Wednesday, September 25, 2013
Monday, September 23, 2013
Thursday, September 19, 2013
Android Gmail Quickoffice Integration
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
New Swiftkey Beta for Android
Another new feature is "Trending Topics" predictions. Swiftkey will now know who and what the internet is talking about and offer up predictions to you. So, your phone will now know to insert "Baby" after the word "Royal". "Zimmerman" after "George". So on and so forth.
Get it at beta.swiftkey.net.
The New Droids Are Almost Pure Android
Off-white Pure we would say. The New Droids come in two different sizes (5" and 4.3") and three different colors (Black, Black, or Red). They are very slick Android Devices. We approve.
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Tuesday, July 2, 2013
Monday, July 1, 2013
Amazon expands GameCircle sync service to all Android devices
On July 1, 2013Amazon has expanded its GameCircle sync service to all Android devices, the company has announced. GameCircle allows gamers to keep their data in sync across devices for when they want to jump between, say, a smartphone and a tablet. […
Monday, June 24, 2013
The Android Powered Samsung Galaxy NX Camera is Official
True to JK Shin’s promise, Samsung is indeed introducing a new Android-powered mirrorless camera: the Galaxy NX. Although it runs Google’s mobile OS (version 4.2.2 Jelly Bean) and bears LTE radios, the NX is not quite a direct sequel to the Galaxy Camera, the company’s glorified point-and-shoot…
Sunday, June 23, 2013
CyanogenMod's Founder's new Privacy Guard for your piece of mind
New "Incognito Mode" enables more granular privacy settings than in stock Android. What if you could privately use an application and manage its permissions to keep ill intending apps from accessing your data? That’s exactly what Steve Kondik at CyanogenMod—the aftermarket, community-based firmware…
Saturday, June 22, 2013
Android Fragmentation? I think not.
Apple’s developer Website offers a new, handy graph of iOS fragmentation—which is to say, the mobile operating system isn’t fragmented much at all. A full 93 percent of iOS users are on iOS 6, the latest version; another 6 percent rely on iOS 5; and a mere 1 percent use an earlier iOS: Compare…
Friday, June 21, 2013
Rooting and Installing CyanogenMod on a Barnes & Noble Nook Tablet
Tablets are still left with the boring, basic Nook Store. Here are the steps I do to root and then install CyanogenMod on 8 and 16gb Nook Tablets.
You need to download a few files first:
- SD_ROOT_NT16or8gbV4_7.zip
- CWM_v6.2.7_emmc.zip
- Latest CyanogenMod
- Latest Google Apps for Jelly Bean (jb)
sudo dd if=NT16or8gbV47SDimagefile.img of=/dev/sdXYou must replace the X in sdX with the appropriate letter for your SD slot. There are many ways to get the correct letter but I use the program Gparted.
Ok, so now you have an SD card that will root your Nook Tablet. Let's boot into Recovey. Turn off your Nook if it is on, and connect the USB wire to your computer. Your Nook will now turn on and enter into ClockwordMod Recovery. Using the Volume Keys to move up and down and the N key to select, click on Install zip from SD. You will now see a zip file called Root_8gb-or-16gb-NTV4_7.zip. Highlight that file and press the N.
If all goes well, the operation will complete. You are now rooted. Press the Power button to go back to main Recovery menus and select Reboot and press the N key. Your Nook will appear normal. It is not. Press the N key and you will see a new option for Home screen. Clicking the new Home icon will take you to an Android looking desktop. Yay! We are not done yet.
Now, install ES File Explorer from the Play Store. Open the app and browse your Micro SD card. Look for a folder called Apps. In this folder you will see a file named Nook Recovery Flasher.apk. Click this file to install it. Once installed, click on Flash CWM Recovery. Now you do not need the SD card you made earlier to boot into Recovery. It is now part of the system.
Remove the SD card and connect it your computer and format it so that it is empty.
Copy the files #2, #3, and #4 that you downloaded from above to the SD card and insert it back into the Nook Tablet.
Remember how to boot your Nook into Recovery mode? Do it.
Select Install zip from SD again and install ONLY CWM_v6.2.7_emmc.zip. This will upgrade your recovery. Without upgrading, you will not be able to flash CyanogenMod. Once the operation is complete, use the power button go back to reboot the Nook. Boot it to Recovery one more time.
Now you can select the latest CyanogenMod file you downloaded to install it. After that, select the latest Gapps you downloaded. Reboot the Nook and you are good to go!!!
NOTES: If you're Nook will not boot after flashing CM in final step, boot back in to Recovery and do a factory reset. (this factory resets your new CM install) and reboot. This should let you back in.
If a file you downloaded from a above will not flash, download again.
Make sure you are downloading the correct Google Apps.