Guides and tutorials

How to make Google Now and Android’s Search app show temperatures in either Celsius or Fahrenheit

November 24, 2012

Google Now is a great new Android feature that was introduced with Jelly Bean back in June. It was recently named Innovation of the Year by the magazine Popular Science and it’s part of the Google Search app. I personally don’t have Google Now turned on since I currently don’t have much use for it, […]

Posted in Android, Guides and tutorials | Tagged Celsius, Fahrenheit, Google Now, Guide, How to, Temperature, Tutorial, Weather | 1 Response

How to easily set the “Me” picture on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

February 9, 2012

A year ago, TechCredo published a tutorial on how to set the “Me” picture on Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Without a proper Me picture, Android’s native Messaging app will just display an empty grey box next to your messages. The process for setting the Me picture is fortunately a lot less complicated on Android 4.0 Ice […]

Posted in Android, Guides and tutorials | Tagged Android 4.0, Contact photo, Conversation list, Default, Grey, Ice Cream Sandwich, Me contact, Me picture, Messaging app, Native, Tutorial | 5 Responses

How to install Chrome Beta for Android from any country, also works with Google Music [Tutorial]

February 7, 2012

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 […]

Posted in Android, Guides and tutorials | Tagged .apk, Any Country, Chrome Beta, Chrome for Android, Download, Google Music, How to, MarketEnabler, Tutorial | Leave a response

How to boot the Samsung Galaxy S2 into recovery mode

September 13, 2011

I rooted my Samsung Galaxy S2 today and the actual rooting process went great. Afterwards I made a complete NANDroid backup with ClockworkMod Recovery and I also did a backup of all my apps with Titanium Backup – since I now enjoyed root access Titanium could also backup all the Market links. However, after I […]

Posted in Android, Guides and tutorials | Tagged Boot, Boot into recovery, ClockworkMod Recovery, CWM Manager, Guide, Recovery, Recovery mode, Samsung Galaxy S2, Samsung Galaxy SII, SGS2, Tips | 22 Responses

How to root the Samsung Galaxy S2 [Tutorial]

September 13, 2011

Here’s a no-frills and fool proof guide to rooting the Samsung Galaxy S2. The SGS2 is a great smartphone and it’s even better with root access. Let’s rock. 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 […]

Posted in Android, Guides and tutorials | Tagged CF-Root, CWM, CWM Manager, Guide, Instructions, Odin3 v1.85, Root, Root access, Rooting, Samsung Galaxy S2, Samsung Galaxy SII, SGS2, Tutorial | 10 Responses

The best, easiest and safest way to root and S-OFF the HTC Sensation [Tutorial]

September 10, 2011

To prove that TechCredo isn’t dead and that it just has been hibernating for a few months, here’s a guide to root the HTC Sensation. It also describes how to S-OFF the Sensation and install ClockworkMod Recovery. There are tons of different tutorials on the interwebs for rooting HTC’s flagship Android and it can be […]

Posted in Android, Guides and tutorials | Tagged ClockworkMod, ClockworkMod Recovery, Guide, How to, How to root HTC Sensation, HTC Sensation, Instructions, Root, Root access, su-2.3.6.3-ef-signed.zip, Superuser access, Tutorial | 5 Responses

Tutorial: How to install ADB (Android Debug Bridge) and use it to push files and delete preloaded apps

March 2, 2011

The Android Debug Bridge, usually referred to as ADB, is a command line tool with the purpose of controlling an Android device from a computer via a USB link. The ADB command comes bundled with the Android SDK (Software Development Kit) that developers need to make apps for the platform. You can do all sorts […]

Posted in Android, Guides and tutorials | Tagged ADB, Android, Android Debug Bridge, Apps, Delete, Guide, How to, HTC Desire, Preinstalled, Push, Remove, Tutorial | 3 Responses

Tutorial: How to create and apply your own custom Android boot animation

February 23, 2011

Yesterday, I wrote a guide to creating and applying a static boot screen for Android phones instead of the default animation that usually is displayed. Thus, it seemed appropriate with a tutorial for making a full boot animation as well. You naturally need a rooted Android device for this to work. Download TechCredo’s boot animation […]

Posted in Android, Guides and tutorials | Tagged Android, Apply, Boot animation, Bootanimation, Build, Create, Custom, desc.txt, Explanation, Flash, How to, Step-by-step, Tutorial | 2 Responses

How to create a static Android boot screen instead of an animation

February 22, 2011

Android is of course a very customizable mobile platform, and having root access lets you personalize your phone even further. It’s very common to change Android’s boot animation, and there are tons of different animations posted on the interwebs that you can flash. There will probably be a “top Android boot animations” post here on […]

Posted in Android, Guides and tutorials | Tagged Android, Boot animation, Boot screen, Customization, desc.txt, How to, Static, Template, Tutorial | 6 Responses

How screens are measured and what the inches actually tell you

February 19, 2011

Have you ever wondered why the screen on your 32-inch TV is way more than 10 times bigger than the display on your 3.2-inch phone? Or why the screen on your 3.7-inch smartphone is over twice as big as your old 2.4-inch dumbphone? The answer is most likely no, but here’s an explanation anyway. This […]

Posted in Guides and tutorials, Random Tech | Tagged Displays, Explanation, Inches, Measured, Measurement, Screen comparisons, Screen sizes, Touchscreen sizes | Leave a response

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