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Steve Kondik on CyanogenMod Development & Future Releases

CyanogenMod is the most popular ROM on the Android Platform. Steve Kondik, the founder of the CyanogenMod Community speaks publicly about what Android means to him and how Android being open helps build communities and the problems around it. “So, the last issue: this is really frustrating if you contribute to CM and you find issues in Android itself, or even if you’re just working on Android as a non-CM person, is that there’s no visibility into what’s coming next. None. No idea what’s coming. Everything...

July 8, 2012 | Read the story »

Download, Install Google Now [JellyBean Voice Search] on Android ICS

So you were enticed by Google Voice search / Google Now on Jellybean and can’t wait to get Jellybean on your device. Well, we’ve a hack that will let you install Google Now on any Android ICS AOSP ROM. The Google Now compatibility has been reported differently by various users.. Ideally it should work on all AOSP ICS ROMs, some custom skinned ROMs users are reporting issues with installation. Give the following steps a shot and see if it works for you: Download: Google Now...

July 4, 2012 | Read the story »

Shoot Fast Burst multiple Photos on ANY Android

The new generation of Android phones have teased us with some amazing burst rates when it comes to taking photos from the camera at full 8megapixels. However, users of other high-end smartphone owners are definitely jealous of the findings. But thanks to SpriteFish’s Fast Burst Camera, you can shoot photos fast, really insanely fast using any Android phone. Fast Burst Camera is capable of shooting at 30 photos per second (& 5-10 on low-end phones). Not even DSLRs are able to shoot at this speed. Hold shoot button...

June 18, 2012 | Read the story »

MIUI style Progress-Bar Battery Indicator on Android

It all started with low battery performance of smartphones, but now its more of a thing we love to showoff. Google Play is loaded with number of apps that either show the battery status or display advanced stats. One of the best implementations of Battery indicators is done by MIUI ROM. ChargeBar brings the MIUI Style Circular Battery Indicator to all Android ROMs. It brings the same splendid circular progress of battery along with the charge animation. Developed by Thomas Barrasso, ChargeBar displays the exact amount of charge left in...

April 5, 2012 | Read the story »

Download Temple Run Android APK

The Temple Run has been a popular gaming title on iOS for a while. Now that game has gained big traction, the game has strong fanbase and its nearly time when its expands its scope to Android world. Temple Run is fun, running along the walls of a ruined temple whilst being chased by rather scary looking Evil Demon Monkeys, it really takes the best out of us. The game challenges the player with fast reflexes around the corners and sudden barriers. temple-run-android

March 27, 2012 | Read the story »

How to Boost, Speedup Android Emulator

One of the biggest pains with android had been its slow and sluggish Emulator. The ADT 17 comes with lots of new features and bug fixes. Among our favorite features is the speed boost for the Android Emulator. Thanks to the AOSP & Intel, the android emulator now translates x86 instructions to ARM way more efficiently. To summarize two new improvements have been achieved to boost the performance of the Emulator: GPU Accelerated UI for Emulator x86 optimizations and speed Boost (plus OpenGL) 1. GPU Accelerated...

March 22, 2012 | Read the story »

Install Official Android ICS ROM On Desire S, Desire HD

The Official Ice Cream Sandwich ROM for HTC One V has now been ported to Desire S, Desire HD, which are very identical HTC devices. You can now Install Android 4.0.3 ROM with HTC Sense 4.0 on Desire S, Desire HD. Since the One V is much newer and more powerful than the Desire devices, there could be a case for suggesting that the ROM may be rather unstable, but the developer claims that such things would never happen, the ROM would be a smooth experience on both older gen devices: Desire...