The process for setting the Me picture is fortunately a lot less complicated on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Here’s how to do it.

1. Open the People app and tap on the Me contact at the top of the list

2. Open the menu and tap Edit.

3. In the upper right corner there is a picture or a box, tap on it and select the appropriate option to set your Me contact picture.

There is naturally an abundance of wallpaper sites on the Internet and it’s easy to find good pictures to use as either desktop or Android backgrounds. Even TechCredo has posted tons of wallpapers and we’ve also compiled a list of the top Android wallpaper apps.

Title:
Wallbase HD Wallpapers
Market rating: 4,5 / 5
Total downloads:
100 000 - 500 000
Size: 503k

The site has even managed to show excellent wallpapers on obscure search queries for which Google Images basically just displayed rubbish.

The official Android app for Wallbase.cc, called Wallbase HD Wallpapers, has a nifty feature that lets users search for images using a RGB value – perfect for those who enjoy meticulously designed homescreens. I recommended both the website and the Android app to anyone looking for original, high quality wallpapers. Kudos to Yotoon, the developer behind the service.

Are you dying to check out the brand new Chrome for Android web browser, but the app isn’t available in your country yet? Worry not, Android users in the rest of the world.

If you have a rooted Android device, you can easily download Chrome Beta for Android from any country. The browser still requires Ice Cream Sandwich, though. Here’s how to do it.

Update: You can naturally just download the .APK as well, which does not require a rooted Android. However, the benefit of the slightly more complicated method below is that you can update Chrome as usual via the Market. Here are a few links to the Chrome Beta APK that work at the time of writing:

• Dropbox #1
• Dropbox #2
• XDA-developers

How to download Chrome for Android from any country

1. As mentioned earlier, you need a rooted Android device for this to work. Download MarketEnabler by Rac from the Market.

2. Launch the app and tap the Settings list tab.

3. Long-press [us] Verizon (Verizon) and select fake this provider now from the popup menu. Go back to the Actual tab and press the Save current settings button.

4. Erase the Market data and also force close the Market to get a fresh start. Otherwise MarketEnabler might not work. Go to your homescreen and navigate to Settings > Apps and swipe left to get to the ALL tab. Find Market in the list of applications and tap the Clear data button, then press the Force stop button at the top.

5. Click this link to head to the Market and install Chrome Beta for Android. That’s it!

The same process works for any app that is limited to the US. You can use MarketEnabler to install Google Music, for example. Good luck and if you have any questions, just leave a comment below.

However, after I flashed a nightly build of CyanogenMod 7, my device simply refused to start. It got stuck on the boot screen and never loaded Android. Earlier I had used the CWM Manager app to boot into ClockworkMod Recovery, but I couldn’t use it now since Android wouldn’t start. I needed to find out the hardware key combination to boot into recovery mode and restore my NANDroid backup, and luckily I found it.

How to start the Samsung Galaxy S2 recovery mode

To boot the Galaxy S2 into recovery mode, first turn off the device. Then simply press and hold the Volume up button, the Home button and the Power button at the same time. Keep holding the buttons until you have reached the recovery mode.

The procedure for starting the Galaxy S2 in Download Mode is very similar: turn off the phone and hold the Home button, the Volume down button and the Power button at the same time. This will start the Download Mode.

Footnote: Since CyanogenMod obviously didn’t work, I ended up flashing flashed a MIUI ROM instead. It looks really good on the SGS2.

1) Download Odin3-v1.85.zip from the xda-developers forum and extract it on your computer to the folder of your choice.

2) Now you need to grab the correct rooted kernel from the xda-developers from either this post or this one. The various kernels are named CF-Root-xxx-vX.X.zip and to figure out which one to download, go to Settings > About phone on your Samsung Galaxy S2 and check the “Kernel version” label. This is what it looked like on my phone.

It says “2.6.35.7-I19100XWKF3-CL276555”. I have made the essential part of the kernel version bold – look for that key among the available kernels on the XDA and you will have no trouble downloading the correct one. In my case, I downloaded CF-Root-SGS2_XW_CLK_KF3-v4.0-CWM4.zip. Extract the ZIP-file so you get a file with the .TAR extension.

3) Make sure your Galaxy SII isn’t connected to your computer and launch Odin3 v1.85.exe. This is what the interface looks like – the important parts are highlighted. Click on the image to see the full size version.

4) Click the PDA button and select the .TAR file you extracted earlier.

5) Turn off your Galaxy SII. Start it by pressing and holding the Home button, the Volume down button and the Power button at the same time. A warning message will be displayed – just press Volume up to continue. This will boot the device into Download Mode.

6) Connect your Galaxy S2 to your computer using a USB cable. Your operating system might install new drivers. Let it finish. Make sure the “Re-Partition” option in Odin 3 v1.85 is NOT selected. Both the “Auto Reboot” and “F. Reset Time” options should be selected, however. Click the Start button.

7) Let Odin do its thing and the device will soon reboot. Now you have a rooted Samsung Galaxy S2, congratulations! Please note that a yellow triangle with an exclamation mark will be displayed when you boot your Galaxy S2 from now on – this is normal.

Another thing worth mentioning is that this rooting method, CF-Root, includes ClockworkMod Recovery, but it isn’t compatible with the ROM Manager app. Because of this, the developer has included an app called CWM Manager that will be automatically installed on your device when using the guide above. It’s listed as CWM on your phone.

Visit the source for this guide at xda-developers for even more info, and if you have any questions – feel free to leave a comment and I’ll do my best to help!