Install Google Ears on Android ICS Device

 

With the launch of the Android’s latest iteration, Jelly Bean, a bunch of new apps were revealed in the function which was held in USA about a week ago. One of the app which seemed to be interesting to users was Google Ears. As the name implies, the app listens to the sound playing around it and tells you more info about that track. If you’ve used Shazam app, this app works in the same way. If you have an Android ICS device and want to test out this app, you can follow the procedure given below. It explains all the steps involved in installing the Google Ears app on your device. Here you go:

 

I. Before You Begin:

1. You must be running on Android ICS or Jelly Bean.

 

II. Downloading Required Files:

1. Download the Google Ears App from here. (Link is there in the first post, titled as No Root Devices)

2. Download the Astro File Manager App from here. (Google Play Link)

 

III. Installing Google Ears App on your ICS Device:

1. Download and install the Astro File Manager app on your smartphone.

2. Connect your phone to your PC using the USB cable.

3. Transfer the Google Ears APK file to your phone’s SD card folder.

4. Disconnect your phone from the PC after the file has successfully been transferred to your phone.

5. Go to Menu>>Settings>>Applications and enable Unknown sources.

6. Open the Astro FIle Manager App on your phone and tap the Google Ears APK file to install it.

7. After the installation process has finished, reboot your smartphone.

There you go ! You have successfully installed the Google Ears App on your smartphone. Now, you can add the Ears widget on your homescreens as you would normally add other widgets.

Install All the Jelly Bean Apps on your Android Device

Android’s latest version Jelly Bean has pleased all the Android Fans by bringing some great new apps that were not present in the previous versions of Android. The apps have been extracted from the Jelly Bean ROM and they are now available to be flashed on any Android device running on the Ice Cream Sandwich. If you are running ICS on your smartphone, then head on to the following procedure to see how you can get almost all the Jelly Bean Apps on your device.

 

I. Before You Begin:

1. You must have rooted your device before doing this procedure.

2. You must have ClockworkMod Recovery installed on your device.

II. Downloading Required Files:

1. Download the CWM Flashable JB Apps from here. (Download link is in the second post)

2. Download the list of included Apps in the file from here. (Optional)

 

III. Installing Jelly Bean Apps on your Android Device:

1. Download and place the CWM Flashable JB Apps file onto your Desktop.

2. Connect your device to your PC using the USB cable that came with it.

3. Transfer the JB Apps file to the root folder of your device’s SD card.

4. After you have successfully transferred the file, disconnect your device from the PC.

5. Turn OFF your device using the Power button.

6. Reboot your device into the ClockworkMod Recovery. You need to find the key combination to enter ClockworkMod Recovery from the ClockworkMod Installation procedure for your device.

7. Once you are in the recovery mode, choose install zip from sdcard followed by choose zip from sdcard.

8. Navigate to the JB Apps File which you transferred to your device earlier and select it for flashing using the Power button.

9. It will take a while to install all the Apps. Once it’s done, choose reboot system now from the recovery menu.

Your device will reboot and when it boots up, you will see all the Jelly Bean Apps right in the Menu of your phone. Check out all the apps in there and let us know how they are.

Access Certain Google Play Services from Outside the USA

 

As you probably know that Google provides various services to its Android Phone users over at Google Play Store. Some of these services are available in select countries only, e.g., USA and are not available in other countries. To provide the users a way to access such services from outside the USA, an XDA Forum member has come up with a solution. Following guide shows his way to access these services from outside the USA.

 

I. Before You Begin:

1. You must have rooted your smartphone before doing this procedure.

II. Downloading Required Files:

1. Download the Google Play Store from here. (Download link is given in the first post)

2. Download the Market Enabler App from here.

3. Download the DroidVPN App from here. (Google Play Link)

 

III. Applying the Trick on your Smartphone:

1. Download and install the aforementioned apps on your smartphone.

2. After installing the apps listed above, open the DroidVPN app from your phone’s Menu.

3. From inside the app, register for an account. You need to choose an Username and Password for your account.

4. After the registration process is completed, exit the app on your phone.

5. Navigate to Menu>>Settings>>Applications>>Manage applications and tap on the Google Play Store.

6. Tap the Clear data and Clear cache buttons on the page that follows.

7. Go to the Menu of your phone and launch the Market Enabler app by tapping its icon.

8. From the list of network providers, choose any US provider, T-Mobile, for example, tap on it and choose fake this provider now.

9. Open the DroidVPN app once again and login with your username and password.

10. Hit the Start button in the app to begin using your VPN account.

11. Open up the Google Play Store app on your smartphone and you can now access the services which weren’t available for you due to the country-restriction.

You now have access to various services, like Google Music, Google Books from your smartphone even though you are not a resident of USA.

Install Android Jelly Bean Font on Android Device

 

If you are running Android Ice Cream Sandwich on your smartphone, then you are lucky as you can now install the Jelly Bean Font on your device to make it look like you are really running the JB. The font is similar to Roboto, which was announced with ICS, but it looks a bit slimmer. Well, not wasting time, let’s get to the procedure on how you can install Jelly Bean Font on your Android device right now.

I. Before You Begin:

1. You must be running on Android Ice Cream Sandwich.

2. You must have rooted your smartphone before doing this procedure.

3. You must have installed ClockworkMod Recovery on your smartphone.

II. Downloading Required Files:

1. Download the Jelly Bean Font from here. (Download link is in the first post)

2. Download the Stock Font from here. (Download link is in the first post)

III. Installing Jelly Bean Font on your Android Smartphone:

1. Download and place both the font files onto your Desktop.

2. Connect your phone to your PC using the USB cable.

3. Transfer both the font files to the root folder of your SD card.

4. Disconnect your phone from the PC after you have transferred the files.

5. Turn OFF your smartphone using the Power key.

6. Reboot your phone into the ClockworkMod Recovery. The key combination to get into the recovery varies device-by-device. You should check out the CWM procedure for your smartphone to know these keys.

7. Once you are in the recovery, choose install zip from sdcard followed by choose zip from sdcard.

8. Locate the Jelly Bean Font file on your SD card and select it for flashing.

9. Let the flashing complete. Once it’s done, choose reboot system now from the recovery menu.

There you go. You have successfully installed the Jelly Bean Font on your Android smartphone. When your phone boots up, you will see these newly installed fonts instead of old ones. For any reason, if you want to get back the old font, simply follow the steps given below.

IV. Installing Stock ICS Font on your Android Smartphone:

1. Turn OFF your smartphone using the Power key.

2. Reboot into the Recovery Mode by using the key combination which you got from the CWM installation procedure for your phone.

3. From inside the recovery, choose install zip from sdcard followed by choose zip from sdcard.

4. Navigate to the Stock ICS font file you transferred to your phone and select it for flashing.

5. After the flashing process has finished, choose reboot system now from the recovery menu.

You should now see the stock ICS font on your smartphone and the Jelly Bean font is gone. Well, it depends on the choice of yours, whether you like ICS or JB.

Combine Contacts on an Android Device

 

When you add social networking contacts to your phonebook, or import contacts from a different phone, you may end up with multiple entries for one person. There’s an easy way to combine information to reduce phonebook clutter and make phonebook entries more complete.

I. Combining Contacts

1. Find the contact that you want to combine.

2. Hold your finger down on the contact entry and select edit contact, or if that doesn’t work, select the contact and the press the menu key and edit contact should be there.

3. Once you are in edit contact mode, press the menu key and select join.

4. A list of suggested contacts will come up based on matching information, but if none of those are right then select show all contacts and find the one that you want to combine with.

5. After you have selected the contact and selected join, you will be taken back to the edit contact screen. From here press save.

II. Other Information

6. Whichever contact you selected for step 1 will be the contact that shows up in your phonebook. You can select edit contact again if you want to revise some of the information further.

Move Apps to SD Card on Android Phone

Some of the apps from Google Play store require that your phone should have a certain amount of free memory to run the app. If you have installed large apps and games on your phone, then your phone memory must be full because all the apps get installed on the phone’s internal memory. You can move some of the apps or games to the SD card but older versions of Android don’t have an inbuilt feature to do so. Here comes an app which you can use to move apps or games to your phone’s SD card to free up phone’s internal memory. Here’s how you can use the app.

 

I. Downloading Required Files:

1. Download the App 2 SD app from here. (Google Play Link)

 

II. Moving Apps to SD Card from Phone:

1. Download the app using the link given above and install it on your phone.

2. Open Menu on your phone and launch the app.

3. You will see all the apps which can be moved to SD card in the app’s main interface. Choose any app that you want to move to SD card. In the example below, I’ve chosen the Skype app.

[ Choose the app you want to move to SD card ]

4. Tap on the Move to SD card button, see below screenshot.

[ Tap on Move to SD card ]

5. After the app has successfully been moved to SD card, you will see a confirmation on your screen saying Installed on SD card.

[ Confirmation Message ]

If you ever require to move any app to phone memory from SD card, then follow the steps given below.

 

III. Moving Apps to Phone from SD Card:

1. Open Menu on your phone and launch the App 2 SD app.

2. Go to ON SD CARD tab.

[ ON SD CARD tab ]

3. Choose the app which you want to move to Phone memory.

4. Tap the Move to phone button.

[ Tap on Move to phone button ]

5. You will see a message on your screen saying Installed on device after the file has successfully been moved to Phone memory.

[ Confirmation Message ]

The App is very useful and works like a charm.

Integrate Google Drive with Android Phone

Google Drives allows you to store files on the cloud for free, with 5GB of storage capacity. Though there’s a Google Drive app available for Android smartphones, it doesn’t have the simplicity that a new user can easily upload and download files with Google Drive. Here’s a new way to integrate Google Drive with your Android Smartphone.

 

I. Before You Begin:

1. You must have a Google Account. You can create one for free from here.

 

II. Downloading Required Files:

1. Download the Xplore app from here. (Google Play Link)

 

III. Integrating Google Drive with your Android Phone:

1. Download the Xplore App using the link given above and install it on your Android smartphone.

2. Once the app is installed, open menu and launch it by tapping on its icon.

3. From the main interface of the app, tap on Web storage icon. Following is the screenshot for the same.

[ Tap Web storage icon ]

4. Now, you will see a new option called Add server, just tap it.

[ Tap on Add server ]

5. You will be presented with some of the popular cloud storage services, choose Google Drive™ among them.

[ Choose Google Drive™ ]

6. A screen will appear asking permission to use your Google Account, hit the Allow button.

[ Tap on Allow button ]

7. You can now see the Google Drive icon in the Xplore app. It means, you have successfully integrated Google Drive with your Android Phone.

[ Google Drive successfully integrated ]

8. Tap the Google Drive icon and you will see the files available in your Google Drive storage.

[ Google Drive Files ]

This way of integrating Google Drive with your Android Phone is really easy and you can transfer files between your phone and Google Drive within a few taps.

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich Walkthrough

What is Ice Cream Sandwich, you ask? It’s the latest version of Google’s Android operating system and, oh boy, is it pretty. Tons of things have been changed, polished, and added. So many in fact that it can be a bit troublesome to know everything your new version of Android can do. That’s where I come in. Here’s a complete walkthrough of Ice Cream Sandwich to show you all the things that have changed from previous versions of Android. Hang tight, it’s a long one.

Highlights

 

Lockscreen

• New additions to the ways to lock the screen; none, slide, face unlock, pattern, pic, and password.
• Now have a choice between none and slide to unlock where you didn’t before.
• Slide to unlock allows one direction to unlock and one direction to open the camera.
• You can get to notifications from the lockscreen (just cant click on them without unlocking the device)
• Can use Face Unlock (which works most of the time)

 

Launcher

• New launcher with widgets and apps in the same place
• Fun new swiping and floating in animations
• Tap and hold to not only add the app to the homescreen but you can also uninstall apps this way now as well

 

Notifications

• Shortcut to Settings in the notification bar allows you to get to settings much quicker from any open app.
• Swipe to dismiss notifications

 

Homescreen

• There are 5 homescreens now
• Universal search bar is now always present at the top of every homescreen
• Apps can be organized into folders by holding down on them and dragging them on top of one another
• You can name these app folders as well
• Widgets can be resized
• Trash is now at the top of the screen when holding down on an app instead of the bottom
• There is a larger shortcut bar that floats along the bottom
• You can drag and drop apps into the floating shortcut bar along the bottom

 

Multitasking

• Button always present on bottom right
• Thumbnail view showing the running apps current screen
• 18 apps can be open at one time
• Swipe to close an app

 

Stock Apps

• Phone – Incoming calls can be ignored and sent a text response immediately
• Messaging – Mostly cosmetic changes
• Gmail – Mostly cosmetic changes
• Email – Mostly cosmetic changes
• Calendar – Sync all your calendars in one place (including social, personal, work, etc.)
• Maps – Mostly cosmetic changes
• People – Syncs with all your social accounts to bring profile pictures, status updates, etc all into one place.

 

Text Input

• New keyboard spelling options; tap a word to get spelling suggestions
• Streaming Voice to Text added

 

Settings

• Data counter has been added with the ability to set limit notifications

 

Camera

• Faster to load
• Almost instant shutter for faster picture taking
• Panoramic moda allows you to sweep across and take one long photo
• Built in face detection
• Added camera effects / video camera effects

 

NFC

• Google Wallet (coming soon)
• Android Beam allows you to tap your device on another Android Beam device to share apps, pictures, videos, files, etc. without having to pair via Bluetooth

 

Browsing

• Sync Bookmarks with Google Chrome Desktop Browser
• Request Desktop Version of site
• Swipe to dismiss tabs

 

Miscellaneous

• Screen capture

Android 4.1 Jelly Bean Walkthrough

In addition to some of the main features announced there’s also a few others that are worth mentioning. So here is the quick walkthrough of the new features in Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.

Highlights

 

Performance

• Firstly, the performance of the UI has been increased. Essentially everything is smoother and faster. Period.

 

UI Changes

• Transitions between apps and especially when multitasking are sleeker.

 

Lock Screen

• Added a “Liveness” check to the Face Unlock feature.
• Face Unlock also has an X to close it if you don’t feel like waiting for it and want to go straight to your PIN or Pattern Unlock instead.

 

Notifications

• Beginnings of text messages for each message directly in the notification shade.
• Individual email subjects now show in notification shade.
• Screenshots show a preview, as do any MMS or other images that you are notified of.
• Date AND time are now shown at the top of the notification shade instead of just the date.

 

Homescreen

• Resizing widgets now moves app shortcuts out of the way automatically.

 

Calendar

• Holidays have been added.

 

Text Input / Messaging

• Predictive text now learns as you type and guesses what the next word should be based on words you’ve used in the past.
• Messaging now supports emoticons from iPhones. (Still not sure how you are supposed to send them back though).
• Voice typing now works without an internet connection (saves the dictionary to the phone).

 

Camera

• Camera has a new sliding transition when taking a picture.
• Flicking from the side while in the camera app will take you to the camera roll.

 

Music

• Music now drops in volume instead of silencing when you get a notification while it’s playing.

 

Play Store

• Added Play Magazines, you can now purchase magazines from the Play Store.
• Added TV to the Movies Play Store, you can now purchase TV episodes/seasons.

 

Google Search / Knowledge Graph

• Google Search now has a voice that speaks back and mimics most of Siri’s features.

 

Google Now Cards

• Cards appear as notifications whenever Google thinks they are pertinent to your current time and location (i.e. Weather card will show the weather at the beginning of the day, train notification just before you get to your normal train station, sports scores for your favorite sports teams, upcoming meeting, etc.)

Android 4.1 Jelly Bean New Features

Jellybean is here! And with it comes a lot of enhancements to Google’s Android operating system. To save you from having to scroll through liveblogs all day to figure out what’s new, here are the key new features.

 

New Features

Much smoother, faster UI – Jellybean boosts the device CPU instantly when a touch is felt which makes responsiveness and reaction much more instant.

Respond and act via the notification shade – Now you can email, text, call, etc. directly from the notification shade to make things just that much quicker.

Widgets now automatically move other icons/shortcuts out of the way when you enlarge them – no more having to adjust everything before putting a widget on a screen.

 

Viewing and sharing camera images has been made faster – Swipe over to the camerastrip after taking a picture to instantly view them, also swipe them away to delete them.

Improved dictionary when typing – Now it even adapts the language to you; guessing words you normally type after other ones to make typing faster.

Voice typing now works without an internet connection – Means they downloaded the dictionary to the phone, but I’d say that’s worth the benefit of not having to wait forever for ICS to connect to the internet, don’t you?

New accessibility options – Added gestures and voice output to help navigate the UI.

Android Beam improvements – They essentially just made it
work.
work better.

Google Search has been improved using Knowledge Graph - Brings you information directly for certain things without you having to go to a website for that info.

Voice Search searches the web and speaks back now – It even uses the Knowledge Graph I mentioned above to give you answers directly if it knows the answer (knocking on Siri’s door slightly?)

Google Now – Automatic weather reports before you start your day, traffic reports before you leave, train schedule before you get into the station, etc.

Excited? Yeah, me too. Check out the Android Jelly Walkthrough.

Oh and the update is schedule to go out over the air to Galaxy Nexus, Motorola Xoom, and Nexus S mid-July. Don’t worry though, I’m sure the developers over at XDA etc will get us a custom ROM on it sooner than that.

Hide Files on your Android Phone

 

There are numerous reasons why you want to hide files on your Android Phone. Maybe your friends borrow your phone frequently and you don’t want them to see your personal files. You don’t have to worry much about your privacy because you can hide files on your Android Phone using an app.

 

I. Downloading Required Files:

1. Download the File Hide Expert app from here. (Google Play Link)

 

II. Hiding Files on your Android Phone:

1. Download the app using link given above and install it on your phone.

2. Navigate to Menu on your phone and launch the app.

3. From the main interface of the app, tap on the Folder icon given at the top-right corner to choose files to hide.

[ Tap on Folder Icon given at top-right corner ]

4. Select the files you want to hide on your phone.

[ Select files to hide ]

5. All the files that you chose to hide will be displayed on your screen. Tap the Hide All button to hide them.

[ Tap the Hide All button ]

You have successfully hidden the files on your Android Phone. These files won’t be shown in your phone’s file manager until you unhide them.

Turn Android Phone into a WiFi HotSpot

Android Smartphones have lots of possibilities which you can’t think of sometimes. If you have got yourself an Android phone and want to share its 3G Internet with other WiFi devices, then you can do it easily and for free. Yeah, you don’t need to buy any hardware nor any softwares. Once you have enabled sharing your 3G, all your other WiFi enabled devices will be able to use your Android phone’s data connection and can connect to Internet.

For instance, you can connect your iPad to the WiFi Hotspot and you will have Internet connectivity on your iPad. It saves the cost of buying separate Internet connection for your other devices and a single connection will work great for all of them. Here’s how you can turn your Android phone into a WiFi HotSpot.

 I. Before You Begin:

1. You must have a rooted Android smartphone in order to use this method.

 

II.Downloading Required Files:

1. Download Barnacle WiFi Tether app from here.

 

III. Setting up WiFi HotSpot:

1. Once you have downloaded the Barnacle WiFi Tether app from the Google PlayStore, just install it on your phone.

2. Go to Menu and tap the app icon to launch it.

3. From the main interface of the app, tap the Start button to commence your WiFi HotSpot. Your phone’s screen will look like this:

4. When you tap the Start button, it will ask for the Superuser permission, tap on the Allow option.

Your WiFi HotSpot is setup now and you can connect any WiFi enabled device to this HotSpot and can enjoy Internet connectivity on that device. You can change WiFI HotSpot settings from the Settings menu, like SSID, WEP Key, etc.

Track Lost iPhone

 

When the unthinkable happens (you lose your iPhone, or worse it gets stolen) having the means to track it can save you from the horrible angst that accompanies a lost iPhone. It’s safe to say that if you own an iPhone you probably have at least one other Apple device in your gadget collection, which makes downloading the Find My iPhone app simply a no-brainer. This app allows you to use another one of your Apple devices to locate your lost device. Sadly, if your iPhone is not lost but stolen chances are you’ll never see your beloved device again but at least you can remotely lock or delete all of your data with the help of Find My iPhone.  Continue to read to learn more.

Pros:

1. Locate your iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, or Mac on a map
2. Display a message on the screen
3. Play a sound for two minutes at full volume (even if your device is set to silent)
4. 
Remotely lock your device
5. Remotely wipe your device to erase your personal data
6. App is free
7. Extremely easy to use

Cons:

1. You have to own at least one other iOS device to use this app
2. iCloud must be enabled

How it works:

1. Download the app on all of your Apple devices
2. Sign in with your Apple ID and password
3. Check to see that your devices are correctly synced
4. If you lose one device, sign into the Find My iPhone app from another device
5. After you are logged in you can tap to see on a map where your device is
6. App also lets you display a message, play a sound, remotely lock your device, or erase your data on it.

Notes:

1. iOS 5 or OS X Lion v10.7.2 is required for iCloud users (iOS 3.1.3 or later is required for MobileMe users).
2. iCloud account (available free with iOS 5 or OS X Lion) or MobileMe account is required.
3. Internet connection is required. To be located, your iPad with Wi-Fi, iPod touch, or Mac must be connected via a registered Wi-Fi network. Your Mac must also be awake.

Conclusion:

In summary, Find My iPhone has saved many from serious lost-iPhone-anxiety on several occasions. This app does exactly what it promises to do, quickly, and without adding more stress to the situation. Hopefully this is not an app that you will have to use frequently, but having it downloaded is the best way to locate a lost device or safeguard your data remotely in the event of a theft. Don’t wait until your frantically tearing your house apart looking for your iPhone, just do yourself a solid and download the Find My iPhone app now.

Install Siri on iPad 2 on iOS 5.1.1

Jealous of your friends with their iPhone 4S’s and their personal assistant Siri? Completely understandable, the girl is quite the handy assistant and quite the conversationalist, I hear. Well, even though Apple doesn’t want you to have Siri on your iPhone (they’d rather you buy the new iPhone instead) doesn’t mean, thanks to some dedicated third-party developers, you can’t have her as well. Here’s how to get Siri on the Apple iPad 2 on iOs 5.1.1

 

I. Before You Begin

1. You must be jailbroken.

 

II. Add Siri Repo to your Device.

1. Open the Cydia app on your device.

2. Tap on Manage.

3. Tap on Sources.

4. Tap Edit.

5. Tap Add.

6. In the URL field that pops up, type the following:

http://cydia.iphonetweak.fr

7. Click Add Anyway.

 

III. Install Siri on Your Device.

1. Once that is done, head to search and search for “Spite”.

2. Find the one called Spite 3.0.1-1 (Untethered), click on it.

3. Click Install in the top right corner. (This will take a good 15-20 minutes so be patient and be connected to WIfi beforehand).

4. Once done, click Reboot Device.

5. Once it boots back up, choose a WiFi network then click Use Siri then Start Using Device.

6. Head to Cydia.

7. Search for AssitantServer Installer and click on it.

8. Click Install in the top right corner.

9. Once done, click Reboot Device.

 

IV. Enable Siri on Your Device.

1. Go to Settings > General > Siri.

2. Turn Siri On.

3. Click Back.

4. Go down in Settings to SiriServer and click on it.

5. Copy the url it asks you to input at the top (or write it down).

6. Click Back.

7. Click Spire.

8. Enter the URL you copied into where it says Proxy Host.

9. Click Back.

10. Click on SiriServer again.

11. Click Start Server.

12. Click Back.

13. Reboot and enjoy Siri by holding down the Home button.

V Troubleshooting

If Siri doesn’t work right away, try going back into the SiriServer in Settings and clicking on the Update Server button, then Start Server and wait 10 seconds for it to start up. Then try to use Siri again.

Install Siri on iPhone 4 on iOS 5.1.1

Jealous of your friends with their iPhone 4S’s and their personal assistant Siri? Completely understandable, the girl is quite the handy assistant and quite the conversationalist, I hear. Well, even though Apple doesn’t want you to have Siri on your iPhone (they’d rather you buy the new iPhone instead) doesn’t mean, thanks to some dedicated third-party developers, you can’t have her as well. Here’s how to get Siri on the iPhone 4.

 

I. Before You Begin

1. You must be jailbroken.

 

II. Add Siri Repo to your Device.

1. Open the Cydia app on your device.

2. Tap on Manage.

3. Tap on Sources.

4. Tap Edit.

5. Tap Add.

6. In the URL field that pops up, type the following:

http://cydia.iphonetweak.fr

7. Click Add Anyway.

 

III. Install Siri on Your Device.

1. Once that is done, head to search and search for “Spite”.

2. Find the one called Spite 3.0.1-1 (Untethered), click on it.

3. Click Install in the top right corner. (This will take a good 15-20 minutes so be patient and be connected to WIfi beforehand).

4. Once done, click Reboot Device.

5. Once it boots back up, choose a WiFi network then click Use Siri then Start Using Device.

6. Head to Cydia.

7. Search for AssitantServer Installer and click on it.

8. Click Install in the top right corner.

9. Once done, click Reboot Device.

 

IV. Enable Siri on Your Device.

1. Go to Settings > General > Siri.

2. Turn Siri On.

3. Click Back.

4. Go down in Settings to SiriServer and click on it.

5. Copy the url it asks you to input at the top (or write it down).

6. Click Back.

7. Click Spire.

8. Enter the URL you copied into where it says Proxy Host.

9. Click Back.

10. Click on SiriServer again.

11. Click Start Server.

12. Click Back.

13. Reboot and enjoy Siri by holding down the Home button.

V Troubleshooting

If Siri doesn’t work right away, try going back into the SiriServer in Settings and clicking on the Update Server button, then Start Server and wait 10 seconds for it to start up. Then try to use Siri again.
 

Backup and Restore Angry Birds Save Games

If you are fond of playing Angry Birds game on your Android Phone, then you must have advanced a good number of missions in it. I am sure you don’t want to lose these save games when you upgrade your phone to a custom ROM or format your phone. To keep your saved games safe, you need to take a backup of them. By doing so, you can put all your saved games in the safe side and you can restore them at any time. Following is the guide showing you how you can backup and restore Angry Birds Save Games.

I. Before You Begin:

1. You must have Angry Birds game installed on your device. You can get it from here.

2. You must have advanced at least one mission in the game.

 

II. Downloading Required Files:

1. Download the AngryBirdsBackup Free app from here. (Google Play Link)

 

III. Backing up Angry Birds Save Games:

1. Download and install the AngryBirdsBackup app on your phone using the link given above.

2. Launch the app from the menu of your phone.

3. You will see various versions of the Angry Birds Game on the main interface of the app. Following is the screenshot of the same.

[ Main Interface ]

4. Tick-mark the box next to the Backup and below to the game you want to backup.

[ Tick-mark the appropriate box ]

5. Tap on the Go button and your game will be backed up.

IV. Restoring Angry Birds Save Games from Backup:

1. Run the AngryBirdsBackup app on your smartphone.

2. Tick-mark the box next to Restore and below to the game you want to restore save files of.

3. Hit the Go button and your save game files will be restored. Following message will be shown on your screen.

[ Success Message ]

You are highly recommended to take a backup of your save games. In future, if you re-install the same game again, then you can continue from the mission where you left.

Solve Media Scanner Problem on your Android Phone

Sometimes, the Media Scanner on your Android Phone keeps running for more than the expected time. It doesn’t stop even when it has finished scanning the media and while it is running on your phone, you cannot access apps like Music Player. A lot of users are facing this problem and if you are one of them, then here’s a solution for you.

I. Before You Begin:

1. You must have a rooted Android smartphone.

 

II. Downloading Required Files:

1. Download the Startup Manager app from here. (Google Play Link)

 

III. Solving Media Scanner Problem on your Android Phone:

1. Download the app using the link given above and install it on your phone.

2. Open Menu and launch the app by tapping its icon.

[ Main Interface ]

3. From the main screen of the app, choose System tab.

[ System tab ]

4. Tap on Media Storage from the list of apps that appear on your screen.

5. You will be presented with some options, choose Disable among them.

[ Choose Disable ]

6. A success message will be shown on your screen, tap the OK button to close it.

[ Tap on OK button ]

7. Exit the app on your phone.

8. Reboot your phone.

You have successfully solved the Media Scanner problem. From now on, whenever your phone reboots, the Media Scanner will not run, hence you won’t face any problem.

Get the Galaxy S3 S-Voice App on Any Android Phone

 

It looks like Samsung has launched the S-Voice App along with the Galaxy S3 to compete with the Apple’s Siri. As the Siri is available only on iPhone 4S, the S-Voice app is currently present on the Galaxy S3 smartphone only. Though the developers over at XDA have found out a way to bring the S-Voice app to almost all the Ice Cream Sandwich smartphones out there in the market. If you are eager to know how S-Voice works, head on to the following procedure to see how you can get it on your phone.

 

I. Before You Begin:

1. You must be running on the Android Ice Cream Sandwich ROM.

 

II. Downloading Required Files:

1. Download the S-Voice APK from here.

 

III. Installing S-Voice App on your Android Phone:

1. Download the APK file using the link given above and place it on your Desktop.

2. Enable Unknown sources on your phone by going to Menu>>Settings>>Applications>>Unknown sources, check-mark the box.

3. Connect your phone to your PC using the USB cable.

4. Transfer the S-Voice APK file to your phone’s internal storage.

5. Unplug the phone after the file has been successfully transferred to your phone.

6. Go to My files on your phone and then tap on the S-Voice APK file to install it.

7. After the app is installed on your phone, head to the Menu and then tap the app icon to launch it.

You have successfully installed the S-Voice app on your phone. Now, you can enjoy the feature it provides, like you can control your phone just by your voice, as iPhone 4S users do with Siri.