Recovery mode on any device is a special thing for Android tweakers, providing a variety of options the average user never sees. Using the recovery menu on the Galaxy S3 is like the difference between poking around under the hood of your car when you hear something funny and simply taking it to a mechanic. If you want to know how to reboot into recovery on the Galaxy S3, we’ll tell you right now.
Here a question that many ask: how does one send an email via Bluetooth on Android? This comes in handy when you want to transfer them from an old to a new phone. Here is how it’s done!
Well here’s something to be concerned – or intrigued – about: if you have a Moto X, Moto G or Moto E with a custom launcher installed, you can access previously hidden Qualcomm settings without the need for root. While this may be cool for some, it’s a major security hole for others. [Update: Motorola has commented on these allegations in an official response to AndroidPIT.]
CyanogenMod may be large and far the most popular custom ROM for many Android devices, but it does require some technical knowledge in knowing how to unlock your bootloader and rooting your device. If you’ve wanted to get some of the features that CyanogenMod has to offer, but don’t feel comfortable messing around with your device, we’ll show you some tricks (and apps) that can help you at least mimic some of popular CyanogenMod features without needing to have root access.
Recently, a study came out showing that Pandora Internet Radio was one of the most popular apps used in the USA in 2013 and it keeps on getting more popular, despite a few legal hiccups. Though the app is commended for its many great features, there are still some users that often run into a problem or two, one of which are problems streaming music with the Pandora app for Android. Here is how you can fix it.
Calling and other phone features can be accessed using a Kindle Fire from Amazon. textPlus, the world’s leading Wi-Fi carrier is now offering downloadable mobile plans that come as an alternative to expensive mobile contracts, is now offering calling to the Kindle Fire.
Don’t think that after widening its domain with WhatsApp that Facebook would forget about improving its other apps. In fact, the company is working continually to improve their own apps, like the Facebook app for Android that just received a new user interface. In the latest Facebook Messenger update, you are now able to create pinned Messenger chats from indiduals and groups and add shortcuts to these on the home screen of your Android device.
You may have heard that ability to write to the SD card. You may have even been suffering from this problem without even knowing it wasn’t related to your device. Basically, Google is limiting app access on the SD card to their own little sandboxed folder, meaning that one app can no longer write to another app’s folder.
Have you ever pressed send too quickly, inserted the wrong contact or made a funny and even embarrassing auto-correct mistake in an SMS? Well, you can easily unsend this SMS to avoid any awkward situations. Here is how.
If you’re lucky enough to own more than one Android device you’ve probably already confronted this dilemma: how to manage multiple devices on a Google account. Basically you have a couple of options, you can either use the same account on both devices, meaning that your Google content will be mirrored on both devices, or you can create an alternative account for the secondary device and manage your connections manually. Here’s how to do both.