You'll lose some of your customizations in the process, however
AT&T this morning dropped word that its version of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 can now update to Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean.
That's the good news. The bad news is that you have to do it with Samsung KIES on a Mac or PC. A tethered update is better than no update at all, of course.
The update brings about the following improvements:
Customizable widgets
Improved text input and spell-checking
New dictionaries for better error correction and word suggestion
Enhanced web browsing and personalization capability
Improved email management
New technology for better security options
Google Now with enhanced voice activation
That said, you'll also lose some customizations with this update. Paired Bluetooth devices will be removed, as will custom APNs. Home screens will be reset to the default Ice Cream Sandwich view, and the app menu will revert as well. Contacts and groups will still be on your tablet, but contacts will be removed from the groups. Also: Music playlists and settings will be rest.
The successor to the HTC Butterfly (and the Droid DNA) is now official. Packing souped up specs and several features borrowed from the One, the Butterfly s shines in the battery life department.
At an event in Taiwan today, HTC lifted the veil on its latest flagship, the Butterfly s, a revamp of theButterfly, the world’s first smartphone with a Full HD display, which launched in late 2012.
The new HTC Butterfly s features a 5-inch 1920 x 1080 Super LCD 3 display, just like its predecessor, and is powered by a Snapdragon 600 processor, clocked at 1.9GHz. In this respect, the Butterfly S outshines the HTC One, which is powered by a CPU running at 1.7GHz. The 2GB of RAM and the 16GB of storage complete the picture of what is mostly standard fare for current high-end Android phones. The good news is the Butterfly s boasts a microSD card slot, unlike its One brother.
HTC transplanted many of the One’s most popular features to the new Butterfly s, including the stereo BoomSound speakers and the UltraPixel camera, capable of recording Zoes, HTC’s proprietary short animations format. In addition to the 4UP main camera, the wide-angle front shooter of 2.1MP should be a boon for selfie addicts.
While most of the hardware features of the HTC Butterfly s are similar to what we’ve already seen on other devices, the device’s strong suit seems to be the battery. HTC managed to cram a massive 3,200mAh battery into the Butterfly s, which is a huge improvement over the 2020mAh battery in the original Butterfly and the 2300mAh unit on the HTC One. The HTC Butterfly outguns even the Note 2and the Optimus G Pro, which both have about 3100mAh batteries, but larger screens. We’ve yet to receive the dimensions of the Butterfly s, but even if the beefy battery adds a couple of extra millimeters to the girth of the device, many users will be happy to put up with it.
In terms of software, the HTC Butterfly s features Android Jelly Bean with HTC’s Sense 5 overlay on top, just like the HTC One. The popular BlinkFeed homescreen replacement also makes an appearance.
HTC stated that the HTC Butterfly s would become available in Taiwan starting with July at a price of NT $22,900 (about $766). The company didn’t specify if or when the device would be made available in the rest of the world, but looking at the evolution of last year’s Butterfly, we expect to see variants of the Butterfly s released in Japan and Europe, at the very least.
As for the United States, a noted HTC leakster recently tweeted that Sprint, not Verizon, would carry a variant of the Butterfly s. This would be surprising, considering that Verizon launched the Droid DNA (a rebranded Butterfly) stateside and that it skipped the HTC One, which is being carried by all the other major American carriers.
With the evolution of technology and smartphones, one of the connections we have lost is the IR.
Present in some old phones, it was used to share data between devices. But now, that technology has been reviewed in two of the most popular Android devices of the moment: the Samsung Galaxy S4 and the HTC One.
With the infrared support, we can use these phones as a remote controller for our home entertainment system.
In the next video, you can see how is this possible:
In the previous installment of current ROM, you showed as "root" and I with superuser permissions easily make theSamsung Galaxy S4 using the computer and the ODIN tool. This week I will give you the steps to install your own ROM in your terminal, as well as give you a selection of the best ROMs.
Firstly, we will unload the CWM. What is the CWM and that allows us to do? The ClockWorkMod Recovery, known as CWM Recovery is modified our android management system and allows us to:
-Perform a full backup of your mobile phone. -Flash Custom ROMS. -Reset the system counters, format partitions and clear cache.
CWM for Samsung Galaxy S4 download and installation
Access a: "philz_touch_5.03.7-i9505.zip" and download it. We put the .zip file downloaded to the root of your SD card. The steps would be:
-Turn off your phone normally.
-Once off, will have to gain access to the CWM, by pressing for a few seconds the keys "volume up" + the key "home" + "power" button.
-Use the volume until you reach the option keys "install zip" confirming it with the power button.
-We look for the downloaded file and verify its installation.
Once made steps our device will be ready to Flash any ROM or theme you want. If you have any questions, here is thelink authorPhil3759 author of the mod. When you embarquéis you in this world, you will see that our mobile have no limit and has a lot of customizations and improvements.
What is and who can provide a custom ROM?
A custom or "cooked" rom is a modified copy of the system in a file, which allows us from increasing the battery life, up to customize 100% our Smartphone. Be careful when you acostumbréis, you engancharéis!
Do I usually install a ROM?
It can be done in two different ways:
-By ODIN: as we saw last week, is a method to Flash via PC. This process is usually done to regain a ROM by default factory State officer or very close to it.
-By CWM: generally the most used for the cooked roms. The process is done by phone. Download the file which is to be introduced on the SD card, and install from there directly.
Once you have installed the CWM, the only thing you have to do is choose your favorite cooked ROM and install it. The installation is very important, since each rom may require a different installation methodology. For this reason we advise you to always be sure of the steps to follow.
Installation instructions for the ROMS via CWM
ROM Android facilities can be a rather complex and delicate process at the beginning. We recommend that you follow the instructions carefully since a single failure can be fatal for your device. When several flashees of them, you will see that it is not a difficult process, nor much less, but you always have to know that it is.
The steps are:
-Turn off the device and access to our customized recovery CWM.
-Access the option to wipe data / Factory reset and confirm the action with "yes".
-We do the same process with the "wipe cache" option.
-We go to the tab "advanced". Within it we realize again the method described with the option "wipe dalvik-cache".
-We will return to the main menu. In this case select "install from sdcard".
-Now is when we must select the rom downloaded and install it, once we have completed the previous steps. Depending on if we have it discharged on our SD card or in the phone memory, select "internal or external SDcard".
-Once you have located the title of rom, pressed on it and verify the installation of the device.
-Once you have completed the process, you just to reset the device using the "reboot system now" option in the event that you do not automatically.
Although the Samsung Galaxy S4 has not long to live yet, there are many developers who work to provide us all the possible improvements to our Smartphone in a very laborious and unselfish way. Currently, are already appearing different ROMS with excellent features and improvements.
One of the best current ROMS for our Galaxy S4 is the OMEGA ROM, which is updated to version 3.1 and is currently the most collated by the users of the Android community.
OMEGA ROM v.3.1. for Samsung Galaxy S4
Notable features:
-Increase of battery on the original roms by default.
-Significant increase in the performance, speed and stability of the rom.
-Full customization, with a theme of exquisite taste.
-Many improvements for accessibility and handling of the device.
As you have seen, these roms are designed and developed to meet our daily needs in our Galaxy S4 much more, and it is at the end of all we want that it is much more than a simple mobile phone, we want to make the most capabilities it presents, to become a device in our hands.
You have already spoken long and hard the problem of thebattery life for Android users. Even trying to save energy, it is rare that the battery lasts more than one day. Already saw as Snapdragon presented itsBatteryGuru, or as Sony gambled byStamina, and I've given you tips forincrease the autonomy of your Android. Today we advise you about someapplications to improve your Android battery .
There are people who opt for an extended battery or even for carrying extra batteries with him not to be without power in case of emergency, but for the moment, we are still slaves of the load of the mobile. As I mentioned in the post about increase battery, we found the display illumination and data connections on the top of the functions that consume more battery. Manage them manually can be tedious, for this reason, we show this list of applications that will help you to improve the autonomy of your Android Terminal.
First of all, I puntualizaremos two issues. Depending on the applications that are running in the background, you will have more or less battery time, and on the other hand, do not expect that these applications do miracles. Most of them are based simply on automatically manage connections, and modes of the phone to try to save the maximum of energy.
JuiceDefender: An application that allows us to manage our terminal functions to be able to optimize the use of battery. Designed to extend the charging time, help us manage certain tasks which are usually those consuming more battery, such as connectivity, (3G, 4G, WiFi, Bluetooth). It gives us the possibility to configure different modes which are activated from the application itself, or through a widget.
Greenify: One of the best ways to save battery life for users who have many applications installed, but in order to use it, is necessary to root the phone, which, normally, invalidates the manufacturer's warranty and that if we do it wrong, may involve unpleasant consequences for the phone. If you're willing to take the risk, what this application offers us is to control many aspects of the smartphone as the number of times that is updated all day a widget, for example.
Tasker: Tasker is one of the best options in loq EU administration of tasks is concerned, since it allows us to automate our smartphone to the maximum. Through this automation we can control applications that consume us too much battery. In addition, functions that offers go beyond energy savings, planteándose as a great Assistant for our Android phone.
Battery defending: If you're a person who does not want to lose much time on battery, defend Battery saving settings is your choice, since its objective is to involve less user to save battery power. For example, the application disables connections if the screen is off for more than 15 minutes. It also allows applications to be synchronized every 15 minutes or automatically disables connections when he knows that we are sleeping. In addition, it shows us what we have left of battery in the notification bar directly.
Battery HD: this application is oriented to give us more information as well as to project how much load is on the phone to find out what we can and what we need to avoid doing in the next few hours. If we know, for example, that we will not have a charger at a time, it is not recommended that we use the phone to watch videos, surf the internet or listen to music. With this application we can learn how many hours we still have battery for each of the functions of the terminal. While not us allows control over them, allows us to plan us with regard to the information provided to us.
GO Battery Saver: this application will allow us to easily manage any of the functions that consume more battery on our phone. We can turn on or off the data, WiFi, Bluetooth, audio, screen brightness or synchronization applications. Also it allows us to configure custom profiles that fit our needs and that will help us to better control our Android energy expenditure.
Battery Dr: the function of this application is to improve our phone battery eliminating processes on and off applications that are spending too much battery. Battery Dr we can suspend tasks that do not need and that are working, as well as information about the battery, its temperature and other statistics of the phone, as well as of adjusting the brightness of the display, receive notifications related to the remaining battery time, or monitor and control charge our phone.
Battery Doctor:No to be confused with the previous application. Battery doctor will save battery quickly with one touch of the screen. In addition, predicts the charging time that we have to be able to plan the use of the smartphone and allows us to optimize the battery while the phone is charging. It also allows us to automatically adjust settings to optimize the loading time remaining.
Easy Battery Saver: This application allows us to save battery power through the intelligent management of connectivity of the equipment and the time during which the screen stays on when we are not using it, as well as the brightness of the same. It also allows us to save battery power while we sleep. The application provides us with four modes, from the simplest with basic controls, to the more complex with a larger number of controls that you want to exercise over the phone. In the latter, you can select virtually all the variables we can control for squeezing our phone's battery.
BetterBatteryStats: Finally, this application does not give us excessive control over the functions of the phone, but gives us information so that we know which functions are investing more battery. It gives us the possibility to analyze the behavior of a phone and find applications that carry out excessive battery use, to eliminate them or kill their processes depending on its functionality. It is, in short, an application of monitoring more than control of functions.
Snapdragon BatteryGuru: didn't want to mention this application for all those users whose terminal incorporates a Snapdragon chip. For more information regarding the application, already made a review in the followinglink.
And you, would we recommend some other application to improve your Android battery?
