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Unroot the Sony Xperia Arc

How to Unroot the Sony Xperia Arc

Perhaps you’re done playing with root and custom ROMs on your Android device? Regardless of the reason, it’s usually pretty easy to unroot your device and go back to the stock firmware. Some of the reasons for unrooting your Sony Xperia Arc are: Sending in the device for warranty (most, but not all unrooting procedures reinstate the manufacturer warranty if you had one before rooting). Starting over (simply undoing everything you did while rooted so you can have a clean slate to start over). Fix any issues (Maybe rooting messed something up? No problem, unrooting will take care of it for […]

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Unroot the Sony Xperia Arc S

How to Unroot the Sony Xperia Arc S

Perhaps you’re done playing with root and custom ROMs on your Android device? Regardless of the reason, it’s usually pretty easy to unroot your device and go back to the stock firmware. Some of the reasons for unrooting your Sony Xperia Arc S are: Sending in the device for warranty (most, but not all unrooting procedures reinstate the manufacturer warranty if you had one before rooting). Starting over (simply undoing everything you did while rooted so you can have a clean slate to start over). Fix any issues (Maybe rooting messed something up? No problem, unrooting will take care of it

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Unroot the Sony Xperia Ray

How to Unroot the Sony Xperia Ray

Perhaps you’re done playing with root and custom ROMs on your Android device? Regardless of the reason, it’s usually pretty easy to unroot your device and go back to the stock firmware. Some of the reasons for unrooting your Sony Xperia Ray are: Sending in the device for warranty (most, but not all unrooting procedures reinstate the manufacturer warranty if you had one before rooting). Starting over (simply undoing everything you did while rooted so you can have a clean slate to start over). Fix any issues (Maybe rooting messed something up? No problem, unrooting will take care of it for

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Unroot the Sony Xperia Mini Pro

How to Unroot the Sony Xperia Mini Pro

Perhaps you’re done playing with root and custom ROMs on your Android device? Regardless of the reason, it’s usually pretty easy to unroot your device and go back to the stock firmware. Some of the reasons for unrooting your Sony Xperia Mini Pro are: Sending in the device for warranty (most, but not all unrooting procedures reinstate the manufacturer warranty if you had one before rooting). Starting over (simply undoing everything you did while rooted so you can have a clean slate to start over). Fix any issues (Maybe rooting messed something up? No problem, unrooting will take care of it

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Unroot the Sony Xperia Neo

How to Unroot the Sony Xperia Neo

Perhaps you’re done playing with root and custom ROMs on your Android device? Regardless of the reason, it’s usually pretty easy to unroot your device and go back to the stock firmware. Some of the reasons for unrooting your Sony Xperia Neo are: Sending in the device for warranty (most, but not all unrooting procedures reinstate the manufacturer warranty if you had one before rooting). Starting over (simply undoing everything you did while rooted so you can have a clean slate to start over). Fix any issues (Maybe rooting messed something up? No problem, unrooting will take care of it for

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Flash Recovery on the Sony Xperia Mini Pro

How to Flash a Custom Recovery on the Sony Xperia Mini Pro

Every Android device has, what is called, a recovery image on it. This is basically a part of the Android operating system that you or the manufacturer can access if your device becomes unresponsive and then use it to restore your device. A custom recovery image, however, is a recovery image that a developer has altered that can not only help the device if it becomes responsive, but also has the added benefits of allowing us to make major changes to the operating system and have even further customizations on your device. In this procedure, we’ll show you how to

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How to Bring Back “Now Playing” in the Notification Bar in iOS 7 (Video)

I understand that Jony wanted to make iOS 7 as clean as possible, but the Now Playing symbol on the top right in iOS 6 when music was playing actually served a useful purpose. It let us know that music was playing, even if we thought we paused of stopped it. Of course, indignant developers make a tweak to reinstate that symbol, and it’s called NowPlayingStatusBar. It’s a long name for such a small tweak, but it’s extremely easy to instal and setup, so check out the instructions and video below, and enjoy! I. Jailbreak your iPhone/iPad To do this

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Root the Sony Xperia Mini Pro

How to Root the Sony Xperia Mini Pro

Rooting is the process of gaining administrative rights on your Android device.  Once we root our Android device, we can then make changes to it to customize it well beyond what it normally can do. Once you have root access on your Sony Xperia Mini Pro, you’ll be able to: Remove apps that were preinstalled by your carrier/manufacturer from your device. Free up storage space (because of the above benefit). Increase battery life (apps that might have been running constantly can be removed). Increase performance (after removing apps that are always running, the device will be less bogged down and

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Unroot the Sony Xperia Mini

How to Unroot the Sony Xperia Mini

Perhaps you’re done playing with root and custom ROMs on your Android device? Regardless of the reason, it’s usually pretty easy to unroot your device and go back to the stock firmware. Some of the reasons for unrooting your Sony Xperia Mini are: Sending in the device for warranty (most, but not all unrooting procedures reinstate the manufacturer warranty if you had one before rooting). Starting over (simply undoing everything you did while rooted so you can have a clean slate to start over). Fix any issues (Maybe rooting messed something up? No problem, unrooting will take care of it for

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Flash Recovery on the Sony Xperia Ion

How to Flash a Custom Recovery on the Sony Xperia Ion

Every Android device has, what is called, a recovery image on it. This is basically a part of the Android operating system that you or the manufacturer can access if your device becomes unresponsive and then use it to restore your device. A custom recovery image, however, is a recovery image that a developer has altered that can not only help the device if it becomes responsive, but also has the added benefits of allowing us to make major changes to the operating system and have even further customizations on your device. In this procedure, we’ll show you how to

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How to Take Notes without Leaving Your Current App in iOS 7 (Video)

NoteCreator lets you bring up a window where you can type down a note and save it automatically to your iPhone’s Notes app. As added convenience, you can choose where and how the window appears. For example, you can set NoteCreator to only appear from the home screen or on top of an open app, and allocate a certain action, like a three-fingered tap, to bring up the NoteCreator window. I. Jailbreak your iPhone/iPad To do this procedure you must be jailbroken. If you aren’t, you can head to our Jailbreak How To’s section and pick the jailbreak for your version of

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How to Customize the Music App in iOS 7 (Video)

iOS 7’s Music app is already great, but your own customizations can make it even better. MusicAppMods is a tweak that lets you customize certain aspects of the Music app, such as how much space artist/song/playlist cells take up. For those with music libraries that weren’t bought from iTunes, you may find that the album art is missing, but the blank space where it’s meant to be is still there unnecessarily taking up space. MusicAppMods lets you fix that! So, follow the instructions and check out the video below to check it out. I. Jailbreak your iPhone/iPad To do this

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How to Lock Apps with a Pass Code on iOS 7 (Video)

Everyone should have a pass code on their phone’s lock screens to prevent unwelcome eyes from prying into sensitive data or using particular apps. For the ultra security and privacy conscious, iAppLock lets you lock certain apps with a pass code for an added layer of security. I wish I had this tweak when co-workers at my old job would send “hilarious” messages from my phone to other co-workers if I left it unattended before automatically locking. I. Jailbreak your iPhone/iPad To do this procedure you must be jailbroken. If you aren’t, you can head to our Jailbreak How To’s section and

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How to Enable a “Guest Mode” in iOS 7 (Video)

I don’t really have a problem with friends and family accessing my phone. However, I don’t like having to say my lock screen pass code out loud or tap in the code myself when trusted others want to use it. GuestMode is a great tweak that gives guest an option to access your phone, but without the ability to access certain apps that you have determined. I. Jailbreak your iPhone/iPad To do this procedure you must be jailbroken. If you aren’t, you can head to our Jailbreak How To’s section and pick the jailbreak for your version of iOS (currently at the

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How To Launch Apps From Your Lock Screen In iOS 7 (Video)

Ever wish you could wake up your phone and open apps right from the lock screen? AppBox adds app shortcuts to the lock screen, eliminating the need to unlock your phone. It might not seem worth it just to bypass the lock screen, but once you try it for often-used apps, you won’t go back. I. Jailbreak your iPhone/iPad To do this procedure you must be jailbroken. If you aren’t, you can head to our Jailbreak How To’s section and pick the jailbreak for your version of iOS (currently at the time of writing this is 7.0.4). Once done with that procedure and

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