All About Smartphones

Untethered Jailbreak for iOS devices means that the flood gates allowing for the manipulation of iOS devices to the nth degree is opened.   All kinds of powerful apps begin to show up at the Cydia store. One of such apps is AirBlue Sharing app.  AirBlue Sharing app brings one of those features that users of Apple devices yearn for - Ability to transfer files from an Apple device to other devices like Android devices, Nokia phone or BlackBerry phones.  We all know that Apple just intentionally restrict to transfer of files or documents from an Apple device to other kind of devices. Thank God for Jailbreak and of course to The creators of AirBlue Sharing, that limitation placed on Apple devices is off.  Among the many features of this nice app, some that interest most people is that it can send files to other devices, can transfer at fairly high speed of 1.7mb/s, can multiple device connections are supported etc.  ...

Nigeria music industry is on fire right now, everything seems to be steering in the right direction, but, that success isn't reflected in the smartphone community. There are no well built mobile apps to make Nigerians enjoy songs on the go from their mobile devices by streaming.  This is where Spinlet , the Nigerian version of Spotify comes to the rescue. Spinlet is that mobile app that allows you to listen to your music with ease on your smartphone. Spinlet is a music player but also a great music streaming app for those music lovers. The app is well polished and built. Its really amazing how light weight it is and it has since replaced the stock music player that came with our Infinix Android Smartphone. Yesterday, the creators of Spinlet app made Boxing Day fun for a lot of folks with the musical concert that was organised at the Main Auditorium Hall, University of Lagos Akoka. The event was wonderful with the seats filled with great ladies an...

Apple recently released iOS 7.1 beta 1 to developers. As you may know, beta versions of iOS are for developers only which means that its not available to everyone yet. Also, these beta versions may have glitches and issues. That being said, if you are a developer or not a developer and wish to install this new iOS 7.1 to your iDevice, you carry the risk of not getting some apps to work. Furthermore, you would lose your jailbreak if  you are currently on a jailbroken iOS device. iOS 7.1 seek to address many issues and bug fixes. Among them is Bluetooth issue where 32-bit apps running on a 64-bit device cannot attach to BTServer.  The links below are the links to download iOS 7.1 beta 1 for various devices. Download IOS 7.1 Beta 1 For iPad Air (Model A1474) Download IOS 7.1 Beta 1 For iPad Air (Model A1475) Download IOS 7.1 Beta 1 For iPad 4 (Model A1458) Download IOS 7.1 Beta 1 For iPad 4 (Model A1459) Download IOS 7.1 Beta 1 For iPad 4 (Model A1...

Have you ever wanted to download a file and couldn't because its not available in your country yet or not compatible for your device at that point in time? Google does this because perhaps the developer wants to roll out the app country by country or its not just compatible with some devices. Well, there is a work around for such issues and the workaround involves downloading the actual apk file from Play Store to your computer or phone and then install normally as you would do for apk files. One catch though is that it works for free apps and not paid applications; we don't want to condone using cracked apps too. Developers must chop! Follow the steps below to get apk files from Google Play Procedures 1. Go to Google Play Store and search for the free app of your choice. 2. Click on any free app you wish to download its apk file. just as in the image below which I selected 2go app.   3. Now copy the URL at the top of your browser shown in red i...

Finally, Google have taken the wraps off Android KitKat 4.4 along side the unveiling of Nexus 5. Whenever a new operating system gets released, hackers, coders and programmers start tinkering with the OS in order to extract the juice out of it.  In the case of Android KitKat 4.4, as its often the case with other Android OS, the stock apps like Calendar, Camera, Clock, Email, Gallery, Hangouts, Keyboard were extracted and repackaged in its apk format so that it's easily installed.  What you get after installation is the same stock apps that came  with nexus 5 however you need to be careful to do a backup as some of the stock apps would replace do old one and may still not work. If you are therefore keen on trying our the stock apps of Android 4.4, please visit the link at the bottom of the page. Since, Android 4.4 KitKat is the very new and supports only few devices, there is no guarantee that this will work on your Jelly Bean smartphone.  ...

So many Android devices are being made but only few stand out in terms of UI and aesthetics. One of such standout devices is the Samsung Galaxy S4, with its inspiring "Life companion" lock screen. If you are a fan of the Galaxy S4 lock screen, then you are in luck as one of the members over at XDA developers have made this little feature available to any Android device running Android 4.0 and above.  Furthermore, you don't need root access before you can apply this lock screen feature. This lock screen is nice and you get all same features as you would get on  the usual S4, like the ripple effect, colours etc with options to customize as you wish. Click here to download this little nice feature  on your Android device. Like our Facebook page and follow on Twitter for more tips, guides and news on everything smartphones.

iOS 7 beta 2 is now available and was released to developers for testing few hours ago. This time around iOS 7 beta 2 is now available for iPhone, iPod, iPad and iPad mini with download links below available.    Although, iOS 7 beta 1 had quite a  few criticism due to missing features and childish icons,  this beta iOS 7 beta 2 sought to fix that by improving and addition of new features which are presented below. 1. Voice memo is now included in this version 2. Apple's Siri male and female voice now in English. 3. Safari feels flatter and response faster. 4. General bug fixes to avoid incessant crashing of apps. 5. Stronger Wi-Fi password suggestions for Personal Hotspot 6. Messages now shows message sending properly, and delivered and read 7. Notifications are properly spaced. 8. New Exchange logo in Mail 9. Voicemail now works 10. Traffic option in Notification Center 11. iTunes & App Store settings are now combine...

Apple have done their thing again and its still the talk of the ecosystem. iOS 7 is still the most beautiful iOS ever made as far as some are concerned and some think otherwise. One thing is that one will not truly appreciate what has been done on the device by John Ive until you use this iOS on your device. Although, normally you shouldn't be able to download and install iOS 7 on your device without a developer account or UDID , but here we shall show you how to do this without UDID or developer account. Requiremnts iPhone 5, 4S, 4 iTunes 11 Internet Connection Warnings: 1. You would lose your jailbreak and wont be able to jailbreak after installing iOS 7 2. Don't update if you depend on Hacktivation of your device. If you do, you won't be able to get into your device. 3. You can downgrade back to your previous iOS when you get tired of iOS 7 Procedures 1. Download the appropriate IPSW for your device and place on your desktop. (othe...

AppCake and vShare are little applications that took the place of installous. We know install0us was that application that most people have on their jailbroken Apple devices to allow them install cracked applications. During its time, Install0us did a perfect job. However its gone now and AppCake and vShare have taken over. For sometime, people had issues with downloading from these applications when installed, but the problem is resolved now and download can commence. To get this app on your device, follow these steps. Needed Items Jailbroken iPhone, iPad iPod Internet Coonection AppSync Note: This guide is specific to AppCake but the steps are the same for vShare Procedures Step 1: Launch Cydia from your device and tap Manage, followed by tapping Sources. Step 2: Tap Edit and then tap Add. Put in the repo address http://cydia.iphonecake.com as shown below for AppCake and http://repo.appvv.com for vShare. Step 3: Click Add anyway when Cydia presents you with a wa...