October 2014 -- XDA Developers

Tracker Discounts Helps You Find Good Deals on Steam

Tomek Kondrat October 31, 2014

If you're a PC gamer, you're undoubtedly well familiar with Steam. This online game delivery system is designed to bring mangy games, not only to Windows, but even Mac OS X and Linux. Steam offers some free-to-play games, but most of them are paid. However, you don't always have to pay the full price since there...

Sony Extends AOSP Project to the Xperia Z3

Tomek Kondrat October 31, 2014

While most OEMs simply don't care about the custom ROM community, others are doing an amazing job to build their image among developers and end-users. One such OEM is Sony, which hired XDA Senior Recognized Developers jerpelea to serve as Sony Developer Relations Community Manager. Not too long ago, Sony released a unified kernel that works on all...

How Open Source Can Help Your Project w/ Ethan Yonker – BABBQ2014

Jimmy McGee October 31, 2014

People have finally recovered from this year’s Big Android BBQ festivities. After all the fun and merriment, we cannot forget the sessions. We’ve talked about the Opening Keynote, and the User Experience session put on by Kevin Bruckert, technical lead for the user interface area of the NVIDIA SHIELD line of products, and today we have...

Add Frequency Bands to Your Qualcomm Device

Tomek Kondrat October 31, 2014

Those of you who travel quite a bit undoubtedly own more than one device due to frequency band restrictions put in place by both carriers / OEMs, as well as local regulatory agencies. It's common to find regional variants of pretty much the same devices from Sony, LG, Samsung, and other OEMs. And of course, these companies...

More Android 5.0 Details Revealed, Microsoft Band Fitness Tracker – XDA TV

Jimmy McGee October 31, 2014

Google talks more about Android 5.0 Lollipop! That and much more news is covered by Jordan when he reviews all the important stories from this week. Included in this week's news is the announcement of the new Mircosoft Band, a fitness tracker and be sure the check out the article talking about sideloading apps to...

Google Allows Search Queries To Interact With Apps

Tomek Kondrat October 31, 2014

Android 5.0 Lollipop brings lots of new features that are quite useful for end users and developers. In the interview with Google execs we talked about earlier, they talked about making integration with Ok Google a bit easier. As promised, Google has now provided a method to use the search with external applications. The solution comes...

Lenovo Officially Owns Motorola, Following ~$3 Billion Deal

Tomek Kondrat October 30, 2014

Google is now officially no longer the owner of American phone manufacturer Motorola. Earlier today, the $2.91 billion deal finally took place, and now the American company is officially owned by Chinese giant Lenovo. The deal has been confirmed by executives of both parties. This means that Lenovo has full rights to Motorola's product portfolio and acquires...

Microsoft Band Fitness Tracker Announced, Available

Faiz Malkani October 30, 2014

The wearable market has been around for a few years, with Pebble and Samsung smartwatches essentially carving out the initial segment. However, only this year have wearables gained so much traction, with a glimpse of the future demonstrated at CES in January, where multiple wearable-focused SoCs were announced. This was further complemented by Google's Android...

Forums Added for the Oppo R5, Oppo N3, and Xiaomi Redmi Note

Will Verduzco October 30, 2014

Just yesterday, Oppo unveiled a pair of rather unique smartphones, the Oppo R5 and Oppo N3. The R5's claim to fame is that it's the world's thinnest smartphone, whereas the N3 is the first device to feature a motorized camera swivel that lets you automatically and easily take rather high quality selfie shots. Not too long...

How to Play Music From Android Wear – XDA TV

Jimmy McGee October 30, 2014

Yesterday, we showed you how to do some advanced things with your Moto 360 quite easily with the Moto 360 toolkit. We showed you How to Unlock, Root, and Restore Your Moto 360. Today, we are going to show you another trick with your Android Wear device, that is a little less technical, but...

Google Execs Talk to Ars About Android 5.0 Lollipop

Tomek Kondrat October 29, 2014

Android 5.0 Lollipop is right around the corner, and it's expected to hit AOSP shelves on November 3. This release is one of the most significant in Android's relatively long history, so we are pretty excited to see this bad boy in action. The folks over at Ars Technica had the pleasure to speak with Android's...

UX Design in Apps and ROMs w/ Kevin Bruckert – BABBQ2014

Jimmy McGee October 29, 2014

This year's Big Android BBQ has come and gone. While the whole event was buzzing from the Android 5.0 Lollipop announcement and its discussion during the Opening Keynote, there were still other great sessions going on. One such session was put on by Kevin Bruckert, technical lead for the user interface area of the NVIDIA...