Category «Cell Phones»

Tweaking a Samsung Galaxy Gio

I recent got a Samsung Galaxy Gio for my wife. It is working great, but the built-in memory is small. I’ve read online that there are options for “tricking” the phone into thinking that an ext2 formatted partition on the SD card is part of the phone memory. I’ve been following instructions at http://androidforums.com/ace-all-things-root/422781-tut-how-install-darktremors-a2sd-froyo.html and http://androidforums.com/gio-all-things-root/404425-internal-memory-full.html but …

Unlocking cell phones

I recently learned how to jailbreak an iPhone 3G and unlock it. At around the same time, I’ve had a few people offer me their old cell phones. I have a nice new Blackberry, but my wife has an old flip phone, and texting is very painful. Several of these phones are slide phones, and …