Android and IOS are the two most popular operating systems in
Smartphones these days. IOS and Android are also the toughest
competitors of the smart phone world. But from the last few months
Android operated Smartphones marked a successful record with more sales
than IOS. Some of the most popular makers of Smartphones like Samsung,
LG, HTC and Sony uses Android OS. In addition to that it is maintained
by Google itself.
1 File sharing
File sharing Websites The best way to download Android apps for free
is through file sharing websites. The file sharing on these websites is
done by Android users who download or buy paid apps and upload them in
file sharing websites. The best popular file sharing websites are:
Steps
to download paid app from these websites- Go to any of these websites
and type the app name you want to download for free and add the
extension of “.apk”. For example if you want to download ADWLauncher EX (
a paid app in Google play), type adw launcher ex .apk and press
enter.The results will then be viewed.
From the results click the latest uploaded file and download it. Once the .apk file is downloaded, transfer it to your phone with USB cable and install it on your phone.
Note: You can also download 4shared app from market instead of searching apps in web. 2 BlackMart Alpha app
BlackMart Alpha is an Android app itself. To use
this app for downloading paid apps for free you need to search for
BlackMart Alpha in the above mentioned file sharing sites. Search
results will appear. Download this application. Transfer and install it on your smart phone. After installation, open the BlackMart Alpha app. A same design will appear as Android market app on your smart phone.
A
list of apps will appear in this app. You can also use the search
option to search and download a paid app. Search results will appear.
The price of the specified or searched app is struck out. Click on
download and install it directly on your smart phone for free.
Note:
You can download any app but don’t update any app from BlackMart Alpha
as there are chances that it might corrupt that app.
3 Paying for app in Android market
The
last tip which is most reliable and the best way to download the paid
app is by paying for an app in Android market. To use this
option you should have a good file explorer app like ASTRO File Manager and ES File Explorer. Install
ES File Explorer or ASTRO File Manager. Go to Android market and
purchase any app. Within the 15 minutes of trial period you can get the
full refund if you cancel the order.
The app gets downloaded on your smart phone. Open ES file explorer and click on Options > Manager > App Manager. Go to list of installed apps
and press on the app you just purchased and click on backup. The app backup will be made in backup folder of your SD card.
Once the backup is made, cancel the order and install it from the backup folder again. Your money will be refunded after you cancel the order.
So these were the best ways to download any apps for free.
Google Play Edition smartphones
are great but they are limited to certain models and typically sold in
the US. However, you can make your own by installing the Nexus 5Android 4.4 KitKat launcher so here's how to do it. Read: The 28 best smartphones: The best phone you can buy in 2014.
Either you want to make your own Google Play Edition smartphone or
you don't particularly like the software provided on your handset.
Whatever your reasons, you can get the vanilla Android experience
offered on the Nexus 5 by following our guide. For this article we've
used the Huawei Ascend P7 so certain screens may look different on your phone.
How to install the Nexus 5 Android 4.4 KitKat launcher
Step One
In order to install the Nexus 5 launcher, you'll need to tweak a
setting on your phone. In the Security section of the settings menu,
tick the box which says 'Unknown sources'. This allows the installation
of apps not from the Google Play store.
Step Two
Before you download and install the Nexus 5 launcher, check you have
the latest version of Google Search via the Play store. If there's an
available update, download and install it. Step Three
Now you're ready to download the Nexus 5 launcher so head to http://j.mp/1btMZku on your smartphone and select ok on the warning.
Step Four
Once the apk (application package file) has downloaded open/run it by
clicking on the download notification in the drop down bar. Select
'Install' to, er, install the Nexus 5 launcher.
Step Five
You've now got the Nexus 5 launcher and, in a way, your own Google
Play Edition smartphone. Hit the home button and select the Google
launch from the list and click 'always'. Click through the welcome
screens showing you the new interface and you're done.
If you don't like the Nexus 5 launcher, for whatever reason, you can get things back to normal by performing a factory reset.
Google has released a beta version of Android L, the as-yet unnamed next release of the mobile operating system. Anyone can install this on their Nexus 5 or Nexus 7, but it’s unwise to do so if it’s your main smartphone or tablet.
As Google states, “The Android preview system image is not a stable
release, and may contain errors and defects that can result in damage to
your computer systems, devices, and data. The preview Android system
image is not subject to the same testing as the factory OS and can cause
your phone and installed services and applications to stop working.”
So, you have been warned, but the good news is that you can uninstall
the Android L preview and revert to factory settings. Just make sure
you have backed up everything that you can’t afford to lose before you
install Android L, since the process will wipe your device.
We’ll explain step by step how to install the preview on a Nexus 5,
using Windows 7 or 8, and also how to go back to the original software
that your device shipped with.
How to install Android L
Step 1. Download the minimal 2MB installer from this XDA thread this XDA thread which includes the Android ADB and fastboot tools.
You need these to install the Android L image, and this is the
quickest and easiest way to install the tools without downloading the
entire Android SDK, which is huge and contains stuff you don’t need to
get Android L.
Follow the instructions (don’t change the installation path when
asked where to install it) and you should end up with a command prompt
window:
Step 2. Download the appropriate file for your device:
You will also need a utility such as 7-zip which
can extract the files from the .tgz archive. In fact, you’ll need to
unzip the files twice, as there’s a .tar file inside the .tgz file.
Extract the files to the same folder as the Minimal ADB and Fastboot,
which is c:\Program Files (x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot.
Once extracted you should have a list of files as per the image below.
Step 3. Head to Settings, and scroll down to About
phone at the bottom. Scroll down to Build number and tap it 7 times.
This unhides the developer options, which aren’t displayed in Android
4.2 and later. In the Developer options menu, enable USB debugging.
Step 4. Download the Google USB driver from here here and extract the zip file somewhere. Step 5. With your Nexus connected via USB and
powered on, go to the Control Panel and click Devices and Printers. You
should see your device in the list. On our Windows 8 machine, it was
listed as ‘MTP’ under Multimedia devices. Right-click on it, and choose
properties. Click on the Hardware tab, then select the Nexus 5 in the
list, and click Properties. Now update the driver, pointing Windows to
the folder where you extracted the Google USB driver. Once done, it
should report the device as Android Composite ADB interface. Plus, you
should get a prompt on your device’s screen asking “Allow USB
debugging?”. Tick Always allow from this computer and tap OK.
Step 6. Now, Power off your device, and leave it
connected to your computer’s USB port. Now start it using the
appropriate key combination to put it in “fastboot” mode.
For the Nexus 5, that’s by holding down the volume up, volume down
and power buttons simultaneously. You should see a screen like the one
below
Alternatively, you can leave your device on and type adb reboot-bootloader to restart in fastboot mode.
Step 7. If the LOCK STATE says locked (which it should) then type
‘fastboot oem unlock’ at the command prompt, without the quotes, and
press Enter. You’ll see a screen like the one below. To change from no
to yes, use the volume rocker, and to select the option, press the power
button.
This WILL erase your device, so make sure you’ve backed everything up first.
Step 8. With the bootloader unlocked, you can now install the Android L firmware. Simply type
flash-all
and the process will begin. You will see alternating downloading… writing…. erasing… on your device’s screen.
Step 9. When the process finished, you should lock
the bootloader again for security. Start the device in fastboot mode (as
in Step 6), and then type fastboot oem lock
Locking the bootloader won’t wipe any data, but if you unlock it again, it will erase the device of all user data and settings.
How to uninstall Android L and return to factory settings
Reverting to the version of Android you had before installing Android
L is pretty much the same process as you’ve just completed.
Step 10. First, download the correct version of Android KitKat for your device from Google's images page
You can choose which version of KitKat you want.
Step 11. Then, extract it as in Step 2 above. You’ll
need to delete the Android L files from the c:\Program Files
(x86)\Minimal ADB and Fastboot folder before copying the extracted files
there. These are the files to remove (in case you forgot which were
which). Step 12. Repeat step 6 to 8, and you'll have a box fresh Nexus 5 (or 7).
a limited time, Amazon is giving away 31 Android apps that have a combined value of over $100. And that's on top of the company's daily freebie app.
This being Amazon, though, you no doubt need an Amazon product -- Kindle Fire tablet, Fire Phone, etc. -- to take advantage of these offers, right?
Wrong! Android
apps are Android apps, and you can access the Amazon Appstore via
pretty much any Android-powered device. It just requires a little
tweaking. Here's how (on a device running Android 4.4 -- the process is
virtually identical in earlier versions):
Screenshot by Rick Broida
Step 1:
On your phone or tablet, tap Settings > Security. Scroll down to
"Unknown sources" and tap the check box to enable this feature. (The
"unknown source" in this case is the Amazon Appstore.)
Screenshot by Rick Broida
Step 2: Fire up your mobile browser and head to www.amazon.com/getappstore. Tap the button labeled Download the Amazon Appstore. This will download (but not install) an APK file.
Screenshot by Rick Broida/
Step 3:
Once the download is complete, swipe down from the top of the screen to
open your notifications view, then tap the Amazon Appstore entry to
start the installation. Agree to the conditions by tapping Next or
Install (whichever appears).
And that's it! Now just run the app and browse the Appstore, same as you would Google Play.
How to install Amazon Appstore on your Android device
Chainfire’s SuperSU app has been updated
today to build in support for theAndroid L developer preview. Before
now, rooting the developer preview involved a few workarounds with
custom boot images so root permissions should work properly, but that
should all be fixed up now.
If you’ve been using the L developer preview, have you tried rooting it yet, or are you fine with using a non-rooted device?
hone
Most Samsung Galaxy phones,
or Android Smartphones save the photos and movies taken by the phone
camera on a microSD card inside the phone. Recovering lost photos from
phone microSD card has a very high success rate if you have not taken
many new pictures on the same card.
Requirements:
A microSD card reader (or a MicroSD to SD Adapter and a SD card reader).
A Windows PC or Mac computer.
Supported Cards: microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC, and SD cards
Supported Phones: Samsung Galaxy Series (including
S2, S3, S4 ...), Note Series, HTC Phones, Motorola Droid Phones, Google
Nexus Phones, LG Android Phones and Smartphones.
Step 1 - Take the microSD card out of the phone if you have a card reader
First, please turn off the phone to prevent possible
data loss when you take out the memory card. After the phone is powered
off, you may flip the phone face down, open the battery cover of the
phone (if any lock of the cover, please unlock it per the instruction on
the phone manual), take out the battery, then eject the MicroSD card
from the phone.
Step 2 - Connect the microSD card to your computer
If you have a MicroSD card reader, that is great! You
may simply insert the microSD card to your microSD card reader and
connect it to your computer using a USB cable. If you only have a SD or
SDHC card reader, a microSD to SD card adapter is required. Most microSD
cards bundle with a "microSD adapter" in the product box, which can
convert a microSD card to a standard SD card. You may then use a SD card
reader or your computer's built-in SD card reader slot to connect the
card to your computer. After you connect the microSD card to your
computer, a new drive letter should appear in "My Computer" (for
Windows).
Step 3 - Using CardRecovery software to perform the recovery
You may download the microSD card recovery software - CardRecovery from
Install
it to your computer following the easy installation wizard, then launch
the program. On step 1 of CardRecovery, you may choose the drive letter
of your microSD card (card reader), choose "Phone Camera" on the second
option, and check the "Photos" and "Videos" options, then click "Next"
to perform a fully automatic scan on the memory card.
After
the scan completes, CardRecovery will list all the recoverable pictures
and videos for your preview (it usually takes 10 - 30 minutes for the
scan per the capacity of the microSD card). You may then select the
pictures that you need (by default, all the recoverable photos are
selected) and recover them. The recovered photos will be saved to a
folder on your hard drive instead of the SD card to avoid data writing
over.
Finally,
Safely remove the microSD from your computer, put it back to your
phone, install the phone battery, close the battery cover and recovery
completes.
If
you do not have a card reader, you may try to connect the android phone
directly to your computer using USB cord provided with the phone. Many
android phones have an option to allow the phone to connect as a "Mass
Storage". If you have no way to allow the phone to appear as a drive
letter, it is recommended to purchase a SD card reader from online shops
or computer stores. That is cheap and easy.
If your photos were saved in the internal memory of the phone:
To recover photos from internal memory of the phone, it is more difficult, or in some cases, it is not possible.
If
your phone's Android version is older than 4.0 (to check Android
version, from any home screen of the phone, touch Menu > Settings
> About Phone), you may try to connect the phone to your computer,
then enable the "Mass Storage" option in phone settings or connection
settings. If it can appear as a drive letter, you may use CardRecovery
to scan the drive letter to recover the lost photos.
If your phone's Android version is 4.0 or later, usually
the internal memory of the phone cannot appear as a drive letter in "My
Computer" when it is connected, so data recovery software including
CardRecovery is unable to access and recover the deleted photos from the
internal memory or internal storage. Extra technical steps are needed
to make the internal memory of the phone appear as a drive letter, such
as downloading and installing third-party "Mass Storage" app on the
android phone, or performing low level configuration on the phone, but
that may cause further data loss and void the phone warranty so it is
not recommended for ordinary users.
How to Recover Deleted Files from Android SD Card
Step 1. Run the program and connect Android to the computer
Download, install and run the program on your computer. Connect your Android phone with computer, and move to the next step.
- See more at: http://www.android-recovery-transfer.com/recover-files-from-sd-card.html#sthash.LFQQNNjg.dpuf
How to install Android apps on your BlackBerry till it opens up to Amazon store
Despite the robustness of its devices and sophistication of its
operating system, a lot of users have been staying away from BlackBerry
phones. They have one big grouse: the platform does not give access to
most of the apps that people like to have on their smartphones these
days like Instagram, Zite and the Chrome browser.
But with its new OS upgrade BlackBerry OS 10.2.1, the Canadian
smartphone company has opened up its OS to Android apps. No users still
can’t go to Google Play and download apps, but a lot of third party apps
stores work quite well on the new breed of BlackBerry devices. In fact,
BlackBerry has just announced that the next version of its OS will have
native access to the Amazon App store. The OS 10.3 version is expected
to be available towards the end of the year.
We have written about the new features on BlackBerry 10.2.1. So this
time we decided to check out how easy it is to install and run Android apps on a BlackBerry Z30.
There are many options to side-load Android apps on a BlackBerry. Here we look at three and tell you what works best.
OPTION 1: The easiest way is to mail yourself an
APK, which can then be downloaded and installed. However, this method
strangely had a poor success rate. Worked for me with only one of the
five apps I tried.
OPTION 2: Snap, is an app that brings Google Play to
a BlackBerry and should hence be the easiest, at least on paper. But we
could not get to load the app despite our best attempts.
OPTION 3: We then tried a third party app store called APK Train on
the browser. This was the closest one could get to Google Play on the
BlackBerry. The app store is clean and easy to use. It has a top apps
section as well as a search option. Within minutes I had all the apps I
had running on my Android device on the Z30.
The apps downloaded and installed within seconds. Of the dozen-odd
apps that I downloaded, I could not get the Google Chrome browser to
load. It kept crashing, as if reminding us that it was not made for this
platform.
OTHER OPTIONS: You can check out other third party
app stores like Amazon to see if it works for you. If it does not, there
is always option 3 to fall back on. The good thing here is that there
is at least one option that works seamlessly.
PROBLEMS: As these apps are not made for a device
that lacks a back and home button, navigation can be a problem. We faced
issues with the Zite app as it was quite tough to go one
Source ; http://indianexpress.com/
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How to Backup Your Android Phone Logs and SMS to Google Drive Spreadsheets
Your Android smartphone only stores the last 30 days of phone calls
made or received. Your text messages are also a mess after a point,
especially with contacts you talk to often. If you want to keep this
data safely backed up, the new IFTTT for Android will automatically store them forever in your Google Drive.
Of course, Titanium Backup is still the best backup solution for your Android smartphone,
but remember that’s paid and only for rooted phones. Plus, it only
keeps the data safely and doesn’t turn it into an easily searchable
spreadsheet.
With the launch of IFTTT for Android, some users are already suggesting unusual automated recipes for the app. The folks at I Love Free Software came up with the idea of backing up phone logs, and we decided to take it further and back up our text messages while at it.
How To Backup Phone Logs
The
process to backup your phone logs is pretty simple. Fire up the IFTTT
for Android app and create a new recipe. To backup all your phone logs,
we will be creating three different recipes—one for missed calls,
another for received calls, and the third for calls you place.
Tap the channel for “IF”. Scroll to select “Android Phone Call” and tap the blue plus sign next to “Any phone call placed”.
Tap the channel for “Then”. Scroll to select “Google Drive” and tap the blue plus sign next to “Add row to spreadsheet”.
Choose whether you want to receive notifications or not when the recipe runs and hit Finish.
That’s
it. Now every time you make a phone call from your Android smartphone,
it will be automatically backed up as a row in a spreadsheet file in
your Google Drive, which looks something like this:
As
you can see, it logs the date and time, the phone number (blurred in
above image), the contact, and the duration of the call. In the recipe’s
settings, you can change these elements or their order.
Using the
same method, you can also create new spreadsheets for phone calls
answered and phone calls missed, selecting those in the first step.
Note that this only backs up the call logs and does not record the phone call itself. You need a different method to automatically record calls and never run out of space.
How To Backup Text Messages
Backing up your SMS is similar to how you backup phone logs.
Tap the channel for “IF”. Scroll to select “Android SMS” and tap the blue plus sign next to “Any new SMS received”.
Tap the channel for “Then”. Scroll to select “Google Drive” and tap the blue plus sign next to “Add row to spreadsheet”.
Choose whether you want to receive notifications or not when the recipe runs and hit Finish.
And
just like that, a new spreadsheet will be created for all the SMSes you
get from now on. Note that it does not work with MMS media. In total,
you will get five different spreadsheets—three for calls (answered,
placed, missed) and two for text messages (received, sent).
This method does not cover older messages, but we have a workaround for that. Download and install SMS Backup & Restore
from the Play Store, run it and follow the instructions to create a
backup. Once that is done, you will find an option to export the backup
as a CSV file. This CSV file can be opened in any spreadsheet app. Just
copy and paste it into a Google Drive spreadsheet and you’re done!
Share Your IFTTT For Android Recipes
When it comes to the web, the ultimate IFTTT guide
covers most scenarios you will need. But the automation app is new to
Android and people are still discovering its many potentials. So if you
have some cool IFTTT for Android recipe, share it in the comments below!
Turn your Android tablet into a bookshelf full of books with Aldiko Book
Reader, one of the best ebook reader app. Aldiko Book Reader for
Android tablet is a simple and convenient program for reading books with
a simple and minimalist design. You can access thousands of books and
many of them are absolutely free. You can search by author, popularity,
genre and so on
OfficeSuite is one of the best Android tablet apps for creating and
editing office documents, which has the support of virtually all known
types of documents. This program has all the features like MSOffice
computer includes a File Browser and integration with several cloud
service. You can open, edit and create: Doc, Xls, PPT, PDF files.
One of the best android photo editing app should be first in the list.
Snapseed simplified photo editing on android with its cleverly designed
gesture based UI. Such kind of control for fixing tools you won’t see on
other app. Another great thing is that now Google acquire the developer
expect more goodies from this app in future update
AirDroid is a free and fast app that helps you manage your Android from a web browser, all over the air. Manage your Android devices on the web, all over the air.
- No USB cable required.
- No driver installation required.
- Same WiFi network or Internet.
- Pure web app, works on Windows, Mac, Chromebook and Linux.
Simply install AirDroid on your Android and you’ll be able to enjoy the following features on your computer at web.airdroid.com:
- SMS: send and receive individual or group messages.
- Apps: Import and export .apk files.
Facebook Messengeris a great app to keep in touch with all your Facebook friends. FB Messenger is easy to use, quick and totally free! Morover, unlike many other message services you can use Facebook Messenger on all your devices. For example, you can use Messenger also on your tablet or computer next to your Samsung Galaxy S3. When you send messages
from your tablet, the conversations on your Samsung Galaxy S3 will
synchronize immediately. So you always have the most recent Facebook
conversations on your smartphone.
Photon Flash Player for Android s3 app is finally here! Photon Flash
Browser for Android devices is the leading #1 browser for Flash player
plugin support and video streaming that liberate your browsing
experience on Android. Our leading edge technology allows the user to
browse the web fast, runs Javascript at speeds faster than Chrome or
Firefox on your device (during cloud streaming mode).
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