Monday, September 5, 2011

Power User Tips for Google Android Phone: Use your Android Phone as USB Pen Drive for Storage

Storage devices of different varieties like pen drives, CD’s, DVD’s etc are available in the markets. The latest transformations in the field of technology have made phones as USB storage devices. Early phones has used this technology and termed that as mass storage. Now Android mobiles had set up advanced features and made data transfer much easier between phones and PC’s. Android users are now free from depending on the other devices for data storage.

This does not require any apps to support as it is an inbuilt mechanism for Android mobiles. Use your Android mobile as a USB pen drive for storage.

How to transfer data between Android and PC:

  • Open ‘Menu’ on your Android and tap on settings. You can find ‘Wireless and Network’ option in settings, just open it and it will now show you various options. Select ‘USB Utilities’ and you will get the option ‘Connect storage to PC’ as shown below.

USB storage USB storage

  • Now it will ask you to connect your phone to PC using USB Cable. When you done with that you will get an Android symbol and message ‘USB connected’.

USB storage

Everything is done now and your Android has turned into USB storage device. Transfer and manage files as you want.


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Android Smartphone user tips: How to Change Gmail Messages Text Size on Android?

Gmail, we most often use this on Android mobiles and every time we have to do a lot of stuff in order to change the text sizes for messages. Users will be really happy if this option is made in global settings. For now, we will discuss about how to change the text sizes for Gmail messages. This takes a little time but enables you to easily change the text sizes from Gmail settings.

How to change Gmail messages text size on Android mobiles:

  • Open Gmail and click on menu. You will be getting various options as shown below. Just tap on ‘more’ option.

Gmail text size

  • Now settings option will be displayed as shown in the screen shot below and just click on that.

Gmail text size

  • Various options will be shown by tapping settings option as shown below and tap on ‘Message text size’ option.

Gmail text size

  • Select one text size from tiny, small, normal, large and huge text sizes by tapping on one of the option. Your text sizes for messages will be altered now.

Gmail text size
This is the process of changing the Gmail text sizes instantly on your Android.

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Google Android Power User Tips: How to find the Battery Draining Apps on Android, http://go.to/drmobiles

Android market is always busy with apps, as day by day more and more apps are making their debut in it. Mostly all of the apps are user-friendly and those apps always provide services for the users at their finger tips. That’s the reason why Android users are increasing tremendously day to day. But, the issue is always with battery charging on Android. The apps normally eat away your battery charge pretty soon. So, here we are providing you the details on how to find the battery draining apps on your Android.

All we have is a beautiful Android on our hands, now just open the menu and tap the settings option. Search for ‘About phone’ option in the settings and tap on it and now choose battery use option as shown below.
Battery usage Battery usage
The complete details of your battery usage will be in front of you. Now you can easily find out which app is eating up most of your battery. This is an inbuilt mechanism of Android and you can access it any time.
Battery usage

There are other ways too, to know about battery usage and one of them is through the app, Spare parts.Spare parts is a free app and you can download it from Android Apps Labs. Users can view battery history, battery information and usage statistics with this app. This is not as accurate as the above mentioned Android built-in option, but it will provide the support information for battery usage.
Battery usage Battery usage

This is the way to find out the battery draining apps and manage them accordingly to save and increase battery usage on Android mobiles.

Install Spare parts App using QR Code:
Scan below QR Code using barcode scanner on your Android phone and follow the instructions to install this app.
spare parts QR Code

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How to Enable Labs on Google Maps for Android App? (Android Smartphone Repair, http://go.to/drmobiles)

Google Maps, the best app for navigation, finding places, adding locations etc. Everyone uses this app only to locate places and often forgets to see the more options available in it. Apart from locating places, Google maps provide some more useful features which help users to make navigation even simpler. Now we will provide you the detailed procedure on how to enable ‘Labs’ option in Google Maps app.

How to enable Labs on Google Maps for Android:

Step 1:

Open the Maps app on your Android mobile and click the Menu button. You will be getting some options as below.
Map labs

Step 2:

Now choose ‘More’ option and it will enable you to view some more features as shown in the screenshot below.
Map labs

Step 3:

Tap on Labs option now, and it will display the Labs section that contains some additional features.

You will be seeing, “Labs is a testing ground for experimental features that aren’t quite ready for primetime. They may change, break or disappear at any time”. Now, you can view some more options which make functionality of the Google maps even better.
Map labs

Labs section provides you Scale Bar, Measure, pre-cache map area, bubble buttons and bigger text. Scale bar adds a scale bar on the map and displays distances and imperial units. Measure allows you to calculate the distance between locations. Pre-cache map area, bubble buttons and bigger text has the functionality as shown in the images below.
Map labs Map labs

Download Google Maps:

Google Maps app is now available for free and you can download it from Android Apps Labs.

Scan below QR Code using barcode scanner and follow the instructions to install Google maps.
map labs QR Code

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Google Android Hack and Mod: Android App to Save Battery Life (http://go.to/drmobiles)

Battery Saver – Power Defender appAndroid users really worried about their phone’s battery charge all the time, as they access more number of applications with internet connectivity. Poor battery life never makes user happy and one has to follow manual tips to save battery life. Here comes, Batter Saver – Power Defender, the app that is designed to save and extend your battery life. This app is dedicated to save your Android phones battery and defends over less power.

Most of the features on Android phone eat away the battery charge, like 3G/4G, WIFI, Bluetooth, Flashlight, Brightness, GPS etc. All the time users need to manage all these features manually to save the battery life. But, this app allows user to manage all these features directly from its interface. Battery Saver interface includes ringer, volume control, Bluetooth, GPS, Wi-Fi etc, in its quick settings. Now user needs to just tap the service to make it ON/OFF depending up on the battery charge.

Battery Saver comes with additional ‘AutoKill’ task manager. Most of the users are really happy with this feature, as it makes the functionality of the phone faster. Mostly, all the phones have useless apps and they simply eat away battery charge. Task manager of this app kills the selected tasks efficiently and saves your battery life. Android phones have an option to save your important apps (that does not want to be killed), and you can save this in white list of your phone.

Thus, Battery Saver – Power Defender app saves and improves your battery charge effectively.

Download Battery Saver – Power Defender App:

Battery Saver – Power Defender app is now available for free and you can download it from Android Apps Labs.

Otherwise, scan the below QR Code using barcode scanner and follow the instructions to install this app.
Battery Saver QR Code

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Best Tips & Ways to Increase Battery Life on Android Phones (Google Android Repair by http://go.to/drmobiles

battery saverAndroid phones have been reaching the high marks in the graphs of mobile markets. Android market is full of apps and users’ making a huge downloads from it. So, have you ever thought about your device’s battery performance? Every thing will work on your mobile only when you have better battery maintenance. As android users are increasing day by day we need to provide the best out of better tips to the users. Now it is all about Android’s battery life.

Android phones have the best battery life indeed, but users have to maintain some tips in order to save and increase the battery life.

 Tips to save and increase battery life on Android phones:

  • Android users have an inbuilt mechanism to view their battery usage. Just open the menu and tap on ‘About phone’, there you can find ‘Battery use’ option and it displays the usage of your device battery clearly. From that information, you can find out the useless stuff which is eating your battery. So, this will definitely make you alert and helps you to shut all the unnecessary stuff.

battery saver battery saver

  • As we discussed above, the market is full of apps and users downloads them regularly. But, the problem is that there will be many unwanted apps which users forgets to uninstall after the usage. These apps simply eat away your battery as some of them use WIFI connectivity. So, just uninstall all those unwanted apps and keep your battery safe.
  • Android phones have the high-end options like WIFI, Bluetooth, GPS, 3G etc and these all will make your device battery weak. Users are promptly advised to enable these features only in need and disable immediately after the usage. Some of the battery-saving apps are available in the market where that app provides a direct option to on/off WIGI, 3G, GPS etc.

battery saver

  • Brightness control also helps you to save your phone’s battery life. Just decrease the brightness of your screen and save up some of the battery life.
  • Avoid USB charging as it works with float charging phenomenon. While charging its better to avoid downloads, calls, messages etc. Charge your battery only when it is very low and avoid charging when the battery is half full. If you follow the above tips while charging, you can save and increase your battery life easily.
  • Low network coverage areas drags up your battery life to keep you connected with network. So, better keep your mobile in good network coverage areas and never let your battery go down.

We are in search of still better ways to save and increase Android mobile’s battery life and we will be updating you with helpful tips.


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Download Google Talk 1.3 Video Chat App for Android by http://go.to/drmobiles, Auckland, Repair

gtalkGoogle Talk, the most preferably used chat application by anyone. The technology has upgraded and enabled video chat with Google Talk. So, now Android users are looking into this video chat application of Google Talk and here we provide you the step by step procedure on how to download Google Talk 1.3 Video chat application on your Android mobiles.

All the initial requirements to enable this video chat on your Android mobile are Gingerbread 2.3 + version and the android mobile with camera.

How to download Google Talk 1.3 Video Chat app on Android mobiles:

We are showing you the two methods to download this video chat app.

Method I:

Download Google Talk 1.3 apk and connect the phone to the computer. Now, all you have to do is open ‘adb console’ and enter the below commands.

adb remount

adb Shell mv /system/app/Talk.apk /system/app/Talk.apk1

adb Uninstall com.googlw.android.talk

adb Pudh libtalk_jni.so /system/lib/

adb Push Talk2.apk /system/app

Now, you can use Google Talk 1.3 Video chat app.

Method II:

Download this link and rename the saved file to update.zip. Now move that to SD Card and once boot your mobile in recovery and choose ‘apply update from /sdcard. In this method users are from rooting.

Upon following the above mentioned steps, Android users can have Google Talk 1.3 Video chat app on their devices.


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The only professional repair centre who DOES NOT charge inspection fees on faulty phones.
> No inspection fee at all!
> 1 hour iPhone 4 repair
> Repair while you wait
> Free 30 min parking
> Free loan phone