Articles Tagged “XDA-Developers”
XDA brings back the S Voice, working again on non-Galaxy S3 devices
by Kelvin Servigon on May 23, 2012 19 Comments">19
Droid-Life On Monday, we reported that a leaked Samsung Galaxy S3 ROM became available for download for all, packed with all the goodness of the smartphone’s great features. Not surprisingly, the full Galaxy S3 ROM came from XDA, everybody’s go-to site for all things amazing. As soon as the S3 ROM became available online, one of its key features, the S Voice app, became available for download as well, for all Android users who want to try out the proprietary Samsung voice command app. But most of the users who tried out the app said that it failed to work. …
Boost Your Droid Razr’s Life with a Razr MAXX Battery Transplant
by Bern Oliver on Mar 07, 2012 4 Comments">4
There isn’t much difference between the Motorola Droid Razr and the Motorola Razr MAXX, although we can say that the latter’s battery performance is ten times better than its younger Razr counterpart. If however, you have the old Motorola Droid Razr but want to get the battery life of the MAXX, you can now do so by taking the battery and the battery door from the Droid Razr MAXX and replace that of the Droid Razr. This has been successfully done by Wardo5757, who is an XDA Senior Member. Now isn’t that enough assurance that he knows exactly what he’s doing?
Beats Audio – What’s All the Fuss About?
by Bogdan Petrovan on Mar 05, 2012 10 Comments">10
As you may know, in August 2011, HTC bought the majority ownership of Beats Electronics, the company that makes the favorite high-end headphones of Dr. Dre, Lady Gaga, and a bunch of other celebrities. Beats Electronics’ business model is simple – create product, get rapper/basketball player/movie-star endorsement, sell like crazy. But when they paid $300 million for Beats, HTC probably wanted more than just a piece of the niche, albeit lucrative high-end audio equipment market. HTC wanted to take advantage of the valuable Beats brand image. Erick Renko/Flickr Fast forward to MWC 2012. In Barcelona, HTC launched its new generation …
Grand Theft Auto III can Now Be Modified [Plus How to]
by Christine Torralba on Jan 02, 2012 0 Comments">0
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If you’re a fan of playing Grand Theft Auto III on your Android smartphone or tablet, you’re in for a special treat! Just recently, the hacker community got to discover that the game can be modified on Android devices. Just like the original PC version, GTA III makes use of the same filestructure on the mobile version. If you know how to tinker around and locate your directory for Android/Data/com.rockstar.gta3/files/GTA3 on the internal storage of your device, you can easily download several mods. With the help of the new mod, you can come enhance the graphics display of your game. …
Manually Fixing the Galaxy Nexus Volume Bug
by Edmund Apostol on Dec 05, 2011 1 Comments">1
Other than the official OTA update, there is a way to manually fix the volume bug on the Galaxy Nexus. It will however involve rooting the device.
Step by step guide to ‘root’ your EVO 4G
by James Tromans on Jun 04, 2010 0 Comments">0
The EVO 4G was rooted a few days back, but Android Central have pieced together a step by step guide on how to do the dirty yourself. This was in large part taken from the xda-developers forums, which is where all the tech stuff has been going down regarding the rooting of the EVO 4G. If you want to get familiar with the source materials, we strongly suggest checking it out yourself. It will really give you a flavor for not only how to root the device, but how these things come to exist. Here is an excerpt from Android …
Manually update your Nexus One to Android 2.2 Froyo
by Michael Oryl on May 22, 2010 2 Comments">2
That didn’t take long. The over the air (OTA) update for Froyo on the Nexus One just started last night, and already somebody has found the update file on a Google server (for the T-Mobile version, at least). The Google link comes from XDA-Developers, and the directions below are taken from an old AndroidCentral post. The safest way to get the Froyo update is to just wait for it to come OTA, of course. Do the manual update at your own risk…. Download the update zip file from Google. Rename the file to update.zip. Copy the update.zip file onto your …
Android ported to the Windows Mobile-powered HTC Vogue
by Susan Ellery on Dec 13, 2009 0 Comments">0
We have to hand it to the folks over at xda-developers, they sure know how to hack an HTC phone. One of the latest endeavors allows HTC Vogue owners to replace their stock Windows Mobile OS with Android 1.6. The process is not for the faint of heart as Android will completely wipe out Windows Mobile. You can not dual boot and have both operating systems on your phone at the same time. Once you have sampled Android, you can revert back to Windows Mobile if you so desire. This Android 1.6 port is only available for the older HTC Vogue, not …
Android 2.1 ROM with Sense UI leaked for the HTC Hero
by Susan Ellery on Dec 01, 2009 0 Comments">0
Those screen shots that showed the HTC Hero running Android 2.1 were a harbinger of better things to come. Instead of merely drooling over Android 2.1 with Sense UI running on someone else’s Hero, you can now experience it first hand. Available now for your downloading and flashing pleasure is an Android 2.1 ROM complete with Sense UI for the HTC Hero, courtesy of xda-developers. If you have a penchant for flashing, then follow the relatively straightforward directions and let us know in the comments how it turns out. [via Engadget]
How to root the MyTouch 3g
by Nicholas Ahn on Aug 12, 2009 1 Comments">1
Amon_RA on the XDA-Developers forum has just blessed the Android community with a comprehensive step-by-step process for gaining root access to the MyTouch 3g. While the necessary items to root the device are mainly software-based, users will need two SD cards. One is used to create a “Goldcard”, while the other will be used to run the edited update file on the device. The instructions, along with the necessary files, can be found here.
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