Smartphones: Page 38

It took all the way until firmware version 4.2 for Apple to add a function to the iPhone that's been present on other phones for years: the ability to set custom ringtones / sounds for text messages from different contacts. This video will show you how quick and easy it is to set this up on the new firmware.

This is an amazing feat if you can pull it off— getting three stars in the twelfth level of Angry Birds Seasons— using only TWO birds! If you thought you needed three birds to compete the task, you were wrong— it can be done with with only TWO slingshotted birds! Check out all of the other videos from 23hathman's Angry Birds Seasons walkthroughs.

The HTC Touch HD is a nice handset, and like most smarphones devastatingly expensive to fix if something goes wrong and you don't have the knowledge from this video. It will teach you how to disassemble your Touch HD (or Blackstone) for the purpose of replacing the screen and digitizer, two things you too are likely to have to do in the lifespan of your phone.

The Nokia N97 is more than a year old, making it practically a grandad in cell phone terms, but it's still a great unit. If yours is having problems and you want to inspect it's internals, watch this video for a guide to disassembling the device completely.

Want to beat level 1-20 of Angry Birds with three stars? Learn how with this quick video walkthrough. While this guide is geared toward iPhone and iPod Touch users in particular, the basic technique will, of course, be the same for the Android version of the game. For all of the details, and to learn how to defeat Theme 1, Level 20 of Rovio's Angry Birds for yourself, take a peep.

Teamviewer is a handy program for viewing what's going on on a distant computer remotely, but now it can also be used to play games like WoW and Runescape on your Android phone! This video will teach you how to do it. You'll need this for your phone and this for your computer.

The Windows Phone 7 platform has been out long enough now that hackers the world over have had ample time to play with it, and the fruits of their labors are coming fast and thick now. This video will teach you how to unlock or "jailbreak" (misnomer in this case) your Windows Phone 7 with ChevronWP7 so you can install custom ringtones and perform other power-user functions. You'll also need the certificate for it, ringtone manager, and the Windows Phone Developer Tools.

The iPhone and iPod touch are nearly identical devices, especially now that Apple has added a front-facing camera to the iPod touch. All that's missing is the phone part. With the help of Lifehacker and apps like Skype and Line2, you can save some money by turning your iPod Touch into an iPhone, without the need to jailbreak.

Sure, the iPhone is a phone, but why use your phone service to call people when VOIP is cheaper? This video will teach you how to use a new App called Viber to make free VOIP calls on the iPhone.

Battery draining super quickly after flashing your iPhone to 6.15.00? This video will teach you everything you need to know to resolve the problem. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions on how to try this fix for yourself, watch this hacker's how-to.

Faced with an 3194 error? There's no need to worry. This video will teach you everything you need to know to resolve it. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions on how to try this fix for yourself, watch this hacker's how-to.

Speed up Cydia by downloading and installing the latest version, 1.0.3366-1! This video will teach you everything you need to know. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions on how to try the new, speedier version of Cydia for yourself, watch this hacker's how-to.

Faced with an 1015 error? This video will teach you everything you'll need to know to resolve it. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions on how to try this fix for yourself, watch this hacker's how-to.

Turn a ZIP file into an Apple-compatible IPSW! This video will teach you everything you need to know to load custom firmware onto your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to try it out for yourself, watch this hacker's how-to.

Interested in using multitasking on your iPhone 3G or second-generation iPod Touch? This iPhone hacker's how-to will teach you everything you need to know. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to learn how to enable multitasking on your own iPhone or iPod Touch, take a look.

Boot your tethered Apple iOS 4.2.1 or 4.2 device with the Redsn0w 0.9.6b4 jailbreak tool! This technique is reported to stop Cydia from crashing. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to learn how to boot a tethered Apple mobile device yourself, take a look.

Is your Apple mobile device feeling a little sluggish? You may have multiple tasks running in the background. This guide demonstrates how to shut down two or more applications at once on an iOS 4+ (e.g., iOS 4.1, iOS 4.2) Apple mobile device.

Play all of your favorite Nintendo games on your Apple iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch! In this iPhone hacker's how-to, we learn how to use Cydia to download and install a Nintendo Entertainment System (NES) emulator on a jailbroken Apple mobile device.

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Faced with a 1600, 1601, 1602, 1603 or 1604 error when loading custom firmware on your Apple iPhone with iReb 4.1? Take heart: this jailbreaker's guide will teach you how to fix it. It's easy! So easy, in fact, that this tutorial can present a complete walkthrough of the process in just two minutes.

NFC. It stands from Near Field Communication. And it's invading the world, one small step at a time.

Google Maps is much improved in Android 2.3 (Gingerbread). And even better on the Nexus S. This smartphone can do many things, but the best feature is still Google Maps, which will appear shortly on all Android devices when Gingerbread is officially released.

Thankfully, the wait for the much desired Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) update from Google is upon us. And the first Android device to take advantage of this new firmware is their Nexus S. This smartphone is going to be a killer. But the thing to look out for here is Google Voice.

With the new Nexus S from Google, multitasking is easier than ever before. In this brief, official guide from the folks at Google, we learn how to switch between multiple applications by holding down the Home button. Soon all smartphones running Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) will be able to take advantage of the newest multitasking features!

The DROID 2 from Motorola came out last August, but it's just now exploding— literally.  The 33 News reported yesterday that a Motorola DROID 2 smartphone exploded in the hands of Aron Embry from Cedar Hills, Texas.  He was making a phone call outside his home when he heard a POP sound— blood was dripping down his face and the glass was broken around the phone's speaker— his DROID 2 cell phone actually exploded against his ear.  He ended up getting 4 stitches and a CAT scan, but thankfully, he...

Sand the iPod with the 1500 grit sandpaper. The longer you sand the more scratches you get out.

Armani is an international Italian brand in the fashion industry. Its founder, Giorgio Armani, created and made his brand famous through his designs, retail sales, shoes, watches, jewelry, cosmetics and now phones. The Armani phone is a smart phone manufactured by Samsung. There are at least four phones in the Armani line which include the Samsung I9010 Galaxy S, Samsung B7620, Samsung Armani and the Samsung M7500 Emporio. Each phone comes with a detailed instruction manual that you can review...

To some, it's sacrilege. To others, just a bit of good fun. In this clip from the folks at Lifehacker, we learn how to install and use Google's Android OS on an iPhone 4 using iDroid. Learn how to run Android on your Apple mobile device with this hacker's how-to.

If you're not unlike most people, you probably find yourself the same people over and over again. In this clip, you'll learn how to create a custom contact shortcut on the home screen of your HTC 7 Trophy Windows Phone 7 smartphone.

Go hands free by using voice commands on your HTC 7 Trophy! This Windows Phone 7 owner's guide will teach you everything you'll need to know. For all of the details, and to get started using voice commands on your own HTC 7 Trophy, watch the clip!

Customize the colors of your homescreen icons on your HTC 7 Trophy Windows 7 smartphone! It's easy and only takes a few seconds. This WP7 user's guide will walk you step-by-step through the process. For more information, and to learn how to set up custom-colored icons on your own HTC 7, watch the clip!

Like its Google-branded Android counterparts, the HTC 7 Trophy Windows Phone 7 smartphone supports voice searching and speech recognition. Interested in using voice searching on your own HTC WP7 smartphone? This HTC 7 Trophy owner's guide will walk you through the entire process.

You looked on as a 1,169-pound pumpkin flattened a Pontiac sedan, now watch a 1,500-pound box of cell phones smash a Chevy Camaro!

Get the most out of your T-Mobie myTouch 4G! This guide offers a software tour of the myTouch 4G Google Android smartphone. Android novice? Not a problem. This exhaustive, eleven-minute guide will teach you everything you need to know. Become an Android pro with this video guide.

Whether you use an iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch or any combination of the three, if it runs version 4.1 of the iOS mobile operating system, Sn0wbreeze 2.1 can jailbreak it! Learn how to use Sno0wbreeze 2.1 to Jailbreak your iOS 4.1 Apple mobile device.

Learn how to use Google's official Google Maps app on your Motorola Droid Android smartphone with this video demo from the folks at IntoMobile. Get where you're going with GPS-style turn-by-turn directions. This clip will teach you everything you'll need to know.

Enjoying the many benefits of Facebook Places? But what if you want to check in somewhere you're not? Your smartphone can automatically detect your geographical location, preventing you from just checking in just anywhere, but like all technology… it's a long way from perfect, even Android mobile devices.

With the new iOS 4.2 (and 4.2.1) firmware for all mobile Apple devices, printing from your iPhone, iPad or iPod Touch has become easy… well, maybe not. Despite the new AirPrint software in iOS 4.2, it can still be difficult to print papers and photos from your mobile device since Apple removed AirPrint from the Mac OS X 10.6.5 software update, due to some kind of legal dispute.

With unrEVOked, it's now easier than ever to root your HTC Evo mobile phone. So easy, in fact, that this hacker's how-to can present a complete, step-by-step overview of the process in just four minutes.

Interested in rooting your HTC Evo, Desire, Incredible, Aria or Wildfire phone? With the unrEVOked jailbreaking tool, it's easy! So easy, in fact, that this hacker's how-to can present a complete overview of the process in about four and a half minutes. Learn how to root your Google Android smartphone with this video jailbreaking walkthrough.