This year's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona is bringing us the latest flagship models from the likes of Samsung and LG (the Galaxy S7 and the LG G5, respectively), and we're likely to see more from Sony tomorrow.
However, one company has been rather silent this year. HTC stunned the Android tech world by announcing the...
Not too long ago, we brought you news that allowed HTC EVO 4G LTE users to customize their bootloaders. The process was pretty cool, allowing users to make their bootloader look however they want---including making it look unhacked. After the initial project was released, users clamored for this to be made available to more devices....
HTC Sense 4.0 seems to be a love-it or hate-it affair for most users. For those who enjoy its take on the Android UI, it is now available for the Desire and Desire HD thanks to a couple of ported ROMs. Both ports are based on Android 4.0.3 and originally come from the HTC One V,...
It is an issue many with older devices face: once the battery percentage hits the 15% or so, the device simply shuts down without any notice. What's the reason for this problem? Battery aging. The process of battery aging isn't inherently the cause, but as XDA Forum Member theGanymedes points out, it is the fact that your...
Developers are always looking for ways to squeeze every ounce of speed, performance and reliability out of any given device. They write scripts, tweak ROMs, compile kernels and all sorts of other modifications that, in the end, increase user satisfaction substantially.
Well, in the HTC Desire forums, there's a different kind of development going down. XDA...
For those who are unfamiliar with AGPS Patch, XDA Senior Member crypted gives a brief explanation:
This patch was created to provide quick GPS locking across North America. But, it has been ported into a worldwide solution for multiple devices. Using a general ROM without this has resulted in 10+ minutes of GPS delay. Also, GPS...
HTC Desire users are among the latest who can have that Ubuntu goodness on their phones.
XDA Senior Member zacthespack has been developing an app that runs a user through installing Ubuntu on their Android devices, most recently the HTC Desire. The app is pretty cool. Basically, a user downloads an Ubuntu image and the app will...
Due to the lack of a simple guide for compiling kernels, XDA Recognized Developer Droidzone decided to create his own specially for Devs. This guide includes an interactive menu and includes topics such as:
- Getting the sources
- Setting up the compilation box and preparing source code
- Setting up kernel parameters
- Compiling and distributing kernel
All very...
As we've stated in the past, one of the highlights of the Android OS is how it allows you to customize almost every aspect to your every whim. Often times, however, you wish to change more than the superficial by delving into the world of radio, bootloader, recovery, and splash screen modification. Assuming you have...
Ice Cream Sandwich ports are highly sought after, given the hype and price of the phone that runs it. However, providing there is support behind development, there is every chance you can run it on your device. This article is here to list the current ICS ports on our most popular forums and their individual...
If you own an HTC Desire running a rooted Android 2.3.5, you may have experienced issues with clearing or cancelling a missed call notification when using a third party dialer app, like XDA forum member manny73.
Because of the issues, the XDA forum member has developed a simple app that is configurable for checking missed call...
Well, it seems that the people/team behind Gingerbread really do not want to see this fantastic version of Android to be left behind and forgotten. Because of this, they decided to start rolling out what is likely to be one of the last updates to Gingerbread, Android 2.3.7. Several devices received OTAs being pushed in...
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