Tips

Android is full of options to customize and control your device as you see fit. This section lists the tips, tutorials, and tricks we think every Android user should know. They may not all be relevant to you but they may be useful. Here are some of the highlights, but feel free to browse the entire section.

Android

LG Optimus Home Launcher Ported to Other Android Devices

September 1, 2010 | by Lars Aronsson

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Back in July, a tweaker at the xda-developers ported Samsung’s TouchWiz UI onto other Android phones, such as the Nexus One, and this time around it’s the Home Launcher from the LG Optimus that has been made avai…

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Hacks

First custom ROM hits the DROID X

August 30, 2010 | by Chris Smith

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We’ve seen that the DROID X has been able to be rooted, even though people said it couldn’t be done. Now the DROID X has its first custom ROM available via ROM Manager for rooted devices. If you have t…

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Hacks

CyanogenMod-6.0 is available for select devices

August 28, 2010 | by Chris Smith

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CyanogenMod-6.0, a popular community-built distribution of Android 2.2, has its official version out today for download. If your Android device is rooted and there is a final build available you can install…

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Tips

How to Free Up Space on the Internal Storage

August 26, 2010 | by Lars Aronsson

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Due to the software/hardware combination of not being able to install apps to the SD card and phones simply having inadequate amounts of internal storage, a weak point of Android has been that users often have r…

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Tricks

Tip: Use SMS Backup+ to auto-archive and read text messages in Gmail

August 25, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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In the latest edition of Android Apps Alert, we highlighted an SMS Backup+, an app that can create backup of SMS messages to the user’s GMail account. In the event that someone accidentally deletes a mess…

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Applications

11 Ways to Get the Most Out of LauncherPro

August 23, 2010 | by Lars Aronsson

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LauncherPro has quickly become one of the most popular homescreen replacements for Android, and it’s easy to see why. The app is highly customizable, and since its debut on the Market back in May the deve…

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Applications

Everything Your Android Phone Can Replace: 45 Gadgets With a Total Weight of 110 Pounds

August 19, 2010 | by Lars Aronsson

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Everybody knows that thanks to technological convergence, smartphones have made many of the gadgets we used to have separately redundant. But have you ever thought of how many these gadgets actually are, and…

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Hacks

DROID X gets a custom recovery available for download now

August 19, 2010 | by Chris Smith

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Well we have been through it all, haven’t we? From thinking that the DROID X was “impossible” to hack, to stories of “self-destruct sequences”, to it being rooted in less than…

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Hacks

New CyanogenMod 6 release canidates make their way to your rooted HTCs and DROIDs

August 17, 2010 | by Chris Smith

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If you have rooted an Android phone in the past or have one in your possession now you have probably heard of the infamous CyanogenMod ROM. CyanogenMod is based off of the stock Android operating system allowing…

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Hacks

A Guide to Running Android on Windows Mobile Devices

August 16, 2010 | by Lars Aronsson

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When Google acquired the small Palo Alto startup company Android, Inc in July 2005, the team led by Andy Rubin surely both hoped and expected that the mobile OS they were developing eventually would power a vast…

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Commmunication

FoxtoPhone sends links or text from Firefox to Android

August 16, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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The biggest flaw with Chrome to Phone, if you consider it a flaw at all, is that it only works with Google’s Chrome Browser. What about the thousands of people who have opted for the No. 2-ranked desktop bro…

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Beginner's Guide to Android

HTC Sense Tips & Tricks

August 15, 2010 | by Lars Aronsson

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The first device to feature the HTC Sense user-interface was the HTC Hero that made its debut in Europe about a year ago. Since then, HTC has incorporated Sense in all its Android handsets except for the Nexus One…

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Tools

Tips: Open Google Gestures with a quick-flip gesture

August 11, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka

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Those of you still running Google Gestures as a way to quickly search through your phone’s contacts will be happy to know that the app recently got a new shortcut. In Gesture Search 1.2, the app can be opene…

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Beginner's Guide to Android

A Guide to Making Your Android’s Battery Last a Little Longer

August 11, 2010 | by Lars Aronsson

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A common complaint among Android users is short battery life. As we all now, Google’s platform has numerous benefits, but state-of-the-art features and constantly being connected seem to come with one drawb…

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Applications

How to Disable the Start-Up Sound

August 9, 2010 | by Lars Aronsson

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A peculiarity of phones that have managed to annoy many people over the years, is the start-up sounds that some manufacturers insist on adding. It’s somewhat ironic that just as HTC’s “Qui…

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Tips

How to Route Unwanted Callers Directly to Voicemail

August 8, 2010 | by Lars Aronsson

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Is there someone you just wish would stop calling, but you don’t want to turn off your phone or activate the Airplane Mode, because you still need other people to be able to reach you? Or do you have friends that cal…

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