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Automatically timestamp and organize your photos with Picture Manager

Automatically timestamp and organize your photos with Picture Manager

April 30, 2018
Organizing all of the photos we take on our smartphones isn't something that most people want to do manually. Cloud storage services like Google Photos can organize the photos you upload, but there are some people who want to keep their pictures private. This is where Picture Manager from XDA Recognized Developer j to the 4n becomes...
Solid Explorer Is Now Optimized For Android TV And Chrome OS

Solid Explorer Is Now Optimized For Android TV And Chrome OS

April 30, 2018
In the years since it was released, Solid Explorer has built its reputation as one of the top file managers available for Android. It was installed over a million times and has a rating of 4.6 in Google Play Store. The popular file manager has finally made its way to Android TV and Chrome OS. Usually,...
Honor 7X Android Oreo update now rolling out in the U.S.

Honor 7X Android Oreo update now rolling out in the U.S.

April 30, 2018
The Honor 7X, a mid-range smartphone from Huawei's sub-brand Honor, was launched with Android Nougat-based EMUI 5.1 out-of-the-box. However, the company had promised at the time of launch that the device would eventually receive the Android Oreo-based EMUI 8.0 update. Making good on its promise the company is rolling out the EMUI 8.0 update for...
LG Watch Timepiece is arriving with Wear OS and no NFC

LG Watch Timepiece is arriving with Wear OS and no NFC

April 30, 2018
With smartwatches seemingly on the rise, LG will be launching a new smartwatch known as the LG Watch Timepiece, according to AndroidHeadlines. Not only is this the first LG smartwatch that will be released since the LG Watch Sport, but it will also be the first smartwatch to launch with Wear OS. Wear OS is...
Exclusive: Xiaomi Mi A1’s successor is coming along with another Android One phone

Exclusive: Xiaomi Mi A1’s successor is coming along with another Android One phone

April 30, 2018
The XDA-Developers forums are a popular destination for users interested in modifying the software on their Android smartphone or tablet. Custom ROMs, especially the ones based on the AOSP such as LineageOS, Resurrection Remix, or Paranoid Android, are especially popular on our forums for providing an alternative to OEM software. There's a lot of people who...
Xiaomi Redmi S2 leaks in live photos and hands-on video

Xiaomi Redmi S2 leaks in live photos and hands-on video

April 29, 2018
Xiaomi is perhaps best known for their range of high-performance mid-range devices at low price points. Recently, their Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro has become a best-seller in India (though the success is partly driven by the fact that the company has thus far only offered limited quantities sold during flash sales). The company also...
Massive 18.4″ Samsung Galaxy View receives unofficial LineageOS 15.1

Massive 18.4″ Samsung Galaxy View receives unofficial LineageOS 15.1

April 29, 2018
Although smartphones have gotten larger and larger, tablets have mostly been pretty consistent with display sizes ranging from 7-inches to 10-inches measured diagonally. The bezel-less trend hasn't caught on with tablets (as it doesn't really make much sense for them), though more devices have shifted to 4:3 displays to match the iPad. In late 2015,...
Magisk v16.4 Released with Improved MagiskHide & Android P Support, and More

Magisk v16.4 Released with Improved MagiskHide & Android P Support, and More

April 29, 2018
When it comes to rooting solutions on Android, there's not a lot that can beat Magisk. Capable of bypassing SafetyNet detection while being lightweight and open source, it's the root solution of choice for most users on our forums. It even has frequent updates which bring better support and more features—despite the fact that XDA...
Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S Android P OTA leaks early

Xiaomi Mi Mix 2S Android P OTA leaks early

April 29, 2018
With the first Android P Developer Preview announced in March, it brought a number of changes which you can test out now on the Google Pixel/XL and Google Pixel 2/2 XL. Surprisingly, Xiaomi has just announced that the Xiaomi Mi Mix 2s will also be receiving the Android P Developer Preview in the coming days,...
[Update: Fixed] Google Inbox emails can be spoofed to fake the recipient

[Update: Fixed] Google Inbox emails can be spoofed to fake the recipient

April 28, 2018
Be careful what you click on. Eli Grey is a security researcher who has found a design flaw in Google Inbox allowing for an attacker to create a mailto link that spoofs the recipient of an email. He found this issue on May 4th, 2017, almost a year ago, and reported it to Google privately....
500 Firepaper will stop working on June 15th as 500px closes down API

500 Firepaper will stop working on June 15th as 500px closes down API

April 28, 2018
Those of you who love having a random, but always great wallpaper, have surely heard about 500 Firepaper. It's an application that was created by XDA Senior Recognized Developer Chainfire and it has been changing the look of many Android home screens since late 2013. Unfortunately, according to the developer, 500 Firepaper will stop working this...
It is time for Google to fix its Android Security Update Problem

It is time for Google to fix its Android Security Update Problem

April 28, 2018
If the largest, richest OEM does a terrible job and gets away with it, how can we expect any better of the rest of them? Samsung makes pretty good phones--great ones, even. They are also one of the few OEMs that actually profit on their device sales, and one of only two to make a sizable...