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Root the Nexus One

There may come a time where you just can’t resist and decide to root your Android phone.  We have been getting so many emails lately about how to root the Nexus One that we decided to post a brief tutorial using various sources.
There are a couple of things to keep in mind before you start.  [...]

20 Tips and Tricks for Android Phones

Let’s face it the Android community is growing larger by the day.  More and more people are switching from BlackBerry, Palm and even iPhone to Android because they realize the power and potential of these devices.  With so many new Android phone owners around we thought it would be great to give you a list [...]

Sync Your Contacts’ Birthday Info With your Android Phone Calendar

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Have you ever noticed that by default the birthdays and anniversaries of your contacts do not show up on your Android phone’s calendar? There’s a very easy way to sync that information [...]

How to log out of your Google account in Android

When you first set up your Android smartphone you either have to log into your existing Google account or create one. This ties your phone to your account so that if you make any changes to your email, calendar, contacts etc it will automatically sync. You may have noticed that its rather difficult to log [...]

How To Overclock (Kill) Your Motorola Droid

Is your Motorola Droid running a little slow? Does it need a little pick me up? Then feel free to clock your Droid up to 1.1GHz.

The guys at AllDroid have come up with a way to over-clock the Droid’s ARM Cortex A8 from 550MHz to 1.1GHz . That’s quite an impressive jump! While I’m sure [...]

Switch Android Home Screens Using Thumbnails

For Android users with phones running Android 2.1, there is a nice feature to help switch between home screens. You can see thumbnails of each of your home screens and choose which one you’d like to switch to. Smarterware has written and article explaining how to do it, which is rather simple:

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6 Easy Steps to Installing Android SDK with Eclipse

How to Install Android SDK with Eclipse
The Following are the steps to install android 2.0.1 sdk into eclipse for the first time if you want to start to develop Android apps.
1) Install java 6 sdk from http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp. If you already have a sdk installed make sure it is at least java 5 sdk
2) Install Eclipse Classic [...]

Create Scannable Bar Codes for Your Android Phone

Ever wonder what those maze-like black and white squares are on websites? They are called QR (quick response) codes and can be scanned from your phone using the Barcode Scanner application found in the Android Market. A QR code can contain: contact information, calendar event,  email address, geo location, phone number, SMS, text, or [...]