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How to recover Android from disaster

matthew bennett — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:34:20 +0000

Have you ever needed to manage your Android device, but something you’ve installed is not allowing you? Surely there’s a way around bad software installs, but it might not be easy or intuitive.

Matthew Stevens over on Gadget Virtuoso comes to the rescue, with this helpful article on what to do when your Android installation is heading South, but you don’t want to fully wipe the device and start over.

From the article:

With Android there are two functions you need to know that will get you through most problems.
First, the three finger salute (other wise know as the reboot). Windows users know it as CTRL+ALT+DEL. For Android this is TALK+MENU+END . It may take a few tries to hit all three keysexactly at the same time, but when initiated the device will give a quick buzz and display the T-Mobile G1. Assuming everything will be fixed by the reboot, there is nothing more to do.

The second option is…

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Android Calling Card does what it suggests

matthew bennett — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 20:43:31 +0000

Do you have a calling card, but you don’t like to use it because it’s too lengthy to type in all those annoying numbers? Now there’s an Android app that will automagically use a calling card when you’re dailing international numbers. Android Calling Card 1.6 is available now in the Android Market.

via BoingBoing

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Torrent Droid, torrents on Android.

matthew bennett — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:37:09 +0000

Further bridging the gap between the Real-World and Internet-Land, this Android app will help you download information of questionable legallity easily. Named Torrent Droid, this app can scan a barcode on “some media”, like a book, cd or a DVD, and identifies the content. Then it searchs The Priate Bay, and automatically locates a torrent file, so you can download the content for free. Torrent Droid can also add the torrent file to your uTorrent list, so it will download automagically.

This reminds me of the Pirates of Amazon plugin for Firefox, which replaced the Buy Now buttons with a link to a torrent file from The Pirate Bay. Ahh, to be young and broke again. Don’t pirate stuff, ok?

Torrent Freak,via Hack-a Day

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T-Mobile G-1 Quick preview

matthew bennett — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:18:59 +0000

Here’s a Lil’ Something Somthing on a device I played with for a while.

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Hello world!

matthew bennett — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 03:07:08 +0000

Welcome to WordPress. This is your first post. Edit or delete it, then start blogging!

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