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Comment on ADW.Launcher Preview by ADWLauncher Settings

ADWLauncher Settings — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 06:18:42 +0000

[...] mentioned the preview setting in ADW Launcher previously. Recently I installed the Cyanogenmod 7.1 release on my Nexus S and started using that [...]

Comment on Essential Android Apps for Geeks by Lead Hacker

Lead Hacker — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 06:45:00 +0000

I actually use the Task Manager much more for development than anything else. It’s nice to be able to whack a process intentionally if you’re working on a bit of software, trying it out “in the real world”, but the real world is proving a bit too much for it to deal with. Thanks for the tip on Memory Optimizer, I’ll have to give that a whirl as well.

Comment on Essential Android Apps for Geeks by Matt

Matt — Sat, 24 Sep 2011 07:05:28 +0000

I would substitute Advanced Task Manager with Memory Optimizer. Because of the way Linux handles applications and processes, there is no need for a task killer. In fact killing tasks will actually cause them to use more memory and CPU when they start back up(most system apps are set to automatically restart). Memory optimizer allows you to manipulate the min free value, thus, ensuring you never go below a predetermined amount of memory.

Comment on Installing Firefox Mobile on a Samsung Captivate by Kieth Swaney

Kieth Swaney — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 17:43:54 +0000

Icve enjoyed Firefox for years, a required AP for all my windows and Linux boxes. Happy to see the fox on Android. On the down side, I’m having some 90+% lockups running Firefox while visiting some websites, with my LG G2x. Other browsers on the same sites, no problems. I suspect the fox is trying to perform too many tasks at once – tasks the other browsers block or ignore.

Comment on Samsung Captivate Tethering for OS X by aerojmac

aerojmac — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:05:35 +0000

If you are tethering a Samsung Captivate on AT&T’s network while running MAC OS X, you no doubt realize how seemingly impossible to accomplish this task is. Yet, by no more than roughly 6 hours of work, I have accomplished it!

Here’s what you’ll need:
1) Samsung Captivate
2) Legit Tethering Plan with AT&T
3) Boot-Camp*
4) Copy of Windows Parallels
5) Copy of Windows XP or better

Steps:

1. Install Windows via Bootcamp
2. Boot into Windows
3. Attach phone via USB
4. In phone go to > Settings > WiFi > Tethering > Turn it on
5. Open up Network Connections and turn OFF Firewall
6. Disable your wifi connection and test your tethering on Windows… it should now work.
7. Install Windows Parrallels (you can get a trial version from their website)
8. Configure your boot-camp version of Windows soft to run from Parallels from MAC OS X (Parallels walks you through this).
9. Turn off your wifi connection in MAC OS X
10. Make sure phone is attached and make sure tethering is turned on while running Parallels.
11. Test connection, it should now work.

Yes, for the mere cost of the cheapest version of Parallels, as well as the cheapest version of Windows XP, Mac users tethering a Samsung Captivate may now join the 21st century of computer… without doing that b.s. to their phone like rooting or or other sh&t I don’t understand, but probably could.

*Probably possible without having Boot-camp installed, but that’s not how I accomplished it.

Comment on Using Your Android Phone as a Remote Control by bmullan

bmullan — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 12:10:15 +0000

If you are a Linux user you know there are quite a few multimedia apps (xmbc, vlc, mythtv etc).

I hadn’t looked at MythTv in quite a while and was surprised how much had changed including a very cool Android app that turns your phone into a TV and Multimedia center remote control.

http://code.google.com/p/mythmote/

- MythMote is an open source android application that controls MythTV frontends.

Control is obtained through the frontend telnet interface. Currently the app is made up of one dialog with three tab pages. Page one is navigation controls. Page two is media control. Page three is a number pad and keyboard input.

The goal of mythmote is to create a free and simple android application that provides full control over MythTV frontends.

Comment on Using Your Android Phone as a Remote Control by Daniel

Daniel — Thu, 17 Mar 2011 13:15:27 +0000

http://www.gmote.org/

Lets you use your Droid as a remote control (play, pause, etc) and it also has a touchpad and keyboard mode. Works over WiFi or 3G (only if you forward a port, for 3G). Gmote has been around a while and works well.

Comment on Samsung Captivate Tethering for OS X by willi

willi — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 04:08:03 +0000

Hey, good to know. Thanks!

Comment on Samsung Captivate Tethering for OS X by joe

joe — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 06:43:34 +0000

Is it free doing it this way?

Comment on Pirate Boot Logo by f0rkyou

f0rkyou — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 21:25:46 +0000

You can change your Motorola Droid (Droid 1 Only) very fast and easily using this free program. It lets you pick the background color and any bitmap to replace the boring original black and white Motorola logo. It then generates a .sbf file that can be flashed to your phone using RSD Lite. Download links below!

Droid Boot Logo Generator v1.10.10.22
http://tinyurl.com/333nw9s

RSD Lite 4.9
http://www.filestube.com/0e5bc1db6da6a2dc03e9/go.html