by Alvin Ybañez, 6 months ago

With most people talking about which high-end Android phone to get for the holidays, let’s break the mold for a bit and expand our options. There, in fact, are affordable Android phones also worthy to…

by Alvin Ybañez, 6 months ago

One big advantage of owning an Android smartphone is that it is very customizable. You can easily flash custom ROMs, tweak the phone’s performance, and flash mods that will totally change how your phone works….

by Alvin Ybañez, 6 months ago

The vanilla Android user interface has always been known for its rich colors and animations. If your eyes hurt from the rich color display on your Asus Nexus 7′s user interface, why not make your…

by Alvin Ybañez, 6 months ago

Most Android devices are made unique because of manufacturers’ user interface customizations and skins specifically designed for their respective handsets. Samsung, for instance, has TouchWiz.  While most users of third-party custom ROMs flash such custom…

by Alvin Ybañez, 6 months ago

Speed, stability, and features are three of most important highlights in a ROM. The Glazed JellyBean 2.1 ROM for the Google Nexus 7 has these features. Created by XDA Developers member Hyperrunner, this ROM lets…

by Alvin Ybañez, 6 months ago

LG is not one to let other devices dominate the playing field. The company recently released its newest flagship smartphone, the Optimus G. The specs alone are something to drool over, and if you’re particular…

by Alvin Ybañez, 6 months ago

The Battleship game is a popular pencil-and-paper guessing game. It consists of two players, each one with her or his own paper game board.   The players arrange their ships, take turns in shooting the opponent’s…

by Alvin Ybañez, 6 months ago

A lot of custom ROMs for the Sprint Samsung Galaxy S3 SPH-L710 let you enjoy Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Among those custom ROMs, the BAKED Blackbean custom ROM’s all-black user interface just may catch your…

by Alvin Ybañez, 6 months ago

Cloud storage and cloud syncing seem to have crossed the border between fad and necessity.  With many people losing their mobile devices daily (1 every 3.5 seconds, according to sources), backing up files to cloud…

by Alvin Ybañez, 6 months ago

If you can’t wait for the official Sprint rollout of Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean for the Sprint Samsung Galaxy S3 SPH-L710 any longer, try flashing the Android 4.1 Jelly Bean-based custom ROM CyanogenMod 10 to…

by Alvin Ybañez, 6 months ago

The Android 4.1 Jelly Bean update for the Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 has been rolled out to different regions of the world, however, not all have been blessed with the Jelly Bean goodies yet. Users…

by Alvin Ybañez, 6 months ago

Believe it or not, I really don’t like bugs. Imaging the tingling sensation when they crawl on your leg. Bugs hovering in the air are just like aircraft, looking for targets to drop their bombs…

by Alvin Ybañez, 6 months ago

The buttery smooth user  interface and the S Pen features are just some of the amazing features of the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 GT-N7100 that makes people fall in love with it. But, when it…

by Alvin Ybañez, 7 months ago

The Samsung Galaxy S3 GT-I9300 has an embedded NFC chip that allows you to share files to another NFC-capable device. Aside from sharing files, you can also pay your bills and launch certain phone functions…

by Alvin Ybañez, 7 months ago

Sometimes when you flash a ROM on your Verizon Samsung Galaxy S3 SCH-I535, the /system and /data partitions are not wiped properly, causing those partitions to be formatted with read-only (R/O) permissions rather than read-write…