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Take a Perfectly Stable Shot with Open Camera
Open Camera helps you take a perfectly stable photo. This open source app will improve your Android photo experience.
The camera app on our Android smartphones and tablets isn't something we focus on all that often. Usually, we use the built-in app or some third-party alternative like Focal by XDA Senior Recognized Developer XpLoDWilD, but most of us don't even use all of the features to their fullest potential. However, the truth of the matter is that a good camera application can improve the quality of our photos and simply enhance our photography experience.
Change Your Status Bar LTE Indicator with Xposed
Select how LTE connectivity is shown on your device using this simple Xposed Framework Module.4G or LTE? Your call!
LTE has slowly become the standard when it comes to mobile Internet in many countries. OEMs are always trying to include the newest hardware solutions, so having a phone or tablet with an LTE support is nothing unusual. As such, pretty much every flagship device ships with support for various bands of LTE.
Hide Your Private Files with Androignito
Keep your files away from the prying eyes of intruders with Androignito. This application encrypts and stealthily hides your files to keep them safe.
Stock Android isn't designed to give its user a full control under their files. Friends or family can relatively easy access personal videos, photos and other files without much effort. You can protect your device by adding a PIN, pattern, and so on, but still you can't be sure that your files are safe.
Set Up APKTool on Ubuntu in No Time
Are you new to Linux? Learn how to set up APK tool on Ubuntu in just few minutes and make your Android ROM and apps truly your own!
APKTool has been one of the main, and probably most influential application editing tools for quite some time on the Android platform. It has been available for Android users ever since devices had physical keyboards, back when Android seemed like just an experimental project. The first versions of the tool were released in 2010, so this was at the time when the Eclair ruled the world. APKTool in its many variations is still one of the most popular ways to change the contents of an app or stock firmware.
Easily Run Init.d Scripts on Any Device
This app allows you to run your favorite init.d scripts on any device, even those that are unrooted and have kernels that lack init.d support
Init.d plays an important role in custom ROM development. In short, it allows the execution of scripts upon every boot. It doesn't matter if it's a simple SD Card mount script or a rather complex set of performance tweaks--init.d is often used to initialize them. If your kernel has support for init.d built in, it executes these scripts every time.
First Tizen OS Custom ROM for the Samsung Galaxy Gear
Rid yourself stock Tizen OS ROM with first custom ROM for this system!
At this year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, alongside the premiere of many devices, Samsung introduced its first devices featuring the brand new mobile operating system Tizen OS. To date, it's mainly been used in various smartwatches and wristbands, and eventually Samsung may use it as a replacement for Android.
Give Your Screen Some Color with HexaTime Live Wallpaper
HexaTime Live Wallpaper is a live wallpaper that changes the color of your Android home screen corresponding to a hexadecimal color code.
We don't often cover very many live wallpapers here on the XDA Portal. You may think that wallpapers are just wallpapers, and there is nothing special with them. Well, you are right for the most part. However, sometimes you might be proven wrong, and we think that this is one of those cases.
Play Your Hits and Learn the Lyrics with NextGen Music Player
NextGen Music Player for Android plays your music and automatically downloads the lyrics!
There are plenty of music players for Android available in Play Store. They differ in terms of layout, functionality, and overall user experience. Paid or free, it's totally up to you to decide which one(s) you prefer and which app(s) will make the cut.
Control Your Toast Notifications with SlicedToasts
SlicedToasts lets you to control the toast notification length or disable it completely
Toasts are delicious, even in their Android flavor. In Android, toast doesn't lead to a yummy sandwich, but rather a type of notification. Google decided to use these short prompts to inform about various things that are going on. For example, you may see a toast when an application is granted a superuser access.
Browse the Internet with the Innovative Atlas Web Browser
Atlas Web Browser is an innovative replacement browser that overtakes Chrome and Firefox in many aspects. It's ad-free and privacy friendly.
For the most part, Chrome, Firefox, and Dolphin Browser have no real rivals among the popular Android Web browsers. But from time to time, a new browser pops up and creates quite a fuss because it's innovative and fresh features that offer something that the three kings don't.
Choose from Over a Thousand Battery Styles with 3Minit Battery Mod
The 3Minit Battery Style Mod lets you choose from over 1000 battery styles and apply them on your system with ease!
The battery style in stock Android looks pretty dull. It doesn't offer the percentage remaining, customizable colors, and so on. Basically, it's not something that most of us here on XDA are looking for. Luckily, you can change your default white or blue battery style to something more fancy with just few steps.
Want to Downgrade an Application? AppDowner to the Rescue
AppDowner will downgrade any Android application in just few seconds without losing data. You just have to supply the original APK.
Application updates usually bring various improvements and bug fixes that take the newly updated app one step closer to perfection. Well, the key word here is 'usually,' since developers occasionally take two steps back when taking one step forward. This includes additions such as crippleware, new bugs, and much more.
Tweak Your Kernel with Kernel Tuner 2014
Easily tweak all of your kernel tunables with Kernel Tuner 2014!
There are dozens of overclocking and kernel tweaking apps out there. In addition, some ROMs offer built-in settings to set your CPU governor and overclocking options. However, not every ROM offers such functionality, and many applications that let you tweak the more advanced kernel capabilities are paid-only or freemium.
Rid Yourself of Charging Annoyances with No Wake on Charge Xposed Module
This Xposed Framework module allows you to disable Android wake on charge and a few other charging annoyances.
Almost every OEM has skinned and otherwise modified Android to suit its particular needs. Companies like HTC and Sony have changed the default Android UI, added sounds, and modified substantial amounts of built in functionality to suit their own philosophies and commercial agreements. Some of added features are extremely annoying, and are equally difficult to disable. But what can't be done with regular settings menus can generally always be done using Xposed Framework.
Make Your Own DIY Capacitive Stylus
In just a few minutes, you can create your own capacitive stylus using everyday parts and not much effort that can be used on your Android device.
The XDA Portal is a place where we like to talk about things that are interesting, fun, and sometimes unusual and unexpected. One recent project that we encountered is easily able to fall into all of the above criteria.
Pale Moon Browser Ported to Android
The popular Windows and Linux Pale Moon Browser has now been ported to Android for your Internet exploring needs.
Having a wide choice of third party applications is one of the most beautiful things that Android has to offer. Almost every app has its alternative. So if you don't like a particular offering, you can easily replace it with another--hopefully much better--alternative.
Blur Your Expanded Notification Panel with Xposed
Add blurred background transparency to your expanded notification panel with this simple Xposed module.
Unlike Windows Phone or iOS, Android looks quite differently on various devices. OEM skins such as HTC Sense, Samsung TouchWiz, or the lesser known Emotion UI look totally different than barebones AOSP. Clean Android might have lots of fans because of its simplicity, but not everyone is a fan of the default UI.
Learn How to Set Up Linux and Build Your First ROM from Source
Learn how to set up Linux and build your first Android ROM with this easy-to-follow guide.
Every developer, even the most capable, was at one point a newcomer. When you are a new to development and need light to show the way, there's little better than a guide showing you where to start your journey.
Change Your Status Bar Transparency Style with Xposed
Change the way your transparent status bar looks with status bar transparency style Xposed module.
The time when the Android status bar was only black, without any transparency is now long since forgotten. With the release of KitKat, Google officially added support for translucent status and navigation bars to the default launcher and system UI, so every application can now use transparency.
Keep Track of Temporary Phone Numbers with Qcktag
Qcktag Keeps Track of Temporary Numbers not Worth Entering into Your Contacts List
How many times have you called a phone number only to forget who the number belongs to? Or perhaps someone called you and you forgot to add the name to your contacts list. In certain situations, numbers aren't really worth keeping, as you will only use them for a few hours or maybe a day.