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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 04, 2013
For a lot of us, the fact that we can plug our Android phone or tablet into our computer and interact with it is a big plus. Besides the times when we've broken something and need to fix it, the...
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by Alex Dobie
Jan 29, 2013
There are many reasons why you might want to use a mobile hotspot with an Android device. Maybe you're using a tablet without a mobile data connection of its own. Perhaps you're traveling ov...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 28, 2013
Part of having a modern smartphone is the media experience. Today's Android phones rival about any desktop system when it comes to audio and visual cues for the way you interact with them. Case ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 14, 2013
Deep links and even embedding panoramas can be done, but it takes a few steps
I might have mentioned once or twice how Photo Sphere is one of my favorite features of Android 4.2 on the Nexus 4. ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 14, 2013
Russ8611 writes,
Hello Androidcentral! I was just curious if any of you guys feel like reporting on the Java vulnerability and let us know how it affects Android as a platform. I know most...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 05, 2013
Anytime you see folks discussing the virtues of Android, you hear the word custom being thrown around in one form or another. We're not talking about ROMs or kernels or anything like that, we me...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 26, 2012
Clark writes,
What the heck does odex and deodex actually mean? I see the terms mentioned in almost every custom ROM thread and can't find an answer that I can understand. I'm hoping tha...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 04, 2012
D3lit3 writes in our Nexus 4 forums,
I was taking pictures with my baby and I realized that the HDR mode does not show a tick when you enable it. Thus I am left in confusion because I never...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 17, 2012
For many people, buying the Nexus 4 will be their first time stepping into several different arenas. First GSM device, first unlocked device, first time using a prepaid carrier. Once everything is s...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 12, 2012
One of the reasons you buy a Nexus device is easy, complete access to the device hardware. The stock software is great, but we all know sometimes its fun to tinker around with your own creations. Ne...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 08, 2012
While trawling through the Internet today I came across the Linux Foundation's page, and my eyes were pulled to their top story. Now this is nothing new, I often find plenty of great articles an...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 03, 2012
Finally, Google has added quick settings to the notification pulldown in Android 4.2. That's a feature many have wanted in stock Android since, well, forever. Enthusiast ROMs have adde...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 30, 2012
Android 4.2 is official! So is the LG Nexus 4! But what about all those current Galaxy Nexus and Nexus 7s out there? They're going to get an update to Android 4.2, right? Most certainly. And we&...
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by Andrew Martonik
Oct 30, 2012
The Nexus 4 has a whole lot of features to be excited about -- that is, unless you're on Verizon or Sprint here in the states. For reasons you can probably figure out on your own, Google has dec...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 27, 2012
Web browsing on the Nexus 7, using Ubuntu and Firefox
I love fiddling with things. Especially electronic things. I admit, I've fooled with ARM builds of Ubuntu on Android devices, or running th...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 24, 2012
HOLLYWOODANT215 asks in the Galaxy S3 forums,
A friend rooted my device for me. I only use the root access to see emojis. Will he need to unroot my device for me to receive [the] ...
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by Alex Dobie
Oct 09, 2012
The Android 4.1.2 update has started rolling out to Nexus 7 tablets around the world. But if your tablet has yet to receive the update, then don't despair -- we've got a quick walkthrough th...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 25, 2012
A quick way to tell if your Samsung phone is at risk, and what to do if it is
There's a lot of confusion as to exactly which Samsung phones are affected by today's big scary USSD v...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 17, 2012
Here's one we get asked quite often: How do you share from Instagram to Google+? After all, there's no way to automatically post to Google+ from Instagram like there is to Twitter, Flickr, F...
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by Andrew Martonik
Sep 10, 2012
The Nexus 7 has been out for a while, plenty long enough for some to have accidentally dropped and possibly broken it. It's terrible, but not all accidents can be avoided. We've seen the tea...
