If you know me or frequent my Google+ page from time to time, then you’d probably know that I love AOKP (Android Open Kang Project) ROM on my devices. I’ve learned to build my own nightlies, I have them on every device, and even have a Sir Kang unicorn plush (#dontjudgeme). Recently the AOKP team reached over 1,000,000 installs! What would a huge milestone be without sharing it with th... »
AOKP adds International SIII, Verizon Note 2 and others to beneficiaries Doth my eyes deceive me? My precious Verizon Note 2 can haz pink unicorn too?? As my fellow Verizon Note II owners may know, we have limited choices (while all awesome) for our device while keeping S Pen capability. However, AOKP is the first to give us a taste of Android 4.2. Now I can finally see what the pink unicorn fanat... »
Yesterday, the HTC One became official. Today, we’ve got our first glimpse of the device’s benchmark scores, and they’re certainly nothing less than impressive. Benchmark scores have always been somewhat of a taboo in the Android community — many people will tell you they mean absolutely nothing, while some others strive to achieve the highest possible score by way of flash... »
Google finally brings back factory image for the Nexus 4 If you own the LG Nexus 4, you might be interested to learn that Google has finally returned the JOP40D factory image for the device to its Developers website. There is still no word on why the file was pulled initially, and even though it was readily available through a number of community outputs during its absence from the official source... »
Build T999UVDLJC is rolling out now with minor improvements and enhancements According to the T-Mobile document above, the update will provide security enhancements and an improved user experience. Looking at my own Galaxy S III, however, the baseband version seems incremental, with a minor jump from UVDLA to UVDLC. Personally I wouldn’t bank on too much here, but I am hoping against all hop... »
The development team behind one of the more popular custom ROM projects, Paranoid Android, took to its Google+ page this morning to detail the future of the PA Preferences application. A closed-source beefed up version of the preferences app will be supplied to official ROM releases, and possibly to all ROMs compatible with Paranoid Android. In other words, no DPI changer, no dual pane, and no hac... »
Been wondering what’s up with the status of the Android Open Kang Project (AOKP) 4.2 Jelly Bean release? If the answer to that question is yes, you can finally breathe a sigh of relief, as Build 1 just hit the Interwebz earlier this evening. The first build is only available for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus (Verizon and GSM variants), LG Nexus 4, and ASUS Nexus 7 at the current time, with more d... »
CyanogenMod, the largest and most popular AOSP-based custom ROM project on the planet, rang in 2o13 with the introduction of its brand-spankin’ new wiki page. Drew Suarez, one half of the wiki development team, took to Google+ to share the news. Here’s what he had to say: I am very pleased to announce the new CyanogenMod Wiki page to the public today. Fattire and myself spent many hour... »
Well here we are, ladies and gentleman. We survived the Mayan apocalypse and we’ve almost made it through yet another holiday season. 2012 has been an amazing year for Android. We’ve not only seen top-notch hardware from the major manufacturers in the game, but the Google Play Store has certainly seen its fair share of exciting app releases. That being said, I wanted to do a round-up o... »
