For many people, the phone numbers and addresses contained within their contacts are extremely valuable. Backing up this information is essential in case the android device is stolen or destroyed.
While reviewing the Xperia X10, I found it very helpful to group icons in folders. However, it took me a few minutes to figure out how to rename a folder in Android. Here are the screenshots to show how to do it.
If you have problems with web pages loading correctly on your device, or just want to keep others from seeing where you are surfing or from accessing your accounts, here’s how to clear the information from your Android web browser.
In typical Android 1.6 fashion, moving pictures and music files requires several steps. These directions walk through how to transfer these media files with USB between OS X and the SE Xperia x10.
One of my Droid friends recently asked me what iPhone app my kids enjoyed playing the most. He said that he could get the game for his Android device as well; however, it turned out to be a fake, bogus application instead. We decided to search on the Android Market and found several fraudulent applications that were titled the same some popular iPhone apps.
If you are tired of viewing the simple mobile version of websites and yearn for the iPhone or desktop version, you’re in luck. By simply changing the user agent string for the web browser, you can view the sites the way that you like them.
If you hate using the touch screen to end calls, Froyo (Android 2.2) allows you to use the Power Button (the button on the top of the phone for powering on/off the phone and locking the screen) to end a call. It’s nice to have a physical button to hang up when you’re done.
Froyo (Android 2.2) keeps the unlock pattern that we’re all familiar with for securing the unlock screen, but adds PIN and Password options as well. That means you don’t have to rely on remembering some pattern to unlock your screen.
You can use your Android phone as a portable hotspot and get your iPad, iPod Touch, Zune HD, or any other wireless device online. This is a great save when there are no available wireless connections available.
By default, the volume for your notifications is dependent on the set volume for incoming calls. If you need your notifications to be at a softer (or louder) volume than that, you can set it to be independent of the incoming call volume.
If you want to remove an entry in the call log to keep others from finding out that you called a certain someone or made reservations at a certain place, you can delete the entry without affecting the rest of the log.
The Wi-Fi Sleep Policy is for setting when the device will switch from Wi-Fi to the mobile data connection. By default, it is set to switch when the screen turns off. You can modify this setting to keep the wireless connection switched on while the device is plugged in, or even select to never switch to the mobile data connection.
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