Posts in the ‘How-To & Tips’ Category

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Telus Milestone: Rooted.

The developer team over at alldroid.org has  managed to gain root access to the version of the Motorola Milestone which was recently released by Telus Mobility in Canada.  At first glance this doesn’t seem like news; both the Droid and Milestone were rooted months ago.  The difference is the Telus version was released with …

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Top 5 Free Widgets for Android

Widgets allow Android smart phone owners to customize their home screens with useful tools and information. Posters on our Android forums have detailed their favorite widgets and we’ve compiled a list of some of our favorite free widgets. If you’ve not tried any of these, they are all definitely worth taking a look.

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Pre-paid Phone + Automobile = Remote Starter

What happens when spare electronics , cold weather, and ingenuity come together? If your answer is “Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn” then you can stop reading now. However, if you thought of a remote car starter that involves a pre-paid cellphone then you are correct!
Apparently, a gentleman named Dave created a remote …

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Manila 2.5 has been landscaped

If you have are running a custom ROM that has Sense UI (AKA Touch Flo 3D 2.5) as its main user interface, there is now a cab available that allows you to enjoy the glories of landscape mode.
Previously, Sense UI has only offered a Portrait-only point of view as the device that it originally runs …

U.S. Postal Service offers new mobile site

The U.S. Postal service has launched a new mobile site. While the new site currently only offers package tracking, post office location search and two-way zip code look-ups, it is a solid start. The site will work on any phone with Internet access and is very easy to navigate.
The USPS is also apparently working on …

[How To] Configure your Sprint Mobile Broadband Card on a Linux OS

Do you want to configure your Sprint Mobile Broadband Card with your Linux OS-running Computer and don’t know how? You are in luck as I have found something that will make your life easier. While rummaging around in the PPCG HQ News Bunker, I came across a .PDF that details how a user can set …

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[PPCG TIP]- Touch Pro2 Text Special!

If you are the owner of a Touch Pro2 and text fairly regularly, you may have encountered a phenomenon I like to call “Phantom Text Messages”. I have found a way to temporarily squash this bug until a ROM update can fix this annoying issue.
Read on to find out how!