Huawei IDEOS X6 is mid-tier Android phone and recently a section on XDA was dedicated to this phone’s development and hacking. In my opinion, the phone emerged quite victorious in a market ruled by HTC, Samsung, Motorola, Sony Ericsson and LG. The IDEOS X6 came with AOSP Android 2.2 Froyo on board and due to the fact that not much exposure was given to this phone on Android forums and portals,there wasn’t noteworthy development. As soon as the phone acquired a dedicated section on XDA forums, we can see that developers are emerging for this phone. MIUI custom ROMs are the most favored custom Android firmware when it comes to aesthetics, usability and stability. And recently this ROM made it to X6!
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Cheetah Sync: Two-Way Data Sync Between Android & PC / Mac Over WiFi
There is simply no shortage of options for Android users who are looking to effectively sync data between their device and their computer over a local Wi-Fi connection. However, not all solutions provide dual sync option, meaning that using most solutions, you can either sync data from computer to device or vice versa but not in both directions. This is where Cheetah Sync comes in. Cheetah Sync supports two-way data sync (between PC/Mac and your Android device) along with a plethora of customization features, which we will delve into after the break.
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Access & Manage Android Certificate Authority Keystore With CACertMan
In technical terms, keystore is a storage space on your computer (or smartphone) reserved for all the digitally signed security certificates and their relevant information. Using valuable information from this keystore, your device (or rather the browser) learns whether a specific website that is being visited is safe (trusted) or not. Android OS has its own Certificate Authority keystore (located in /system/etc/security/cacerts.bks) where all the information pertaining to security certificates is stored. Accessing the Android keystore is not easy but thanks to the efforts of XDA-Developer’s member remzicavdar, now we have CACertMan - an Android app that not only lets you access your (rooted) Android’s Certificate Authority keystore but also lets you manage various certificate entries stored in it so that you can always surf the web without any safety concerns. Details, screenshots and download link after the break.
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THE Football App Brings Its Soccer News & Stats To Android
iLiga is a comprehensive soccer app for smartphone users that packs all the latest information & news pertaining to one of the most intensely followed sports of the world. Initially available only to iOS users, THE Football app now brings all the latest content to soccer-loving Android (Update: and now Windows Phone) users as well. Like its iOS variant, the Android version of iLiga contains plenty of informative and updated soccer content ranging from (local and global) soccer news headlines, featured multimedia content (images and videos), highlights, live commentary, match previews, reviews, in-depth statistics, standings, fixtures, player profiles and lots more.
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Unbrick Motorola Droid Bionic With RSD Lite 5.5 [Guide]
Finally there is some great news for Motorola Droid Bionic Android phone users looking to unbrick their devices. We won’t really go into how you managed to brick your device, but you should be able to boot it in Fastboot mode to unbrick it. In case you phone isn’t booting in Fastboot mode, then the only solution is to take it to your carrier’s customer service and ask for repair or replacements. The method to unbrick your device involves action from RSD lite along with a custom FXZ file.
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Goods Order Inventory System – Inventory Management App For Android
There is no shortage of apps in the Android Market that are designed specifically for business owners. However, few of them bring as comprehensive a set of features as does Goods Order Inventory System. Initially available to iOS users only, Goods Order Inventory System is now available for Android as well. With this app, you can easily manage and track all your orders, inventory and sales along with availing in-built reporting capabilities for your profit/loss, closed orders and inventory left on-hand. The app offers ample customizability for your inventory management and helps you maintain/trace relevant records in a better and neat manner. Details, screenshots and download link after the break.
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Super Status Bar: Android Status Bar Replacement With Customizable Background
Hardcore Android users who have a special craving for customizing their beloved device to the extreme must have rejoiced upon the arrival of recently reviewed StatusBar+ – a free Android app that lets you customize your status bar to give it a WP7 style look. For those who wish for a bit more, here’s a handy status bar replacement and it comes from XDA-Developers member FireZenk. Super Status Bar lets you replace the layout of the status bar with it’s own classic layout but more importantly, it lets you replace the your status bar’s background with an image of your choice.
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Top Free And Most Beautiful Android Live Wallpapers
While the concept of wallpaper is universal to most desktop as well as mobile operating systems, Android extends this concept one step further by letting you set dynamic content as your wallpaper – a concept known as Android Live Wallpapers. It is Android Wallpaper Weekend here at AddictiveTips. A few days back, we taught you how to take Android wallpaper customization to the next level. Join us today as we take you for a tour of the prettiest and most eye-catching Live wallpapers available for Android that we have hand-picked for you from the countless options out there.
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New Memory Power Management Options In Windows 8
Windows 8 brings extra memory power management options to Windows Power Plan Advanced Settings which is accessible from Power Options. These options provide the utility to monitor short memory history, channel power history, backoff channel heat break tolerance, backoff idle utility threshold, and so on. It can help you specify power management settings for your computer’s memory.
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How To Share Files Between Windows 7 And Windows 8 In Dual Boot
When you dual boot Windows 8 with Windows 7, you are likely to end up willing to use many of the files which are located within your Windows 7 user directory (e.g. Administrator account). Although these files can be accessed manually, doing so is both tiresome and time consuming task. Copying files to the Windows 8 user account can be one way of solving the problem, however that will simply waste a lot of disk space. Moreover, shortcuts from within the Windows 7 user folders can make it confusing to manage both Windows 7 and Windows directories.
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Here Me: Location-Based Micro Blogging For Windows Phone 7
There is only one name that is sure to pop up in your mind as soon as you hear the word micro-blogging: Twitter. Admittedly, there are a number of alternates which provide you with the exact same functionality offered by Twitter, but a far fewer number of apps or services exhibit the courage to think out of the box and make some additions to micro blogging and social networking. That’s where Here Me enters the Windows Phone 7 arena.
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Autodesk Pixlr-o-matic: Add Retro Effects To Photos [Android & iPhone]
If you are looking for a simple-to-use and quick photo editing/sharing app for your smartphone, then Pixlr-o-matic qualifies as a worthy candidate. Pixlr-o-matic adds to the list of fast flourishing Android & iOS photo editing apps for smartphones and being the handiwork of Autodesk Inc. – developers of AutoCAD WS and SketchBook – its high quality comes as no surprise. The app sports plenty of unique photo effects and frames which you can apply to give your images a vintage look.
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Stream Free Music Playlists On Your Windows Phone Mango With 8Tracks
Music is an integral part of many people’s lives. Even now, while writing this post, I have Evanescence blasting away on my headset. If you yourself are fond of music and own a Windows Phone 7, then life just got better for you (or will, once Mango rolls out). What music lovers hate most about WP7 is that it lacks the ability to play music in the background while using a third party app. Mango finally resolves that issue by bringing true multitasking to Windows Phone and letting third party apps run in the background. For music, 8tracks becomes the first app to take advantage of this Mango goodness. 8tracks lets you listen to playlists pre-loaded by the users on the app’s website and the tracks can keep playing while you navigate anywhere on your phone!
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How To Keep Ribbon Minimized In Windows 8 Explorer
The Ribbon Explorer in Windows 8 includes most commonly used shortcuts in a ribbon, like copy and move to user library, remove properties, hide file name extensions, etc. While this may come handy to find Explorer options more easily, it has been considered as an obstructive inclusion to Windows Explorer by many Windows 8 users, as it consumes a lot of space of Explorer Window. What might be more convenient is to keep this ribbon minimized until needed. In this post we will provide you with a quick tip to keep the Ribbon Explorer minimized by default.
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Bandwidth For WP Mango: Keep A Check On Your Internet Connection Speed
A smartphone without an internet connection is like a flower without fragrance. We have become so dependent upon internet that our real life has become completely entwined with our online life. Almost 90% of the apps on my Samsung Omnia 7 require (or at least can use) internet connectivity. Windows Phone 7 makes full use of the web, and if your net is not working properly for any reason, things can get really annoying. Bandwidth can not increase your download or upload speed, nor will it magically make internet connectivity available for you. The app will let you diagnose the problems bugging your network, thus making it more efficient. Bandwidth can also prove to be the perfect solution for some cursory network troubleshooting. The Bandwidth app has been around for quite a while in the Marketplace, but its new Mango-fied version adds some noteworthy and new features which we will be discussing after the break.
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Rhythm & Scale Calculator – Get Scaled Font Sizes & CSS Code [Chrome]
Find the right font size for different headings & text types can take a while, not because it’s hard to write the code but because text sizes have a wide range and finding the right one for every heading and text area can take up a lot of time. An easier way to deal with font sizes is to specify a scale for each type. Rhythm & Scale Calculator is a Chrome application that helps you find the right scale for your font and line spacing, it gives you the CSS code to seal the deal.
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How To Enable Windows 8 Hibernate Option
Hibernation is a feature of an operating system which allows the contents of RAM to be written to the hard disk, before powering off the computer. When the computer is started again, it reloads the content of memory and attempts to restore to the same state as it was before shutdown. For example, if you have 5 documents open before hibernating, the system will resume with the same documents opened on your desktop. In other words, your system will resume from where you left it. The Windows 8 has come with a lot of changes which users are finding a bit annoying.
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Glassboard: The Extremely Private Cross-Platform Group Messaging & Sharing App
Even the staunchest Facebook supporters admit that its privacy settings can prove to be unreliable at times. Google was among many others who noticed that and launched Google + to enhance the security users get for their data on the social network. But what if you want to take the privacy issue to the next level while having a group discussion? There’s an app for that. It's called Glassboard. Glassboard is an invite-only group messaging and media/ location sharing app which works for users on virtually any platform (via e-mails) or on cell phones. Currently, the app is available for Android, iOS and Windows Phone 7. Apart from the app's amazingly detailed privacy settings, Glassboard also distinguishes itself from other messenger apps due to its cross-platform compatibility. If you want to know more about the recently launched WP7 version of the app, read on after the break.
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Use PIN Code To Login To Windows 8 With PIN Logon Credential Provider
Aside from allowing users to log on to Windows via Windows Live account and Local account (see guide here), Windows 8 also includes an option to create a custom PIN which can either be connected with your local or Windows Live account. Although this option has been added to Windows 8 for tablet users to enter code via touch-numpad, PC users can also create PIN to logon to Windows using either Windows Live account username and password or PIN code. Just like other logon options like Windows Live or Local Account, you can create PIN from Control Panel –> Users window.
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A Quick Overview Of Windows 8 Lock Screen
Inspired from Windows Phone 7 Metro UI, the Windows 8 Lock Screen is optimized for both tablets and PC users. The new Lock Screen includes two main components; the lock screen image with dynamic battery and network icons & application status message badges and login screen to enter password in order to login to Windows 8. Another noteworthy aspect of Windows Lock Screen is that it allows applications to show notification related to their different tasks and functions. The notification feature is highly configurable; you can either all supported applications to send notifications to Lock Screen or manually choose applications from App list.
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