For those of you like us at Land of Technology, that have been waiting to get something like Paranoid Android’s HALO notification feature, might want to check out “floating notifications” Alpha 3. XDA member crazyfool_1 has brought this HALO-like notification app to us for free through his XDA thread. He stresses that this is not HALO, but it is ... Read More »
When you look on Google Play Store for a file manager you will find an abundance of them. But it’s a different story when it comes to applications, there’s very little choice. Given that users have very different ways of using the same type of app, just one additional or missing feature can make all the difference when it comes ... Read More »
Sony, Sony, Sony. You do like your developer community and they do love you judging by a popular XDA vote too recently. Sony have now been giving back to the community more and more since last year. The official Jelly Bean update for the Xperia T isn’t done and ready yet but, a little sneak peak, an early alpha ROM ... Read More »
Over at XDA, they’re focused on development. Let’s face it without developers, of all ages and walks of life, there wouldn’t be XDA-Developer website. Through AdamOutler a XDA Elite Recognized Developer who has spearheaded a vast array of articles and XDA TV videos on Android Development, XDA has come a long, long way However XDA Senior Member SferaDev has taken a different route to help users ... Read More »
One of the drawbacks to rapidly flashing the latest nightly or, any ROM that can possibly be thrown at your device is the often time consuming task of backing up all your apps and data. Some of us may well find ourselves flitting between several different apps to backup different things to different locations. Well now we could just have ... Read More »
Most Android users need root to backup their phones and tablets, but there is a growing number of devices where this is no longer the case. Google made a change in Android 4 ICS that lets you backup apps, data and system apps without root. Several methods have been in circulation to do so: some require the Android SDK to ... Read More »
Continuing on from the success of the EOS ICS & JB roms, Team EOS present to you EOS4, based on JELLYBEAN MR1! Early in December TeamEOS let loose to the Motorola Xoom MZ604 community EOS4 Jelly Bean MR1. This was a major update from the ICS EOS3, which is still being use today. Now as all JB users will know ... Read More »
Most Smartphone users rely on internet access, without it most users would be very unhappy. We use these devices to stay connected to the rest of the world using WiFi and network data, and don’t really think much about it. As long as we have a connection we’re happy. However, switching between these two can become a hassle, especially if ... Read More »
So, as many people have been experiencing (According to the internet and XDA at least), the most current release of Android 4.2 on CM10.1 and other ROM’s like TeamEOS 4 has a problem where the screen will randomly just start flickering. If you’re like me, you probably assumed that something was wrong with either your phone, the ROM, or a ... Read More »
How would you like to build your own ROM? Or do you have an idea for a theme for your device but have never been sure how to go about it? Well XDA have launched their XDA University website, aimed at getting you started on the path to becoming a ROM or Theme developer. XDA have added a ton of ... Read More »
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