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The Galaxy Note’s massive 5.3″ screen will soon be shown on AT&T store shelves. It’ll be offered in white or carbon blue, and with a different hardware configuration than the international version which is already seeing strong support from developers on XDA. Instead of the 1.4GHz dual-core Exynos found on the already-released version, the AT&T variant has a 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon from Qualcomm. Because of these differences, we decided to give the AT&T Galaxy Note its own section on XDA.. . . READ ON »
XDA, along with many other sites across the web, went dark on January 18th in protest of two pieces of legislation that, if passed, could dramatically impact the free exchange of information on the internet. We’re excited to report that as a result of the negative backlash against SOPA and PIPA, voting on these two bills has been indefinitely delayed.
Representative Lamar Smith, the Texas Republican who is chairman of the Judiciary Committee, remarked:
After vowing two days ago to move forward, Mr. Smith said in a statement on Friday: “The committee remains committed to finding a solution to the
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The Galaxy Tab 7.7 is the proper successor to the tablet that started it all, the original Samsung Galaxy Tab. For many, the smaller 7″ screen size of the original Tab was just perfect. The Tab 7.7 has a slightly larger display, but this time it’s higher resolution at 1280×800 instead of 1024×600, and it’s of the Super AMOLED Plus variety, instead of LCD as found on the original Galaxy Tab. Inside it has a 1.4GHz Exynos CPU with 1GB of RAM, and it ships with Android 3.2 but will be upgradable to Android 4.0. It’ll soon show up . . . READ ON »
We want to thank all of you for signing our pledge today. We hit 50,000 signatures much faster than expected (actually, we had over 80,000 before eliminating duplicate IPs). We debated staying dark longer, but are keeping our commitment to XDA members to return online at the 50,000 mark.
We know that sites like Wikipedia will continue to raise awareness among the general public. We hope more savvy users–like those on XDA–will continue to be the loudest and most vocal opponents of SOPA and PIPA. We all have the most to lose. Whether you signed our pledge or not, please . . . READ ON »
XDA is a community built on openness and sharing. It has flourished because of our ability to freely exchange information, ideas, and development. The Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) in the Senate and Protect IP Act (PIPA) in the House give copyright holders the ability to more easily shut down sites (with mere accusations and without due process) that *might* be in violation of copyright laws. It was because of GoDaddy’s initial support for this legislation that we moved to another registrar. If you are unfamiliar with the particulars of the bills, read up on them on Wikipedia.
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By popular request, we’ve added forums for the Samsung Galaxy Y GT-S5360 and the Galaxy W I8150. The former is an affordable (and hackable) Android 2.3 smartphone with a pocket-sized form factor thanks to its 3.0″ HVGA display. The latter is a more advanced Android 2.3 smartphone that has a 1.4GHz Snapdragon CPU with 512MB of RAM. Click on to the Galaxy Y and Galaxy W forums!. . . READ ON »
On XDA, our main focus is and always will be to foster open development for our mobile devices. With that in mind, the development sub-sections found for every device on XDA are where all of the development activity happens: it’s where developers post ROMs, radios, and root instructions. It’s also where XDA members can provide constructive feedback to the developers that generously provide their work, for free, to everyone.
Early last year, we put in place what we call the “10 Post Rule” in an effort to protect the development forums on XDA. We were finding that many new . . . READ ON »
We ran a contest last week where we gave away 20 licenses of WakeVoice. Time is now up and we’ve tallied all the entries to pick out those 20 lucky winners; some were handpicked for their creative and amusing comments, the rest was randomly chosen. All winners have gotten PMs with instructions to send Livven the IMEI (MEID for CDMA) code of their Android device, so the developer, ADNFX Mobile, can get them their license for the Android Market.
Here are the winners: . . . READ ON »
A few weeks ago we ran a contest asking users to submit videos telling us why they wanted to win one of two devices, the ASUS Transformer and Samsung Galaxy S II. The devices are being given away because they won Tablet and Phone of 2011 according to XDA Members, something Samsung was so happy about, they offered to give away three Galaxy S II’s on T-Mobile, Sprint, and Verizon. And we’ve stepped up to offer a shiny new Asus Tranformer tablet for the contest as well, making for a total of four devices to give away. Finalists have been . . . READ ON »
A new year, a new Portal Admin, and now a new look to our Portal to round it all out! This refresh, several months in the making, is tuned for speed. It integrates more white space than the previous design as to provide a cleaner, more open feel. We now have better control over filtering content categories and features. Best of all, the Portal acts as a true portal by letting you login to the widget on the right and see your subscribed forums, threads, plus a PM preview box, without having to go into the forums. Brilliant! If it doesn’t . . . READ ON »
As many of you may be aware, we here at XDA-Developers occasionally stand in support of our members. All of you feel that you can submit things on the forums, knowing that the information is appreciated, used, and shared. We have members all over the world, and we know that the rules aren’t always the same when it comes to what you are “legally” allowed to do. I think I can speak for a great many by saying that while our unified voices are strong, there is nothing stronger than action. In keeping with that, we have decided to move XDA-Developers . . . READ ON »
We recently made some big upgrades to our search system on XDA. It now burdens our servers less (XDA users *really* like to search), provides improved results, and has a contextual search feature. The latter feature makes it super fast and easy to search for certain key terms on the XDA forums. Just highlight what you want to search for and you’ll see a little magnifying glass pop up. Hit that, and you’ll be taken to the XDA contextual search. Enjoy.. . . READ ON »
Not many of you will know who I am right away. My name is Russell Holly, and I have been asked to fill a need here at XDA. The XDA Portal has, for a long time, been a great resource to bring new users to the XDA forums. By offering brief little nuggets of information about the comings and goings of the XDA forums, all neatly packaged and boiled down so all can understand it, the Portal writers stand as the bridge between the average user and the crazed gearhead. I’ve been a user of the XDA forums for quite . . . READ ON »
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