Posts From Aamir Siddiqui

Aamir Siddiqui
Aamir Siddiqui 1665 posts

Commerce and Law graduate with a passion for all things Android, Aamir frequently helps people get the best out of their budget smartphones through generous use of custom roms and kernels. He receives press releases at [email protected]

OPPO Find X2 series features PixelWorks Iris 5 display chip and Goodix’s new voice and audio technology

OPPO Find X2 series features PixelWorks Iris 5 display chip and Goodix’s new voice and audio technology

March 6, 2020
The OPPO Find X2 and the OPPO Find X2 Pro are the newest flagships from OPPO, bringing along top-notch display and camera capabilities for the premium flagship segment. Mishaal was pleased by all that the Find X2 Pro brings to the table, as he notes in his first impressions. While the announcement event from OPPO...
OPPO Find X2 and Find X2 Pro launch with WQHD+ 120Hz displays, Sony IMX689, Snapdragon 865, and 65W SuperVOOC 2.0 charging

OPPO Find X2 and Find X2 Pro launch with WQHD+ 120Hz displays, Sony IMX689, Snapdragon 865, and 65W SuperVOOC 2.0 charging

March 6, 2020
OPPO was scheduled to launch the OPPO Find X2 and Find X2 Pro flagships at MWC 2020, but the subsequent cancellation of the event forced the company to postpone its launch to March 6. There's a lot to look forward to on these new flagships, such as a 120Hz 3168 x 1440 display, and more. And...
TCL shows off two concept phones with rollable and tri-foldable displays

TCL shows off two concept phones with rollable and tri-foldable displays

March 5, 2020
Smartphones started off as small-screen devices that could easily fit into our palm, and gradually gained bigger displays till the point they could not fit into our pockets. To shrink them back down again, the war on bezels eliminated all the holding areas on the front of the device, giving us our current generation of...
Project Sandcastle brings Android to the iPhone 7 using checkra1n

Project Sandcastle brings Android to the iPhone 7 using checkra1n

March 5, 2020
Apple makes some interesting consumer hardware in the form of the iPhone. Apple exercises complete control over the hardware and software of the iPhone and its other devices, enabling it to deliver an arguably unparalleled experience. This experience lets them charge heavy markups on their products, and several consumers are fine with this cost for...
Your rooted Android phone can jailbreak an iPhone with checkra1n

Your rooted Android phone can jailbreak an iPhone with checkra1n

March 4, 2020
A lot of us here at XDA-Developers.com actually chanced upon the forums for the first time when we were looking to root our Android devices. After all, our forums are over 17 years old at this point, and currently, boast of over 10 million members who have created more than 3.4 million threads and 77...
Download: MIUI 11 stable update rolling out to several Xiaomi and Redmi devices!

Download: MIUI 11 stable update rolling out to several Xiaomi and Redmi devices!

March 3, 2020
MIUI 11 is the newest big release for Xiaomi smartphones, perhaps even bigger than an Android version jump. Features on Xiaomi devices are dictated more by their MIUI versions than the underlying Android version, so an MIUI version upgrade is an exciting event. MIUI 11 was announced in China in September 2019, bringing along new...
Huawei exploring IndusOS’s AppBazaar app store in India as a Google Play Store alternative

Huawei exploring IndusOS’s AppBazaar app store in India as a Google Play Store alternative

March 2, 2020
It is no secret that Huawei has been having a rough time dealing with the fallout from being placed on the U.S. Commerce Department's Entity List. While their operations within China remain unaffected by this, their operations outside of China have been massively affected, especially in the smartphone market. The Entity List prevents U.S. companies...
OPPO launches the Reno3 Pro internationally with dual front cameras, quad rear cameras, and MediaTek Helio P95

OPPO launches the Reno3 Pro internationally with dual front cameras, quad rear cameras, and MediaTek Helio P95

March 2, 2020
OPPO had launched the Reno3 and Reno3 Pro in China at the very end of 2019, bringing over a good set of 5G phones to the Chinese market. While 5G is indeed the next step of evolution for smartphones, the rollout of this technology is at nascent stages in several parts of the world. In...
Redmi K30 Pro Zoom Edition, Redmi Note 9, and Redmi 10X 4G names confirmed in MIUI 11

Redmi K30 Pro Zoom Edition, Redmi Note 9, and Redmi 10X 4G names confirmed in MIUI 11

March 2, 2020
There are a handful of established players in the smartphone market; and thanks to how releases have worked out in the past, we have now fallen into a predictable pattern of releases. Every year few months, these established players release another iteration in their successful product lines, cashing in rightfully on the hard-earned goodwill from...
Download: Xiaomi Mi A3 and Redmi Note 8 Pro receive Android 10 updates

Download: Xiaomi Mi A3 and Redmi Note 8 Pro receive Android 10 updates

February 29, 2020
The Mi A3 and the Redmi Note 8 Pro are amongst Xiaomi's highlight devices for 2019. While the Redmi Note 8 Pro carries Xiaomi's mid-range portfolio on its shoulders, the Mi A3 takes charge of Android One duties, giving users an option to officially use Google's Android instead of MIUI on a Xiaomi device. Despite...
Xiaomi needs a better way to unbrick its devices instead of Authorized Mi Accounts

Xiaomi needs a better way to unbrick its devices instead of Authorized Mi Accounts

February 29, 2020
Over the years, Xiaomi has become the golden boy of the Indian smartphone market. From being just a starter entity in 2014 to becoming the leading smartphone OEM in the market for several quarters in a row in 2019, it's certainly been a wild ride for Xiaomi. We here at XDA-Developers have witnessed the company...
[Update: Delayed due to COVID-19] Xiaomi Mi A3 will receive Android 10 in mid-February

[Update: Delayed due to COVID-19] Xiaomi Mi A3 will receive Android 10 in mid-February

February 27, 2020
The Xiaomi Mi A3 was launched in July 2019 with Android 9 Pie, and the good-looking smartphone made its way to India a month later. Being an Android One device, users expected that the Google-flavored Android UX would receive fairly quick updates to the latest version of Android. But that hasn't really been the case, as the...