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Till now you may have read articles or posts about how to connect to a VPN service using your android so that you can access all those blocked sites. Many of the solutions may have suggested that you need a rooted phone or the VPN service is not free. In this post we will be letting you know how to connect your Android to a US based free VPN service and what all you can do with it. Also note that the method described here does not require a rooted device! For those of you who want to know what a VPN (US vpn service) can do it allows you to hide your real location and make you appear as coming from  United States. It means you can access all those sites which are US only like Vevo , Hulu, Amazon Appstore etc. This solution is fast, reliable and better than connecting using a proxy. Its completely ad-free as well. UPDATE: October 16, 2012 - We have a new working workaround to get free Android VPN please check out our latest post  Best free working ...

This post is the concluding part of Custom ROM installation on HTC hero . Part one of this post presented Rooting, installing a recovery image, and backing up current ROM. In this we will be discussing how to install a Custom ROM onto your android and what things you must keep in mind while doing it and other prerequisites. So without further ado, here is what we need to do... Keep in mind the following points: Make sure your battery level is more than 70% Your phone is connected to internet via Wi-Fi (or 3G) You copied the custom recovery image onto your SD card root folder At least 300-400 MB free space exists on your SD card. 1. Re-installing Recovery Image Since we are dealing with HTC smartphones here, we are required to do this step again. Because with latest update system re-flashes stock recovery and do not let us boot to the custom recovery image. And because of this users get errors like the 'Red triangle' with exclamation mark screen while booting, OR th...

I re-rooted and re installed a custom ROM on my HTC hero last weekend, but things were not working out the way they should. Custom recovery was not booting, all that I was getting was a 'Red triangle with exclamation mark' and I was stuck at it. So if you're facing the same issues with your mobile while installing a custom ROM on it; then read on the following post on how to make things work and install a custom android ROM on your device. Presented in two posts is a complete way to root and install a custom ROM onto your HTC Hero. I love HTC's Sense interface and didn't wanted to leave it so I installed SalsaSense ROM on it. It is a Android 2.3.3 ROM for HTC hero with HTC sense. I am using this rom but you can use any other ROM you want using the method mentioned below. UPDATE: Part 2 of this article is complete and up! Read the concluding part at ' Custom ROM Installation on HTC Hero Part 2 ' 1. Rooting your android  In order to install a custom RO...

Please note that this method shown here only works for following phones: Google Nexus One (2.2), Google G1 (1.6), HTC Hero (2.1), HTC Magic (1.5) (Select Do not install superuser) HTC Tattoo (1.6), Dell Streak (2.1), Motorola Milestone (2.1), Motorola XT701, Motorola XT800 (2.1), Motorola ME511, Motorola Charm, Motorola Droid (2.01/2.1/2.2 with FRG01B), Sony Ericsson X10 (1.6), Sony Ericsson X10 Mini (1.6), Sony Ericsson X10 Mini Pro (1.6), Acer Liquid (2.1), Acer beTouch E400 (2.1), Samsung Galaxy Beam, Samsung galaxy 5 (gt-i5500), Vibo A688 (1.6), Lenovo Lephone (1.6), LG GT540 (1.6), Gigabyte GSmart G1305, Nexus One 2.2, Milestone 2.1, Hero (GSM/CDMA), Xperia X10 mini, Xperia X10i, G1 1.6, Magic 32A 1.5, Magic 32B 1.6, Mytouch 3G (3.5mm), LG Ally, Droid X 2.1, Moto Charm, Moto Flipout, Kyocera ZIO For other phone models check out SuperOneClick , do the required stuff and return here for further instructions on how to download those luring apps which are not available in your co...

UPDATE: 2.1 update is finally available in INDIA!!!! Wow! check out HTC India Support webpage UPDATE: For installing certificates on Android 2.1 visit Installing .cer certificate on your updated HTC Hero UPDATE AGAIN: I have successfully update my HTC Hero Firmware. Follow these steps to get it now on your Hero too… Connect to a WiFi hotspot. Go to Settings > Date and Time and change the date to 10th July 2010 that is 07/10/10 That’s it, wait for 15 –20 seconds or so… you will get a notification on your Home Screen that an Update is available, click on Download. This will download the First update that was made available (FOTA and YouTube one ~ 4.37MB) After the download gets completed you phone will restart, just remember to do not press any key when it does. (This will take around 5 minutes or so) After the phone restarts just wait for 15 – 20 seconds more and you will get another notification that Updates are available. This is the actual update to Android 2.1 w...

Wow, what a title! Well actually that's not possible. The only reason I used this title is - in this tutorial we will be using .cer certificate and will be converting it to .pfx certificate which will then be used on our phone. (Experience free call to US and Canada visit How to use Gmail Call features outside US ) I have gone through a lot of pages saying that certificates problem with Android OS, how to use WPA2 Enterprise secured network on Android, how to add .cer files to android and many more. I have found solutions to some problems somewhere on the internet, but didn't found all the related information at a single place. So I thought of writing this blog entry dedicated to adding certificates for WPA2 Enterprise secured network. Please note that I have a HTC Hero (GSM) which is having Android OS 1.5 (Yes I resisted myself from rooting it with 2.1, but the official update is coming soon). I will update this entry when I’ll get my hands on Android 2.1 UPDATE: For in...

Some days back I purchased HTC Hero for myself. Before buying that I have gone through lot of reviews, forums, and Googled a lot on the internet about issues with connectivity etc.Even though I have gone through tens of pages saying Wi-Fi does not work, Bluetooth does not work and some others also, however since I wanted to change my phone badly, I purchased one for me. Following is the list of features that worked and did not worked for me: Wi-Fi: Absolutely yes, Checked (WPA-2,PAEP and WEP) Bluetooth Headset: Yes Bluetooth File transfer: Nope (Android 1.5 does not support file transfer over blue tooth) - That was sad, but hopefully Hero will get a Android 2.1 upgrade. Android Market: To my surprise, No. I reported this issue to HTC Support and they replied me that "Android market will work only when you have GPRS on the phone, it does not work with the WI-FI." But on GPRS it does not work because the connection speed is really slow over my network. Hopefully it will ...