HTC One X has a nice big 4.7″ 720p HD Super LCD2 IPS display. And HTC One X is powered by powerful NVIDIA quad-core Tegra 3 CPU and GPU. Both of them eat lot of battery. And 1800 mAh battery capacity in HTC One X is not enough for heavy usage. So how to improve HTC One X battery life? Just like other Android smartphone, there is lot of tweaks and hacks to increase HTC One X battery life…
Personally, I don’t install custom modem on my Samsung Galaxy S III. I will stick with the modem (radio / baseband) that comes along with the firmware unless the modem is highly recommended by others. So have to install official custom modem on your Samsung Galaxy S3 manually. What is the benefit of using custom modem? Using the correct modem will give your Samsung Galaxy S3 better signal coverage, reception, speed and battery life. Choosing the correct modem take time. You need to benchmark the 3G speed, battery consumption, signal strength… Monitor its performance for days. So I don’t change modem much unless I found the one that I am using is bad.
How to remove bloatware on Google Nexus 7? Seriously, are there still bloatware on Nexus 7? It is already a very slim and clean stock Android 4.1 Jelly Bean OS. Well, I use Nexus 7 as a gaming machine and Internet browsing tool. And use most of other stuffs on my smartphone. So there are several built-in applications are considered bloatware to me. For example, Currents, Earth, Email, Google+, Massager, People, Talk… Remove them might save some memory resources for better gaming.
Want to play Android games with Bluetooth game controller? However, those games do not support game controller natively. Well, you can play them with the help of DualShock 3 Wireless Controller and Sixaxis Controller application. And you need to have Sixaxis Controller Touch Profile for those games too. But you don’t have. How to create Sixaxis Controller Touch Profile? Just follow my step by step guide to find out…
Google Play Store is not the only place to get Android applications and games. You can apps and games in apk format that not available in Play Store on Internet. By default, you can’t install them on your Google Nexus 4. Google blocks it because some of these apk might contain malware especially those pirated apps like warez. And they might breaks security on Nexus 4 by stealing your personal information or load advertisements as part of push notification. Therefore, only install applications and games apk from well-known and safe sources.
