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[How-to] Install Photosphere on Samsung Galaxy S4 Without Rooting on TouchWiz UI

by Rohit Khurana • August 9, 2013

Using the Nexus device or any device with the Google stock version of Android what we call it as the Vanilla rom is the purest form of Android available. Though this rom comes only installed on Nexus devices but its possible to install it on any Android device, the power of following open standards. There are a lot of roms available on the developer forums for different devices but keep this in mind that this may damage your device if the instructions are not followed properly.

Vanilla roms have some of the exclusive features which are hidden or removed on custom OEM layering like Sense and TouchWiz. But it is possible to install some of those exclusive features from the pure Android. Its easy and does not require any chance of damaging the device.

Galaxy S4

Fly Unveils F 40+ Android Smartphone in India for Rs. 4,999

by Hans Gogia • August 9, 2013

Fly Mobiles has launched a low-budget Android phone Fly F40+ especially for giving smartphone experience to customers at a low price point. The Fly F 40+ runs on Android mobile operating system not the latest though but still to be called as a smartphone with Android mobile operating system.

Dell Announces the New Inspiron All-In-One 20 in India

by Hans Gogia • August 8, 2013

Dell India on 7th August 2013 announced the new Inspiron All-in-One 20 with Capacitive Touch screen display powered by 3rd Generation Intel processor to provide superior performance and powerful graphics with simple space-saving design.

Lenovo Launches 5 Tablets– A1000 Android With Calling Priced At Rs. 8999 Only

by Rohit Khurana • August 7, 2013

Lenovo India, which is already very active in computing devices space in India with their Desktops, Laptops, All in One and recently launched Smartphones has not entered the low cost tablet space with the Lenovo A1000 Android Tablet with 7 inch display and calling feature. The A1000 is decently loaded when it comes to specifications and features and offers nice build quality at appealing price point of Rs. 8999 only.

Lenovo has also launched 4 more tablets along with it across portfolio including- Lenovo A3000, S6000, ThinkPad Tablet 2, IdeaPad Lynx K3011. Lets have a more detailed look at each of these products.

Karbonn A11+ Budget Android Smartphone Launched In India for Rs. 5849

by Hans Gogia • August 6, 2013

Karbonn Mobiles launched Karbonn A11+ the low end Android smartphone in India. Karbonn A11+ is a low-end smartphone aimed at providing users with Android experience at low pricing. With the big screens trending and being much in demand, Karbonn managed to include a 4.7-inch screen with a FWVGA display powered by 1 GHz processor which comes with dual SIM support. It has a 3.2-megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash and a 0.3-megapixel front-facing camera. Running on ICS Android 4.0 operating system it only supports EDGE data service where India is moving to 3G.

[How-to] Enable Lock Screen Widgets On TouchWiz

by Rohit Khurana • August 6, 2013

Samsung’s TouchWiz is a custom UI layering on the Android mobile operating system. The latest 4.2.2 update on some of the Galaxy devices have been started rolling out and some of the devices ship with 4.2.2 installed. Touchwiz no wonder is just a layering on Android but it still changes a lot of things which make it different from the vanilla rom which is released by Google.

Android 4.2.2 has a prominent feature of lock screen widgets which seem to be very useful for some users. TouchWiz does not enables this by default but instead we have to change it in the settings in order to activate lock screen widgets. Below are the steps to be followed to enable the lock screen widgets on Samsung TouchWiz.

Go to Settings
Switch to ‘My Device’ tab
Tap on the Lock Screen option
Check Multiple Widgets

Now your lock screen widgets are activated and you can now swipe on the lock screen to change lock screen widgets. To add lock screen widgets swipe left on the lock screen and select more by tapping on the ‘+’ icon.