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Android Tips, Tricks, Apps & Hacks Volume 4

noreply@blogger.com (sohail) — Fri, 24 May 2013 14:37:00 +0000

Android Tips, Tricks, Apps & Hacks 4 will show you the real capabilities of your tablet or smartphone and teach you how to master every aspect of it, from making your battery last longer to setting up your own Wi-Fi hotspots. For the adventurous Droid fans among you, the complete guide to hacking your device explains why you might want to give it a try and how to unroot your phone should you want to get back to normal. Finally, this bookazine is rounded off with a tour of the best Holo-themed, Android-only and non-Google apps to ensure that no matter what your preference, there’s an app we can recommend to you.

Tips
- Get the very best out of your Android by exploring its full range of functions.

Tricks
- Use your Android device to its full potential by mastering the apps.

Hacks
- Adapt your Android operating system to meet your needs.

Apps
- Fill your phone with the best apps available on Google Play.

Also inside...
Feature: 50 essential tips & tricks

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My Budget Book v3.9

noreply@blogger.com (sohail) — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 10:21:00 +0000

My Budget Book is not just an ordinary expense management program. This app helps you keep track of you expenditures and earnings and manage your money more effectively.

Use the individual transfers and standing orders feature to get an idea of your expenses over the next couple of months and see how much money you have available to spend. The app also gives you a graphical overview of the information, making it easier to plan (larger) purchases over the up-coming months.

We all know what it feels like to want to buy something but not know whether you can afford it. Use My Budget Book to see your current balance as well as how many bills you have to pay before the end of the month.

Main features:
✔ Easy access. No internet connection required.
✔ No registration!
✔ *NEW* Now also optimized for tablets.
✔ Available in 10 languages (The language is currently selected via your phone settings): English, Deutsch, Español, Português, Français, Italiano, Nederlands, Pусский, Polski, Magyar.
✔ More than 100 currencies.
✔ See this month’s balance when the app starts up.
✔ The graphical overview is perfect for planning your expenses over the upcoming of months.
✔ Customize the overview by changing the number of past and future months that are displayed.
✔ Manage multiple accounts and make transfers between the accounts.
✔ Get more flexibility by selecting what day you want the month to start on.
✔ Visualise the statistics as a table or graph and see where your money has gone by categorising all earnings and expenses.
✔ Filter your earnings and expenses according to months, quarters or whole years, as well as any other criteria.
✔ Sort your transactions by date, amount, title or category.
✔ Use the powerful search function to look for specific expenses and/or time periods.
✔ Carry your balance over into the next month.
✔ Manage standing orders so you can plan ahead for the upcoming months.
✔ Create templates to make inputting your expenses is even easier.
✔ Add further main and sub-categories to get a better overview of your expenses.
✔ Use the watchlist to monitor important transactions.
✔ Use the built-in calculator to quickly calculate amounts.
✔ Protect your data by activating password protection.
✔ Export your data in HTML or CSV Format (on SD card).
✔ Create backups so you never lose your data. Now also with automatic backup feature.
✔ Import your existing data using the CSV import function (Just move the CSV file to the folder "SDCard/My Budget Book" and import it via the app settings (Import of other formats will be made available by request).
✔ 3 Widgets. NOTE: If you move the app to SD card, you can not use widgets. This is due to the Android system and it can not be changed.
✔ Built-in instructions.

To use the app as a single user on different devices or to add automatic backups to Dropbox, it is recommended that you use a synchronization app such as Dropsync or FolderSync. For more information, please read the chapter "Synchronization" in the integrated guide.

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Next Launcher Theme Glass v1.4

noreply@blogger.com (sohail) — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 06:48:00 +0000

Theme Glass Next Launcher
I am pleased to present you the new theme for the Next Launcher
Beautiful icons in a glass style.
Replace everything application icons
Background icons superimposed on the outside of the icons, thus creating the effect of glare on the icon
● ● ● ● ● Important tips:
If you have android 4.1 and above, click to open immediately after the purchase, the subject asks to reinstall themselves, agree and then everything will work fine. If you open a topic 2.2-4.0 not necessarily, it will work immediately after purchase. ● ● ● ● ●
1. Make sure that the latest version V1.15 of Next Launcher has been installed! (Look for the "Next Launcher" into Google Play to download)
2. Apply the theme: menu-> Indicidual-> Installed Themes-> Choose Glass theme

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Next Launcher Theme Windows 8 v1.1

noreply@blogger.com (sohail) — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 06:40:00 +0000

Designed by Vafne, is available now! Cool and Elegant interface and app drawer. Have a completely new makeover of your smartphone with this theme.

Exclusive HD icons added for comon apps.
5 wallpapers.

More icons will be added with updates.

Widgets: UCCW - Soon they will be included in the theme!!!!

Important tips:

1. Make sure the latest version V1.15 of Next Launcher has been installed! (Search “Next Launcher” to download)

2. Apply the Theme: MENU->Indicidual—>Installed themes->Choose windows8 theme.
3.-Apply another wallpaper: "Wallpaper - Next Wallpaper"

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Photo Studio PRO v0.9.13

noreply@blogger.com (sohail) — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 06:31:00 +0000

Photo Studio for Android® is utilized by both amateur and professional photographers who seek simple, but powerful image processing on-the-go. Users can turn their devices into a fantastic photo editing studio.

Main features:

- Ad-free. No ad banners!
- 125 unique filters in categories: 'Lomo', 'Vintage', 'Simple tone', 'Old Style', 'Summer mood' and 'Art'.
- 65 amazing special effects: shadow, fabric, akvarel, rust, frames, scratch, light, fire, water, heart, brush , noise and more.
- Sketch filters is a professional tools to make you an artist by creating pencil sketch of your photos.
- Magic Tools for photo correction: Auto-Levels, Sharpening, Area-Auto-Levels, Blurring and Red-Eyes correction.
- Picframes helps you combine multiple photos into amazing looking frames with 100 adjustable templates in Classic and Art categories, adjustable borders, frames, corners and backgrounds.
- Lens Boost – apply lens effect to your photos to get an amazing vignette effect with circle and linear (Tilt Shift) lens.
- Color Splash editor: create stunning artwork with your photos by removing or changing colors.
- Apply set of beautiful digital frames to your photos. Available packs: Holiday Frames, Christmas Frames, Summer Frames and Valentine's Day frames.
- Base photo operations: brightness, contrast, RGB color adjustment, hue, saturation.
- Base transform operations: resize, rotate and crop.
- Action Sets: collect interesting operations into action sets and apply them again to new photos.
- Apply several operations to one photo: you can edit a photo and apply all features and effects to one photo at the same time.
- Use photos from your gallery or from Camera.
- Save the result in 3 formats: Small, Normal and Large. Save images in JPEG and PNG.
- Photo Studio PRO includes all unlocked packs, tools and features.

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Retro Camera Plus v3.84

noreply@blogger.com (sohail) — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:19:00 +0000

Retro Camera Plus

Take delicious old-school pics your friends will drool over. 5 cameras, 5 sets of vintage vignetting, film scratch, black and white & cross processing effects for that off-the-hip analog look. Inspired by the Lomo, Holga, Polaroid, Diana, the toy cameras & Hipstamatic.

What's in this version : (Updated : Mar 23, 2013)

Jelly Bean updates; if your older device starts to crash with this version enable settings - Memory Limit

Required Android O/S : 2.2+

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ROM Toolbox Pro v5.8.2

noreply@blogger.com (sohail) — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:14:00 +0000

ROM Toolbox combines all the great root apps into one monster app with a beautiful and easy to use interface. ROM Toolbox has every tool you need to make your Android device fast and customized to your liking. Save 85% by getting ROM Toolbox instead of spending $30 or more on other apps.

ROM Toolbox combines apps like Titanium Backup, ROM Manager, Root Explorer, SetCPU, Ad Blocker, MetaMorph, Autorun Manager, Terminal Emulator, Script Manager, SD Booster, BuildProp Editor, Font Installer, Boot Animation Installer & many more apps into an all-in-one app! Here is a list of some of the features you will find:

★ ROM Management ★
☆ Install ROMs & themes from a growing list of ROMs. AOKP, CyanogenMod and other popular ROMs included.
☆ Create, manage & restore nandroid backups
☆ Wipe data, cache, dalvik-cache, battery stats
☆ Install multiple ROMs & ZIPs from your SD card
★App Manager ★
☆ Batch backup & restore apps and their data
☆ Schedule backups to run at a certain time
☆ Restore apps from nandroid backups
☆ Backup/Restore text messages, bookmarks, accounts, etc.
☆ Backup your apps to dropbox
☆ Freeze/Defrost system & user apps
☆ Backup/restore Android Market link
☆ Task manager
☆ Automated batch uninstaller
☆ E-mail your apps to friends
☆ Move any user app to the SD card
☆ Clean up dalvik-cache
☆ Zipalign, fix permissions, wipe data & cache, force close any app
★Root Explorer ★
☆ Access the whole of android's file system (including the elusive data folder!).
☆ Batch copy/paste, zip, tar, delete, move any file or folder
☆ Change file permissions and ownership
☆ View, edit & share files
☆ File manager with two panels for easier management
★ Scripter & Terminal Emulator ★
☆ Create and run scripts as root
☆ Set your scripts to run at-boot
★ Auto Start Manager ★
☆ Enable/disable apps that run on start-up
☆ Enable/disable any broadcast receiver, activity or service
★ Rebooter ★
☆ Reboot recovery, powerdown, bootloader, restart status bar, etc.
★ Font Installer ★
☆ Install custom fonts from a huge list or from your sdcard
☆ Set fonts as favorites & send them to friends
★ Boot Animation Installer ★
☆ Install custom boot animations from a huge collection or from your sdcard
☆ Preview boot animations
☆ Create a boot animation from a GIF file
☆ Have a new random boot animation each time you boot-up!
★ Theme Manager & Statusbar Icon Changer ★
☆ Create and install full themes (MetaMorph compatible)
☆ Customize your status bar by installing custom icons for wifi, signal, gps, etc.
☆ Change your battery icons in the status bar to a custom one from a list of 200+
★ Boot Logo Changer ★
☆ Change your boot logo for supported phones
★ Theme Chooser Themes ★
☆ View a list of themes for the TMobile Theme Chooser
★Set CPU★
☆ SetCPU & scaling governor
☆ CPU Profiles
☆ Kernel tweaks to speed up performance
★ Build.prop Editor ★
☆ Easily edit your build.prop
☆ Change lcd density, improve battery life, increase performance
★ Auto Memory Manager ★
☆ Set minfree values & select from presets. Apply values at boot
★ SD Booster ★
☆ Increase the speed of your SD card

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Spectrum ICS Pro Live WP v1.2.5

noreply@blogger.com (sohail) — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 15:01:00 +0000

Spectrum ICS live wallpaper, beautiful abstract colors with floating particles.

Also great for new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich themes and Jelly Bean devices.

Features
- Beautiful abstract colors
- Setting widget
- Custom background color
- 6 background themes
- 4 shadow types
- Shadow settings
- Strip settings
- Dust settings
- Light element settings
- Parallax effect
- Use 3D hardware to render images, save battery
- Support most resolutions including Android 3.0 tablet
- Android 4.0 ICS ready

Instruction
Home -> Menu -> Wallpapers -> Live Wallpapers

Note: It is live wallpaper so you can't open the app, you will need to follow the instruction above in order to set the wallpaper. Also slower/older devices (shipped with Android OS below 2.1) can't run it too, currently it has been tested on Samsung Galaxy S3, Galaxy Nexus and Sony Arc S so any mobile devices that is equivalent to them should run fine.

If you have put the app on SD card and restarted the phone, the wallpaper will reset to default since the system couldn't find the app first.

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Earn to Die PRO v1.0.5

noreply@blogger.com (sohail) — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 14:57:00 +0000

Earn to Die PRO 1.0.5 APK

Key Features

A brand new and extended STORY MODE which sees you driving cross-country during a zombie apocalypse
8 VEHICLES at your disposal, including a race-car, a truck and even a school bus!
UPGRADES GALORE! Just unlocking a vehicle isn't enough, customise each vehicle with a range of upgrades
Zombiesssssssssssss... Plenty of zombies... Be sure to introduce them to your car's front bumper
A realistic ragdoll physics engine that allows you to crash into zombies and send them flying!
Awesome animated sequences
Scoreloop support
CHALLENGE YOUR FRIENDS for the best time in Championship Mode
Survived the zombie apocalypse? Smash through pumpkins and unlock ACHIEVEMENTS in Halloween Mode

What's in this version:

Fixed issues for a number of devices
Loading screen now appears immediately without delay
Version 1.0.5:Made a few additional minor changes to the game

Version: 1.0.5

Size: 39 MB

Required android: 2.1 and up

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Splashtop Remote Desktop HD v1.9.10.3

noreply@blogger.com (sohail) — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 08:30:00 +0000

This is the ONLY remote desktop app that streams the whole PC or Mac screen to your Android tablet with smooth, high-res video and audio, allowing you to interact with your all applications, games, multimedia content, and files over Wi-Fi and 3G/4G networks. GO EVERYWHERE WITH JUST YOUR ANDROID DEVICE WITHOUT HAVING TO CARRY YOUR COMPUTER!

Optimized performance for Android 3.x (Honeycomb) and 4.x (ICS) tablets.

Notice:
#.If you have upgraded Splashtop Streamer on your computer to v2, please visithttp://support-remote.splashtop.com/entries/21658867 to configure the settings.

Honors:
* BEST of CES 2012 -- Best Mobile App
* BEST OF CES 2011 Award
* #1 Android Market "Top New Paid App" (June)
* Top Android Market business apps in US, UK, Canada, etc.
* #1 iPad, iPhone, Windows, Mac, webOS, etc.

Fast and Easy Setup:
* One-click access to your computer desktop with minimal setup
* Install the free Splashtop Streamer on your computer - supports Windows 7, Vista, and XP, as well as Mac OS X 10.6+ (Snow Leopard or Lion is required for Mac users).
* Application automatically finds your local computers, or sign in to your Gmail account on the app and Streamer to find your computers across the Internet

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Touch Control (Nexus 4) v1.6

noreply@blogger.com (sohail) — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 08:23:00 +0000

Current Version: 1.6b
Requires Android: 4.2 and up
Category: Productivity
v1.6b update:
* fixed support for latest franco kernels
* added auto stock-modified kernel flashing option
* disabled input filtering (might help with screen freeze)
* fixed support for Trinity TF110
* added support for latest Trinity kernels
* modified some guts, might work with more kernels
* fixed support for latest faux stable
* added permissions for SU
* fixed support for latest faux beta

This is a kernel module for Nexus 4 that allows us to wake phone (just like power button) by a swipe gesture on the screen. So it’s slide2wake or slide2unlock. It also allows locking and so on. Please see the video.
Any bugs and requests should be made on the official forum: http://forum.ponury.net/ you could check my other apps there.

****** PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS IS BETA AND MIGHT NOT WORK ON CUSTOM KERNELS ******

TO UPDATE PLEASE DO THIS:
1) UNINSTALL COMPLETELY THE APP
2) REBOOT DEVICE
3) INSTALL A NEW VERSION

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VidTrim Pro - Video Editor v2.2.0

noreply@blogger.com (sohail) — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 08:15:00 +0000

INFO
VidTrim Pro is a video editor and organizer for Android. It includes multiple features like trimming, frame grabbing, video effects, extract audio (convert to MP3) and transcoding (convert to MP4). You can also share your videos with your friends directly through the app.

Features of VidTrim Pro:
- Video trimmer. Trim video clips right on your device
- Effects. Apply cool video effects like B/W, Negate, Pixellate, Posterize, Glow, Tint0r, Edge detect, Luma, SwapUV.
- Transcode video clips. Transcoding allows to convert video to MP4, resize and compress videos.
- Frame grabber. Extract/save frames from your video clips as images.
- Convert video files to MP3 audio files.
- Share video clips. (Send e-mail, upload to YouTube etc.)
- Play video clips
- Rename video clips
- Delete video clips

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Voice PRO v2.9.4

noreply@blogger.com (sohail) — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 08:09:00 +0000

The most complete, the best “Audio Editing for Android”

NOW TOP 20 PAID APP IN GOOGLE PLAY / MUSIC CATEGORY!

By adopting this application you will soon realise its potentiality and multiple functions which will allow you to make practically all you need and want to do with your records. Like edit, cut, adjust, eliminate disturbances and noises and insert background.

It will add audio effects, change tempo and volume, unit or mix record of any format or quality.

★ Record can be converted in texts in more than 50 languages
★ Share on Facebook, Twitter and Voice PRO Cloud
★ Receive Bluetooth files directly into Record list
★ Convert YouTube video to audio file

FEATURES:
1)The Voice Recorder makes it possible to:

☆ Record in formats as WAVE-MP3-OGG
☆ Insert in real-time a background using any file already present in your device. You can also download –free of charge– new ones from a library on line.
☆ Insert tag to help you select, during the playback, the most interesting parts of your records.
☆ Use the Earphone to control the effect of the background during recording.
☆ Record in background and at the same time utilise the device for other services.

2) Record list allows to :

☆ Visualize records info such as length, sample rate, dimensions, channels.
☆ Operate the playback both with internal and external player.
☆ Restore the records and complete them.
☆ Mix or merge any record in all formats.
☆ Handle the preferred ones , share them, add notes and tag and research the files.
☆ Convert in many formats (mp3, wav, flac, ogg)
☆ Remove vocals, Handle the GAIN, the TIME, the RUMORS, and the REVERB – an example of the remarkable possibilities of applicable effects.
☆ Convert records in texts. “VOICE-PRO” is the only existing application in all the world’s markets allowing you to convert your records of any length in “Texts”, giving you therefore the possibility to listen to them with an internal “Vocal synthesiser” and save them in Audio Format . In other words you actually synthesize your own voice.
☆ Encrypt and decrypt your records and protect them with Password at 128 bytes*

3 The EDITOR makes possible to:

☆ Mix with other records or background.
☆ Cut off parts of records and save them in new files or new formats either musical, sonic or Identifying-sounds.
☆ Restore a record from backup.

“VOICE-PRO” in its great versatility can even extend – against payment – to some functions such as :
- Perform other format of export/import audio (8svx,aif,aifc,amb,snd, dvms,prc)
- Mixing more than two files.
- Call recording.
- Voice to texts.
- Encrypting of files in AES with key at 128 bytes.

★ Additional features
- Home screen widget
- Mp3 bitrate change up to 320kbps
- Samplerate up to 48000 HZ
- Encoding at 8 and 16 bytes
- Registering in format MONO & STEREO
- Autogain to reduce noises during recording
- Pause in registering at incoming calls.
- Internal help for each function
- Control of icons, notifying and privacy
- Files backup
- Installation on SD CARD
- Request new effects or lyrics

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SwiftKey Tablet Keyboard

noreply@blogger.com (sohail) — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 07:19:00 +0000

SwiftKey
SwiftKey 3 Tablet 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 Tablet also predicts your next words.

Upgrading from SwiftKey X, you may experience trouble with apostrophes or accented characters in predictions. This is because you need to update your language models. To do this, go to Settings, Languages & layouts, press menu and tap "update languages". When "update" appears next to your language(s), press it. When you return to your keyboard things should be working properly. *

SwiftKey 3 Tablet 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.

SwiftKey is among Android's best selling apps for a reason -- it transforms your keyboard, making typing a breeze and saving you hassle every day.

LANGUAGES SUPPORTED: (enable up to three at once if you're multi-lingual)

English (US)
English (UK)
Afrikaans
Arabic
Basque
Bulgarian
Catalan
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dutch
Estonian
French (CA)
French (FR)
Finnish
Galician
German
Greek
Hebrew
Hungarian
Icelandic
Indonesian
Italian
Kazakh
Korean
Latvian
Lithuanian
Malay
Norwegian
Persian (Farsi)
Polish
Portuguese (BR)
Portuguese (PT)
Romanian
Russian
Serbian
Spanish (ES)
Spanish (US)
Slovak
Slovenian
Swedish
Turkish
Ukrainian
Urdu

Support for QWERTY, QWERTZ, QZERTY, AZERTY, DVORAK, COLEMAK, Arabic, Bulgarian, Greek, Hebrew, Korean, Persian (Farsi), Russian and Ukrainian layouts.

What's in this version : (Updated : Mar 26, 2013)

SwiftKey Flow: World’s most accurate gesture input, with next word prediction
Flow Through Space: Gesture multiple words without lifting a finger
Personalization: More thorough learning of your language and typing style
Better predictions: Enhanced language engine, predictions in more text fields
Easier corrections: Tap anywhere on a word to choose an alternative
60 languages: Now including Albanian, Bosnian, Javanese, Sundanese, Thai, Vietnamese

Required Android O/S : 2.1+

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Blackmart v0.99.2.41 Apk App

noreply@blogger.com (sohail) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 22:32:00 +0000

Blackmart v0.99.2.40
Requirements: Android OS 2.1+
Overview: Blackmart is a tools to get all android application for free. You can use this apps

to get various apps without paying for them. Maybe you have using similar application such

as appbrain, bestmartket, and other, but blackmart is’t different.
Also used to update your device apps search for paid apps or upload apps from your device

to host so others can download them.
Also this app is updated quickly you'll be notified if there is an update.

No Lucky patch needed etc.
Here are some well know apps just to name a few

Titanium Backup ★ root
Poweramp ful and some skins
CoPilot life premium (range)
Tomtom
Tunein Radio pro
Polaris office full
OfficeSuite full
Mobile Odin Pro

Please note
If you have a cracked patched version of a app sometimes the app your trying to install may
not.If this is the case backup your app and uninstall your app and proceed in installing app
from Blackmarket or delete the .odex file if it has one.

All apps downloaded from Blackmarket are kept in Blackmarkets program folder in Downloads.

Does not need rooted devices

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Smart Launcher Pro

noreply@blogger.com (sohail) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:11:00 +0000

Simple, Light, Fast!

Smart Launcher Pro
Smart Launcher is an innovative launcher characterized by a minimalist design, low
memory usage and an user-friendly UI that let you start any application with a few
taps.It is currently the only launcher on the store to features automatic cataloging of
installed apps!

Features:

Main screen with Quick Start
Drawer organized by categories
Ready to use without special configurations.
Support for Live Wallpaper and screens of different sizes.
Support of set of icons for Launcher Pro and ADW Launcher

What's in this version : (Updated : Mar 20, 2013)

Possibility to rearrange bubble using drag&drop;
New fast-search system;
Layout optimization for tablet;
SD problem fixed;
greek language available;

Required Android O/S : 2.1+

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ROM Manager ( Premium )

noreply@blogger.com (sohail) — Tue, 26 Mar 2013 17:06:00 +0000

ROM Manager Premium play.google.com.rommanager
Must have app for any root user. Make backups, flash ROMs, and own your device.
ROM Manager is THE MUST HAVE APP for any Android root user. (Over 3 million downloads and counting!)

Features:

Flash your recovery to the latest and greatest ClockworkMod recovery.
Manage your ROMs via a handy UI.
Organize and perform backups and restores from within Android!
Install ROMs from your SD card.
Install your favorite ROMs over the air!

Premium Version:

Premium ROMs
Receive notifications for when your ROM is updated!
Automatic backups
Install from QR Code
Web Connect
Support

Do you prefer using only recovery manually? Check out the Touch Recovery in app purchase, for the most advanced recovery available!

What's in this version : (Updated : Feb 16, 2013)

Delta download bug fixes.
Revamp comments service. All users can comment and rate.
Can now view all backups, internal and external, in the restore/manage list

Required Android O/S : 2.2+

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