Have you ever tried to set up a gmail email address on android and once you are all done it won’t sync and it keeps giving you a CAPTCHA that will not accept anything to unlock it? Well here is the solution (Thanks drlove89🙂 Go to this website (on a…
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Use Android as an Ebook Reader
So you have an Android phone or tablet. You may have been eying one of those e-readers too, like the Amazon Kindle or the Barnes & Noble Nook. Well the good news is that you can have all those features right on your Android device with the help of a couple…
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Google Wallet – Pay with your phone
The future is here! Well.., The future of mobile payments is here… As long as you have a Nexus S 4G on the Sprint network. What this means is that you now have the ability to use the RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) chip that is built into the Nexus S…
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FINALLY A .COM!
Just a quick not to say that Old Android officially has it’s own .com, and not the free .co.cc address that it used to have. This means that it’s easier to type and easier to remember (plus it will play a lot nicer with Google). Watch for updates to the…
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Music (From the Cloud)
No, I am not talking about some psychedelic concept that the Beatles came up with in the 60’s, but instead a technology that allows you to stream your own music – from the cloud. Before I get ahead of myself I wanted to explain what the cloud is and how…
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Google Voice, In a nutshell.
This is a tutorial about how to use Google Voice while you are in a nutshell. No wait. It’s just a simple tutorial about how to use Google Voice. I always get those confused. So, what is Google Voice, and How do you use it? Google Voice is a few…
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Social Networking on Android
So you are looking to use your Android phone to keep in touch with people? Well there is an app for that… Actually a bunch of apps for that. Whatever social networking service you use, there is probably an official app, along with a handful of unofficial apps. Here I…
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Android Debug Bridge (ABD) Beginner’s Guide
ADB (Android Debug Bridge) is a fancy tool that Google has made available to Android users and developers. It is part of the Android SDK (Software Development Kit). Basically it creates a connection (Bridge) between the Android and the computer. It was originally used as a tool to achieve root on…
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Android Ringtones – How to get/make them.
Ringtones. You would imagine the your options for ringtones would be so much better than on a normal non-smart phone, and you would be correct in that assumption. There are multiple ways to get ringtones and even multiple ways to make your own ringtones onto your phone. For starters, the…
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Over(Under)clocking – “Why Root?” Part 3
Me: Age 7 For the 3rd installment of Root – The “What?” “Why?” “How?” I will be covering an option for root users called overclocking (or underclocking – depending on what you are looking to do). Overclocking is the process of speeding up your processor. In the case of a lot of…