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How to: Install All Carrier-Blocked Apps from the Android Market

Kellex — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:40:10 +0000

One of our readers discovered yesterday that through a loophole in the Android Market and browser, you could install Google Wallet. After the community got a hold of this method, they quickly realized that this not only works for Wallet, but just about any app that a carrier has blocked from your phone. As you [...]

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Video: Installing Google Wallet From the Market on the Verizon LTE Galaxy Nexus

Kellex — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 04:25:28 +0000

Our instructions for installing Google Wallet to your Verizon Galaxy Nexus were giving people enough trouble earlier that one of our readers made a quick video to help everyone out. He went with the lengthy version that the majority of folks have had luck with. Hopefully this helps and gets you all on the official [...]

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How to: Install Google Wallet From the Market on the Verizon LTE Galaxy Nexus

Kellex — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:28 +0000

We just discovered that Google Wallet has been given the green light for the Galaxy Nexus as long as it has an AT&T SIM (sorry T-Mo users), but the reason we discovered that in the first place, was a tip from a reader who claimed to have installed it on his Verizon LTE G-Nex. After [...]

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How to: Install Google Wallet From the Market on the Verizon LTE Galaxy Nexus

Kellex — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:00:28 +0000

Tip: Want to Keep Root After an OTA Update? Try Voodoo OTA RootKeeper

Kellex — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 21:17:42 +0000

If there was one concern that rooted users continue to bring up whenever a new OTA update is on the horizon, it’s whether or not it will break root. Just so you know, almost all updates break root and this question has become sort of a running joke at this point. But for those that [...]

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Tip: How to Get Custom Ringtones and Notifications to Show on Motorola Devices

Kellex — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:25:10 +0000

Before you laugh at this tip, you have to understand that Motorola – for whatever reason – has made it increasingly more difficult with each new version of Blur to set custom ringtones. You used to be able to do it through the stock music app, but that option appears to have been removed. [...]

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Tip: How to Get Custom Ringtones and Notifications to Show on Motorola Devices

Kellex — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:25:10 +0000

Tip: Replacement Galaxy Nexus LTE Battery Covers With “Google” Logo Likely Do Not Fit, Even Though They Claim to

Kellex — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:12:57 +0000

From day 1 with the Galaxy Nexus, many of you (including the DL crew) have been on the hunt for a Google-branded replacement battery cover. In fact, we tried swapping our GSM cover with the Verizon-branded cover the minute we got the device and came up empty. Something about having a “Nexus” without a Google [...]

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Nokia penalised for texting tips to Aussie users, regrets not adding unsubscribe option

Richard Lai — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 11:31:00 +0000

Here's a bit of bad news for those who actually enjoy receiving Nokia's regular tips via SMS: Reuters reports that the Australian Communications and Media Authority has slapped the Finnish company a hefty A$55,000 ($58,000) fine, with the reason being that there was no way to unsubscribe from said messages. This kind of flaw sure is a surprise at this day and age, but Nokia's already taken action by simply axing this spammy service entirely in Australia, while at the same time "ramping it down elsewhere" just to be safe, according to Reuters. If Pope Benedict is still going about his texting business over there, we sure hope he won't be next on the Aussie naughty list.

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Tip: Tiny Flashlight Adds Lock Screen Shake Feature for Quick Lighting Access

Kellex — Sat, 21 Jan 2012 00:18:39 +0000

I’m not sure that I can even count all of the flashlight apps in the market these days (nor would I want to try), but one of them in particular has been downloaded somewhere between 10 and 50 million times. That app is called Tiny Flashlight. Now, normally we wouldn’t waste your time with [...]

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