How to Hide Files and Folder in Android

Currently there are millions of android device spread over the world. Besides, one for sure, android is the best operating system of mobile phone right now. So one thing we have to know in android, when we add the music files, gallery and videos will all be set automatically. So when you look in the gallery were all neatly arranged. But what about the files that are “private”?

By default android can not do “hide” the file, all will be scanned and will be displayed (even if you’ve been trying to hide by creating a folder in a place unusual).

Here`s the tips!

• you first have to download “astro file manager”.
• Install application

After the “astro file manager” has been found on your cellphone, do these steps:

• Go to file manager (astro file manager)
• Rename a folder by giving the dot on the prefix name. (ex: “secret” to “. secret”)

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How to Root and Unroot Lenovo A60

The mid-range android smartphone, Lenovo A6o, is quite impressive. Coming with Dual SIM/Dual Active Android OS 2.3 version with 3.5in Capacitive Multi-Touchscreen. For those who already have this devoce on hand, it is time for you to root the system. Anyway follow these instructions below carefully.

Caution: In my experience nothing has ever gone wrong with rooting. There is always that slight chance something can mess up. Use caution and only do this if you want to. I am not responsible if anything happens (but I really don’t think anything will happen if you do everything right)  Also rooting voids your warranty but don’t worry, unrooting should give it back like nothing ever happened.!! Please read about Rooting here.

Note:

• The instructions in this guide are intended for use with the Lenovo A60. Applying these instructions on another device or model may produce undesired outcomes.
• The information in this guide is provided for instructional and educational purposes only. There is no guarantee that these instructions will work under your specific and unique circumstances.
• Use these instructions at your own risk. We shall not hold any responsibility or liability for whatever happens to you or your device arising from your use of the info in this guide.
• Read and understand the whole guide first before actually performing the instructions.
• This Procedure works for Mobiles having stock ROM only, and will definitely void your warranty, although the warranty can be claimed by un-rooting your device.

What you need to prepare:

• Lenovo A60 and a PC
• Backup all personal data on your phone to make sure you have a copy of your personal data (e.g., contacts, SMS, MMS, Internet settings, Wi-Fi passwords, and the like) in case the procedure in this guide erases such data. Guide from here. You may skip this step.
• Make sure your device has at least 75% of phone battery charge.
• Download and install Lenovo A60 Driver
• Download SuperOneClick

Steps to root Lenovo A60:

• Go to menu > settings > application > development
• Check USB Debugging (enable)
• Connect lenovo to PC/Laptop
• Automatically Windows will install the driver, use lenovo a60 driver if windows ask about it
• Wait until driver installed
• Run SuperOneClick
• Click Root
• Wait until SuperOneClick Root Process is done
• Reboot the device
• You`ll see SuperUser icon in homescreen then your lenove is already root
• Done.

Steps to unroot Lenovo A60:

For unroot you can do like root step method, but click at unroot button in step 7.
If unroot process success, SuperUser will gone from homescreen

Do let us know if you face any difficulties is rooting this phone and we would help you for sure.

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How to Root Lenovo S880

One of the best Lenovo devices is the Lenovo S880. It is a Phablet Android 4.0 3G Smartphone with 5.0 inch WVGA Screen Dual SIM MTK6575 1GHz GPS 5MP Camera WiFi. To be able to access the system we have to root the device first. On this article i will give the tutorial how to do it. Just read the rest of this article carefully.

Caution: In my experience nothing has ever gone wrong with rooting. There is always that slight chance something can mess up. Use caution and only do this if you want to. I am not responsible if anything happens (but I really don’t think anything will happen if you do everything right)  Also rooting voids your warranty but don’t worry, unrooting should give it back like nothing ever happened.!! Please read about Rooting here.

Note:

• The instructions in this guide are intended for use with the Lenovo S880. Applying these instructions on another device or model may produce undesired outcomes.
• The information in this guide is provided for instructional and educational purposes only. There is no guarantee that these instructions will work under your specific and unique circumstances.
• Use these instructions at your own risk. We shall not hold any responsibility or liability for whatever happens to you or your device arising from your use of the info in this guide.
• Read and understand the whole guide first before actually performing the instructions.
• This Procedure works for Mobiles having stock ROM only, and will definitely void your warranty, although the warranty can be claimed by un-rooting your device.

What you need to prepare:

• Lenovo S880 and a PC
• Backup all personal data on your phone to make sure you have a copy of your personal data (e.g., contacts, SMS, MMS, Internet settings, Wi-Fi passwords, and the like) in case the procedure in this guide erases such data. Guide from here. You may skip this step.
• Make sure your device has at least 75% of phone battery charge.
• Download and extract lenovo_s880_rooting or here
• Download  Driver Lenovo S880 (for a 64-bit only)

Steps to Root Lenovo S880

• Go to Setting > Aplication >Development
• Check USB debugging
• Connect Lenovo s880 to PC/laptop
• Inside extracting folder you`ll find 3 files in dbl folder, copy those files to windows/sistem32/. If files already exist, just overwrite it.
• Next, install ZhuoDashi 2.2.9 -setup to PC/laptop. this application still using chinesee, but there`s some button that easily to understand (such as root)
• ZhuoDashi will detect for device, notification will appear in windows (lenovo serial number) and device screen (don`t know how to read it)
• Click Root, the process will take time and device will reboot three times before its done.
• Boot in normal mode, you`ll find SuperSU in your application
• Done

Note: it`s works well using windows XP and Windows 7

Do let us know if you face any difficulties is rooting this phone and we would help you for sure.

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How to Root Lenovo S560

Lenovo S560 is an Android smartphone features 4.0 inches screen and Dual Sim (Dual Stand by). This device is an entry level smartphone for which can purchased for those who want to have such a dual sim phone. To access the divece maximally we have to root the system. On this article i will explain the tutorial to root Lenovo S560.

Caution: In my experience nothing has ever gone wrong with rooting. There is always that slight chance something can mess up. Use caution and only do this if you want to. I am not responsible if anything happens (but I really don’t think anything will happen if you do everything right)  Also rooting voids your warranty but don’t worry, unrooting should give it back like nothing ever happened.!! Please read about Rooting here.

Note:

• The instructions in this guide are intended for use with the Lenovo S560. Applying these instructions on another device or model may produce undesired outcomes.
• The information in this guide is provided for instructional and educational purposes only. There is no guarantee that these instructions will work under your specific and unique circumstances.
• Use these instructions at your own risk. We shall not hold any responsibility or liability for whatever happens to you or your device arising from your use of the info in this guide.
• Read and understand the whole guide first before actually performing the instructions.
• This Procedure works for Mobiles having stock ROM only, and will definitely void your warranty, although the warranty can be claimed by un-rooting your device.

What you need to prepare:

• Lenovo S560 and a PC
• Backup all personal data on your phone to make sure you have a copy of your personal data (e.g., contacts, SMS, MMS, Internet settings, Wi-Fi passwords, and the like) in case the procedure in this guide erases such data. Guide from here. You may skip this step.
• Make sure your device has at least 75% of phone battery charge.
• Download root_with_restore_by_bin4ry_v2_win-linux.rar (changelog)
• Download USB driver MT6577

Steps to root Lenovo S560:

• Go to Setting > Aplication >Development
• Check USB debugging
• Go to binary extract folder
• run runme.bat
• Connect Lenovo to PC/laptop using USB cable
• Wait until windows detect the device
• At command prompt windows, type 1(normal)
• Click “Restore my data” that appear in Lenovo screen
• Wait until process is done (it will reboot three times before finised)
• Done.

Note :

• Root can do without downgrade firmware, use the lastest firmware also work for it.
• Usb Driver also can found inside Lenovo S560 (at Usb Driver folder)

Do let us know if you face any difficulties is rooting this phone and we would help you for sure.

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Download Galaxy Nexus Toolkit V10.1.0

This small tool is really useful for the android devices. This tool called toolkit is created by one of the xda-members who really cares about android developing. For those who have one of Galaxy Nexus series and need to root or flash or anything else, this tool is suitable for you. Let's see what is on it.

FUNCTIONS OF GALAXY NEXUS TOOLKIT V10.1.0 [GSM + LTE]

• Install correct adb/fastboot drivers automatically on Windows xp/vista/7 32bit+64bit
• Backup/Restore a single package or all apps, user data and Internal Storage
• Backup your /data/media (virtual SD Card) to your PC for a Full Safe backup of data
• Perform a FULL NANDROID Backup of your system (Boot, Cache, Data, Recovery and System) via adb and save in Custom Recovery format on your PC which can be Restored via CWM Recovery
• Pull /data and /system folders, compress to a .tar file and save to your PC
• Backup/Restore your /efs partition to your PC
• Dump selected Phone Partitions, compress to a .zip file with md5 and save to your PC 
• Install BusyBox on your phone
• Extras, Tips and Tricks section available to all ToolKit Donators
• NEW Auto Update ToolKit at startup (donator feature)
• Create a tar with 1-Click for flashing via Odin
• Mods section to automatically perform certain tasks on your phone
• 1-Click For All to Unlock, Root, Rename the Restore File and CWM
• Unlock/Re-Lock your Bootloader
• Download Google Stock Image directly to correct ToolKit folder for extrtacting and flashing (no need to move it manually anymore)
• Flash Google Stock Image to phone
• Root any public build of ICS automatically (ANY Stock build upto and including maguro/toro/toroplus 4.0.4)
• Root Stock Jelly Bean builds (upto 4.2.1)
• Rename the Recovery Restore File present on some Stock Roms
• Flash Stock Recovery, CWM Touch Recovery or TWRP Touch Recovery
• Boot into CWM Touch Recovery or TWRP Touch Recovery without Flashing it
• Boot or Flash .img Files directly from your PC
• Install a single apk or multiple apk's to your phone
• Push Files from your PC to your phone
• Pull Files from your phone to your PC
• Dump selected LogCat buffers to your PC
• Dump BugReport to your PC
• Set Files Permissions on your phone
• Pull and Trim your Radio Image from your phone and save to your PC (thanks to josteink for Radio Trimmer)
• Rip cache.img to zip file in CWM format (by Adam Lange)
• Open new Command Prompt for manual input
• Reboot Phone to Fastboot Mode or Android in fastboot mode
• Reboot Phone to Fastboot Mode, Recovery, Android or Download Mode in adb mode
• Turn Initial Start Screen On/Off for next use
• Sideload root/unroot zip files straight to the phone via cwm (6.0.1.9+ only)

Click here to download

MIRROR FOR V10.1.0 [Dev-Host]

NOTE1: The latest Auto Updates for the Toolkits include the new google files so this shouldnt be a problem for anyone who has Auto Updated their Toolkit recently.

1. Download this file
2. Make sure your Toolkit has been closed correctly with the "x" option in the Main Menu or the adb server will still be running
3. Extract the contents of the zip file above to your Toolkit folder (overwriting the original files)
4. Run the Toolkit and when you get to the Main Menu a popup will appear on your device asking for authentification
5. If you do not get a popup then unplug/replug the usb cable to redetect the device.
6. Click ok to add your pc to the accepted list
7. Select the 'Refresh Main Menu' option in the Toolkit and your device will now show as 'device' and not 'offline'

NOTE2: As the ToolKit.exe and ModsSection.exe files are not Digitally Signed with a Microsoft Certificate they 'may' get picked up as potentially harmful by Antivirus Programs and deleted on first run. If this happens restore the file and exclude it from future scans to use it. This seems to happen mostly on AVG Free and Norton which is why I switched to BitDefender which is much better.

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Download Samsung Galaxy S3 Unified Toolkit V7.0

Samsung Galaxy S3 has been released for several months ago and it hit just like a new future smartphone ever made by technology. Having this device for some people is like a dream and for those who have it on their hand, now it is time for them to make it more useful. There are many things that we need to do before enjoying all the features on it.

Thanks to one of the xda members who has been created one of the useful tools made for Samsung Galaxy S3. This small tool have many features on it. Let's see what's on it.

IMPORTANT: THIS TOOLKIT SUPPORTS 14 DIFFERENT S3 VARIANTS AT THE MOMENT SO MAKE SURE YOU SELECT THE CORRECT MODEL FOR YOUR DEVICE IN THE MODEL SELECTION SCREEN OR INCORRECT RECOVERY/BOOT IMAGES WILL BE DOWNLOADED WHICH COULD SOFT BRICK YOUR DEVICE.


SUPPORTED MODELS

INTERNATIONAL [GT-I9300]
AUSTRALIAN MODEL GSM [GT-I9300T]
INTERNATIONAL [GT-I9305/GT-I9305N]
AUSTRALIAN MODEL LTE [GT-I9305T]
C SPIRE MODEL LTE [SCH-L710]
AT&T US [SGH-I747]
BELL, ROGERS, SASKTEL, TELUS [SGH-I747M] [SGH-I747M]
US CELLULAR MODEL LTE [SCH-R530]
METRO PCS MODEL LTE [SCH-R530M]
SPRINT US [SPH-L710]
TMOBILE US [SGH-T999]
MOBILICITY, VIDEOTRON, WIND [SGH-T999V]
VERIZON US [SCH-I535]

FUNCTIONS OF SAMSUNG GALAXY S3 UNIFIED TOOLKIT V7.0

• Install drivers automatically
• Backup/Restore a single package or all apps, user data and Internal Storage
• Backup your /data/media (virtual SD Card) to your PC for a Full Safe backup of data
• Perform a FULL NANDROID Backup of your system via adb and save in Custom Recovery format on your PC
• Pull /data and /system folders, compress to a .tar file and save to your PC
• Auto Update ToolKit to latest push version on startup (donator feature)
• Backup/Restore your /efs partition
• Dump selected Phone Partitions, compress to a .zip file with md5 and save to your PC
• Install BusyBox binary on phone
• Root any public build INCLUDING JELLY BEAN (different options available)
• [B]Root with Superuser (ChainsDD) or SuperSU (Chainfire) via CWM (works on ANY build)
• Flash Stock Recovery
• Install any zip file via Sideload feature in Recovery
• Flash CWM Touch Recovery (thanks to TeamEpic) or CF-CWM Recovery (thanks to Chainfire)
• Rename Recovery Restore files if present
• Flash Insecure Boot Image for adb mode
• Flash Stock Boot Image back to your phone
• Create tar file to flash via Odin with 1-click process
• Download, Extract and Flash Stock Rom (full DETAILED steps) ESSENTIAL FOR WARRANTY RETURNS
• Rip cache.img to zip file in CWM format for editing and flashing (thanks to Adam Lange)
• Install a single apk or multiple apk's to your phone
• Push Files from your PC to your phone
• Pull Files from your phone to your PC
• Set Files Permissions on your phone
• Dump selected LogCat buffers to your PC
• Dump BugReport to your PC (if installed)
• Help, Information Screen for various tasks
• Mods Section to Modify your phone
• Reboot Phone options in adb mode
• Change background, text colour in ToolKit
• Activate Donator features from within the ToolKit

Click here to Download

Mirror (MediaFire) of V7.0 being uploaded

NOTE: As this update is soo big and pretty much every file from previous versions has changed an Auto Update to V7.0 is not possible because the update would be the same size as the full download and I am not permitted to host that size file on my server. Please download and install the full version from the link above. Donator codes will still work on the current version and enable future Auto Updates and donator features.

NOTE: As the exe files are not Digitally Signed with a Microsoft Certificate they 'may' get picked up as potentially harmful by Antivirus Programs and deleted on first run. If this happens restore the file and exclude it from future scans to use it. This seems to happen mostly on AVG Free and Norton which is why I switched to BitDefender which is much better.

IMPORTANT: ONLY FLASH ROMS THAT ARE SPECIFICALLY MADE FOR YOUR PHONES MODEL NUMBER AS FLASHING AN INCORRECT ROM CAN POTENTIALLY BRICK YOUR DEVICE!

Credits: ChainsDD for Superuser, Chainfire for SuperSU and modded cwm, koush and the clockworkmod team for cwm touch, twrp team, ausdim for cwm port to I9305

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(Free) Collection of The Best Android Apps - Part 1

On this article i will give you some big collection of the best free android apps. These apps are available for download for those who have android devices. Feel free to leave a comment if there is found another best apps which you guys always use for daily need.


Some free apps are not worth the trouble.  In fact, many people equate freebies with low-quality, dispensability, and feature impairment.  But, not the apps on this list.  They have been downloaded, installed, and used by countless Android users all over the world–and have been

Read on to check out our list of the most awesome free Android apps

1.How stuff works 

Good app for people who wants to increase their knowledge. The "Top rumors" are pretty fun to read

2.Smart Applock

Tired of people posting random stuffs on your Facebook, reading your sms etc. ?

This app will lock the apps you want.

3.Flikie Wallpapers HD

Perfect for finding ringtones and nice wallpapers

4.Auto Airplane

Tired of the bad battery life on your phone? If you are one of those who doesn't turn your phone off at the night, try this app. It will automatically switch to airplane mode. This helps to improve your battery life.

5.Speedtest.net Mobile 

Are you getting the speed you are paying for? Find it out!

6.Barcode Scanner

Scanning barcodes (obviously)

7.Quadrant Standard Edition

Test how fast your phone is!

8.Fake call me

Trick your friends! 

10.Micdroid

Have You ever wanted to be T-Pain ? :P

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Nice Weather Flow updates for Windows 8 and Windows Phone apps

Day by day Windows Phone is perfect by the time going. It is more coming in nice features we need. We love it when apps get updated, especially when it’s one of our favorite apps. One of which is the Weather Flow. It has been on our favorite apps list for quite a while because it is well designed, and the developers keep it updated. Today they have sent out updates for both their Windows and Windows Phone apps.

The phone update will be important mainly to Windows Phone 7.8 users. They now get the double-wide tile, complete with rich or metro themes. The tiles can also now show minimal data or full weather forecasts for the week. Now 7.8 users will have most of the features that WP8 users have.

The Windows update gets some love for the live tiles too. They now have the same rich and metro theme options of the phone app. It also adopts the same detail options as the phone app. Lastly, both apps now support 10 languages. If you use either of these apps you will definitely want this update, and if you’re looking for good weather apps give Weather Flow a try.

Windows 8/RT

Windows Phone

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Download Instagram for Windows Phone (3rd Party) Called Instagraph

As we can see for now, WP is still lack of apps available on market. But still this OS need more development. One for sure is there is no Instagram for WP as for the moment. But there has been a lot of talk about Instagram for Windows Phone around these parts lately. There have been a lot of official apps arriving on the platform, like Pandora, and it has been making people more anxious for Instagram. Last night WPCentral posted a little teaser saying “Anything is possible” with a photo clearly taken on a Windows Phone and uploaded to an Instagram account. Today we have more information on that app, and a video walkthrough (must be watched on YouTube).

The app is called Instagraph, and it appears to be an officially certified app that can upload photos to Instagram. It doesn’t use the standard Instagram filters. Instead it uses the open source Aviary photo filters. Aviary provides quite a few more options than Instagram users have. After adding filters and applying effects you can then upload the image to Instagram. It might not be the official app that many people want, but this is probably the closest we are going to get. We will let you know as soon as it arrives!

UPDATE: We have learned more about Instagraph. It is not an officially certified app by Instagram. Apparently the developers have found a way to upload images to Instagram without an official API. The interesting part is it doesn’t appear that they have reverse engineered the API, like 3rd-party Pandora apps. This means Instagram can’t suddenly change something and kill the app. We will keep following this interesting app.


via Winsource

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[Guide] How to Root Huawei Mercury (M886) using the Poot apk

The Mercury has lots of great smartphone features packed into an affordable package. The Mercury is a fully featured Android smartphone featuring the Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS and also includes great features like an 8MP rear camera/camcorder, VGA front facing camera, HD gaming and more! This smartphone also gives customers access to over 300,000 cool apps on the Android market as well as great Google apps like YouTube, Gmail, Google Maps, Google Search and more. Thanks to dazeone at Cricketusers for the tip.

Caution: In my experience nothing has ever gone wrong with rooting. There is always that slight chance something can mess up. Use caution and only do this if you want to. I am not responsible if anything happens (but I really don’t think anything will happen if you do everything right)  Also rooting voids your warranty but don’t worry, unrooting should give it back like nothing ever happened.!! Please read about Rooting here.

Note:

• The instructions in this guide are intended for use with the Huawei Mercury (M886)  Applying these instructions on another device or model may produce undesired outcomes.
• The information in this guide is provided for instructional and educational purposes only. There is no guarantee that these instructions will work under your specific and unique circumstances.
• Use these instructions at your own risk. We shall not hold any responsibility or liability for whatever happens to you or your device arising from your use of the info in this guide.
• Read and understand the whole guide first before actually performing the instructions.
• This Procedure works for Mobiles having stock ROM only, and will definitely void your warranty, although the warranty can be claimed by un-rooting your device.

What you need to prepare:

• Huawei Mercury (M886)
• Backup all personal data on your phone to make sure you have a copy of your personal data (e.g., contacts, SMS, MMS, Internet settings, Wi-Fi passwords, and the like) in case the procedure in this guide erases such data. Guide from here
• Make sure your device has at least 75% of phone battery charge.

Steps to root Huawei Mercury (M886):

• Download poot-debug.apk. Google it, or this link (mirror mediafire) is working as of now.
• When you open Poot, it will prompt you to download Ministro as well, go ahead and download superuser while you're at it. 
• Run Poot and reboot phone. It worked so fast I didn't think it did anything, but I can confirm this works.
• Enjoy your rooted Mercury!

Do let us know if you face any difficulties is rooting this phone and we would help you for sure.

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