I am outraged and disgusted by this. For the most part the Android community is one of the best I have ever come across, regardless of topic. But there are still some bad apples (no pun intended) around.

Stumbling through Google+ earlier I came across a post from Waza_Be, you remember him the dev behind one of my must have apps My Battery Drain.

Upgrade Android 2.0, 2.2, 2.3 to 5.0 Jelly Bean

Some person, lets call him that – we are a family site after all and as such it prevents me from expressing my true feelings as to what to call him, has created an apk to ‘upgrade’ your GB device to Jellybean. Plus the fact the post is dated June 13th, but enough about  that little point.

Please for the love in this world do not even think about installing this. Stay away from it. Do warn your friends that these are popping up. I have no idea what will happen to your phone if you install this it is a pretty safe bet that it will not be pretty.

I ask you to make sure no one ever installs this. And if you ever find anything that you do not know about, or something that seems too good to be true it only takes a few minutes to ask someone. And there are many places you can go. You can ask us here on the site or over on Google+, there is Xda, RootzWiki and many other places.

(Upgrade to Jellybean link

via Waza_Be on Google+)

Introducing…… Jack Roberts developer of the Holo apps and the cream of the crop HoloWeb

I caught up with Jack on a private Google Plus stream to chat about his app and what the future brings. (Beware of some amateur journalist skills on display here) After 5 minutes or so we started a little Q&A session.

Q..Hi Jack thanks for taking time out to chat to us. Just a couple of quick question to learn about you and your apps, maybe a bit of background first..When did you start developing Android apps?

A..Well I First Started Developing Just Last Year I Just Thought I’d Give It A Test And Then I Got Into It And Here We Are Today

Q..Really? No dev experience before then?

A..No Not Really I Just Learnt As A Went Along, I Did Have A Few Hurdles But As Always I Found My Way Through It

Q..I’ve seen and tested your Beta apps, now this is the start of something big. Tell me more.

A..Well I Have The HoloStore Thats Being Updated But The Big One Is HoloWeb I Think HoloWeb Is Really The New Big Thing And Its Advancing So Fast And I Couldn’t Be Happier With It. I Have Some Big Things Planned For HoloWeb Stuff I Can’t Really Talk About But All In All For HoloWeb And All The Other HoloApps I Couldn’t Be Happier Or Prouder Of

Q..How can people find your work?

A..The HoloStore Web Page Is The Main Way To Download The HoloApps Suite And Its Great. I Have Already Made A Deal To Add More Apps In That Store And Will Continue To Improve. The HoloStore Android App Is Another Great Way To Download My Apps And Other Android Apps That At The Moment Has 7 Apps But Soon And I Mean Very Soon Will Be Growing To 25 Apps Which Is Great.

Q..So all your apps are available from your web store? All holo apps in one place sounds cool. Why not publish to Play Store?

A.. Yeah I Like It But The Reason Why I Haven’t Jumped And Published My Apps To Google Play Is For Many Reasons But I’ll Give You The Main One And That Reason Is That If I Publish My App To Google Play I Could Guess That My App Like HoloWeb For Instance Will Be Ripped Off Within The Day.    I Just Prefer The Simple And Easy Control

Q..Weren’t you making a music app? HoloMusic?

A..HoloMusic At The Moment Has Been Discontinued For Now Because There Was A Few Issues Like Memory Leakage, Slow Performance And A Few More Things But HoloMusic’s Future Is Up In The Air But It Is A Large Area Of Interest For Me

I really liked that music app. That’s how I stumbled on your work. Anything you want to add on closing?

Well All I Think The Final Thing I Want To Say Is That Stay Tuned For The Future I Have A Lot Of Amazing And Revolutionary Stuff Launching Soon. So Thanks For That I Enjoyed It 

If you were waiting for the $50 Android System, you may be able to get it now. Some people have gotten their orders in, some have gotten a “Sold out” response. If you’d like the small Android PC, go to apc.io and try to find out how to get it. In my email it goes to http://apc.io/order/pre-order/ but that shipping is a painful price.

We are doing something a little silly tonight. Stroking our egos a little even. Tonight it is my pleasure to present to you the Elton Android Browser.

Don’t ask me why, my answer will be “Why not?”

The reality is I do not expect many of you to use this (aside from the members of the Droidaphile team) as a main replacement to your current browser. But bear with me and allow me to explain my case. Based off the Maxthon browser, which currently has a rating of 4.7!!!! in the Play Store. It has a wonderful list of features which include:

★Sync to the Cloud – Your bookmarks/favorites travel with you from desktop to mobile.
★Private browsing – Ability to browse the web without saving any browser history
★Amazing speed – Mobile web surfing lightning fast.
★Absolutely free, no advertisements!
★Full Screen – Browse the web in true full screen mode
★Add-ons – Small but useful add-ons to take your browsing experience to new heights
★Quick Back – Industry-leading caching technology that makes visiting previous webpages lightning fast
★Sharing with friends – Super easy and intuitive ways to share mobile contents through Facebook, Twitter, Email, SMS and other social media channels
★Advanced Gesture – Create your own touch screen commands to surf with your fingertips.
★Theme/Skin – Ever-growing collection of skins that can customize your browser the way you like it
★WWW/WAP switch – Switch between www and WAP versions of the web at your fingertip
★Quick Access – Quick access of the best sites on the web.
★Download Manager – Makes it easy to sort, schedule and grab the downloads you need: wherever, whenever.
★Tab browsing – Powerful tab management that puts your mobile screen to maximum use.
★Powerful personalization – Avatars and more.

So what makes this so special? You get an Elton Splash Screen and Icon, both of which designed by own very own Kathryn – the unseen member of the team. Plus the default home page is our very own site. As long as you are running Android 1.6 or above, and yes it does run on ICS, you can install it. It is a 2.6mb download. Permissions are as follows:

YOUR LOCATION

COARSE (NETWORK-BASED) LOCATION
Access coarse location sources such as the cellular network database to determine an approximate tablet location, where available. Malicious apps may use this to determine approximately where you are. Access coarse location sources such as the cellular network database to determine an approximate phone location, where available. Malicious apps may use this to determine approximately where you are.

FINE (GPS) LOCATION
Access fine location sources such as the Global Positioning System on the tablet, where available. Malicious apps may use this to determine where you are, and may consume additional battery power. Access fine location sources such as the Global Positioning System on the phone, where available. Malicious apps may use this to determine where you are, and may consume additional battery power.

NETWORK COMMUNICATION

FULL INTERNET ACCESS
Allows the app to create network sockets.

YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION

READ BROWSER’S HISTORY AND BOOKMARKS
Allows the app to read all the URLs that the Browser has visited, and all of the Browser’s bookmarks.

PHONE CALLS

READ PHONE STATE AND IDENTITY
Allows the app to access the phone features of the device. An app with this permission can determine the phone number and serial number of this phone, whether a call is active, the number that call is connected to and the like.

STORAGE

MODIFY/DELETE USB STORAGE CONTENTS MODIFY/DELETE SD CARD CONTENTS
Allows the app to write to the USB storage. Allows the app to write to the SD card.

SYSTEM TOOLS

PREVENT TABLET FROM SLEEPING PREVENT PHONE FROM SLEEPING
Allows the app to prevent the tablet from going to sleep. Allows the app to prevent the phone from going to sleep.

Give it a try, let us know what you think about it. Please note. Droidaphile is not responsible for any problems you may come across while using this. I have been using this for a few days and come across no problems. That is not to say on a phone that it has not been fully tested on will work 100%. Use this at your own risk.

DOWNLOAD LINK FOR THE ELTON BROWSER

ANNOUNCEMENT TIME

I just would like to say to everyone before I head off. I am sure you have noticed I have not been around for a while, and if you have not noticed why not? This is my first post in a while, it is also going to be my last post for a while. I will be stepping away from the site for a while for personal reasons. But fear not while I am gone you stil have Ste and Michael providing you will your fill. Be nice to them while I am gone.