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Data Controller 2

Apr 9
apps

Its a simple app that lets you decide on which network should the phone be allowed to use Mobile Data.
Its useful when you want to roam/connect to networks other than your home network but not use data.

This is a 14 day trial.

It works by monitoring the network operator and enables or disables the Mobile Data via the Settings of the phone.

Most users don’t need this app as the “Data Roaming” setting of the phone works fine for them but there are some cases where either the setting doesn’t work or the user is allowed to connect to multiple roaming networks and only wants to use data on certain networks.

After the trial expires you’ll have to install the paid Unlocker from the Android Market / Play Store.

 

    

 

Please report any problems on my site or email me with detailed error message.

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Transfer SMS Messages from Blackberry to Android

Mar 26
tips

Dave Hope has created a neat utility to convert SMS Messages from Blackberry devices into a format that can be used to import them into any Android phone using my app SMS Backup & Restore.
This utility/tool can be downloaded from his site Hope.mx. Thanks to Dave for this utility :)

This process works WITHOUT needing root access on the Android phone.

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Bluetooth Audio Car Kit

Feb 2
misc

My car doesn’t have built-in Bluetooth connectivity and only has an Aux audio input (3.5mm Stereo Socket). I had been looking for something which would easily provide Bluetooth conenctivity in the car but won’t need me to change the car audio system or need me to take the car to a mechanic to install something.

I finally found and bought a Belkin AirCast Auto Handsfree from INA Solutions.

Its a very small device that can stick easily on any car dashboard. It connects to the standard Cigarette lighter port for power and also has a USB port so that you can charge your phone while in the car. It can pair with multiple phones (although only one can be connected to it at once). It can play music through the car speakers as well as make/receive phone calls. There’s only 1 button which has multiple uses. It can be used to start/stop the music, accept a call and also long-pressing it starts the default voice search app on the phone, allowing you to make calls by talking to the phone.

Initially I wasn’t very sure about how it’ll work with Android phones but I use it regularly with 2 Android phones (Samsung Galaxy S2 and Samsung Galaxy Nexus) and am very happy with it :) .

 

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Galaxy Nexus does not show all files when connected to a computer

Jan 30
tips

A couple of users of my SMS Backup & Restore app reported that they were not able to see the backup folder (and files) created by the app when using a Galaxy Nexus on Windows 7. For the uninitiated, Galaxy Nexus is a bit different from most other Android phones, it does not have an SDCard slot and it does not support USB Mass Storage mode when connecting the phone to a computer. Instead, it exposes the internal storage as an MTP device.

Initially I couldn’t reproduce this problem (I have the same phone + OS combination) and thought that this may be a problem on their phone or Windows. I could see the folder and the file on my PC. After some more discussions with the user we came to the conclusion that this looked like some type of caching issue where a file created by my app only appeared on Windows after the phone was restarted.

It turns out that only files known by the MediaStore on the phone gets exposed via MTP to the computer.

A simple work-around/solution for this problem is to let the Media Store know that a new file/folder has been created and that file/folder will immediately appear on Windows.

Doing this in code is very simple, just call the MediaScannerConnection.scanFile method with the full path of the file(s) created.

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SMS Backup & Restore Add-On

Jan 24
apps

This is an Add-On for SMS Backup & Restore app to send automated emails after a backup.
This app does not appear in the list of apps in the phone launcher. It is used by the SMS Backup & Restore app and gets opened from the “Backup Settings” screen of that app.

This app was developed as an add-on rather than building it within the existing app for 2 reasons: first to keep the original app smaller in size, second keeping this app separate means the Pro version still doesn’t need Internet permissions.

This app uses the binaries provided by the Android port of JavaMail.

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 Instructions:

All the settings on the screen are dependent on the Mail Service Provider that you use. The details about the service can be found on the providers site. Some of the common ones are linked at the bottom of this section.

Sender Email Address: The email address from which the email should be sent.

Recipient Email Address: The email address of the recipient. If you are sending the email to yourself then this will be the same as the Sender Email Address.

SMTP Server: The HostName/IP Address of the email SMTP server. For example: smtp.gmail.com for Gmail.

Port: The port used by the SMTP server. Normally 25/465/587. For example: 465 for Gmail.

Security: The security used for connecting to the SMTP server. Use SSL/TLS for Gmail.

Require Login: Checked if the SMTP server needs you to authenticate before sending emails. Check this for Gmail.

User Name: The user name required to authenticate with the SMTP server. For Gmail, its your email address.

Password: The password required to authenticate with the SMTP server. For Gmail, its your Gmail password.

Subject: The subject for the email.

Body: The message content for the email.

Google Mail / Gmail Settings

Hotmail / Windows Live Mail Settings

Yahoo! Mail Settings

 

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