Many of the Samsung Galaxy S I9000 users have rooted their devices just because they don’t want to be stuck on Gingerbread and want to expand the functionality of their devices by flashing the ICS or JB based custom ROMs on their devices. While rooting allows you to do so, […]
It’s always great to see a new device designed with the budget conscious consumer in mind and this time it’s Sprint users who stand to reap the benefits. According to a leaked screenshot, the Sprint Force will ship Android 4.o ready for $49.99 on a two year contract. For $49.99
LG certainly isn’t waiting around for MWC to start revealing devices, as the manufacturer welcomed two new LTE-enabled smartphones to their portfolio. Say hello to the Optimus F5 and the Optimus F7. Both devices will run Android 4.1.2 and dual-core processing with 1.2GHz for the F5 and 1.5GHz respectively for the
NVIDIA and ZTE have teamed up in a joint effort to reveal that the very first smartphone to sport the new Tegra 4 processor will be a ZTE made device. ZTE is expected to release the first Tegra 4 powered “super phone” sometime in mid 2013. While ZTE is a Chinese
Huawei Ascend Y H866C is a CDMA smartphone by Straight Talk that runs Android as its operating system and provides users Gingerbread experience. The device doesn’t have too solid specifications, but it’s got a 600MHz processor, 3MP Camera and the normal connectivity options that include Bluetooth and USB. If you’ve
A custom recovery’s useful when you’re sick and tired of using the aged stock firmware and there’s no news from your manufacturer on when a firmware update is going to be rolled out as it lets you flash custom ROMs and helps you bump up your firmware version almost immediately.
Micromax A25 is a Dual-SIM smartphone comprising of a 1GHz of processor and 256MB RAM, not too good for playing some latest games but works great for average games you usually find on Google Play. On the software side, the device’s got Android 2.3 Gingerbread where we were actually expecting
We’ve come leaps and bounds since Android’s inception and it would be an understatement to say that we’re pumped to see what Google has in store for us at this year’s I/O event. It was just last year that Google unleashed Android 4.1 Jelly Bean to the open arms of
Installing a custom ROM requires that you be rooted and have a custom recovery capable of flashing zips from unofficial sources. For the HTC J Butterfly, the process is no different except for the minor fact that you’ll be installing a custom recovery before you root it, while this is
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The HTC J is the Japanese version for KDDI network of the Butterfly, and is a pretty packed device with a 4.3-inch display, 1.5GHz dual-core CPU coupled with 1GB RAM, an 8MP camera and running Android 4.0.4 out of the box. All of those specs seem pretty good except for
Today Google posted a new website that allows the world to experience the Project Glass, the tech giant’s wearable smart glasses. Google is hoping the website will not only spark consumer’s interest but inspire the “bold and creative” to contact them using the hashtag #ifihadglass with individual ideas on how
Now that you have your bootloader unlocked and have a custom recovery installed, it’s time to go on and do the most important thing if you want custom ROMs and use root-only apps – rooting the HTC J Butterfly. The guide below will make it as painless for you as
As rooting your device lets you install root-only apps and flash custom recoveries, unrooting allows you to restore the warranty of your device to make it a valid device at the service center. If you’ve rooted your HTC Droid Incredible 2 smartphone and you now want to unroot it, then
Maybe you aren’t satisfied with the features the ClockworkMod Recovery has to offer you and you want an entire different custom recovery experience? Well, TeamWin has covered you. TeamWin offers a great custom recovery called TWRP that has all the useful features you should be looking for in a custom
