AOKP Build 5 is now here! The AOKP team has been working hard and these builds are coming out fast. Based on the newest Android 4.1.2, AOKP includes these new features: Custom NavBar for Tablets NavBar widgets are back from ICS Highly customizable Lockscreen Ring targets, with a shiny new editor in ROMControl! (also thanks to CM for the base of… Read more
The Samsung Galaxy Note II was recently released in parts of Europe, and development is growing fast. We now have a toolkit created specifically for the international Note II. The feature list is insane, here it goes: Install drivers automatically Backup/Restore a single package or all apps, user data and Internal Storage Backup your /data/media… Read more
For those of you who don’t know, Heimdall is an open source project to bring the functionality of Odin to every platform and build even more functionality on top of that. Odin is a Samsung program that allows you to flash your Samsung phone to new kernels, firmwares, bootloaders, modems, or anything you need. It is often used when the phone is bricked… Read more
The Sprint Galaxy S III is finally getting a taste of Jelly Bean outside of ports. A leak meant for the phone has been released in all its TouchWiz glory. It’s 4.1.1, the newest version of Android, and has been packaged like any other ROM. You just flash it. The developer has created two versions, odexed and deodexed. If you want to theme the ROM, we… Read more
T-Mobile only offered the Galaxy Note for a few weeks, until it was cancelled. This obviously created worries that both official updates and the developer community would suffer. However, to ease those worries, the CyanogenMod team has started pushing Jelly Bean nightlies for the device. Remember, rooting and flashing your device might be dangerous… Read more
AOKP (Android Open Kang Project) is a popular custom ROM for many Android devices. Their first venture into Jelly Bean was great, but it was lacking some of the features the more developed Ice Cream Sandwich builds had. However, they released a huge update with a ton of new features and improvements. A few of the new features are the inclusion of a… Read more
My Google Nexus 7 is a toy. I’m sure there are very productive things to do with it, but the most productive thing my Nexus 7 does for me is save battery life on my phone because I’m using it a lot less. That being said, I like to play with my toys, and a few days ago I decided to flash MIUI’s custom Jelly Bean ROM on my Nexus 7. Only few weeks… Read more
Considering that the US Galaxy S III models have a different chipset from the international models, the leaks of Jelly Bean could not be ported. However, this changed when the T-Mobile Galaxy S III received a leak. This leak was then ported to the Verizon Galaxy S III, a phone with a completely different radio and a locked bootloader. Everything… Read more
Verizon customers have become accustomed to extremely delayed releases of updates for their phones. Even the mighty Samsung Galaxy Nexus has suffered from this issue despite it’s brethren having updates months in advance. Well Galaxy SIII owners on the Big Red have been concerned about how long it would take for Jelly Bean to arrive to their… Read more
The International Galaxy Note N7000 needs a different kernel for TouchWiz and AOSP ROMs. Meaning if you’re going to switch between the two, you’ll need to keep around two different versions of your favorite kernel (if the developer supports two different versions). Not a big inconvenience, but it could be easier. Now it is. The developer g.lewarne… Read more
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