Android Phone Tutorials, Tips and Tricks

Contacts and phone numbers are often stored on Google’s servers in your Gmail account, even if you don’t realize it. The phone does not give any indication of this and does not show a clear way to remove them for privacy. There is a way you can check for yourself and fix it Continue reading “Droid Contacts are Stored on Google Servers Without Your Knowledge” »

Sometimes after clearing cache data, performing a factory reset or downloading an erroneous update, the Droid phone will fail to save new contacts and call history. Continue reading “Droid Phone Won’t Save Contacts or Call History – Solution” »

Alarm Clock Pro is a comprehensive and free Droid app supported by non-intrusive ads. It is not a scheduler with notifications. It is a full-scale alarm clock. It is one of the most popular downloads in that category in the Google Play store. It functions like any normal desktop alarm clock in that it will wake you up when programmed to. Continue reading “Alarm Clock Pro Turns Your Droid Into Desktop Alarm Clock” »

After a recent update for Droid phones, e-mail over SSL fails to work properly when connecting to a server that uses a self-signed SSL certificate. This applies to the stock software. You might see an error like “Unable to open connection to server” or “Could not connect to server”. Continue reading “Droid Phone SSL E-mail Problem With Self Signed Certificates” »

There is a new Android virus called NotCompatible which turns infected phones into proxies which hackers can use to gain unauthorized access. The infected phone is then used by the hacker as a pass-through to other resources and targets. Continue reading “Two New Android Phone Viruses: NotCompatible and Gamex Trojan” »

Universal Password Manager for the Droid phone allows you to securely store all of your usernames and passwords in one place. It is essentially a vault which uses encryption to protect the data. There is a master password required to access it, which you set when you first install UPM. It serves its main purpose and doesn’t do much else, which means it’s not full of bells and whistles. It simply gets the job done. UPM for Android can be downloaded for free from the Marketplace.