In this tutorial, you will learn how to install additional fonts on your Android device in order to support other languages besides English. By following this guide, you will eliminate the small white boxes that appear on web pages, contacts, text messages, etc. when dealing with a language that uses characters or script other than the Roman alphabet. This method does not alter your English language settings, so text on buttons, and built into the UI should not be resized [...]
Archive for June, 2009
As you may already know, the Android OS is built on Linux, and as such, it contains some really handy utilities for controlling system performance.
You have a nice, shiny new G1 from T-Mobile or Rogers, and you’re all excited to try out 3G coverage in your area for the much-tauted HSDPA 3G speed, right? If you’re like me, it’s one of the first things you did when you unboxed and set up that bad boy. But like me, you may have noticed how horribly sluggish the Chrome browser built into Android really feels when cruising around. Oh, sure. Cupcake has brought us many wonders, [...]
Ok, so you have firmware v. 123099 and wanna have root access… no problem. Here’s how. QMAT public (free) version used to succesfully downgrade with WM device: qmat_424.zip, md5: 7f0ccd1b52072bc2a6d594393f2ce348. The new version of QMAT can create a Goldcard only in the paid version. Buy it or get the old one somewhere else (Google/Bing search it). Requirements: – Micro SD card formated FAT32 (128 MB to 2 GB), Sandisc cards may not work (but worked for me). – Connected Windows [...]
Those of us who use our Android phone in an environment that requires Exchange email access no longer have to suffer with a 3rd party (slow) application to deliver our email via ActiveSync. Exchange for Android is here. For free.
Categories: Custom Builds (ROMs), Featured, Guides
Sometimes it is necessary to have the stock Android image loaded on your phone. In this tutorial, we show you how to do that. Following the steps in this article, your phone will be restored to the official image issued by T-Mobile.
One of the greatest advantages of the Android platform is that almost anything is possible with the right access. In the Android world, that means “root” access, which, for those unfamiliar with *nix operating systems is the master admin account. In this tutorial, we will walk through the process of gaining root access to your T-Mobile G1 (a.k.a. the HTC Dream) step-by-step.