Category: phones

If you are looking for an ultra tweaked out ROM for HTC One Max, xda developers has got you covered. It is said to be clean, smooth and stable that is it is totally bloat free.

Features of it.

Built off VZW Shipped ROM 1.11.605.4
All apps up to date
Super De-bloated – Most everything is gone.
Blink Feed Remains but in its purest form; no social networking integration. See post #2 for zip to add back in!
ROM only has the English Keyboard. See post #2 for the rest of the keyboards!
Performance and battery enhancements
init.d support
BusyBox
Ringtones from Note 3 and Nexus 5
Typical CleanROM speed and stability!

You can download it from here. It comes without social networking integration that normally comes preloaded on the stock ROM. However, you can easily install it by installing this.

Unlike Nokia Lumia phones, the X XL and X+ come with Android operating system which means you can root them if you want. So even those do not come with Play store, it is still android with a custom UI running on top. 

An XDA developer was able to root all three of them Nokia X XL X+. The guide is quite simple. First download the framaroot.apk from here and install it on your Nokia phone. Then click on Grandalf and reboot your phone.

That is it – no more following lots of sentences just to root your Android phone. However keep in mind that rooting voids the warranty. Fortunately you can download and flash the stock X ROM to get everything back to factory settings. That way the customer support people will not be able to find out if you ever rooted your phone.

Cyanogen Mod also known as CM 11 is now available for the Samsung Galaxy Core phone. This will allow you to enjoy vanilla android experience that is backed by frequent updates directly from the developers.

The development of this ROM is still in early stages though and quite lot of important things like Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, SIM card, camera and audio do not work. Since SIM card is not working you will not be able to make phone calls. However, memory card, and GPS module are working just fine. You can download the ROM from here.

Please note that there are a lot of bugs and we really do not recommend using this Cyanogen Mod ROM on your Galaxy Core if it is your daily driver.

This is the same wallpaper that you have seen back when the Samsung Galaxy S5 made its debut at the MWC 2014. While there are a lot of knockoffs out there, not all are high quality. We have managed to grab the official one as we were present there at the MWC.

Click on the image to download it.

It is of high resolution 2160×1920 and would work fine on just any phone that lets you set a custom wallpaper. We are using it on our Galaxy S4 and it looks great. Many have even mistaken it for an S5 since they have seen it at the official launch event.

The official wallpaper looks kind of 3D as both S4 and S5 quite glossy coating on their displays. We will be updating this thread once we get hold of other official wallpapers.

It seems quite impossible but the Goophone, the makers of KIRF phones have released a copied version of Samsung Galaxy S5 already. While it looks very much the same from outside, the specs are quite different.

Continue reading “KIRF Galaxy S5 Is Here Already”

Folks at XDA have yet to release a straight forward root method for Samsung Galaxy Grand 2, but you can get root on your phone by flashing a pre rooted firmware. This ROM is fully stock and is pre rooted, which means you get the usual utilities like Super SU and busy box pre installed.

Instructions For Getting Root on Samsung Galaxy Grand 2

1) Download the ROM zip
2) Extract it in your PC
3) Download ODIN from here and extract it to your PC.
4) Put your phone in odin mode ( holding volume down , home button and power button simultaneously ) and connect it to your pc through data cable
5) Place the rom extracted file in AP column of PC ODIN
6) Click START button in PC ODIN and wait till flashing completes ODIN shows RESET " PASS" and phone reboot automatically with pre rooted firmware
7) You finally have root on your Samsung Galaxy Grand 2.

There is only known issue that is related to Wi-Fi. To counter that, just input all the Wi-Fi settings manually.

The Taiwanese company, Asus is preparing to launch a device called ASUS GameBox which will be a competitor to the portable gaming console with Android from NVIDIA.

Full specs of Asus Gamebox

NVIDIA Shield is not available in many European countries which is a good sign for the Taiwanese as it will be able to do good business with it.

Asus Gamebox was spotted in AnTuTu benchmark app from we learnt about most of its specs. It features quad core Nvidia Tegra 4 processor clocked at 1.6 – 1.912 GHz, Android 4.3 jelly bean operating system, Nvidia GeForce GPU, 2 gigabytes of RAM, 8 GB flash storage and resolution of 1280×720 pixels.

Asus Gamebox Review

Since Asus Gamebox is same as Nvidia Shield, the aforementioned review will give all information you would ever need. Benchmark results are already in. Asus Gamebox got 36024 in AnTuTu which is more than enough to play any Android game out there.

Lenovo has released a high end Android phone in the market called the Vibe Z. Powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 quad core processor, the Vibe Z runs Android 4.3 jelly bean operating system.

Lenovo Vibe Z Specs are great with great price tag

The CPU runs at 2.2 GHz that lets you do tasks faster than ever. On the back, you will find a 13 megapixel rear camera with BSI sensor accompanied by dual LED flash.

Vibe Z camera has f/1.8 aperture lens

Such lens gives you enhanced exposure to low light for taking excellent pictures even when picture taking scenarios are not great. It also has a 5 mega pixel webcam with wide 84 degrees viewing angle which is great for taking selfies.

Beefy battery

The Vibe Z features an integrated 3000 mAh battery. The android phone also sports USB OTG to let you access data on your USB pen drive.

Price Tag

The Vibe Z is available with a price tag of INR 35999 in India.

Do you own a Samsung Galaxy S4 but hate Touch Wiz so much that want to get rid of it? Well, even if you install a custom home launcher, you still would not be able to totally get rid of atrocious touch wiz. The only way is to install a Google Edition firmware. On top of icing, it is using Android 4.4 base.

Download the S4 Google Edition ROM

Get it from here and put it into storage card. Then boot into recovery. Then, wipe the data and cache. Reboot the phone.

No bugs in the ROM

The best thing about this ROM is that there are no bugs at all, at least as claimed by its developer.

Where is IR blaster app?

The IR blaster app is not included so, download IR remote app from playstore. Here is the link. Also the S-view cover would not let you answer calls with the flap closed. This is actually Samsung’s fault as they have not included this functionality in Google edition Galaxy S4.

Other than that, everything is working out of the box, including TV out (MHL) functionality. Watch On, however, would not work.

TWRP for the Samsung Galaxy S4 i9505 has been released. After flashing TWRP, you will be able to flash your favorite custom ROM, kernels and what not. Just keep in mind that this recovery is for i9505 S4 only and shall not be used on i9500, which is the international version, the one that has 8 cores.

First, download the TWRP from here and flash it using ROM manager. If you wish to get the stock recovery (for obvious purposes), you can also do that. Download it from here.

Make sure to make a backup of your phone before you proceed as you could end up with a brick device if you do not know what you are doing.