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LG V10 H960A TWRP 3.0 Custom Recovery

TWRP custom recovery for LG-H960A, more popularly known as LG V10 is now available for download. With LG V10 TWRP 3.0 custom recovery, you will be able to install custom ROMs and all sorts of LG V10 related hacks. To install it, you must have Android Marshmallow onboard. If you do not have it or still have not received it, you can use LG Bridge to fetch it. Also, bootloader needs to be unlocked.

Another things to keep in before flashing LG V10 TWRP 3.0 custom recovery is that you will loose all the data. So make sure you have all the important stuff backed up.

Now is time to flash TWRP (twrp-3.0.2.0-0-h960a.img.zip (unpack .zip to get flashable .img)). I am assuming you have ADB and flashboot drivers installed on your computer. Connect your LG V10 to computer, fire up ADB and type in these commands.

adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

After typing in first command, your phone will reboot to fastboot screen. Second command flashes TWRP on it. Now, turn off your phone completely. For that, hold power button or take battery out. Do not reboot it. Now, put battery in and press power and volume down button. You will see the nice LG logo and that very moment, release power button while keeping the volume button down and then, press power button again.

You will get option to do factory reset and if you have done everything correctly. Make use of volume and power button and choose yes – twise. You will now be greeted with TWRP. Now, it is SuperSU to get root. Go into TWRP and type in this to root it.

adb push BETA-SuperSU-v2.74-2-20160519174328.zip /sdcard/supersu.zip

Folks handling android ice cold project have churned out android 7 nougat ROM for the LG G2 for all of its variants including d80x, ls980 and vs980. This is based on AOKP so you get stock android which means no bloatware. To flash this LG G2 Android 7 Nougat ROM, you will need the following.

* Custom recovery (TWRP)
* For the best experience upgrade to stock lollipop, Then root, then install TWRP
* Do not ever install any Bootstack
* Clean flash if coming from another ROM or CM 14.x (no dirty flash)
* Don’t do it if you don’t know it
* ROM has gapps persistance in between dirty flashes

We urge you to do a full wipe before installing the ROM. The developer of this ROM has not specified any bugs so we are expecting it to run smooth on your LG G2 phone.

• download rom from here http://dwnld.aicp-rom.com/

LineageOS is available for the Samsung Galaxy Mega 6.3 and 5.8 and this gives you latest Android 7 Nougat for the three old phone. LineageOS is based on AOSP project. Everything is working except for the second SIM card slot. Also, screenshot feature is not working and recent app thumbnails are coming out to be blank.

Everything is working including Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, RIL (Calls, SMS, Mobile Data), Sensors (Accelerometer, Compass, Light, Proximity, etc.), Camera, Video (playback & recording), Audio (playback & recording) and GPS.

Installation instructions:

* Install a custom recovery with SELinux support or latest CWM Galaxy Mega recovery.
* Download the latest build.
* Wipe data/factory reset if coming from stock or another ROM (You may get a “staus 7” error if you fail to wipe.)
* Flash the ROM and then GApps and reboot your phone

It is an amazing firmware for those who are looking for bloatware free experince on their android phone. It also has support for f2fs and to enable that, you just have to download the modified TWRP recovery from here and flash it. Make sure not to flash a kernel that does not support F2FS. In case, you want to go back to ext4 format, you will have to format the data and cache with Galaxy Mega’s TWRP recovery to ext4 format.

Cosmic OS for the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 Neo has been released. This custom ROM is made on android open source project whose short form is AOSP. Its developer claims that he has further tweaked it for best performance battery life enhancements.

Keep in mind that the first boot will take some time and it is completely normal for your device to loop a few times. Developer does mention that there is no guarantee that it will work normally if you use a custom kernel.

Here are the list of features added:

Statusbar customizations
Brightness Slider
Enable/Disable Show Notification Count
SuperUser Indicator Switch
Double Tap To sleep Statusbar
Carrier Label
Carrier Label Switch
Clock Customizations
Time & date
Day & date Toogle
Center/Right/Left Clock Choice
Date Format
Battery % Text
Network Traffic Indicator
Network Traffic Arrows Switch
Incoming/OutGoing Traffic
Statusbar Cosmic Logo
Cosmic logo Color
Cosmic logo Position
StatusBar Ticker
Ticker Text color
Ticker Icon Color
Animations
Gestures
Recents Panel
Full Screen Recents
Recents Styles
Clock Widget
CLock And Alarm Customizations
Weather Panel Customizations
Calender Events
Navbar Tuner
LockScreen Customizations
Lockscreen Bottom Shortcuts
Lockscreen General Shorcuts
100+ Icons for Shortcuts
Lockscreen Media Art/Enable Disable
Quick PIN/Pattern Unlock
LockScreen Wallpaper
Lockscreen Weather Widget
Lockscreen Icons Color
Quick Settings Draggable Tiles
Customizable Tiles
Dyanamic Tiles Adjustment
Number of columns/rows
Notification Drawer
LongPress Toogles to Enter Settings
Disable Immersive Mode Messages
Force Expand Notification
Quick PullDown
Smart Pulldown
Buttons Customisations
Advanced Reboot Menu
Power Menu Customizations
Power Off
Reboot(Recovery, Bootloader, Soft Reboot)
ScreenShot
Power Menu End Calls Switch
Restart SystemUI
Airplane Mode
ScreenRecord
On the Go Mode
Sound Panel
Long Press Actions
Double Tap Actions
Menu Button(For devices with HW keys Only)
Volume Buttons
Wake Up Device
Playback Control
Ringtone Volume Control
Swap Buttons on Landscape mode
Volume Key Answer
Miscellaneous
Clock Shortcut
Camera Shutter Sound Enable/Disable
SystemUI Tuner Icon Settings
Enabled By default
Removed Demo mode and Tweaked SystemUI Tuner
StatusBar Icons Custmizations
Quick Settings Customizations
Other Features
Perfomance Profiles
LCD Density
Expanded Desktop Mode
Heads Up Switch and customizations
Configurable 0,90,180,270 Degree Rotation
Lock Screen Autorotate Switch
Battery Light Customizations
Notification Light Customizations
Font Size
Performance Tweaks (Kernel Aduitor Inbuilt)
SuperSU Inbuilt
Pixel Launcher
Blur Personalisation
Snap Camera
Working screen-off Gestures
Substratum
Overall Smoothness Improvements

Flashing instructions:

* Download ROM and GApps http://opengapps.org/
* Copy ROM and GApps to internal storage.
* Wipe /data, /system and /cache.
* Flash ROM and GApps.

If you own a Samsung Galaxy Note 5, you can flash this hack. This will show you the incoming messages as floating window. It does not look like a typical android message and it has options like reply, mark as read and delete. You can also dismiss the message by tapping on the cross icon.

To enable floating messages, download this file on your Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and install it using TWRP custom recovery. Then open “floating messages” and enable it for “messaging”.

You can also set the transparency level here. As you can see, I’ve set it to 48 and it looks absolutely stunning.

Keep in mind that since it makes use of TWRP, you will be voiding your phone’s warranty since it tinkers with internal files. You will also receive no more official updates. On the brighter side, you will be able to install just about any ROM or mods out there.

I’ve tested on Dr Ketan’s Note 5 ROM and it works like a charm.

Interop tools is available for download for the windows 10 mobile users and it lets you tweak your Nokia or Microsoft phone without the need to interop unlock it. It is still in beta and therefore, there might be some rough edges here and there. Here are the features of this app.

Continue reading “Download Interop Tools for Windows 10 Mobile”

Apple iPhone is a big industry for the phone case manufactures. There are several different companies out there that make different types of amazing and not-so-amazing iPhone cases. Their latest and flagship phone is iPhone 7 Plus and people are buying all sorts of cases to protect their investment.

The main reason behind this is the fact the iPhone 7 Plus has large form factor. If are a person who does not like baby-caring their handsets, then getting a nice heavy duty iPhone 7 Plus case makes sense. A good rugged case will protect the iPhone 7 Plus from getting scratched and scuffed. It will also prevent from getting physically damaged.

In case you like to add some style and class to your iPhone 7 Plus, then getting a folio case is a better choice, especially if you get a leather folio case. There are rugged, heavy duty folio cases which is what we recommend to frequent travelers.

If your iPhone 7 Plus does get damaged, then follow this guide. iPhone, like any telephone, is powerless to splitting and shattering. On the off chance that you’ve broken your iPhone screen, and you’re no longer secured under guarantee, you might need to consider a do-it-without anyone’s help screen substitution. It can take under 10 minutes, on the off chance that you have all the correct devices for the occupation, and we can walk you through the entire repair, well ordered, all the way.

Before playing out any DIY repair, you ought to assess every one of your choices. For those that acquired AppleCare+ for their iPhone 7 Plus, go straight to an Apple Store or call 1-800-APL-CARE to plan a mail-in repair. Your guarantee covers you for this sort of episode, and it will cost you far less.

If you don’t have AppleCare+ yet just have a minor break in your screen and no harm to the casing, Apple may at present be your best choice. As of composing this, Apple charges $109 plus duty (USD) to supplant the screen on an iPhone 7 Plus. Simply know that if for reasons unknown your iPhone 7 Plus comes up short Apple’s alignment process or your edge is bowed, they’ll charge you the full substitution value, which is at present at $299 plus expense. Make sure that the iPhone color is available at the time of replacement as now, iPhone is available in variety of colors.

For those that don’t live almost an Apple Store and would prefer not to mail in their iPhone 7 Plus, DIY repair might be the correct decision for you. There are heaps of reasons individuals pick DIY repair, including all out cost. While Apple’s substitution costs don’t commonly change, the cost to repair an iPhone drops radically as the telephone ages. The iPhone 7 Plus is no special case so make sure to continue returning on part costs. They can and will keep on falling.