Android Tips and Tricks, the Ultimate Guide

Tip: Browser Quick Controls Expanded in Android 4.0.4, This is the Perfect Mix

Kellen February 7, 2012 46

One of our favorite features in all of Ice Cream Sandwich is the set of quick controls that the stock browser offers. We featured these controls during one of our Android 4.0 tutorials and have even turned to 3rd party browsers like Browser Plus because it...

Tip: Want Notification Bar Toggles Without Installing a Custom ROM? Try Power Control Plus

Kellen February 6, 2012 46

Let's be honest, notification toggles should have been built into Ice Cream Sandwich. Custom ROMs have had them for months, plus OEMs have even started building them into their skins. For whatever reason though, Google left them out and non-rooted users who...

How to: Install All Carrier-Blocked Apps from the Android Market

Kellen February 3, 2012 46

One of our readers discovered yesterday that through a loophole in the Android Market and browser, you could install Google Wallet. After the community got a hold of this method, they quickly realized that this not only works for Wallet, but just about any app...

Video: Installing Google Wallet From the Market on the Verizon LTE Galaxy Nexus

Kellen February 2, 2012 46

Our instructions for installing Google Wallet to your Verizon Galaxy Nexus were giving people enough trouble earlier that one of our readers made a quick video to help everyone out. He went with the lengthy version that the majority of folks have had luck with...

How to: Install Google Wallet From the Market on the Verizon LTE Galaxy Nexus

Kellen February 2, 2012 46

We just discovered that Google Wallet has been given the green light for the Galaxy Nexus as long as it has an AT&T SIM (sorry T-Mo users), but the reason we discovered that in the first place, was a tip from a reader who claimed to have installed it on...

Tip: Want to Keep Root After an OTA Update? Try Voodoo OTA RootKeeper

Kellen January 30, 2012 46

If there was one concern that rooted users continue to bring up whenever a new OTA update is on the horizon, it's whether or not it will break root. Just so you know, almost all updates break root and this question has become sort of a running joke at this...

Tip: How to Get Custom Ringtones and Notifications to Show on Motorola Devices

Kellen January 27, 2012 46

Before you laugh at this tip, you have to understand that Motorola - for whatever reason - has made it increasingly more difficult with each new version of Blur to set custom ringtones. You used to be able to do it through the stock music app, but that...

Tip: Replacement Galaxy Nexus LTE Battery Covers With “Google” Logo Likely Do Not Fit, Even Though They Claim to

Kellen January 24, 2012 46

From day 1 with the Galaxy Nexus, many of you (including the DL crew) have been on the hunt for a Google-branded replacement battery cover. In fact, we tried swapping our GSM cover with the Verizon-branded cover the minute we got the device and came up empty....