Tag Archives: Tips

Using Your Android Phone as a Remote Control

Posted on February 14, 2011 by Lead Hacker

What I initially set out to do was find a program for my G2 that would allow me to use it as a Bluetooth trackpad and keyboard with the Mac mini I have hooked up to my television. I use … Continue reading →

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Installing Firefox Mobile on a Samsung Captivate

Posted on August 27, 2010 by Lead Hacker

Mozilla just released a mobile version of Firefox for Android devices. Unfortunately they haven’t directly published the link to the apk. If you follow the download link from a desktop system it takes you to the desktop installer. From a … Continue reading →

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Samsung Captivate Tethering for OS X

Posted on August 17, 2010 by Lead Hacker

When I plugged my Samsung Captivate into my OS X machine I was surprised to see a network connection dialog pop up on my laptop and what looked like a tethering app pop up on the device. Given that AT&T … Continue reading →

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Text to Speech Using Scripting

Posted on July 25, 2010 by Lead Hacker

I’ve been fooling around with Scripting Layer for Android to generate some speech notifications. Two issues I ran into, figured I would share if anyone else does. The first was that the examples still use the droid.speak() call, and it … Continue reading →

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Pirate Boot Logo

Posted on July 25, 2010 by Lead Hacker

Every proper hacked device needs to boot up with a pirate theme. Fortunately the boot animation is trivial to replace on a Nexus one. I’m currently running CyanogenMod6, but I believe this will work other places. I replaced the boot … Continue reading →

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Android Scripting Environment is now SL4A

Posted on July 22, 2010 by Lead Hacker

I downloaded and installed the latest Android scripting package, now called Scripting Layer for Android, or SL4A. I had some issues with it under CyanogenMod5 (probably my own, but I never debugged). Today I updated to a CM6 release and … Continue reading →

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Screenshot on a Rooted Device

Posted on July 20, 2010 by Lead Hacker

In addition to capturing a screenshot with a computer using the Android SDK there’s also a screenshot application (available on the market, called simple ‘screenshot’, I’m not sure how to find out the package name to create a market link … Continue reading →

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ADW.Launcher Preview

Posted on July 15, 2010 by Lead Hacker

One of the great sets of enhancements using a CyanogenMod rom instead of a stock rom is the launcher. Cyanogen includes an altered launcher called ADW.Launcher that includes lots of extra settings and interface tweeks. One of my favorite is … Continue reading →

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Getting the Most Out of Froyo

Posted on July 14, 2010 by Lead Hacker

If you’ve got Froyo on your phone now and you’re looking to make sure you know about all the changes, check out this Android 2.2 review from AnandTech. It walks through all the differences compared to the 2.1 release, and … Continue reading →

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Battery Graph Application

Posted on July 13, 2010 by Lead Hacker

I’ve started using an app called Battery Graph (marketplace link) by Morgan H to try to monitor changes in my battery drain. It’s a background app that collects battery charge info over time and displays a graph on device. That … Continue reading →

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