The T-Mobile UK’s website is getting ready to launch, four new Android smartphones in the coming months.
Starting in May is the LG Optimus Black, followed by Samsung Galaxy S II, Motorola Atrix, Facebook-centric HTC ChaCha and LG Optimus 3D in June. Meanwhile, Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo will be available in July.
This summer the English folks will have a gala time purchasing their choicest phones.
As you continue to use you phone, you add media files daily, including photos, music files, documents, and more. The files slow down your gallery load time. To speed up your gallery load time, or if you have some image files that you like to hide, this is the how to.
While most gallery apps, such as the Sense and MIUI native galleries, might allow you to hide directories from the interface, they usually don’t stop loading such directories on launch. Also, this method doesn’t ensure your privacy as hidden directories can be revealed easily from within the app.
To prevent your Gallery app from scanning these directories at launch, you must employ one of the following methods. If you try one of the following shortly after launching your Gallery, you will have to refresh (or force-close and reopen) it to view the changes made.
Using any file explorer/manager application (such as Astro File Manager or File Expert), navigate to the directory that you want hidden and create an empty file titled “.nomedia”.
One way to do so is to:
This method disables media scanning on the chosen directory, causing the Gallery to skip the directory altogether at launch.
.nomedia
Adding A Dot Prefix
Using any file explorer/manager application, locate the directory that you want hidden and add a “.” before its name (“.directoryname”).
If you’re using Astro, you’ll have to hold down on the directory and select Edit > Rename from its context menu to do so.
This method converts the chosen folder into a hidden directory. File explorers like Super Manager, eFile and MIUI’s native file explorer do not have the option to view hidden folders enabled by default. So if your altered directory disappears from the interface, do not be alarmed. It is still there.
You may enable said option later to revert the changes you made. Alternatively, you can always connect your device to your computer and mount the SD card to do the same. The dot prefix hides the directory on Linux-based systems only. You’ll be able to to view them if, say, your computer is running Windows.
If you’re using Super Manager, you can disable media scanning for multiple directories by selecting the check box in front of each and tapping the toggle media scanning option below. The following screenshot (left) should clear things up. Note: Super Manager only works for rooted phone.
StudioKUMA .nomedia Manager and Super Manager provide easy solutions if your phone is rooted.
You can also check the video below….
More on how to hide files and photo on Android phone…
Forum on how to hide photos and video
Hide pictures
SextingVault app hides your naughty pics
One of the biggest news companies, CNN, finally released their Android app. So you can get your much needed CNN updates on your Android phone while on the go. The app comes with features for iReport, breaking news notifications to your homescreen, CNN Radio, and users can also watch live video. It, however, drains on battery, because it a “GPS hog”. Nonetheless, it is still a big deal, one of the most awaited Android news app. Download from the Android Market
Most apps don’t clean up after themselves when they’re uninstalled, that is why after uninstalling many apps many Android users find their SD cards cluttered with app residues. SD Maid is a free, handy system cleaner tool for rooted Android devices that not only helps you get rid of app residues, but also keeps your internal memory clean. The app scans for and clean discarded or unwanted files/residues on your SD card as well as temporary files, cache files, logs and more from the system.
SD Maid scans for residues in the /data/data and /mnt/sdcard/Android/data/ directories common to all Android devices and those in the /dbdata/databases/ directory exclusive to Samsung Android devices. Tap Refresh from within the respective Corpse finder tab to scan mentioned directories. Corpses can be deleted selectively by tapping scan results one by one or all at once by tapping the Clean all button.
The Clean system tab allows you to scan (selectively/collectively) for and clean unwanted system files, which, as of this writing, include logfiles, stacktraces, caches, incomplete downloads, temporary files, Windows thumbs.db, Windows desktop.ini, MacOs .DS_Store, MacOS ._* files and gallery thumbnails.
The app does not scan for all mentioned files by default. To add or remove files from the Clean system scan list, hit the Menu button and tap Settings.
You can download the app at the Android Market
You can read more about this app at
Cleans Useless Files from your SD Android Card
How to delete orphan files on Android phone
How do you feel about being violated by people who are suppose to be defending you? A lot of people use their cell phones as portable computers, which ensures they store plenty of sensitive information on their devices. With the rise of the smartphones this trend is accelerating, which can potentially lead to situations where the personal information stored on your phone is compromised. Here’s yet another instance how this can be done through legal means by police officers.
It’s officially confirmed that Michigan State Police is using the so-called “cellphone extraction devices” that allow its officers to access data stored on your phone. It’s stated that these devices can be used to gather information when a driver is pulled over and questioned by the authorities.
Most interestingly of all, these devices can obtain information that has been deleted from your cell phone, which is to say police officers are able to access data on your phone that’s not available to you.
It’s unknown when MSP started using these intelligence gathering gadgets, but it’s a confirmed fact that the Michigan cops possessed them by 2008.
The issue was raised by the Michigan chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. One of its attorneys, Mark Fancher, pointed out the potential dangers of such practices:
“There is great potential for abuse here by a police officer or a state trooper who may not be monitored or supervised on the street.”
He also underlined that people may be unaware that their potentially sensitive information can be accessed by regular police officers:
“It can contain information that many people consider to be private, to be beyond the reach of law enforcement and other government actors.”
ACLU also stated that these “forensic extraction devices” could be in violation of the rights granted by the Fourth Amendment. A statement issued by MPS reads:
“The State Police will provide information in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act … there may be a processing fee to search for, retrieve, examine and separate exempt material …”
Reportedly, MSP priced the access to five such devices at $500 000, which was met with dismay by Mark Fencher:
“This should be something that they are handing over freely, and that they should be more than happy to share with the public — the routines and the guidelines that they follow.”
We don’t know about you, but this and similar news leave us a bit unsettled – not that we may be victims of such practices (although you can never be sure), but the very thought that average cops have such authority is not a pleasant one.
Rather than innovate and develop its own technology and a unique Samsung style for its smart phone products and computer tablets, Samsung chose to copy Apple’s technology, user interface and innovative style in these infringing products.
So the big Apple is suing Samsung, alleging that Samsung copies the iPad and iPhone is its design of the Epic 4G, Nexus S, and Galaxy Tab.The lawsuit was filed in the Northern District of California on Friday and seeks injunctions against Samsung for damages, both actual and punitive. Keep in mind that this is not just a fight against Samsung, some of it may be anti-Android.
This lawsuit might become a little more interesting when you realize that Apple spend $5.7 billion buying parts including flash storage and RAM to processing chips to displays for Samsung in 2010. We can all agree that the business relationship between both will affect the case. See below of some “evidence” in support of Apple.
