Android 4.0 ICS: how to disable the search bar?

October 19, Google unveiled a new version of the operating system Android . Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich brings in a lot of smart phones, both technical and design solutions. Pleased overall design of the new launcher, beautiful and comfortable and the effects of new, colorful and stylish icons. But some users do not came to taste element, which is now available on all desktops - search string on Google .

If the earlier search string from Google was just a widget in Android 4.0 ICS is an element of the interface and just remove it from the screen will not work. Some users dissatisfied with this and looking for different ways to correct this misunderstanding. As it turned out, turn off the Google search bar more than just that. To do this, enter the smartphone setup (Settings), select "Applications» (Apps), etc. - "Everything» (All). In the list, a must have item "Search» (Google Search), to select it and click "Stop» (Disable). After that, the main screen will disappear eyes search string, however, while fully shut down and pass-through integration with the search for Google. By the way, turning off utilities from Google - another new feature Android 4.0 ICS.

Of course, this method of disabling the search string can not be considered correct. In the future, the creators of third-party firmware will probably remove this item using the box.

HTC Flyer gets updated to Android 3.2 (upd)

HTC Flyer - first tablet on Android by Taiwan-based HTC. Unfortunately, he went out with Android 2.3 Gingerbread on board, and an update though and said, but no exact dates can not be called. Today the owners of HTC Flyer from France were to report that their Tablet PC is updated to Android 3/2 Honeycomb .

In September 2011, at the hands of Paul O'Brien (Paul O'Brien), the founder of the community MoDaCo, has got an alpha build Honeycomb-firmware for Flyer. Paul has worked on her and let her build, which could establish a regular tablet. Today the French resource htc-hub.com has released an article which told that the HTC Flyer (32GB, Wi-Fi +3 G) received an upgrade to Android 3.2. According to information received, the update has happened through the mechanism of FOTA, that is "on air". Updates 3.55.405.1 is numbered and has about 210 MB.Even in volume is noticeable that it is a full ROM, and not a small update. Information from other countries have not yet been reported.

We remind you that the HTC Flyer - Tablet PC with a diagonal display equal to 7 inches and a resolution of 1024 x 600. In Flyer installed single-core processor Qualcomm MSM8255 with a frequency of 1.5 GHz. Of interesting note is that the HTC Flyer supports proprietary technology HTC Scribe, which allows you to enter information on the tablet using a special digital pen.

Update: HTC Official page on Facebook supplemented with information that the update is now delivered to all European 3G + Wi-Fi HTC Flyer, the owners of Wi-Fi-versions have to wait.