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If you are flashed all sorts of hacks on your ATT branded Samsung Galaxy Mega 5.8 smartphone and want to get back to stock firmware, you might want to flash its official firmware I527UCUBNE7. This method will remove root from Galaxy Mega 5.8 and also remove custom recovery and whatnot. This package must be flash using ODIN. It has multiple parts.

AP: Get the file from here and flash it under PDA in ODIN. It is a huge file and it contains system, stock recovery and kernel partition. Download it from here.

BL: This is the bootloader. If you already took the update ignore this but if you want to upgrade your phone you must flash this Download
CP: This is the modem and other network related partitions. You must flash this under Phone in odin Download
CSC: This contains carrier related settings for our firmare. Flash this under CSC in odin. Download

If you are store a lot on your smartphone, then Saygus V2 might be the smartphone you are looking for. Developed by a small company in the USA, the Saygus V2 packs 5 inch display and has pretty high end specifications.

You get a full HD display that offers a pixel density of 445 PPI (pixels per inch). The screen is Gorilla Glass 4. There are two light sensors on the unit – one on the front and another one on the rear to allow better control of brightness. It also has outdoor mode that temporarily screws up with the brightness in order to improve the readability outdoors.

For taking pictures there is a 13 megapixel camera in the front and whopping 21 MP rear for taking some serious photos. Both front and back camera has optical image stabilizers to ensure less blurry photos and videos. The picture quality is really good. You can record a 4k video too.

Of course the highlight feature of Saygus V2 are its two micro SD card slots which allow you to use use up to 128GB in each slot bringing total onboard storage to whopping 320GB. That is more than what you used to get on a hard disk-totting Apple iPod Classic. Flash storage is much more powerful than the hard disk storage and there are no lags. Android which is its Saygus V2’s operating system is quite fine tuned in handling such massive storage capacities.

The Saygus V2 has a battery capacity of 3100 mAh which is similar to what you get in most of the top end Android phones these days. For instance the Galaxy Note Edge has 3000 mAh battery while the Note 4 comes with 3200 mAh capacity. Saygus V2 comes with a power saving mode that lets you significantly increase the battery life. You can purchase new batteries for it since battery is user replaceable. To replace it simply remove the back panel and pop in a fresh battery.

Saygus V2 is not thin at 9.7mm but that allowed the manufacture to crap a lot of features like dual micro SD slots into it.  It will go on sale in beginning of March for around 400 dollars off contract. There is no word if any US network provider will be offering on contract-basis. 

HP Pavilion Mini is a gorgeous small desktop that has good enough specifications for doing business work and some multimedia tasks. Prices start at $319 for the model that comes with Intel Pentium 3558U and $449 for the top end Core i3 4025U model.

Common HP Pavilion Mini specifications include: 3 in 1 card reader, HDMi output, HP wireless keyboard + mouse and snow white casing. Both models come preloaded with Windows 8.1 operating system.

The Intel Pentium 3558U benchmark results show that it scored 1865 in the passmark benchmark test. The Intel Core i3 4025u passmark score is 2891 which is 1000 more than 3558U model.

The Pavilion Mini as evleaks says is about 2 inches tall and weighs 1.6 pounds. On the back there is a display port as well as HDMI output port. It is capable of streaming quad H resolution. For connectivity you get 802.11n Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0 radio.

Acer RL85 is a small computer that is designed to be your home media PC. You can add up to 6 terabytes of storage, up to two 4K displays, and 7.1 channel audio and up to an Intel Core i5 processor.

Acer RL85 Revo One specifications include three HHD bays that support up to 2TB drives in each, two USB 2.0,  two USB 3.0 ports, an SD card slot, 802.11ac WiFi and Ethernet port. To insert the hard disks, just open its latch by using a pen or similar tool.

Acer has bundled Smart Control applications with it that can be used to control the computer from iOS or Android device. You can also stream content from your phone to your TV through the PC.

There is no news if it will make it to the United States but it will be hitting European nations in January for 269 euros. Acer will launching it in Middle East and Africa in coming months.

Along with launching newer ThinkPad X1 Carbon 2015 edition, Lenovo introduced ThinkPad X250 with 12.5 inch display packing full HD display with touchscreen panel and newest Intel Broadwell processor.

The Lenovo ThinkPad X250 is about 0.8 inches thick and weighs less than 3 pounds which makes it as light as Mini laptops of 2015. However there is nothing netbook-ish about it when it comes to performance and features. For instance the X250 has dual battery support that lets you add up to 96 Wh of battery power to let you run for a whole day (literally).

Its specifications up to 8GB of memory, 2 USB 3.0 ports, mini Display Port, and a VGA port. For controlling the mouse pointer on the display, you get trackpoint, touchpad and pointing stick.

Prices start at 1150 dollars for the base model and if you purchase dual batteries, faster CPU, you will have pay more.

It’s too bad they only put 2 USB ports in the X250.