Posts From Will Verduzco

Will Verduzco
Will Verduzco

Will Verduzco is the former Editor-in-Chief and Portal Administrator of the XDA-Developers Portal. He has been addicted to mobile technology since the HTC Wizard. But starting with the Nexus One, his gadget love affair shifted to Google's little green robot. You can now find Will writing for the Swappa Blog, though he still pops up on XDA from time to time.

Forums Added: LG G Flex 2, Asus ZenFone 2, Much More!

Forums Added: LG G Flex 2, Asus ZenFone 2, Much More!

January 7, 2015
Here at XDA-Developers, we continually strive to do everything we can to encourage mobile development. Much of this revolves around providing tools for the third-party developers who call XDA home. To that end, we frequently add forums for new and exciting devices in the hopes of spurring aftermarket development. Today, we're happy to announce the...
FXP Team Delivers Lollipop to Various Xperia Devices!

FXP Team Delivers Lollipop to Various Xperia Devices!

December 25, 2014
From all of us here at XDA-Developers, we'd like to wish you Happy Holidays! If you celebrate Christmas, we hope you found many fun tech-related toys under your tree. And if so, we hope you make your device-specific forum your home away from home. But even if you don't celebrate the holiday or if you...
Indian OnePlus One to Ship Without Cyanogen OS After All

Indian OnePlus One to Ship Without Cyanogen OS After All

December 10, 2014
A little under two weeks ago, we first talked about an unfortunate situation whereby upcoming OnePlus One devices sold in India were rumored to ship without "Cyanogen OS" due to Cyanogen Inc. granting exclusive rights to their proprietary firmware in India to Micromax. Needless to say, this situation is less than ideal both for the...
Deodex Lollipop System Apps with Ease

Deodex Lollipop System Apps with Ease

December 9, 2014
Android 5.0 has been publicly available for a little over a month now, and although Lollipop hasn't quite made a significant dent in terms of market penetration, the OS has certainly gained steam among the power user and developer communities. We've seen a rather large spattering of ports to various devices, old and new alike,...
Spruce up Your Home Screens with Papuh Walls

Spruce up Your Home Screens with Papuh Walls

December 1, 2014
Update: Links in this article have been temporarily removed while we look into various claims made against its developer. In its nearly six year lifespan, Android has gone from an unpolished mishmash of UI elements to a cohesive, Material Design-flavored sweet treat. And although UX chief Matias Duarte's handiwork has been felt since Android 2.3 Gingerbread, it...
Toggle Cell Radio 5.0 Micromanages Your Lollipop Connectivity

Toggle Cell Radio 5.0 Micromanages Your Lollipop Connectivity

November 19, 2014
Not too long ago, we took a look at a handy little widget by XDA Senior Member cygery that let you control your WiFi connectivity status right from your home screen on Android 5.0 Lollipop. While ordinarily not too big of a deal, the previous offering filled a certain void that was created when Lollipop came...
Google Play Services 6.5 Updates Fit, Drive, and Wallet APIs

Google Play Services 6.5 Updates Fit, Drive, and Wallet APIs

November 17, 2014
The last time we saw a major update to Google Play Services was back in September with the launch of Play Services 6.1. This update brought new ecommerse analytics tools, a tag manager, and an improved Drive API. Google Play Services 6.1 was then rolled out to all Play-enabled users via the Google Play Store...
Unlimited Screen Recorder Captures Screencasts on Lollipop

Unlimited Screen Recorder Captures Screencasts on Lollipop

November 17, 2014
There are plenty of reasons why one would want to capture video from a mobile device. Perhaps you're showing a friend or parent how to perform a certain task on Android, or maybe you're in the mood to show off your skills in Angry Birds. Heck, you could even be a developer trying to educate...
Amaze File Manager is a Material-Compliant Root Browser

Amaze File Manager is a Material-Compliant Root Browser

November 16, 2014
There are dozens upon dozens of powerful file managers available for Android. There are also quite a few file managers that aren't too painful to look at. Unfortunately, however, there aren't too many Android file managers that fall under both categories by being powerful and also a pleasure to look at. XDA Senior Member arpitkh96 hopes...
Toggle Data 5.0 Brings Data Toggle and More to Lollipop

Toggle Data 5.0 Brings Data Toggle and More to Lollipop

November 16, 2014
Every time a new version of Android rolls around, there are undoubtedly plenty of applications that for some reason or another simply stop working. While some of these may be minor inconveniences to some, that isn't always the case. If you're a Type-A personality and you like micromanaging exactly when your mobile data is on...
Lollipop Factory Image for Nexus 7 (2012) WiFi Leaked!

Lollipop Factory Image for Nexus 7 (2012) WiFi Leaked!

November 12, 2014
It's been a little over a week since Google pushed the full Android 5.0 Lollipop source code to its AOSP servers. While the source code has lead to the rapid release of quite a few source-built ports for existing devices, many users are still eagerly awaiting the official updates. An implicit promise of the Google Nexus line...
Chrome 39 Adds Support for Theme-Color on Android Lollipop

Chrome 39 Adds Support for Theme-Color on Android Lollipop

November 10, 2014
Over the past week, we've seen quite a few devices receive unofficial (and semi-sorta-kinda-official) ports of Android 5.0 Lollipop. There's undoubtedly much to love in this latest version of Android, but one particular feature that hasn't gotten enough attention is the new way in which browser tabs are handled in Chrome. Rather than simply being available...