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Historically, the officially sanctioned Nexus line has come from just one manufacturer. While the manufacturer has changed through the passing iterations, there has never been more than one for any particular generation.According to a recent report by the Wall Street Journal, Google plans to allow 5 manufacturer the ability to produce the Nexus development platform.
Google plans to give multiple mobile-device makers early access to new releases of Android and to sell those devices directly to consumers, said people familiar with the matter. That is a shift from Google’s previous practice, when it joined with with only one hardware
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Since the latest leaks for the Samsung Galaxy S2 line up have been hitting us left and right, people have been jumping between ROMs—mainly between buggy, pre-release ICS builds and very stable GB. This is, after all, what we do on XDA as a habit: We see a leak, we flash it, we use it, and we tweak it. If it doesn’t fly, we simply roll back. Of course, there is always an inherent risk in flashing stuff that should not be on your device in the first place, but the risk of fully bricking a device in this day . . . READ ON »
Sometime in December of last year, the US Court and the ITC (International Trade Commission) made a monumentally bad call by granting Apple a victory—a major one at that—in the so-called “patent wars” that have been raging for the last couple of years between smartphone giants HTC and Apple. Essentially, the victory from Apple involved the ability of a browser to be able to recognize alphanumeric entries in a webpage and link them for other purposes.
One of the most common uses of this functionality is the phone number recognition, where if you select text containing a phone number . . . READ ON »
For those who use Google Play Music often, you probably already know about the eventual need to deauthorize devices on your Google account when it fills up. This is especially true for the flashaholics out there who flash a ROM every other day and have to go into Google Music twice a month to get rid of the older “devices.” That’s problematic for a couple of reasons—namely because your Google Music is authorizing the same device over and over, and calling it a new device. And more importantly, because Google has now limited the number of times you can deauthorize devices.. . . READ ON »
We know what you’re thinking. Oh no, not again, right? Very recently, the newest generation of the Motorola Atrix 4G, whether they be given out as replacements for older models or being sold brand new, has lost the ability to flash SBF files and, thus, the ability to unlock its bootloader.
For those unfamiliar with SBF files, they’re much like Motorola’s version of the HTC RUU or an ODIN-flashable file on Samsung devices. They can serve as vectors for stock firmware revisions. Losing the ability to flash SBF files is like HTC users booting into the bootloader and trying to . . . READ ON »
What began as a simple root method has now spiraled to talk of a backdoor in ZTE devices. There is a flaw in some ZTE devices that can give root to any app that knows how to ask for it. For some users, this may sound cool because that means root is all that much easier to obtain, but one only needs to read between the lines to realize the risks involved.
The backdoor allows any application to obtain root with a simple password. Once the password is entered, the app is given full root privileges. This can include benevolent applications like . . . READ ON »
Dual booting on the Motorola Atrix 4G has been quite the ordeal for many users. Although there have been multiple attempts, the path towards a working dual boot solution has been a little more difficult for the Atrix. Actually, until a few days ago, developers couldn’t get dual booting working on the Atrix 4G at all. However, with patience and time comes a solution to all problems. And for users of the Atrix 4G, dual booting has been solved.
The first version was released by XDA Forum Member sendust7. It’s a very complex process, so anyone who wants to . . . READ ON »
Today is Mother’s Day, the day each year that we dedicate to honoring our mothers, without whom none of us would exist. As many of our mothers join the smartphone revolution and less ‘dumb’ phones are available as upgrade options, we power users should get used to setting up smartphones and tablets for our parents. And since summertime is when US carriers tend to offer the best upgrade deals, now might be a good time to go over some of the most crucial apps for the busy moms in our lives.
This list is in no way meant to be . . . READ ON »
While the words didn’t expressly pass through the website or anyone affiliated with it, one can only assume that Facebook was in an apologetic mood a few days ago with the official app’s most recent update. For those who don’t know, Facebook had taken some Google+ style tactics and added a few apps along with the main one. Users who downloaded or updated the app were treated with Facebook Camera and Messenger apps. To put it bluntly, people didn’t like it.
Thus was born the Facebook Icon Remover app, which in just a couple of short weeks racked . . . READ ON »
Everyone has experienced the desire to program at one point or another. However, there are generally four limiting factors: Time Constraints, Study Material, Mental Blocks, and Attention Span. So clear your schedule, clear your mind, and self-medicate your ADD with a nice cup of your favorite coffee because here’s the material you need to learn how to program.
The hardest part of learning to program is overcoming a mental block. First, there is no programming deity out there who grants code-literacy to anyone. Learning to code is the same as learning any language—there are nouns, verbs, and sentences that come together in . . . READ ON »
You may recall that not too long ago, we wrote an article about the first ever port of the HTC Endeavor (One S) for the EVO 3D, brought to you courtesy of XDA Recognized Developer TMartin. Well, as it turns out due to some time constraints on his end, the dev could not update the ROM as much as needed and thus, it never really took off from the pre-alpha state. That was until now because thanks to the generous donation of an EVO 3D, XDA Recognized Developer newtoroot has been brought into the game to help TMartin with . . . READ ON »
The Exynos 4412 processor, aka S5E4412, has been confirmed as the application processor for the Samsung Galaxy S III. After scouring the web for publicly available data sheets, best information listing I could come up with came from 8gpad. I’d like to take a minute and talk about the S5E4412 procssor.
Lets start by breaking down the model number. S5= Samsung 5th generation processor. E is an unknown, however this has traditionally stood for the packging type (PoP or BGA). 44 = Exynos 4th generation and 4 cores. The 12 is unknown to me at this time, however I . . . READ ON »
I’ve seen too many “perfect phone” articles from people who really have no idea what they are talking about. I’m going to use this white-space to dispel some ill-conceived myths that uninformed people have generated, as well as list several entirely mandatory features for the “perfect device.” I believe you, the reader, will find my list of “perfect device” features to be entirely reasonable, and I intend to show that some of the desired features are really only a matter of configuration / manufacturer limitation.
Wireless charging at 6ft. — IMPOSSIBLE(for consumer devices): You will not see this technology. In . . . READ ON »
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