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Easy tweak to double your Surface RT's speed05-05-13
tl;dr: jessenic found that by disabling the unnecessary Defender service on his Surface RT, his performance was dramatically improved. Details below.
Now, before you go around saying nonsense, here's the gist of the situation. Windows 8 and Windows RT have Defender, Microsoft's "security essentials" service, built into the OS. This does real-time ... Read more
LockWidgets 8 Update Live
04-19-13
Took long enough in certification, but it's finally live! LW8 version 1.3.0.0 contains fixes that were created from the day LW8 launched *, and should include every bug fix/change people have personally requested, within the bounds of reason. Here's the changelog:
Several, several bug fixes. If you were having trouble with it updating, that sho... Read more
Native Notification Center for Policy and Full Unlocked devices [Update]
04-16-13
There's been more opposition for this project than with... well, I tried to come up with a good joke, but let's cut to the chase.
I've decided to release a rewrite I made of Notifications. It only works on full unlocked devices. Here's the details:
This app caches the push notifications sent to your phone. So if someone mentions you on Twitter... Read more
Blur for Windows Phone 8
04-03-13
Quick app today! It's simple, it's called Blur, and it gives you a pretty blurred lock screen effect like the one WP Central showed off Lock Widgets with.
It's a free Windows Phone 8 app and it's available in the store, here. It's free, as it really has no value, but if you like it, I'd appreciate a good rating on it in the store; it would rea... Read more
Help WPH: Rate my apps!
03-28-13
This request would be a little conceited under other circumstances, but I'll be transparent. I'm in DVLUP and one of the sets of challenges has to do with quality. Basically, developers are rewarded for the quality (rating) of their application. Makes sense, and a good incentive for sure.
So, if you want to help out WPH in getting new devices to e... Read more
24 Hours Later: LW8 Launch Debriefing
03-27-13
Bam. Yesterday, I launched LockWidgets 8, a simple lock screen application for Windows Phone 8. I encountered a lot of surprises in the last 24 hours, and as such, I'd like to debrief on them real quick. Hopefully some of this advice will be useful for other developers.
Within an hour or two of it being live, WPCentral covered the app. This was ... Read more
LockWidgets 8 Now in the Store
03-28-13
After 10 days in certification, LockWidgets 8 finally got unstuck and is now live in the Windows Phone Store!
I submitted this again due to popular request, and hopefully people will enjoy it.
It's pretty simple. It's a Windows Phone 8 application that allows you to put weather info, battery info, and weather effects on your lock screen, which ... Read more
Heathcliff releases new Samsung 1st and 2nd gen jailbreaks
03-25-13
There's really not much to say that the title does not already explain. Heathcliff has announced a triple release wave, featuring WP7 Root Tools 1.1, a new SDK build, and, lo and behold, working unlocks for 1st and 2nd generation Samsung devices.
That means all the people who have been trying to unlock their Omnia W and Focus S's now have a poss... Read more
PSA: 8860 is not the live tile fix [Update]
03-15-13
A lot of gossip has been going on today in regards to a 7.10.8860 update that has begun to roll out. Specifically, the update has been pinned as a fix for the 7.8 tile bugs.
This is not a true statement. Simply put, the 8860 update has nothing to do with the live tile bugs, battery drain, or anything like that. Don't believe me? Here's some poin... Read more
App I made over Winter Break
03-13-13
App I made over Winter Break for the WPG contest. Forgot how beautiful it was/is.
The app was made entirely over a remote desktop connection, two thousand miles away from my home computer. I'll say it turned out pretty well.
Any interest in cleaning it up and putting it live? ;)
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