Why You Should Root Or Not Root Your Phone

Lifehacker: Is It a Good Idea to Root or Jailbreak My Friend's Phone? [Ask Lifehacker] http://goo.gl/mag/9T2qf

Leaked Photo Galaxy S III

Android Central: More Samsung Galaxy S III leaky goodness http://goo.gl/mag/ZfKpH

New Release : Six - Guns

Cult of Android: Gameloft Releases Its Gunslinging Six-Guns Game For Free In The Google Play Store http://goo.gl/mag/0Lgaj

UPDATE! New Google Play Store 3.5.15

Droid Life: New Google Play Store 3.5.15 Rolling Out – Shows Up to Date Apps, Previous Installs, and More http://goo.gl/mag/wsSmR

Update On Beats Audio.

So Apparently, i was able to install beats audio + xloud on my optimus p500. 

How to Download :  
Go To : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525226
And Scroll Until you see a box saying " attached files"
Choose the beatsaudiob0314 zip file and download it
Place It At The Root Of Your Sdcard

Here Are The Steps : 
1st, Use Root Explorer and go into system/app/ and delete dsp manager (only)
2nd, Go into recovery, do nandroid backup, wipe dalvic cache and flash the new zip
beatsaudiob0314
3rd : reboot the device


You Will  Notice : 
Bass Inprovement and Also Xloud option Under Settings/sound

Overskreen

Overskreen For Android

For those of you who want to open several website on your devices without having to press the home button to chance between apps. With this app, you could open several websites on your home screen of your phone /tablet. 




Source of Info Taken From The Google Play :

● Features :
☆ Multiple instance
☆ Truly floating : move, resize or minimize
☆ Adobe Flash support (*)
☆ System wide bookmarks
☆ Built-in Desktop/iPhone/iPad/Honeycomb/Froyo user-agent
☆ Suggest-while-typing URL bar
☆ Quick Hide (double tap the title bar)
☆ Bookmarks folder support (*)

* Android 3.0 and above

● Known limitations
- On Android version 2.2.x / 2.3.x only, Adobe Flash plugin doesn't support floating applications and may crash. This is an Adobe bug. Some customers reported it as working though. Please upgrade to Android 3.0/4.0 or above for Adobe Flash support. Please note that mobile version of YouTube (and others) doesn't requires Flash at all.

Instagram For Android

INSTAGRAM For ANDROID COMING REAL SOON!!

Quote From  AndroidPolice, " Android users lucky enough to be running Ice Cream Sandwich can already enjoy breezy photo sharing and "hipster filters," but many argue that those aren't the only benefits offered by Instagram."


Finally, the app is coming to android for good after several rumors. Android User would exprience better features from apple fromwhat the Co-Founder Kevin Systrom mention.So now all we have to do is wait for the arrival of the app to come.


Source : http://www.androidpolice.com/2012/03/11/instagram-for-android-nearly-ready-its-better-than-our-ios-app-says-co-founder/

Skype For Android Tablets And Phones

Skype with Enabled Video Calling  For Android 2.3+

For those of you who want to video call with your android phones or tablet but usually were not able to make to make it work, this is the app for you. This Will Force  Enable Skype to video call on your phone if you have a front facing camera installed.

Installation : 
Delete Your Previous Skype Application.
Install the Modded Skype Provided from the link.


Link : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22668916&postcount=1907

SuperSU (Root User)

SuperSU For Android 2.1+

So for those of you who are using Superuser would know a bit of this app. This is advanced management of Superuser access rights for all the apps on your device that need root. 


Features :
- Superuser access prompt
- Superuser access logging
- Superuser access notifications
- Per-app notification configuration
- Temporary unroot
- Deep process detection (no more unknowns)
- Works in recovery (no more segfaulting)
- Works when Android isn't properly booted
- Works with non-standard shell locations
- Trusts ADB connection
- Always runs in ghost mode
- Wake on prompt


This comes with PRO version which is paid and FREE Version.


Free Version Link : https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.supersu&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEsImV1LmNoYWluZmlyZS5zdXBlcnN1Il0.

NUMBER OF PERCENTAGE AMONG THE SMARTPHONE COMPANIES

Top Smartphone Platforms 3 Month Avg. Ending Jan. 2012 vs. 3 Month Avg. Ending Oct. 2011 Total U.S. Smartphone Subscribers Ages 13+ Source: comScore MobiLens
	Share (%) of Smartphone Subscribers
	Oct-11	Jan-12	Point Change
Total Smartphone Subscribers	100.0%	100.0%	N/A
Google	46.3%	48.6%	2.3
Apple	28.1%	29.5%	1.4
RIM	17.2%	15.2%	-2.0
Microsoft	5.4%	4.4%	-1.0
Symbian	1.6%	1.5%	-0.1

Taken From GSMARENA.COM this graph shows that there is a slight increase of 2.3% for Android. Which is still 2 twice as more as iphone user. This Also Shows us that people like to use android because it's feature and simplicity of the phone. Maybe by next year, we would see Google taking half of the smartphone market.

Google Play Working On Viewpad 7e

Hey guys, you should know that recently google has renamed the android market to google play. The picture is an evidence to those Viewpad 7e User that this app is running perfectly on my tablet. Just Install it like a normal apk. It will replace the current market.
The link to the apk will be on the previous post below. Thanks for reading and for more android tips and news, search for

AndroidHackr on youtube and be sure to subscribe to my channel :D

IceCream Sandwich Settings Layout For P500(Optimus 1) phones

This is for those Optimus 1(p500) users and Xperia X8 users ONLY!. This applies to those who are running Cyanogenmod 7. 
Requirements :
Rooted/Unlocked Bootloader
Running Custom Rom
Custom Kernal
Cwm( Clockwerkmod Recovery)

Link : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23305712

Instructions :
Do a nandroid Backup
Wipe Dalvic Cache
Flash the zip file.

Mira (Siri) For Android Devices 2.2+

This Would Be An App which is Similar To Siri but Still in developmental stage. You Are Recommended To Try Out This App If You are free. There are still bugs and not all functions are working.

Some Of The Functions That Are Working Are :


Help / Functions (While there isn't a help function / page)
Call Tell Mira "call" and a phone number or a name of one of your contacts, to call someone
Send Send with "send" or "sms" and maybe a phone number or a name, to send a sms
Ask Ask Mira a question...
Personalize Tell Mira your name with for example "i am..."
Weather Ask Mira for the weather with "how is the weather" and maybe "for tomorrow" or "in london" or both.
Time Ask for the time with for example "what time is it"


Link : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1507816

BEATS AUDIO FOR GINGERBREAD AND ICS (VER. 2.3- 4.0)

For Those Of You Who Are Running Who Are Running Ics or Gingerbread On Their Devices And Are Running  Custom Roms On Their Android Devices are welcome to try this TWEAK. I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO YOUR PHONE. I'M JUST SUGGESTING YOU TO TRY. 


Link : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525226


Requirements : 
Clockwerkmod Recovery
Custom Rom
Android OS 2.3 - 4.0


Download The File And Place The File At The Root Of Your Device And Go Into Clockworkmod Recovery. You do not require to wipe your dalvic-cache but if you do there is nothing wrong with it. After You Succesfully Flash  The Zip file, You Will Notice A Bit Improvement on the bass. There will not be a pop - up saying Beats  Audio so its up to you to judge the results.

The Link Below Will  Redirect You  To The Google Apks That you would like to Try out on Your Android Devices it is recommended that your device should have atleast Froyo 2.2 installed in order for these apk to be install on your phone.

 Link : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23339736#post23339736

Example Of The New Google Play Music Icon

The New Google Market Which is Renamed as Google Play. Not Only Google Market is updated, Google books, video, and also music is also updated. If you didnt receive the OTA update, ill provide a link to XDA-Developers where the apks can be downloaded. These apk do not require you to be rooted. So just install it like a normal apk. The updates are basically to improve their loading speed and also rename their apps. The Link Will Be Provided In The Next Post.