Jumping aboard the CyanogenMod 13 hype train is the AT&T variant of the Samsung Galaxy S3. This build, courtesy of XDA Senior Member matrixzone brings Android 6.0 Marshmallow to the device.
XDA Recognized Developer and Contributor AntaresOne has put out a working CyanogenMod 13 build for the Samsung Galaxy S4. This build is for the Snapdragon 600 based devices. As with all other CM builds coming out right now, expect bugs and frequent breakdowns, although this is a good ROM as a proof of concept.
Yu Yureka is another device which joined the Marshmallow family. Thanks to efforts of XDA Recognized Developer Santhosh M, the YU Yureka received a quite functional port of CyanogenMod 13. There are a few issues to be ironed out, but you can install it on your device if you’re keen to find out how the Android 6.0 looks like.
Owners of the SM-910F and SM-910G variants of the Galaxy Note 4 can now flash an Android 6.0 ROM onto their devices. It comes in the form of an unofficial CM13 build and it should be known that a few things aren’t working just yet. Things like the fingerprint scanner and NFC simply do not work at this time but could be fixed soon.
XDA Senior Recognized Developer jcase has just created a new thread in the HTC One A9 forums and released a way to root the brand new smartphone. In the thread he gives us a rundown of exactly how it’s done and even shows us a video so that we can see he has root access and S-Off on the One A9.
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LG is one of the bigger smartphone manufacturers, and while it’s not as popular as its South Koran neighbour Samsung, the company has managed to do a lot for its users by providing a different vision of Android with their (Optimus) G line.
Yet LG is not just about their traditional flagships with their LG UI on top, but also about the purest of Android. The company’s Nexus 5 was one of the most acclaimed Android smartphones of all time due to its amazing combination of price, horsepower, and a pure Android experience — those things were much rarer at the time, but now they are starting to become commonplace. The Nexus 5X rekindled the Nexus 5 brand with yet another (mostly) affordable smartphone, and the LG V10 is one of the newest entries in the LG flagship smartphone family, offering some of the most compelling specification sheets of 2015.
But despite the hype their phones typically generate among our circles, particularly the Nexus 5 and Nexus 5X, the company’s smartphone division is not a financial powerhouse, sometimes reporting pennies of profit per smartphone during a quarter. With all of that in mind, and more below, we want to know how you think LG ranks up against other manufacturers. So we ask,
In terms of hardware, LG is one of the more enthusiast-friendly OEMs out there, as it decided to incorporate (with the G3) and keep (throughout 2015) features like removable batteries and expandable storage, which power users love. Their phones have sported great to decent (in that order, G2 to V10) bezels ratios, nice designs, and some of the best specification packages at their time of release. Their Nexus phones, from the Nexus 4 to the Nexus 5X, are fan-favorites that many XDA users still use to this day. LG has also pushed forward new hardware configurations, like the back buttons, OIS (and 2.0), curved screens, and laser auto-focus. However, their phones haven’t been able to utilise the hardware to the maximum, as the LG UI typically slows down LG phones, and in some cases on the G3, their hardware and software combo led to performance, battery and heat issues. Lately, though, LG has been improving on this, particularly the camera, as the V10 focuses on camera software more-so than other phones do.
LG’s skinned Android is a stark contrast with the pure Android of their Nexus offerings, and many users will agree that it’s a mixed bag. On one hand, LG puts many useful features in their LG skins, including a dual-window mode for multitasking similar to Samsung’s — a much-requested feature on Android. LG’s UI also allows for plenty of customization in their launcher and everything about it, and also navigation keys, as it includes extra options to put down there as well. But LG’s UI is arguably not as attractive as the regular Material Design of their Nexus 5X, nor the old HOLO of their Nexus 5 upon release. LG also doesn’t offer easy ways to customize the notification panel (which many have called a cluttered mess) nor their stock apps and settings. Meaning, if you don’t like the look, the launcher is as far as you go without extra tweaking.
LG has created some of the most acclaimed smartphones out there, and to us, their Nexus phones have been some of the best Android packages ever. But the company still has not captured the market in an overly profitable way, and with the rapid iterating they did in 2015 with their V10 – a phone some consider redundant and undermarketed – it’s hard to predict where LG is going. But looking at the present, and their recent achievements and lows, one can at least form a good idea of how LG ranks up against other OEMs. So,
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