Android/ Windows Phone

Play Any Games on Android using Chainfire 3D

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Android is a great mobile OS but since manufacturers can use any type of hardware games and apps compatibility can be an issue. You might for example want to play a Tegra2 only game like on a non-Tegra2 device. If you do so you may end up with white textures and other issues. That’s before using Chainfire 3D which solves all those issues, Chainfire 3D is a must have for rooted Android devices (phones or tablets).

Disclaimer: Please note that we will not be responsible if you end up bricking your device. Rooting or customizing your device can be risky, follow the instructions at your own risk.

Chainfire 3D is “an intermediary OpenGL driver. What does that mean? It means that Chainfire3D sits between your apps and the graphics drivers, and can intercept and/or change commands between the two. It has some built-in functions, and can be further extended with plugins to provide extra functionality.” (from Android Market).
You will need to root / jailbreak your Android device prior to using Chainfire 3D. You can get a better idea of how to install and use Chainfire 3D by watching a YouTube tutorial as well.

You can find more information about Chainfire 3D on XDA @ Chainfire3D [ROOT][OpenGL ES 2.0+].

Chainfire 3D can be installed from the Android Market, it comes in 2 versions: Free or Pro ($3.99).

Plugins to emulate PowerVR, NVidia or Qualcomm GPUs can be found on Google and then installed in Chainfire 3D. This driver does require a powerful device and in our tests it did perform very well on various devices.

WebOS

Overclock Your LG Optimus 2X – How To

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The LG Optimus 2X is a powerful Android device thanks to its 1 GHz dual-core NVidia Tegra CPU and thanks to faux123 @ XDA it can be overclocked to 1.5 GHz with a custom kernel. This is a 50% increase in the CPU speed, quite an achievement which will make your LG Optimus 2X blazingly fast if you dare installing a custom kernel on it!

Disclaimer: Please note that we will not be responsible if you end up bricking your device. Rooting or customizing your device can be risky, if you follow the instructions you should be fine!

You will need to root your LG Optimus 2X before you can overclock it, if you haven’t done it yet simply follow our instructions @ How To Root Your LG Optimus 2X.

There are 2 custom kernels available for the LG Optimus 2X:
[Kernel]CM7 [2.6.32.41] (v0.1.7) OC~1500MHz/UV/SLQB/BFQ/EXT4
[Kernel] LGE Stock FROYO[2.6.32.9] (v0.0.3) OC~1500MHz/UV/SLQB/BFQ/EXT4

Note that those kernels are in beta, use at your own risk. You can get the files using the links above, follow these instructions to install those custom kernels and overclock your LG Optimus 2X to 1.5 GHz or 1.2 GHz:

  • Reboot in recovery (CWM – ClockWork Mod)
  • In CWM, clear your device’s cache
  • Now clear the Dalvik cache
  • Select Install Zip from SD Card
  • Reboot your LG Optimus 2X once done
  • Enjoy your overclocked device!

WebOS

Improve Google Maps on WebOS – How To

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WebOS isn’t getting much love these days even with the newly released HP Veer, time will tell if WebOS can remain a viable player in the smartphone market. Luckily there are still many folks out there who care about WebOS and find workarounds which make devices like the Palm Pre 2 or HP Veer better. rmausser @ PreCentral found a way to get an improved version of Google Maps running on any WebOS device.

This hack / workaround uses Google Maps Mobile site not the native Google Maps app, it has some performance issues but it is better looking.

Follow these instructions to get a better looking version of Google Maps on your WebOS device:

  1. On your computer go to Google Maps, make sure you’re logged into your Gmail account
  2. Go to any location and save it to a map: click on Save to map and add it to My Saved Places
  3. Once the location is saved, create a link to it using the Link button at the top right of the Google Maps map
  4. On your WebOS device, log into the same Gmail account
    Paste the link into your browser and enjoy. A better way of doing it would be to send the Maps link to your Gmail account and then click on the link in the email to open Google Maps in the WebOS browser
  5. Once the map is up, add it to your launcher using Menu > Page > Add to launcherYou can get more information @http://forums.precentral.net/webos-patches/282932-improved-google-maps.html#post2974760.

Android/ IOS/ Windows Phone

Parkbud a Parking App for Your iPhone

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Wunderstadt released recently a nice parking application for iOS called Parkbud which makes it easy and fun to park your car. Parkbud provides many features including a car locator, a parking finder and also a meter monitoring system so you don’t get towed. There are also many other useful features included in Parkbud and this is also a beautifully designed app, you can tell the folks at Wunderstadt pay attention to details and wanted to provide a great end user experience.

Parkbud offers many features:

  • Meter Alarm: Allows you to track your parking time in style with a nice digital clock and an elegant ticking mechanical timepiece
  • Car Locator and Park Finder: Save your car’s location, find a parking spot easily as well as get directions. Once you park you can save your parking location in one spot
  • Camera and Photo Editor: Take pictures of your car, your parking spot etc. and document a trip
  • Animated Notepad: Keep a log of information about your trip, car, and more
  • Social Network Integration: Share your parking data with your friends on Twitter and Facebook

As I’ve told you, Parkbud looks great.

Parkbud is available for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, you can find more information @ http://www.parkbud.com.
You can download Parkbud on iTunes for $1.99

Windows Phone

How To Overclock Your Motorola XOOM

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The Motorola XOOM has been out for a few days and it has already been rooted (see @ How To Root Your Motorola XOOM) and now overclocked successfully to 1.5 GHz. Thanks to this overclock hack the Motorola XOOM CPU becomes much faster than any other tablets’ CPU including the iPad 2.

Before you start you’ll first need to root your Motorola XOOM tablet, to do so follow our instructions @ How To Root Your Motorola XOOM.

Note that we will not be responsible if you end up bricking your device, rooting or customizing your device can be risky. If you follow the instructions carefully you will be fine!

 

All the credit goes to coolbho3000 @ XDA who released this procedure to overclock the Motorola XOOM. This hack assumes that you have the Android SDK (http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html) installed on your computer.

Follow these instructions to overclock your Motorola XOOM:

  • Download this zip file @ http://www.setcpu.com/files/xoom_ocboot_v2.zip
  • Extract the zip file to a directory on your computer
  • Type the following command on your computer to reboot your Motorola XOOM into the bootloader:
    adb reboot bootloader
  • Now using fastboot install the boot image into your Motorola XOOM tablet
    fastboot flash boot xoom_ocboot.img
  • Type the following command to boot back into Honeycomb:
    fastboot reboot
  • Finally copy the bcm4329.ko file to the /system/lib/modules folder on your tablet:
    adb remount
    adb push bcm4329.ko /system/lib/modules/bcm4329.ko
  • Type the following to reboot your Motorola XOOM
    adb reboot
  • All set!

Tablet

One Click Root for Archos 101, 70, 43, 32 and 28

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The Archos Internet Tablets (101, 70, 43, 32 and 28) are some of the best and most affordable Android tablets. While their screen isn’t as good as the Motorola XOOM screen, the sticker price is also not the same… Rooting the Archos 101 and others became even easier with the release of Archangel a one-click root utility for the Archos tablets.

Note that we will not be responsible if you end up bricking your device, rooting or customizing your device can be risky. If you follow the instructions carefully you will be fine!

 

All the credits go to archaism1 @ XDA who released this one click root solution for the Archos 101, 70 and others. Archangel works on firmware 2.0.71, 2.1.2 and 2.1.3, many users have reported they were able to successfully root their device using this application.
Follow these instructions to root your Archos 101, 70, 43, 32 or 28 Internet Tablet [from Archos 101 one-click-root for firmware 2.0.71 using Archangel]:

  1. Download the app @ http://forum.xdadevelopers.com/showthread.php?t=928767
  2. Make sure you have 10mb of space available on the internal storage
  3. Make sure you are connected on Wi-Fi
  4. Run the Archangel app
  5. Click to install SuperUser application
  6. Click to get root!
  7. Check everything is working correctly, try an app which needs root
  8. Once you have root you can tick the “Permanent” root option to always have root.
  9. Party Hard!

 

Windows Phone

How To Root Your Motorola Droid Pro

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The Motorola Droid Pro introduced a new form factor for Android devices, it does look like a BlackBerry with its front facing keyboard but it also comes with a touch screen.

The Droid Pro can be rooted easily so you can now customize your device, remove any bloatware added by your carrier and unlock its full potential.

Note that we will not be responsible if you end up bricking your device, rooting or customizing your device can be risky. If you follow the instructions carefully you will be fine!

 

You can root / jailbreak your Motorola Droid Pro using z4root a famous root application. You can get more information about z4root in our article @ z4root – Another One Click Root Solution for Android.

Download z4root, run it on your device and select Root to root your Motorola Droid Pro, it cannot get simpler than that.
Some users have reported that it didn’t work on their first try so try as many times as needed until you get root privileges. It does work.

Windows Phone

How To Install LG Optimus 2X Weather and Clock Widget

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The LG Optimus 2X is one of the first dual-core smartphone available running Android. It comes with a big 4 inches screen, a 1 GHz Nvidia Tegra CPU and some nice widgets! One of them, the Weather and Clock widget, has been extracted by Sony_Ericsson_X10 @ XDA and it is possible to simply install the APK file on your device.

All credit goes to Sony_Ericsson_X10 for this widget.

Simply download the LG Optimus 2X Weather and Clock widget @ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11192505&postcount=140.
Then install the APK on your device using your favorite File Explorer. It works best if you use a launcher like Launcher Pro (which we covered in Use LauncherPro to Customize your Android Device Look And Feel) or ADW Launcher.

The LG Optimus 2X Weather and Clock widget will work on devices running Android 2.1 and higher.

You can get more information about the LG Optimus 2X Weather and Clock widget on XDA @ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10969965#.

Windows Phone

How To Root Your Motorola Atrix 4G

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The Motorola Atrix 4G isn’t even out yet and it has already been rooted by designgears and Getaphixx. Motorola is well known for protecting its devices but it appears their strategy isn’t paying off… It is not yet possible to flash custom ROMs but you can already remove the bloatware AT&T has added among other things.

Please note that we won’t be responsible if you end up bricking your device. Rooting or customizing your device can be risky, if you follow the instructions you should be fine!

 

You can root your Motorola Atrix 4G very easily using SuperOneClick, we’ve covered this root app @ SuperOneClick – One-Click Root for Android devices.

You have to install the Motorola drivers on your computer first using Motorola Helper, make sure you also enable USB debugging prior to connecting your Motorola Atrix 4G.

You can find more information about how to root / jailbreak your Motorola Atrix 4G on XDA @ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=960336

Android

Honeycomb Running on HTC EVO, HTC Desire and HTC Droid Incredible

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Android Honeycomb (3.0) might be designed for tablets this didn’t prevent some developers to port the new OS to existing phones including the HTC EVO 4G, the HTC Desire HD and the HTC Droid Incredible. While it is not usable as your main OS yet, it is nice to see developers might give us an early release of Honeycomb to play with.

Please note that we won’t be responsible if you end up bricking your device. Rooting or customizing your device can be risky, if you follow the instructions you should be fine!

All the credits for this hack go to RiotMAC, AndroidBall and the folks @ http://t3hh4xx0r.com.

Before you start you will need a rooted device, you can find more information about it in the following articles:

It is a bit sluggish but remember this is an early release, it can only get better!

You can download the HTC EVO 4G ROM on XDA @ [ROM-DEV] ||Honeycomb on EVO||Alpha||SpyderHoney||Honeycomb Android 3.0||2/17/2011||. spyderdreams and AndroidBall are working on it, see the changelog below:

Many things are broken like
SD card
Music player
Radios
Audio
camera
wifi (working on fix)
4g
App drawer(works but needs resizing)
Things we have got to work
Bottom buttons (although needs some work still)
Bookmarks
Widgets
Menus

You can download the Honeycomb port for the HTC Droid Incredible @ http://t3hh4xx0r.com/?p=1350 and the HTC Desire HD port of Honeycomb @ http://t3hh4xx0r.com/?p=1353.

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