With this guide for Sony devices, you will learn how to build a kernel using the Linaro toolchain. Linaro is an alternative to GCC, which is used in many kernels and ROMs across XDA. This guide is a perfect place to get started with actual Android development.
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If you’re curious about how Android goes from converting its view hierarchy to finally rendering them on your screen, this article follows the code and explains what each part does. It’s the second and final part of the “Android Graphics Pipeline” mini-series, so you might want to check the first part as well.
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While a lot of attention now has been lavished on Samsung's twin smartphones, the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 edge, one must not forget that that Korean manufacturer also creates tablets, though not as numerous as smartphones. It has a variety of them, ranging from the very low end to the bigger, "professional" kind. Among these, particularly noteworthy is the Galaxy Tab S generation, claiming to have the highest quality and resolution among tablets of its kind. And now you can get one for free if Lady Luck smiles on you on this Galaxy Tab S 8.4 Giveaway.
What's not to love about the Galaxy Tab S? Sure it may not have the latest Exynos chips that powers the Galaxy S6, but the octa-core 1.9 GHz CPU, paired with 3 GB of RAM would be quite enough. But the real highlight of this tablet is the display and its slim profile. This generation of Samsung's slabs boast of a resolution of 2560x1600. That's a bit more than QHD, WQXGA to be exact, right there! And at only 8.4 inches, that screen's pixel density is quite high. But wait, there's more! The tablet is only 0.26 inches or 6.6 mm thin.
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With XDA being a community of Android enthusiasts, it is not uncommon to see lots of bashing on Apple’s iPhone here. There are different reasons for the hate, but we’d like to hear your number one reason for not going with the iPhone. Let us know your thoughts below!
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You know what they say about TENAA once you come out in the Chinese certification website, all the details included are almost good as confirmed. This will probably be the case with Huawei's new flagship, the P8 as the official unveiling is just a few days away. But the pictures and specs leaked from the website, more or less confirms what has been bandied about and we can expect that the "final product" will more or less have these features and specifications.
While Huawei has not officially announced that the new flagship is going to be the P8, but we can probably trust the details that have been revealed in the TENAA site. There will be six different versions, with three of them carrier-specific. The images show a device that will be a mixture of plastic and metal (as rumored earlier) and that it will have super thin bezels. The earlier reports that it will be just 6mm thick may be probable based on the pictures, but there is no indication as to its exact thinness. The metal part would be the frame and the back finish, and some areas seem to be made of plastic, like the strip around the camera.
Interestingly enough, the left side of the device is completely clean, since all the buttons (power, volume, microSD slot, SIM card are all located in the right side. Regarding the inside, it will reportedly run on Hisilicon Kirin range, the 64-bit octa-core Kirin 930 and it will have 3GB RAM and 32GB internal storage. Display is expected to be at full HD with 10802p resolution. Another rumor that has been floating around is that it will come with dual SIM, which the TENAA site shows it will.
The P8 will be officially announced and unveiled during Huawei's big event on April 15. Of course we'll be updating you more about the smartphone as the date comes closer and even during the date itself, including if it will really be priced at around $480.
VIA: Gizmo China
MediaTek impressed the market earlier this month at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona by launching the MT6753 chipset with ‘WorldMode’ LTE. We also heard a rumor that the company is in talks with Samsung. We have no idea about what the two could be working on but this week, MediaTek proudly introduced its newest SoC brand--the Helio.
The Helio X10 will be used for higher and premium range smartphones. It's officially known as the branded MT6795 but the name SoC Helio X10 is much easier to remember. No need to memorize the MTxxxx reference because MediaTek is simply calling the product Helio X (any number).
This particular product promises excellent and reliable multimedia performance all the time. In other words, it offers extreme performance. The name Helios itself even gives us an idea that it's gonna be powerful just like the Greek Sun god Helios.
The Helio X10 runs on a 2.2GHz 64-bit LTE octa-core chip. It can also bring 120Hz technology into mobile. The new SoC chip brings a smarter image enhancement technology courtesy of the SmartScreen feature. This will also make photos and the phone display brighter even under the sunlight. Chip can also support H.265 encode up to 4K2K 30fps, Super Slow Motion technology, and Instant focus.
VIA: Fudzilla
If your Android smartphone or tablet is not that big when it comes to memory or internal storage, chances are you always run out on either or even both. The cleaner apps that you install sometimes only adds to the problem. A new Android app called Power Clean claims that it will only cost you 1 or 2 megabytes but will help free up memory and storage and improve your smartphone or tablet's performance all in all.
You cannot manually sift through all the files and programs on your phone, but the app will do it for you and clean up your junk files, cache, residual files, download folder, and other things that help bring down your memory. You can also choose to clean your browser history and clipboard content (not because you're hiding something but for memory purposes) and also to remove malicious apps that you may have unwittingly installed. It will also clean the redundant background tasks that may have been slowing your device down.
Power Clean can also serve as an app manager. You can quickly batch uninstall apps that you haven't been using and also remove the pre-installed and system apps that came with your device but you're not really using. If you're really running out of space, it will help you move installed apps from the internal storage to an SD card, which should solve part of your problem. The app will also tell you the reasons why your phone is overheating, which apps are eating up your battery, and other information you need to know about your device.
Power Clean's developer says that it is a 100% Green cleaner and that there are no annoying ads to interrupt you. You can download it for free from the Google Play Store.