If you’re an old hat with Android and you’re keen to move away from the stock ROM on the Samsung Galaxy S III then you might be interested in this website. Rom-db.com keeps track of recently updated ROMs for the Samsung Galaxy S III as well as other popular Android handset, including: HTC Evo 4G HTC …
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Jun 08 2012
How to Swap Android Keyboards
- By Boydo in Android, Operating Systems, Technology
Here’s a quick tip for those Android users out there. Some Android smartphones come preloaded with soft keyboards unique to the manufacturer each with their own various nuances and capabilities. For instance, Samsung keyboards have had “Swype” built into their soft keyboards which has allowed you top drag your finger over the letters of a …
Jun 08 2012
The Perils of SMS Boarding Passes
- By Boydo in Connectivity, Mobile, Technology, Wireless
This had slipped my mind but remembered this after receiving an advisory notice to a change for a future flight. Jetstar offers the ability to receive your boarding pass on your phone which is then read by a scanner at the boarding gate. This is pretty handy as it reduces the amount of paper used …
Jun 02 2012
Samsung Galaxy S III Unboxing
- By Boydo in Android, Google, Operating Systems, Technology, YouTube
Following on from yesterday’s heads up on my acquisition of a Samsung Galaxy S III smartphone I have also managed to record an unboxing and sneak peak video whilst up in Cairns on holiday. Over the last couple of days I have had more of an opportunity to use the phone ahead of doing a preview …
Jun 01 2012
Incoming Gadget – Samsung Galaxy S III
Yesterday, I picked myself up a new Samsung Galaxy S III upon its launch given that I had found myself in a bit of a dire smartphone situation. My Samsung Omnia 7 has had a repeated history of corrupting its memory after a couple of months and the only solution to get it working properly …
May 23 2012
Spotify Arrives Down Under
- By Boydo in Android, Content & Search, Microsoft, Operating Systems, Spotify, Technology, Windows Phone 7, Zune
This is already old news but I thought I’d write briefly about the arrival of Spotify in Australia yesterday. I did use this service myself a while ago by getting around the regional lockout but after some time it didn’t work properly. Now that the service is now available I am now turning off the …
Mar 21 2012
Samsung Omnia 7 and Data Corruption Problems
Just an observation I have made when using my Samsung Omnia 7 Windows Phone since I have had it. After upgrading to Mango I have found that some time after adding my Twitter account my phone seems to become unstable and I eventually lose all of my mail account settings amongst intermittent crashes or lock …
Jan 25 2012
Windows Phone – Disappearing Keyboard Fix Now Available
For the Windows Phone users out there just a heads up that a new update is on its way to your devices to correct the disappearing keyboard problem (where the on-screen keyboard vanishes either in the middle of typing or fails to appear at all when selecting a text field after upgrading to Mango). I’ve only …
Dec 22 2011
Restart a Stuck Samsung Galaxy Tab
- By Boydo in Android, Operating Systems, Technology
Today I was helping someone officially upgrade the firmware on a couple of devices (specifically a Samsung Galaxy S and the original Samsung Galaxy Tab) and unfortunately the Galaxy Tab had seized up and would not respond to any inputs. Even holding in the power button wouldn’t wake the device up from its seemingly infinite …
Nov 21 2011
Update – Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) Port for Samsung Galaxy S
- By Boydo in Android, Browsers, Communications, Google, Operating Systems, Plus, Social Networking, Talk, Technology
Hi folks, just wanted to give you an update on where I am at with testing the early alpha port of Ice Cream Sandwich (or ICS as it is now being abbreviated) to the Samsung Galaxy S. Initially, I was testing Galnet MIUI as I believed that was a proper implementation of ICS but it …
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