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Xperia Z3 Smart Social Camera Ported to Other Sony Devices

Xperia Z3 Smart Social Camera Ported to Other Sony Devices

September 24, 2014
Ever since the release of the Sony Xperia Z1, one particularly vaunted feature of Sony devices has been the "Smart Social Camera" software. While the app was initially exclusive to the Z1, it made its way to numerous other Sony devices with the Android 4.3 update. With the launch of Sony's Xperia Z3 at IFA 2014, the...
Immersive Mode on Unrooted Devices with GMD Full Screen Immersive Mode

Immersive Mode on Unrooted Devices with GMD Full Screen Immersive Mode

July 24, 2014
Everyone likes screen real estate--no question about that. The sole idea of having more space available for your clutter of icons, widgets, and so on is what has fueled phone manufacturers to come up with screens so large that they barely fit in our pockets anymore. We do, however, always look for more, and one sure...
Reddit for Android: As Close to Official Reddit as it Gets

Reddit for Android: As Close to Official Reddit as it Gets

July 19, 2014
The online world is made up of several factions, clans, communities, social media sites---whatever you want to call them. Pretty much every person in the world with Internet access belongs to at least a few of these, and if not as a member, at the very least as an everyday lurker. After all, we all...
Get an Early Glimpse of AnTuTu Benchmark 5!

Get an Early Glimpse of AnTuTu Benchmark 5!

July 9, 2014
There are two kinds of people here at XDA-Developers: those who focus on the looks and functionality of a device, and those who focus almost exclusively on raw power, performance, and how well it stacks up against other devices within the same tier. The latter group relies heavily on certain types of apps and modifications that boost...
Monitor and Analyze Your Mobile RAM and CPU Usage with Tinycore

Monitor and Analyze Your Mobile RAM and CPU Usage with Tinycore

March 5, 2014
Gathering usage data for various internal components in Android has never been easy. Sure, some information is available in performance settings on certain ROMs. But in some stock UIs, it's either cumbersome or impossible to track your usage. Naturally, this information is quite useful when your phone suffers from unexpected battery drain thanks to high...
Silence Notifications While Listening to Music with Don’t Pause

Silence Notifications While Listening to Music with Don’t Pause

February 18, 2014
If you are a music maniac, you're more than likely annoyed when you receive pointless notifications like "Your troops are ready for battle” or “eagleeyetom mentioned you at XDA-Developers." This can be especially annoying while you are listening to the music. XDA offers thousands of applications that can enable or disable some features, so those...
OmniSnitch Makes OmniROM’s OmniSwitch Available to All

OmniSnitch Makes OmniROM’s OmniSwitch Available to All

February 7, 2014
A couple of days ago, we talked about a new OmniROMs feature called OmniSwitch. For those who don't remember, it is an app switcher created by XDA Senior Member maxwen that also offers quite a few customization options like adding favorites or killing running processes by swiping. OmniSwitch can be found in the newest OmniROM nightlies and used on...