Samsung Galaxy S III - Rumored

No official confirmation from Samsung on this yet..but the device definitely looks futuristic!
Got no idea about the spec's yet.. But it might have a 2GHz processor, 1.5Gb RAM and 12 
MP Camera..

        

Source: 91Mobile

Samsung Galaxy Note - New Firmware for India

New Firmware for India

GT-N7000 N7000XXKL3 ##
2011 December
CSC N7000ODDKL1 India
2.3.6


Download

PW :samfirmware.com

Install:
Install Kies on your computer, connect your phone and make sure that all the drivers installed correctly.

Download Odin to your PC. Extract tar file from the ROM. Put the phone into download mode (vol. down+home+power buttons),

start odin, connect the phone via USB. Choose continue on the phone,
make sure that only two boxes are checked in odin - Auto Reboot and F.Reset Time.
Choose PDA button in Odin and select tar file you extracted before.

Choose START button.

The phone will reboot after the flash. Done.

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Kindly post your review after update, specially (mine is here)
- UI - No change
- Battery - Now battery drain reduce much. It was about 3.5 to 4 %/hr in idle state with 3G m some sync app on. Now it is about 2% approx.
- GPS - working suppurb as it was
- Wifi n tethering (Wifi hotspot) - Working smooth
- Indian Language support - Present
- Rooting - Easy works previous method
- Added Audible tone for full bettary (difficult to hear)
- these applications version updated, mobile ap news, S memo, S planner, polaris office, samsung account, quick view, swype
- Any add/Removal of SW - Didn,t mark still
N Any other issue if you have after update

Edit : Now You can see on Kies


Just for Information purpose :
If you are updating over Kies
- It is advisable to backup your data, even after updating over Kies You will not loss your data/applications
- It is advisable to turn Data connection off during update process (I got recurrant disconnect from kies, after data swichoff , no error, what my logic is, I have some application which sync(yahoo mail) n saving data to SD card, in that case it may get disconnected, anyway itz just wat i believe.)
- Root will be lost
- Total time - 1st wizard complete in 2 min to collect updating information, 2nd process(Firmware ugrade), first 0-69% will download require data(554Mb app), n that time depends on your internet connection, 69%-85% and 85-100% will decrypt binnnary files, which takes 2 min. Then phone will restart, downloading to phone will take < 10 min. So keep patience.
- To regain Root just follow method 1 (16nov edit). It will take < 5 min to Root
- CF Root n CWM for KL3 available, you can get it from here.
- If you getting error on Gtalk/Market after update, just go to setting-application-all - select Market- clear data, same repeat for Talk (Google talk)

So wat are you actually getting after update?

It seems nothing on first sight, But only thing i have pointed out after 2 hrs of use is 'battery management'. If it only the benifit we getting, still worth to update.


here it looks after update



Source: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1389693

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Samsung Galaxy Note S Pen Demo

Here's a super cool demo of the S Pen on Samsung Galaxy NOTE. I also did not know it could do so much until I saw this video. Watch it and learn many more things you can do with your beauticul looking s Pen and the button on it.

Source: GSMarena.com

Facebook for Android gets an Update

Facebook for Android smartphones gets a facelift with better Looks, Speed, Better UI and something totally Different and new. They say that apps for Android are old models and cannot compete with the Apple apps for twitter and facebook. Who would say it after getting their hands on the totally new and rocking upgrades.

The upgrade is given the version 1.8.0.
As soon as its updated, you can opt to view a small tour which gives you a lil' info about what it is.

The pic you see below is the menu. You get all that you want from your profile to the friends list to the groups you are in and the pages you have liked. There is a search bar on the top of the menu which allows you to search for anything like people, pages, groups etc with ease.

There are three icons on the top as visible in the pic below. The first one shows if you have any new friend requests, the second one directs you to messages and the third one is for the notifications. Now the interesting part is the way these are made. Sweet. Just click on any one of them and you get a small window which shows the latest things like the requests, notifications and messages which opens on top of your original page. So you wont have to go back looking for where you were before you went to the notifications page. Look at the screenshot below.

 The facebook app has always been slow on usual 2G networks but this one beats all the critics of Facebook app for Android. Try it to feel it.


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Twitter for Android gets an Update

The new look of official Twitter client for Android smart phones is rocking and making its way on all the phones with Android operating system. The new look of the app looks like a superb and BIG update. From a usual normal look so a full proof update.

Here are some screen shots of what I have seen till now.
The mentions have been replaced with Connect as you can see in the screenshot. The Navbar contains the timeline which is called Home, then Connect which gives options at the bottom to see all interactions which shows youe RT's, people who have followed you etc and mentions which show the tweets in which you are mentioned.

#Discover has been newly added which shows the trends and a lil' information about the trending topics.. Roll down for seeing all the trending topics.

I Loved the compose new tweet 'icon' on the top right which gets you to this page. and when you click the @ symbol at the bottom it shows you the list of all the people you follow. 

Me: The last option on the navbar takes you to your profile which shows you the direct messages, drafts (saved tweets), lists you have been following/created, if you use multiple accounts you can switch accounts and settings.

Twitter has been added to the photo upload service.












Happy Tweeting :-)
Follow me at @AndroidBubble on Twitter.

Maps Updated on Android devices

Google Maps, one of the most happening app on Android got an update. Nit a very happy news for all its users cuz its a good thing only for some places where they can view the live events.

Places where this would be possible are:
San Francisco New York Zurich Paris London
We are still waiting for this update for more countries.

Gmail for Android Updated to V2.3.5.2

Some new features added in Gmail for Android.

Did Google realise that they need to save some battery in Android mobiles??
Well the new gmail can sync only the priority mails and not everything which comes to your inbox. This will save battery drain and give you the emails which you want and not all tom dick and happy mails.

Postman - Superb App to Detect SPAM Messages

I've been using this app for a while now. It works great no matter what. It integrates with the stock sms app and seperates all the messages which you get on your mobile from unknown numbers/Spam numbers/Advertisements etc.

How does it work?? :O Its simple, the app just doesn't allow the messages which your mobile receives from the contacts/numbers which aren't stored in the mobile contacts. There messages are taken away by Postman and you get a notification when a new Spam mesaage arrives.

What if the mesaage is not spam? Simple again. Just go to poatman and long press on the message and press not spam after which whenever a message is received from that number, it directly is seen in your inbox.
I love this app. Saves a lotta time to see and delete stupid messages. I say its a much have app for the Indian mobile users. They receive the most amount of Spam.

Root Your Samsung Galaxy S2 - SGS2

Simple steps, Simple to do:

First of all you need to download Odin V1.85 which is the Desktop odin version for rooting your mobile.

Get Odin v1.85 from here: http://www.multiupload.com/1RTGSE061G
Just extract Odin folder and keep the odin3.ini file in it.

Rooting Samsung Galaxy S2:

Make sure you do it the easier way by using the CF-ROOT kernel.
Check your mobiles kernel in Settings>About>Kernel : There should be something like KJ3 or other code in it for which you have to download the CF root file to root your mobile from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399




After downloading the respective file, unzip it and you get a .tar file. DO NOT UNZIP the .tar file.


Steps to install CF-ROOT kernel (Root your mobile):
1.Download the kernel from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
2.Power off phone, and enter in DOWNLOAD MODE ( Press and Hold the Vol down + Menu/Centre +  Power On keys together, it goes to the download mode and then press the Vol Up key to continue)
3.Connect your mobile to the desktop.
4. Open Odin on desktop and click PDA and select the downloaded .tar CF-Root file on PDA. DO NOT CLICK ANYTHING ELSE or it might just brick your mobile.
5.Only Auto reboot and F.Reset Time which are checked from before will be marked. I REPEAT, DO NOT CLICK ON PARTITION or anything else.
6.Click Start.
7.Let the phone reboot.

After the reboot your mobile will have CWM (ClockworkMod) installed which means your phone is rooted. 

Congratulations :-)
Now you are free to install any custom OS you want your beauty/SGS2 to have :)

Android Market Applications Problem Discovered

Okay here is it.. I always wondered why does the market clean all the apps when I clear the mobile log or clean cache.. Well I never found a solution untill I was installing some apps sometime back and noticed that different apps were getting installed with different gmail ID's I have on my Android.

If you have more than 1 gmail id's you are using on your mobile, go to the Market, Options, Accounts, change the gmail accounts and again go to Options, My Apps and see different apps in different gmail id's.. Weird right..

Trying to find a solution to this now, your comments are welcome to sort this out..

Whatsapp Messenger Updated to v2.6.8990

One of the most used messenger, Whatsapp has got an update on Android devices. It is updated to V 2.6.8990.

Update/Download it from here ( http://goo.gl/Ja7qx). You can do it directly on your Android Device.

The notification logo has changed and looks better now. The services have become faster, the messages get delivered instantly. This is what we have noticed till now.

App Review - TubeMate - Download You Tube Videos at Ease

Love watching Videos? YouTube addict? Have an Android? Love music and wanna have it from YouTube to your mobile within seconds? Here's the solution.. download any you tube video from on your Android mobile using this app called TUBEMATE. Super simple to use and operate.. Not only download but you can use this app as your default you tube application on your mobile.

Sign in to your you tube account, subscribe to various up-loaders, upload videos and do everything you want by tapping your super sexy touch screen..

You see 4 grey icons on the bottom right of the above screenshot. The first one is for sharing, second for refresh, third for downloaded videos and forth one for searching.

When you open a video and click on it, you see two options.. 1. To download the video and 2. To watch it.

When you click on Download option, it starts fetching the information and gives you various options. Different sizes of videos according to what size you want can be downloaded. If the video has HD version for mobiles which support High Definition videos, you get the option for them as well and there are a few ones which are also available for tablets.

Happy Downloading ;)

Specs Comparison between GALAXY NEXUS and Galaxy S II

Specs Comparison between GALAXY NEXUS and Galaxy S II (i9100)

	Samsung Galaxy Nexus	Samsung Galaxy S II
OS	Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich	Android 2.3 Gingerbread
Processor	1.2 GHz Dual Core Processor	1.2 GHz Dual Core ApplicationProcessor
Display	4.65” (1280X720) HD Super AMOLED	4.27" WVGA (480×800) Super AMOLED Plus
Camera (Rear)	5 MP AF with LED Flash, zero shutter lag and fast shot2shot	8.0 Mega Pixel Camera AF with LED Flash
Front Camera	1.3 MP for Video Call	2.0 MP Camera
Video	1080p Full HD video Recording and Playback @ 30fps	1080p Full HD video Recording & Playback @ 30fps
Memory	1GB RAM	1GB RAM
Storage	16GB/32GB Internal memory	16GB/32GB Internal memory
External Storage	No support	Up to 32GB via MicroSD card
Network	HSPA+ 21Mbps/HSUPA 5.76Mbps (LTE version available depending on the region)	HSPA+ 21Mbps/HSUPA 5.76Mbps
Dimension	135.5 x 67.94 x 8.94mm	125.3 x 66.1 x 8.49mm
Weight	135g	116g
Battery	1750mAh	1650mAh
Connectivity	Bluetooth v3.0  USB 2.0  Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n (2.4GHz/ 5GHz)  NFC	Bluetooth v3.0+HS  USB v2.0  Wi-Fi a/b/g/n
Connectors	MicroUSB, 3.5mm Ear Jack	MicroUSB, 3.5mm Ear Jack
Colors	Single Color	Black, White

Source: Webtrikz.com

iPhone Galaxy S2 or Samsung iPhone S2 ;)

Are you an iPhone lover and recently shifted to Android?? Now you can have the looks or an iPhone on your Android mobile.

Make you Samsung Galaxy S2 or for that matter any Android device into an iPhone.. Go to the market and download this app. Its a launcher like Go Launcher, Shell 3D launcher etc.

Download it from this link :  https://market.android.com/details?id=mobi.espier.launcher

I have tried this for a couple of hours now on my Samsung Galaxy S2, no crashes faced yet. Everything works well. You can search for the apps or anything on your mobile like you do on an iPhone as well. Here are some screenshots from my device.

The icons have changed to cubes like they are on an iPhone, but everything inside the apps is the same as they open by default on Android.

Create folders simply by dragging one app on the other/overlapping them. Rename folders. Have the same look (obviously not the feel cuz' inside its basically Android) of an iPhone.

Get that shaky feeling when u wanna move or delete apps on this launcher. Just hold any app and they start vibrating/shaking and then your free to move them, create folders, delete apps..

Happy using an Android OS with the look of an iPhone!! But just the look.. From inside, Its Android which rocks!

Motorola Droid Razr Specs

• Form Factor: Touch Screen
• Software Platform: Android 2.3.5 (Gingerbread)
• Size/Dimensions: 130.70mm (x) 68.90mm (y) 7.1mm (z)
• Display: 4.3” 540x960 Super AMOLED Advanced
• Weight: 127g
• Processor: Dual-core 1.2GHz processor
• Battery: 1780 mAh
• Talk and Standby Time:  Up to 12.5 Hours Talk Time and Up to 8.5 days Standby Time
• Bands/Modes: CDMA800,CDMA1900,LTE B13 700
• Connectivity: 3.5mm, BOTA, Corporate Sync, DLNA, MML, Phone Portal, HDMI, USB 2.0HS
• Bluetooth: Stereo Bluetooth Class 2, Version 4.0 LE+EDR
• Messaging/Web/Apps:  MMS, SMS, Email (Corporate Sync, Google Mail, Push Email, Yahoo, GTalk), WebKit w/ Flash
• Camera:  8 MP, 1.3 MP P2P Video, LED
• Audio:  AAC, AAC+, AAC+ Enhanced, AMR NB, AMR WB, MIDI, MP3, WAV
• v10, WMA v9
• Video: Capture/Playback/Streaming, HD Video, H.263, H.264, MPEG4, WMV
• Storage & Memory: 1GB RAM x 16GB ROM, 11.5GB user available internal memory, 16 GB microSD card preinstalled
• WLAN  802.11b, 802.11g, 802.11n
• Location Services:  aGPS (assisted), eCompass, sGPS (simultaneous), GLONASS
• Pre-loaded Applications:  MotoCast™, Google Mobile Services, Google Talk™

Motorola Droid RAZR hands-on

Motorola is being stingy with hands-on time but we were just lucky enough to find a representative willing to let us get our grubby paws on the new Droid RAZR. You know all the specs by heart now-- Super AMOLED display, 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, and blazing fast Verizon 4G LTE-- but until you get your hands on this device, you only know half the story.

The RAZR is one of the thinnest, lightest smartphones on the market, and I can say with confidence that it will completely shake up VZW's 4G market. It's unlike any other device on Verizon today. Compared with my HTC Thunderbolt, the RAZR is paper thin. And in my hands, I barely felt any weight. It's impossibly light. 

The Kevlar back is a nice touch, and is certainly lightweight enough to justify itself. And did I mention that screen? Moto haters, you have met your match. It's gorgeous, and certainly leaps and bounds better than the previous PenTile technology they have been using.

Kudos to Motorola and Verizon for working closely together to finally get 4G LTE onto a competitive device. And if the battery life lives up to the hype, we're all in for a treat. Enjoy some more photos below, with a video available after the dreaded YouTube upload.

   

Source: Android Central

Indian Language fonts for Samsung Galaxy S2 and all Samsung Galaxy Series Phones

This app has fonts for Indian Languages like hindi, gujarati, tamil, kannada etc

You can download it on your Android device from here:

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.hongik.fontomizerSP

FIRST OF ALL

You have to check "unknown sources" option.

* Go to home screen> settings> applications, and check unknown sources.

* If your device contains Flip Font library, You don't have to root your device.

* Some Carrier doesn't allow side downloaded application(non-market app). In this case you should root your device to use this utility.

WHAT IS THIS??
- Font for Galaxy is a Fonts package for SAMSUNG Galaxy Devices.
- You can download font apk from this app.
- Font installer apps are not on Android market(side download). So, you have to check "unknow sources" option in "applications setting"(See FIRST OF ALL)

HOW TO USE?
- Check if your device is SAMSUNG Galaxy series.
- Although your device is from SAMSUNG, some network provider(carrier) doesn't allow side downloaded app(non-market app), in this case you should root your galaxy to use "Fontomizer SP"
- Run this app, and click a font what you want to use.
- Download procedure will be appeared.
- After download, install downloaded apk.
- After install downloaded apk, go to font setting menu.
*Home > Setting > Display > Font
- If everything ok, you can see a new font name on font list.
- Choose a font what you want to use.
- Enjoy it.


HOW TO UNINSTALL FONTS?
- Go to 'Home > Setting > Application > Manage Application'
- Select font you want to uninstall
- Follow instructions

POSSIBLE DEVICES
I made this Application for SAMSUNG Galaxy Series. It works on Galaxy S, Galaxy A also Glaxy Tab.
* Some fonts displays weird, that because of font size.
* Also some fonts doesn't work on your device. because of 'Android Fragmentation'. 

BASIC INFORMATION
These fonts are based on FLIPFONT library. So if your device has flipfont function, then you can use these fonts although your device is not Galaxy series.

COPYRIGHT
These fonts are all free TTF fonts.
I collect lots of TTFs and I checked that these fonts are free version.
If you find any commercial font on this app, please report me. Then I'll let it down immediately.

UPDATE
See Patch note on main menu.

SEND A FONT WHAT YOU WANT TO USE
I can handle English, Japanese, Chinese and Korean. If you want run some fonts on your Galaxy device, please send your font to me by email.
I'll update your font to this app.But don't forget, that font must be free version.
When you send a font to me, you should send license information also if possible.

Thank you and enjoy it.

* Contains
English fonts
Chinese fonts
Malayalam fonts
Kandana fonts
Myanmar fonts
Sinhala(Srilanka) fonts
Tamil fonts
Nepal Hindi fonts
Korean font

Air Control

This is one great game on Android, Challenging, Thrilling, Exciting, Addictive and Fun. 

The challenge here is to direct different types of flying machines to their exact landing path and you get a point for each one of them. The more you successfully route, the better you do. You need to drag/slide your fingers on the colored planes that you see and as soon as you direct them to the correct path, the machine turns to white color. Look at the pics below.

There are different maps you can try your luck with, different speeds of the air crafts, colourful and keeps your interest going as you play with them.

This is another map which is available in the full version of the game, locked in the trial one. The game is worth buying, it'll keep you glued to it till you beat your previous highest score.

The air crafts in the red circle that you see is a warning that they are going to clash. The mst important thing in the game is - Your machines shouldn't collide with each other, maintain a lil' distance between them. The timing is very very important. As soon as any 2 machines hit each other, the game stops.

You can increase the speed by tapping the forward icon on the bottom left of the screen. 2 forward icons mean slow speed which is set by default, once you tap it, only 1 icon is shown which means the speed of the air crafts increases. The game becomes difficult on faster speeds, as you reach a particular score the number of air crafts on your screen keep increasing. Managing them is a task..

Concentrate, keep your eyes on your screen, your fingers ready to move in any angle and give this a shot ;)

Try it and Im sure you will have fun playing this game.

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Quick and Dirty Guide to have Less Battery Drain

Here's a quick & dirty guide to stop loosing your quick flushing out battery on your android mobile. Follow this and you'll surely save a lotta it. We have tested this on SGS2 and Moto Defy and the battery drain has reduced by a marginal percentage.

- Use 2G-only if you don't need 3G

- Monitor programs which cause wake-lock. use betterbatterystats and either uninstall or tweak them

- Do not use task killers. see the previous item and find the malicious programs instead of repeatedly killing them.

- Do not activate google latitude on maps.

- If you don't need pushmail, uncheck gmail sync and use k-9 mail to pull mail, lets say, every 1 hour or so.

- Go to settings / location and security. disable "use wireless networks" and "use gps satellites". enable them when you need them, other than that keep them disabled.

- Disabling auto-brightness and using a low brightness level helps. do you know that you can adjust the brightness by swiping your finger across the notification bar? try it...

- Using juicedefender may help, but it may also cause more drain. test it yourself.

- If you need more speed than 2.5G (i.e. edge) disable HSDPA (*#301279#, select 2 then select 1). you will have 3G instead of H(SDPA) and I think it is fast enough

- Disable fast dormancy. dial *#9900# and disable.

- Disable auto sign in for google talk (search for talk in appdrawer and use settings to disable automatic sign in)

- Disable samsung update and don't use samsung gadgets if you are not in love with them. (this part may be taken care of the rom developers)

- Try several radios. I recommend you to try KE7, KG2 and KH3 and choose the one which suits you best. KG2 seems to be the best for me. however, in terms of battery life, there is not much difference between those three.

- Be aware that more you use your phone more the battery drains  don't complain like "my battery drains quite fast but I did not use my phone. I only played angry birds for hours without making a single call" or don't expect to have a decent battery life if you use your phone as a computer or download torrents using your phone.

- Don't be a fool to believe "wow! 3 hours with screen-on and I'm still at 99%". That happens during battery calibration. Do not judge the battery during the calibration, judge the battery performance AFTER the calibration once you have depleted the battery completely and recharge it. you'll notice that during the calibration your battery will seem to last longer and that is why it is called "Calibration".

via Prakash Shetty : @PrithviS

Change Dock Icons

Go to applications [menu where it shows all icons/apps installed in your mobile]  & press options.. 

Then press Edit and you get the screen below.. 

 

This is the place which lets you change all the icons and place them where ever you want, on any page in between the apps. You can create folders and add apps to them as well. 

Some folks using android think that the icons on the dock are permanent and cannot be changed, mind you, in ANDROID, everything can be changed :D So after you press edit, Just hold and drag any app/icon you want on the dock or remove from the dock and place it wherever you want it in your applications.

Click add folder and you can create as many folders as you want in your applications. 
For example: You can segregate your apps the way you wish.. Create folders for IM's, Games, System apps etc etc.