The Galaxy Ace 2 users in Germany can get ready for a much faster and improved operating system, now that the Jelly Bean update is here. The 4.1.2 Jelly Bean is up for grabs if your model number is GT-i8160. The update is expected to reach other regions soon.
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The reason why you don’t get hardware acceleration even with Flash 10.1 beta 3 is because the driver shipped with Lenovo is out of date. The driver shipped with x100e laptop is version 8.663, but in order to support flash hardware acceleration under 10.1 beta, you need at least driver version 8.680 or above and also you will need Catalyst 9.11 or above. So you will need to update your driver. By default, Lenovo block any non-official driver update. however, there is a wary around it by doing it manually. go to this AMD link:
From there, go to option 2, Download both the driver and the Catalyst Control Center software. Extract the driver files on your X100e (you can either extract it by clicking on the driver file, it ask for an extract location, and once it is extracted, it will try to install, you can cancel the install, you just want to extract the files, that’s all you want from it. so you can cancel the installation. Alternatively, you can extract it with a third party program like WinRAR).
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Change Body Cover of Nokia Lumia 920
Nokia sells its flagship Windows Phone, Lumia 920 in variety of colors. But did you know that you could swap the original body cover of your Lumia 920 to a different one? Some XDA members have done exactly that and have posted plethora of photos as well. For instance, one changed the cover from black to pink, a color which is not even available officially.
Galaxy S3 Lite ROM now available for download
Galaxy S4 is already on sale but that does not mean Galaxy S3 community is dead. In fact, a lot of developers are working day and night in making the S3’s experience better than ever. An XDA ROM developer has churned out a lite ROM for the S3 that is pre rooted, zipaligned and bloatware free.
Galaxy S4, HTC One Quick Charge support
Back in February this year, folks at Qualcomm announced Quick Charge 1.0 that will allow the phones with Snapdragon processors to be charged faster. The HTC One and Galaxy S4, both run on Snapdragon 600 processor, but for technical reasons, HTC did not implemented it in One. The reason is that battery is non removable in HTC phone and fast charge reduces the life expectancy of the phone.
Galaxy Note 8.0 UAE Price, Release Date
Samsung has finally launched Galaxy Note 8.0 in the UAE. The price for the Wi-Fi version is AED 1699 and price for the 3G model is AED 1999. UAE is a very rich country and Samsung has enjoyed strong sales for its Galaxy products in the past. In the year 2010, Samsung launched the first generation Galaxy Tab; in 2012, it launched Galaxy Note 2 and the Note 8.0 is a huge leap in terms of performance and innovation.
Download Stock ROM Firmware for HTC ONE
If you have applied a lot of mods on your HTC One and you have to send it for warranty back to HTC or network provider for some reason, you will have to flash the stock firmware to bring it back to factory settings. This will remove all sorts of modifications like custom ROM, custom CWM / TWRP and so on. This will, as expected, remove root a k a super user access from it.
Rooted Stock ODEX DEodex ROM for ATT HTC One
If you have a HTC One and are not a fan of custom firmwares but want a ODEX and DEODEX ROM, XDA has got you covered. The firmware is rooted and has root related stuff like busybox, init.d support and Super SU pre installed. No stock apps have been added or removed.
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HTC One Root, SuperSu, Download HTC Drivers
Hasson, a recognized XDA developer has churned out a root toolkit for the HTC One. To do it, you need to have HTC drivers installed. If you do not have them on your computer, download them from here.
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HTC One CWM Recovery with USB OTG support
CWM Recovery for the HTC One smart phone is now available for download. The CWM recovery will allow you to flash custom firmwares and patches that otherwise cannot be flashed normally. You are required to have a unlock bootloader. You can get it unlocked from htcdev. Here are its installation instructions.
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