April 2014 - Page 10 of 10 -- XDA Developers

[APK] Google Keep 2.2 Brings OCR and Play Movies 3.1 Offers Improved UI

Will Verduzco April 2, 2014

Looks like we have ourselves another Google Update Wednesday, folks. Last Google Update Wednesday brought us personalized keyboard suggestions and improved voice search commands. Now, Google has issued significant updates to its Google Keep and Google Play Movies Android apps. First up, we have Google Keep 2.2. Today's update brings several important features. However, the biggest addition...

Sony Xperia Z2 Rooted!

Will Verduzco April 2, 2014

When the Sony Xperia Z2 was announced at MWC this year, many were quick to label it the ideal Android device. Although the Z2 primarily delivers incremental specsheet updates over the Z1, it also fixes its predecessor's main fault by delivering a substantially better display. As such, it's no surprise that the Z2 will find itself in...

Sony Ericsson Xperia X8 Receives a KitKat Port

Tomek Kondrat April 2, 2014

Some of you may remember when Sony smartphones were still branded Sony-Ericsson, and when the OEM offered a long list of devices. These devices included the Sony Ericsson Xperia X8, X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro, which proved to be a commercial success despite their locked bootloaders. Now, over 3 years since release, Xperia X8 users are...

Device Review: Mad Catz M.O.J.O.

Jimmy McGee April 2, 2014

Recently, Google has been acquiring various companies to possibly expand the reach of the Android platform beyond just mobile devices and tablets. With the announcement of Android Wear, Google is creating a standard for wearables like smartwatches. And perhaps with less fanfare, Google is expanding into set-top gaming Android with their purchase of Green Throttle...

How to Extract the Boot Image From Sony FTF Files

jman2131 April 2, 2014

If you’ve been thinking of developing your first custom ROM for your Sony Xperia device, chances are that you probably need a kernel to go along with it, especially if the ROM is for devices with locked bootloaders. Because of this, it’s sometimes best to know how to extract the kernel from an FTF file...

XDA Myth Busters: Linaro 4.7.4 vs. GCC 4.7

Tomek Kondrat April 1, 2014

The importance of an optimized toolchain is one of the hottest topics in the Android dev world. Many of you might have heard about GCC and Linaro, which are the two biggest projects of this type. GCC is an old hand that was initially releases in 1987, while Linaro is a relatively young player at...

Bring Google Play Music Cloud Streaming to Third-Party Music Players

Will Verduzco April 1, 2014

Storing your music library in the Google Play Music cloud is incredibly convenient. Not only does this allow you to access your music from any web-connected computer, but doing so also lets you free up valuable storage space on your device. However, accessing the Google Play Music Cloud Streaming always meant using the official Google...

XDA Xposed Tuesday: Cool Tools Dude! – XDA Developer TV

Jimmy McGee April 1, 2014

XDA members are definitely Gadget Geeks. Some of us have such a heavy obsession that we spend days toiling away to get that extra 1% battery savings or free memory. When you are spending that much time tweaking your device, you want to know some serious stats and you want to know now! In this episode...