October 2015 ~ XDA

Saturday, October 31, 2015

Customize Doze Parameters With Doze Settings Editor

Now that more people are starting to get their hands on Android 6.0, we’re starting to see some interesting apps and modifications that take advantage of Marshmallow’s new features. One in particular...

Create Your Own Boot-LED Sequence On Sony Xperia SP

The Xperia SP has a beautiful LED bar on the device. Now, with XDA Senior Member Raienryu‘s help in the form of this guide, you can modify the illumination sequence of this LED bar during boot,...

Oppo has released a stable version of ColorOS ROM for the Find 7 and Find 7a. This update, marked as v2.1.5i, will the last ColorOS update for the Find 7 phones, with the team now shifting focus towards...

The Importance of Open Source in Root

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Honor 7 XDA Review: Polished Hardware, Unfinished Software

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Who’s Down is a New Social Application by Google

Google has just quietly released a new social application into the Google Play Store called Who’s Down. This is a simple concept where you can instantly check to see if any of your friends are ‘down’...

The XDA/Android podcast will bring you the best news each week from the perspective of the XDA team, r/android mods, admins and users. Each week you can find our latest episode here, on Youtube, Pocketcasts...

XDA Senior Member Xmister has put together a guide on restoring the IMEI, Wifi MAC and Bluetooth MAC on the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2. Take a look and keep yourself prepared for any eventualities...

If you purchased a Moto X 2013 from Sprint, but used it unlocked on a different carrier, you may have received a recent update which SIM locks your device. To help such issues, XDA Member flopadmi has...

Sony’s Xperia Z5, Z5 Dual and Z5 Compact have received a new firmware update which provides the full set of Stagefright fixes. The updates is ~281 MB in size, and also contains fixes for camera performance,...

To help promote the OnePlus X, the Chinese OEM has just released a photography application called Reflexion for both Android and iOS. The application lets you take two photographs, one with the front...

Fabric, Twitter’s mobile development platform, allows developers to easily integrate third-party frameworks and libraries into their application. Although most commonly used for its Crashlytics support,...

Material Design, Google’s newer UI introduced in Lollipop, features colorful icons and beautiful animations. It’s a great design language for any developer to implement without having to spend much effort...

2015 just has not been a great year for the Taiwanese handset maker HTC. Quarterly financial reports have been going out lately and HTC has just joined in with their numbers. In the third quarter of...

If you’re a Verizon Wireless customer and you’ve been wanting to get the LG V10, then wait no more. The V10 is available on Verizon’s website as well as in most of their retail stores, and it is available...

Yesterday there was a report from the WSJ that said Google had plans to merge Chrome OS with Android. This was independently confirmed by both re/code as well as The Verge but the newly appointed...

If you have ever rooted a device, then chances are very good that you may have heard of Chainfire, XDA Senior Moderator and Senior Recognized Developer. In case you haven’t, Chainfire is the developer...

Marshmallow has seen the light of day on most Nexus devices already, but we’ve yet to see any third-party OEM update their phone to Marshmallow. How exactly will they incorporate Marshmallow’s new features...

Those who carefully plan a purchase often end up loving it. And those who are convinced they received the best bang for their buck, or the best experience, often want to share that, especially with those...

OnePlus has unveiled the OnePlus X. That and much more news is covered by Jordan when he reviews all the important stories from this week from DroidCon in London. Included in this week’s news is the...

To celebrate Honor’s 2nd birthday in China, they are inviting two members of XDA to fly out to a fan party! The event will feature a showcase from Honor, fans and official partners, however also on the...

Why Developers Shouldn’t Worry About App Standby

App Standby was introduced alongside Doze to improve user’s battery life. The feature intelligently restricts battery intensive background syncs and radios whenever an app is not in use. However, in...

The release of Marshmallow brought with it the ability to use fingerprints to authenticate a user’s identity. If you’re a developer making an application that features online purchasing, then you might...

Multiple sources have told the Wall Street Journal that Google is planning on absorbing Chrome OS into Android and only having one operating system before the end of 2017. Microsoft has been doing...

OnePlus is in business to make more than just smartphones. We’ve seen the company create a power bank, cases, their own cables and today we learn about a new accessory product. The OnePlus Icons are...

Low budget devices tend to not receive much developer love due to their generally low adoption amongst developers. However, if you own a Samsung Galaxy Star Pro or Plus, you are in some luck as XDA Member FireLord has...

Amazon is known for giving away lots of Android game and applications for free as long as you are willing to manually install their AppStore application. This holiday season we have a select of over...

If you are amongst those that wish to get their hands on Samsung’s massive tablet, you’d be pleased to know that it has now got its own forum at XDA. Check out the forums and discuss various use cases...

The Blackberry Priv is an interesting phone with an expensive price line. To hopefully sway the people who are having second thoughts on plopping down so much cash, Blackberry is highlighting the features...

Apple ex-employee Abigail Sarah Brody hasn’t worked for the company since 2011, but she was one of the key designers of the original iPhone. She also helped make applications like Aperture...

Motorola’s Moto X Force is scheduled to reach Latin America, Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific (including India) in November. The Moto X Force is the international variant of the Droid Turbo...

In today’s reveal events, OnePlus made the OnePlus X official, a smartphone aimed at one of the key areas that the original OnePlus One aimed at, that cheap can be good. But is it good? Design wise,...

Sony’s latest quarterly reports show a modest profit of $230 million, down from $780 million in the previous quarter. While it doesn’t seem like much compared to other corporations, it is a great sign...

iFixit had a lot of nice things to say about the Nexus 5X, but the same cannot be said about the Nexus 6P. With a score of 2 out of 10, iFixit says the external construction helps its durability but...

NetGuard Gives You Back Control Over Apps’ Internet Access, Without Root!

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OnePlus unveiled their latest device today, the OnePlus X. OnePlus devices tend to have very good community support, and the OnePlus X seems to follow along the same path. Catch up with other forum members...

In the 3rd quarter of 2015, LG’s mobile division saw it’s first operating loss in over a year. The company’s smartphone business lost $68 million dollars even though they were able to sell 15 million...

Are you an Android developer? If you are, there’s a good chance you use Google’s Android Studio, and you use it quite frequently. By default, Android Studio disables some features that you would expect...

How to Add Dual Window Support to Any App Without Root

Dual Window is LG’s version of multi-window. By default, only certain apps that have implemented a specific flag in the AndroidManifest.xml file support Dual Window. If you’re unrooted and looking to...

Samsung just published their quarterly report for Q3 of 2015 with things looking pretty good for the South Korean tech giant. Firstly, revenue was up by 9%(to $45.1 billion) and profits were up...

If your Samsung Galaxy device is reacting slowly to your fingerprint, you might just be able to fix it thanks to a discovery by a redditor on /r/Android. The general idea is that instead of...

A new update to the Google Play Games application will let you record the game you’re currently playing in 720p or 480p. All you’ll have to do is launch the Google Play Games app, find the game...

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