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Facebook ID and Debug Tools

admin — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 15:25:49 +0000

With the recent changes to Facebook it is very difficult for many app developers, community managers, and player support staff to find a person’s FBID, (Facebook ID). Some confuse their page ID with their Facebook ID. You can find your user name on your profile page in the page URL e.g. if your page is facebook.com/johndoe then your username is johndoe. If you want to get your numeric ID for any reason you can find it by visiting: http://graph.facebook.com/johndoe

You can check that your pages are working properly with Facebook by using the Facebook debugger to test your site: http://developers.facebook.com/tools/debug

Drive traffic with Facebook

admin — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 20:55:48 +0000

As the social network continues to grow, Facebook is becoming a force that marketers cannot ignore.

Google Adwords has become too cost prohibitive for many to use effectively on the cheap and whilst Adword delivers traffic and consequently that can turn into sales, if your product is not a generic good with price competition the clickthrough often just ends up being a charge to your account without conversion. On Facebook, however, if you advertise your businesses fan page, that click-though 9 out of 10 times means they have become a fan, and that they will see your message again when you post.

What has been your experience?

Top 5 Android Apps

admin — Thu, 08 Mar 2012 03:42:38 +0000

Within the past year or so, there have been some wonderful Android apps appearing for the Android smartphone and tablet fan to download. As the Android Marketplace grows, it becomes harder to find the great Android apps. Here are some of my favorites.

1. Droid of the Day This Android app helps you to navigate the maze of apps in the Marketplace highlighting new apps every day. Handpicked Android app recommendations are delivered daily and you get a notification each day, with a link to a great app.

2. Any.Do Any.DO helps you easily capture, organize, & share all the things you need to do. It’s free, and easy to use.This is also one of the most beautiful app in android market and did I say it’s ad free?

Adding a task is as simple as typing in a word or two or using voice commands which works very well. Tasks can then be dragged and dropped to different days.

3. Stick.IT A fantastic app for people who love multitasking on their android tablets and large screen phones. Now you can just stick your Youtube video and continue working. This app however is not free.

4. MX Video Player Having problems playing a video file? This player plays everything you can throw at it, including mp4, DivX, Xvid. And its free!!
Features include multi-core decoding, to take advantage of dual core processors and Pinch Zoom to easily zoom in and out by pinching and swiping across screen.

5. Cerberus This security app is a complete anti-theft application, the best protection you can get to recover your misplaced, lost or stolen Android device. It comes with a free trial, then you can buy a lifetime license for a small price (2.99€) from within the application: no monthly or yearly fees, just a one-time payment.

Fully Bricked Galaxy S!!!!

admin — Wed, 07 Sep 2011 22:03:53 +0000

There’s a sinking feeling that overwhelms you when you realized you have done the impossible: Bricked a Galaxy S!!! I used Odin to install a rom on the Galaxy, selected all the options including Re-Partition, selected a pit but no PDA. After pressing start, the operation ran for a few seconds then the phone when dead. And I mean dead: nothing, would not turn on, just a black screen.

The log looks something like this:

This was the log

File analysis..
SetupConnection..
Initialzation..
Set PIT file..
DO NOT TURN OFF TARGET!!
Get PIT for mapping..
Firmware update start..
Removed!!
Completed..
All threads completed. (succeed 1 / failed 0)

So you just flashed a pit file with re-partition and no PDA, PHONE, or CSC file?

Then try this….

Take the battery out. Hold the power button for 5-10 seconds.

Put the battery back in, and hold the download mode sequence for up to a minute. (it took me just 20 seconds!!)

If it kicks into download mode, you are back in business!!!!!

Juwe’s Smart Edition

admin — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 16:50:42 +0000

I’ve written previously about Darky’s Rom. Recently I was introduced to another rom, Juwe’s Rom for the Galaxy S I9000. The lastest is JUWE’s Rom Smart Edition v5.2 XXJVP 2.3.4 GingerBread. I’ve changed the modem to XXJPY and installed the Semaphone_JVQ 1.3.2 kernel.

The performance of this good can only be described as excellent. It’s fast and stable. Very fast.

It comes with a very dark theme, but that can be changed to a brighter appearance. I’ve experienced no battery drain and no lag. All apps work fine. The GPS works well and quickly.

Full instructions for the flashing of the rom is available here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1128121.

Give it a try, but don’t brick your phone!!! Let me know how it works for you..

Install Darky’s Rom

admin — Mon, 07 Mar 2011 04:13:53 +0000

I’ve finally gotten fedup of crashes on my Galazy S I9000 and decided to do something about it. Darky’s Rom seemed a good alternative to the standard firmware. This link has a great guide to installing the Rom http://darky.ficeto.com/community/index.php?threads/guide-installing-9-3-extreme-edition-shorter-method-i9000-i9000m-only.1041/ and it worked well. However, you may want to backup your apps and contacts before you start. Since the installation, the phone is a lot faster and smoother, and has not crashed since.

Download older IOS firmware for your ipod, iphone or ipad

admin — Wed, 26 Jan 2011 07:49:28 +0000

Need an older stock firmware for your IOS device? http://www.felixbruns.de/iPod/firmware/ provides a database of stock firmware for your Ipod, iphone, or ipad that can be used to restore your device to an older (or newer) firmware. Just make sure you download the correct firmware for your ipod gen.

Reduce Galaxy S freezes after update to Froyo and improve battery life

admin — Tue, 25 Jan 2011 07:00:48 +0000

Since updating to Froyo, my Samsung Galaxy S freezes periodically and the battery drains far too rapidly. It seems to be draining faster at home where the reception is poor. Thus at night if the phone is not on the charger, I can wake up to a completely drained battery. The freeze can be fixed by removing and reinserting the battery. But this is only a temporary solution.

It seems that the lock-ups happen in areas of poor signal reception. The phone comes factory set to automatically switch between 2G and 3G in order to pick up the best signal. This seems to cause the system to lock-up every so often. The Galaxy S has an option to select either GSM or WCDMA only. I have switched my phone to GSM only and there appears to be some improvement in the battery performance so far, as the phone is no longer constantly searching for a WCDMA signal.
The setting is found at SETTINGS+WIRELESS AND NETWORKS+MOBILE NETWORKS+NETWORK MODE.

There is a hidden menu that accesses the separate bands within both GSM and WCDMA where the user can select the exact reception band required. The hidden menu is found by typing the following on the key pad *#*#197328640#*#* then select DEBUG SCREEN+PHONE CONTROL+NETWORK CONTROL+BAND SELECTION.

Install unavailable apps from the android market

admin — Sun, 19 Dec 2010 00:30:07 +0000

After updating my firmware to Android Froyo, I noticed the market place had not been updated and that Skype could not be installed, even though the latest Skype 1.0.2 for Android officially supports the Samsung Galaxy S (with Android OS 2.2) http://blogs.skype.com/garage/2010/12/skype_102_for_android.html. It just did not appear in the market place, and attempting to download from the Skype website resulted in a 404 Error.

The app MarketEnabler (available from the Android Marketplace) is a Sim tool application that allows you to change the Sim issuer code in the running system. It requires a rooted phone, su app, and busybox. Once I had change the issuer code I was updated to the new marketplace and was able to download and install Skype.

Connect_your_android_phone_via_wifi

admin — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 02:10:44 +0000

SwiFTP FTP Server allows you to connect your android phone to your computer via Wifi for FTP access using filezilla. This should work for all android phones and is available for free from the android market.
You will also need to download and install filezilla on your computer, if not already installed.