How to Install Incompatible Apps from Android Market for Unsupported Devices

Are you have older handset of android which sometime make you disappoint in installing such new apps or special apps. Then you are not alone here, this kind of trouble is often happen with some of the handsets which are either older or not pure android based.

Today many new kind of apps are generating day by day in accordance to latest android handset. Some of the app from the group of these kind of app are often found to be incompatible for the older handsets of android.

So if you are also the one that facing this problem and want to install that app in your android device then we have recently found a trick for making this task possible.

Principle behind the trick

In this trick you actually changes a root file that enables you to install an incompatible app from android market. The file name is “build.prop”. As all you know that we can’t change the settings of a root file directly.

But cause of variety of android apps some of the apps gives us permission to perform this task. And the same we use this app to change the settings of that root file.

So let’s begin the trick.

But first be aware

• In the whole procedure we are not responsible for any kind of loss or damage of data or software of your device. It’s only at your own risk.
• We are not perfectly sure that it will work for all the android device. So just try it at desire.

Apparatus and condition we need before start

• Make a nandroid backup with the help of ClockworkMod recovery
• Install the ES file manger from Android market in your device

Procedure to perform this task:

1. First go to “Settings”>> “Applications”>> “All”>> “Market” and wipe/clear out the data.
2. Launch the installed “ES file manger” in your device.
3. Go to “Settings”>> “Root settings” and enable the “Root explorer” and “Mount file system”.
4. Now get into “/system” directory of your phone in the same.
5. Now here find out the file named “build.prop” that we discussed earlier and copy it to your SD card.
6. Now just tap on the file “build.prop”>> “ES note editor”.
7. This will open a editor of that file containing a lot of command lines. Here Make the changes below command lines as –
   ro.product.model = Nexus S
   ro.product.manufacturer = samsung
8. After it just tap on the menu button and save the changes.
9. Now try to install those app which are not compatible for your device earlier and we hope now this will make a smile on your face.
10. That’s all

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Backup/Restore EFS data of Samsung Android Device, to Fix IMEI and SIM not detecting issues

There are lot of rooting guides and flashing guides over there in the market and often most of android users use them in their android devices. Accidently sometime cause of wrong guidance or cause of an external error or we face troubles of loosing data and the main corruption of EFS partition. Yes EFS partition that’s the considering thing here. Let I first introduce you about this EFS.

What the hell is this EFS ?

EFS partition is actually a internal place in our android device such as android phone which contains some important and some basic info related to our device identity like Wi-Fi address, Bluetooth MAC address and the very main IMEI address (nv_data.bin).

Now if this EFS partition accidently corrupted then your phone’s IMEI no. will erased and you can not make voice call further. This kind of damage is often not accepted by the service center of your respected handset’s company.

Why should I backup EFS data ?.

When I called he told me that his phone galaxy s2 is not detecting sim after he flashed a firmware through Odin, I tried a lot but failed to revive phone 

I know it was problem of EFS data but it is not possible (at least for me) to retrieve IMEI data without having EFS backup. So it is very necessary to make a backup of this EFS partition just now to avoid such type of future troubles.

Now the question is “how to make a backup of EFS partition”. We researched some guides over the web related to this and found some good things.

There are three methods to make a backup of this EFS partition.

1^st EFS folder backup using root explorer

Just copy the whole EFS folder via root explorer to your SD card or anywhere in your PC. But according users criteria this method is not be good in EFS restore.

2^nd Using kTool by Hellcat

Note: This tool is only compatible with galaxy s2 and galaxy note

      

Using of a backup/Restore tool as “kTool by Hellcat” , this tool will backup your whole EFS partition including read / write permission that makes your phone compatible for this task.

Lets see procedure to make a backup/restore of EFS partition by “HC- kTool”

Required things :

• Pick up Hellcat kTool from Android Market here
• Root access in your Galaxy S2 and Note

Be aware of :

• This procedure is valid for only Samsung Galaxy S2 and Note handsets.
• We are not responsible for any kind of damage and error while applying the process. Do at your own risk.

Video Guide , thanks robifis

 

Procedure to Backup EFS :

1. Install the Hellcat kTool from android market in your Galaxy S2.
2. After installing the kTool just launch it.
3. At the home screen of kTool you will found some interface tabs, main the backup and restore tabs.
4. Now first for make a backup of your phone’s EFS partition just tap on the tab “Backup EFS to /sdcard/efs.img”.
5. After that you will see a progress circle showing with “Dumping EFS…..” written.
6. This whole process of backup will done in few seconds and you will see a prompt showing “Backup done, verify?” with accepting yes or no.
7. So tap on “yes” and then “Run Check” to checkout the brief info about the backup.
8. You will see the info just like in below manner.
9. After checking tap on “close” and come back to the main menu of kTool.
10. Now you can also save a copy of this backup file in your PC just by connecting the phone to the PC via USB cable.

Procedure to Restore EFS :

1. For restore the EFS partition anytime from the backup just tap on the option “Restore EFS from backup (DANGEROUS)” at the main menu of ktool.
2. After that a prompt will appear written with some warnings and asking you to choose the type of backup file i.e the IMG or TAR to restore from backup.
3. Here choose anyone as desire, but only then when you hardly need this means your EFS partition is already corrupted.
4. But at now just cancel it.

Some other functions: By HC-kTool you can also directly reboot to recovery mode and download mode. So be try them at your own.

So as soon as possible make a backup of your EFS partition and avoid the risks occurs during any flash of corrupted ROMs.

Via JayCeooi

3^rd Using EFS Pro tool by xda

This is a small windows software it is Compatible with Windows XP, Vista, 7. it can backup efs and restore as well. This tool provides option to save backup on your pc or phone sd card, I recommend both.

Make sure you have Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 installed on your PC before using EFS pro.

Features:

• Supports Backup and Restore of Partition Image (*.img) and Compressed TAR Archive (*.tar) formats.
• Automatically detects saved EFS Backups on Device and PC for hassle free restoring.
• Re-Scan option to refresh Backup list for restoring Backups.
• Automatically Re-Mounts ‘/efs’ folder with Read/Write permissions during restore for users ‘stuck’ with Read Only permissions.
• Automatic detection and prompting of Mass Storage Mode.
• Automatic detection and termination of SAMSUNG Kies application on startup.
• Supports Multiple Backup handling.
• Option to Format ‘/efs’ partition before restoring an EFS Backup.
• Displays Device, ROM and BusyBox information on startup[Source]

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How To Limit Conversation Message Storage On Android Phone

Android is the best utilized mobile operating software among smartphone users. As per the time cause of various kind of apps and their use in most of our daily work it’s become a part of life. Although we are in age of chatting and video conferencing but no one can replace messaging. I love sending messages (thousands) to friends, we enjoy this traditional yet awesome service.

My conversation are very long than a normal phone users , in less than a week i  have many conversation with several hundred msgs. A large matter in short space also makes the working process more difficult and slowdown the device. In android there is no problem to store more and more message but one day if you find that your processing and launching speed of messaging app is slower, it is due to large storage of messages in your conversation.

So i looked msg settings in my phone and found a little but very useful trick. To limit Message Storage On Android.

And you all know old messages are not often needed in our conversation. So today we tell you the way to set a limit for your messages in a single conversation.

Procedure to limit Conversation messages

1. First simply locate to your Home screen.
2. Launch the messaging block by tapping on the messaging shortcut or by the going to main menu.
3. Now checkout a slight lookup at your multiple conversations that how many quantity they.
4. If you find a huge mass of messages then you have to task this procedure.
5. Now open the pop up options of your messaging block.
6. Choose the option “Settings” from the pop up menu.
7. In Setting menu locate the option “Delete old messages” and enable it.
8. Again in the same menu you found the option to set limit so simply set the desire limit.
9. As recommend set the limit to 200 or below but if you have a high speed device than set it to higher than 200.
10. That’s all. Come to the messaging menu and check out the conversation, you find the conversation settled down in your desired limit.[source]

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Increase HTC EVO Download Speed for Faster Music on 3G

Of late are you wondered that the download speeds over the 3G network has become very slow especially in music downloading? Then we will guide you on how you can increase the speed so that you can enjoy faster downloading of music on your 3G network. It’s found that when the Internet Speeds were tested by using the SPEED TEST tools it was pretty normal and fast as usual. So, let’s see on how you can further increase the Internet data speed by up to 0.2-0.6mbps which is quite a lot. If you are used to the NAM programming for your CDMA phone then probably you will understand on how it works.

Please note that for this procedure you should be on the Sense ROM as you will be requiring the EPST and Master Subsidy Lock which is in short MSL. This number can be obtained in a number of ways, including calling your operator. But you can easily download the MSL Reader from the market for free. Please note that the changes will be gone upon flashing to a new ROM. Also, the download speeds for the music applications like Rhapsody and other software tools will increase substantially. So, let’s see on how you can do so in the further process. Please note that this works only forHTC EVO Android device and doesn’t work in any other device.

Procedures to increase HTC EVO download Speed for faster Music on 3G Network:

• Now, first you will need to get your MSL, there are many ways of getting this MSL, you can call Sprint, download the application named MSL Reader from the Android Market place or from the CDMA workshop.
• As soon as you get MSL, go to your phone and just simply key in as ##3282#
• Now, Click on the Edit Mode and then click on the advanced.
• Just Scroll down to HTTP PD Proxy Port & HTTP PD Proxy Address and change HTTP PD Proxy Port to 0
• Now, after changing the HTTP PD Proxy Port to 0, you will now have to change HTTP PD Proxy Address also to 0.0.0.0
• This is it. You can now enjoy speedy downloads and you can find that there will be a .20-.60 mbps increase in 3G speeds.

Do let us know if you have any problems in configuring the same and also do share your experience on whether you have tried it and if tried have speeds increased or not![Source]

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HTC Evo 4G – Steps to Install Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS

So for all the owners of HTC EVO 4G, here comes the great news for all you as there’s an all new Android 2.3 Gingerbread ROM for your HTC EVO 4G. So, are you ready to experience the magic of latest and the best Android version till now which is none other than Android 2.3 version. The Gingerbread ROM can be downloaded which is just above 90 MB. Please note that this ROM is neither the final version nor the beta version, this is just an experimental ROM, its only advised to install or update your HTC Evo 4G to Gingerbread if you know what you are doing as it may brick your device if the procedures are not followed as per the instructions given below. You will be requiring the ROM manager installed in your HTC Evo 4G and most importantly its highly recommended to backup all your data as you may lose data in the process of updation.

Before we proceed to the actual procedure please note that your device should be Rooted and also it should be installed with ROM Manager App which can be easily downloaded and installed from the Android’s marketplace. Also, most importantly you need to have a Nandroid backup of current ROM.

Procedure to Install Gingerbread 2.3 in HTC Evo 4G:

• First, you will need to Download Android 2.3 Gingerbread ROM for Evo 4G and need to save the same on the desktop.

• After downloading you need to now copy the downloaded content into the phone’s internal SD Card and not on the external SD card.

• Now, launch the ROM Manager app which you have downloaded in your Android device and select Flash Clockwork Mod Recovery from the Recovery section and need to install the current recovery for your HTC EVO 4G.

• You need to now have backup of current ROM so that if anything goes wrong with your device then you can get back to your last version. For doing this you will have to tap on the Backup current ROM option which is in the list of Backup and Restore section.

• Now, in the ROM Management list you need to tap on the Install ROM from SD Card and just need to wait for the process to get completed. It will take some time so there’s no need to worry if the screen is idle for few minutes.

After the process gets completed you can see that your HTC EVO 4G is now upgraded to the latest Android 2.3 Gingerbread version.[Source]

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Install Android 2.1 UI on Nokia S60v5 mobile

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I was searching for a solution to run android on my Nokia 5230. I found some YouTube videos with tag Android and Nokia. After a long search I found some solution to tweak the user interface of Nokia with an Android. Here are the steps to change Nokia UI to an Android UI on Symbian 60V5. Remember this will change only the User interface. You can always uninstall.

1. Download GDesk.rar from following link

http://www.ziddu.com/download/9183034/GDesk.rar.html

2. Extract  and rename the folder as   “+GDesk”

3. Copy “+GDesk” folder to your phone memory

4. Go to +GDesk\Gdesk v0.33g Install SIS And install all applications, files listed below

GDesk.0.33g.SIS
GDeskAgnViewS60.0.33g.sis
GDeskClockS60.0.33g.sis
GDeskInfoViewS60.0.33g.sis
GDeskNotepadS60.0.33g.sis
GDeskShortcutsS60.0.33g.sis
GDeskTaskManS60.0.33g.sis

Normally Phone will not allow you to install GDeskTaskManS60.0.33g.sis. It will give following error

Certificate is expired

You have to sign the application and install it
Or try a self signing application  using application called FreeSigner

5. Now run GDesk from your installed applications.

6. Tap your screen, then click on Design >>  Load Design
select Android 2.1.gdd from your phone

Location : Memory card\+GDesk\Android 2.1.gdd

7. Now go to options and tick following option for better result

Replace Main
Full Screen
Hide title caption
Disable menu tap

It is compactable with Nokia 5230, 5800, 5235 and 5233

[Source]

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Font Changer Lets You Change Android Fonts

 

While the default font used by Android offers good readability and is quite easy on the eyes, the popular mobile OS provides no built-in way to change it. Some users might want to change the default font to another one to go with their custom theme or app, and Font Changer is a small app that lets you do just that.

Font Changer used to be available only as a paid app but the lite version has recently been made available for free. Both versions let you change the font across the Android user interface and are compatible with our previously featured MIUI interface as well. The paid version costs $1.11 and includes additional features such as the ability to change screen density (not compatible with MIUI), a quick reboot option for applying the font change (not compatible with MIUI), preview of a font before applying it, and user customization options for the elements of some applications. Fonts are not included with either version.

To use Font Changer, your device must be rooted. It should also have system write access (also called S-off and NAND unlock). You can follow our guide on how to achieve system write access on your Android phone. In addition, you must have BusyBox installed. You can follow this guide to download and install BusyBox on your phone.

Download Paid Version ($1.11)

Download Lite Version (Free)

To install Font Changer, you can search for it in the Android Market, grab it from AppBrain using the link given below, or scan one of these QR Codes for the version of your choice.

Font Changer works with TTF fonts only. To install one, copy it to the ‘.fontchanger’ folder on your SD  card and run Font Changer. It will recognize the font allow you to apply it. It does so by copying the font to the system partition, overwriting the existing font there. It automatically takes a backup but occasionally that feature doesn’t work, in which case you can manually restore the font using the stock Android font.

Font Changer works on most Android devices, though in case of Samsung Galaxy S series devices, one has to uninstall the app to restore the font back to the default one.[Source]

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What Is S-OFF & How To Gain It On HTC Android Phones With unrevoked forever

In the world of technology, new terminologies keep surfacing all the time, most of which can really boggle down an average, regular user. The Android development world is no exception to this rule, and among the many new words that keep sprouting, one confusing term is S-OFF/S-ON. Generally, these terms are applied to HTC’s Android phones, particularly the Droid Incredible and EVO 4G.

In this article, we’ll explore this term and its implications, as well as touch base on how you can achieve it.

In a nutshell, S-OFF means that the NAND portion of the device is unlocked and can be written to. The default setting for HTC’s devices is S-ON, which means that neither can you access certain areas of the system nor can you guarantee a permanent root. Furthermore, signature check for firmware images is also ensured by the S-ON flag.

How Do I Know If My Device Is S-ON Or S-OFF?

That is easy to verify. Simply boot into HBOOT on your device, and the text on top will show the flag status as either S-OFF or S-ON. A full root generally means S-OFF.

S-OFF – What And Why?

In their devices, HTC have installed a sort of security check whose level is determined by S-OFF/S-ON. Essentially, this security level is a flag stored on the device’s radio that checks signature images for any firmware before it is allowed to be written to system memory. This hinders using any custom ROMs, splash images, recovery etc., and also restricts access to the NAND flash memory. However, when security level is set to S-OFF, the signature check is bypassed, allowing a user to upload custom firmware images, unsigned boot, recovery, splash and HBOOT images, as well as official firmware that has been modified, this enabling maximum customization of your HTC Android device.

Furthermore, S-OFF also reduces restrictions on accessing the NAND flash memory on the device, allowing all partitions (including /system) to be mounted in write mode while the operating system is booted.

How Do I Get S-OFF On My HTC Android Phone?

Thanks to the team behind unrevoked tool, it is very easy to get S-OFF permanent on your device.unrevoked forever is basically a painless root for HTC Droid Incredible, HTC EVO 4G, HTC CDMA Hero and HTC CDMA Desire. Usage is as simple as you can imagine, and you can have to approaches to the process:

• If you are looking for a simple root, visit http://unrevoked.com/m/ on your HTC Android phone. Tap the logo to download the apk, install it and click Start. Your root is ready!

• To get root along with permanent security level S-OFF, visit this link. Download and install the appropriate program for your operating system (Windows, Mac OS and Linux supported). Now, simply plug in your phone to PC via USB cable, and run the program that you installed – neat and simple.

Alternatively, you can consider visiting unrevoked team’s official Wiki that contains even more detailed instructions and explanation.

Main Advantage Of unrevoked forever

The main advantage of using unrevoked forever is having S-OFF as the permanent security level flag. We know HTC likes OTA updates, so having a permanent S-OFF means even if you flash an unrootable update, you can still flash a custom recovery and ROM, hence making your root permanent. You also cannot lose the ability to flash HBOOTs and radio images via FASTBOOT, which is again safer than using recovery mode – another perk of having a permanent S-OFF.

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