The HTC One smartphone is now available with two different sets of software. You can buy a model from HTC which comes with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean and the HTC Sense user interface. Or you can buy a model from the Google Play Store which comes with the stock Android experience. Whether you prefer Google’s […]
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CyanogenMod 10.1 for the HTC One XL returns, breathes new life into last year’s phone
Before the HTC One, there was the HTC One X (and XL, and S, and V… I think someone forgot to tell the company what “one” means). Launched a few months before the Google Nexus 4, last year’s crop of HTC smartphones featured good displays, speedy processors, and nice design, if you don’t mind a […]
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CyanogenMod 10.1 starts rolling out, no more “release candidates”
CyanogenMod isn’t just one of the most popular custom Android ROMs. It’s one of the most stable. So a lot of testing goes into each new release — which is why it’s been more than a year since the first CyanogenMod 10.1 nightly builds starting going out and it’s just now that the team is dropping […]
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Custom ROM turns HTC First “Facebook Phone” into an HTC Sense device
The HTC First is a mid-range smartphone that ships with the Facebook Home user experience. That means the home screen and lock screen feature images and status updates from your Facebook contacts, and you can use the “chat heads” feature to respond to messages from your contacts from any screen. But under Facebook coating, the […]
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Hisense Sero 7 Pro tablet gets first root, recovery, and ROM
The Hisense Sero 7 Pro is one of the best Android tablets you can find for $149 or less. But that doesn’t mean there’s no room for improvement. Out of the box the 7 inch tablet runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean with just a few modifications such as preloaded with Vudu and Walmart apps. But […]
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Finless ROM for the MK908 gives you more control of the Android TV stick
Android developer Finless has released one of the first custom ROMs designed specifically for the Tronsmart MK908 Android TV stick. While the MK908 is one of the fastest devices of its type, and offers decent all-around performance, the Finless ROM gives you more control over the way the device works. The Tronsmart MK908 is a […]
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Paranoid Android teases Halo: It’s like Facebook chat heads, but for any app with notifications
Comments Off on Paranoid Android teases Halo: It’s like Facebook chat heads, but for any app with notificationsOne of the most interesting features of Facebook Home for Android is the Chat Heads notification system. Instead of showing an alert in your status bar every time you get a new message from someone you’re chatting with, a picture of that person will pop up on your screen and stay on the screen no […]
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Paranoid Android team bringing multi-window mode to Android
Paranoid Android is a custom version of Android that’s been pushing the boundaries of the platform for a while. The developers were among the first to let users decide on a per-app basis whether to use the tablet or smartphone version of various apps. And Paranoid Android’s PIE menu reinvents the Android button and notification […]
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B&N NOOK Color gets official CM10.1 nightlies (Android 4.2)
The Barnes & Noble NOOK Color was the first popular 7 inch Android tablet to sell for under $250. It went on sale in the fall of 2010, and while the tablet features a highly customized version of Android designed to work with B&N’s app and book stores, it didn’t take hackers long to figure […]
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AOKP JB-MR1 Milestone 1 custom ROM, announces semi-nightly build schedule
Don’t like the software that came with your Android phone or tablet? There are plenty of custom ROMs available for many devices, letting you install a tweaked version of Android. Android Open Kang Project is one of the most popular, and the team behind AOKP have just released Milestone 1 of JB-MR1. In something closer […]