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Saturday, April 5, 2014

5 Best Android Icon Packs (2014)

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Undeniably one of the best features of Android is the amount of customisation available to users. It allows users to customise all sorts of stuff such as the keyboard, the launcher and even apps.
Another point of customisation are the icons. Android allows users to easily apply replacement icons if they don’t like the default icons provided by app developers. It’s a great way to add a level of consistency across icons and a great way to add a bit of style.

Flatee



I don’t know if it’s the simplicity of Flatee, but it is the current icon pack holding down my home screen. The 800+ icons are round, flat (of course), and somehow modern, yet vibrant in colors and design. There is no long shadow, but you do get a subtle dimensional aspect to the bottom of each icon that gives it a bit of depth.There are 9 wallpapers included with the pack, a simple dashboard app for applying the icons, and support on Nova and Apex launchers.
Play Link ($1.49)

Peek


Peek may not have the 1,000+ icons that some of the others on here can lay claim to, but what a great start this little 100 icon pack is off to. The icons are about as simple as it gets, yet show a light transparency with imagery from each app in the background. You have to look close to see the detail, but once you do, I think you’ll appreciate it. Talk about a cool effect, right?
Since it only sits about 100 icons right now, you aren’t going to find every single icon you’ll need. My suggestion would be to give it a shot, and then just sit back and wait for the full thing to be released, assuming that happens. Oh, it’s also free.

Lumos 


Lumos icon pack by +Kovdev features over 1500+ hand-crafted, squarish icons with curved corners. The icons have a flat matte look with a long shadow to the bottom right. Lumos icon pack also includes a cloud based wallpaper gallery, category based icon picker, custom docks, and a multi-featured dashboard application.

Play Link  ($1.99)

Vibe




If you were looking for an icon pack with dimension, some incredibly vibrant colors, and a squared-off frame, Vibe is all you. With over 1,350 icons, 10 of the best wallpapers I’ve seen in a while, and weekly updates from the developer, I’d say that this is an icon pack that could last you through a season or two.
Vibe works with all of the big launchers like Nova, Apex, Action, Next, Go, and more. It also comes with a handy dashboard app for quick applying or wallpaper downloading.
Play Link ($0.99)
Belle UI Icon Pack

Belle UI Icon Pack is well, really pretty! It’s super clean looking and bright, offering over 950 icons for all your favorite apps, plus it’s compatible with most launchers and is completely free. Though there isn’t a wallpaper included, the style of each Vector graphics-created icon goes well with the look of all of these launchers.
Compatible Launchers : Apex, Nova, ADW , Holo (Plus) , Action , GO...

Thursday, February 6, 2014

Everything.Me Updates

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Following a beta program with the pre-release version of its software, EverythingMe Launcher is now available for everyone in the U.S., U.K., Spain and Germany. Building on the recent trend of homescreen replacements that dynamically change based on a multitude of factors, EverythingMe Launcher aims to personalize your phone.

 The new version of Everything.me wants to proactively show you information and apps you need when you need them. For example, you'll see your commonly used work apps when you arrive at the office, and before you head home for the night, you'll see the apps you use on the commute home, or the weather outside so you'll know whether to put your jacket on or carry it over your arm. The update also adds a "nearby" folder, which is surfaced when you're somewhere new that Everything.me doesn't know—and it'll pre-populate with information you'll need, like maps, nearby businesses, and so on.
EverythingMe Launcher is also offering universal search that covers your device, contacts, apps and the web all from one search box — type "news" for example and you'll be shown an RSS news reader app and then further links to places like CNN, The guardian or Forbes on the web.
This technology is certainly popular right now on mobile devices, and for good reason, many people are looking for a new way to have their phones do the hard work for them. EverythingMe as a company has gained some major recognition for this tech, and is even partnered with Mozilla for features on its Firefox .

Monday, December 23, 2013

5 of the best Android launchers

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1-Themer :

One more app that’s still in beta mode, Themer is another home screen launcher that takes the largely 
premade theme route, rather than allowing you to spend endless amounts of time creating your own custom   widgets.
As with all the others, once downloaded, Themer appears any time you’d normally see your home screen
so when you unlock phone or hit the home button.
Themer


2-Aviate :

Aviate is one of the newer Android launchers on the scene  - in fact, it’s so new it’s still
in invite-only beta mode .
Rather than focusing on providing tools for creating icons, shortcuts and widgets in a
whole range of wacky shapes and colors, Aviate takes a smart, mature approach to the
custom Android home screen, with the key idea behind it being that it will provide   
contextually relevant information, no matter what you’re doing.


AVIATE

3-Nova Launcher :

Nova Launcher is a bit more straightforward than some of the others here – providing       you with  a slightly tweaked version of a normal home screen – and tools to further fine-   tune it to your liking.
On first install it will ask you if you want to import a home screen from another custom launcher, or the stock Android setup.


4-Dodol Launcher :

The Dodol Android launcher is one of the simplest in this list, and it’s for that reason that it made the cut
Once installed, and much like some of the others, new themes can be easily applied that will quickly change the look of your home screen in just a few clicks. If you don’t like the default one shown below, there are plenty more that can be accessed and downloaded via the Dodol Theme store, they seem to be mostly free too. 

5-Go Launcher Ex :

Android app launchers, also known as home screen replacements, are extremely popular.

Apps like Go Launcher EX can transform the way your handset looks and improve features and functionality. Choose from a large selection of themes, organize your apps into folders,resize widgets to any custom size, and hide private apps. 

Go Launcher Ex

Thursday, September 5, 2013

4 Best Android Web Browser

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Your mobile is a lot more versatile than you think.
Most of us are used to playing around with apps and games from the Google Play store, but we tend to stick with the default Google applications for standard features like email, calendaring and the web browser.
While the stock Android browser (Chrome on newer phones) is good, it’s not the only option to choose from.

Firefox

Just as on your desktop PC, there’s a very capable version of the Firefox browser for mobile phones.
Thanks to the fact that its creator – the Mozilla Foundation – is turning it into a full blown operating system for future handsets, the Android version of Firefox is very powerful indeed.
It supports add-ons and themes, just like the desktop version, including many popular extras like Lastpass, the password vault. It’s a little more fiddly to use than the stock browser, but well worth the effort.

Dolphin

One name you won’t recognise is Dolphin, yet this is arguably the best mobile browser around. Like Firefox it has a massive library of add-ons which will be familiar from desktop browsing, and it also supports voice control and gestures.
It’s much more straightforward to use than Firefox though, especially when it comes to basic features like tabbed browsing. One essential add-on is the Jetpack plug-in which speeds up page load times considerably.

Opera

You may, on the other hand, be familiar with Opera. It’s been around for ages but sadly shows its age a bit. Not as clever as Dolphin, it does have may great features – like bookmark sync and a password vault – built in.

Chrome

The stock browser on newer Android phones is Chrome – a derivative of Google’s desktop browser. It’s lightning fast, and easily quicker than other browsers, but it doesn’t support plug-ins.
Like Opera, Chrome can do most things without help, but if you don’t use the same browser on your desktop syncing bookmarks and passwords can be a chore.

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Sidebar Plus Arrives In The Play Store

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Sidebar Plus got a bit of attention a few days ago when it was in testing on XDA, but now the app is done and live in the Play Store. This app creates a series of slide-out bars on your device that can be filled with almost anything you want, from quick settings to widgets.

This app includes a few pre-configured sidebars with settings, contacts, and a few other things. The default is to have three bars lined up in a gesture area on the left. You can add more to the list, but each tab makes the active areas for each one a bit smaller. Sidebar Plus includes templates that filter down the various items for each bar, most of which are pretty self-explanatory. It's worth pointing out that the Big Bar allows you to embed widgets and Dashclock extensions. That's really neat.






The app is free to try with all the features unlocked for five days. After that you are limited to two bars unless you buy the full version via an in-app purchase. It's about $3.28 for all the features, but you can also get some of the features individually for less.


Monday, September 2, 2013

5 Best Android Cache Cleaner Apps

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Do you know? Your Android phone uses part of the memory to store data for quick access and temporary storage by your apps? However, the problem is over the time those temporary files, also called cache files, will become larger and larger, finally hogging the most space of your phone and slowing your phone down. If your once zippy Android phone has noticeably slowed down or certain apps has started to behave erratically, that’s means you have to clean cache files.
To help you free up space, prevent slowdowns and ensure you have enough system resources for smooth operation, right here I will share you a list of best Android Cache Cleaner apps to clear off redundant data and boost Android speed as new. With those helpful Cache Cleaner apps, low memory issues and operational lags are not likely to be a concern anymore.

My favorite cache cleaner app and deserves to be mentioned. It’s an all-in-one cleaner app on Android for cleaning app cache, unused files, residual files, search history and uninstalling apps. Included tools like the Quick App Manager are not only equipped with cache and history cleaners, but also other options that could optimize Android phone to the fullest. For example, with the Task Killer, unwanted running applications can be conveniently closed one at a time or by selecting multiple entries. With App to SD manager, it is just a breeze to transfer installations to an external SD card.


2. Easy Cache Cleaner (Free)

Next up is the Easy Cache Cleaner. Similar to other recommended cache cleaner apps in my list, it is capable of cleaning useless application cache files as well. It saves your phone disk space and makes your phone speed up, via getting rid of phone cache files, browsing history and more. The app scans your phone in the fastest speed and sorts apps by cache size and name. It also comes with reminder function when your temporary files memory gets the largest. Its two display style is also quite appealing.

3. App Cache Cleaner (Free)
If you are the one browsing the web a lot, or using other networking tools that require a good deal of system memory for caching files, App Cache Cleaner is indeed what you need. It provides you timely help while getting the dreaded “low system resources” notification, just via clearing cached files. The most stunning point is that it features one-tap clearing of all caches files, auto clear when it’s opened, auto clear at a specified interval, auto exit when you’ve cleaned all cached files, clear cache for a specified application only, and filter applications by either cache size or app name.


4. 1Tap Cleaner (Free)
It can be said that I Tap Cleaner combines nearly every feature you need to clean up your Android phone and free up the internal storage. The application gets 4 cleaners – cache cleaner, history cleaner, call cleaner and text cleaner into perfect combination, helping you clean all caches, search histories, call and text logs easily. Thanks to its intuitive UI, you can wipe off unwanted data with a simple tap on the “clear all cache files” option. The all also has a widget for displaying the cache size and available storage.




 5. Cache Cleaner + (Free)
Well, the last recommended cache cleaner app is coming. The Cache Cleaner + has a quite simple and intuitive interface to access and comes bundled with a number of helpful features. The first noteworthy point is that it provides one tap to clear all caches to free up the internal phone storage. You can even take use of it to view the total cache size and number of applications generated. The app also sounds an alert whenever the temporary file memory reaches a certain point. That’s indeed a great feature. Beyond those, it allows you to view and launch all installations or uninstall unwanted ones as well.

Sunday, September 1, 2013

New Android App : Wanam Xposed

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If you have a Android device with 4.2 or later version then you could Wanam Xposed that will give you innumerable customization options with for TouchWiz and other settings.  Read the below features.

NOTE:

- It Requires Root Access
 -It Requires Xposed Framework: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1574401
 -You can Report any bugs here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2383484

  




Customize your Stock Rom with a lot useful features:

                                                      - Call Recording
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- 4 Ways Reboot (Reboot, Recovery, Hotboot, Download)
- Secured Samsung keyboard
- Full Color/Transparency control for Status Bar and Notification Panel
- Flashlight trough volume button UP
- Skip Music with Volume buttons
- Save Call Logs View
- Unlimited and Customizable Multi-View support
- Bypass Exchange Lock check
- Enable Keyboard Symbols
- Enable Hangouts Calls trough cellular
- Long Home key behavior
- Long Back key to kill App (+ white list)
- Disable increasing ringtone
- Messaging Tweaks (raise limitations)
- Disable Scrolling cache
- Enable Full rotations
- White Circle Battery
- Enable Camera on Call
- Removed Camera permission
- Transparent Notifications panel
- Customize Clock format and size
- Customize Battery text helper size
- Customize Quick Settings buttons number per row
- White themed Quick Settings buttons
- Collapse Quick Settings after toggle
- 2 line formatted date on the panel header
- Dark themed Multi-Window
- Force disable Camera shutter (+Screen Capture)
- Disable Boot sound
- Customize Two line date header format
- White/Black Email App background
- Transparent Quick Settings buttons background
- Default hidden SMS logs
- Add Call button to Logs and Contacts list
- Disable Accounts icons on Contacts list
- Custimize Wifi AP Clients number
- Disable Launcher page rotation
- Add Exit button to browser
- SMS Automatic input mode
- Disable Call number formatting
- And much more

How to install:

- Make sure you have a working Root access
- Download Xposed Installer, Run it and install Xposed framework then Reboot your device
- Open Xposed Installer, activate Wanam Xposed then Reboot you device
- Enjoy!

Why we need these Permissions:

- Flashlight: use the hidden Torch settings
- SuperUser: Reboot/Fast Reboot device
- Internet: Ads to support my work
- EXPAND_STATUS_BAR: Notification panel customizations
- WRITE EXTERNAL STORAGE: Save/Restore Backups
Changelogs:
1.4.0:
- Removed Seekbar and Overglow customization (It somehow causes OutofMemory error on some Apps)
- Enable Samsung Keyboard Symbols
- Enable Camera while calling
- Enable Hangouts Calls trough Cellular and Wifi
- Enable unlimited Contacts joining
- Enable Gallery Rotation trough button
- Set default Browser view to Desktop
- Create Csc features config when not existing
- Fixed Color Parsing FC while putting a wrong Color code
- Few other performance improvements
Download google play link

Friday, August 30, 2013

Twitter app updated

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Twitter has begun rolling out an update for its official app, making the conversations more — well, conversational. Rather than hunting down tweets between a series of people, you’ll now see the linear conversation in a thread (vine?). A few comments will be displayed, and the rest are viewable by expanding the conversation.
This brings the official Twitter app a little closer to mainstream social media, at least aesthetically. A simple move like this makes conversations much more approachable, as you don’t feel like the late comer who missed out on something.
The update also brings with it a few other features to allow for wider usage, like optimization for lower end hardware and the infamous “bug fixes”. Users can also report spam or abusive tweets from within the app, and the notification settings have also been altered.
As Twitter takes steps to hinder other apps, it’s taking a few to improve its own. In typical Twitter fashion, users took to Twitter to voice their displeasure. A search for “Twitter Blue Line” within the social service brings up such responses as “Does the Twitter Blue Line show whos’ pregnant and who’s not”, and even has some users threatening to quit. Others are a bit more appreciative of the change, while others think it makes it look like R Kelly is in your stream.
One great thing about the change? The 140 character limit is a bit less obnoxious. Should someone want to go on an extended rant, this helps us follow the downward spiral. Let’s be honest — 140 characters is a little SMS-ish for 2013, and very limiting. It’s good to see Twitter cross that line they set so long ago.


Tuesday, August 13, 2013

The Best Android News Reader

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Android has several great news readers, and while many of them have gone by the wayside now that Google Reader is no more, others have stepped up to take center stage. If we had to pick one that fits the needs of most people and packs in a ton of useful features, it would have to be the free, cross-platform, cross-device syncing Feedly.

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