Category: Apps

Force your launcher to stay in memory

If you use ADW, Launcher Pro, or Zeam, you most likely have encountered the dreaded home screen redraw problem. We dove into some tips on stopping Launcher Pro from redrawing a while back. That seemed to have helped a few people, but some didn’t see any improvement. I recently saw a post on the Launcher…




Angry Birds not loading on the Droid Incredible

Here’s another quick easy fix for your Droid Incredible (we’re on a roll). Rovio recently released their popular mobile game Angry Birds to the Android world to the delight of many Android users. However, some Dinc owners are not having much luck after downloading the game. The issue a lot of people seem to be…




How to make Adfree work on the Droid Incredible

Droid Incredible users who want to use Adfree may have a tough time due to the app not being able to write to the correct hosts file. There are two ways around it and both steps require you to be root. From the thread over at the Incredible Forums: Search for Adfree Android on the…




Customize your Launcher Pro dock

We’re on a Launcher Pro kick over here since it’s such a great home replacement. One great option for LP is the ability to set a dock background. You can create anything that will fit the allocated space and load it up to match your theme. The above screenshot is from a quick mash up…




Make SetCPU settings stick

After upgrading to CM6RC2, I noticed my SetCPU settings were not sticking after a reboot. It would revert back to the default CPU speed of the kernel and clear my Advanced settings (32000, 50, 0, 0). A simple tap on the speed bar in SetCPU and it’ll bounce right back up, but this was annoying…




Downloaded apps missing in Market

For the past day or two my downloaded apps in Android Market kept disappearing. I would see about 5% of what was downloaded. I’m not sure if this is related to me running the new CM6RC1, but this hasn’t happened before with any other release. Either way, it’s not a difficult problem to fix. Go…




App – Call confirm

I’ve pocket dialed many a numbers while my Droid was in my pocket. I have a few local police precincts saved in my address book and since they start with a number, they are at the top of my contacts. You can imagine the weirdness when the police pick up on the other end. I…