So use this feature at your own risk

*THE above POINTS ARE REFERRED FROM Droidlessons

so take care while rooting your phone as it may brick your phone, procedure to root your phone is not mentioned in this post because rooting method for all phone models are different so its better if you search for the one working on your model, but you will certainly find one method on xda forums or simple method to find is to google your "phone model space root" for eg "samsung galaxy ace s5830i root".

I hope this post would have helped you.

I added this video if you want to know more about why to root your phone.

please

take

care while rooting,

not discouraging you but

advising you to

do it in right manner.

Samsung VS Apple

noreply@blogger.com (Soumik) — Tue, 26 Jun 2012 13:00:00 +0000

When we consider phones to buy we are literally spoilt for choices. we have Apple,Blackberry,Htc,Samsung,huawei,Lg,Motorola,Nokia etc.. but when we consider phones from top companies only apple and Samsung comes to our mind,even statistics say the same. so what makes Samsung and apple be at the top of the chart? the hardware of the device or the internal features? obviously for Samsung it would be Android that has taken them to top of the table....but will it be right to say that only because of android Samsung has been at the top of the chart? because Android is not the sole property of Samsung, because as Samsung there are many other companies that are using android OS then to they are not at the top of table.In the same way apple is not on top just because of its operating system but because they have hardware that can work in tandem with its operating system. so when you go for buying an phone what should you think before you buy phones from Samsung or Iphone?

Android phones as we all know are open source, so your device is in complete command of you. you can control the speed of your processor ( you can even blow up your device if you increase your processor speed more than what it can sustain),you can control what you want to see and where you want to see it( i.e. you want to store it in phone memory or memory card),you get to use widgets (An application, or a component of an interface, that enables a user to perform a function or access a service. In simple way widget lets you to view the content of that software without actually opening that software). Android can let you completely remove the operating system of your mobile and replace it with something user defined.And you get this feature in Android just because it is open source and you will get upto 200000 lac application in its playstore. I am not saying that android is best go and buy just an android phone, I just want you'll consider this points before you go for any other operating system( i.e. bada, Symbian,windows or blackberry OS).

And if you consider apple devices, iphone is best among all smartphone.apple's Ios is the best its interface is great ,it doesn't lag much,its user interface is great. In android there comes a time when your application starts crashing but I doubt if it ever happens with Ios.And main thing that you can go for apple is apple never forget its past devices,you are ought to get updates on your phone even if it becomes outdated among your peers.And not to forget we can't forget Ios one of the great innovation by STEVE JOBS.

Next thing that can make a difference in your choice is their USER INTERFACE

Samsung with its touchwiz cannot match user interface of Ios,

ios 5

touchwiz

user interface of Ios

touchwiz 4.0 review by www.phonearena.com

I am currently using touchwiz 3.0 and have tried user interface of Ios 4, after using both I can surely say that even if Samsung would have made many changes in touchwiz 4.0 they can't make it as flawless and as fast as in Ios(considering that device have lot of games and software installed so as to make it slow,then you will know which one is better).

Samsung is the company which is already trying hard to maintain itself on number #1 position,you can say so because company is trying very hard to give varieties of products. you don't want to buy phones with large screens than Samsung will take care of that, if you want phones with smaller screens then also Samsung will take care of it, if you want to buy an tablet then also Samsung will take care of it,you want to buy an cheap phone then also Samsung will help you, if you want to buy an cheap phone without android then also samsung is there to help. basically Samsung is there in each and every segment.it covers your all needs gives you enough choices. And what about apple? it does give us choices (then to not much choice you get) but its all choices are expensive to afford.

so for me Samsung will be the winner till I can't afford Iphone. As android is customizable and also gives us command of our phone but at this point I don't want to control my phone I want to use the applications,softwares and my phone to its optimum level so I would can recommend you to go with Iphone.

We can say Samsung is an substitute till you can't afford an Apple product.

*all views given above are my own,you can have your own view if you want to

WhatsApp-Needs No intro

noreply@blogger.com (Soumik) — Thu, 03 May 2012 09:34:00 +0000

Whatsapp messenger is one of the greatest app you can have in your android,let alone android,it is nice app also for blackberry, Symbian and apple Operating system.this app does not need any introduction but for some who don't know about this app,I will give you some information about it.this is the best application you can have for your android as you can chat with all your friends who have android,BB,apple and even Symbian.you can chat with all o them,even send picture,video,contacts,and audio file.I will give you some info about this app from playstore account of whatsapp so that you get some idea about it.

According to playstore:

Get WhatsApp Messenger and say goodbye to SMS!

WhatsApp Messenger is a smartphone messenger available for Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, Windows Phone and Nokia phones. WhatsApp uses your 3G or WiFi (when available) to message with friends and family. Switch from SMS to WhatsApp to send and receive messages, pictures, audio notes, and video messages. First year FREE! ($0.99/year after)

WHY USE WHATSAPP:

★ NO HIDDEN COST: Once you and your friends download the application, you can use it to chat as much as you want. Send a million messages a day to your friends for free! WhatsApp uses your Internet connection: 3G/EDGE or Wi-Fi when available.

★ MULTIMEDIA: Send Video, Images, and Voice notes to your friends and contacts.

★ GROUP CHAT: Enjoy group conversations with your contacts.

★ NO INTERNATIONAL CHARGES: Just like there is no added cost to send an international email, there is no cost to send WhatsApp messages internationally. Chat with your friends all over the world as long as they have WhatsApp Messenger installed and avoid those pesky international SMS costs.

★ SAY NO TO PINS AND USERNAMES: Why even bother having to remember yet another PIN or username? WhatsApp works with your phone number, just like SMS would, and integrates flawlessly with your existing phone address book.

★ NO NEED TO LOG IN/OUT: No more confusion about getting logged off from another computer or device. With push notifications WhatsApp is ALWAYS ON and ALWAYS CONNECTED.

★ NO NEED TO ADD BUDDIES: Your Address Book is used to automatically connect you with your contacts. Your contacts who already have WhatsApp Messenger will be automatically displayed under Favorites, similar to a buddy list. (You can of course always edit Favorites any way you like)

★ OFFLINE MESSAGES: Even if you miss your push notifications or turn off your phone, WhatsApp will save your messages offline until you retrieve them during the next application use.

★ AND MUCH MORE: Share location, Exchange contacts, Custom wallpaper, Custom notification sounds, Landscape mode, Precise message time stamps, Email chat history, Broadcast messages and MMS to many contacts at once and much much more!

I don't think anybody will need user reviews for this app because you can get review for this app from any apple,nokia,BB or android users.this app is so popular that it has 500,00,000 downloads already.

you can download Whatsapp from here

SmS collection-Great application to send messages

noreply@blogger.com (Soumik) — Wed, 02 May 2012 14:16:00 +0000

we are always in a fix when someone asks us to forward some nice messages,but now this software has come to rescue of Android users.you can share nice messages on whatsapp,send it as message,mail it,copy it to clipboard so that it can be pasted to some other messenger,even to facebook or somewhere else you want it .This software updates on its own ,whenever you start it,so you can be assured that you will get 50-100 of newer messages when you update it.and you will get this much message every couple of days.so that you can be assured that you wont have to send same messages again and again to your loved ones.It also has 40-50's of categories of messages like good morning,good night,anniversary,best of luck and many of adult categories also :p ,and many more categories.I will also include official description of software from google playstore so that you get some idea about this software and also some nice user reviews

According to playstore:

Biggest SMS Collection!!

Largest Collection of SMS and Jokes on Android application for you to text message from your cellphone.
SMS/Jokes Categories:
- Love
- Friendship
- Flirt
- Jokes
- Funny
- Sex
- Heartbreak/ Breakup
- Good morning/ good night
- Inspirational
- Insult
- Miss you
- Non veg/ X Rated messages
- Tongue Twisters

Some Highlights of the application:
- Option to post sms on your Friend's Facebook Wall.
- Weekly auto update of sms messages.
- 45+ Different categories to choose from.
- Browse SMS and mark as favorites.
- View only favorite SMS by selecting the Favorite option from the menu or from the fav button at the header.
- Copy SMS by Long Press and paste it to any application Like twitter, facebook, whatsapp, viber, gmail, sms appllication.
- Share SMS messages by pressing and selecting one of the option from the popup window.
- The application is free to use.
- App can be moved to SD card for Froyo, Gingerbread and above users.
- Delete unwanted categories by selecting from the menu.
- Option to Hide and Unhide categories.

With latest update you can publish your own jokes and sms to the online database. These messages will be updated in the application with the periodic update.

some useful User Reviews:

Nash on April 26, 2012 (SEMC Xperia Neo V with version 3.0.5)

Awesome

This app is really really good... there are so many categories... love this app...

abdeali on April 1, 2012 (Samsung Galaxy Y with version 3.0.5)
Nice!!

There are too many categories!! Plz reduce the categories in the next update.

hiten on April 27, 2012 (Samsung Galaxy Ace with version 3.0.5)
Samsung galaxy ace

Its a very good apps... It has a 1000 sms of collection & the other part it has added many more msges like occation love msges etc...& it was sharing wid frnds with many more option...

click SmsCollection to download this file

This app has 5,00,000 downloads so this might be some nice app if you want some for messaging.

ZArchiver-WinZip for your Android

noreply@blogger.com (Soumik) — Tue, 01 May 2012 14:38:00 +0000

So I will start giving you software's which are must have in your android phones,I won't just give you names of software's but also share its installation files.so here I am starting with my first upload on this blog.And this is none other than ZArchiver, it is an zipping tool for your android it can allow you to access zip files.It is like winzip for mobile.

You can always share with me names of software's that you think should be here.And I assure you that I will try to find a setup file also for the same(And your name will also feature along with that software).

According to google play:-

ZArchiver - program to manage archives (archive manager). The program has a simple and functional interface.

ZArchiver lets you:
* Create following archive types: 7z (7zip), zip, bzip2 (bz2), gzip (gz), XZ, tar;

* Decompress archive types: 7z (7zip), zip, rar, bzip2, gzip, XZ, iso, tar, arj, cab, LZH, LZMA, xar, tgz, tbz, Z, deb, rpm;

* View archive contents: 7z (7zip), zip, rar, bzip2, gzip, XZ, iso, tar, arj, cab, LZH, LZMA, xar, tgz, tbz, Z, deb, rpm;

* Compress and decompress password-protected archives;
* Create and decompress multi-part archives: 7z, rar(decompress only);
* Partial archive decompression;
* Open compressed files;
* Open an archive file from mail application.

Key features:
* Multithreading support (useful for multicore processors);
* UTF-8/UTF-16 support in filenames. Allows you to have national symbols in compressed file names.
* No need to enable multiselect mode. You can select files by clicking on icon to the left of the file name.

you can download it by clicking ZArchiver .

here are some of the reviews from google play store

-yh on April 3, 2012 (Galaxy Tab 10.1 with version 0.4.1)
Works for 7zip with password,Permissions fixed. This is the only free app works with 7z archives. Great dev! Thanks.

-Mustafa on March 26, 2012 (Version 0.4.1)

Very kind developer..Very small and usefull app..this is first must to be apk.

-Cosmin on April 20, 2012 (Version 0.4.1)

Very useful, works perfect and the password protection is quite a handy feature. A password protected archive created on the PC is recognized by ZArchiver on the phone, and vice-verse which is awesome. Also the dev. replied to my e-mails in minutes and kindly assisted with a few clarifications. Highly recommended!

-sujju on March 29, 2012 (Sony Tablet S with version 0.4.1)

Ultimate extractor,This app is cool and awesome programming, I had a rar file with password and this is the only program extracted that file,

Android - Great Tech that changed the way you live

noreply@blogger.com (Soumik) — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:10:00 +0000

want to know more about android then view this video

This is my new blog which I have made to share various software's ,tips,tricks and tutorials related to your Android devices( you can always visit my other blog [ TeChNoGeeK ] by clicking TeChNoGeeK. On this blog I will try to share with you various Software's which can be fun and helpful to you sometime in your life. but I can't directly start with apps and tricks on my very first post so I will write about why Android is so successful,

Going back in time,we will try to find out android's history where we will talk about which companies have given us this great Operating system (except google ofcourse),how do we get so many software's for Android and that common android types(viz 2.2,2.3,4.0 etc).

According to wikipedia, Android is "Android is a Linux-based operating system for mobile devices such as smartphone's and tablet computers. It is developed by the Open Handset Alliance, led by Google, and other companies."

Android, Inc. was founded in Palo Alto, California, United States in October, 2003 by Andy Rubin (co-founder of Danger), Rich Miner (co-founder of Wildfire Communications, Inc.),Nick Sears (once VP at T-Mobile), and Chris White (headed design and interface development at Web TV) to develop.

Google acquired Android Inc. on August 17, 2005, making Android Inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of Google Inc. Key employees of Android Inc., including Andy Rubin, Rich Miner and Chris White, stayed at the company after the acquisition.

At Google, the team led by Rubin developed a mobile device platform powered by the Linux kernel. Google marketed the platform to handset makers and carriers on the promise of providing a flexible, upgradable system.[There were rumours that android was also offered to Nokia,but as Nokia was very happy with success of its SYMBIAN operating system refused their offer and they are still suffering for there decision that they might have taken in haste,but you can't always believe in rumours]

Only one thing which is working in Google's favor is their decision to make android open source,due to which you can find any software according to your need, even if it is related to any matter.you want any software for any of your needs you search in market and you'll get it(and I have made this blog to share with you all software's which I have come across). by making their operating system open source they have encouraged developers to make software for their product and that to by making profits for both the parties.

According to android open source project "The goal of the Android Open Source Project is to create a successful real-world product that improves the mobile experience for end users."

Recent Android Versions are:

2.3 Gingerbread refined the user interface, improved the soft keyboard and copy/paste features.

3.0 Honeycomb was a tablet-oriented release which supports larger screen devices.

3.1 Honeycomb, released in May 2011, added support for extra input devices, USB host mode for transferring information directly from cameras and other devices.
3.2 Honeycomb, released in July 2011, added optimization for a broader range of screen sizes, new "zoom-to-fill" screen compatibility mode.

4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, announced on October 19, 2011, brought Honeycomb features to smartphones and added new features including facial recognition unlock, network data usage monitoring and control, unified social networking contacts, photography enhancements, offline email searching, app folders, and information sharing using NFC.

if you want to learn more about android versions then click HERE.

so from next post onwards you can expect me to write about various software's,and even find its installer on this site( hope you will like it since I will include many paid ones also from my next post onwards.)

know something more about android by viewing this video---------------------------------------------------->

DroiDGyaan

How To use Xposed Framework and Modules?

Android WebView Example | How to create WebView?

Why should you buy a Nexus device?

Unusually Awesome Tools For Android

FING (Free)

WiFi SIGNAL BOOSTER (Free)

SYSTEM APP REMOVER (Free)

How to retrieve your device by using Android Device Manager?

Step 1 :-

Go to www.google.com/android/devicemanager

Then you will get screen where you'll need to give access to android device manager to access your location. It will look similar to screen below.

Step 2 :-

Then it will attempt to contact your phone, to find its location.

It will look like image below.

Step 3 :-

After location of your phone is retrieved it will show you location of your phone. It will mention an accurate region in which you will need to find your phone. So you would know where and in which area you will have to find your phone.

Cloud storage applications for Android [UPDATED]

1) DROPBOX

2) GOOGLE DRIVE

3) BOX

4) SugarSync

5) iDrive

6) Mediafire

7) SkyDrive

8) MEGA

9) UBUNTU ONE FILES

10) CUBBY

Android phones below Rs 15,000 having JellyBean

1) Micromax Canvas A116 HD

2) Karbonn Titanium S5

3) Lava Xolo A1000

4) Lava Xolo Q700

5) Videocon A55HD

Android applications for reading News and Magazines (Tech related)

GOOGLE CURRENT

Saga of an Low End Android Phone user

Latest Android phones having ICS [UPDATED on 21st march 2013] (below Rs15000)

Sony Xperia E Dual

Samsung Galaxy Y plus S5303

Samsung Galaxy Y plus S5303

Lava Xolo A1000

Micromax Superfone A90s

Micromax Ninja A89

Lava Xolo X500

Karbonn A30

Micromax superfone A110 canvas2

Sony Xperia J

Samsung galaxy S duos

Lava Xolo A800

Android OS: Google Android 4.0

Samsung Galaxy Music Duos

Processor : 850 MHz

SAMSUNG GALAXY CHAT

LG Optimus L5 E610

Micromax Superfone A90 Pixel

HTC Desire C

Sony Xperia miro

Download applications from Google play store directly to your PC

Step 1:

Step 2:

Step 3:

Top Applications for your Android.

Utilities

News/Magazine

Reference

Dictionary (Dictionary.com) Free Dictionary.com's top-ranked Android dictionary app includes more than 2M words, definitions, synonyms and antonyms. And information in this app is local so it will give you result faster without going to dictionary.com.

Dictionary (Dictionary.com)

Sky map Free If you are into astronomy and love observing sky then this is the app which will help you the most. The sky map shows the entire sky as viewed from a given location at a specified time and date.

Productivity

Communication

Whatsapp Messenger

Viber allows you to call, text, and send photos worldwide for free,Viber is available for Android, iPhone, Blackberry, Windows Phone and many more devices and platforms. Viber lets everyone in the world connect. Freely.

Social

Sports

Free Over 3 million downloads for the best soccer/football app available! Featuring audio commentaries for all Premier League matches in up to 12 different languages.

How to view easter egg in Jellybean?

1) Goto settings

2) About phone

Dictionary (Dictionary.com)

Free

Dictionary.com's top-ranked Android dictionary app includes more than 2M words, definitions, synonyms and antonyms. And information in this app is local so it will give you result faster without going to dictionary.com.

Sky map

Free

If you are into astronomy and love observing sky then this is the app which will help you the most. The sky map shows the entire sky as viewed from a given location at a specified time and date.

Free

Over 3 million downloads for the best soccer/football app available! Featuring audio commentaries for all Premier League matches in up to 12 different languages.