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CarbonROM releases its Android 10 custom ROM for 13 Google, Xiaomi, and OnePlus devices

CarbonROM releases its Android 10 custom ROM for 13 Google, Xiaomi, and OnePlus devices

April 29, 2020
In a blogpost, the CarbonROM team has announced the release of first official Android 10 based builds for Xiaomi, OnePlus, Essential and Nexus devices. The new CarbonROM revision 8.0 is codenamed PAX, after the Latin word for peace. This new release not only bumps up the Android version officially, but it also brings along the...
CarbonROM 7 based on Android Pie is here for the OnePlus 6/5T/5/3T/3, Xiaomi Redmi Note 4, POCO F1, and more

CarbonROM 7 based on Android Pie is here for the OnePlus 6/5T/5/3T/3, Xiaomi Redmi Note 4, POCO F1, and more

April 12, 2019
Right about a year ago, the team behind CarbonROM had announced their Android Oreo releases in the form of CarbonROM Noct. Now, the team is happy to announce that official Carbon ROM 7 "Opal" based on Android Pie is now officially rolling out for the initial batch of supported devices. The new CarbonROM v7 Opal is...
LineageOS 15.1 Changelog 18: Reader Mode, “Chrome Home” in Jelly, Per-app network restrictions, and more

LineageOS 15.1 Changelog 18: Reader Mode, “Chrome Home” in Jelly, Per-app network restrictions, and more

May 25, 2018
On all supported devices, LineageOS 15.1 is released on a weekly basis. It can be hard to keep up with what's new in the popular AOSP-based custom ROM unless you religiously follow their Gerrit, so the team has put together a changelog to keep you updated on what's new in the ROM. Today, the team...
Google Nexus 4 Receives a Port of Android 8.0 Oreo

Google Nexus 4 Receives a Port of Android 8.0 Oreo

September 19, 2017
While OEMs ignore some of their older smartphones, the developer community here at XDA continues to work hard to keep them alive. Just yesterday, XDA Recognized Developer Ziyan released their first alpha build of Android Oreo for the Nexus 4. Since this is an alpha release, we should expect some features to not work right now (including NFC,...
Nexus 4, 5, and 9 OTA Downloads of 5.1.1

Nexus 4, 5, and 9 OTA Downloads of 5.1.1

May 20, 2015
This month was a big one for Android 5.1.1 updates, as you can see from last week's roundup and the barrage of posts on the portal's front page in the recent past. So far we are seeing the lineup of Wear watches, the Nexus 4, Nexus 9, Nexus 10, Nexus Player, and a handfull of others slowly make...
Bring Back LTE on the Google Nexus 4 Running Lollipop

Bring Back LTE on the Google Nexus 4 Running Lollipop

November 20, 2014
One of the predecessors of the latest, largest, and greatest Gooogle Nexus 6 (the Google Nexus 4) has a bit of a strange history. When the device was announced, it was an LTE-ready handset (kind of). Unluckily for Google, the company never obtained regulatory approval for its usage on the device, and LTE connectivity quickly became an issue and the...
Google Nexus 4 Finally Gets Lollipop Factory Image, Android Up to 5.0.0_r6

Google Nexus 4 Finally Gets Lollipop Factory Image, Android Up to 5.0.0_r6

November 14, 2014
Google has finally released Android 5.0 Lollipop factory images for the Google Nexus 4. The new factory image comes alongside yet another revision of the operating system: Android-5.0.0_rc6. The images for the mobile data variants of Nexus 7 (both years) are yet to be seen. The previous batch of Android 5.0 was tagged with various versions:...
Lollipop Factory Images for Nexus 5, 7, 10 Now Live!

Lollipop Factory Images for Nexus 5, 7, 10 Now Live!

November 12, 2014
It's been over a week since Google released the full source code for Android Lollipop. We've seen quite a few ports made by the community. However, one thing was still missing: factory images for Nexus 5, 7, and 10. Earlier today, we talked about how the Nexus 7 2012 WiFi images were found a bit...
Source Built Lollipop for Nexus 4, 5, 7, 10, Xperia Z

Source Built Lollipop for Nexus 4, 5, 7, 10, Xperia Z

November 5, 2014
Update: Thank you to commenter Amith KK for letting us know about the Source-Built Lollipop port for the Nexus 7 (2012) by XDA Senior Member MidnightNinja. ___ The source code for Android 5.0 Lollipop was only fully released yesterday, but developers on XDA work extremely quickly. In less than one day, some developers have managed to create...
How to Flash Factory Images on Your Nexus Device – XDA Developer TV

How to Flash Factory Images on Your Nexus Device – XDA Developer TV

September 10, 2014
The Nexus family is Google's answer to what they believe the Android experience should be, pure and clean without OEM customization interferrence. It is for this reason that many developers like to build and develop on Nexuses (Nexii?). It is always best to develop on a clean device, and Google is kind enough to open...
LuneOS Goes Official and Brings webOS to Android Devices

LuneOS Goes Official and Brings webOS to Android Devices

September 2, 2014
webOS has had rather turbulent history. Initially developed by Palm, the Linux kernel-based operating system has never found had an easy time making its way to mobile devices. However, and what may come as a surprise to many reading this, development work on the platform is still well underway. There are even working ports for...
Nexus 4 Users, It’s L-Preview Time

Nexus 4 Users, It’s L-Preview Time

July 6, 2014
  During the I/O 2014 keynote, Google unveiled Android L. Shortly thereafter, the Developer Preview was released for the Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 2013, leaving owners of other Nexus devices with just screenshots and second hand impressions. Then, a glimmer of hope came as Google released the GPL mandated code for currently supported Nexus devices. All eyes then turned towards the development community. Would...