Make your phone run like a new computer with this amazing themed launcher!
Get ready for an entirely new experience on your phone! This launcher allows your phone to emulate a windows 8 pc on your Android device. You can replace this home application with the default one and access everything on your phone through Windows 8 for Android. You can add tiles with your favorite applications on the home screen as well as your most used apps like the browser, phone, mail, and messaging. There are also folders so that you can add your favorite games, social, and media apps.

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Installation Option 1:

Uninstalled old apk with Titanium -> Reboot -> Installed new Gmail apk with explorer -> Reboot - Done.

Installation Option 2:

The Gmail 4.2 APK is signed by Google, but with a different key than the one in the Play Store (we checked the signatures - they differ). One is probably the test key and the other the production key. For this reason, you can't simply install it as an update and therefore need to be rooted with the ability to mount the /system directory for writing in order to remove the existing Gmail APK.

OK, let's get down to it. You'll probably need ADB installed on your computer (here's an easy way that doesn't require downloading the Android SDK). There is a chance that this might work without ADB by just removing the APKs mentioned below and installing the new one, but it didn't seem to work reliably for everyone. This should, though:

1. Download Gmail 4.2.

2. Rename it to Gmail2.apk.

3. Make a Nandroid backup in case something goes wrong (this is always a good thing to do before messing with your device).

4. Delete (or move if you want to save the APKs) all other versions of Gmail. Usually there are 2 or 3 copies. One will be in /system/app (that's the original Gmail that was pre-installed on the device) and there may be a few in /data/app (these are the updates installed from the Play Store). They'll be called "Gmail.apk," or "com.google.android.gm-[number].apk," An easy way to tell is to look for the Gmail icon.

5. You may need to delete the .odex files matching the APKs in step 4 too, if you have them. Neither I nor Artem had to do this, but there are many different ROMs out there, and we're trying to cover all bases. Ignore this step and only come back to it if something doesn't work later.

6. Reboot. Once you do, you should have no Gmail as far as Android is concerned.

7. You can try to install the Gmail 4.2 APK you downloaded at this point by tapping it in your favorite file explorer (move the APK to your device first, of course). If that doesn't work, or if you prefer ADB, fire up a command line and type adb install Gmail2.apk.

If you get an error message, you probably didn't delete all copies of Gmail. If you don't feel like playing with ADB for Step 7, I've also gotten it to work by just copying the APK to /data/app, but that's not as fool proof as "ADB install".

Android, at the moment at least, runs primarily on devices with ARM based CPUs. The ARM CPU is a special low-power, high performance chip designed to run in devices rather than in desktop computers. However, like Linux, it isn’t restricted to only running on ARM chips. It can also run on MIPS (another type of  device centric chip) and on Intel x86 chips that are found in PCs.

Although Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich was released to the public last year, it has taken a few months to port the current source code to the Intel x86 platform. A few days ago the Android-x86 project announced the first release candidate. The software comes in the form of .iso files and can be used to boot a PC (or better still a netbook) from CD/DVD or to create a bootable USB drive.

The best way to test Android 4.0 for Intel is either boot up an Asus Eee PC netbook or to run it in a Virtual Machine (VM) using the open source VirtualBox software. Which ever method you choose the first step is to download the .iso from the Android-x86 site. Choose the appropriate .iso image, there are images for Asus,  MSI 110W and Lenovo, and download. The files are about 190MB and so should only take a few minutes on decent broadband. The best image file for VirtualBox is the Asus Eee PC image.

Laptop

If you don’t have an Asus laptop/netbook, you can try this on just about any laptop, however the level of hardware support (especially for the wireless adapter) will vary. The first step is to create a bootable USB disk using Unetbootin (or to burn the .iso file to a CD). Boot the laptop/netbook from the USB (you might need to go into the BIOS or press F8 or F12 during startup to select the boot device).

At the boot menu select “Live CD – Run Android-x86 without installation” and hit Enter. Android 4.0 will start to boot. Once booted you will be greeted by the ICS Welcome screen.

Use your mouse to click on “Start”. Complete the first-time configuration steps (you can just leave everything at its default. If you choose to sign in with your Google account, Android will first try to connect to your WiFi).  Once you click “Finish” you will be presented with the ICS home screen.

To navigate use the mouse like you would your finger. Tap is click, swipe is click, hold and move. Clicking the application menu (in the top right hand corner) will reveal the pre-installed applications. Swiping left (click, hold, move mouse left) shows the next page and so on. When using apps that need keyboard input you can use your PC’s keyboard, you don’t need to click every letter on a virtual keyboard!

Google Play (i.e. the Android Market) is available and a good selection of applications are present including essential apps like DropBox and Kindle. However some important apps like Skype are not available for Android running on Intel yet.

One disconcerting “feature” is that some apps run in portrait mode which means everything flips 90 degrees leaving you twisting your head and trying to work out that up and down are now left and right with the mouse! It is best to avoid these apps at all cost as trying to get the screen back to landscape seems impossible other than with a reboot.

VirtualBox

It is also possible to run ICS in a Virtual Machine using VirtualBox. Start VirtualBox, click the “Machine” menu and then “New…” Step through the Wizard, having entered a name (e.g Android 4), make sure your select Linux as the “Operating System” and “Other Linux” as the version. Set the memory to be 512MB and use the defaults for creating an 8GB hard drive.

Once the VM is created, click the “Machine” menu and then “Setting…” Click “Storage” in the left pane and then click the CD-ROM icon (marked as “Empty”) in the “Storage Tree.” In the “Attributes” panel click the little CD-ROM icon next to the “CD/DVD Drive” drop down list. Select “Choose a virtual CD/DVD disk file…” Now broswe to and select the .iso file you downloaded from the Android-x86 web site. Click “OK”.Once you are back in the main VirtualBox window hit the big green “Start” button to boot up Android 4.0.

At the boot menu select “Live CD – VESA mode” and hit Enter. Android 4.0 will start to boot. Once booted you will be greeted by the ICS Welcome screen.

Just like Android-x86 on a netbook, use your mouse to click on “Start” and then complete the first-time configuration. If you don’t see the mouse inside the VM, click the “Machine” menu item on the VM window and then “Disable Mouse Integration.”

There is one major drawback with running ICS in a virtual machine, or in fact in any PC without a WiFi adapter - the release candidate doesn’t support wired networking. This means that you can’t access the web, the Google Play store, you can’t watch YouTube videos and so on.

Conclusion

Android 4.0 for Intel x86 builds on the solid foundation of Android for ARM and although it has limited hardware support (not all the popular netbooks are supported) running it on a supported platform could bring a new lease of life to some aging hardware and it could provide an interesting alternative to the Metro interface that Microsoft are pushing with Windows 8. However the screen rotation issue can be very disconcerting and the lack of Ethernet support makes it nonviable for Virtual Machines.

Downloads:

1.Virtual Box

2.Android PC iso

Hai friends, previously I have posted about how to share your PC internet connection with Android mobile via WIFI. In this post I'm going to explain how to share your PC internet connection with Android mobile via USB.

STEPS:

1.Download the files to corresponding devices.( PC to computer and apk to phone)

2.Extract the pc component.

3.Install the apk file.

4.Ensure the usb Debugging is on.

5.connect the phone via USB

6.open the 'android tool' from the pc component.

7.USB tunnel app will open on its own.

8.now select the device and click connect.

9.Now you can enjoy the superfast broadband on yor mobile.


NOTE:  Tested and working.

Description

NinJump has climbed onto Android!

"Yet another brilliant slice of freebie fun" -Pocket Gamer

"You really need to give Ninjump a try" -Touch Arcade

"Check out Ninjump, it's extremely fun" -148 Apps

"This is fast becoming one of my favorites" -The App Era

Rise to the top and become a ninja master in NINJUMP, the latest FREE game from Backflip Studios, makers of PAPER TOSS!

In this fast paced ninja climbing game, your goal is to rise as high as you can while avoiding killer squirrels, angry birds, enemy ninjas, throwing stars and exploding bombs. With a simple tap you can jump from one wall to the other, knocking obstacles from the air as you do. Take down three enemies of the same kind to trigger mega-jump bonuses. Collect shields to plow through your opponents with. Just watch out for ledges and other ninjas because they will knock you off and send you to your doom!

You will be amazed by the gorgeous graphics, rich gameplay, immersive music and the insanely addictive quality of this game.

Features include:

-Simple single-tap gameplay

-Ninjas

-Killer squirrels

-More ninjas

-Beautiful graphics

-Awesome bonuses

-Original sound and music

-Papaya Leaderboards

-Challenge a friend via email

-Post scores on Facebook or Twitter

Download

Please read instructions carefully before installing, don't blame me if you follow instructions wrongly.

NEW COOL FEATURES:

• Based on DDLF1.
• Totally Dark Jelly Bean themed.
• Each and every icon fine tuned to look like Jelly Bean.
• A new Jelly Bean task manager ( Recent apps list).
• Added Swipe to clear notifications on Status Bar.
• A new, AWESOME JELLYBEAN status bar and notification panel.
• New music app based on stock Touchwiz, but contains DSP equalizer support.
• NEW LOCKSCREENS- Never miss a chance to show off your cool lockscreen.
• OTA FEATURE added. Now users can automatically update the ROM from OTA upgrades, in the settings menu.
• A TOTALLY REVAMPED SETTINGS MENU ,With the following new controls : Statusbar Control, Lockscreen Control, Sound Effect Control, and Quick Toggles Control...finally, your phone is truly yours!
• New Jelly Bean Digital Clock, analogue clock, and Jelly Bean Search Bar.
• New smarter JellyBean keyboard.
• Extented power menu: Now those long processes are long no more!
• Zero delay root access...try and see!
• NEW KURO KERNEL, be it more power for gaming, or power saving mode for Deep Sleep, Kuro kernel takes care of your batteries in the best possible way.
• Battery life megaboosted, last upto 2 days in power saving mode!
• CPU control feature added....high performance or underclock...choice is yours!
• Kernel is suitable for everyone: default settings (conservative + sio ) is battery saving, while bcm + cfq settings give power boost: Antutu score 1957 without any extra tweaks!
• Improved memory management.
• Two awesome launcher choices: You get both HOLO LAUNCHER, and the STOCK Touchwiz launcher, which is Jelly Bean themed.
• Full Screen Caller Mode: Now see your friends in FULLSCREEN while calling them.
• SONY BRAVIA ENGINE added...your pictures are clearer than before!!
• MULTILANGUAGE: Cestina , Dansk, German, Dutch, English ( US, UK) , Spanish, Estonian, French, Gaeliege, Hravatski, Islenska, Italiano, Kazakh, Latviesu, Lietuviu, Macedonian, Magyar, Nederlands, Norsk, Polski, Portuguese, Ronan , Slovencina, Srpski, Suomi, Svenska, Turkish, Thai, Greek, Chinese, Russian, Hebrew.
• Net speed tweaks: Increase your net speed.
• Superfast Chrome browser included.
• New superb bootanimation.
• Enjoy!!!!

INSTALLATION GUIDE:

• Root your phone. If already rooted, proceed to the next step.(How to root or unroot Galaxy Y-click here)
• Make sure that you're on Stock kernel. Stock = Factory version ( The kernel that came while buying the phone). If you haven't changed kernel, ignore this warning.
• Remove a2sd or data2sd and format your 2nd partition if you have it.
• Place the above file to your sd card (NOT IN ANY FOLDER!!!)
• Switch off your phone.
• Go to Clockwork mode. If you don't know what is CWM, click here. This is important, because CWM is necessary, or you won't be able to boot up with the new Kernel. Use the CWM I have given above, for best results.
• Use the volume keys to move up and down.
• Wipe data and cache and Dalvik cache.
• Now choose: Install zip from sd card.
• Choose JELLYBLAST V3.signed.zip
• Choose "yes"
• It will be Installed. Now reboot your phone. First boot will take time. Be patient.
• If you have followed EVERYTHING above carefully, you will soon boot up to your new rom.
• Please wait until media scanning is completed.
• Enjoy!!! 

DOWNLOAD

HOW TO USE CWM:
Go to stock recovery and flash this : http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?emt4r01jk2llb5r
Now you are in CWM mode. Now, in this mode, install the zip file you want...
Repeat this process every time you want to flash a file in cwm.

HOW TO GO TO STOCK RECOVERY:

Switch off your phone. Now press Power button + Home button + Volume Up button until you see the Galaxy Y logo. 
Next, choose update zip from SD card and choose the CWM zip file you have downloaded above and kept in your SD card ( not in any folder).
Choose the GTS5360-cwm.zip.
Now you are in CWM mode.