How to Root Samsung Galaxy Gio

Samsung Galaxy Gio is a mid range Android smartphone from Samsung featuring Android 2.2 Froyo and comes with features like 3.2 MP camera, a decent screen etc. Rooting Android will give you better control over your phone and you can also install many apps which are not available for non rooted phones. Rooting process is very simple and you can do it easily.

How to Root Samsung Galaxy Gio;
1. To start the rooting process, you need to download the update.zip file from the below link.
2. Now copy the downloaded file to your root of your SD card, make sure you don’t copy it to any folder.
3. Now switch off your phone completely.
4. Next step is to boot into recovery mode and for this, press and hold the middle button and pressing the power button.
5. Once the recovery mode is activated, select update from sdcard and choose the update.zip that you have copied to your SD card.
6. Wait for the file to root your phone and once completed, reboot your android phone.

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Idea launches new 3G Android Smartphones

Idea Cellular has launched 2 new 3G Android smartphones, Idea Blade and Idea ID 280. These phones come with pre-installed Idea’s 3G applications on Android based smartphones. These phones also come with data services worth Rs. 3,500 with Rs. 259 pack that offers free subscription to Idea TV for 3 months, 1 GB of data download per month for 3 months, 3G Double Dhamaka benefits for 6 months, and Talktime of Rs. 25. This is available for both prepaid and postpaid users.

These phones runs on Android 2.2 (FroYo). The Idea ID 280 comes with a 2.8-inch capacitive touch screen display and is powered by 528MHz processor. The Idea Blade comes with a 3.5-inch capacitive touch screen display and is powered by 600MHz processor. Other features include 3.2 MP Camera, GPS, FM radio and MP3 Player, WiFi, Bluetooth, 150 MB internal memory that is expandable up to 32GB Micro SD Card support. Social Media Apps such as Facebook, Twitter, Orkut, browser Operamini, and pre-loaded Google and Youtube and Idea TV.

The Idea ID 280 and Idea Blade are priced at Rs. 5,850 and Rs. 7,992, respectively. These Mobile phones would be available at all major mobile retail stores and Idea outlets across all major cities in India.

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