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Monday, May 6, 2013

Dual Boot Your Android Phone between Different ROMs

Dual Boot Android
Have you tried installing multiple ROMs on Android Phone to experiment different experience? It is really amazing if your phone is rooted. But it will be annoyed to flash and re-flashing new ROMs just to try them out, so can we find a way to dual boot Android Phone between ROMs, such as dual boot Android and Ubuntu? Answer is yes,we can use some Android apps to do the job . Just let’s see the detailed operations.

Boot Manager($2.99)
Boot Manager has been used in the past all the time for dual booting your phone, and it let you flash the new ROM to your SD card so that you can try out multiple ROMs in your phone.

How to Use it?
  • Download the ROM zip files that you wanted to install to your SD card
  • Download and install the Boot Manager(Ensure that you make a nandroid backup of your current ROM before), back up your boot.img and click "Install ROMs" to choose the zip file you have saved. (check all three boxes: Wipe System, Wipe Data, and Wipe Cache.)
  • When finished, download the Google Apps zip file for the ROM you just installed and go back to BootManager to install Google Apps' zip file just as the step one. (Leave all three "wipe" boxes unchecked). Also, you can install other add-on zips with this method.
  • You can switch between ROMs by going into BootManager and choose "Boot Installed ROM".
BootManager cannot support every Android phone, at the moment it can only support Samsung Galaxy Nexus, some HTC devices and Moto devices.

Safestrap(Free)
Safestrap is a CWM recovery program that allows you to toggle between your stock system and your custom ROM. You can create up to 4 virtual ROM-slots for flashing ROMs. 

For the details to use Safetrap, you can refer to detailed Safestrap instructions at droidforums since the process is kind of complex.

Now if you have tried one of the method, you can freely experience different ROMs on your Android phone.

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Sunday, April 14, 2013

How to Download and Install Facebook Home on Any Android Phone or Tablet?

Last Friday Facebook has launched its new and immersive app Facebook Home , which is officially available only on Samsung Galaxy S4, Galaxy S3, Galaxy Note 2, HTC One, HTC One X and HTC One X+ and only in USA.

The new app Facebook Home is designed to replace your home screen that makes your social networking connections the star of your phone. The app can conveniently display your Facebook news feed with scrolling images and quick access to Facebook Messenger and app drawer. But the cons are no widget support, wallpaper cannot be changed and the app consumes high Internet data and memory.

Install Facebook Home on Android
Although the rate of the new app is not positive, but if you just want to try out the Home or find the fuss of it, but you don’t own one of the supported devices above mentioned, just follow the below guide which lets you easily download and install Facebook on Android devices.

Note: The guide works well on Xperia S, Xperia T, Samsung Galaxy S Duos, Nexus 7, Galaxy S2, Xperia X8 and many more. And also for both rooted and non-root devices.
  • Uninstall the Facebook and Facebook Messenger app on your Android (If you have installed). For pre-installed Facebook device, you need to root to do this step. 
  • Download the Facebook and Facebook Home apk (.rar file), extract it to SD card.Also,download the Facebook Messenger apk file to SD card of Android. 
  • With a file manager, install the official Facebook app (com.facebook.katana), the Facebook Home launcher (com.facebook.home), and the Facebook Messenger app (com.facebook.orca) in sequence.
  • Enable Facebook Home under Facebook app settings and reboot your device.
Warning: Installing the app could break things, so if you have issues, reboot into recovery and "wipe the Dalvik cache"

Now you have the latest Facebook Home launcher on your Android device, and just enjoy it.


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Monday, April 8, 2013

Root Galaxy S4 GT-I9505 on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean Official Firmware

A few days before, I have shared the method of root Galaxy S4 GT-9500 (Exynos 5 Octa), and now the US version Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9505 (LTE Qualcomm Snapdragon 600) also gets the access to root. Following is the guide that is confirmed by the recognized Android developers and XDA forum member ‘Chainfire'.

Samsung Galaxy S4
Note: 
  • The method is based on Jelly Bean 4.2.2 and firmware XXUAMD2.
  • Rooting is risky and guaranties loss of warranty.
Preparation
  • Download and install Samsung USB Drivers or Samsung KIES to your PC to make the device can be detected by the PC.
  • Ensure the device is at least 60% charged, better if the device is up to 80-85% battery level.
  • Make sure you back up all the data on your device before the root process.
  • Enable USB Debugging by tapping on Settings>Applications>Development>USB debugging. When everything is completed, remember to untick USB Debugging.
How to Root Galaxy S4 GT-9505 based on Android 4.2.2 with Samsung official firmware
  • Download CF-Auto-Root Android 4.2.2 Package and ODIN v1.85 to your computer, and then unzip the files.
  • Turn off the S4. Press and hold the Volume Down + Home buttons+ Power button till you see the construction Android robot and a triangle. Release the ‘Volume Down’ + ‘Home’ buttons and press the ‘Power’ button once to enter ‘Download Mode’.
  • Double-click the file named ‘Odin3 v1.85.exe’ to run ODIN on your computer,and connect Galaxy S4 to the computer while it stays in the Download Mode.
  • Note: The sign of succeeding connect the phone with computer is one of the ID:COM boxes will turn yellow with the COM port number.
  • Click on ‘PDA’ and select the file‘CF-Auto-Root-jflte-jfltexx-gti9505.tar.md5′,which should be found from the extracted files in step 1.
  • Ensure ‘Repartition’ is unchecked and make no other changes in ODIN.
  • Click the Start button in ODIN, and ODIN will begin its work. When finished, your device may reboot into Recovery Mode and install the root package / files automatically. If not, reboot it.
  • When you see the Samsung Home screen, unplug the phone from the computer.
That’s it. And to verify if your root process is succeed, you can just use Root Checker.

Source:[XDA]


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Saturday, April 6, 2013

How to Change Font on Android Phones or Tablets?

Change android font
Customizations are always the great way to get our personal style on our Android phones and tablets, covering widgets, wallpapers, Lockscreen, and others. Apart from those above, have you just want to change the font on your Android device when tired of the same old-looking font? If you just want some different fonts on the device, following will introduce the ways to do the job.

Method 1:Custom OEM skins

When you use the Nexus devices, you cannot easily change the fonts since the pure Google Android doesn’t have native functionality for changing system fonts. But for other Android devices, you can just change the system fonts on setting. But for Samsung or LG devices, they just add the extra features in their custom skins for you to change the font style.

Changing to a new font, just go to Settings >Display >Font Style,tap the font you want and confirm it. Then the selected font will be displayed throughout your device’s interface like the time on the status bar, system menus, and even on your text messages.

Method 2:Custom launcher apps

Although most of the custom launchers will need to install themes to change the font style, there are some which integrate the font-changing function such as the popular GO Launcher EX, which will change the fonts of the selected parts of the custom launcher UI.

Tips:How to use GO Launcher EX to change the fonts?
  • Copy your TTF font files to the /sdcard/GOLauncherEX/fonts directory and open GO Launcher EX.
  • Tap the Menu button on main home screen or swipe the screen upwards to find and the Preferences button.
  • Tap on Visual Settings>Font> Scan Font, find the fonts that you copied to the /sdcard/GOLauncherEX/fontsdirectory.
  • Tap Select Font and tap on the font that you want to use.Then you are done.
Method 3:Font changeing apps

iFont(Samsung Devices and other Rooted devices)
You may have also heard of the iFont app which can also be used for changing fonts. The app can be only used for Samsung Devices and other rooted devices.

For non-rooted Samsung devices, you can see the following guide to know how to use the font on the list.
  • Go to Settings>Security, enable installation of apps from “Unknown Sources.”
  • Launch iFont. Go to the Online tab to browser the available fonts.
  • Tap on a font name that you want to install and then tap the Download button.
  • Go to Settings> Display>Font Style. Find the newly install fonts on the list, tap on it as system font. And you needn’t reboot, then new font will be applied.
For rooted device, do the same operations as what the first three steps above said.If you get a prompt about setting the mode to System Mode, just tap the OK button and then the device will reboot to apply the new font.

Font Installer(Rooted only)
Font Installer is a very great free app for rooted device to change system fonts.You can preview the font activated on the device with the app.

Warning:
Changing fonts modifies your system files. You should always have a current backup in recovery and know how to restore your device back to stock.

Tips: How to install a new font from Font Installer’s online font collection?
  • Open the Server tab in the Font Installer app, and tap on the name of a font that you want.
  • You can preview the sample text with the chosen font or download it and set it as the system font, from the popup dialog.
  • You may come across the backup warning/notice, just ensure you have back up your font files. Then the app will reboot the device to apply the font replacement.
Also, there are some other technical ways to customize your font on Android device like using ADB, but the ways are kind of difficult, for many of us, I think, we can get our favorite font with the above method. If you have the different one, I am glad you can share it on the comment.

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Tuesday, April 2, 2013

Root Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 on Official Android 4.2.2 XXUAMC6 Jelly Bean Firmware

Undoubtedly, Samsung Galaxy S4 has hold people’s attention since it was announced. Lots of people just wait of the phone’s on sale on 26 April, and of course when you have the S4, the important thing you may think is the root. Although the S4 has not really on our hands, developers have archived the root access of Galaxy S4 GT-I9500(Exynos 5 Octa) thanks to the leaked official Android 4.2.2 firmware named ‘XXUAMC6’ firmware.
 Samsung Galaxy S4
If you have decided to buy the Galaxy S4 I9500 and wish to root the phone, you may follow the detailed guide below.

Warning:
  • The guide will not be held liable for any mishap and it is at your own risk.
  • Root any Android phone will Void Warranty, the same goes with Samsung Galaxy S4. You can get warranty again by updating back your device to the stock version. 
  • Your data on the phone may be wiped out during the process, so you had better backup the entire data.
Before Rooting
  • Charge the battery to at least 60 percent mark and 80 percent charge is better.
  • Download and install the USB drivers for your Galaxy S4 to your PC.
  • Enable USB Debugging Mode in Galaxy S4 by going to Menu> Settings> Applications > Development > USB debugging. Make sure the USB Debugging Mode is turned on.
Root Galaxy S4 I9500 on Android 4.2.2 XXUAMC6 Jelly Bean
  • Download the XXUAMC6 Android 4.2.2 Jellybean Firmware for Samsung Galaxy S4 I9500 to the computer and extract the zip file.
  • Download ODIN v1.85 which will help you to root Android 4.2.2 firmware on Samsung Galaxy S4 I9500.
  • Switch off the phone. Press and hold the Volume Down + Home buttons, and then press the Power button till you see the construction Android robot and a triangle. Press Power again to enter into Download Mode.
  • Launch ODIN on your computer and connect S4 to computer while it is in the Download Mode. If the phone is connected successfully, one of the ID:COM boxes will turn yellow with the COM port number.
  • Select the files that you need to install on the phone.
    Click on 'PDA' and select file with 'CODE' in its name
  • Click on 'Phone' and select file with 'MODEM' in its name
    Click on 'CSC' and select file with 'CSC' in its name
    Click on 'PIT' and select the .pit file
    Note: Ignore the next steps in case such files are not found.
  • In ODIN ,select the 'Auto Reboot' and 'F Reset Time' options in Odin. And also select the 'Re-Partition' option only in the case of the .pit file is being used.
  • Check everything again and then click the 'Start' button in Odin to begin the installation process.
  • Once it is done, the phone will restart automatically and when the home screen appears on the device, unplug the USB cable.
That’s it. And you have rooted your Galaxy S4 I9500 on Android 4.2.2 build XXUAMC6 software update.To make sure the root method is succeed and works fine, just verify with the Root Checker app from Google Play Store. Then Enjoy your rooted device!

Source:[ibtimes]

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Tuesday, March 26, 2013

How to Make Unlimited and Free Calls with Google Voice over Wi-Fi or 3G/4G on Android Phone?

With the popularity of Android smartphones, undoubtedly, the voice app of Android Google Voice becomes important to people. But one big thing that Google Voice doesn't offer is free voice-over-internet phone calling through your cellphone. You can make an unlimited call with Google Voice, however, by using some Android apps without any minutes over Wi-Fi or 3G/4G.If you are not sure about this, there are some apps in the following to make free calls in North America with Google Voice.

1.GrooVe IP Lite

GrooVe IP Lite
GrooVe IP Lite is an android app that that connects to Google Voice using Voice over IP (VoIP).With the app, you can make free unlimited calls to any phone in the US or Canada over Wi-Fi connectivity without using your voice minutes. The app works well on Android 2.1+ devices.

How to make a free call with GrooVe IP Lite?
  • Download and install the app on your Android device.
  • Launch the app and tap the Google account you want to use for sign-in or press the manual sign-in button and enter your information, then authorize access for GrooVeIP.
  • You can do some setting to adjust the call quality like audio-adjustment settings.
  • To make a call, tap on the Phone icon along the top of the app and dial a number.
  • To receive incoming calls you must go into your Google Voice account and forward calls to Google Chat.
The app is ad-supported and only Wi-Fi is available. To remove ads and make calls with Wi-Fi or 3G or 4G,you can upgrade the full version GrooVe IP.

2.Talkatone
Talkatone
The app Talkatone offers the support of free calling and texting to phone in US and Canada via the Internet connecting associated with Google Voice. With high quality audio with voice compression for calls, you can enjoy the unlimited calls via Wi-Fi or 3G or 4G.

How to make a free call with Talkatone?
  • Install the Talkatone.
  • Open the app and sign in with Google Account .Or Go to Menu>Setting>Add Google Account option, then sign in.
  • Tap the Phone icon from the main area of the app and dial a number to make a call.
Tips:
  • For two-step verification enabled Google account, just log in to Google through a Web browser to generate an application specific password for Talkatone.
  • For only Wi-Fi connectivity, Go to Connection area>Setting>Wi-Fi only.
This app is also ad-supported and if you want to get rid of ads and acquire better call quality, go for the in-app upgrade purchases.

3.Phone for Google Voice and GTalk
Phone for Google Voice and GTalk
Phone for Google Voice and GTalk is another free app which offers the free call and text in the US and Canada. It is an easy-to-use an simple app with good quality voice calls. The app supports only Wi-Fi connectivity.

How to make a free call with Phone for Google Voice and GTalk?
  • Install the app.
  • Open the app and log in with your Google account details.
  • Tap on the round button labeled Keypad and dial a number, or just dial the number from Contacts.
Like others, it is ad-supported, too and at present, you cannot remove ads. Besides, it don’t offer the access of 3G or 4G.If you don’t care about the customization setting and want only Wi-Fi calling, this one is really a great one to start.

Have you use the above apps to make free calls with Google Voice? Or others?


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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

How to Upload Your Videos to YouTube from Your iPhone or iPad?

YouTube is undoubtedly the most widely used video sharing website and many people just want to share their own videos on YouTube from iPhone or iPad. When speaking to upload iPhone video to YouTube, I bet you would have to transfer the video to your Mac/Win, use a flv converter and open up a web browser like Safari or Chrome to go to YouTube website to upload it. Ok, that’s the thing before iOS 6, and with the update, Apple offers you a variety of ways to upload videos to YouTube from iPhone or iPad.Also, we can use apps to upload videos. I have collected some ways to do the job in the following.

Directly upload videos from iPhone or iPad with iOS’s own feature

Directly upload videos from iPhone or iPad
  • Open the Camera roll / album, and find the video you will upload.
  • Tap the Share button, which is at the bottom of the screen.
  • You’ll now see a variety of options for sharing the media such as via the Mail app, the Message app, or YouTube.Tap on YouTube.
  • Enter your account details (if prompted for),and after that, enter the information of the video like Title, Description and such.
  • Tap Upload and you are succeed.
Directly Upload videos from iPhone or iPad with YouTube Capture

If you just do some lightly editing after capturing the video before upload to the YouTube, just try the Google app YouTube Capture, which supports capturing, lightly editing, and uploading videos from your iPhone or iPad.
Directly Upload videos from iPhone or iPad with YouTube Capture
  • Sign in to YouTube account, and allow the app to access your Camera Roll.
  • Do some settings: color correction, image stabilization, landscape lock, rotate to begin recording and upload quality settings(360p or 720p). 
  • Capture the videos and use the color correction and stabilization tools ,trim the videos,and choose YouTube soundtracks, after that tap upload.
  • Also, YouTube Capture lets you select a privacy setting and share your video on Google+, Facebook, and Twitter.
Upload iPhone Video to YouTube Via Safari

Apart from the direct methods, you can also upload the video to YouTube using the browser Safari.
Upload iPhone Video to YouTube Via Safari

  • Open YouTube.com on Safari. Scroll down and find the 'Desktop’ letter and tap it.
  • Tap on ‘Upload’ from the top menu and ‘Select file from Computer’.
  • Choose the video from your videos library.
  • Write down the details and press upload, you’re done!
Now, you can enjoy your own works on YouTube.


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Monday, March 11, 2013

How to Switch From iPhone to Android?

iPhone to Android
Nowadays, many best Android phones like Galaxy S3 and the special sharp features of Android system may attract you very much, but you are just an iPhone guy. The iPhone or Android? It is a question for you. You may have ever thought of the switching from iPhone to Android, but whatever, when you have decide to move to Android, you need to do something to sync data to your Android. Here are some tips.

Warning: Since Android apps and iPhone apps are not compatible, so you cannot get any iPhone apps when you move to Android.

1.Set Google account

Use Gmail as your default email client on your Android device .Go to Menu> Settings> Accounts> Sync > Add Account> Google. Create a new Google account or just finish the existing information to associate your Gmail account with your new phone.

2.Sync Contacts and Calendar
  • On your iPhone go to Settings>Mail, Contacts, Calendars.
  • Set up a new "Microsoft Exchange" account or add Gmail account by going to Add account > Gmail.
  • Input your email address and login info.
  • Select "Server" then either input the ME server address or "m.google.com" for Gmail.
  • On the final screen, select what you want to import—Mail, Contacts, Calendars, and/or Reminders—then hit Accept.
If you prefer to use the iTunes to sync the contacts, then you can following the next steps.
  • Connect iPhone to your computer and open iTunes.
  • Select your iPhone from the list on the left pane and select the "Info" tab
  • Check "Sync Contacts With" and then choose "Google Contacts" from the drop-down
  • Enter your Google log-in info when prompted then hit Apply to sync.
  • After that, double check your contacts at www.google.com/contacts to make sure they're showing up in Google.
Make sure you disable the Sync With Google option when you've finished otherwise the system will dump redundant entries into your contacts list.

3.Sync Photos, Music and Videos

For syncing photos and videos, you need to sync them to the computer at first and then sync them from computer to Android phone.

Windows:
  • Connect the iPhone with the PC.
  • Right-click your iPhone, select Explore and copy the media files to your desktop.
  • Connect the Android phone with PC, and drag and drop the iPhone photos and videos to your Android pictures folder DCIM, music goes to Music
Mac: 
  • Connect the iPhone with the Mac.
  • Open the Image Capture and download these files to the desktop.
  • If you are using new Android runs ICS or above, download Android File Transfer Utility to your Mac, and then drag-and-drop.
Android can't sync with iTunes, so after the syncing of media,you'll need an alternative service to load new media onto the device. You can use Google Play  to help you load your collection directly from iTunes.

Alternative way

Or you can use the DoubleTwist or other third party app to sycn music to Android, and you can syncyour photos with Picasa or Flickr, because you'll still be able to see them from your phone.

4.Sycn SMS and voice mail

You need a app to help you sync SMS messages. The free app My SMS is the good option which syncs text messages among your various devices—phones, tablets, laptops, and whathaveyou—and is compatible with both Mac and Windows. Download the app on both phones and follow the setup instructions and the app will easily help you do that.

For the voice mail messages, you just need to pay some money. Programs like PhoneView (Mac - $30) and iExplorer (Mac and PC - $35) can be quite helpful. You'll be able to copy not just voicemail to the desktop, but also your call history, contacts, bookmarks, notes, and media files as well with them.

5.Enjoying Android Apps

When you have done all above, just experience the Android apps.You can go to the free Google Maps GPS Navigation to feel step-by-step driving directions or voice-enabled, turn-by-turn navigation;you can talking to your Android phone by running voice searches;you can use the Google Voice app to make and receive calls from within Gmail, manage your text messages and voice mail on your PC, and block individual numbers from calling you;you can go to the Google Play store to choose the apps and game...Try to get the best Android experience.

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Sunday, March 10, 2013

How to Unlock the Android Device if You Forgot the Passcode?

Sometimes you may just make the mistake when setting our new passcode or others, and also you don’t remember the PIN number, so you cannot enter into the smartphone or the tablets, so how to unlock an Android? What will you do unlock an Android phone or tablet? Following are some solutions to get back to your device.

Unlock the Android when forgot password

Solution 1:Google Account Confirming

Android devices is heavily integrated with Google, and when you first turned on your device, you were likely asked to sign up for, or link, a Google account to your device, which does good to unlock you device if you forget the password or pattern.

Tip: If you have not sign up or add Google account to your device, just go to Settings >Accounts>Add account>Google> Existing or New to set the Google account.

In this way, all you need to do it is to enter your passcode incorrectly five times and then click the new button pop up that says“Forgot Passcode? Or Forgot Pattern? Or something like that”, and then you should be asked for input the Google Account name and password , after you have gotten in, you can set a new password.

This method requires you to remember the Google Account information, if you don’t, go to www.google.com/accounts/recovery to reset the password of your Google account.

NOTE: Make sure you are either connected to mobile network or Wi-Fi.

Solution 2:Safe Mode setting

Some Android devices offer a ‘Safe Mode’ to boot into a simplified home screen without apps, but have access to settings, where you may be able to reset the screen lock.

For entering the safe mode, you need to press the Power button to get the on/off window or press and hold the physical button to get a safe mode option. You may be reboot to enter into safe mode on some device.

Note:This way doesn’t work for all Android device, but it is worthy to have a try.

Solution 3:Using the app"Screen Lock Bypass Pro"

Sometimes both the above methods are not working at all, you just have another option. Let the app Screen Lock Bypass Pro($4.2) to help you bypass the lock screen and reset/remove your screen lock password, pattern or PIN.
  • Unplug the charger from your device.
  • Login to the Web based Android Market using your PC.
  • Using the Web Market, install this application to your registered device.
  • Once installed, plug your charger into the device to activate the bypass.
  • Once bypassed you will see an "Activate" button. Click it, and your screen lock will be reset.
Note: The app requires the device to be online and registered to your Google account.And it is also not worked for all devices.

Solution 4:Factory reset

Warning: Doing a factory reset will completely wipe your device’s memory, and return it the way it was when it came out of the factory. If you your device has a removable memory card, just remove the card.
  •  Press and hold the combinations below until you feel the device vibrate:  A. Power button + Volume up and down (if there is a physical Home button)  B. Power button + Volume up + Home button (If there is a physical Home button)
  • You may see the droid (green robot) or Android Recovery screen.If you have seen the droid, just press the volume buttons until you see Recovery mode, and then tap the Power button, which will bring you to the Recovery screen.
  • Press volume down until Wipe data/factory reset is highlighted. Press the Power button and it should start the rest sequence.
Another

If you just don’t want to take your device at risk, then, you can bring it into the store where you bought it from, and see if they have a way to help.


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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

Three Methods to Make iPhone Ringtone for Free

When we have a phone, we usually want to use our favorite ringtone, but it seems that Apple doesn’t make it easy to make ringtones for iPhone like Android. But you can always find the solutions. So, how to make ringtones for iPhone? Following I have collected three ways to make free ringtones for iPhone.

Method 1:Make Custom Ringtones for iPhone Free Via iTunes 11
Step 1. Open iTunes and choose the song you want to make a ringtone from. And you had better duplicate this song for safety.

Step 2. Now, right-click and select ‘Get Info’, Select the Options tab and you can set the ‘Start time’ and ‘Stop Time’ for the ringtone. Click OK to apply the settings.Make sure it doesn’t exceed 30 seconds.

Choose the start time and stop time

Step 3. Go back to iTunes library and right-click on the song you just edited, Select ‘Create AAC version’.
Create AAC version

Step 4. Now you got a .m4a version of the song. Select the file, click ‘File’ menu and select ‘Show in Finder’ (for Mac) or ‘Show in Explorer’ (Windows), and rename the extension to “.m4r”.

Note: if you don’t see the .m4a extension along with the file, or you have trouble in changing a file extension from one to another,you need to uncheck "Hide extensions for known file types" in Tools>Folder options>View tab.

Step 5. Head back to iTunes and check the “Tones” section, then you should have seen your new ringtone should be out there. If it’s not added, drag and drop the ringtone in iTunes

Step 6.Sync your iPhone with “Sync Tones” enabled and your new ringtone should be up on your iPhone too.

Method 2:Make iPhone ringtones for free with GarageBand (Mac)
If you are Mac users,you can benefit from the default application GarageBand installed on on all Macbooks and iMacs.

Step 1: Run the program and select iPhone ringtone from the sidebar. Select “Voice” and click “Choose”, and name your ringtone on the pop up “New Project” window. Click “Create”.

Step 2.Add a song by drag-n-drop an audio file from a folder or clicking the Media browser button to choose music files from your iTunes library.

Step 3. Drag it yellow bar at the top of the pane forward or backward to capture the necessary section to select a 30-second-part you’ll use as a ringtone.You can click play to check out the ringtone.
Make iPhone ringtones for free with GarageBand
Step 4.Click Share menu and choose “Send Ringtone to iTunes” option. Launch iTunes, connect an iPhone to Mac and transfer the ringtone to your phone.

Method 3.Make Free iPhone Ringtones with Ringtone Maker
Step 1:Download and install the free app.

Step 2:add a song

Step 3:choose a 30s part of it

Step 4:create a ringtone

Apart from the free methods, you can also create your own iPhone ringtones with the mac software like iAm Ringer.And if you just want to download free iPhone ringtones, you can visit the following website.
After you have send the ringtones to iPhone, you can find the new ringtone on settings> Sounds > Ringtone. The ringtone you just created should be listed at the top under "Custom" or "Purchased."And then you can use the free rintones.


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Monday, March 4, 2013

What is NFC and How to Use NFC on Android Devices?

NFC, short for Near Field Communication, is better known to us for wireless payments. And since it is used on Android system in the mobile industry for file transferring, it is fast growing. Most high-end Android devices include the NFC technology, such as Google Nexus, Samsung Galaxy S3, Nexus 4, HTC One X, and more. So, what is NFC and how does it work? Following is the answer.

Sharing datas via NFC on Android

What is NFC?
NFC is based on radio-frequency identification, or RFID, which allows a gadget to send radio waves to another gadget or to another RFID-enabled tag and trigger a certain action. Just like the name implies, NFC is a short-ranged wireless communications standard that allows two devices to exchange data when in the proximity of each other.

It is similar to Bluetooth technology, the difference is that if you will, allowing two devices to interact with each other. But NFC works only in very close proximity, the ideal distance is up to 4cm (1.57 inches), while Bluetooth can pair devices up to 50 meters apart. This makes NFC become more efficient in power and more security in payments.

General use of NFC
1.Data Sharing

The most popular use of NFC is of course data sharing, with two activated NFC-based Android devices, then you can start the sharing the content including photos/images, contact info, webpages, videos, apps, etc.

1. Open the content to be shared and put both devices’ backs against each other.
2. When heard of the sound and haptic confirmation that both devices have detected each other, touch the sender’s screen which shrinks into a thumbnail and display “Touch to beam” at the top. And the beaming is beginning with a sound alert.
3. An audio confirmation will appear when beaming finishes, and meanwhile you’ll also get either a notification that the beaming has completed, or the appropriate handler app will launch and open the beamed content.

Note:
  • Sharing apps via NFC just shares the app’s Play Store page.
  • Sharing web pages via NFC only sends the Web page URL.
  • Sharing YouTube Videos will direct the receiving phone’s YouTube app to the video.
  • Not all NFC-capable devices can share photos to each other, nor at sharing videos.
2.Using NFC Tags

Except for content sharing, we can use a programmed NFC tag to configure phone’s or tablet’s settings with just a tap. An NFC tag is an unpowered NFC chip, small enough to be embedded in items such as posters, movie passes, business cards, and more. It can store small chunks of data covering a URL, contact info, or even commands and settings, which can be read by an NFC-capable device. You can see the convenient use via the below video by Sony.
To read the data from or write data to such NFC tags, you’ll need an NFC tag-reading or tag-writing app, such as the NFC Task Launcher app. As for how to use the NFC tag, you can read this CNET article.

You can use the NFC tag for :
  • Wi-Fi and Bluetooth settings (including Airplane mode, auto-sync, GPS on/off, mobile data on/off)
  • Sound and volume settings (sound profile, ringtone, ring/notification volume, notification tone, media volume, system volume, alarm volume, and vibrate when ringing)
  • Display options (brightness, notification light, auto rotation, display timeout)
  • Social media (tweeting, checking in via check-in services such as Foursquare, Facebook, Google Latitude, Google Places)
  • Messages (autosync, sending email, composing SMS, send Glympse)
  • Apps and shortcuts (open app, close app, open activity, pause, open URL/URI, speak text, navigation, dock, car dock)
  • Multimedia (start/stop media playback, move to next media, play previous media)
  • Alarms (set alarm, set timer)
  • Events (create event, create calendar timestamp)
  • Security (activate lockscreen)
  • Make phone call
  • Samsung-specific modes (blocking mode, driving mode, power saving mode)
  • Create Tasker tasks
3.Mobile Payment

In order to use NFC payment, you need a NFC connection, a secure application to handle the users’ credit cards, debit cards, tickets, coupons and other elements that would allow customers to complete a purchase in a store, and NFC readers installed in store.

Future of NFC
NFC is more efficient and the NFC tag has added more attraction on it. At present, the Android 4.0 also includes the NFC technology. It is not hard to image the popularity of NFC in the future. So, do you want a NFC-based smartphone?

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Sunday, March 3, 2013

How to Turn off in-app Purchases on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch to Keep Your Money?

Many iOS apps including the free apps allow you to buy additional features. And I bet many parents or other gaming people have received unexpected charges from the iTunes store because of accidental in-app purchases. And I have noticed many stories about the issues. So, what can we do to disable in-app purchase? Is there an effective way to turn off in-app purchases on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch? Of course, Apple doesn't leave you in the lurch, and do some setting to avoid the bills. Let’s go to the setting.

1. From your home screen, find and tap on the “Settings” app

Setting

2. Tap on “General”,scroll down the page and tap on “Restrictions
General> Restrictions

3. Tap the “Enable Restrictions” button,you'll be asked to set a Passcode, which is a password that locks certain functions of the iOS device. Enter the passcode twice to set it.
Set Passcode

4. Once the passcode is set, scroll down to the Allowed Content section. Then you can directly set the "In-App Purchases" to ‘OFF', or just choose 'Require Password' and then set it to 'Immediately' so that you'll need your Apple ID password for every single purchase, either on the store or inside an app.
Turn off  In-app purchases on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch

Now you won't be able to download the paid features with this restriction unless you turn in-app purchases back on again.


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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

How to Use Android Phone to Remote Control Your PC?

With the popularity of tablets and smartphones, we can do almost everything on the advanced mobile device just like we do on PC. Even though, there are still many difficult tasks that can only be performed on PC, in this situation, if you don’t have a PC nearby,but have an Android Phone how to do it? Indeed, we can remote control PC by collaborating with a friend’s PC via remote app. Next let’s see the popular Android remote apps.

Remote control PC with Android Phone
TeamViewer
Speaking of the remote control, you cannot neglect TeamViewer, one of the most famous remote Android apps. It is also available for other major platforms, covering Windows, Mac, Linux, and iOS. With the app, you can access to the PC desktop with all of its documents and installed applications and easily transfer the files between the Phone and PC.

Installation
  • Download and install TeamViewer QuickSupport on the PC you want to remote control, launch the program and remember the numeric ID and password at the main screen of the program.
  • Download and install the TeamViewer and install on your Android phone. Launch it and enter the ID and password and after the gesture control instructions, you can see the desktop of the remote computer, then you get the control.
Android-vnc-viewer
If you just want the alternative of TeamViewer, just try android-vnc-viewer which is another perfect one to remotely access their desktop and connect to most VNC servers including RealVNC (Windows and Linux), TightVNC, x11vnc and Apple Remote Desktop (Mac).The main features of it is keyboard zoom, the option to configure multiple connections, multiple input modes and others. The bad thing may be it requires a VNC server.

Installation
  • Set up the VNC server on the remote control computer. 
  • Download and install the android-vnc-viewer on Android phone. 
  • Open it and type the VNC server nickname, password and IP address port number, check the box next to "Local mouse pointer." Tap "Connect" and then Android VNC Viewer connects to the VNC server. Then you can operate on the Android phone.
Unified Remote
Unified Remote is another popular remote control app which will turn your Android device into a WiFi or Bluetooth universal remote control for your Windows PC.

Installation
  • Download the Remote server and install it on PC. You can set up a password to security the control.Use Wi-Fi to pair up the PC and the Android Phone. 
  • Download Unified Remote and install on your Android device, once the app and the server are running, tap I have installed the new server! to add a server, enter the IP address of the PC and password you have set.
  • After connected, set the preferences according to your use, and then you can remote control Keyboards and Mouse, Navigation and Task Manager, File Explorer and Power,and Players and more.
If you have interest and demand to remote control your PC with Android phone, just try one of them.


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Sunday, February 17, 2013

Three Methods to Manually Update Nexus 4, Nexus 7 and Nexus 10 to Android 4.2.2

Android 4.2.2 update to Nexus 4, Nexus 7 and Nexus 10
Google pushed the new Android 4.2.2 update specifically to Nexus devices a few days ago, and the devices includes Google Nexus, Nexus 4, Nexus 7 and Nexus 10.The update mainly fixed Bluetooth implementation to limit audio stream stuttering, and a codebase change to limit random rebooting. Other changes includes the disabled workaround that enabled LTE connectivity on very specific markets and networks, ADB connection security measures, app download notification changes, quick setting user interface changes, etc.

The reviews of the new update of the system are positive and for the rooted users or others, updating the system to Android 4.2.2 over the air (OTA) will get some troubles because of the custom recovery. But don’t worry, you can try the following three ways to get the new update besides installing the OTA.

Note: The method below is under the assumption that you’re running stock Android and not a custom ROM. For custom ROM users, an updated Android 4.2.2 version of that ROM have to be found on the device or download suitable stock image from Google and install factory image fresh which will erase everything.

Method 1:System Updates
  • Go to Settings> Apps > All and scrolling and find Google Services Framework.
  • Tap the “Clear Data” button and confirm by tapping “OK”, then back to the main Settings screen.
  • Tap “About Phone” on Nexus 4 or About Tablet on the Nexus 7 and Nexus 10, and then tap “System Updates”, tap “Check Now” and the update process of Android 4.2.2 should begin when you are asked to confirm the update.
  • When finished the update, your root will remove without the extra protection. You can use the Clockwork Mod recovery or the OTA Rootkeeper to retain your root when get the update.
Method 2: Flash the update from your recovery
  • Download the Android 4.2.2 update for Nexus 7 , Nexus 4 and the Nexus 10, and transfer the file to your device.
  • Reboot the device into recovery (power down the device, and then power it up while pressing (and holding) the volume up and down buttons).
  • Boot to a screen with a big (green) colored arrow pointing to where power button is, and Andy the Android in the background.
  • Use the volume button to choose different boot options. Press volume up or down until the arrow is red and says “Recovery mode”, then press the power button.
  • After booting to recovery, you will find the option to install from a zip, choose the file you saved to your device and start to install the Android 4.2.2 update.
Method 3: Using ADB

At first, ensure the present system you have used is updated to Android 4.2.1 and not an earlier build.
  • Install the ADB file and let it work.
  • Download the Android 4.2.2 OTA update to Nexus 7 , Nexus 4 and the Nexus 10 and move the file to the same folder where ADB is located 
  • Connect the device with computer via USB cable.Boot the device into recovery like the previous method, and find the option to “sideload” or “apply update from adb” on the recovery mode menu.
  • Open a command-line window on the computer and run the commands.
   Nexus 4:
   adb sideload de8b8d101614.signed-occam-JDQ39-from-JOP40D.de8b8d10.zip
  Nexus 7:
  adb sideload 6ece895ecb23.signed-nakasi-JDQ39-from-JOP40D.6ece895e.zip
  Nexus 10:
 adb sideload eaef14432ff5.signed-mantaray-JDQ39-from-JOP40D.eaef1443.zip
  • When the running progress reaches 100%, you will see the device installing the update. After the update, reboot the device from the recovery menu, and the updates will run the final step and once it finished, you can enjoy Android 4.2.2.
If you want to experience the latest Android 4.2.2 on you Nexus but have trouble in receiving the OTB update, then try the ways above, and the first one is the priority.

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Friday, February 1, 2013

How to Connect Nexus 7 with PS3 or Xbox controller to Get the Better Game Experience?

A game addict? So would you want to experience the different potable game experience with the great device Nexus 7?Undoutedbly, with a quad-core Tegra 3 heart, a vibrant 1280*800 high-resolution display, and sensors like a gyroscope and accelerometer, you will feel Nexus 7 is very brilliant for games. But touch controls are inarguably not the best way of playing. Fortunately, we can use the PS3 or the Xbox controller with Nexus 7 to get the amazing game experience. Following will show you the way.

Nexus 7 with PS3 controller
What you need: A Nexus 7 ,a PS3 or Xbox controller(or another game controllers), a USB OTG cable to turn the micro-USB connector on the bottom of your Nexus 7 into a full-sized USB port, a mini USB to USB cable for PS3 or a wired pad for Xbox.

When you have prepared for the things, you can get started. Go into the below steps.

Step 1. Connect USB OTG cable to the micro USB port of Nexus 7, the other side with the mini USB to USB cable or wired pad.

Step 2.Plug in the PS3 controller or Xbox controller. With luck, your controller will turn on and be automagically detected by the Nexus 7

Step 3. Press the controller's Xbox 360 or PS3 home button, when fiddling with the analog stick while on the app menu, you should be able to move between apps, and open the games like with the Y (Xbox 360) or X (PS3) button.

Step 4.Load up a compatible game like Dead Trigger, Asphalt 7, or OnLive. You can start to find the game with Nvidia's TegraZone app, which will point you towards many a fine Tegra 3 optimized title including joystick support.

Step 5. If your game is not optimized for controllers, you can use the gamepad with emulators to let you manually assign different button taps and analog stick wiggles to in-game inputs.

If you have rooted the Nexus 7, then you can play the games fully wireless with PS3 controllers using the Sixaxis Controller app.You will need to pair the controller within the app using your USB OTG cable first via the Bluetooth.

Want to experience the game on Nexus 7 with the controller? Go and try it, you can feel something unthinkable.


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Sunday, January 27, 2013

How to Buy a Proper Smartphone?

smartphone buying guide
Undoubtedly, the revolution of cell phone world has taken place, from the diversified appearance to the flat, from the partly smart system to the PC smart system. One people, one smartphone is not exaggerated. But facing with so many new smartphones and old smartphones, how to judge which smartphone to buy? Probably, people may choose from the top rated smartphones or the best smartphones said by some people. But sometimes you will find that the one you have bought is not the real one you want. So, If you are planning to buy a new smartphone in 2013, maybe you need do some lessons, and following I will show you the smartphone buying guide.

Operating System
Ok, when you want to buy a smartphone, the first thing you should consider of the operating system. Android or iOS or Windows phone or Blackberry? For the system, you can experience everyone at the store. And which one is the best depends on your character. If you like more free apps, obviously, iOS is the best option. If you want a best user-friendly one, then join the Android. Whatever, you had better to experience the system in person.

Appearance
The appearance of the smartphone is increasingly cared about. So, you need to ensure what you like so that you won’t regret buying the one, after all, the phone is the thing that you need to take almost all the time. The appearance of a phone is mainly referred to the screen size, the color, the thickness degrees, the design of the total device and the feeling of handing in. And the important one may be the screen size. Now the general smartphone stays in the category of 3 inches to over 5 inches, and if you just want to enjoy the 1080p display, you can choose the bigger one, but if you want a portable one, then you can pick up the little one.

Speed and Connectivity
The speed of a smartphone is a very important factor for people. For this term, you should try out the browsing speed, app loading speed, boot up times and various benchmarks prior to purchasing. Sometimes you can find the test online, but some phones are not tested, so, you can do that at store.

Speaking of the speed, we may think of the related connectivity. Now almost all smartphones offers the Wi-Fi service, but for people who pay the attention on 3G or 4G LTE, they are more likely to choose 3G or 4G LTE, but at the same time, the price will be higher. When you are considering of this, you need to know if your location is covered by the 4G network and also if you really need the 4G when the 3G services is perfectly good.

Camera
More and more people just use the smartphone as a camera benefiting from the technology of display and the high resolution. People are used to compare a camera with the MEGAPIXELS, but in fact, the higher MP doesn’t necessarily mean that a camera is better. Look up the camera-specific reviews for smartphone if you are nonprofessional. Then try out the camera to test the results and remember to test both the effects indoor and outdoor.

Other about camera is whether or not you want a front facing video camera to take self-shots or chat with friends over Skype. Most smartphones have both the front and the back cameras, but not all.

Display and Memory Space
Actually, the display may be the first thing you will noticed when you have opened the device. At present, the high-end devices like Samsung Galaxy S3 and iPhone 5 have the amazing display, and there’s no need to put the attention on its introduction of resolution, just let your eyes to judge it .For this one, you may need to play different devices. But it is easy at a store. Remember, the aim is just to let you satisfied rather than the digits on the paper.

The memory space is also important if you like to save photos, videos and other files. Now, the general storage varies from 8GB to 64GB. And many smart phones have SD card port to expand your storage, but not all, like iPhone, which has no SD card. So, think of your demand to decide the phone.

Price
Do you want a low price or you have the high budget? You can ask for the price at store and then find the price online. Generally, the price online is cheaper than the store. Also, if you want the high-end phone but cannot afford it, maybe you can choose the contract phone by the carrier.

Durability
We have all known that Nokia phone is durable, and so what about today’s smartphones? It seems most are fairly brittle, and some are good.If you don’t care about this, just neglect. But for people who are careless, a phone with good durability is needed.

When you have considered all the factors above, I believe you have got what you want. Of course, sometime, you don’ t need to consider all the factors, or you just need some of them. Whatever, make the wise decision.


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Monday, January 21, 2013

How to Save and Dispose of Your Cell Phone Battery?

One phone, one battery with limited life. Whether you are planning to maximize your phone’s battery life, or just want to discard your old phone battery, you should know the best way to deal with phone battery to keep the environment safe. Following are the tips for you.

Save phone battery
Keep the mobile phone and battery at room temperature
When the phone is free, keep it at room temperature, about 72 degrees. If the phone is in high temperature for a long time, the battery will be premature discarded. If you have the spare battery, just put it in a cool dry place such as basement or drawer, but note that the hot car or other hot place cannot be the place.

Extend the battery life
Whether you use iPhone, Samsung Galaxy S3 or other high-end phones, or you just use the cheap contract phone, or other phones, learning the way to increase the battery life is essential. Charge the phone only when you get “battery critical” and keep the battery goes to 100% in every time charging. When you are in an area with poor or no signal, pull off the phone as it waste much energy when the phone search for a signal. Besides, don’t put your phone into the bottom of a bag, which will lead to hard to search the signal so that it wastes the power of the battery.

Turn off the phone
At night, in cinema, in music hall, in class…If you don’t need the phone at the moment, you can keep the phone off temporarily to save the battery. Of course, this may effects your use if you have only one phone, but if no need, you can do it. Remember, keep the phone off means completely turn off the phone rather than keep it in other modes.

Switch the vibrate function off on your phone
When you tap the option,have you got the sound notification or the vibration? This will waste the battery power. If you have open the vibrate function and sound notification, they will finally affect your battery life with wasting too much electricity power. The same go with the apps. If you don’t need to use the app, just let they offline. When you keep doing this, you will find your battery can last more time and the battery life will be longer, too.

Turn off the wireless and Bluetooth and GPS when not needed
Undoubtedly the Wi-Fi and Bluetooth make the file transferring convenient, but you don’t always need the connection unless you use the phone for business. When not needed, just shut off the functions to save the phone power.

Sell the old battery online
You have got a new phone, but that doesn’t mean your old phone is useless, many people just want the old one for the cheap price. So you can dispose of the phone or the battery or other accessories by selling them online. The typical website you can do it is eBay. If you don’t want to look for the buyer in person, then you can sell your phone to the phone company.

More 3G, less 4G
Indeed, 4G brings the amazing fast network to us and plenty of people love it. But it will drain your battery very quickly.If you use 3G, the battery can last more time. And the GSM will save your more battery power.

Take the old battery to Local Solid Waste Department
If your old battery is destroyed, don’t throw the battery in garbage basket. Because the battery will finally pollute the water and the surrounding .Just connect the Local Solid Waste Department to deal with the old battery.

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Monday, January 14, 2013

How to Manually Install Flash Player on Android device?(Android 2.2 to 4.2)

Since Adobe flash player is no longer available at Google Play Store and the new Android device won't ship with flash support just like the Jelly Bean device unless the retailers have pre-downloaded and installed the flash player before.Fortunately, we can manually download and install the flash player for Android phone and tablet from the Archived Flash Player Versions page on the Adobe website or use the third app to help us do that easily.

Adobe flash player for Android
Method 1:Manually Operation

Warning:First, keep in mind there may be some risk in the process as there is no official supports on Android,and there won't be the security support or stability updates. 
Second,the installation requires you to disable one of Android’s built-in security options. Remember to re-enable it afterwards for your device’s security.
Third,check out if your device is on the certificated device list.

Applied to:Android 2.2 (Froyo) to 4.1 (Jelly Bean)
 
1.Connect your Android device is connected to the Internet.For Android 2.2, 2.3 or 3.x,go to Setting->Applications,for Android 4.x, choose Secuity, then place a checkmark next to the "Unknown sources" check box.

2. Open the browser.Navigate to flash player archive page, and find the compatible flash player 11.1 version on the page below.The website offers two options ,one for Android 4.x and the other for Android 2.x and 3.x.

3.Tap the link to download the Flash Player installer, when finished, open Notifications, Tap "install_flash_player.apk" when prompted to begin the installation.

4.When the installation is down,do some setting to make flash content play normally on device.
Android 3.0 :Go to Menu> Settings > select Advanced>Enable plug-ins .Select “Always on” option to enable Flash content always. Choose “On demand” option to enable selectively on each page.
Android 2.2 or 2.3:Go to Menu> Settings or (Menu>More>Settings)> Enable plug-ins. on Android 2.2 or 2.3.

5.Click the flash website to confirm the flash is up and running.If it works, uncheck the “Unknown sources” option to keep the device secure.

After you done all the opeartion, you have successfully installed the latest Flash player 11.1 on your Android phone or tablet.

Method 2:SWF Viewer Pro (Support Android 2.2 - 4.1.1 )

If you think the manually opeartion is not easy for you, you can also choose a better way.Use SWF Viewer Pro to help you intall the Adobe flash player Plugin.

The app supports fullscreen play and fast explore & search SWF files.Also, you can preview Flash in the file explorer interface.It can help you to install Adobe Flash Player Plugin smartly, it supports armv6, armv7 and x86 android device (include android armeabi-v7a emulator).And more.

If you Android device is uncertified device, you can use this method.For other certified device, I still suggest you to use the manually method.


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Wednesday, January 9, 2013

How to install the Ubuntu on Nexus 7?

Recently, Ubuntu has become hot with the release of Ubuntu of phones. The special free Linus-based operating system allows you to experience both desktop and the Android. And since Canonical launched Ubuntu for Android, Android users can enjoy the service. Good thing is that, Ubuntu is now available on Nexus 7.So do you want to install Ubuntu on your Nexus 7?Or do you want to get two completely different operating systems on Nexus 7? If your answer is yes, then you can check out how to install Ubuntu on Nexus 7.

Preparation:
In order to install the Ubuntu, you’ll need a computer with Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin, a Nexus 7 with 8GB ,16GB or 32GB of storage, and a USB cable to connect the tablet to your PC.

Step 1:Unlock the bootloader
Warning: Unlocking the bootloader erases all data and resets the device to factory defaults. So keep in mind to make a backup using TWRP or ClockworkMod to save your files on an external storage device. Also, you may void your warranty.

To install, you must first unlock the bootloader in order to flash different images to the device. You can use the All-In-One Nexus Root Toolkit to simply finish the operation of you can follow the Canonical’s instructions.

Step 2:Install Ubuntu Nexus 7 Installer

  • Launch Ubuntu’s Terminal app and enter the following commands one by one:
      sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-nexus7/ubuntu-nexus7-installer
      sudo apt-get update
      sudo apt-get install ubuntu-nexus7-installer
  • Connect Nexus 7 with the computer via the USB cable(make sure no other connected devices) and boot the Nexus 7 in fastboot mode.
  • Turn off your Nexus 7. Press and hold Volume Up + Volume Down + Power buttons until you see the Android mascot.
  • Search for Ubuntu Nexus7 Installer from the Ubuntu dashboard. Launch it. Follow the on-screen instructions.
Ubuntu Nexus 7 Installer
After less than 20 minutes, you can run the Ubuntu on your Nexus after a boot if the steps are right.

Video guide



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Tuesday, December 18, 2012

How to Watch Flash Videos on PS3?

watch flash on PS 3
When speaking of PS 3, the first thing rise in our mind must be playing games. But except that, Sony's PlayStation 3 gaming console is also a full-fledged entertainment hub. You can play CD,DVDs and Blu-Rays with it. In addition to that, there is built-in web browser for going online. If you want to watch the Christmas flash videos at present on your PS 3, you may need to install flash player or use some tools or on PS 3.Following is the details.

Method 1: Install Adobe Flash Player
  • Turn on your PS3.Go to the “Settings” tab in the Cross Media Bar and select “System Update.” 
  • Go to Download and install the latest system update onto your PS3 by clicking the "Download Now" link.
  • Open the PS3 Web browser and navigate to Flash-based website such as YouTube and choose a video. You will be prompted to run the Flash plug-in. Select “Yes” and the video will load.
Method 2: Using PS Video Converter
  • Connect the computer with a USB flash or hard disc or an SD or CF card. 
  • Download and install PS3 video converter since the console can't handle flash video natively.
  • Click "Add" button to select the flash video(flv files) and choose PS3 from the default profile as the Output file or Use the “setting” button to set the formats.Select the folder named VIDEO on the root of the drive as the output.
  • Click "Convert" to create a PS3 compatible video.Then, you can find the video on the XMB.Or press triangle and choose "Display All" to find the video.
Method 3: Using PS3 Media Server
  • Put your flash videos in a folder on your desktop and download PS3 Media Server, which can converts video and sends it to your PS3 over a local network.
  • After the install of the program, turn on your PS3 and select "Search for Media Servers " on the PS3. Once your PS3 has recognized your computer, browse to your file and play it.
Now you can use your PS 3 as the good tool to enjoy Christmas whether online or offline.


PS 3 compatible Video formats: MPEG-1 (MPEG Audio Layer 2), MPEG-2 PS MPEG2 Audio Layer 2, AAC LC, AC3(Dolby Digital), LPCM, MPEG-2 TS (MPEG2 Audio Layer 2), VC-1 (.wmv), AVCHD (.m2ts / .mts), AVI, DivX, VOD, XviD, Motion JPEG (Linear PCM), MP4 Video, MP4 via DivX AVI, MP4 SP, MP4 AVC / MP4 H.264, DVD Video, BD Video format on Blu-ray Disc, BD Video format on DVD-ROM

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