A Water-Damaged Samsung Galaxy S2

Just before Christmas of 2012, my Samsung Galaxy S2 had a terrible accident.  It went into the washing machine and had a couple of spins. It almost survived but eventually died. I had it repaired and used it as media player(no gsm signal) until it finally stopped working.

OTA Update for Samsung Galaxy S2 in Singapore 28-Jun-2012

My Samsung Galaxy SII running Ice Cream Sandwich is currently upgrading. There are 131 objects being upgraded/installed.

Let’s see what would be the new version later. Would it be Jelly Bean?

SwiftKey Promo on Google Play – 50% off

I’m writing this post on my Samsung Galaxy S II on Ice Cream Sandwich with SwiftKey 3. That’s quite a mouthful but it is what it is. 

Android Ice Cream Sandwich on HP Touchpad

My brother sent me his TouchPad because it is already gathering dust on their home. He thought I might be interested and of course, I gladly accepted it. It’s still sporting webOS when I received it and judging from the several days I used it, I can understand why they no longer use this otherwise amazing tablet. There’s just too few apps available and the apps I’ve been accustomed to are missing.

Samsung Galaxy S2 Android Screen Capture

This morning, there were some photos on my gallery that I did not capture or download. I checked it out and realized it’s a screenshot of my display. I know I can only do this on Android if I connect the phone to my PC. So how did it get there? I’m sure it’s a screen capture of my phone because of the background and the way the widgets are positioned.

Missing Games on Words With Friends Android

The missing games in Words With Friends for Android is already annoying. You’re so focused in a game and then the next thing you know, your game is missing in the list. They say you just have to restart the game or restart your phone. I tried that several times to no avail.

Just now, I’ve seen the post at zingawithfriends saying that you need to reinstall the game because there really are some issues with the game on Android. It is about the synching issue and unfortunately, you need to reinstall the game to refresh everything. But actually, I tried the solutions below and somehow both worked.

1. Clear The Cache

– Go to the Settings–>Applications–>Words Free–>Clear Cache. You’ll have to re-enter your email address once you restart the game.

2. Uninstall – Reinstall

– Just like in clearing the cache but this time, you need to tap on Uninstall button. You’ll then need to go to the marketplace to reinstall the game.

No Gingerbread for HTC Desire – HTC UK

I’m utterly disappointed with the news today that HTC Desire will not gave a taste of Android 2.3.x, otherwise known as Gingerbread. In a post by HTC UK in Facebook. The whole post is quoted below.

Gun Bros on Android

I’m currently addicted to Gun Bros for Android. It’s a shoot-everything-you-see with a top view 3D graphics. The graphics itself is actually good. The gameplay is comparable to some PSP games.

The game is ideal for killing some minutes here and there. I’m currently on wave(level) 38 and is somehow stuck there. But before that, in took me a lot of tries on wave 18. I managed to upgrade my guns after that but then wave 22 was another challenging level. After that, level 28 is also challenging due to the number of kamikaze T.O.O.L.S.

FireFox RC for Android Released

Yesterday, I installed the release candidate(RC) of FireFox for Android. I’ve been using it for almost a day already and I have to say it’s a big improvement from the previous beta version (which I installed and then removed almost immediately). I’m still evaluating it before I decide if I will make this as my primary browser. Here’s what I’ve seen so far.

What I Hate Most About iPhone

In my previous post, I talked about how to transfer your music saved in your iPhone to your computer. But I don’t really have an iPhone. It’s my wife who has one. I can feel her frustration on why can’t she just easily copy the music from her phone to her computer as easily as synching iTunes.

That problem is just one of the factors why I chose an Android phone over an iPhone or Windows Phone. With my HTC Desire, I can just plugin my phone and it will be detected as a USB drive. I can easily drag files onto my phone using any file manager. No more iTunes or Zune or whatnot.

Of course, there are ways to synch files in iPhone but I don’t think the extra hassle appeals to me. Don’t get me wrong, though. I love iTunes. I use it to manage my playlists and media files. It’s a great piece of software but because Apple always wanted more control on certain things, it’s less awesome that it can be.

As a result, people who need basic features from iTunes end up either buying additional softwares or downloading free alternatives.

Later today, I’ll copy the whole music library we have on iTunes. I won’t need any special softwares to do that. I have the Finder(mac), my HTC Desire and the cable. That’s all I need. Simple. Fast. Uncomplicated.