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6 Remarkable Tips on Improving Android App Performance

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When we talk about mobile apps, we talk about efficiency to the optimum. With Android being one of the most amazing mobile operating systems used across the globe, it is crucial for every Android app developer to learn the tips and tricks of improving the performance of their applications. Through this blog, I'll be sharing six highly effective tips on boosting the overall performance of the Android applications.<br />
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<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">Hope these tips would assist you in revamping your Android app development initiatives in a better way. </span></b><br />
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<b>Tip #1- Update your Android phone to the latest firmware</b><br />
If you still haven't updated your Android phone to the most recent firmware, its time to do so. There are chances that your app might not be functioning properly due to some missing updates related to the Android operating system. So, make sure to update your firmware higher performance and speed of the applications. As per a recent research, it has been found that a large majority of Android app developers recommend users to upgrade their firmware on a regular basis for affirming the smooth operation of all the apps installed in the device. In addition to this, un-installation of unwanted/lesser-used apps is another excellent technique of enhancing the performance of Android applications. <br />
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<b>Tip#2-Refrain from creating unnecessary objects</b><br />
Object creation comes with memory allocation. Although a garbage collector equipped with pre-thread allocation pools can make memory allocation cheaper, there are situations when allocating memory can turn to be an expensive affair. Android 2.3 version comes with a concurrent garbage collection that forces periodic garbage collection as you allocate objects in your application. This creates some minor adversities in the overall performance of the Android application. <br />
<b><br />Tip#3-Combat the usage of internal getters/setters</b><br />
A majority of developers are into the habit of using getters instead of accessing the file directly. Although this habit of using internal getters and setters works brilliantly for programming languages like C++ and Java, using it for Android is not a good idea. If you're inclined on improving the overall performance of your Android application, its highly reasonable to access the fields directly instead of following common object-oriented practices with getters and setters in public interface. Unlike the lack of JIT(Just In Time Compiler), the availability of JIT makes direct field access around seven times faster as compared to the process of invoking a trivial getter/setter. <br />
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<b>Tip #4- Ensure not to use Floating Point</b><br />
Since floating point is nearly two times slower as compared to integers on Android-powered devices, it is recommended to avoid the use of floating point. Talking about desktop machines, memory space isn't actually an issue and it is better if you prefer double to float. Moreover, it is interesting to note that unlike floating point, for integers, the processors have a hardware multiply but lag behind in a hardware divide. That means, the integer division and modulus operations need to be performed using a software; making it tedious to design a complicated table.<br />
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<b>Tip #5- Gather an in-depth understanding of the libraries</b><br />
Android app development system comes with proper replacement of calls with library methods using the hand-coded assembler. This is actually much better as compared to the code that JIT can produce for other Java utilities. For being able to produce a high-quality Android app, it is crucial for you to gather an in-depth understanding of all the libraries and directories. For example, you should get complete details about String.index0f() and all the related APIs. Also, you should understand how the System.arraycopy() method is around nine times faster as compared to the hand-coded loop available on the Nexus One that's equipped with the JIT.  <br />
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<b>Tip #6- Measure the existing app performance</b><br />
Prior to initiating with the app optimization process, it is crucial to accurately measure the existing performance of your Android application. Doing this will allow you to create new benchmarks in the app performance enhancement initiatives. Traceview is an amazing tool that allows you to ensure that all your app performance optimization efforts are going into the right direction. <br />
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<b>Wrapping Up</b><br />
So, those were the seven proven tips on improving the overall performance of your Android application. By following all these tips seriously, you can easily feel the vibe of your application and check whether it is functioning as per user's expectations or not. <br />
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<b>Author Signature:</b> Victoria Brinsley is a technical content writer who is associated with a reputable <a href="http://www.appsted.com/services/android-development">Android Application Development Company</a>  Appsted Ltd. You can contact her anytime in order to  Hire Android App Programmers. She loves to write information about the latest trends in the android application development. </div>
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6 Remarkable Tips on Improving Android App Performance

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How to Remove Your Number from TrueCaller

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<b>Truecaller </b>is an application used by millions of people all over the world. There is no need to explain much about this wonderful app because most of you might already know about its functioning and usability.<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span></span>
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<br />Truecaller has made reduced more than 50% of unknown callers and made it a real ease to know who is calling you. No doubt that <b>Truecaller </b>works as your helping hand for finding track of person who is calling you from any unknown number but the reality is, if you are looking at someone, there might be someone who would be looking at you via the same source too.<br /><br /><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;">
<b> How does it work?</b></h3>
<br />TrueCaller claims to source the caller information present in their database partly from public directories, and partly from “crowdsourced” data.<br /><br />It looks like they scan and upload the entire phonebook to their servers. So if you install their app, it will make a note of all your contacts and upload them to the server.<div style="margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">
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<b>Removing your Number from Truecaller:</b></h3>
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<br /><b>Step 1.</b> Goto <a href="http://www.truecaller.com/unlist/">http://www.truecaller.com/unlist/</a>, Choose your country and enter the phone number in the relevant fields<br /><br /><b>Step 2.</b> Type the captcha<br /><br /><b>Step 3.</b> Press “Unlist”<br /><br />Then they say the number was unlisted permanently and it takes 24 hours ( Normally it takes effect within minutes ). for the changes to happen.<br /><br />For making this more convenient here it is explained in following screenshot.<br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px;">
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And that's it !! You have successfully hidden your identity from TrueCaller. So after you register an Unlist request you may try searching your own number using TrueCaller to make sure that it is successfully removed. After completion of this process , anyone searching your number using TrueCaller will end up with no result !!<br /><br />If you want to search for someone using TrueCaller online you may go to following link:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.truecaller.com/">Find a Number using Truecaller </a><br /><br />You can also download this cool app to your Android phone from Google Play Store :<br /><br /><h3 style="text-align: center;">
<b>Download <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.truecaller">Truecaller</a></b></h3>
<br /><span style="color: #cc0000;">Don't get tracked by others but simply stay anonymous and track others ;)</span></div>
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How to Remove Your Number from TrueCaller

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How to Speed-up Android Phone

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<b><span style="color: #6aa84f;">If you feel that your Android phone is running a bit heavy and has slowed down over time, here are some ways to speed it up.</span></b></h3>
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 <b>1. Remove Widgets</b><br />Widgets on the home screen of Android phones such as clock, calendar, contacts etc. tend to eat up a lot of resources thereby causing the phone to slow down. Especially live widgets that use the internet to update such as weather widgets etc. have the maximum impact. It’s best to remove all these widgets and clean up the home screen, which will have a major impact on the speed of your phone. Here’s how to remove these widgets from the home screen:<br /><br />- Tap on the widget and hold it until a trash can appears.<br /><br />- Now drag that particular widget to the trash can, following which the trash can will turn red. The widget will be removed from your home screen.<br /><b><br /></b></div>
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Just like widgets, applications also have a major impact on the speed of an Android phone as they consume a considerable amount of resources. There is no point in installing a number of applications since they will keep slowing down your phone. Ideally you should only have those applications installed on your phone which you use regularly and remove the ones that are infrequently used. Go through the installed applications on your phone regularly and uninstall all the unwanted ones.<br /><b><br /></b></div>
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If you are still running the Pre-loaded version of Android on your smartphone and a more latest Android version is officially available for update, then you go should go ahead and install it immediately. Upgrading the firmware will generally result in faster speeds, more stability and some new features as well.<br /><b><br /></b></div>
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At times there might be some applications that may be running in the background and consuming system resources unnecessarily. These are generally the apps that you may have started but forgot to close them properly so they are still running but not visible to you. While detecting such apps and killing it is not all that difficult, you can install free task killer apps like <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rechild.advancedtaskkiller">Advanced Task Killer</a> or <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.infolife.taskmanager">Advanced Task Manager - Killer</a> that let you <b>close (kill) all your running applications in one click.</b><br /><b><br /></b></div>
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<b>5. Avoid Live Wallpapers</b></div>
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Live wallpapers (the ones that have some sort of animation in them) generally eat up huge amounts of resources and slow down your Android phone tremendously. While it may be fun to use these wallpapers and watch animations liven up your smartphone, they certainly cost a lot in terms of performance. So it’s wise to use a static wallpaper rather than installing all those fancy live wallpapers out there.<br /><br /><b>Did you like this article? so plz don't forgot to share with your friend's.</b></div>
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How to Speed-up Android Phone

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Android is the Linux based OS designed basically for touch screen phones. Nowadays android phones are so much widespread that they consist of 65% of the total cell phone market. <a href="http://www.itechaleart.com/search/label/android" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 94, 153); -webkit-transition: background-color, color 0.2s linear; border: 0px; color: #ea141f; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color, color 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;" target="" title="Rooting Android Devices: A Beginner’s Guide">Android</a> Smartphones delivers greater performance than the typical Java enabled and Symbian phones. Many android customers are not aware about the hidden options of <a href="http://www.itechaleart.com/search/label/android" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 94, 153); -webkit-transition: background-color, color 0.2s linear; border: 0px; color: #ea141f; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color, color 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;" target="" title="How To Download Paid Android Apps For Free">Android phones</a>. These days we are sharing a piece of writing on the way to make you familiar with some effective Android secret tips and tricks or hidden features of Android Smartphones.</div>
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<b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1)  Reboot:</b>Repeatedly android customers face an issue of freezing. When your android phone is frozen, you could reboot it by using an android trick.</div>
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<b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2) Faster Google Access: </b><br />
Android telephones built primarily for the internet, lots of android customers don’t recognize that android phones provide a technique in which we will get access to Google search in just a single click. To make use of this android trick,</div>
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Press menu key and keep it pressed for a couple of seconds, it is going to launch the Google search.</div>
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We will get the unique facts like phone data, battery information, usage data and Wi-Fi information through just dialling <b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">*#*#4636#*#*</b></div>
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This USSD can be useful to get the details about battery usage, the DNS test, Ping, software time usage time and so on.</div>
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<b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">4) Transfer android apps to SD card:</b>Its excellent thought to install android apps on SD card, but what if you put in apps to your telephone memory. Don’t be worried because android phones provide a technique in which we can transfer our apps to SD card. To move apps to SD card, apply these steps:</div>
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Go to settings > application settings > manage software > choose the app and you are going to see the option “transfer to SD card”.</div>
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<b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">5) Factory Reset and Hard Reset your android phone: </b><br />
This android trick proves to be very useful while promoting an Android Smartphone. Android phone can also be formatted in two methods</div>
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<b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">a) Factory reset:</b> In this type of reset, your phone is being formatted to the manufacturing unit stage. Which means all the settings will go through default and all of the interior knowledge might be deleted. Reset factory a phone dial <b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">*#*#7780#*#*.</b></div>
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b<b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">) Hard reset</b>: To hard reset a device dial <b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">*2767*3855#, </b>this may increasingly delete all the files (including internal and external SD information) as well as settings of Android Smartphone. Don’t try testing objective, unless you aren’t sure because it won’t ask for a confirmation.<br />
<b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">6) Taking screenshots on Android phone:</b><br />
Android phones offer an amazing characteristic which allows us to take screenshot without the use of any 3<span style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">rd</span> party software. But Android methods vary from one <a href="http://www.itechaleart.com/search/label/android-app" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgb(255, 94, 153); -webkit-transition: background-color, color 0.2s linear; border: 0px; color: #ea141f; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: background-color, color 0.2s linear; vertical-align: baseline;" target="" title="5 Steps to Setup Email on Android Devices">android</a> model to another version.</div>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Press the home button + power key (This trick worked on most android telephones.)</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For Galaxy Nexus:</b> power key + volume down button.</li>
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These are some of the best Android secret tips and tricks which will make you more productive with your Android Smartphone, Do let us know have you tried these tricks on your Android Smartphone or not.</div>
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Best Android Secret Tips and Tricks

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Download APK Android Apps from Google

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When one wants to download any app from Google Play, the files get converted into the form of APK files and thus, there are no permissions given to download these files directly. Therefore, to make things easy, and so that the download is possible, one can download the extension which is APK Downloader extension for Chrome. With the help of this extension, you can start downloading any APK files. This won’t allow you to download all the possible files which you want but only those which are for free. Most of the Android users face the problem of downloading these APK files. Android is basically an open source platform and thus, it gives access to the bootloaders and the many other numerous options. Thus, one should keep in mind when downloading that this extension is not for piracy and so anyone cannot download the premium paid apps but only the free ones which are there.</div>
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Following are the steps <strong>how you will download the APK files directly from Google Play</strong>-</div>
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<li style="list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0.4em 0.5em; padding: 0px;">Firstly, go on to the <a href="http://developer.android.com/google/play/expansion-files.html" style="color: #0090e3; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none;">developer site, APK downloader</a> and start installing it through the given option of install.</li>
<li style="list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0.4em 0.5em; padding: 0px;">Download the APK downloader to the computer and visit the chrome extension page and check toolsàExtension.</li>
<li style="list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0.4em 0.5em; padding: 0px;">The new tab will be opened. Now, you have to drag the APK extension.crx to the extension page where it will ask you to drop and further to install the extension into the chrome.</li>
<li style="list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0.4em 0.5em; padding: 0px;">After this, there will be a new icon which will be created on the top of the browser in the right.</li>
<li style="list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0.4em 0.5em; padding: 0px;">Then, go to the extensions page à APK Downloader and then you need to fill up all the necessary details which are required to fill it up such as Email id, password, android device ID and the address associated to the Google Play account.</li>
<li style="list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0.4em 0.5em; padding: 0px;">Further, you will come to know that why this information is needed.</li>
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<li style="list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0.4em 0.5em; padding: 0px;">Go to the dialer, keypad and dial *#*#8255#*#*</li>
<li style="list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0.4em 0.5em; padding: 0px;">Keep on scrolling down until you find the JID entry.</li>
<li style="list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0.4em 0.5em; padding: 0px;">This lists with your email address and the device ID in the hexadecimal format.</li>
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If you are using the tablet, then you need to download the device ID from Google Play. This will give you the same information and you need to just copy it and paste in the options page of APK downloader and then login.</div>
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<li style="list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0.4em 0.5em; padding: 0px;">Then you can start browsing all the variety of apps which are available.</li>
<li style="list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0.4em 0.5em; padding: 0px;">If you want to download one, choose it and then further you can click on the APK downloader icon which is there in the right on the address bar.</li>
<li style="list-style: decimal; margin: 0px 0px 0.4em 0.5em; padding: 0px;">Further, save the APK file on the desktop, Mac, Linux etc.</li>
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Also, make sure that you have entered the correct device ID.</div>
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Alternatives to Google Play app store

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Using an Android device that doesn't have access to Google Play app store? Or just want to check out some cool apps that did not meet Google's criteria?<br />
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Don't worry, Android devices are not restricted to just the Play marketplace, as you can download apps from several sources.<br />
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Here are best alternatives to Google Play app store...<br />
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http://1mobile.com/<br />
http://slideme.org/<br />
http://www.androidpit.com/<br />
http://www.getjar.com<br />
http://apps.opera.com/en_in/<br />
https://f-droid.org<br />
http://m.handango.com/<br />
http://www.amazon.com/getappstore<br />
http://www.eapktop.com<br />
http://www.moborobo.com/products/mobomarket.html</div>

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Android 2.3 Secret codes

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<span style="background-color: white; color: #0b5394; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: medium;">Android 2.3 Secret Codes :</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><b>(1)  *#*#0*#*#*</b> this code use screen test menu</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /><b>(2)  *#0011#</b> show to network mode/cell info/power info hidden menu</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /><b>(3)  *#*#4636#*#* </b>sow to  battery and other general setttings like GSM/CDMA</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /><b>(4)  *#*#8255#*#* </b>for Gtalk service monitor </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /><b>(5)  *#*#7780#*#* </b>for factory data reset</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /><b>(6)  *#*#34971539#*#*</b> for information about phone camera (be very careful hitting options here)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /><b>(7)  </b><b>*#*#7594#*#*</b> change the "Power" button action in your phone.</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /><b>(8)  </b><b>*#*#197328640#*#*</b> service mode</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /><b>(9)  </b><b>*#197238640#</b> service mode</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /><b>(10) </b><b>*#0*# </b>testing mode</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /><b>(11) </b><b>*#1234# </b>display phones current firmware</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /><b>(12) </b><b>*#*#1472365#*#*</b> gps test (work on 2.2)</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /><b>(13) </b><b>*#0011# </b>network mode/cell info/power info </span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /><b>(14) </b><b>*#*#0*#*#*</b> screen test menu</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /><b>(15) </b><b>*#7465625#</b> engineering mode</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /><b>(16) </b><b>*#3214789650#</b> gps service menu for JP3 fw</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /><b>(17) *#9900# </b>Sysdump screen.. way to dump ram and other logs to sd card</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /><b>(18) </b><b>*2767*3855#</b> FACTORY DATA WIPE AND internal SD RESET as soon as you enter # use only if you want wipe your phone</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /><b>(19) </b><b>*#*#273283*255*663282*#*#* </b>Opens a File copy screen where you can backup your media files</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"></span><span style="background-color: white; color: red; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;">Note: We will not be responsible for any damage of your phone,no will be liable for any damage</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, FreeSans, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 21px;"> </span>

Android 2.3 Secret codes

Android 2.3 Secret Codes : (1) *#*#0*#*#* this code use screen test menu (2) *#0011# show to network mode/cell info/power info hidde...

Hidden Modes in Android Mobile

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<li style="color: #222222; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Arial; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22.390625px;"><span style="font-size: medium;">Fast Boot mode</span></li>
<li><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Segoe UI, Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 22.390625px;">Download mode</span></span></li>
<li style="font-family: 'Segoe UI', Arial; line-height: 22.390625px;"><span style="color: #222222; font-size: medium;">Recovery mode</span></li>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 22.390625px;">This mode is used to flash the </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Segoe UI, Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 22.390625px;">phone firmware </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 22.390625px;">using </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Segoe UI, Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 22.390625px;">command line tools</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 22.390625px;">. To access this mode:</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 22.390625px;">This mode is also used to flash the phone </span><span style="color: #222222; font-family: Segoe UI, Arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="line-height: 22.390625px;">firmware</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: 'Segoe UI', Arial; font-size: medium; line-height: 22.390625px;">. Mostly this mode is used by GUI tools for easier and quicker flashing. To access this mode:</span><br />
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<li><span style="font-size: medium;">Press and hold <b>Volume Down</b>, <b>Call</b> and <b>End Call/Power</b> keys.</span></li>
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Hidden Modes in Android Mobile

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How to allow Android mobile phone to install third party apps

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If you are Android mobile phone or any other android device owner then you might be installing apps from Android marketplace. But sometimes you won’t find your required app in the appstore and you need to install third party app in your android mobile phone .</div>
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How to allow Android mobile phone to install third party apps

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Should‬ i root‬ my android‬ mobile ‪phone‬ or not?

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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Well this would be the question in the minds of millions and millions of people around the globe having an un-rooted android device. Certainly so, it is a million dollar question whether to root your device or not.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><strong>1) Lose Warranty: </strong>The thing you definitely lose after rooting is your warranty/guarantee. The device maker clearly state in their warranties and guarantees that you are not allowed to alter with the system/device operating system under any circumstances and doing so will void your warranty/guarantee.</span><br /><br />After reading many articles on this topic I came to the conclusion that the answer to this question is ambiguous, as it depends from person to person. The rooting method differs from device to device. Well I'm not here to discuss on how to root your device but on whether to root your device or not. So, first of all let’s look at what really rooting is.<br /><br /><b>Rooting: </b>A process to gain root access of your device. Now again a question arises, what is root access? Well root access is nothing but administrator rights provided to the user to alter with system files. Well now you would think what am I going to do with these rights as I'm not a developer who would understand the system files and how would I alter/manipulate them for my benefit. The answer to that is very simple; there are thousands and thousands of apps on the play store which could use the root access and transform your device into a beast. The apps are very straight forward and they don't require the brain of Einstein to know what they are meant for.<br /><br /><br />Now as every coin has two sides, let’s have a look on both the good and the bad side of rooting. As I prefer happy ending, I would start with the bad points first.<br /><br /><br />Cons/Negatives/Disadvantages of rooting</div>
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<br />So that was the first downside of rooting that you will void your warranty meaning that if while rooting you brick(discussed later) your phone you will be charged a handsome amount for repairing your device. Well you will get your phone back to normal but with a lighter pocket.<br /><br /><b>2) Soft Bricking: </b>This is one of the worst thing that could ever happen to your phone. Soft bricking means that the device is not booting(Starting) or its stuck in a boot loop(restarting several times) this happens if you don't follow the instructions properly on how to flash a rom(it’s the most common way of bricking phone, rom is a custom firmware or operating system which is flashed or installed on your device). Another way is if you flash rom of another device on yours, which is very stupid indeed. Adding to that a poorly coded rom can also cause the same. Each and every rom is made for a specific device and will only function on that device. Chances are extremely rare that a rom of other phone runs on yours with a similar hardware (well I myself don't even know if this happened but it could happen if the hardware is same even though the phone comes from a different device maker).<br /><br /><b>3) Hard bricking: </b>This happens in extreme cases that you could damage your phone hardware with rooted operating system. This could happen if you overclocked your device (discussed later) beyond its limit and it got overheated and then stopped working or the hardware gets damaged because of mismatched drivers that came with your rom. Now you could see why the term bricking is used because in both cases as your phone becomes as useless as a brick.<br /><br />Soft bricking is very easy to undo for certain devices and there are zillions of guide on how to unbrick your device while on the other hand hard bricking requires change in hardware which will cost you a heavy amount, which you will never want.<br /><br /><b>4) Malware/Spyware: </b>Installing apps with root access that might hack your precious data including your account details ant it can cost you dearly by sending sms and calls to other numbers without your notice, etc. These days a lot of fake apps can be seen which would require root access to work and promise a lot of things but instead are malware or spyware. It is hence advised to only install apps from the play store or from sources you trust.<br /><br />Okay, now that we dealt with the bad stuff, let’s move towards happy ending. If I forgot some negative points please do post in the comment box.<br /><br />Pros/Positives/Advantages of rooting<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br /><b>1) Complete access to system files:</b> The ultimate power of accessing any file on your system which was discussed earlier. You could do anything you want with your android (within the limits, of course!) Although you cannot become a superman or a spider man or even a batman but you would certainly become a super user. Well super user is an app which is installed automatically when you root your device. This app manages the root lights of other root apps on the device. The aforesaid power allows you to delete (uninstall) all the unwanted bloatware that came pre-installed and is eating your precious internal memory. You could also delete unwanted ringtones, wallpapers, etc.<br /><br /><b>2) Flashing any custom Rom:</b> Although rom is not a dish but you can taste it and cook it in kitchen. Didn’t get what I meant, our friends in XDA forums work day and night cooking (making) roms in the kitchen (a software for making roms is called dsixda kitchen). You could taste (try) any rom which is made for your device by flashing in clockworkmod or any other preferred recovery. Clockworkmod recovery is one of the most preferred recoveries for flashing roms. The roms come with plenty of tweaks, custom user interface and bug fixes if any. The roms are cooked for legacy devices also (device whose support has been stopped by the manufacturers). Which means if you are stuck on Ice Cream Sandwich with your manufacturer, there are chances that you could find a custom rom for your device running on latest android version Jelly Bean.<br /><br /><b>3) The power to customize: </b>Well I don’t want this article to become a journal hence, I’m not going to go into the details of the tons and tons of customization you could after rooting. A few examples could include that you can change the function of a hard key, which means your search button can act as back button and vice versa. I chose this example to just let you estimate the degree of customisation you can attain on a rooted device. You could also add tweaks to your user interface like customising the notification bar with tools for quick access and much more features that your rom supports.<br /><br /><b>4) You can use root apps:</b> This is one of the main reason to root as you can access a wide variety of root apps by having root access on your phone. The apps could do anything from making app backups to overclock or undervolt your processor (overclocking is a nice thing to have in your kitty if you have a single core processor or a low end dual core processor, overclocking high ends phones doesn’t add to performance but could improve benchmark scores). You could also capture screenshots and record videos of the same if you have root access. If you keep changing roms you could also make full system backups which you could use in future.<br /><br />Now that I’ve pointed four advantages and four disadvantages about root access; the ball is in your court to decide whether you should root or not.<br /><br />Any suggestions or feedbacks are most welcome. Have a nice day</div>

Should‬ i root‬ my android‬ mobile ‪phone‬ or not?

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Wirelessly Transfer Files between Android Phones and Computers

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Usually, when a user wants to copy music files, videos, or images to an Android phone, he has to connect it to a computer using a cable. Repeating this task over time can be a bother.</div>
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One of the first questions my Android-using friends want to know is how to move files between their devices and their computers.<br />
To make this task possible your computer and your Android phone must be on the same wifi network.</div>
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Wirelessly Transfer Files between Android Phones and Computers

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Chances are, if you're picking up an 8GB Nexus 4, or even a 16GB <a class="external" href="http://www.google.com/nexus/#/7" rel="nofollow" style="border-bottom-style: dashed; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; color: #1e3246; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank" title="Nexus 7">Nexus 7</a> (or are stuck with an 8GB N7), at some point you might run low on storage. It happens to the best of us.</div>
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This article will explain how to import your contacts from a SIM card on an Android phone and in turn sync those contacts to your Google account.  Once you do this, you can then move to a new Android phone and never fear losing your contacts again!</div>
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You will want to have a Gmail / Google account setup on your phone to import your contacts to.  You can do this on your phone via <strong>Settings </strong>> <strong>Accounts </strong>> <strong>Add Account</strong></div>
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1. On your Android phone, go into the <strong>Contacts </strong>app.</div>
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2. Go to the <strong>Contacts </strong>tab and then hit the <strong>Menu </strong>button.</div>
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3. Choose the <strong>Import/Export</strong> option.   Then choose to <strong>Import from SIM Card</strong>.</div>
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4. It will now ask you to choose where to create the contacts to: Choose your new Gmail / Google account to import to. Android will then scan your SIM card for any contacts and then show a list of contacts that you can import by checking them.</div>
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5. Once you do this, your SIM contacts will get imported and then synced to your Gmail / Google account.</div>
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6.  On the new Android phone all you will have to do is sign in with your Gmail / Google account and once you do so, your Contacts will sync down to the phone and be ready to use.</div>
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7. If you notice that your contacts are not showing, you may need to modify your Display options in the Contacts app.  Do this by going again to the Contacts tab, hitting Menu button and then choosing Display Options.  You can then tap on your Google account and choose which Categories to show.</div>
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<strong>NOTES/TIPS:</strong></div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Importing Outlook Contacts</span>:</div>
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More of us probably have a full Outlook Address Book vs using our SIM Card.  You can easily export your Outlook contacts in Outlook to a CSV file and then import them into Gmail contacts.  To export from Outlook, go to <strong>File</strong> > <strong>Import</strong>/<strong>Export</strong>.  Export your Contacts as a CSV file.  Then login to your Gmail account on the same pc, then go to the Contacts menu on the left.  On the top toolbar, choose the More button.  Then choose the Import option and browse to your CSV file.  You can also add these contacts to a group / category if you want too.  I usually add them to the My Contacts group so these will show right away on your Android phone’s Contacts app (The <strong>My Contacts</strong> group is set to sync to your phone by default!)</div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Call Logs/Text Message Backups:</span></div>
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If you need to also save your Call Log and SMS/MMS messages from your old Android phone, I would recommend downloading two great, free Apps I use to backup those items:</div>
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<span style="color: #424242; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">App Backup & Restore</span></span><span style="color: #424242; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">(</span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=mobi.infolife.appbackup&hl=en" style="color: #ff2a2a; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;" target="_blank" title="Call Logs Backup & Restore">Android Market link</a><span style="color: #424242; font-family: Tahoma, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 22px;">)</span></div>
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Call Logs Backup & Restore (<a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.riteshsahu.CallLogBackupRestore&feature=search_result" style="color: #ff2a2a;" target="_blank" title="Call Logs Backup & Restore">Android Market link</a>)<br />SMS Backup & Restore (<a href="https://market.android.com/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore&feature=more_from_developer" style="color: #ff2a2a;" target="_blank" title="SMS Backup & Restore">Android Market Link</a>)</div>
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These two apps will make xml files of your history and then save them to your SD Card.  On your new phone, just copy the backup folders from the old phone’s sd card (ie CallLogBackupRestore and SMSBackupRestore) to the root of the new phone’s SD card.  Then go into each app and choose the Restore option.  Voila, your call log and sms/mms messages are back!</div>
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<span style="text-decoration: underline;">Format SD Card if Swapping</span></div>
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If you notice random issues with your new phone and also swapped your memory card from the old phone, i would recommend copying all data from the memory card to your PC.  Then on your phone, format the SD Card by going to Settings > Storage > Unmount SD Card.  Once you do that, you can then Erase SD Card.  Finally, copy all data back to the card <strong>except </strong>for the .android_secure, Android, LOST.DIR and data folders.  Sometimes going from a different version of Android (ie 2.3.3. to 2.2.2, etc) can cause issues w/cached data on the memory card thats specific to the Android version. (i do this each time i install a new custom rom)</div>

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