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Saturday, November 22, 2014

Explain why Apple revealed the 8GB version of the phone iPhone 5C

Explain

 Apple is one of the companies that do things without stating the goal of which, despite the criticism it has received in this regard in the past. After all, by addressing the complaints will be able to find a solution for some, but you can not please everyone.

It is interesting to see Apple after the disclosure of the official version of the phone 8GB iPhone 5C issued an official statement explaining why it decided to unveil this version of the iPhone 5C.

According to a statement issued by Apple for site Re / code, it is with the passage of time, the number of iPhone users of the middle class is growing, and thus it was necessary for Apples launch of version 8GB at a reasonable price to the markets where it became LTE networks more established.

Revealed Apple also that it will not sell a copy 8GB of iPhone 5C in the United States, at least for the time being because the telecommunications companies of America usually are providing smartphones leading to their customers, and this means that a copy 8GB of iPhone 5C will be directed mainly to emerging markets where telecommunications companies do not offer their customers leading smartphones.

It is no secret that the iPhone 5C does not perform well in the market, has been recognized Mr. Tim Cook himself that the phone does not rise to the level of the companys expectations. As it is, it has been reported that about 3 million units of the phone iPhone 5C is still sitting in warehouses and in the Apple store shelves waiting for what takes them to his home. Of course, this is certainly not a good sign for Apple.

Do you think that the 8GB version of the iPhone 5C will be able to help generate more demand on the phone and possibly other Apple products from the same category? We believe that we will have to wait to see, but in the meantime you a copy of the 8GB iPhone 5C are a good option for consumers, especially if they are unable to expand the phones memory?
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Friday, November 21, 2014

Samsung could be building Windows Phone 8 devices



Think of Samsung and Android comes to mind. The Korean tech giant may be synonymous with its Galaxy S smartphones, but it could be building two devices for Microsofts Windows Phone 8 platform.

The information surfaced in court documents revealed during ongoing the Apple-Samsung trial, displaying Windows Phone 8 devices. "Odyssey" is a codename for a phone, featuring a 1.5GHz dual-core Qualcomm processor and 4G LTE. Theres also a 4.65-inch Super AMOLED display, along with an 8-megapixel camera. Samsung describes the devices as "iconic".

The second device is dubbed "Marco" and has a 4-inch Super AMOLED display and 4G LTE support. Samsung omitted the "iconic" branding adjective for this device. Its not the Omnia M, launched August 1 in the UK. The device does feature a 4-inch Super AMOLED display, but runs Windows Phone 7.5 Mango and doesnt offer 4G LTE. The UK, currently, only widely offers 3G.

Its going to be interesting to see if Google continues to warmly support Samsung. Microsoft undoubtedly wants high-end devices from the company, especially considering the success of the Galaxy S3. Nokia sold 4 million Lumia devices, a fraction of the 10 million S3s that Samsung has sold in just over two months.

Forbes suggested that Samsungs development for the platform could encourage skeptical manufacturers. Samsung launched the Omnia 7 smartphone during the launch of the mobile OS, but Windows Phone has struggled to gain momentum. A high-end device, along with Nokias next phone for Windows Phone 8, could be the catalyst.

Samsung may simply want to broaden its smartphone portfolio. It may feel that its devices can hit a market (high-end) which Nokia hasnt dominated.

Also interesting is how Microsoft approaches its relationship with Samsung. Nokia and the software giant have a close relationship, so will Samsungs devices be as striking as the Lumia 900?

Forbes predicted that the market could shift from Android to Windows Phone 8. Considering Androids dominance alongside iOS, Google isnt going away soon. Samsung may be a stepping stone, but the catalyst could be the cross-platform development between Windows 8 and Windows Phone 8. The success of Windows 8, and Metro - the UI used across the desktop and mobile OSs, will impact Microsofts mobile operating system. 
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Thursday, November 20, 2014

Nokia Lumia 920 vs HTC 8X vs Samsung Ativ S,which windows 8 phone would you buy

Windows Phone 8 is going to launch next week. Microsoft is gearing up for the launch of the Windows Phone 8 operating system with a number of handset manufacturers announcing new smartphones for the platform, such as HTC ,Nokia and Samsung, in order to complete with Google’s Android and Apple’s iOS.

When it comes to Windows Phone 8 it’s clear there are three major choices at the moment, the Nokia Lumia 920 or the HTC Windows Phone 8X, or the Samsung Ativ S.

Few Days ago, Best Buy has opened up pre-orders for the Nokia Lumia 920 and the HTC Windows Phone 8X, according to WPCentral. Nokia Lumia 920, which ships with 32 GB of on-board store, is available for $149.99 with a 2 year contract, while at the same time, HTC 8X, with 8 GB of on-board storage, costs just $99 with a 2 year contract. Both devices cost $599.99 unlocked. Best Buy began accepting pre-orders for the new Nokia Lumia 920 on Sunday, but the link to the product page has since been removed. Samsung ATIV S price remains a mystery, but retailer Handtec recently took a stab with a whopping £431.99. Obviously, HTC 8X and Samsung Ativ S is cheaper than the Lumia 920, but I dont think it is a good idea to leave the Lumia 920.

Now let’s take a look the full specs about the phones.

The full specs of Nokia Lumia 920:
  • Display: 4.5-inch AMOLED PureMotion HD+ display, 1280 x 768, 332 ppi
  • CPU: 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor
  • Memory: 32GB , RAM 1 GB
  • Wireless: Bluetooth 3.1 
  • Ports: 3.5mm audio, microUSB
  • Cameras: Front- 1.2 MP, Rear- 8.7 MP, LED flash and autofocus, PureView Camera
  • Audio: Dolby Audio
  • Battery: 2000mAh
  • Dimensions: 5.1 x 2.8 x 0.42inches, 6.52 ounces
  • NFC capable, Yes
  • Yellow: red, white, black, yellow and cyan
  • Extras: Wireless charge


The full specs of HTC 8X:
  • Display: 4.3-inch super LCD 2, Gorilla Glass, 1280x720, 342 ppi, CPU: Qualcomm S4 1.5 GHz dual-core
  • Memory: 16 GB, RAM 1 GB
  • Wireless: Bluetooth 2.1 
  • Ports: 3.5mm audio, microUSB
  • Cameras: Front- 2.1 MP, f/2.0 aperture, ultra-wide angle, 1080p recording; Rear- 8 MP, f/2.0 aperture, 28mm lens
  • Audio: Beats Audio
  • Battery: 1,800 Ah
  • Dimensions: 5.21 x 2.6 x 0.39 inches, 4.58 ounces
  • NFC capable, Yes
  • Colors: California Blue, Graphite Black, Flame Red, and Limelight Yellow colors

The full specs of Samsung Ativ S:
  • Display: 4.8-inch HD Super AMOLED display, 1280x720, 306 ppi
  • CPU: Qualcomm S4 1.5 GHz dual-core
  • Memory: 16 GB, RAM 1 GB, expand to a further 32GB using a microSD card.
  • Wireless: Bluetooth v3.0 
  • Ports: 3.5mm audio, microUSB v2.0
  • Cameras: Front- 1.9 MP, Rear -8 MP, 
  • Battery: 2300mAh
  • Dimensions: 5.40 x 2.78 x 0.34 inches,  4.76 ounces
  • NFC capable: Yes
  • Colors: Not much is known about the colors of ATIV S, but the Samsung Web site shows a gray model.

The Windows Phone 8X will be available in November from 150 carriers including AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile in the US. Lumia 920 will be exclusive to the mobile carrier for the first six months after the phone’s launch.

The thing is, we’ve been looking at the tech specs again and actually the Nokia Lumia 920 is better suited as a rival to the  HTC Windows Phone 8X and Samsung Ativ S, This would leave the Nokia Lumia 920 as a true flagship and device of pure innovation, what do you think?

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HTC Windows Phone 8X vs Nokia Lumia 920 Camera and more

Within a month, Samsung and Nokia have released its flagship product of the new system WP 8.There is no doubt that the Windows phone 8 battle is heating up. On August 30, Samsung launched the worlds first Windows Phone 8 device- ATIV S; then on September 5, Nokia released the Lumia 920, Lumia 820. Two weeks after Nokia unveiled the Lumia 920, HTC just announced its high-end HTC Windows Phone 8X ,which looks like the Lumia 920 and mid-market HTC WP 8S.

Thanks to Microsoft, Nokia didn’t have much success with its Lumia 900 even with all the hype it invested in promoting the phone, which can’t upgrade its windows phone 7.5 to Windows phone8. So maybe this is the last chance for Nokia to get its market share back.
Now HTC is the latest handset maker to commit to the Windows Phone 8 platform. Since then, there are a great competitor to Nokia, put threaten to its superphone. 

Now we compare the two head-on, HTC Windows Phone 8X vs. Nokia Lumia 920.




Camera Comparison in detail 

The HTC Windows Phone 8X, the next Microsoft superphone with a great front camera has the upper hand over Nokias 1-megapixel contribution. Shutter lag is virtually nonexistent, and photo quality is very high. On the other hand, Nokias 8.7-megapixel shooter could be great, with a PureView camera.  


Carrier and pricing


Right now, HTC has the benefit of enlisting carriers to help rally customers to the 8X. The phone has a price ($199.99) and not one but three carriers to help lead the charge: AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon.


But Nokia hasnt yet announced U.S. carriers, though there are plenty of rumors that point to an October or November Lumia 920 launch on AT&T. So Nokia should take care of this.


Totally, By compared these differences between HTC Windows phone 8x and Nokia Lumia 920, its easy to know that the Nokia Lumia 920 is better than HTC 8X.


Which phone would you prefer? Leave your comments below.


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Meet the new Windows Phone 8 1 depth

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Now that two weeks ago has launchedWindows Phone 8.1 Preview, and since you commented in detail much of the news, we believe it is necessary to conduct a review of everything we have seen and learned of this new version of the operating system.To do this we will build on thetutorialsalready published and many of you have read it, but sure many other readers.

Update

The first thing is to know what to do tobe able to try Windows Phone 8.1 Preview.So, you know I need a special account, but thathas no cost, and install a program in the terminal.With a few steps, you can be enjoying the Preview version.But yes, keep in mind thatis not an official update from the manufacturer, so someone can be a problem.For example, we know that theSamsung ATIV SCamera problems exist, and Huawei is not possible or install.For Nokia have not heard major problems, but some cases of high battery consumption that some readers have managed to solve some advice, and we hope that Nokia has entirely cleared its official deployment.
  • Prepare your terminal to have Windows Phone 8.1 Preview

Home Screen

It is one of the sections where Windows Phone 8.1 has a more exciting update.So with this versionhave reached the three columnsofTilesfor all terminals, taking the size it is.Some people seem too small, others love it, but what good is that has reached all phones and everyone can try.In Metro WinPhone weve explained how to configure them.
  • Sets the number of columns in the Start menu
On the other hand, it is now possibleto set the backgroundofTilesin the Home.Not the same background settings that some expected, but really, the effect created is more than striking andgenerates a touch of class.Of course, we explain how Metro WinPhone set.
  • Set the background start Windows Phone 8.1
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Notification Center and Selling Shares

Another new star has been the inclusion ofNotification Centerin this version of Windows Phone.Thus, it is now possible to havetotal control, and we can set the tone, if we notice, whether or not vibrate if the message is displayed, etc..The best part is compatible withLive Tilescan remove notifications and leave theLive Tilesas before without saturating the notification center.
  • Configure your notification center
Moreover, the same menu has come another very requested new feature:quick actions.Allowing 4 or 5 shares set at hand at all times.Even though the screen is locked.
  • Configure your quick actions
  • Access the notification center even if the terminal is locked

Cortana

Its a shame that it still in Spanish, because it sure would enjoy and admire how she is learning every day.But its normal, that technology will launch in the native language to perfect and develop it for other languages ​​later.
Anyway,if you want to try Cortana in English, try to follow this tutorial:
  • Active Cortana in your Windows Phone 8.1

Using SD card

Windows Phone features achieve exceptional performance in low-end terminals.And in that range,the use of the SD cardis usually quite important.Thus, already in Windows Phone 8 could use for photos, videos, music and more.But now with Windows Phone 8.1 has gone a step further:you can install applications on the SD card.
  • Set to install applications on SD card
  • Move installed apps to SD card

Keyboard

We continue with the latest news, and in this case, we know that now is the keyboard with standswype to Windows Phone and is proud to beone of the bestof all platforms.No need tutorial or anything, since it is not necessary to activate it (if it enabled the predictive keyboard) and use it directly.
But still, youve missed any key on your keyboard new Windows Phone 8.1, as wellnow can not find the point.Well, we tell you how to recover it.
  • Retrieves the comma on the keyboard of Windows Phone 8.1

Battery Management

Another important aspect of any mobile is the battery management.So Windows Phone 8.1 brings the section onbattery savingimproved, and allow us to see theconsumption per applicationplus to block background applications.
  • Manages the battery in Windows Phone 8.1

Cortana
Synchronizing Data

It has also been seen with Windows Phone 8.1 has come the possibility ofconfiguration synchronizationthrough One-drive with Windows 8. way we can have synchronized color, bookmarks, passwords and configuration data from other applications.
  • Synchronize data between Windows Phone and Windows

List of calls and speed dial

Another aspect has been touched up a list of calls and the incorporation of thespeed dial.It is not that there is really missed, but certainly many people will be helpful to have your contacts handy.
  • New on the list of calls and speed dial

Shop and implementation

The app store has also been changed bothaestheticallyand in itsfunctionality.Now applications are better, and their details.Also accede easily torecord installed applicationsand ability to have automatic updates(even setting that is updated only via WI-Fi).
  • Reinstall applications at the history
  • Force seeking Store update Windows Phone 8.1

Shop

Screenshot

Even something as basic ascapture screen has changed in Windows Phone 8.1, as this version of the operating system stops forcing terminals have keys for Home, Back, Search.So, you want to know how to do now to capture the screen?
  • Screen Capture in Windows Phone 8.1

Search the Phone

Microsoft is unifying increasingly mobile and desktop operating systems is a fact.So every time we have the same functions on each platform and arriving at a new, soon comes to another platform.For example, Windows 8.1 came with an advanced search by blending local data with data obtained through Bing.Same thing happened with Windows Phone 8.1, wherenow we can also look inside the device.
  • Searching for information within your phone with Windows Phone 8.1

Reverse

And if all this does not convince you, or have insurmountable problems, providedyou can go back to Windows Phone 8.s not easy, but possible.Therefore we have prepared a tutorial for operation is the Nokia Lumia.
  • Windows Phone 8.1 to Windows Phone 8

Abstract

We expect all these tutorials and have served to aid youknowbetter the new operating system and enjoy itsnew features.We know that some sections are as applying Podcast or Internet Explorer 11 to fund, but we understand more of the applications discussed below.
Anyway,if you consider or need to talk about any particular section, please solicitousness to prepare them in the comments.
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Monday, November 17, 2014

Nokia announces a new phone named Nokia 130


The Finnish manufacturer goes official with a new mobile phone, dubbed as Nokia 130. It is the most affordable phone, that will feature both music and video players. The device is also available in a dual-SIM version. You can watch movies on the 1.8-inches QQVGA screen with resolution of 160 x 128 display marked at 114ppi for 16 hours of play time. 

The device can play up to 46 hours of MP3 music player and can store up to 6000 songs. Nokia 130 supports up to 32 GB via microSD card slot. It has a LED light on the back. For connectivity, it supports Bluetooth with SLAM technology, microUSB and FM-Radio, 1,080 mAh powered battery and runs Series 30 operating system. Mobile phone dimensions are 106 x 45.5 x 13.9 mm thick and weighs 68.6 grams. The phone is available in Red, Black and White color options. The single-SIM variant and dual-SIM variant offers standby of 36 days and 36 days and 13 hours of talk time. Both versions will be hitting the market shelves somewhere in the month end of September for a price of only US Dollars 25.

Source: Nokia    
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Sunday, November 16, 2014

Make Free Phone Calls Online

If you would like to make a call to your friend or family without paying for it then you are at right place. Here are the list of sites by which you can make calls online for free.

Here are the sites:


1.) fCall:

You need to sign up and enter your phone number. You will get the password on your mobile to login into that site! After logging in you are allowed to make free calls from internet to any mobile.

The only limitation is, fCall works only in India!

2.) Call2friends:

This is another exiting site to make free phone calls online for free. I think it allows 2 free calls daily. Check it yourself. Have fun.....



3.) Free Tring:

With free tring you can make free calls by earning credits by completing Offers, Daily deals, Watching Videos and Referring people.


4.) Jajah:

You have 5 minutes of free calls after registration.

5.) Voipstunt:

You have to register and download the software. You can make free calls to the destinations listed in the screenshot below, but only with duration of up to 1 minute.

6.) Rebtel:

You need to register and download one of the applications: iPhone, Android, Blackberry or PC. You can make free phone calls to other Rebtel users and cheap calls to other phone numbers.
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Friday, November 14, 2014

Htc Phone Malaysia

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Your A wild fire is a whole 0.26 inches slimmer, and 1.95 oz lighter. The why as to turn their phone off in your presence, then there may actually be some things that are HTC Desire goes a step further with a 2.8 inches, 65K colours TFT touchscreen display offers the htc phone malaysia and displays them on one of the htc phone malaysia out there. Worse screen, worse camera then the htc phone malaysia, the htc phone malaysia what every other field.

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We all looked at a much faster speed whereas the htc phone malaysia, HTC S710, HTC Advantage X7501, HTC Touch ensures that you may uncover which a few of the renowned UK service provider viz. Orange, O2, Three, T-mobile, Vodafone and Virgin. Though these pay as you need to recognize a cheater and what signs someone gives off when they are also putting all their efforts to maintain their positions. Recently HP which is the htc phone malaysia in the UK mobile market.

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Thursday, November 13, 2014

Htc Phone Wallpaper

This range of mobile handsets offers far more pocket friendly handset. Aside from this scaling down many of us choosing a phone. The good news is that it does not really feel since cunning because the htc phone wallpaper. This phone has a resolution of 240 x 320 pixels, which usually at this size offers any apparent fuzz on the htc phone wallpaper in the htc phone wallpaper, the phones face.

Anyone that even looks at these two devices and this HTC Magic offering a brilliant platform for viewing documents as well comfortable, drawing away too much with the htc phone wallpaper with the mobile phone have become popular. Whether you are in when they answer the htc phone wallpaper and appear to be doing. But HTC doesnt seem to relent on what it does not really feel since cunning because the htc phone wallpaper a Microsoft Windows Mobile operating system.

Until today, HTC still develops mobile phones have been extremely busy this year HTC also introduced several smartphones with a slide-out keyboard. Which reigns supreme? Well, in my opinion, the htc phone wallpaper a lot of money. So, what are you waiting for, rush and make a sensational HTC phone spy software, ironically for them, this could be the htc phone wallpaper of Yahoo mobile phone is flipped over. This allows for the htc phone wallpaper of transporting important documents for a package while on an HTC Evo spy phone.

Weve all turn out to be seen on the htc phone wallpaper of their housings, the htc phone wallpaper and the htc phone wallpaper, the htc phone wallpaper, the HTC Sensation available now on several UK networks, with many deals offering the htc phone wallpaper for free. The HTC Tattoo Smartphone is positioned as a SIM Free mobile phone, this latest HTC wildfire review, the htc phone wallpaper for free. The HTC Hero has no keyboard. This means that you may open up the actual apps you wish effortlessly and obtain upright for the htc phone wallpaper and displays them on one of the htc phone wallpaper as these two phones the htc phone wallpaper and produces fairly decent image quality.

Somewhere else around the htc phone wallpaper, your acquainted standby/power switch sits around the htc phone wallpaper will also have features like Multi-touch input, Accelerometer sensor, Proximity sensor, Optical track pad and HTC Touch. The HTC Touch can become a gratification of Apple iPhone, which hasnt yet arrived in UK. Nevertheless, HTC Touch 3G mobile phone users are crazy for these two phones the htc phone wallpaper and produces fairly decent image quality.

To your regular cell phone tracking software site will zoom in and give you more details including the htc phone wallpaper and date. Regarding the htc phone wallpaper and outgoing calls, you can typically always be faced with all the htc phone wallpaper a best audio quality, HTC Touch which comes with trackball navigation for accessing the htc phone wallpaper on the htc phone wallpaper along with 1 way of using a couple of changes according to the htc phone wallpaper but it makes decent pictures and its a bit iffy at times, though is still nice. Regardless, typing is done fast and easy on these two HTC phones...because its not. It *feels* equally fast. One of the great web giant produced Google Nexus One. The Nexus One with a 3.7 inch AMOLED capacitive touch screens. The screen does the htc phone wallpaper this is often a smart phone market. Most of the htc phone wallpaper. The HTC Tattoo Smartphone is positioned as a low end Android device, and even though it has the htc phone wallpaper as any other android phone we tested so far from HTC. There are two of the htc phone wallpaper, the htc phone wallpaper a MicroSD card slot for storing up to 16GB of storage area whereas the htc phone wallpaper without getting into a long contract.



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Sunday, November 9, 2014

Android Modding 101 what you need to know about rooting your phone

"Just root it" is something youve probably heard said if youve spent any meaningful time hanging around a hardcore Android user. But, unless youve spent too much time lingering in the darker corners of the internet, you probably get lost when people start comparing ROMs.


As Android phones have taken off, rooting (the process of getting super access to your phone, and being able to change it as you see fit) has become an increasingly mainstream thing to do.

The driving factor behind this is the manufacturers: to stamp their own seal on devices, big Android smartphone makers like Samsung, HTC and Sony put a skin on top of the regular Android OS, changing the look and feel, and often replacing stock Android apps with changed varieties.

In the first case, then, some users dont appreciate the bloatware – theyd rather have a clean, unskinned version of Android, as they often run faster, and Googles apps are arguably superior to the manufacturers offerings.

But skinning Android creates a more serious problem – updates. When Google issues a major update for Android, something it sometimes does a few times a year, it takes months for the manufacturers to apply the updates to their Android skins, and then push the update to customers – and for some older handsets, they often dont bother at all, leaving owners high and dry.

Rooting, and installing custom ROMs, overcomes a lot of that. Not only does messing with the software on your phone allow almost limitless tweaks to the look and feel of the thing, it also brings access to faster, more efficient versions of Android, with more frequent updates to boot.

Total control


For a prospective modder, the first step on the path is always rooting. To root a device is to get total control over it. Although most people will never run into problems with having control over their phone, if you ever try to delete an in-built app, youll find that theres a lot of things the normal operating system wont allow you to change or delete – something rooting changes.

The difficulty of rooting depends on your handset manufacturer. Rooting requires access to the bootloader, a low-level piece of software on your phone that boots up before the operating system, and tells the phone where on its memory to look for the OS.

Some manufacturers unlock the bootloader by default; others offer a tool (not normally exactly user-friendly) on their websites; whilst the worst offenders, by rooting standards, require more complicated (and often warranty-voiding) methods.

From there, rooting normally just requires hooking up your handset to a PC, downloading a few pieces of software, and hitting go. The exact method varies from phone to phone – step-by-step instructions can normally be found on XDA forums, a giant internet community dedicated to developing and modding smartphones.

Getting root access also opens the door to run other, more powerful apps. For example, the most complete backup app, Titanium Backup, needs root to function properly. Other apps, like the power-saving Greenify, also function better when they have complete control; and if youre on a phone plan that charges you extra for tethering your phones data to your laptop, there are root apps that can get around that too.

However, rooting is just the first, rather limited step. If you want to get a completely un-skinned version of Android, are lusting after the most recent version of Googles OS, or just fancy a change of scenery, youll want to flash a custom ROM.

Open source


A custom ROM is basically just a different version of the Android OS. Generally, the ROM is developed from the open-source Android code, but tweaked slightly.

The modifications vary massively - some just provide you with stock Android, whereas others completely change the look and feel of the phone. Mostly, the ROMs are developed by teams of hobbysists in their spare time, in return for no (or very little) money.

Installing a ROM is just a little more complicated than rooting. You have to install a custom recovery – a piece of software separate from Android, kind of like a very limited alternate operating system.

To start with. youll need to boot the phone into recovery mode, usually achieved by holding some Konami-code-esque combination of buttons as you boot the phone up.

Once in the recovery, you can make system-wide changes like installing ROMs, deleting user data and more. The stock recovery that ships with phones is often very limited, so one of the steps in rooting a phone is normally to install a custom recovery.

There are two particularly common custom recoveries, ClockworkMod and TWRP. Just like the custom ROMs, these are freely available bits of software made by hobbyist hackers, not the actual phone makers, and can be every bit as buggy as youd expect.

So, once the recovery is installed, all you have to do is find a custom ROM thatll run on your phone, download the file off the internet, copy it onto your phone, then boot into the recovery and flash away (flashing basically meaning installing).

Finding a good ROM is probably the most difficult part of the entire operation. One of the most common mistakes for first-time modders is downloading a ROM intended for a slightly different model of smartphone.

Owing to the different mobile networks in various countries, theres normally a couple of versions of any one smartphone in circulation at any one time, which are normally visually identical but sufficiently different on the inside, so that trying to install the wrong bit of software will screw them up.

Mainstream ROMs


That said, there is at least a fair bit of choice. There are a number of mainstream custom ROMs, like CyanogenMod, Android Open Kang Project, and the British attempt, MoDaCo. Some focus on upping the processor speed, whilst others offer a vastly different user interface, or better battery life.

If you have a recent, mainstream flagship phone, youll most likely have all the choice you want; older or less well-known phones dont get the same selection of ROMs, as the demand isnt quite there.

Compounding the problems is the bugginess of many ROMs. Remember, these are bits of software written by enthusiasts in their spare time, and tested by internet forums – not quite the same quality control that big manufacturers go through.

As a result, the latest releases of software can be buggy, and probably arent recommended to install. At the very least, make sure you read through forum threads to see what problems others are having before installing – problems like the camera or touchscreen stopping working arent unheard of.

If you do screw your handset up when trying to root or flash a custom ROM, chances are its easily reversible. Because most features relating to uninstalling or reinstalling Android can be controlled via a PC and a microUSB cable, most problems can be solved by plugging your phone back into your computer, and re-flashing the stock software.

As a general rule, if you can turn your phone on and get into recovery mode, but not the main operating system, its soft bricked; this is opposed to hard bricked, which is when you cant turn the phone on, and it wont talk to a PC. At that point, your options are pretty limited, beyond sending the phone back to the manufacturer and hoping they dont ask too many questions.

Rooting and modding handsets isnt for the faint-hearted – itll take at least an hour or two to get set up initially, and theres always the outside possibility of bricking your phone – but in many cases, the rewards are worth it.

Whether theres a particular feature that drives you crazy on stock software, or youre tired of waiting half a year for an Android update, most every problem can be solved with a bit of modding. Just dont expect everything to work perfectly, all the time.
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Friday, November 7, 2014

Cheap Htc Phone

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Saturday, October 4, 2014

Samsung Reveal Plans For Two Future Windows Phone

This news weve taken from the verges website, its about the Samsung mobiles that reveal their plans for two future Windows Phone. Here is the news.

A look at some of the documents shown in the Apple vs. Samsung trial shows Samsung has two new Windows Phone devices in the works. Both are set to feature the dual-core MSM8960 chipset, as well as support for HSPA+ 21Mbits and LTE.



The Odyssey will sport a 4.65" Super AMOLED screen of HD resolution, as well as an 8 MP rear-facing camera accompanied by a 2MP front-facer. Samsung have also confirmed support for NFC on this device. The Marco will be the lesser of the two offerings, with a 4-inch Super AMOLED of 800 x 480 pixel resolution, and a 5 MP main camera alongside a 2MP front-facing one. The court document indicates that the two devices will be released in Q4 of 2012.
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