While most gallery apps, such as the Sense and MIUI native galleries, might allow you to hide directories from the interface, they usually don’t stop loading such directories on launch. Also, this method doesn’t ensure your privacy as hidden directories can be revealed easily from within the app.

To prevent your Gallery app from scanning these directories at launch, you must employ one of the following methods. If you try one of the following shortly after launching your Gallery, you will have to refresh (or force-close and reopen) it to view the changes made.

Creating A .Nomedia File

Using any file explorer/manager application (such as Astro File Manager or File Expert), navigate to the directory that you want hidden and create an empty file titled “.nomedia”.

One way to do so is to:

Copy an existing text (.txt) or even an image (.jpg/.png) file to said directory,
Open it in a text editor (hold down on the file and select the appropriate option from the context menu that appears),
Delete its contents (hold down on the text, Select alland Delete), save changes and exit,
Rename it to “.nomedia” (hold down on the file again and select Rename from its context menu).
This method disables media scanning on the chosen directory, causing the Gallery to skip the directory altogether at launch.

.nomedia
Adding A Dot Prefix

Using any file explorer/manager application, locate the directory that you want hidden and add a “.” before its name (“.directoryname”).

If you’re using Astro, you’ll have to hold down on the directory and select Edit > Rename from its context menu to do so.

This method converts the chosen folder into a hidden directory. File explorers like Super Manager, eFile and MIUI’s native file explorer do not have the option to view hidden folders enabled by default. So if your altered directory disappears from the interface, do not be alarmed. It is still there.

You may enable said option later to revert the changes you made. Alternatively, you can always connect your device to your computer and mount the SD card to do the same. The dot prefix hides the directory on Linux-based systems only. You’ll be able to to view them if, say, your computer is running Windows.

Using Super Manager Or .Nomedia Manager

If you’re using Super Manager, you can disable media scanning for multiple directories by selecting the check box in front of each and tapping the toggle media scanning option below. The following screenshot (left) should clear things up. Note: Super Manager only works for rooted phone.

StudioKUMA .nomedia Manager and Super Manager provide easy solutions if your phone is rooted.

You can also check the video below….

More on how to hide files and photo on Android phone…
Forum on how to hide photos and video
Hide pictures
SextingVault app hides your naughty pics

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All you need is a web browser. You can view, browse, and retrieve contents, including documents, pictures, and video, from your phone wireless. Once you start the app, it gives you the web address and the password to access your phone from a browser.

To the top left in your browser, you have the navigation menu for access to all the folders and files in your phone, from where you can click to access the connect of each folder.  The navigation menu are About device, Callogs, Bookmarks, Photos and Files. “About device” contains a list of all the apps installed on your phone and their links to the Android Market, Cyrket, and Appbrain. The remaining menu are self explanatory, as they contain exactly what their names say.

To the lower left corner you have you contacts. When you click on a contact, it pops up with the contact number, the SMS history, and the field for you to enter SMS which you can send from your phone. If you want to be able to send SMS to people from your computer this is perfect for you.  The left bottom you have the number of your contacts and the New SMS  link which you can use to start a new text messaging.

I found the Files menu to be most useful. It contains “Download selected” which is a list of  your download files and folders, “Go to SDCARD” shows the files and apps in your SD Card. And “Upload”,  very import, allows your to upload files straight from your computer to your phone without any hassle. Now you don’t have to plug your phone to your computer to upload or download files anymore.

The app concept and implementation is great,  the simplicity makes it even better. I still don’t know why is free, I guess the best things in life are still free. It will be great if you can use the app to manage your phone book in the future.

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1. Download xoomroot.zip and unzip it
2. Place the files in your SDK tools folder
3. adb reboot bootloader
4. fastboot oem unlock (be sure fastboot binary is in your path)
5. Accept the legal notice then wait for reboot
6. adb reboot bootloader
7. fastboot flash boot rootboot.img
8. fastboot reboot (wait for reboot)
9. adb remount
10. adb push su /system/bin
11. adb shell ln –s /system/bin/su /system/xbin/su
12. adb shell chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
13. Download Superuser app from Market

Thats it, your device is now rooted!

Note: If you do not understand parts of this guide or feel that you need further instructions, it is safe to assume you should not try this.

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Best HTC Desire Apps

AIM – AOL Instant Messenger client for android. Data sent through network. No SMS fee. Support for smileys and chat bubble styles.

Adroid-rss – A fully functional reader created to learn the new Android platform SDK. It’s an ongoing effort to better understand and embrace the Android design philosophy, welcome comments and additional contributors.

Twidroid – Twitter client on the android platform. Provides a preview of forthcoming release, which will extend the current product line and includes features such as: multi-account support, video posting, desktop widget, bit.ly support, follower listings, interface themes and others.

Loopt – Phone as a social compass -connects with friends and the places in a jiffy and instantly share photos, comments, and cool places.

FBabble – Stay in touch with friends on Facebook. Features include real-time chat, uploading photos, changing current status and even automatic tweets to your Twitter account.

Opera Mini – Aids in browsing the entire Web on the phone, saving time and money. It compresses pages up to 90%, making web browsing fast. Synchronizes bookmarks, history, notes and more between the computer and mobile phone.

10001 Cocktails – Browse and search most popular alcoholic and non-alcoholic drink recipes on the phone at shot-cocktail-recipe.com web site. Add fresh drink ideas and drink reviews and save favorite drinks to personal list.

ChompSMS – With a great UI, chat style SMS bubbles and touch-screen keyboard. Color customizations and T9 predictive touch-screen keyboard to be released soon.

Note Everything – A notepad application to create different types of notes in one application, including text-, paint-, voice-, checklist- & photo notes. Notes can be organized in folders and shortcuts can be created on home. Send notes, search, encrypt, reminders and use live folders all in one Android UI.

Voice Recorder – This application is a handy voice recorder. The data is recorded to an SD card. Available the following items on the Voice Recorder – send a data as attached file via Gmail – timer & background recording – search by TITLE and DATE – register to ringtones.

Lyric Search – Searches Lyrics for any song by artist or song title on LyricWiki.org. Also, copy and paste lyrics into sms, email, or other applications, and save lyrics or buy the song on Amazon mp3.

Comeks Fun Photo Blogger – Create and share funny cartoon images. Take and filter photos, add stickers and text bubbles on them. When done, share the funny image on Facebook, Tumblr, Flickr, Bebo, Twitter or Comeks.com. Also can be send as an email or MMS.

Pickup Lines – With this application share the best pickup lines and view and rate the ones others have added. And send funny lines to friends.

Save MMS – This application allows to save pictures, audio and video from MMS text messages directly to the memory card. Attachments are stored in the “SavedMMS” directory and are automatically accessible from the Pictures and Music apps.

Last.fm – A personal radio station on the phone- choose an artist or genre and build a perfect playlist with the aid of this application. It provides a fresh feature of favorites and new discoveries powered by millions of Last.fm users sharing the music they love. Songs can be skipped and details about concerts can be found.

MultiReader 0.6.1 – Text-to-speech application, which reads documents. It  speaks the text document and include file formats – text, PDF, Word, RTF, PPT.

My Tracks – Record GPS tracks and view live statistics while hiking, biking, running or participating in other outdoor activities. Once recorded, share tracks with friends, upload them to Google Spreadsheets, and visualize them on Google My Maps.

Ringdroid- Edit any MP3 on the phone or record a new sound and turn it into a ringtone, alarm, or notification. The only graphical waveform editor you’ll find on a phone!

OI File manager – The OpenIntents file manager allows to browse SD card, create directories, rename, move, and delete files. It also acts as an extension to other applications to display “Open” and “Save” dialogs.

Thesaurus – Retrieve the synonym for every word. If available get antonyms, related terms, similar word and user suggestions too. Tap one of the results to start a quick new search for that term. As well it keeps a history list of search terms.

WikiMobile Encyclopedia – A walking encyclopedia, now at fingertips. With WikiMobile, carry 2+ million Wikipedia articles, including pictures. Faster and uses just a fraction of the network data vs. the Android browser. Download free for a limited time!

Google Sky Map – A star map for Android. It turns Android-powered mobile phone into a dynamic window on the night sky. When the phone is elevated into the night sky, a map of the brightest stars, constellations, and planets in the sky will emerge.

Meebo IM – A free IM program that supports AIM, MSN, Yahoo, MySpace IM, Google Talk, Jabber and ICQ. Sign in using a Meebo account and chat history will be saved forever, and can be accessed from anywhere by logging in at www.meebo.com.

Ringo Lite – A ringtones manager helps to set unique ringtones and SMS tones for each of the address book contacts.

Mobile Banking (from Bank of America) – Check available balances, pay bills and transfer funds all while traveling. Locate ATM and banking centers with GPS. No address input required. Download now, for one-touch access to finances, instantly.

StarTranslate (Translator and dictionary) – Voice translation – Translate text – Translate SMS – Copy/Paste to any application – History – Swap translations – Get word definition in dictionary Many languages supported including: Arabic, Hebrew, Thai, Hindi. It is based on Google translate service.

Sharetones for Android 1.1 beta – Get ringtones on the phone based on songs already being owned.

ShopSavvy – Scan barcodes with the phone’s camera and compare internet and local prices.

CraigslistChecker – With this application finding a new personal requirement (car, house,etc) is on fingertips. Also enables to save favorite searches and set them as alerts. Email the save listings to friend & family in an instant.

Yellowbook.com Mobile Search – A free mobile search application featuring voice recognition. It helps in finding any local store or plumber and other services in a jiffy.

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Don’t forget you’ll need to have your phone set up to permit non-Market sources to install apps. The whole process is done in just five easy steps:

Requirements

Open a DropBox account which is a cloud based file storage and sync service.
You need DropBox app installed on your Android phone.
Step 1: Download the Non-Market Android app you want to install from a browser on your desktop.

Step 2: Drop it in Dropbox on your computer.

Step 4: Open up the Dropbox app on your Android phone.

Step 5: Navigate to that .apk file you transferred in the above step and click it.

Your Android handset will now open up its installer, and thats it you have just managed to install a non-Market android app on your phone.

Note: You’ll also need to have non-Market sources enabled in your Applications settings.

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Samsung Galaxy  Tab Apps

AIM – AOL Instant Messenger client for android. Data sent through network. No SMS fee. Support for smileys and chat bubble styles.

Adroid-rss – A fully functional reader created to learn the new Android platform SDK. It’s an ongoing effort to better understand and embrace the Android design philosophy, welcome comments and additional contributors.

Twidroid – Twitter client on the android platform. Provides a preview of forthcoming release, which will extend the current product line and includes features such as: multi-account support, video posting, desktop widget, bit.ly support, follower listings, interface themes and others.

Loopt – Phone as a social compass -connects with friends and the places in a jiffy and instantly share photos, comments, and cool places.

FBabble – Stay in touch with friends on Facebook. Features include real-time chat, uploading photos, changing current status and even automatic tweets to your Twitter account.

Opera Mini – Aids in browsing the entire Web on the phone, saving time and money. It compresses pages up to 90%, making web browsing fast. Synchronizes bookmarks, history, notes and more between the computer and mobile phone.

10001 Cocktails – Browse and search most popular alcoholic and non-alcoholic drink recipes on the phone at shot-cocktail-recipe.com web site. Add fresh drink ideas and drink reviews and save favorite drinks to personal list.

ChompSMS – With a great UI, chat style SMS bubbles and touch-screen keyboard. Color customizations and T9 predictive touch-screen keyboard to be released soon.

Note Everything – A notepad application to create different types of notes in one application, including text-, paint-, voice-, checklist- & photo notes. Notes can be organized in folders and shortcuts can be created on home. Send notes, search, encrypt, reminders and use live folders all in one Android UI.

Voice Recorder – This application is a handy voice recorder. The data is recorded to an SD card. Available the following items on the Voice Recorder – send a data as attached file via Gmail – timer & background recording – search by TITLE and DATE – register to ringtones.

Lyric Search – Searches Lyrics for any song by artist or song title on LyricWiki.org. Also, copy and paste lyrics into sms, email, or other applications, and save lyrics or buy the song on Amazon mp3.

Comeks Fun Photo Blogger – Create and share funny cartoon images. Take and filter photos, add stickers and text bubbles on them. When done, share the funny image on Facebook, Tumblr, Flickr, Bebo, Twitter or Comeks.com. Also can be send as an email or MMS.

Pickup Lines – With this application share the best pickup lines and view and rate the ones others have added. And send funny lines to friends.

Save MMS – This application allows to save pictures, audio and video from MMS text messages directly to the memory card. Attachments are stored in the “SavedMMS” directory and are automatically accessible from the Pictures and Music apps.

Last.fm – A personal radio station on the phone- choose an artist or genre and build a perfect playlist with the aid of this application. It provides a fresh feature of favorites and new discoveries powered by millions of Last.fm users sharing the music they love. Songs can be skipped and details about concerts can be found.

MultiReader 0.6.1 – Text-to-speech application, which reads documents. It  speaks the text document and include file formats – text, PDF, Word, RTF, PPT.

My Tracks – Record GPS tracks and view live statistics while hiking, biking, running or participating in other outdoor activities. Once recorded, share tracks with friends, upload them to Google Spreadsheets, and visualize them on Google My Maps.

Ringdroid- Edit any MP3 on the phone or record a new sound and turn it into a ringtone, alarm, or notification. The only graphical waveform editor you’ll find on a phone!

OI File manager – The OpenIntents file manager allows to browse SD card, create directories, rename, move, and delete files. It also acts as an extension to other applications to display “Open” and “Save” dialogs.

Thesaurus – Retrieve the synonym for every word. If available get antonyms, related terms, similar word and user suggestions too. Tap one of the results to start a quick new search for that term. As well it keeps a history list of search terms.

WikiMobile Encyclopedia – A walking encyclopedia, now at fingertips. With WikiMobile, carry 2+ million Wikipedia articles, including pictures. Faster and uses just a fraction of the network data vs. the Android browser. Download free for a limited time!

Google Sky Map – A star map for Android. It turns Android-powered mobile phone into a dynamic window on the night sky. When the phone is elevated into the night sky, a map of the brightest stars, constellations, and planets in the sky will emerge.

Meebo IM – A free IM program that supports AIM, MSN, Yahoo, MySpace IM, Google Talk, Jabber and ICQ. Sign in using a Meebo account and chat history will be saved forever, and can be accessed from anywhere by logging in at www.meebo.com.

Ringo Lite – A ringtones manager helps to set unique ringtones and SMS tones for each of the address book contacts.

Mobile Banking (from Bank of America) – Check available balances, pay bills and transfer funds all while traveling. Locate ATM and banking centers with GPS. No address input required. Download now, for one-touch access to finances, instantly.

StarTranslate (Translator and dictionary) – Voice translation – Translate text – Translate SMS – Copy/Paste to any application – History – Swap translations – Get word definition in dictionary Many languages supported including: Arabic, Hebrew, Thai, Hindi. It is based on Google translate service.

Sharetones for Android 1.1 beta – Get ringtones on the phone based on songs already being owned.

ShopSavvy – Scan barcodes with the phone’s camera and compare internet and local prices.

CraigslistChecker – With this application finding a new personal requirement (car, house,etc) is on fingertips. Also enables to save favorite searches and set them as alerts. Email the save listings to friend & family in an instant.

Yellowbook.com Mobile Search – A free mobile search application featuring voice recognition. It helps in finding any local store or plumber and other services in a jiffy.

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Let’s be honest – finding 20 good free games on the Android Market was a bit of a task.

There’s a lot of junk out there, but fortunately, there are gems within the junk.

We’ve worked our way through a whole load of Android games to reveal the ones you should download to your phone.

If we’ve missed your favourite free Android game, let us know in the comments.

1. Bebbled

Your standard gem-shuffling thing, only presented in a professional style you wouldn’t be surprised to see running on something featuring a Nintendo badge with an asking price of £19.99.

You only drop gems on other gems to nuke larger groups of the same colour, but with ever-tightening demands for score combos and scenes that require you to rotate your phone to flip the play field on its head, Bebbled soon morphs into an incredibly complex challenge.

2. The Red Stone

There’s an awful lot of square-shuffling games on Android and Red Stone is one of the best. And one of the hardest. You start off with a big fat ‘King’ square that’s four times of the normal ‘pawn’ squares, then set about shuffling things so the fat King can get through to an exit at the top of the screen.

It’s hard to accurately describe a puzzle game in the written word, but seriously, it’s a good game.

3. Newton

Released a few months back in beta form, Newton is a maths/physics challenge that has you lining up shots at a target – but having to contend with the laws of nature, in the form of pushers, pullers, benders (no laughing), mirrors and traps, all deflecting your shot from its target.

The developer is still adding levels to it at the moment, so one day Newton might be finished and might cost money. But for now it’s free and a great indie creation.

4. Sketch Online

Surprisingly free of crude representations of the male genitalia, Sketch Online is a sociable guessing game where users do little drawings then battle to correctly guess what’s being drawn first. It’s like Mavis Beacon for the Bebo generation. The version labelled “Beta” is free, and if you like it there’s the option to pay for an ad-free copy. But Google can’t make you. Yet.

5. Drop

Some might call Drop a game, others might classify it as a tech demo that illustrates the accuracy of the Android platform’s accelerometer, thanks to how playing it simply involves tilting your phone while making a little bouncy ball falls between gaps in the platforms. Either way it’ll amuse you for a while and inform you of the accuracy of your accelerometer – a win-win situation.

6. Frozen Bubble

Another key theme of the independent Android gaming scene is (ports of) clones of popular titles. Like Frozen Bubble, which is based around the ancient and many-times-copied concept of firing gems up a screen to make little groups of similarly coloured clusters. That’s what you do. You’ve probably done it a million times before, so if it’s your thing get this downloaded.

7. Replica Island

An extremely polished platform game that pulls off the shock result of being very playable on an Android trackball. The heavy momentum of the character means you’re only switching direction with the ball or d-pad, letting you whizz about the levels with ease. Then there’s jumping, bottom-bouncing, collecting and all the other usual platform formalities.

8. Gem Miner

You are a sort of mole character that likes to dig things out of the ground. But that’s not important. The game itself has you micro-managing the raw materials you find, upgrading your digging powers and buying bigger and better tools and maps. Looks great, plays well on Android’s limited button array. Go on, suck the very life out of the planet.

9. ConnecToo

Another coloured-square-based puzzle game, only this has you joining them up. Link red to red, then blue to blue – then see if you’ve left a pathway through to link yellow to yellow. You probably haven’t, so delete it all and try again.

A brilliantly simple concept. ConnecToo used to be a paid-for game, but was recently switched to an ad-supported model – meaning it now costs you £0.00.

10. Titres

Once you’re successfully rewired your brain’s 25 years of playing Tetris in a certain way with certain buttons and got used to tapping the screen to rotate your blocks, it’s… Tetris.

It hinges on how much you enjoy placing things with your phone’s trackball or pad. If you’re good at it, it’s a superb Tetris clone. Let’s hope it doesn’t get sued out of existence.

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Let’s be honest – finding 20 good free games on the Android Market was a bit of a task.

There’s a lot of junk out there, but fortunately, there are gems within the junk.

We’ve worked our way through a whole load of Android games to reveal the ones you should download to your phone.

If we’ve missed your favourite free Android game, let us know in the comments.

1. Bebbled

Your standard gem-shuffling thing, only presented in a professional style you wouldn’t be surprised to see running on something featuring a Nintendo badge with an asking price of £19.99.

You only drop gems on other gems to nuke larger groups of the same colour, but with ever-tightening demands for score combos and scenes that require you to rotate your phone to flip the play field on its head, Bebbled soon morphs into an incredibly complex challenge.

2. The Red Stone

There’s an awful lot of square-shuffling games on Android and Red Stone is one of the best. And one of the hardest. You start off with a big fat ‘King’ square that’s four times of the normal ‘pawn’ squares, then set about shuffling things so the fat King can get through to an exit at the top of the screen.

It’s hard to accurately describe a puzzle game in the written word, but seriously, it’s a good game.

3. Newton

Released a few months back in beta form, Newton is a maths/physics challenge that has you lining up shots at a target – but having to contend with the laws of nature, in the form of pushers, pullers, benders (no laughing), mirrors and traps, all deflecting your shot from its target.

The developer is still adding levels to it at the moment, so one day Newton might be finished and might cost money. But for now it’s free and a great indie creation.

4. Sketch Online

Surprisingly free of crude representations of the male genitalia, Sketch Online is a sociable guessing game where users do little drawings then battle to correctly guess what’s being drawn first. It’s like Mavis Beacon for the Bebo generation. The version labelled “Beta” is free, and if you like it there’s the option to pay for an ad-free copy. But Google can’t make you. Yet.

5. Drop

Some might call Drop a game, others might classify it as a tech demo that illustrates the accuracy of the Android platform’s accelerometer, thanks to how playing it simply involves tilting your phone while making a little bouncy ball falls between gaps in the platforms. Either way it’ll amuse you for a while and inform you of the accuracy of your accelerometer – a win-win situation.

6. Frozen Bubble

Another key theme of the independent Android gaming scene is (ports of) clones of popular titles. Like Frozen Bubble, which is based around the ancient and many-times-copied concept of firing gems up a screen to make little groups of similarly coloured clusters. That’s what you do. You’ve probably done it a million times before, so if it’s your thing get this downloaded.

7. Replica Island

An extremely polished platform game that pulls off the shock result of being very playable on an Android trackball. The heavy momentum of the character means you’re only switching direction with the ball or d-pad, letting you whizz about the levels with ease. Then there’s jumping, bottom-bouncing, collecting and all the other usual platform formalities.

8. Gem Miner

You are a sort of mole character that likes to dig things out of the ground. But that’s not important. The game itself has you micro-managing the raw materials you find, upgrading your digging powers and buying bigger and better tools and maps. Looks great, plays well on Android’s limited button array. Go on, suck the very life out of the planet.

9. ConnecToo

Another coloured-square-based puzzle game, only this has you joining them up. Link red to red, then blue to blue – then see if you’ve left a pathway through to link yellow to yellow. You probably haven’t, so delete it all and try again.

A brilliantly simple concept. ConnecToo used to be a paid-for game, but was recently switched to an ad-supported model – meaning it now costs you £0.00.

10. Titres

Once you’re successfully rewired your brain’s 25 years of playing Tetris in a certain way with certain buttons and got used to tapping the screen to rotate your blocks, it’s… Tetris.

It hinges on how much you enjoy placing things with your phone’s trackball or pad. If you’re good at it, it’s a superb Tetris clone. Let’s hope it doesn’t get sued out of existence.

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Let’s be honest – finding 20 good free games on the Android Market was a bit of a task.

There’s a lot of junk out there, but fortunately, there are gems within the junk.

We’ve worked our way through a whole load of Android games to reveal the ones you should download to your phone.

If we’ve missed your favourite free Android game, let us know in the comments.

1. Bebbled

Your standard gem-shuffling thing, only presented in a professional style you wouldn’t be surprised to see running on something featuring a Nintendo badge with an asking price of £19.99.

You only drop gems on other gems to nuke larger groups of the same colour, but with ever-tightening demands for score combos and scenes that require you to rotate your phone to flip the play field on its head, Bebbled soon morphs into an incredibly complex challenge.

2. The Red Stone

There’s an awful lot of square-shuffling games on Android and Red Stone is one of the best. And one of the hardest. You start off with a big fat ‘King’ square that’s four times of the normal ‘pawn’ squares, then set about shuffling things so the fat King can get through to an exit at the top of the screen.

It’s hard to accurately describe a puzzle game in the written word, but seriously, it’s a good game.

3. Newton

Released a few months back in beta form, Newton is a maths/physics challenge that has you lining up shots at a target – but having to contend with the laws of nature, in the form of pushers, pullers, benders (no laughing), mirrors and traps, all deflecting your shot from its target.

The developer is still adding levels to it at the moment, so one day Newton might be finished and might cost money. But for now it’s free and a great indie creation.

4. Sketch Online

Surprisingly free of crude representations of the male genitalia, Sketch Online is a sociable guessing game where users do little drawings then battle to correctly guess what’s being drawn first. It’s like Mavis Beacon for the Bebo generation. The version labelled “Beta” is free, and if you like it there’s the option to pay for an ad-free copy. But Google can’t make you. Yet.

5. Drop

Some might call Drop a game, others might classify it as a tech demo that illustrates the accuracy of the Android platform’s accelerometer, thanks to how playing it simply involves tilting your phone while making a little bouncy ball falls between gaps in the platforms. Either way it’ll amuse you for a while and inform you of the accuracy of your accelerometer – a win-win situation.

6. Frozen Bubble

Another key theme of the independent Android gaming scene is (ports of) clones of popular titles. Like Frozen Bubble, which is based around the ancient and many-times-copied concept of firing gems up a screen to make little groups of similarly coloured clusters. That’s what you do. You’ve probably done it a million times before, so if it’s your thing get this downloaded.

7. Replica Island

An extremely polished platform game that pulls off the shock result of being very playable on an Android trackball. The heavy momentum of the character means you’re only switching direction with the ball or d-pad, letting you whizz about the levels with ease. Then there’s jumping, bottom-bouncing, collecting and all the other usual platform formalities.

8. Gem Miner

You are a sort of mole character that likes to dig things out of the ground. But that’s not important. The game itself has you micro-managing the raw materials you find, upgrading your digging powers and buying bigger and better tools and maps. Looks great, plays well on Android’s limited button array. Go on, suck the very life out of the planet.

9. ConnecToo

Another coloured-square-based puzzle game, only this has you joining them up. Link red to red, then blue to blue – then see if you’ve left a pathway through to link yellow to yellow. You probably haven’t, so delete it all and try again.

A brilliantly simple concept. ConnecToo used to be a paid-for game, but was recently switched to an ad-supported model – meaning it now costs you £0.00.

10. Titres

Once you’re successfully rewired your brain’s 25 years of playing Tetris in a certain way with certain buttons and got used to tapping the screen to rotate your blocks, it’s… Tetris.

It hinges on how much you enjoy placing things with your phone’s trackball or pad. If you’re good at it, it’s a superb Tetris clone. Let’s hope it doesn’t get sued out of existence.

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