Flash Player 10.1 Final for Android 2.2
by Haris on August 17, 2010
in Android, Mobile Apps
Adobe yesterday released the final version of Flash Player 10.1 for Android. Flash Player 10.1 has been in beta since its announcement at the Google I/O in May, but they finally released Flash Player 10.1 yesterday.
Flash Player 10.1 doesn’t show any major improvement in performance since the its beta 3 release, but it sure is a lot more slicker than before.
Boost HTC Desire Battery Life
by Haris on August 17, 2010
in Android, Tips and Tricks
Frustrated with the poor battery life of your HTC Desire? Well, we all are. Even the Nexus One users are going through the same.
HTC Desire posted a rather ridiculous (but working) trick long back on how you can boost your HTC Desire’s battery life. The same goes for the HTC Evo too. It’s ridiculous, because it involves charging your phone, then turning it off, then again charging and then turning it on and then again charging – Weird, eh?
Android 3.0 on Nexus One, Out In The Wild
We know Google is internally testing Android 3.0 (Gingerbread)’s early builds and somehow it seems a leaked photo of Android 3.0 running on Nexus One is also out in the wild.
Android 3.0 is expected to release by the end of this year, but Google is completely lip-tight about any sort of info on when Gingerbread (Android 3.0) is going to be released or announced.
Super LCD for HTC Desire and Nexus One Coming Soon
HTC confirmed the rumours today of their own display technology which is called Super LCD. SLCD screens will go head to head with the AMOLED display screens.
HTC said they will be replacing the AMOLED screens of HTC Desire and Nexus One with the new SLCDs. HTC has not shown any demo units with the new screens, so we’re not yet sure how better/worse they will be.
How to Watch Nexus One 720p Videos in 3D on YouTube
by Haris on July 26, 2010
in Android, Tips and Tricks
A couple of months back, a hack was discovered which allowed you to record 720p HD videos on the Nexus One.
The same hack was discovered in HTC Desire as well. But wouldn’t it be better if the same videos can be watched in 3D as well? How cool will that be!
Nexus One FRF72 Software Update
Nexus One FRF72 software update has started rolling out! Google has just started pushing the software update OTA internally, and will be followed by a public release real soon. And no, it’s not Android 2.3 ;)
Not much is known about what new changes and features have been added in this FRF72 software update for Nexus One, but it looks nothing more than bug fix and improvement release.
Root Android 2.2 on Nexus One
by Haris on May 23, 2010
in Android, Tips and Tricks
It’s been just a few minutes since the Android 2.2 manual update file has been released and guess what, we already have the method to root Android 2.2 on Nexus One!
This time, the quick root has been out by Cynogen who has managed to compile a quick root access method for Android 2.2 (Froyo) which adds Busybox and Superuser.
How to Install Android 2.2 on Nexus One
by Haris on May 23, 2010
in Android, Tips and Tricks
Nexus One users with rooted devices have just been blessed with the manual update file of Android 2.2 FRF50 (Froyo).
If you don’t have a rooted phone, you can follow the tutorial given here to get the OTA Android 2.2 (FRF50) update for your phone. But in case, like mine, your Nexus One is rooted, keep reading below.
Android 2.2 Hidden Feature: Trackball Colours
Android 2.2 (Froyo) is now available to most of the Nexus One users, ofcourse, except the users have rooted their N1 will have to wait for an officialFroyo dump for their devices to update.
This update comes with an interesting feature which was never highlighted at the Google I/O 2010, trackball colours! This feature was rumoured months ago to be included in the next Android update, and it really is, but was never mentioned anywhere by Google. Or may be, it’s only for the N1 trackball?
