Hacking a phone not only makes us feel powerful and important, but it
lets us benefit due to added features and a performance boost. There
is a big difference between owning a phone which lets you make calls and
download apps to being fully in control and having the ability to make
your own rules. Think “Matrix” versus “I, Robot”.
Hacking into
your phone is not new; iPhones started to get hacked soon after they
were released by a process called ‘jail breaking.’ Androids go through a
similar process often referred to as ‘rooting’. This process may sound
dangerous and not worth the risk but if done successfully you can
install new features which were customized by the hacker crowd, improve
your phone’s speed and feel like you belong to your very own tight knit
community.
So without further ado, here are 5 android phone hacks that you could perform:
1. Change the Desktop Interface
Give your phone a makeover.
Android has long been considered the most adaptable phone on the market,
and its versatility is mainly due to the vast number of customisations
you can implement. If you want to customise your desktop and change how
your phone looks and feels, there are plenty of applications out there
that can help you. Apps such as Home ++, LauncherPro and GDE are some of
the most popular and with these you can install wallpaper, personalised
icons and even widgets. As always you can find these apps on Android
Market.
2. Install Performance Enhancing Features
Not many people
know that un-hacked phones are only performing at a limited capability.
You can rev your engine and improve your phone’s performance by
installing a ROM named CyanogenMod. CyanogenMod is a free, community
built collection of phone model-dependant ROMs that greatly improves the
capabilities of your Android.
3. Run Android on your iPhone
Yes,
you did read that correctly, this can be done. Some people are even
coining it ‘iphodroid’ which sounds remarkably similar how the Hollywood
press refer to celebrity couples.
If you have ever
wanted the features of an Android but prefer the design of an iPhone,
now you can combine the best of both worlds. Although there are some
disadvantages, once the hack has been done you need to implement
power-management functions as otherwise a fully charged iPhone will last
only around 60 minutes before the battery is drained.
4. Fully Controllable Media Center
You
will no longer have the frustration of wanting to listen to a song on
the move but realizing you haven’t uploaded it to your phone yet. By
installing an app named G Mote you can turn your Android phone into a media remote for your computer.
As
long as you have Wi-Fi streaming the application will allow you to
access your entire media collection. So what does this mean? It means
you will have a portable and fully functional media system which
supports music files and films.
5. Save Battery without Turning your Phone Off
Wouldn’t it
be cool if you could have the option of saving your battery in times of
need? Turning your phone off and on is a thing of the past. One clever hacker
has created a hack that does just that. The hacking community are
calling this a “night vision” hack as they discovered that by
restricting the phone to use only red pixels can help reduce the battery
power by 35%. To go into “night vision”, you need to separate the
colour channel pixel elements, the hacker, Jeff Sharkey, found using red
works best. It will take your eyes a little while to get used to it but
in times of an emergency it is a great hack to have handy.
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