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Monday, March 16, 2015

Productivity App Swipes Comes To Android With Material Design And Evernote Integration

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We have spotted a real unicorn: an established iOS app has come to Android with a smoothly functioning app that boasts Material Design from the get-go. It's neither a port of their Apple predecessor nor a half-baked effort just to claim cross-platform compatibility. If you're into a relatively minimal interface and an Inbox Zero type of approach to task management, Swipes is worth a look.



The workflow, if you want it to, can be a lot like Google's Inbox is for Gmail.



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Chainfire roots T-Mobile Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge prior to official release

samsung_galaxy_s6_front_flat_white It’s pretty rare to see an Android device that doesn’t get rooted at some point in it’s life cycle, and it looks like Samsung’s Galaxy S6 isn’t going to escape that fate. Chainfire’s famous root method has already been confirmed to work on T-Mobile Galaxy S6 and its Edge variant, and those devices aren’t publicly available yet.


Apparently there weren’t many changes that needed to be made, so T-Mobile isn’t going to be locking this one down like some other carriers inevitably will be. Chainfire does mention that rooting the device is very likely to trip Samsung’s KNOX security measures, and an untripped KNOX will probably be required for phone based payments. If you root the device, say goodbye to one of the biggest selling points of the GS6.


Either way, we’ve got at least a month to go before the S6 hits T-Mobile’s network officially, so you’ve got some time to think it over.


source: Chainfire


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Chromecast Can Now Respond To Your TV's Remote Control, But Only On Some Models

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Google has done a spectacular job of improving and adding features to Chromecast. The low-cost streaming dongle continues to get better, even as it starts to close in on it's 2nd birthday. The latest change makes it possible for Chromecast to receive commands from a TV remote, but it may not work on a lot of older televisions. This means users can finally enjoy the convenience of pausing and resuming with the push of a physical button without first turning on the casting device.



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Rogers is the latest carrier to stop rolling out Galaxy S 5 Lollipop update

Samsung-Galaxy-S5-Note-4-Android-5.0-Lollipop-b Bad news for Galaxy S 5 owners in Canada; Rogers is the latest carrier to stop pushing out their Lollipop update to Samsung’s GS5. After some reported issues of boot looping and other problems, it looks like the carrier has indefinitely suspended the update with no time frame on when you can expect it to start back up.


Users on Bell are still getting the update, so the bugs might be limited to Rogers’ specific device, but with how many problems everyone is reporting with the 5.0 update on their device, it’s very hard to tell right now. The 5.1 upgrade can’t come soon enough.


Getting Android devices updated is a touchy subject, and things like this certainly don’t help Google’s, or any Android OEM’s, situation.


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This is Cyanogen’s new boot animation, coming soon to Cyanogen OS 12 [VIDEO]

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Cyanogen is all grown up. When they’re not making bold statements about how they’d like to “take Android away from Google,” they’re en route to secure $110 million in funding, with a company valuation of somewhere around $500 million. That’s a lot of money. So much money, in fact, it was time to get a new logo because — let’s face it — that sassy pseudo Android mascot, Cid, just wasn’t going to cut if for investors.


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That’s why Cyanogen introduced a new “brand identity” during Mobile World Congress with a new logo, website, and all-around different tone than the Cyanogen Inc we were used to. With that, Cyanogen is now giving us a sneak peek at their all new boot animation that will soon arrive with Cyanogen OS 12. Kinda sad given a new Cid boot animation was only just making its way into CM12 nightlies last month. You can check out the new boot animation down below, lens flares abound. Be sure to tell us what you think, won’t you?



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AH Tech Talk: 5G Is Five Years Away, What Might We Expect?

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Depending on your region, your carrier may not have yet even started deploying 4G LTE networks and we are seeing more and more stories about 5G mobile network technologies. Indeed, as it happens the first generation LTE network is not a 4G compliant standard: it does not meet the IMT-2000 Standard for 4G networking technology, but relatively few people care thanks to massive marketing spend from carriers all over the world and it’s the network that customers are using. There are improvements coming for LTE (Long Term Evolution) networks, such as LTE Advanced, which will keep on improving the network speeds that we see from these devices. The IMT, International Mobile Telecommunications, have yet to finalize the 5G technology standard (this is due later in the year) but we’ve already seen companies talking and even demonstrating their own take on these technologies. As such, we know that it’s the next generation of mobile networking technology but we don’t have the detail.


Let me write about what it may be able to do, then. Just as we saw with the move from 3G to LTE networking, the chief given advantage is performance. This means a combination of fast download and upload data transfer speeds combined with highly responsive, low latency networks. Current LTE technology allows a theoretical maximum download speed of 1 Gbps and depending on the company you talk to, 5G speeds may well be ten times this fast. By latency, LTE networks have a latency of around 50ms and companies working towards 5G technologies are working towards a 1ms latency. This very low latency will be important when it comes to certain applications and services, such as interconnected driverless cars. The advantage of higher data transfer speeds will accelerate the current Internet use and allow for much richer media content streaming, such as ultra HD technologies including VR (virtual reality) layers


There are other potential advantages when it comes to network performance, including increasing the network capacity for a given slice of frequency and spectrum and, eventually, reducing device power consumption. The network capacity issue is important because the industry is expecting many millions of new Internet-connected devices to spring up as manufacturers and carriers jump onboard the Internet of Things (IoT) bandwagon. Our smartwatches, refrigerators, cars, home automation systems and far more are going to need a way to communicate with one another.


One difference between 5G technologies and the forerunner networks is that the business model used to pay for the new generation networks is going to have to be different. Customers expect their money to go further: they want higher data allowances for less per month. Instead, the carriers (and perhaps more realistically, the accountancy and finance teams working for the carriers) will need to reinvent the business model in order to pay for the new network. It’s not clear how things will pan out but we may see the new generation networks carefully focused and concentrated for the first few years of deployment, even in the major markets. Of course, at this juncture we are still unclear as to how the technology will shape up. And depending on the manufacturer, the picture is looking a little different. Nevertheless, we can realistically expect the next generation of mobile networks are going to be faster in every level and will hopefully, eventually, reduce power consumption. However and unfortunately, we are still a number of years away from a commercially available 5G network. Depending on the manufacturer, we are at least five years out. We are likely going to have to wait until 2020.


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Samsung Galaxy S6 Launcher Themes Made Unofficially Available For Rooted Galaxy Devices

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Theme engines are becoming a rather popular feature for this year’s devices, as we’ve seen the likes of HTC’s upcoming theme engine debuting on the HTC One M9, which is their flagship device for 2015. Sony has been implementing a theme engine on their devices for quite some time now, and rooted users running on CyanogenMod or any ROM based on CyanogenMod have had access to a theme engine for years. With the arrival of the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge, Samsung fans will officially be getting access to a stock theme engine that is built into the device, the sad thing is that it will likely not be available to older Samsung Galaxy device owners initially, although perhaps Samsung will see fit to push it out to older devices in an update.


The good news is, for rooted users at least, that enterprising developers over at XDA have unofficially ported the themes from the Galaxy S6 for use with rooted users on the Galaxy S5, the Galaxy S4, and the Galaxy Note 4. According to the thread at XDA, those are currently the three devices the themes have been tested on and have worked, so if you own one of those three devices and you happen to be rooted, you’re able to give this a shot. It’s worth noting however that the themes only skin the launcher and do not theme the entire system as they do on the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge, so things are still a little limiting, the device also needs to be running Lollipop for these to work.


Lollipop Theme Enabler gives older device users a way to get a little bit of customization before hopping over to a new device, something that might help those looking to upgrade decide whether or not they like the look of themes prior to a purchase of the handset once they launch. For those who are also perfectly content with the device they have but simply wanted to theme their launcher to look like the themes offered on both Samsung’s new flagship devices, this seems to be the solution. Once the Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge are released, it wouldn’t be surprising to see a full port of the theme engine from the Galaxy S6 made available for older rooted Galaxy devices.


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Google Search v4.3 Update Is Rolling Out [APK Download]

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The Google Search app plays host to quite a few features and capabilities we take for granted on our phones, especially for anybody that makes extensive use of Google Now and the Google Launcher. An update just started rolling out that brings the app up to v4.3, but there aren't any immediately obvious changes in this release, at least not from a user-facing perspective. It's likely that this release is preparing for the soon to be open Cards API that will allow developers to insert their own content into the Google Now stream.



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CyanogenMod 12 (CM12) Nightly Now Available For The 2014 Moto G

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Cyanogen has been in the news consistently of late. This seems to be the case for both their community CyanogenMod build and also their commercial Cyanogen OS build. For instance, it was only a couple of hours ago when the news broke that Cyanogen had released a teaser video of their new boot animation which is expected to be released along with the next evolution of Cyanogen OS, Cyanogen OS 12 (Lollipop). In terms of CyanogenMod, this has also been in the news due to its forwards and onwards march to bring CM12 (Lollipop) to as many devices as possible.


In fact, last week was quite a busy week for CM12 with a number of devices seeing their Lollipop ports becoming active. Especially if you are a Motorola device owner. This is because both the Moto E (2014) and the Moto X (2014) both saw their first nightly downloads made public and available. Well, if you owned the Moto G (2014) and was feeling slightly left out then you might want to know that it seems it is your turn today. In fact, the first CM12 Nightly for the Moto G went live last night and becomes the first major notable device seeing its update readied, so far this week.


As always, and just like the Moto E and Moto X from last week, this is a nightly download and that means that this is an experimental download. The short of nightlies, is that they have not reached a fully stable status and instead are likely to be slightly buggy in places. That said, they will only be slightly buggy and these CM12 nightlies have generally been seen to be stable enough to be used on a daily basis. Not to mention, if there is anything too buggy then it will likely be updated in the next day or two anyway. If you plan on giving CM12 a try then click the source link below to head over to the Moto G (codename ‘Titan’) specific download page. Will you be downloading and giving CM12 a try? If you do let us know how you get on and if you like the new revised CyanogenMod Lollipop.


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Samsung’s Galaxy S6 UFS 2.0 Chip Offers Very High Performance Memory Access

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The Samsung Galaxy S6 has a couple of new state-of-the-art components built into the device; the new generation, 64-bit Exynos 7420 processor is built on a mobile ‘phone industry leading 14nm die size. Samsung also incorporated a second generation Universal Flash Storage system, UFS 2.0, designed to reduce power consumption and improve memory performance. Together, these two new components should make the Galaxy S6 lightning fast and we’ve certain seen Samsung’s claims. When it comes to assessing device performance, it’s the processor and video hardware that generally takes the limelight. However, in day to day use the memory performance is as important if not more so. Memory tends to be slower than processors; slow internal storage will cause delays when switching between applications on the device and a powerful processor will be left waiting around until it has something to work with. The question is: how well does Samsung’s new UFS 2.0 technology built into the S6 compare with contemporary and previous-generation flagship devices?


Firstly, let’s discuss Samsung’s rationale for dropping external, expandable storage. From a business perspective, removing the memory slot means that customers who need additional storage must buy a higher capacity device, which typically has a premium over the smaller sized models. This means Samsung have a captive audience wanting a higher margin handset. Secondly, external storage is sluggish (and has been for some considerable time compared with internal storage) and this can cause performance issues when a customer stores applications on the memory card.


GSM Arena ran a series of benchmark tests to compare the Samsung Galaxy S6 with several competitor smartphones using the AndroBench memory storage benchmark application. Through a series of benchmark tests the Galaxy S6 showed performance improvements compared with both the new HTC One M9 and the best of the 2014 Android flagship devices such as the Galaxy S5, LG G3 and Galaxy Note 4. For example, in the Sequential Read test the Galaxy S6 managed 318 MB/s compared with the HTC One M9’s 239 MB/s, the LG G3’s 240 MB/s and the Galaxy S5’s MicroSD card speed of just 43 MB/s. For the sequential write performance test, here the S6 ran slightly slower than the Note 4, HTC One M9 but was over ten times quicker than the Galaxy S5 writing to the MicroSD card. Random read and write performance is exceptional compared with previous generation; the Galaxy S6 manages around ten times the performance of a high-performance memory card.


This higher performance memory access does not necessarily translate into a device that is much quicker in use, but it will keep things beautifully smooth when multitasking between applications or when working with data-heavy applications, for example downloading large files in the background whilst working with other applications. And whilst the performance differences are certainly eye-opening, there’s something beautiful about being able to swap in another memory card whereas this is not an option with the S6. However, Samsung is likely to discover how upselling customers from the 32 GB model to the 64 GB model or even the 128 GB boosts the bottom line. I suspect the MicroSD cards will be finding less favour going forwards.


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Chainfire Announces CF-Auto-Root For T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S6 And S6 Edge

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Whenever a new device is released, the race goes on in the custom and rooted world. The race is one to see who can root the newly released device first. In fact, those devices which prove to be difficult (or at least expected to be difficult) even come with what is known as a ‘bounty’ to further try and push forward the rooting of a new device. Take the Motorola DROID Turbo, for instance. This device was first announced (and released) back in October of last year and it was only last week that the first known instance of the device reaching a ‘root status’ were announced. Some would even argue that October until now, is a good timeframe for the DROID Turbo.


Well, if you were planning on picking up the Samsung Galaxy S6 next month when it finally gets its full release. You might be happy to know that it seems root status has already been reached for the Samsung Galaxy S6. Yep, the latest news coming in, is that the Galaxy S6 has indeed being rooted even before the device has been released. Now, in terms of the details, the root status has been announced by Chainfire. For those of you familiar with the rooted world, you will also be familiar with Chainfire, as he is responsible for one of the most widely used routing tools out there, SuperSU. Therefore, the announcement about the Galaxy S6 (source link below) does come with some authority.


That said, it is worth pointing out that although Chainfire is confirming the Galaxy S6 has reached root status, Chainfire does also state that he was not present when the status was achieved, but does state that it was achieved on a real Galaxy S6. Not to mention, Chainfire does highlight Samsung Knox might prove to be quite problematic when it comes to rooting the Galaxy S6. This is due to once Knox is tripped (by rooting), the device might not be able to utilize features such as Samsung Pay. Either way though, if you are interested then it seems two particular models are the ones which have been rooted. These are the SM-G920T and SM-G925T models. Or probably better known as the T-Mobile USA Galaxy S6 and the Galaxy S6 Edge. If and when you do pick up the Samsung Galaxy S6 then you can find the ODIN flashable files for rooting the S6 by clicking here. In the meantime, are you surprised root status has already been reached? Does knowing root status is achievable, make you more likely to pick up the Galaxy S6? Let us know.


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Motorola updates their Gallery App, Brings Material Design and More

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This afternoon, Motorola informed everyone that they had updated their Gallery app. This is the gallery app that comes pre-loaded on the Moto E, Moto G, Moto X, Droid Turbo and other Motorola smartphones. This does not include the Nexus 6. That comes with Google’s Photos app, like every other Nexus. The gallery app from Motorola wasn’t packed with features, it was more of a bare-bones type of thing. Giving you the features you need and nothing more, other than the Highlight Reel which is similar to HTC’s Zoe’s they introduced back in 2013 with the HTC One M7.


Today’s update brings in a few new features. But the biggest part of today’s update for hardcore Android fans will be the Material Design. The app already looked great, but with the Material Design redesign, it looks even better! Motorola also updated the icon to be a bit more material as well. In addition to that, Motorola has also improved the camera roll view with sorting by event and time. We now have quicker access for cropping a photo. As well as the usual stability and performance enhancements, which we see with just about every app or game update these days.


Motorola did also bring Highlight Reel to the Moto X (2013) and Moto X (2014) along with the Motorola Droid Ultra. The company also added in more free music downloads to personalize your Highlight Reels. Which is one of the cooler features of Motorola’s Gallery app. Great to see Motorola expanding Highlight Reel to even more of their devices.


Remember that this app is only compatible with Motorola’s 2013, 2014 and 2015 model devices. So that’s everything newer than the Moto X (2013) with the exception of the Nexus 6. Motorola does seem to have improved the speed of the Gallery app, or perhaps that is just a placebo effect there.


You can grab the Motorola Gallery app from the Play Store now and update your own install of the app. Just head down to the source links down below to get the Motorola Gallery app. It should be available to everyone, as it doesn’t appear to be a staged rollout.


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