Non-Market Apps on Android Phone Installation Guide

If you own an Android Dev phone, at some point you'd probably want to create and try your own apps (or apps from your friends).To ensure that you do not break your phone by installing malicious apps, Android has a couple of safety features built in. So you need to specifically instruct android to be able to install unsigned / non-market apps.Menu > Settings > Applications > Unknown SourcesCheck "Unknown Sources" to allow install of non-Market applications. While developing, you most likely also want to enable "Stay awake" in Menu > Settings > Applications > Developmentso that your screen does not go to sleep every...

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Alerts on your Android Based On Location

Setting location based reminders is very  simple in android. The app is integrated with Google Maps and you can just tap a location on the map to set a reminder when you are around that place.You can  create one-time alerts or  configure it to repeat on particular daysHow do you locate your mobile phone if the ringer is off? Maybe you switched the phone to vibrate mode while you were in a meeting and now you dont find it .Wouldn’t it be nice if you could use other  phone  to turn on the ringer of your missing phone?Here is an app for itAgastya, a new Android app that lets you “remotely” perform various tasks...

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Method To Create Your Own Logon Message In Windows

1 Click start click runtype regedit, then click ok!2 In The registry editor, drill down to the following key:hklm\software\Microsoft\Windows NT\Current version\Winlogon.3 Right click LegalNoticeCaption, click modify, Type: THIS IS NEXT TRICK,and then click ok!4 Right click legalNoticeText, click modify, and then Close your message!5 Restart Your Computer.6 The message will appear every time you logon! ...

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Simple Trick To Chat With Command Prompt

If you want personal chat with a friend you don't need to download any yahoo messengerAll you need is your friends IP address and Command Prompt. Firstly, open Notepad and enter: @echo off :A Cls echo MESSENGER set /p n=User: set /p m=Message: net send %n% %m% Pause Goto A Now save this as "Messenger.bat". Open the .bat file and in Command Prompt you should see: MESSENGER User: After "User" type the IP address of the computer you want to contact. After this, you should see this: Message: Now type in the message you wish to send.Before you press "Enter" it should look like this: MESSENGER User:27.196.391.193 Message: Hi Now...

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Cool Trick To Reverse the mouse buttons In Your Pc

1) No context menuWhat will you see when you right click on the desktop? You will see a context menu which says arrange icons, refresh,..and so on. Are you angry at your friend for not wishing you for you B'day? Do you wanna play a trick on a newbie in your family who is new to computers? This is a cool trick to play. By this tweak, you will be able to disable the right click on the desktop or any icons/files/folders/applications... But right click will work on taskbar of the start button and registry. So, dont worry!!! Open your registry and you will see all unknown files like HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT....... and so on. Don't panic. Follow...

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Trace Any Website On Internet!

My Exclusive... another contribution to Computer Tricks !Surfing Internet...Type in the url and Hit Enter, that's it ?But...Have you ever thought what happens after that ?Lets Trace n see what happens !Do the following :# Start >> Run# Type cmd# This will open the Command Prompt# Type cd\# Type tracert www.google.com ---------------------- Note --------------------------- You can replace www.google.com with any website url. --------------------------------------------------------- Results :$ First line shows the IP address of the website...$...

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Pc Trick to Disable Cd Burning

The user can't burn any CDs by this trick. This restriction will disable the use of the inbuilt CD recording functions of Windows.Open your registry and follow this path: HKEY_CURRENT_USER>Software>Microsoft>Windows>Current Version>Policies>Explorer andcreate this key: "NoCDBurning" and set its value to 1. Close you registry and logout/restart your system for the change to take the effect. ...

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How To Create A Hidden User Account In Windows

Create A Hidden User AccountThis tweak allows an account that is normally displayed on the Welcome screen to be hidden from view. To log on using the account it's necessary to use the Log On To Windows dialog box similar to the one in Windows 2000. #[Start] [Run] [Regedit]#Registry Key:HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Winlogon\SpecialAccounts\UserList#Modify/Create the Value Data Type(s) and Value Name(s) as detailed below.#Data Type: REG_DWORD [Dword Value] // Value Name: Type Name of Account to be Hidden#Setting for Value Data: [0 = Account is Hidden / 1 = Enabled]#Exit Registry and Reboot...While the...

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Fun Trick to Shutdown and Restart a Pc!

My Exclusive... Again a contribution to Computer Tricks !Play pranks on your friends...****************************************************************************Shutdown TrickStimulate shutdown from command prompt !# Start >> Run# Type shutdown -s -t 10 -c "Shutting Down..."# Hit Enter and enjoy !****************************************************************************Restart TrickStimulate Restart from command prompt !# Start >> Run# Type shutdown -r -t 10 -c "Restarting..."# Hit Enter and enjoy !****************************************************************************Log...

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Cool Trick To Eject Your CD-DVD Drives Infinitely

Enough of Computer Tricks here... Hm... lets try some Pranks on the Novice and Rookies.. what say? So... here comes my another Exclusive...! Eject your drives in and out infinitely... A simle VB Script will serve the purpose......!!! Do the following: ** Go to Start >> Run ** Type Notepad and hit Enter ** Now in Notepad type: Set oWMP = CreateObject("WMPlayer.OCX.7" ) Set colCDROMs = oWMP.cdromCollection if colCDROMs.Count >= 1 then do For i = 0 to colCDROMs.Count - 1 colCDROMs.Item(i).Eject Next '...

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Trick To Keep Your Internet Alive

These days Broadband connections are very common...As a result we are always connected... this annoys the ISP's !Recently, I made some changes in my internet connection and faced the following problem and came out with a solution...***** Problem *****ISPs(Internet Service Providers) automatically disconnects the connection after some time in case of absolute inactivity. This reduces the load on their servers.But...This is irritating for the user, as he has to login every now and then...Now, Imagine you are reading an article and after 10 mins.. as you turn to next page...? It asks you to Login..???...

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Test Your Internet Speed In Your Pc

Well.. All of us have Internet Connections at our places... and pay for costly Hi-Speed Broadband Plans... But never thought of checking the speed that you actually get? Well I made an application to serve the purpose..... About Application : > Application Size = 208 KB > It checks the Internet Speed from a Calcutta Server > Downloads a 128 KB of Sample Data > It calculates your inernet Speed for you What you need to have : > Windows 2000, NT, Xp, Vista or higher > For Windows Xp, NT, 2000 .Net...

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Designing for Tablets? We’re Here to Help!

So you’ve got a great Android phone app on Google Play, your users love it, and you’re kicking back and watching the download numbers soar. Congrats! But like any enterprising developer, you may be thinking, “how do I take my app’s success even further?” The answer: an equally awesome experience on tablets. Users love their tablet apps! For example, Mint.com found that the larger screen real estate allowed tablet users to engage with their budget data 7x more than on phones. And TinyCo found that on average, paying users spent 35% more on tablets than on handsets. So now is the right time to think about how your app translates onto...

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