Android One is the affordably-priced smartphone currently popular across India. Well, it didn’t take long for Android One phones to get rooted and get their own custom recovery. Today, it’s relatively easy to root Android One and install a custom recovery thanks to the hard work of a member at the XDA Developers Forum. That member is varun.chitre15, who ported ClockworkMod recovery to all three Android One devices. More Android One devices may be released in the near future, but so…
One of the coolest parts about Android is that you can install desktop managers to remotely manage your phone. Thanks to these managers, you may never have to connect your phone to your PC again. But not all Android desktop managers are made alike. Here are the best desktop managers for Android currently available for free today: AirDroid AirDroid is a free desktop manager. There is, however, a premium version available for $1.99 per month. Most people won’t need that premium version…
Today, encryption is more important than ever before. I mean, just think of all the celebrities whose nudes have appeared online over the past few months. If those celebrities had encrypted their phones, the photos would not have been leaked. It’s surprisingly easy to encrypt any Android device. But unfortunately, most people never choose to encrypt. Here’s a simple 5 step guide that will instantly encrypt all the personal data on your Android device and prevent some weirdo from…
If Google has been able to enjoy a market share of over 80% with their Android OS, in the consumer segment, Apple has done equally well with their OS in the enterprise segment. Both giants have been trying to eat into each other’s strong markets with limited success. For the consumers, Apple is seen as an expensive proposition while the enterprise segment appears to trust Apple more for its robust architecture than the Android. The question though is of security which is an important…
Google has been able to make deep inroads into the smart phone market with the Android and sits pretty with a 83% share of this market, leaving behind Microsoft and Apple. However, it has had to pay a price for it and that is in the form of fragmentation of the Android OS, forked OS phones and over ambitious OEMs pushing their own proprietary software and apps over Google. In a sense, Google may have created a Frankenstein that it will find difficult to manage or control. The Open Source…
There is no getting away from the fact that the robust sales of iPhone 6 and 6 Plus has made Android loyalists have a rethink about why they should stick to this OS. At the same time, upon a closer look and some analysis, they have found there has been a lot of hype about nothing in particular from the latest Apple offering. They have found that some of the touted features have always been available on the Android OS and some that are also unique to Android for a number of years now and they do…
The recent news about the leak of certain photos of celebrities has once again exposed the importance or the lack of it in mobile hardware. There is no doubt hackers are always looking at newer ways to get access to private information. The security of the PIN is no longer sufficient and Android smart phones are under the scanner for allowing hackers access to data quite easily. Androcognito Is The Solution Fortunately, there is an app that can now make it very difficult if not impossible for…
Microsoft has been earning regular money from Samsung for the latter’s violation of a cross - licensing as well as a business collaboration understanding agreement it had signed in the year 2011. Those agreements enabled Samsung to use the technology of Microsoft for its Android devices. The agreement signed was for 7 years. Samsung paid $1billion last year and when it has delayed payment, it also has paid sufficient interest amounts to Microsoft. Microsoft Dragged Samsung To…
The success of Android L, though massive in the individual consumer space, has not helped it cement its position or challenge the iOS substantially in the enterprise segment. The belief among many in the corporate world that you can do a lot with the iPad or the iPhone without worrying about any security issues is a strong one. They do not have the same confidence for the Android OS. Apple Business Model Helping A Lot One of the reasons analysts believe that has contributed to this confidence…
The manner in which 5-inch and over 5-inch screen displays are being launched by OEMs in the smart phone category, it would appear the 4 inch screen will be a relic of the past pretty soon. Even the self-righteous folks at Apple who once championed the compact size of the iPhone over its gaudy competitors appear to be turning over a new leaf by opting for the 4.7 inch screen for its iPhone 6. Just like it has not returned to the 3.5 inch screen, it seems unlikely it would go back to the 4.7…
