iPhone5 Clone unboxed the XDA way

This iPhone5 clone looks like iPhone5, even the GUI also like iPhone5, but it is running on rooted Android. See how the XDA unbox it.



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source: XDA TV

Samsung Galaxy S 4 Unboxed the XDA Way

I always like to watch Unbox video made by XDA. I have subscribed to the XDA TV channel on youtube, so that I don't missed out any of the video. However some of the video might super boring for most of the people. There is one person, which is Adam that I like in most particular. If he don't work as XDA developer, he could be stand-up comedian.

Anyway, here is the video of unboxing Samsung Galaxy S 4:


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XDA's Top Apps of 2012

Find out what are the apps being sorted by XDA community as Top Apps of 2012.



You can also vote for them at this page:
http://www.xda-developers.com/holiday-guide-2012/


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Best of Hacks 2012

XDA TV present, Best of Hacks 2012. See if you would want to try out another of the hacks on your Android smartphone/tablet/phablet.

Warning: you might void the warranty of your Android by doing any hack. I am not responsible of any of the problem if you want to try any of these hacks.





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XDA University

XDA forum has been my favourite forum since I start to use my HTC Touch Elfin. Recently I have changed to SGS2, however since there are too many stuffs in the HTC, I am still keeping both phone most of the time. There are too many customization on the HTC that I still can't find it on SGS2 yet. Therefore I am slowly moving stuffs from the HTC. Today I noticed that excel spreadsheet that I used on HTC are losing the formulas when I open them in SGS2 using Polaris Office and Smart Office. Why?!?!?!

 Anyway, XDA launched their university website. It is to to help people that just starting to use Android as well as for people who wish to do Android development, such as apps, ROMs, theme, and etc.

Here is the introduction video of XDA university:


The link:
http://xda-university.com/


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Quick Settings like the Android 4.2 feature

Problem with smartphone is there is no way to upgrade the hardware. Okay, the only way is to buy a new smartphone. Or get a bigger microSD card, but only if it support it. Therefore I would never buy iPhone, except you give me a free one, hahah.

The best thing about Android (and Windows Mobile, yes, the dinosaur mobile OS) is customization. All you need to do is search in Android forum such as XDA and you will find something very useful to make your Android has a good feel.

So if your phone is confirmed not getting Jelly Bean (Android 4.1), but you would like to have a good stuffs of Jelly Bean, this app might be one of them you can add to your Android.

Control panel for Android: Quick access the ringtone, volume and bright adjustments selector.

Quick access the personalization options using the quick settings that works like to the new Android 4.2 feature.

You can launch the quick setting with some launchers gesture:

Head to this XDA thread for download and details:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1982030



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Sony Xperia S/P/U/Sola Bootloader Unlocking & Relocking Tutorial

XDA, the best place to find tutorial for Android. This time, XDA member DooMLoRD put up a tutorial for unlocking and relocking Sony Xperia S/P/U/Sola Bootloader.

How To Unlock Xperia Bootloader:

This video is showing Xperia Arc, but it is same for Xperia S/P/U/Sola. Read the actual tutorial carefully.

The actual tutorial:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1527159

Warning: XDA and I are not responsible if you brick your Sony Xperia during the process. Please follow the instruction exactly to minimize error.


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How to Unlock Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9

 XDA is always full of wonderful people. This time its member yassine22 shared the method on unlocking Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9.

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Step 1: Root your tab
[ why root the tablet: unlocking the tablet requires access to hidden system files in the root. The root is not normally made accessible to the standard users]

• From the web, search a Root package (easy to find on the web, just google ‘galaxy’ ‘root zip’ you’ll get a small zip file, it may be root.zip, root2.zip, doesn’t matter)
• Download the root zip file.
• Copy it to your tab and remember exactly the folder where you paste it.
• Turn off you tab.
• Press simultaneously the volume (-) and power buttons and continue pressing until you got a system screen with two items menu (download, and …).
• Press the volume (-) again to navigate through the two items of the menu, select upgrade.
• In the top of the screen, you’ll get a list menu with 4 items. Scroll to item “install from SDCard” (use volume (-) and (-) to scroll).
• Press power button to select.
• You’ll have to select the root zip folder, navigate through the folder structure using volume (-) (+) buttons.
• Press the power button to execute the zip file.
• Rooting operation will start, you’ll see many progress messages, just wait until the whole process finishes, it takes few seconds.
• Navigate back the menu item “reboot the tab”, press power button.

[ Your tablet will reboot now, you will notice no change, but the change is there, your tablet is now rooted]

Step 2: Preparing to unlock

• From the market, install the free app “super user”.
• Open the newly created shortcut “super user” and validate any message you get, close if necessary, [the SuperUser is an app that will work in the background and grant permissions –when necessary- to other applications to access root. Without it, rooting a tab is meaningless].
• From the market, install “root manager” [root manager is now your file manager that can go deep through the folder structure and access root folders].
• Launch the “root manager”, the first time you do that, you’ll be prompted to allow “Super User” to grant permissions to “root manager”, allow that.
• Take some time to make yourself familiar with “root manager”, it’s a very simple but powerful file manager.
• Now go back to serious work, locate the folder \efs at the root, [efs folder is very important, it holds all the information to validate your tablet to the GSM/3G operator, it validates the authenticity of your IMEI].
• Just make a copy of the whole folder and save it in a safe place – your PC or a memory stick-. We’ll be back later to this copy, continue now on the tab.
• Open \efs folder, locate the file nv_data.bin.
• Make a copy of nv_data.bin in the same folder \efs and rename the file eg: ORIGINAL_nv_data.bin
• Delete all the files in the \efs folder except nv.log. Don’t delete the sub folders ( you should normally have the following sub folders .files, imei, gyro….). 
• Now leave the tablet powered on (don’t turn off) and move to your PC to continue job,

Step 3: Molding the nv_data.bin file

• In the copy of the \efs folder that you previously made, locate the original file nv_data.bin.
• Make a copy of this file somewhere in your PC. That’s the copy you will be working on.
• Edit nv_data.bin with HexEdit.[ If you are not familiar with depths of binary files, don’t be daunted by the array of codes and bytes].
• Locate the byte 0x181469, it should read 01 value, just edit it to 00 value, do nothing more, just save and exit.
• Now you have created the molded copy of nv_data.bin.
• You need to move this copy of nv_data.bin onto your tablet, either using a memory stick or by USB cable. Paste the file in the \efs folder.

Step 4: tweaking the molded nv_data.bin file

• Now that you pasted the molded nv_data.bin to \efs folder, it needs some minor adjustments before being used.
• In the “root manager”, press and hold on the newly pasted nv_data.bin.
• You’ll get a menu, select properties.
• In the properties box, check all the 9 options (read, write, execute), leave the others.
• Save and exit root manager.
• Go the market and install the free app “terminal emulator”.
• Launch the terminal emulator, accept any message for super user permission.
• In the terminal emulator, execute the following commands [press enter after each line of command]:
• su
• chown 1001:radio \efs\nv_dat.bin
• reboot
• It’s done, your tablet will reboot unlocked.

Verification to make sure everything is OK

• Go to settings, about device, status. Make sure you have a valid IMEI number, the one you have printed on the back of your tablet, not the fake one: 00004**********
• Insert a valid SIM module, you’ll be promted to enter PIN code if configured so.
• Enter PIN code.
• Enter the APN provided by your operator (necessary to access internet 3G).

Warning: unlock/root your Samsung Galaxy Tab may void the warranty as well as brick the device, do it at your own risk.


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source: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26368706#post26368706

How to Downgrade to Gingerbread for Samsung Galaxy Note

I said this too many times, but I still want to say this, XDA members are wonderful and talented people. This time XDA member thehackersz posted the guide on how to downgrade to Gingerbread from ICS on Samsung Galaxy Note.

Why do we want to downgrade when we supposedly upgrade the OS? Sometime it might be loosing the root, sometime it might be buggier than we thought, and some might don't like the new OS. For whatever reason, downgrade sometime is the only option.

So here is the method:
- download any GB custom rom, copy to your sdcard
- download jBroid Kernel Cleaning, copy to yout sdcard
- download AbyssNote v4.2 kernel, copy to your sdcard
- download CF LPY kernel, EXTRACT zImage and copy to you sdcard.
- Mobile Odin, flash zImage
- reboot to CWM recovery
- flash jBroid Kernel Cleaning
- flash AbyssNote v4.2 kernel
- reboot recovery
- flash new GB custom rom
- flash new kernel (if you prefer other than AbyssNote kernel)
- FULL WIPE
- REBOOT

For the full thread, go to this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1654721

Warning: for International Samsung Galaxy Note only
Warning: you might brick your Samsung Galaxy Note in the process, be careful and I am not responsible if anything bad happen to your Samsung Galaxy Note.



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Samsung Galaxy Nexus Teardown

XDA member did it again, the XDA way of unboxing, which is actually a teardown. This time is Samsung Galaxy Nexus.


Jump to 1:13 for the unboxing of Samsung Galaxy Nexus. Skip whatever before this time.
Jump to 3:10 for the teardown of Samsung Galaxy Nexus.
Jump to 6:10 for the unlocking/rooting and other hacking of Samsung Galaxy Nexus.



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WP7 app: Coin Toss Up

As credit cards and debit cards being use extensively nowadays, seldom people carrying cash in their pocket, especially coins. So what happen if you need a coin to make a decision for you? (which is bad, because why do you let a coin to decide your fate for you anyway? :P )

So back to this WP7 app, written by member of XDA, this is a free WP7 app that you can use it to flip a coin, and decide your fate, good luck!

Direct link:
windowsphone.com/s?appid=a6636923-fa41-4014-9f07-85ec6b8c046c

If you want to know more info, go to this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17362364#post17362364

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WP7 app: malaysiakini news reader

A member of XDA community, shawchyn wrote an useful WP7 app that can read malaysiakini news.  At version 1.0.0.0 now, here is what the app has to offer:

Malaysiakini is unique in the Malaysian context as it is one of the few independent media organisations in Malaysia. It is not linked to any political party or commercial interest. Malaysiakini news reader for WP7 (mkapp7) make reader life easier on Windows Phone platform.

mkapp7 news reader features :
- This reader provides articles feed from News, Columns and Letters sections.
- This reader feeds contents from English, Chinese and Bahasa Malaysia version of malaysiakini website.
- Provide login to view complete contents for subscriber.
- User can save their favourite articles into their collection.
- Share your favorite articles via email the links to your friends.
- Automatic update articles feed from source.
- Simple and easy UI.
- Data Service Required.

For more detail go to this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1213200

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