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How to Factory Reset the Samsung Galaxy S3

Brandon (Moki) Orndorff — Fri, 24 Aug 2012 15:17:02 +0000

Even thought the Samsung Galaxy S3 is one of the greatest Android devices available right now, even the best will have an issue now and again. Reseting the Samsung Galaxy S3 to its factory condition is not a difficult process and can be easily done by any level of user. The easiest solution to fixing [...]

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How to Program and Use Samsung TecTiles

Brandon (Moki) Orndorff — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 16:19:00 +0000

TecTiles are small programmable NFC(Near Field Communication) tags that can be read using the NFC technology on your Samsung device through an application that can be found on the Google Play store. The main function of a TecTile is to program it to complete tasks on your device like turning on your Bluetooth, Wifi, or [...]

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How to Take a Screenshot on the Samsung Galaxy S III

Brandon (Moki) Orndorff — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 17:22:08 +0000

One of the most basic features that most Android users want is the ability to take screenshots although its slightly different on the Samsung Galaxy S III. There are currently two different ways that you can take a screenshot with your Galaxy S III with neither one of them being holding the power button and [...]

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How to Turn off App Notifications in Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

Brandon (Moki) Orndorff — Mon, 09 Jul 2012 15:56:09 +0000

With the release of Android 4.1 Jelly Bean there are many questions about using the new features in the up and coming Android OS. One of these features is the ability to turn off notifications on an app by app basis. Many apps that you download will not have an in app way of turning [...]

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How to Increase the HTC One X Battery Life

Brandon (Moki) Orndorff — Fri, 15 Jun 2012 20:44:34 +0000

If you have an HTC One X you already know that the battery cannot be removed and with this its one of the few HTC devices that can’t have an extended battery. Also this means that its 1800mAh battery is all you have to work with and is known for its less than good battery [...]

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How to Backup and Restore Paradise Island on Android

Brandon (Moki) Orndorff — Thu, 31 May 2012 02:09:56 +0000

Paradise Island is a very addictive Android game that has many things to do but one huge con is the fact that you can not transfer it between devices. While the app itself does not have a feature to backup or save your game to be played on more than one device ever there is [...]

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How to Reset Frozen HTC Inspire (Battery Pull)

Brandon (Moki) Orndorff — Sun, 20 May 2012 18:56:17 +0000

Those of you with an Android phone know that frozen devices generally require a battery pull to reset them. In the case of phones like the HTC Inspire 4G the battery does not look like it can be removed although this is not the case its just not as obvious as taking the back off [...]

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How to Hard Reset HTC One X without Battery Pull

Brandon (Moki) Orndorff — Mon, 07 May 2012 18:57:40 +0000

Many owners of the new HTC One X are wondering how to do a reset on the device when frozen without a removable battery. Most Android devices require a battery pull to reset the device when in a frozen unresponsive state but the HTC One X does not have a removable battery. Its actually a [...]

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How to Setup your Sony Android Smartwatch

Brandon (Moki) Orndorff — Sat, 05 May 2012 15:22:03 +0000

Sony has released an Android powered watch that will allow you to control and use some of your phones features from your wrist. This Sony Smartwatch doesn’t actually hold the apps on itself but runs via a bluetooth connection with your Android Phone. Some of the benefits of the Android Smartwatch is the fact that [...]

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Create a Bootable ClockworkMod Micro SD Card

Brandon (Moki) Orndorff — Fri, 04 May 2012 20:01:58 +0000

In this tutorial we will be showing you how to create a bootable ClockworkMod SD card for the Nook Color. The reason we are creating the example with the Nook Color is because we just happen to need on so might as well write as we do it. You will need the ClockworkMod bootable SD [...]

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How to Factory Reset the Motorola Atrix (Back to Stock)

Brandon (Moki) Orndorff — Fri, 04 May 2012 14:04:16 +0000

The Motorola Atrix 4G is still a very fast quality Android phone, the only issue is the fact that it bogs down bad after heavy use. After you have had an Atrix 4G for about six months to a year it would benefit you to do a factory reset. You can easily format internal storage [...]

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How to Transfer Music to Your Android Phone via USB

Brandon (Moki) Orndorff — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 12:48:14 +0000

Transferring music directly to your Android device is not all that difficult especially if you have the music files in a folder already and not in another program. This being said it can be transferred from other programs as well. In order to transfer music to your Android device you will need to keep in [...]

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How to Sync your iTunes Library with Android Devices

Brandon (Moki) Orndorff — Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:47:20 +0000

Many people use iTunes and are worried about moving to Android because of this, syncing your iTunes library to an Android device is very easy though. While there are many ways to do this we are going to cover the one we feel is the easiest and clearest. Also the process to sync your iTunes [...]

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Backup and Restore Android Contacts (Gmail, PC or Phone Only)

Brandon (Moki) Orndorff — Sat, 28 Apr 2012 15:57:53 +0000

There are many ways to backup your Android contacts to a computer with using Gmail contacts being the easiest although you can backup directly from the device to a PC as well. In some cases people don’t create contacts as a Google contact and they are not backed up automatically when created. There are a [...]

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What is Odex and Deodex?

Brandon (Moki) Orndorff — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 17:38:31 +0000

Commonly used terms when flashing an Android Devices firmware or installing custom ROM's are odex and deodex.

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