How to Install ClockworkMod Recovery Touch on Nexus S & Galaxy Nexus

If you haven’t been living under a rock, you would know that Koush has been working on a touch based ClockworkMod recovery for our Android devices. Touch based recoveries are becoming more and more demanded since a few have already been launched in the Android world. However, to this date, a lot of users remain committed to the ClockworkMod recovery. So after teasing us with what the Touch based rcovery will be like, Koush has now released the recovery for the Galaxy Nexus (CDMA & GSM) and the Nexus S (GSM), but it’s a beta for now and remains largely untested. So if you own one of these devices, you can flash the recovery to your device quite easily.

If you have no clue what the hype is all about, you can catch this video of the recovery in action.

Disclaimer: Please follow this guide at your own risk. Androidedz will not be liable if your device gets damaged or bricked during the process.

Requirements:

• A rooted Galaxy Nexus or Nexus S. See our guide on rooting the Galaxy Nexus | The Nexus S.
• ADB installed on your system.
• Touch Recovery Beta for Galaxy Nexus | Nexus S.

Instructions:

1. To begin, download the recovery image from the link above and copy it to the folder wherefastboot.exe is in the Android SDK.
2. Boot your device in fastboot mode and connect it to the computer.
3. Open a terminal or command prompt and enter the following commands:

fastboot flash recovery name-of-img-file-here.img

fastboot reboot

That’s it, the recovery should now be permanently installed on your device.

[VIA PHANDROID]

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How to Update Acer Iconia Tab A500 to Android 3.2.1 Honeycomb

Acer tablets are one of the popular brands then Smartphones.  Acer Iconia A500 gets power from Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9 processor with Nvidia Tegra 2 T20 chipset and runs on Android 3.0. If you are the owner of Acer Iconia A500 then here are the steps to upgrade it to Android 3.2.1 Honeycomb.  The ROM has two versions and those non-rooted (stock version) and pre-rooted (busybox). These two versions can be simply being flashed using ClockworkMod Recovery.

You must follow the steps but first keep certain points in your mind and they are:

• You must keep backups of all data separately.
• The device battery must be charged with at least 60%.

Pre-Requisites:

1. Computer
2. Rooted Acer Iconia Tab A500 with ClockworkMod Recovery installed.
3. Stock ROM and rooting package or pre-rooted ROM.

How to Update Ace Iconia Tab A500 to Android 3.2.1 Honeycomb:

You must follow these steps cautiously to successfully install the ROM. Techcular will not be responsible for any data loss or mishap occurs during updation procedure.

Step 1: Download stock version. After stock version downloaded it will revoke previous root access and you need to root your device again and installing this stock ROM/rooting file in your PC.

Download pre-rooted or busyboxed version.  If you download this file then again you need not to root your device after flashing the ROM.

Step 2: Now copy the downloaded ROM file and if you are intended to go for stock version then rooting tool files are need to copy to the root of the device SD card.

Step 3: You must turn off your device and boot it in recovery mode and to do this action you need to hold the volume down key and power button simultaneously.

Step 4: A text will display on the screen and after it appears then release both buttons.

Step 5: After this in the recovery mode find out the option ‘Backup and restore’ to backup your data.

Step 6: Now clear your device data, so apply ‘Wipe data/factory reset’, ‘Wipe cache’ and ‘Wipe Dalvik cache’.

Step 7: Select ‘Install zip from SD card’, then get the ROM that have been transferred earlier.  After you selected the flashing process will begin and last for few minutes and then it will forward to recovery menu.

Step 8: (Follow this step if you flashed the stock version instead of the pre-rooted version) Follow step 7 but choosing the rooting file this time and this step will root it, where as the earlier step flashed the ROM.  Give some time to flash process to finish.

Step 9: Now opt the ‘Reboot system now’ from the main recovery to reboot your tablet.

Walla! Your Acer Iconia Tab A500 is updated with Android 3.2.1 Honeycomb. Tell us your views through comments after you update the tab successfully.

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How to Root the Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet with Just One Click

Lenovo is the best known product all over the world and running massively in computer business. The ThinkPad laptops are sold worldwide and this shows the establishment of its product, competing with other devices available in the market. In the range of computer device the ThinkPad tablet is the first tablet released in ThinkPad version running on Android 3.1 Honeycomb operating system. The tablet is embedded with NVIDIA Tegra 2 Dual-Core 1GHz processor and it has got 10.1” HD multitouch display with pen input and weighs 1.65 lbs. It has much more than you can imagine and now in this article we are going to teach you how to root it to get more than its limitations. Follow the guidance below and before that we gonna warn you that after rooting the Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet will cancel your warranty. 

You must follow the steps but first keep certain points in your mind and they are:

• You must keep backups of all data separately.
• The device battery must be charged with at least 60%.

Pre-Requisites:

1. Computer running on Windows XP/7
2. USB cable for connecting to computer
3. Internet connection for downloading files
4. Computer installed with Android SDK with ADB

NOTE: Techcular will not be responsible for any mishap or data loss.

Steps to Root the Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet with Just One Click:

Step 1: Download one-click rooting package.

Step 2: Now in a folder extract the rooting package on your computer.

Step 3: Via USB cable connect the Lenovo ThinkPad tablet to your computer and make sure it is unlocked so that the computer recognize the device.

Step 4: Now open the rooting package folder in your computer.

Step 5: Among the file open the ‘run.bat’ or open the ‘run’ file according to your desktop configuration that hides the filename extension.

Step 6: You must double click the ‘run.bat’ file to run the script and start rooting.

Step 7: Follow all the prompted instruction that appears on your computer. Your tablet will also some process running on it but you must not interrupt it and just concentrate on the work going on your computer.

Step 8: After all the processes are finished with all information those are prompted and now the tablet is rooted.

Walla! Your Lenovo ThinkPad Tablet is successfully rooted without any sweat. Isn’t it super fast? Tell us through comments if any problem occurred during process, but I would suggest you to follow the step 4 again. Have fun with it.

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How to Root Dell Streak 7

Do you owe a Dell Streak 7? Want to root it and get control over the tablet? So here is the rooting procedure which bit complicated but yet easy if you go through the steps thoroughly. Few users want to stick with their default setting in Dell Streaks and if you are one of them then atleast go through the course of action done below. You never know when you have decided to root your lovable Streak 7 one day. Below you will get handy tools for rooting and that is through SuperOneClick package.

You must follow the steps but first keep certain points in your mind and they are:

• You must keep backups of all the SMSs, contacts, videos, images, call logs and other files because they will get erased while rooting.
• The device battery must be charged with at least 60%.
• Enable USB Debugging through Settings->Application->Development->USB Debugging.
• Disable antivirus software and firewall programs in your computer because they might interrupt the rooting process in the middle. And in case you have security software in Dell Streaks they you must uninstall it too.

Note: Root with your own risk. Techcular will not be responsible for any data loss or mishap occurs.

Pre-Requisites:

1. Computer
2. Fully charged Dell Streak 7.
3. USB data cable

How to Root Dell Streak 7:

Step 1: Download SuperOneClick package.

Step 2: Now extract the Zip file into a folder on your PC. Don’t rename the file, leave as it is.

Step 3: Launch the ‘SuperOneClick.exe’ from the extracted files.

Step 4: Via USB cable connect your Dell Streak 7 to your Computer.

Step 5: When you are totally connected, click on the ‘Root’ button in SuperOne Click to start the rooting process.

Step 6: One message will appear on your device that the device has successfully rooted and the SuperOneClick also install Superuser and busybox on your device.

Step7: If any mishap occurs during rooting then reboot your device and again follow the step 3 to 5.

Walla! Now your Dell Streak 7 has successfully rooted with just one click. You can do anything with your Streak 7.

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Wikipedia App Released in Android Market

Wikipedia, the name is sufficient to describe what it can do for us. We had really missed Wikipedia App in Android and now our quest is finished because Wikimedia Foundation had officially released Wikipedia app for Android a week ago. It has just put its baby steps into the market and hope it will show its maturity in time with new modifications, features and customization. This encyclopedia contains more than 20 million articles in 280 languages. Isn’t it amazing!

The Wikipedia is the most widespread app and widely used reference and we use it every day to clear our doubt on any topic from nature, books, gadgets, celebrities etc. It’s interesting to know that Wikipedia receives 2.7 billion monthly page views from the US alone. Wikipedia was launched in January 2001 and now in 2012 we got an app of it for our Android device. Such a long time to wait but at last we got our sweet fruit. Few days back Wikipedia went to Blackout for a day for protest and after a day they were back with the message.

‘Thank you for protecting Wikipedia. We’re not done yet.’

And you click on the message then it leads individuals to another message that was:

Your voice was loud and strong. Millions of people have spoken in defense of a free and open internet.’

Features available in this newly launched Wikipedia App:

1. Search full screen in your Android Smartphone/ Tablet.
2. Supports 280 languages, so read article in your own language.
3. Search articles nearby.
4. Check the history.
5. You can save articles to read later, means in offline.
6. View the saved pages in offline.
7. Share articles using Android ‘Share’ function.
8. You can share page using verity options.
9. There is a ‘Forward’ option but it’s not working properly.
10. You can select any text by clicking on the ‘select text’.
11. In setting you can only find the language setting for Wikipedia will be seen.
12. In ‘About’ page it will show the official copyright page.

Wikipedia is indisputably best app you can have in your Android device for reference and research. The information is more accessible to anyone with Smartphone/tablet and an internet connection is must. The app is in its current 1.0 version and it requires Android 2.2 and higher version to get download. Already 5 stars have been given and you can see the popularity of this app and already 50, 000 users had installed in their device and it’s your turn, so scan the QR code given below. All the screen shots are given below.

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How to Install Android 4.0.3 ICS on Samsung Galaxy S2

Samsung Galaxy S2 is a popular phone and you must be proud of it. Here is the unofficial Ice Cream Sandwich update. The Smartphone supports dual-core 1.2 GHz processor and 1GB RAM and which is worth to get upgradation and its Android 4.0.3 ICS with XXKPA firmware. The previous upgradate XXKP8 firmware upgrade has been taken into account with featured bug fixes and issues. If you have already rooted your Galaxy S2 from before with XXKP8 then after applying this new XXKPA update your rooting access will be revoked. So, you have to again re-apply the rooting procedure in your Galaxy S2. This update will faster the UI and smoothen the touch response. In addition, the battery life will get improved more than the previous build.

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Play.com Shipping Xperia S January 30th

It looks like we may be seeing a release of the Xperia S much sooner than we originally thought. It was first believed that the device wouldn’t be here until later in the quarter – March to be specific – but UK retailer Play.com’s listing for the device says that it will be coming January 30th – that’s just one week from now.

Shocked by the date on the listing, The Inquirer reached out to Play to confirm January 30th availability and they said it wasn’t a mistake at all. The Sony Xperia S was announced at CES and will ship as one of the first smartphones without Ericsson branding as Sony and Ericsson look to end their mobile phones partnership, the former swallowing up the latter.

It’s a pretty good device with its 4.3 inch display, 1.5GHz dual-core processor, 12 megapixel camera and NFC chip. You can put your preorder in now for 450 and it will ship for free.

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How to Root Kindle Fire on Mac

With most guides, tutorials and one-click root/unroot tools being available for Windows, it is good to see a detailed step-by-step guide written specifically for Mac users. And that is exactly what XDA member northmendo has done; we have here a step-by-step guide of how to root the Kindle fire on a Mac. Off course, you need to have adb (Android Debug Bridge) set up on your Mac, and by following these steps, you can liberate your Kindle Fire from the confinement of the stock OS and unlock all of those amazing abilities that you can only get with a rooted Android device.

DISCLAIMER: The steps and methods included in this guide are considered risky. Please do not attempt to try this unless you know exactly what you are doing, as it may render your device unusable, and your pocket lighter by the amount it takes to replace it. You have been forewarned!!!

Steps to Root the Kindle Fire on Mac (quoted from the developers thread)

1. First make sure you have the android sdk set up. Download it here.
2. Put the “android-sdk” folder in your home folder.
3. Update the sdk In the terminal do the following without the quotes “open ~/android-sdk/tools/android”
4. Download and run this script to set up the sdk
5. Download and run this script to copy the usb.ini file nessisary for it to work with the Kindle Fire.
6. Download and install BurritoRoot on the kindle fire. Make sure in settings on the kindle in the device section that you have “Allow Installation of Applications” is on. You can Download BurritoRoot Here
7. Run the BurritoRoot app on the Kindle Fire
8. Click root
9. Download su Here
10. Unzip superuser and put the su file and the Superuser.apk on your desktop
11. Open up a terminal, and Run these adb commands, one at a time!!!

• adb root
• adb remount
• adb push ~/Desktop/su /system/xbin/su
• adb shell chown 0.0 /system/xbin/su
• adb shell chmod 06755 /system/xbin/su
• adb install ~/Desktop/Superuser.apk
• adb reboot

That should be it. Enjoy your rooted Kindle Fire!!

You can visit the original development thread HERE, to read user experiences with this method. If you have any thoughts or comments, do feel free to use the comments box below:

 via XDA

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Imangi Studios Bringing Hit Title “Temple Run” To Android Next Month

The Android Market is no stranger to gaming apps of the “runner” genre and it looks like you can add one more to that list with Imangi Studios bringing their hit iOS title — Temple Run — soon to Android devices. The developers revealed the news via their Facebook page where they posted images of the game running on Samsung’s Galaxy S II hardware (T-Mobile version) and diehard fans were more than receptive to the news.

As previously mentioned, Temple Run will test your reflexes with its runner style gameplay, putting you in the shoes of various explorers evading obstacles in jungle ruins, while attempting to escape hostile natives. Unlike your typical runner game, character navigation occurs through gestures and a new over-the-shoulder, 3rd person perspective. Survival is the name of the game in Temple Run with no real end to a level. The longer you stay alive. The more points you accumulate. The higher your score.

Originally, Temple Run launched as a 99 cent title but it was only when the developers switched over to the new “freemium” standard that the game really took off gaining over 20 million downloads and 7 million daily active users. It seems Imangi Studios is hoping to cash in once again, this time — in the Android Market. In-app purchases wont be used to progress the game and will only be used to buy new character models and powerups for gaining a higher scores.

Seeing how T-Mobile’s GSII isn’t running any Nvidia Tegra hardware, we can expect a more general wide release of Temple Run when it debuts this February in the Android Market. You can watch a gameplay promotional video of Temple Run below.

[PocketGamer via DroidGamers]

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