February 17, 2011
I already discussed this in my Motorola Atrix post in early January, but I’m so excited about the possibilities of these recently announced systems-on-chips (SoC) and how they in due course will change the way we use computers. I don’t think many people realize it now — a better way of putting it is perhaps […]
Posted in Android, Guides and tutorials, Random Tech | Tagged ARM Cortex A9, Computer chips, Convergence, Docks, Future of computing, GPUs, Mobile chips, Mobile processors, Nvidia, Power VR, Project Kar-El, Qualcomm, Series 6 Rogue, Snapdragon, SoC, Stark, System-on-chip, Tegra, Tegra 3, Texas Instruments, TI, TI OMAP 5
February 11, 2011
Android is a Linux-based operating system, and in Linux, there is something called root access. When you root your Android phone, you will get superuser access. It’s sort of like a special user account for system administration. With root access, you have complete control over your phone’s operating system. It will let you install lots […]
Posted in Android, Guides and tutorials | Tagged Android, Dictionary, Explanations, FAQ, For dummies, Root access, Rooting, Tutorial
February 5, 2011
Every time I’ve flashed a vanilla Android ROM on my HTC Desire, there hasn’t been a picture for “Me” in the native Messaging app. In other words, the little contact photo box next to my own messages in conversation lists has always been gray. Even though I had set a contact picture in Gmail and […]
Posted in Android, Guides and tutorials | Tagged Android, Android 2.3, Contact photo, Conversation list, Default, Gingerbread, Gmail, Grey, Me picture, Messaging app, Native, Set phone number, SIM, Vanilla
February 5, 2011
I recently started running Gingerbread again on my HTC Desire, instead of the custom Android ROM MIUI. I love Android 2.3, but one of the things I really miss is MIUI’s native file manager that could turn my SD card into an FTP server with the simple press of a button. I had gotten used […]
Posted in Android, Guides and tutorials | Tagged Android apps, Dave Revell, File management, FileZilla, FTP server, How to, MIUI, SD card, SwiFTP, Transfers, Tutorial, Wi-Fi, Wireless
January 31, 2011
Many of us believe that the web-based version of the Android Market lacks several key features it should have had from the start. Grandmaster G has promised a big update, so hopefully we’ll see some major improvements soon, including a feature that will push apps from the Market website directly to our phones. It’s good […]
Posted in Android, Guides and tutorials | Tagged Android app sites, Android apps, AndroidAppolo, App discovery, AppAware, AppBrain, Discover apps
January 29, 2011
Have you ever gotten that mildly heartbreaking “SD card damaged / You may have to reformat it” message on your Android phone? Alas, I’ve seen it quite a few times on my HTC Desire. I don’t know if it’s the actual device that causes the error, my 16GB SD card or even Android itself. I’m […]
Posted in Android, Guides and tutorials
January 25, 2011
There are certainly Android apps that are more cool, innovative and advanced, but these are the 20 applications I use the most from day to day. The list may be a bit boring, predictable and familiar, but the most practical apps are often less exotic. Games aren’t included in this list, and neither are native […]
Posted in Android, Android Basics, Guides and tutorials, Reviews | Tagged Android apps, Essential apps, List, Most used, Top 20
January 19, 2011
The single most common question TechCredo gets is easily “what’s the name of that awesome clock widget?” The clock people ask about is featured in several of the live wallpaper demo videos and in some of the Android screen shots on TechCredo. I try to leave a reply whenever the question is asked, but now […]
Posted in Android, Guides and tutorials, Reviews | Tagged Android, Beautiful Widgets, Clocks, Epic-Justice, LevelUp Studio, Themes, Top themes, Weather apps
January 15, 2011
One of the main benefits with having root access on an Android device with a limited amount of internal storage such as the HTC Desire, is support for A2SD+. Of course, with root access, you also gain full control over your phone, can install a bunch of great apps only available to root users, and […]
Posted in Android, Guides and tutorials | Tagged A2SD+, Android, ClockworkMod, EXT2/3/4, GParted, Guide, How to, Linux, Partitions, Recovery, ROM Manager, Tutorial, Unetbootin, USB flash drive, Windows, x86
![The Motorola Atrix and its docking solution might have been the coolest things at CES 2011 [videos]](/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/motorola-atrix-100x100.jpg)
January 10, 2011
TechCredo isn’t about bringing the latest news; it’s more about documenting and listing the coolest things in mobile technology – the truly innovative stuff, stuff that’s impressive enough to even geek out a hardened tech geek. Such as the recently revealed Motorola Atrix superphone running Android that also can serve as a desktop and netbook […]
Posted in Android, Guides and tutorials, Videos | Tagged Android, CES 2011, Convergence, Demo, Hands-on, Linux, Motorola, Motorola Atrix, Tegra 2, Videos, Webtop
January 8, 2011
Almost two years ago, when even Android 1.5 Cupcake hadn’t been released yet, Russian über phone insider Eldar Murtazin labeled Android 2.0 “pretty sad”, but version 3.0 of the platform “fantastic”. Apparently, Eldar dropped those comments after having viewed closed demos of Honeycomb as it looked back then at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. […]
Posted in Android, Guides and tutorials, Videos | Tagged Android 3.0, Andy Rubin, Demo, Eldar Murtazin, Google, Honeycomb, Interface, Matias Duarte, Preview, Promo, Tablets, UI, Videos
December 16, 2010
This is probably a rare issue, but sometimes when I’ve copied a set of wallpapers to the SD card on my HTC Desire, the Gallery app simply refuses to update itself and reflect the changes. It can be mildly frustrating, and even a reboot won’t help or clearing the cache of the Gallery. You can […]
Posted in Android, Guides and tutorials | Tagged Android, Benjamin Rosseaux, FAQ, How to, Manually update, Media libraries, Media storage, Refresh, SD card, SDrescan, Solution, Update
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