How to find Portals in Ingress

 Google's very own Android game has been open for beta testers with an invite. There are still some unknown tricks related to this game that many of us do not know. If you do not have the patience to walk all around your city here is a fast and effective way to find Portals near your area or anywhere on Planet Earth.

All you have to do is go to : http://www.ingress.com/intel and sign in with your Google account. Next you will see a map that will show you portals and information aboutthe portal as you zoom in.

Still Do not get it? Check out the video below.

How to get an Ingress Invitation

Ingress is an android game developed by Search engine giant Google. Ingress is right now in closed beta stages right now. What that means it is currently in advanced testing phase and there could still be bugs in the game. In short it is not yet reached the final stages of open release. Be it Gmail or Google plus during its initial stages, a stratergy Google has always used, Ingress also is available to people with invites only. Check the video below about Ingress, it is more like a movie trailer.

Interesting isn't it? I am sure you want an invite too. There are many fake ways to get an invite but the only legit way is requesting an invite on the Ingress Webiste. Go to www.Ingress.com and there you shall see a box wherein you need to fill in your email address and request an invite. If you are lucky enough you will recieve an activation code from Ingress.

 Watch the video below if you are still confused :



 Also you can still download the app from the Google Play site : Download Ingress for Android. (Does not need an invite)

Stay Tuned and enjoy.

Android 4.2 Realeased

Android 4.2 source code has finally been pushed by Google to AOSP. This means ROM developers can go fetch the code and start developing ROMs based on the newest Android OS that is Android 4.2 aka "The New Jelly Bean". Many of you might have an ETA question for CyanogenMod, but I hope you know the rule that the first rule of CyanogenMod or even the developer community is no ETAs. Even the as this is a minor update, one can guess that there is only merging of codes to be done which does'nt take more than a month as we have seen in transition of Cm9 to Cm10. There won't be any CyanogenMod 11 but the new builds would be called CM 10.x .If you are a developer you might want to check the Google groups post.

Remove ads on Android device using AdFree

Ads are probably the most annoying thing one experiences while using free apps. If you do no tget annoyed by them, well you should. What most people do not  know is ads running inside apps may cause severe battery drain as they are powered by your android device's internet. In other words apps use internet to work and that obviously drains battery.

This problem can be solved simply by using a free app called Adfree. Please note this app is for root users only. More details on how to Root Android device using SuperOneClick.,

Check out the video below for furthur details :

 

Download Adfree here : Adfree for Android

Android 4.2 Keyboard with Gesture Typing

Android 4.2 also know as the new Jelly Bean was recently premiered by Google on a new set of Nexus devices. Although not a major update on the Android platform, there are some pretty cool features that are added. One of them is the new Android 4.2 keyboard that has cool features like gesture support.

Thanks to xda member mrmako777 you can get the Android 4.2 keyboard on any device that is Android 4.0 or up. Whether or not this is better than Swype is a debatable topic. Just download the apk file and install it as a normal application. You also need to change the default keyboard from settings.

Download Android 4.2 keyboard

CyanogenMod 9 Stable

Some good news for CyanogenMod users this week. Many builds featuring CyanogenMod 9's stable release have begun to be rolling out. As stated by the CyanogenMod team this is probably the last release of new Ice cream sandwich source code. The main reason behind this is because most devices with CyanogenMod 9 on it are fully functional and tend to perform better than stock. The CM team is now shifting its focus entirely to Android 4.1 that is Jelly Bean. Most devices still do not have CyanogenMod 10 ports.

There are many devices out there that are deprived of ICS but still thanks to CyanogenMod devices like the Samsung Galaxy S have also got Jelly Bean ports. There is no doubt that suce devices can easily run ICS and Jelly Bean. CyanogenMod team will now whole heartedly work on Jelly Bean and fix those bugs soon. Do not expect stable CM10 yet, but expect a nice Jelly Bean experience. There are also many unnofficial builds out there rolling out day after day. Good work CyanogenMod!! All the best for CyanogenMod 10.

Save android phone battery with Data Enabler

The major drawback of android phones is that the battery drains far to quickly. Drainage of battery when the device is in use is accepted but what when your device is in sleep mode? There are things running at the background that eat up your battery. These background processes use your android device's packet data or 3g for sync and other purposes. A lot of people use battery saver apps but what I have noticed is that these apps do not fit perfectly for all kinds of users and they may end up draining more battery than saving. The best practice is to switch of your android device's internet when not in use. But who like going all the way to settings and disabling internet? We don't want to waste time do we? So a simple solution to this problem is a small widget on your home screen that enables you to switch on and switch off your packet data (internet) as per your own requirement. Its just a small and neat button that does it job fast and efficiently. This would not only save battery but also help you cut down bills.

Data enabler

Take a look at the app from the play store, its free : Data Enabler