Androidify

Dodol theme

I am a happy android user since I discovered how customizable Samsung phones are nowadays. Back during my Samsung Star phone days we don't have the Playstore yet where we get to download almost every stuff you need for your android phone as oppose to now.

I used to be an iPhone fan and user and I thought iPhones are good for business people because you couldn't really do much to it than purchase apps from itunes store but no option to download themes for your iPhone's interface. With android, you have so many things to get stoked about like customizable themes both for your mobile interface, lock screen and my favorite themed sms box and changeable fonts for your phone! I am addicted to themes even before the now defunct nokia days. I download themes from third party webbies like Mobile 8, Zedge etcetera.

The good thing about android is that as long as you download stuff from Playstore you need not worry about catching a malware or virus to seep through your phones drive unlike with Nokia back then if you're not going to download an antivirus for your phone then goodluck.

Going back, to all you folks who happen to read this blog if you happen to be fickle minded and love to change things every now and then, then adroid is the phone for you. Well, not just Samsung per se since there are tons of android phones that spawned out there in such a short period of time and for all we know Apple users will be switching like I did. I think Apple should be a little more generous and stop keeping some apps to themselves thus the advent of jailbreaking.

Go Launcher Theme

For newbie android users here are the must haves to start customizing your mobile phones.

Theme Launchers

There are tons of awesome theme launchers for android such as Go Launcher, Apex, Nova, Dodol to name a few. Go Launcher is the raddest interface wise because of the 3D apps and sleek look. I just noticed the lag time whenever you unlock your phone to access other apps plus it sucks your phone's battery no matter how I turn off all the apps running in the background.

So, to make the long story short I went back to my original theme launcher Dodol. I know the name sounds odd but this launcher is efficient and no lag time in accessing your other apps although the themes are not as nice as Go Launcher. But, nevertheless Dodol also has a lot of customizable themes once installed it will give you the flexibility to use one themes icons, wallpapers and what not.

Sample Go Locker Theme

Locker Themes

wide array of themes 

both free/paid to choose from

To simplify it's your phones lock screen that's it. It sounds complicated at first especially if you're the person who always look at the big picture all the time that you get to overlook the simple things like this that if you only read the clue word 'lock' it should've been simple lol. Between Dodol locker and Go Locker I should say the later wins. Go Locker themes are awesome and mostly animated which even more fascinated me. Yes, these stuff are my guilty pleasures. It brings out the kid in me and my endless love for anything digital.


Go SMS

A sample of GO SMS 

theme for your text box.

this theme is not free by the

way, you can only use GetJar

coins of pay for it.

Last but not least my fave Go SMS. Thank God for themed SMS /text box! Iphone bored me hadn't for the emojis and got envious with android users when I found that they have this customizable sms boxes. I just love this app. I always thought there's a solution for boringtext messaging experience. Go SMS is of course free same goes with its relatives Go Launcher, Go Locker and any app with 'Go' on it.

GetJar

This is android's way to con people to download their other apps why? It's cuz whenever you find a really cute but not free Go SMS/Launcher theme could use the points that your gonna earn from downloading these other not so useful apps instead of spending money for it which I used to do because I just recently figured out how this whole GetJar thingy work. It so happened that I was just so squeamish to try out the darn themes geez. Piece of advise? Don't spend a dime for this hobby :D

To wrap this blog up, if IOS is boring you go Android ,cuz I was a happy camper since I switched plus there are lots of affordable yet multimedia android phones anyways right?

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Happy Sheep!

Happy Year of the Sheep/Ram/Goat! I hope 2015 would be a good year for everyone. This is my first post for 2015 btw!

I have been extremely busy after discovering GoLauncher for my Samsung. I have been using Dodol Launcher since I switched to android from ios half a year ago. Let's just say that I had all the time in the world over the holidays to twitch my phone's interface so I decided to download Go Launcher.

I was so fascinated by GO at first and the more after I paired it up with its very own lock screen app called Go Locker. I was so happy that I deleted all my Dodol Launcher files because I found Go Launcher's interface so 3D compared to Dodol UNTIL just recently that I noticed how fast my battery drains! I even downloaded this sweeper app to clear up all apps running in the background that might've been draining out my phone but to no avail it didn't help! I blamed the cute lock screen then since I read from forums that the more Go Apps installed, the more the battery drains fast.

I gave up so I decided to go back to Dodol Theme Launcher instead and to dissipate my disappointment, I decided to pair it up then with Dodol Locker. It wasn't as pretty as Go Launcher but I wouldn't sacrifice my phone's battery life for aesthetics. Beauty always has its price.

Dodol is not so bad really as it has more downloadable free themes compared to Go Launcher.

Nuff of the tech savvy me side..

What can I say? Happy New Year once again! Waz my New Year's resolutions (Yes it is plural)? Eat more healthy foods, travel more, read more, discover. I wish to turn my life around this year for the better. I am so yearning to travel and to do some more soul searching. Life oh life.

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ios vs. android

Hey welcome August!

For a start this is my first blog entry for this month wee!

Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo

I've finally bid my iphone 4s adieu few days ago after having used it for roughly seven months. I am an avid iphone user and yes i was satisfied even if wifi quit working after a month of purchase from this local online shop. My iphone came with an upgraded IOS7 and yes i was excited at first because of how the interface looked compared to the old ios there's something to be excited about. I was just totally turned off after my wifi malfunctioned regardless of how awesome the front and back camera is and how easy it is to purchase and install apps.

Anyways, moving on, i am switching to android for a change! I now have this Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo which is quad core with 8gb internal memory and expandable external memory (up to 32gb). I wasn't happy at first because i got sort of dizzy navigating through it and all that because of how big of a difference from what i have gotten used to. But then, the more I use it the more I became familiar with it and realized that android phones is quite easier to use compared to iphone's complexity. I had a hard time though understanding how to make the themes work because iphones don't have themes. Through self help i learned that you have to install a theme launcher like go launcher and the like from playstore where you can house your downloaded themes from. The user guide/manual wasn't very useful because it was so tiny and nothing much on it but instructions to install the battery and how to power on/off the handset. Go launcher was kind of buggy so I went for Dodol launcher instead as it's more user friendly. I was worried at first where to put my loads of ebooks because samsung handsets require external memory card and it's not included during point of sale. As a work around I decided to install Samsung Kies on my laptop (it's like pc suite for the now defunct nokia) to allow me to copy and paste my folders like music and ebooks from my pc to my samsung phone. It worked wonders for me because 8gb is not so bad so I guess an external mc is now optional as it's kind of pricey.

So far so good. I am currently enjoying my grand neo despite the vga front camera/8megapix back camera; the huge screen is something i still have to get used to. Oh by the way if you'll be out finding cases for this phone just simply look for any samsung galaxy grand cases and as long as it says I-9060 or quite similar it should fit although it's still best to fit it first before you leave the shop to avoid further hassles ;)

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