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Try This: Animation easter egg in Chrome for Android

by Kevin Krause on February 8th, 2012

Want to see a cool example of Android 4.0′s animation abilities in the newly released Chrome beta? In a few simple steps you can be saying “wow” with the rest of ‘em. Here’s how: Pop open Chrome Navigate to the “Tabs” screen Flick up through the open tabs (about five times) Did one of your [...]

In Case You Were Wondering: The RAZR and RAZR MAXX Have The Same Exact Software

by Chris Chavez on January 26th, 2012

If there was ever any doubt that the Motorola RAZR and the new all new and improved RAZR MAXX possibly weren’t the same phone, that has been laid to rest with this screenshot. As you can plainly see, both devices are running the exact same build, kernel — even the model number is the same. [...]

New Gmail App Adds “Experimental” Feature – Get It Now For Your Galaxy Nexus [Download]

by Chris Chavez on January 24th, 2012

Looks like Google wrapped up a bonus treat for ASUS Transformer Prime users inside their Ice Cream Sandwich update. Apparently, a new “experiments” function popped up inside of the native Gmail app. Generally speaking when dealing with Android, you want to be wary of anything labeled as “experimental” but in this case, you need not [...]

Turn your Windows 7 desktop into an Ice Cream Sandwich dream

by Kevin Krause on January 19th, 2012

No, the above image isn’t some screenshot of Android 4.0 running on a tablet, it’s Windows 7 with the perfect touch of Ice Cream Sandwich. Lifehacker has David Molina’s Androidified setup as their featured desktop, and you can too. It starts with the ICS wallpaper and uses a combination of themes, skins, and other tools to [...]

Kindle Fire Receives Early Build Of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich [Video]

by Chris Chavez on December 26th, 2011

You had to see this coming and many of you have actually been waiting for this moment. Android’s first successful “budget” tablet — the Kindle Fire — has finally gotten its taste of Ice Cream Sandwich thanks to the tireless Android modding community who dropped a pre-alpha AOSP ROM for the device early today. Just [...]

Pro Tip: Take Photos During Video Recording with the Galaxy Nexus

by Kevin Krause on December 26th, 2011

With Android 4.0′s updated camera software, the Galaxy Nexus has quite a few tricks up its sleeve for blossoming photographers. Time lapse video and sweeping panoramic views are just the tip of the ice berg. Here’s one feature that you will hopefully be as pleasantly surprised to discover as I was. While using the camera [...]

Galaxy Nexus Public Service Announcement: 3rd Party Batteries Not Compatible, OTA Update Arriving On Day 1

by Chris Chavez on December 6th, 2011

In some “extra” Galaxy Nexus news (you guys ready for Friday!?) I wanted to make sure our readers were well of a few things before they jump the gun and rush to online retailers for accessories, specifically — batteries. As it turns out, NFC and the stock Galaxy Nexus battery go hand-in-hand. You can’t have [...]

Android Market Now Installable On The Kindle Fire [How To]

by Chris Chavez on November 16th, 2011

Kindle Fire is a hot topic these days (no pun intended). Yesterday, I told you guys about Amazon releasing the source code for the Fire then, shortly after, we found out the device had been rooted. Fast forward to today, where we now find out the Android Market is now easily installable on the budget [...]

Kindle Fire Confirmed To Sideload Apps – Android Market Soon To Follow?

by Chris Chavez on November 15th, 2011

The Android Market not being found on – or anywhere near the Kindle Fire is a turn-off for some prospective buyers. One of the burning questions about the device is whether or not it can sideload apps. This, however inconvenient, could provide for a temporary solution of getting your favorite apps, only be found from [...]

Moola! Renamed EasyCheckBook: Your App Did Not Randomly Disappear

by Rob Jackson on November 13th, 2011

You use the same app day-in and day-out until one day, suddenly, the app is no longer there. No software updates were performed, the phone hadn’t even been turned off since the apps last use, but somehow the app is gone. Disappeared. Houdini’d. Did Verizon or Google remotely wipe the app for security purposes? What [...]

Stream All Your Media From Your Computer To Your Device With Zumocast [Download]

by Chris Chavez on November 10th, 2011

I have to admit, when I first saw the DROID Bionic commercial, I was a little jelly of their new media streaming app, Zumocast. While Motorola and Verizon would like you to believe that Zumocast will only work for DROID devices, with a little bit of tinkering, the app is actually fully functional for just [...]

Samsung Galaxy Nexus Ringtones, Notifications and Alarms for All Devices [Download]

by Chris Chavez on October 22nd, 2011

A few days ago we showed you how to make your (rooted) phone look like Ice Cream Sandwich and today we are going to show you how to make your phone sound like Ice Cream Sandwich. P3Droid extracted the audio files from the Samsung Galaxy Nexus system dump and uploaded them for the world to [...]

Samsung Galaxy S II Lockscreen Got You Down? Here’s AT&T’s Simple Fix

by Chris Chavez on September 30th, 2011

We reported a short time ago on a “security issue” facing AT&T’s Samsung Galaxy S II units. Apparently, when you unlock the phone and it goes to the lockscreen, merely letting the phone fall back asleep or “timeout” will allow you to quickly awake the device and bypass the lockscreen altogether. Well, in an effort [...]

Using A Homescreen Replacement App? Spruce It Up With These Icon Packs!

by Chris Chavez on September 27th, 2011

One of the great things about Android is the freedom to customize our homescreens however we want. If you want to take personalization a little further, there are a plethora of custom homescreen replacements that can be found in the Android Market that allow you to change everything from the dock to the icons on [...]

Don’t Like TouchWiz on the Epic 4G Touch? Use Sprint ID to Quickly Return to a more Stock Experience

by Quentyn Kennemer on September 27th, 2011

We’ll admit it, we didn’t get the point of Sprint ID when they first announced it. It’s grown on us over time, though, and for more reasons than one. For some of Sprint’s ID enabled phones, like the Epic 4G Touch, it can help you say goodbye to TouchWiz. If for some reason you don’t [...]

Is Your Sprint Epic 4G Touch Expriencing Problems? Samsung’s Working On It

by Chris Chavez on September 21st, 2011

It’s been almost a week since the release of the Sprint Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch (that’s a mouthful!) and we’ve been hearing murmurs of bugs and other general weirdness affecting the device. Some of the bugs include force closes in the calendar and 4G disconnecting when you’re on a call. According to [...]

Two Android Vulnerabilities Allow Malicious Apps To Install On Your Device Without Your Permission

by Chris Chavez on September 20th, 2011

About a month ago, two Android researchers were able to find two vulnerabilities within the Android OS that have yet to be addressed or patched up by Google in the latest Android updates. What exactly are these vulnerabilities? Well, the first bug is called a “permission-escalation vulnerability” and apparently, it affects all Android users. The [...]

Potential Fix Found For Motorola Photon 4G “Sleep of Death” Issue [Forum Talk]

by Chris Chavez on September 7th, 2011

Quite a few Motorola Photon owners have been experiencing an issue with their device in what they are calling “The Sleep of Death.” Apparently, the device will shut down at random times without warning forcing users to power back on and check for important missed calls and/or texts. MoPho users took to our very own [...]

NIteUI by AndroidAtNight – Ice Cream Sandwich Concept Theme (No Root Required)

by Chris Chavez on September 6th, 2011

My good friend @AndroidAtNight on Twitter spent a lot of his free time designing this amazing homescreen based around what he feels like the next iteration of Android, Ice Cream Sandwich, could look like. I have to hand it to him — it looks pretty nice. The NIte UI theme takes a lot of design [...]

Android 2.2 Found Pre-installed On HP TouchPad – Gingerbread and Honeycomb Coming Soon? [Videos]

by Chris Chavez on August 22nd, 2011

Ever since the (now) affordable HP TouchPads have hit the market, people have been trying to their best to get Android ported to one of these bad boys. There’s even a $1,500 bounty for anyone that can get working versions of the OS onto the TouchPad. Now a few videos have surface from users who [...]