Google had introduced native Wi-Fi Hotspot capability and USB Tethring back in Android 2.2 FroYo. Sadly, most carriers in the United States either remove these features or simply block them. The only way these carriers allow users to tether is by subscribing to a tethering plan, which does not really make any sense. There are [...]

One of the key new changes in Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is that it supports x86 based processors right out of the box. This is quite important for Intel, since its Medfield based SoC for phones, is ultimately an x86 based processor.There was still some work left on the x86 scenario when Ice Cream [...]

Back in 2009 and to a certain extent in 2010, rooting Android handsets was quite tough for normal users. Back then, rooting your handset required you to open ADB, type in some mumbo jumbo commands, push some files to your phone and what not. Rooting was considered to be the territory of advanced users then.However, [...]

The Samsung Galaxy S was no doubt the most popular Android handset of 2010. The phone had a lot of modding potential as well, and more than a handful of developers who were supporting it. One of the most popular Custom ROM for the Galaxy S was from a developer known as Darkyy. The Darkky [...]

The Samsung Galaxy S2 was among the first Android phones to get an Alpha build of Ice Cream Sandwich. However, the CM9 build of SGS2 has hit a road block, and the developers are waiting for the kernel sources to be released from Samsung to solve the remaining issues.This has however not stopped the developers [...]

The Samsung Galaxy S came with a Wolfson audio chip, whose true potential was unveiled by supercurio’s Voodoo Sound mod. The Vooodoo Sound mod was then portred by Supercurio to many other Android handsets and tablets, which use the Wolfson audio chip. In my opinion, a Voodoo’d Galaxy S or Nexus S is right among [...]

In the last month, two Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich firmware for the Samsung Galaxy S2 had leaked on the Internet. However, both the firmwares were clearly in alpha stage, and were not usable on a day to day basis. Now, the folks over at SamMobile have released two new Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich [...]

Samsung recently started rolling out the Android 2.3.6 update for the Galaxy S II (I9100) in India. Quite a few users wrote to us asking us how to update their handset to the latest KL1 Android 2.3.6 firmware, which is meant for India.Since chances are most users are already rooted, KIES won’t work for them [...]

The Samsung Galaxy S2 was no doubt the hottest Android phone of this year. The 4.3-inch Super-AMOLED Plus screen, the Exynos 4210 SoC, 1GB of RAM, 8MP camera in a sleek 8.49mm package was enough for more than 10 million people to buy it, and make it the fastest selling phone from Samsung ever. When [...]

At the beginning of December, Google celebrated the 10Billion downloads from the Android Market by reducing the price of 10 apps daily to a mere 10 cent each for 10 days.Now, Samsung is celebrating the Holidays by offering some of the popular Android games for free via its ‘Samsung Apps’ Store. Below is a list [...]