Comprehensive Guide for Building PAC ROM for Your Device

Pac-Man isn’t just a funny-looking character from the earliest moments in gaming. PAC ROM is also the name of one of the most popular ROMs available for many devices here at XDA. The developers of PAC take the best features from popular ROMs like CM, Paranoid Android, and AOKP, and put them together while adding their personal flair.

PAC is pretty easy to port, even with a moderate amount of Android building knowledge. If you’ve ever tried to take a stab at building PAC, you might be interested in reading a guide by XDA Recognized Developer iurnait. The developer put together all the necessary information and wrote a step-by-step guide for building PAC. If your device has a working CyanogenMod device tree, you should be able to compile it from existing sources or even add official support for your device. The build process is scripted, so compiling should not be a big challenge. But nevertheless, the guide is very helpful.

To learn more about compiling PAC for educational purposes or building a new ROM for your device, head over to the original thread in Custom ROM Central to get started.

[Thanks to my fellow news writer Samantha for the tip!]

Asus Transformer TF300T Gets Unofficial MultiROM Port

The Asus Transformer TF300T is probably one of the earliest and most refined convertible tablets that the market has seen. It came with a well built and sturdy keyboard dock that featured a trackpad mouse, a full sized USB port, and even its own battery. Its insides weren’t lacking for its time either, packing a quad core processor clocking in at 1.2 GHz. With a spec sheet like this, it was no doubt a popular device with some great development history.

Two years later, the TF300T is still going strong, receiving its own unofficial port of MultiROM thanks to the efforts of XDA Senior Member f69m. As we can all assume, MultiROM lets you easily boot multiple ROMs without having to wipe and restore ROMs. F69m does make it clear that the port is still in its early stages, hence a couple of features that you would expect to see will not work as of yet, including:

• Store secondary ROMs on external SD cards (including both the tablet and keyboard dock slots)


• Install Ubuntu Touch as a secondary ROM

Other than that, the port still retains the core functionality of running a primary Android ROM, and booting secondary ROMs from internal memory as well as an external USB drive. The MultiROM port will also need a modified version of TWRP in order to run, and this is also provided in the original post.

If you would like to check this out, visit the original thread for more information.

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Also available in: Black , White

Cell Phones : [ Galaxy Note™ II Protective Cover +, WHITE ] Galaxy Note™ II Protective Cover +, WHITE

“Free 5 pack of TecTiles with purchase (a $14.99 value) will be added to your order automatically”





The Galaxy Note II Protective Cover Plus case is a precision designed cell phone case that protects the device without sacrificing style. Galaxy cases also feature one of the sleekest android phone case designs, allowing for both function and fashion.

Also available in: Black , Pink

Perform Actions from Sides of Your Screen with Navigation Layer

If you’ve seen the Jolla Sailfish phone at work, you’ve probably noticed its UI interesting navigation. Rather than having set buttons to help you navigate around your phone, as we’ve all probably gotten used to on our Android devices, Sailfish instead has gestures. So, depending how and in which direction you swipe certain parts of the screen, you can go back, home, close the app and more. If you own an Android device and are looking for a navigation method that doesn’t take up screen space, or looking for a unique way of navigating your device, you may want to check out Navigation Layer.

An app developed XDA Forum Member wariat, Navigation Layer actually does more than serve as an alternative way of navigating your phone or tablet. The app allows you to perform all sorts of actions from simply swiping the left, right and bottom sides of your screen in different ways to:

• Launch apps


• Go to home screen


• Open previous app


• Open task manager


• Go back


• Put device in standby mode


• Open menu


• Kill current app and go to home screen


• Clear RAM

The last five actions require root access granted to Navigation Layer. But other than that, there really aren’t any other requirements. So, taking the aforementioned Sailfish as a template, you can almost emulate all of its navigation structure with just Navigation Layer.

Although only in its beta phase, Navigation Layer is already a well-polished app that can stand on its own as an alternative to the traditional multitasking and navigation experience on Android devices. If you are interested in trying it out yourself, check out the application thread for more information.

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Also available in: White , Pink

Android App Review: Castaway Your Local Media to Your Chromecast – XDA Developer TV

The Chromecast is perhaps one of the most innovative $35 devices to come out in the last year. Until recently, you couldn’t do much with it except stream Netflix to your TV. But what about local content? I just want to just select some local media and cast away!

XDA Forum Member awjones offers up a way to show your local media on your Chromecast. In this video, XDA Developer TV Producer TK reviews Castaway. TK shows off the application and gives his thoughts, so check out this app review.

Be sure to check out other great XDA Developer TV Videos

• Android App Review: OmniSnitch for All – XDA Developer TV


• Android App Review: Navigate Your Phone ‘Quickr’ – XDA Developer TV


• Android App Review: Get Your Morning Cup of Coffee with Android Hub – XDA Developer TV


• Android App Review: Lock Your Private Data with ZDlock – XDA Developer TV


• Android App Review: Quickly View Your Calendar Status – XDA Developer TV