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Apps Solutions Web

In Line Dictionary for Firefox

Google Dictionary and Google Translate Extension for Firefox provides a simple solution for in-line translation/dictionary look-up of words & translation of whole pages.

Once installed all you need to do is double-click or highlight a word, and a little pop-up will show the definition of it in your language.




Click on the link below to install the plugin:
Google Dictionary and Google Translate 2.5



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Open Source Solutions

Restoring Lost Session in Firefox


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After a crash Firefox, when restarted gives a page with the option of Restoring the session or Starting a new session. Sometimes in haste we might hit the “New Session” option and feel a bit stupid that all those open tabs are now gone…

Well there is a simple way to undo that. Simply point your browser to “about:sessionrestore” and you will get back to the page with the option of restoring your previous session again!





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Android Hardware Solutions

Galaxy Ace – Gingerbread Update – Notes

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There are many good tutorials on the web about installing Gingerbread on the Ace (like this one).

Once you have Gingerbread installed what can you expect from your new system?
Other than the already present updates to Android, here are a few notes I made:

  • The Default language at the start is not English. To change, go to Settings -> Locale and Text (recognizable by the keyboard key A as the logo) -> Select Language (Option no. 1 in the list) -> English (or any other language)
  • The battery lasts longer and is estimated more accurately. – The battery info is more detailed too.
  • The Wifi bug that caused the “black screen of death” problem is fixed. Expect more stability while using Wifi
  • The UI is faster and more responsive
  • Fonts are crispier and look great
  • The notification bar is smaller and that really helps screen real estate.
  • Internal memory usage has improved leaps and bounds, expect lesser problems in that area

All in all the upgrade to Gingerbread has been perfect so far.

Note: The version I have installed is XXKPH

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Android Hardware Solutions

Galaxy Ace – Gingerbread Update – Stuck at “Setting Up Connection”

While flashing the Gingerbread update for Galaxy Ace (taken from samfirmware.com ) I encountered an interesting problem with my ODIN being stuck at “Setting Up Connection” message.

The problem I figured out later was a simple case of my phone being in the wrong mode. For updating you must be in the “Downloading” mode, In this mode the phone flashes a single line message on the screen – “Downloading…”


To get to this mode reset your phone(take the battery out, also take out your sim card and micro sd card). Hold Home, Volume Down and power buttons and then connect to the system.

VERY IMPORTANT: If you hold the Volume Up or both Volume buttons you will end up in other modes (like the ram dump mode).

Once in the more updating is just a few minutes affair 🙂



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Android Apps

Using Phone LED As FlashLight: Android

One of the most attractive features of my Galaxy Ace is its LED Flash. This bright light can be used as a torch when needed, unfortunately there is no default app available to make it work.

Whats worse? I could only discover a single app that made this operation possible.  The app goes by the name “Tiny Flashlight + LED” and is available in the Android Market.


The app also provides a handy widget that allows you to turn on the torch right from the home screen


The creators of the app say that it works with these phones:
Samsung Epic 4G Galaxy S II S2 SII GS2 GSII Tab 7.0 8.9 10.1 Ace Cooper Fascinate Moment Acclaim Transform Mesmerize Charge Behold 7500 Moment, LG G-Slate Ally Apex GW620 KH5200 EVE Shine Plus Optimus 2x G2x Speed, Motorola XOOM Atrix 4G Droid Bionic X 2 i1 Pro R2D2 Backflip Cliq XT Milestone Defy, Nexus, N1, Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 X3 Neo Pro Play Arc, HTC Incredible G2 Desire HD HD2 EVO Shift 3D myTouch Slide Wildfire Legend Thunderbolt Inspire Sensation Merge, Bright Flashlight, Dell Streak 2.1, Sharp IS01 JN-DK01 SH-10B Lynx IS03 SBM003SH SBM005SH, Pantech Vega SKY X, Sanyo Zio, Toshiba Regza T-01C, bright flashlight, bright led, Garmin Asus A10, Huawei Ideos X5 U8800, Archos Coby Kyros 7015 LED, Acer Iconia A500.

Download:
[qr]https://market.android.com/details?id=com.devuni.flashlight&feature=search_result[/qr]