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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 03, 2010
Motorola has sent out the test version of the 2.1 update for the Backflip to a limited group of people. If you're not one of them, no worries -- the download is out there for the taking -- or a...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 03, 2010
Probably the top three questions on your mind when it comes to your Android phone are the following: What is "rooting?" Why would I want to root my phone? And now that ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 02, 2010
If your phone uses a SIM card, you can set a lock on the card so it can't be used by anyone who doesn't know the lock code. This isn't anything new, and it stays tied to your SIM card -- no...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 01, 2010
Android 2.2 took away the ability to silence your phone using the volume button. Used to be you'd just hit volume down until you hit silent mode, and that was it. So how do you do it now? A few optio...
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by Menno
Oct 27, 2010
Is your phone not holding calls where it previously had a strong signal? If you have a CDMA device like those found on Sprint and Verizon, you may need to update your Preferred Roaming Lis...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 26, 2010
The bad news: Google is shutting down its Nexus One help forums, moving things to a read-only status starting Nov. 1. [via Android Guys] The good news: Our Nexus One forums aren't going anyw...
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by Jesse Potter
Oct 21, 2010
I think we can admit that we're all just a bit jealous of Palm's Touchstone charging station. The act of simply plugging your phone into its charger doesn't pose any real challenge, and it's nothing n...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 19, 2010
Having issues with applications from the Market not downloading, or stalling during installation? There's a fix that might help, and we've detailed it in the forums. It's not complicated, ...
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by Kyle Gibb
Oct 18, 2010
Not everyone uses signatures for their daily email, but many people find it invaluable. You can use anything from a simple name or favorite saying all the way up to including contact info and work pos...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 15, 2010
You can go your whole life without actually plugging your phone into a computer. But if you plug in the Motorola Droid X or Droid 2, you'll be greeted with an annoying pop-up web page for Veriz...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 12, 2010
A question we're asked over and over is "When I get the Froyo/Gingerbread update, will it erase my phone?" The short answer is that it shouldn't. When you get an over-the-air (read: official...
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by Kyle Gibb
Oct 11, 2010
Lets face it: syncing your music and videos in Android is nowhere near as simple as with certain "i"-named devices. However, many of you (myself included) may use iTunes to manage and ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 28, 2010
If you're used to getting up at O'dark-thirty and go to bed sometime around 2100, you might want to switch your clock over to 24-hour time. Also commonly called "military time," that's where...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 27, 2010
In Android 2.2, you have the option to allow applications to automatically update themselves. And that's a good thing. But say you don't ever want to get a notification that updates are available. (He...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 23, 2010
So the maintenance release for the Evo 4G -- you know, the one that tackles the 30fps thing, among other fixes -- is finally starting to hit phones. But if your Evo's wearing a sad face, you ca...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 17, 2010
The Sprint Epic 4G is in the midst of an over-the-air system update -- bugfixes, mostly, and not Froyo just yet, though Samsung's Media Hub is now enabled. But if you just can't stand to wait a...
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by Jared DiPane
Sep 17, 2010
If you have multiple Android phones, you might now always want keep each device active. But that doesn't mean it's a paperweight. But resetting a phone brings you back to the pesky activation screen i...
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by Kyle Gibb
Sep 16, 2010
Syncing contacts with services like Facebook and Google Contacts is a built in feature of Android, and most users set it up when they get a new phone (Watch Phil set up a Droid Incredible here, 3:55 i...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 15, 2010
It's pretty cool that smartphones today come with high megapixel cameras, and the Evo 4G's 8 MP 720p camera is no exception. But the way it protrudes from the back of the device is a headache i...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 14, 2010
The Verizon Fascinate has been rooted since Day 1, but that doesn't mean there's not work to be done. For your folks on Windows, it's as simple as downloading a zip file, following instructions...
