[How to]Hack/Install/Update Android ICS on Amazon Kindle Fire

We had earlier updated on our blog about the Amazon Kindle Fire tablet. The Kindle fire tablet was expected to give competition to the Apple iPad as per the words of various tech gurus. The Amazon Kindle Fire Wifi/3g is available at a low cost in comparison to Apple iPad but fully loaded features.

Pre Requisites:

1. First you need to root Amazon kindle Fire by following the instructions from here. (Ensure that the current firmware is 6.0.2 as it’s the latest firmware for your Kindle Fire)
2. After rooting the device, ensure that the Kindle Fire is left with the minimum of 60% battery charge so as to ensure that the device doesn’t get turned Off in the middle of updating process.
3. Be informed that as of now there is no procedure to revert back to the stock firmware, so just in case if you wish to revert back to your original current firmware then you need to wait for us to come with an appropriate article for roll back of firmware.

Steps to Update Amazon Kindle Fire with Ice Cream Sandwich Android 4.0.3 firmware version:

• Before proceeding, Download ICS 4.0.3 Beta (This update is of about 91.78 MB.) build in your computer after which you need to connect your Kindle Fire to the computer using the original USB cable which you got at the time of purchase.
• Up next you need to disconnect the connected cable and turn off the Kindle Fire so as to enter into the recovery mode. Now, turn ON the Kindle Fire normally and when you see the Yellow triangle then you need to press and hold the button till you boot the device in the TWRP mode.
• Now, in the TWRP, you need to select the options which are data factory reset, wipe cache and wipe Dalvik cache which will ensure that all the cache files are deleted so that you can now proceed to the next step.
• Now, select “install” and choose the file which you have placed in your Amazon kindle Fire in the initial step. After this, you need to select “Flash” so as to flash this ICS firmware in your device.
• It will take round about 10 minutes so as to apply this firmware in your device, after this once it’s done you will again land up in the recovery mode screen
• In the recovery mode, you need to select “reboot system now” to reboot the phone. So, that’s it once the device is rebooted, you will see that the device is on the latest firmware version which is the ICS Android 4.0.3 version.

And thats how to install or update or hack Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet from the ICS Android 4.0.3 OS, but if you find any problem then you can post your suggestions or comment below.

Things that works:

• Touch panel.
• Hardware graphics
• Audio

Things that don’t work:

• Wi Fi,
• Accelerometer,
• Light sensor.

Video of Amazon Kindle Fire Tablet running ICS Android 4.0.3 OS:

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Download /Install /Play Elder Scrolls Skyrim on Mac without Boot camp

Now you can run Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim directly in Mac OS X thanks to the Porting Team’s unofficial Mac port of the freakishly popular game. The game is played either through a Cider wrapper or Wineskin, the latter being easier but the former apparently having better performance, but in both cases you’ll need to own a Windows copy of the game to get it working.

Skyrim Mac requirements:

OS: Mac OS X 10.5.3 (Recommended 10.5.7)

Processor: Intel Dual Core 2.0 GHz

Memory: 2 GB RAM

Hard Disk Space: 6 GB Free HDD Space

Video Card: Dedicated Video Card with 512 MB of RAM

Cider Wrapper
For the Cider Wrapper you need skyrim to be installed on windows based computer. Do this via a virtual machine or a physical machine.
Update the game, when running some downloaded versions check for the latest releases of cracks or missing files.
Download Cider Wrapper here.
Unzip the download files., you should see three files:

• ReadMe
• Skyrim Preferences.app
• The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim.app

Right click “The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim.app”, show package contents. Navigate to
“/Contents/Resources/transgaming/c_drive/Program Files/The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim”

Copy all the files inside your previous installed skyrim folder, found on the windows machine under :
“C:\Program Files (x86)\Bethesda…”

Paste the full content inside the .app file.

If you have any previous saved games or preferences files copy them to:
“/Contents/Resources/transgaming/c_drive/Program Files/The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim/%USERPROFILE%/My Documents/My Games/Skyrim”

Before running the game start the “Skyrim Preferences.app” select the “The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim.app” you just modified (first time only).

Run the app and it should work.
If you find you have a slow mouse, change the mouse sensitivity under options.



Wineskin
Compared to the Cider Wrapper the wineskin is strait forward. Run wineskin and install the game via the app. To run the game itself use the launcher.exe file.
Download Wineskin for mac here.
Download Wineskin Wrapper for Skyrim here.
To Changing Video Settings
This can be done through the "Skyrim Preferences" application

Again if you find you have a slow mouse, change the mouse sensitivity under options.


To Play Skyrim on Mac via Steam follow the steps here:

1. Get a free trial of crossover (or run steam in wineskin or other suitable emulator)
2. Install Steam
3. Set Skyrim to downloading (expect to wait upwards of an hour depending on  connection)
4. Enter the bottle / wineskin and navigate to the steam folder, this is done on crossover by: >Using the Configure Menu -> Manage Bottles; >Hit the Advance tab -> open c: drive in finder
5. The path for Skyrim should be something like drive_c / Program Files / Steam / steamapps / common / skyrim
6. Download Cider Wrapper here.
7. Once extracted open the folder (you should see a read me, skyrim prefs & The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim
8. Right click on The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim -> Show package contents 
9. Navigate through resources -> transgaming -> c_drive -> program files -> The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim (all that will be in here is %USERPROFILE% folder)
10. Copy all the files from the Steam skyrim folder to the one you just opened
11. Close all your finder windows
12. Reopen the Cider wrapper folder and run the Skyrim Preferences app it will appear the open up a finder dialogue, point it towards the The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim app within the cider wrapper folder. This will let you set the screen size and quality
13. Thats it 
14. Run the The Elder Scrolls V Skyrim App in the cider folder and you should be up and running

Happy Gaming !!!

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Downloading gameloft games data (for android) using PC

Install / Downloading gameloft games data (for android) using PC


Bored using WiFi and slow 3g connections for downloading gameloft games . Here's the solution:
Now download and Install gameloft on android

Steps:

1.       Install the apk file-> run  game-> later in  download data option select ‘y’ or ‘yes’

       let it start a bit then cancel and exit the game.

2.       You will need software called GLZip_v1.0.4.rar .(Extract the s/w and run GLZip.exe) 

3.       Click on ”View links in apk ” and browse to the apk file for which you need the data

4.       Depending on the device you use

a.    DXT= Motorola Device 

b.    PVRT= Samsung Device 

c.    ATC=  HTC/Sony Ericsson Device

   Copy the appropriate link and download it using any download manager (Example:  IDM)

5.       After downloading the files move them to

     GLZip folder (where you extracted the glzip file), then select “unpack”

6.       Browse to the downloaded file which is now moved to GLZip folder and click “open”

7.       We get a folder with the same name as we unpack the zip file

      Open the folder and Copy and paste all the files to sdcard ->

                          gameloft \ games \ Name _of _Game

                     Ex: gameloft\games\gangstar

9.       Enjoy the game and don’t forget to like this page

Here’s a list of the games:

1. Real Football 2010
2. Asphalt 5
3. Assassin’s Creed
4. Dungeon Hunter
5. Gangster: West Coast Hustle
6. Tom Clancy’s H.A.W.X.
7. Hero of Sparta
8. Let’s Golf!
9. Modern Combat: Sandstorm
10. N.O.V.A. Near Orbit Vanguard Alliance
11. UNO

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Download / Play League Of Legends(LOL) for Mac

League of Legends, aka LoL, (video) is an amazing DotA style MOBA game. It’s got to be my favorite game currently. Problem is, for a Mac gamer,is that this game runs only on windows. However, there’s a Mac client out there and it works just fine, just that there seems to be no way to install it. It’s one of the best games on Mac, just impossible to play. Until now.

I spent such a long time looking for a way to get the Mac client, and I found it, so I want to share the knowledge with the rest of the community so they don’t have to spend an entire week searching the Internet like I did. Anyways, I’ll put the instructions in an easy to follow, numbered order. Just follow them and You’ll have LoL working on your Mac.

It’s the most amazing free game I've ever played, I highly recommend you should check it out even if you're not a fan of the game style.

As for system requirements, I'm not sure about it. It runs more then perfectly fine on my MacBook Pro running 10.6.6

1. First step is to make an account if you don’t already have one. Just go to the account creation page and fill in the required fields. This takes less then a minute.
2. Once you have an account, you can download and install the disk image found here.
3. Mount the disk image and run the installer. I believe this installs the Pando Media Booster (required to play the game?) and the LoL Mac client installer.
4. Run the file you just installed. This will install the actual client and Adobe Air (also required to play?) People I’ve helped so far have had problems with this step if they don’t install Adobe Air or if they install the game under
   
   Macintosh HD/Users/yourname/Applications
   
   instead of
   
   Macintosh HD/Applications
5. Now that the file’s downloaded, you need to run it. IIRC, some generic windows will open and then close, and then the game won’t work. Next step is the hardest part of the installation.
6. You need to download and unzip this file. You then need to take the 3 items in the unzipped folder and copy them. Then right click on the League of Legends file under applications and select “Show Package Contents”. Navigate to
   
   Contents/Resources/Transgaming/c_drive/rads/projects/lol_launcher /releases/0.0.0.15 /Deploy
   
   There will be one file there. Delete it, and paste the 3 files you copied earlier.
7. Launch the client, and then it will install the latest patches. It usually gets stuck near the end and you have to force quit it and then launch again.
8. That’s it! You’re ready to play! I hope you enjoy the game on Mac as much as I do 

Some other things that will help you enjoy the Mac client to the fullest extent:

• It doesn’t currently seem to support USB headphones . You can work around this by using ones that use the headphone jack or just using your computer’s regular speakers.
• When you’re done with a window, it minimizes instead of closing. This isn’t a big deal, just don’t mess around with it and nothing bad will happen.
• If you do something out of the ordinary (such as let your computer go to sleep while the game is running) It occasionally won’t quit properly so next time you try to launch it, it won’t run. To fix this you need to either log out and log back in, or restart the computer. The game will be back to normal as soon as you do this, so you can go back to having fun.

Another simple Solution:

This is only a simple list with a few easy steps you must follow:

1) Go to www.boompje.net and download League of Legends.

2) When you're done downloading, double click the downloaded file and let it mount.

3) Click the installer and install League of Legends for the Mac. If you run into problems, you can check the next posts for a solution or post here, I will answer as soon as possible.

4) Select your server (NA, EUW or EUNE) and let it patch and update all the way!
This will take up at least 30 minutes up to 3 hours. 

5) Join the chatroom named 'Apple Tree' for Mac users!

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Play/Install SWTOR on MAC using Boot Camp

Play SWTOR SWTOR on MAC!!!The gaming landscape on Mac computers used to be as barren as the sands of Tatooine. But with the introduction of the App Store and some Mac-friendly MMOs, it’s more feasible now to be a dedicated Mac gamer. Unfortunately, BioWare hasn’t announced a Mac client for Star Wars: The Old Republic yet (if ever). So, what’s an Apple-owning TORWarrior to do? Easy. Enlist in the Imperial or Republic Army and ship off to Boot Camp!

Boot Camp is software included with Mac OS X that lets you run compatible versions of Microsoft Windows on an Intel-based Mac. It’s not an emulator like Crossover [http://www.codeweavers.com/products/crossover/] — I tried that for Star Trek Online with decent results, but it requires constant support from the developer so you’re at their mercy. Using Boot Camp just is like having a PC inside of a beautifully designed Apple-branded case (I can feel the PC enthusiasts reaching out to force choke me now). The only drawback is you’ll have to purchase a full version of Windows which can be expensive — but still cheaper and more space efficient than buying a new PC.


What You’ll Need
An Intel-based Mac computer (just about any model from 2007 on)
Install DVD for Mac OS X 10.6 or later (the full disc version, not an upgrade version)
Windows 7 Home Premium or XP (again, the full version, not an upgrade)
Optional, but highly recommended, is a Time Machine backup drive
Finally, you’ll need a bit of time and quiet. No cats running across the keyboard while installing a new operating system.
What You Might be Wondering?
Will my old Mac support Windows 7? [http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3986]
Should I install 32-bit or 64-bit Windows? [http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1846]


Getting Started
First thing you’ll want to do is visit the Boot Camp [http://www.apple.com/support/bootcamp/] page on Apple.com and click “Installation Guide” at the top. There you can download the Boot Camp Installation & Setup Guide for the Mac OS X version you’re running (choose the right one). The instructions in the manual are very straightforward. Just make sure and follow them to the letter and respect the fact that you’re installing an entirely new operating system on your machine. Patience, Anakin!


You’ll want to have the Boot Camp Installation & Setup Guide handy throughout the install process. You can print it if necessary, but it’s 18 pages long. I recommend having it open on another computer or your smart phone if possible. Hey, I might be a Sith but I still care about saving paper.


Back Up Your System
The installation instructions will first ask you to back up your system. Do it. You can run Time Machine on any Mac-compatible external hard drive. Chances are it will save you much agony down the road, if not today.


Launch Boot Camp Assistant
After you back up your system, quit all programs. Then fire up Boot Camp Assistant from the Applications > Utilities folder. From here on out you can follow the instructions in the Boot Camp Installation & Setup Guide. Follow them to the letter. Take your time and read the guide carefully before each step of the process. As Master Yoda says, “Impatience leads to anger, anger leads to hate, hate leads to … suffering.”


Your Mission to Partition
One decision you’ll have to make is how much space to partition on your hard drive for Windows. The Beta client is approximately 20GB but that is subject to change, and there will be many patches to download. You can’t increase the partition after it’s set without deleting Windows entirely and starting from scratch, so err on the side of too much space. I went with 100GB.



Things to Keep in Mind
Set aside some time before you start, and once you start commit to finishing. This isn’t a process you want to abandon midway through.
You won’t need the Mac OS X installation disc until after you’ve finished installing Windows and set up your Windows profile.
You must finish the Boot Camp installation (the last step in the guide) before you can connect to Wi-Fi in Windows.
The next time you start your computer, you can select which operating system to use by holding down the Option key during startup
You can set the default operating system for your computer using Startup Disk preferences (Mac OS X) or the Boot Camp control panel (Windows).
The Boot Camp Installation & Setup Guide also covers Removing Windows from Your Computer.
If you run into any trouble, check out the Unofficial TOR + Boot Camp Discussion Thread [http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=389856] on the SWTOR forums.
Tell BioWare you support a Mac client in this thread [http://www.swtor.com/community/showthread.php?t=531233]


That about covers it folks. Now that you’re up and running in Windows, you can download the SWTOR client, patch it up and launch the game to those sweet sweet notes of the Star Wars theme song.

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