As the launch of Samsung's Galaxy S III draws ever-closer, Amazon Germany has already begun accepting pre-orders of the handset, and whilst there aren't any accompanying images, the price and features revealed are - given Amazon's rep as an online retailer - as good as confirmation.
Smartphone owners, what is the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning? For me, (after snoozing for the nth time) it’s dismissing the alarm on my phone and launching an RSS feed reader to check up on what’s happening in the world*.
We've seen a lot of photos purporting to depict Samsung's hotly-anticipated Galaxy S III device, and while some of them have raised eyebrows throughout the tech community, most have been less than convincing.
The benefits of rooting have been discussed many times, and for many, it's one of the main attractions to purchasing an Android-based device. The amount of fun that can be had with a rooted device is almost limitless, and, since there are so many developers catering to the plethora of devices available on the market, there are always new ones adding to the list.
Spotify is used by tens of millions worldwide, and although digital music services such as iTunes continue to thrive, Spotify has proved there is still room for the streaming / rental model among consumers.
Newly leaked photos of what appear to be the upcoming Samsung Galaxy S III have found their way online, with two shots showing up. Apparently taken by an iPad, the shots aren't of the best quality, but they do potentially give us a sneak peak at the handset that Samsung is set to announce in the first week of May.
Anyone wishing to mod their Android device will have encountered tutorials and step-by-step guides advising them to run various different ADB and/or Fastboot commands. One of the great things about Android is that there are so many different command-line tools such as the above, although one issue is that the average user can get quite quickly lost or intimidated by the black screen and flashing cursor, which looks to some like an expert-only tool.
A short while ago, we covered the steps for those looking to install Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich on their UK and Australia Samsung Galaxy S II i9100 devices. Well now, we're also going to describe how you can quickly root your device with its updated software. More details after the jump!
Having only seen the light of day through the Galaxy Nexus initially, Google's release of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich was beginning to become an easy target of flak from the tech world. The Big G's latest - and supposedly greatest - mobile OS had only reached a miserly 1% of the total Android population at the turn of the year, and rivals Apple must have been chuckling at Google's abject display in how not to announce and release a firmware update.
Whenever we discuss the advantages of rooting, the term "kernel" is often thrown around at will. The fact of the matter is, many of those with rooted devices don't even know what a kernel is, so in an attempt to clear the haze, a kernel is simply layer of code allowing your Android OS (and apps therein) to interact with your device's hardware.
