Every Android manufacturer adds their own UI skin on top of Android as a way to differentiate themselves from other manufacturers also running Android. Oppo, the new Chinese manufacturer getting a decent amount of publicity lately, is no different. Their UI is called ColorOS and it’s, um, different. I figured I’d […]
Amazon’s Fire Phone is finally here! A pretty decent device, the Fire Phone also has a few tweaks. Rather than scour the web for info, here’s everything you need to know about the new Amazon phone. From a 3D effect to the interface to shopping tools, this one will definitely
Here’s another jailbreak tweak that helps you further customize the look and feel of iOS 7. In this case, it’s not the UI color, or the icons, or any other part of the constant parts of iOS that you see every time you look down at your phone, but it’s
Root on the HTC Inspire 4G was achieved within a short span of time when the device was launched back in 2011. Since then, a number of updates has hit the device with some of them patching the root exploits that were used by the root tools to gain root-access
Motorola’s new budget friendly device, the Moto E, is getting a ton of praise from around the web for it’s extremely low price tag coupled with “better than expected” performance, styling, and pretty much all other aspects of it. I plan to do a full video review ASAP, but in
There’s a universal search tool that a lot of people are familiar with on Mac called Alfred. This program sort of takes the idea of Spotlight, and searching one place to find anything on your computer, and kicks it up a notch by adding in the ability to also search
With its 12.2 inch display, the Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2 from Samsung has got to be one of the biggest tablets available right now. And the display isn’t the only department that this device is big on, as it boasts of other features such as a quad-core 1.9GHz CPU (coupled
Tired of hearing the same Marimba or Xylophone tone when your Mom calls? Well, iOS 7 has plenty of ringtones designed for those of us who need a little excitement in our lives. Don’t worry, the classic tones haven’t been replaced and are still there. Users can also set custom text tones
Thanks to a jailbreak tweak developer, you can now have that “show in finder” functionality found in OS X on your Mac carried over to your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch running iOS 7. The tweak is free and requires no setup. Simply install it and then you have the
UPDATE 06.18.14: Apparently, some people are having luck doing this without having to register their UDID (and pay the $8). Feel free to actually do this and skip Section II altogether and see if it will let you continue without doing so first, then if it ever tells you to
Based on someone’s iOS 8 concept of a “mission control” upgrade to control center in iOS 7, a jailbreak tweak developer came up with Vertex. Vertex allows you to replace the app switcher and the control center with a sleek combination of the two. Essentially it takes the app switcher and
In a device that has similar specs to other devices that are $200 more expensive, the only thing holding the Oppo Find 7a back from it’s full potential is the software. Here’s where rooting comes in. Rooting the Oppo Find 7a can enable you to flash other firmware on it
Personally, I only use Spotify for my music. I happen to switch phones so often and it’s one of the only music apps that works across all the different operating systems. Add to that, it’s social network-like other benefits and you can see why I’m glued to it. Unfortunately though,
It seems that a lot of people keep asking me for a how to unroot for the HTC One M8. A surprising amount actually. A quick Google search answered why; there is no complete guide for the process. Instead, there are pieces of the unrooting process scattered across the web
If you are still a proud owner of the original Galaxy Gear, you would have noticed Samsung decided to go with Tizen instead of Android in its recent update. This is not entirely a bad thing as Sammy wants to keep all its wearable OS in the same line, but
