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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
November 5, 2010
LauncherPro is the most popular homescreen replacement for Android, mainly due to its speed, look, flexibility and ever-expanding set of features. Another benefit of LauncherPro is that it’s easy to customize and personalize the app. Users can make their homescreens look unique, and this post shows how to customize LauncherPro with docks, icons and wallpapers. […]
Posted in Android, Guides and tutorials | Tagged Customization, Desktop Visualizer, Docks, Icons, LauncherPro, LauncherPro customization, LauncherPro Plus, Personalization, Tutorial, Wallpapers
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