Guest Author

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. […]

Sony Tablet S is the first tablet computer by Sony, boasting a dual-core processor with Android Honeycomb preinstalled on it. If you have been looking for a way to root this tablet, then you are at the right place. The following guide shows you how you can achieve root access on your Sony Tablet S in order to install the Root-only apps. I. Before You Begin: 1. You must have followed the procedure given here. 2. You must have ADB installed on your PC. Learn how to setup ADB. 3. You will void your tablet’s warranty if you root it.

Happy Father’s Day, Dad! I’m reviewing this exorbitantly expensive app in honor of you and the 112th US Open. Congrats to Webb Simpson on his victory this week. Always love to see an American player win…and Tiger Woods lose. Golfshot GPS boasts accolades of being the world’s #1 golf GPS app, and even at $20 a pop, I definitely believe at least a handful of golf nuts will agree. Pros No subscription Access to over 38,000 professionally mapped courses from all over the world (full list at GolfShot.com/courses) Aerial views Distances at any point and accurate tracking PGA tour quality stats

Installing ClockworkMod Recovery on your HTC JetStream will allow you to flash custom ROMs on it. You can also backup your current ROM, so you can restore it at a later time if you don’t like the custom ROM. Follow the steps given below to install ClockworkMod Recovery on your JetStream tablet. I. Before You Begin: 1. You must have rooted your tablet before doing this procedure. Please head to our how to root HTC JetStream procedure first, finish it, then return to this procedure and continue. 2. You must have unlocked bootloader of your tablet. It can be done

HTC JetStream, also known as HTC Puccini, is an Android Tablet running on the Android 3.1 Honeycomb. Though this tablet couldn’t get much success, it still is a good tablet and a good number of people are using it. If you are one of them, then here we’ve something useful for you. Following is the guide on how you can root your HTC JetStream tablet, after doing so, you will be able to install the Root-only apps. Here you go: I. Before You Begin: 1. You must have unlocked bootloader of your tablet. Visit the HTCDev website to unlock your

[ Image Credit – Engadget ] An Android Device’s full potential comes out when it is rooted. If you have bought a LG Thrill 4G smartphone, then you should consider rooting it. After rooting your phone, you will have the ability to install Root-only apps as well as you can modify the system files. A rooted phone has so many advantages over an unrooted one. Follow the guide below to root your LG Thrill 4G smartphone. I. Before You Begin: 1. You will lose your phone’s warranty if you root it. Go ahead keeping this in mind. In future, if

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

If you have added some new media files to your Android Phone, then they won’t appear in the apps like Music Player until you run the Media Scanner. When you reboot your phone, the media scanner starts automatically. But what if you want to run it manually? Well, we’ve something useful for you. Using an app like Rescan Media, you can trigger the Media Scanner to scan for new files manually and the following guide shows you complete workaround to do so. I. Downloading Required Files: 1. Download the Rescan Media App from here. (Google Play Link) II. Scanning for

I like anything that describes itself as having the mission of helping me in my “pursuit of happiness and joy.” Seriously, what could possibly be wrong with that? My happiness and joy would involve having photographic memory and being able to eat and drink as much as I want without gaining a pound or having heart burn, but somehow I don’t think even the SOMA 365 app can help me with these things. Sigh. Released at the end of 2011 by SOMA 365 Studios, this app provides info on all things inspirational, from haute couture to cutting edge beauty secrets,

Due to the war between Apple and HTC regarding patents, the hyperlink functionality has now been removed from HTC Phones. The functionality allowed you to start a call directly from the messages when you tap the phone number mentioned in it. If you want that functionality back on your HTC Phone, then follow the steps given in the following guide. I. Before You Begin: 1. You must have rooted your HTC Smartphone. Please browse our HTC How Tos section to find the rooting procedure for your particular HTC smartphone. II. Downloading Required Files: 1. Download the Astro File Manager App

Not so long ago, HTC pushed the Android Ice Cream Sandwich update to its Vivid smartphone users. As soon as the update arrived, the developers began working to root the said firmware. Within a few days, the developers achieved root access on HTC Vivid running ICS. Here’s how. I. Before You Begin: 1. You must have unlocked bootloader of your HTC Vivid. You can do it from here. 2. You will lose your phone’s warranty if you root it. However, you can get back the warranty by either applying stock firmware or unrooting your phone. 3. Make sure your phone

If you are one of those users who wish to root their HTC Explorer to get access to a whole new world of Root Apps and custom ROMs, then here’s something useful for you. Following is the guide explaining how you can root your HTC Explorer phone as well as how you can flash a custom recovery on it. Follow each step carefully and you will be on the way to get a richer experience on your phone. I. Before You Begin: 1. You must have unlocked bootloader of your phone. You can do so by visiting the HTC website.

I can’t believe I’m writing this app review. At TheUnlockr.com, we try to choose apps that most people may not have heard about, so we can sort through the sh*t and recommend stuff you’ll actually like. This post is decidedly not along those lines. LinkedIn, the app that needs to introduction, was introduced to the Windows Phone 7 platform on Tuesday. It garnered 737 ratings already on WindowsPhone.com. The public has spoken, and it’s looking like 5 stars across the board. If you don’t know about LinkedIn, just stop reading. Pros Free! It’s actually on Windows Phone 7, and the UI is

When you open an app on your HTC One X running the Android ICS, you see that there are three dots appearing on your screen similar to the screenshot given above. If you don’t like those dots and want to remove them, so you can get full-screen apps on your One X, then follow the instructions given below. I. Before You Begin: 1. You must have rooted your HTC One X before doing this procedure. Please head to our how to root HTC One X procedure first, finish it, then return to this procedure and continue. 2. You must have ClockworkMod

I’ve dedicated this week, “Sharing” week, so I am reviewing apps that I can personally relate to (and giving you an easy way to get to know your writer!) During the summer of 2010, I was working for Montague Corporation, the world’s largest full-size folding bike company. As a marketing technique and to raise money for ALS, or “Lou Gehrig’s Disease,” I rode in the Tri-State Trek, a 270 mile bike ride from Boston, MA to New York. I  suggested MapMyFitness’s app, MapMyRIDE to customers at the bike company and used the app on iOS during the Trek, and I’m