London-based manufacturer Wileyfox has revealed pricing information for its Cyanogen OS powered higher specced smartphone, Storm. For a price of £199, you can get a device with a 5.5″ FHD display, octa-core Snapdragon 615, 3GB RAM, 32GB expandable storage and a 20-MP rear camera, along with Cyanogen OS 12.1 based on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop.
The Nexus 6P has begun shipping in the United States, but due to high demands, the shipment for some customers is delayed until the second week of November. As a compensation, Google is offering $25 refund to these affected customers, which will be processed as soon as their order ships.
TWRP is officially released for the Nexus 6P. Do bear in mind that the first release does not support decrypting data. If you wish to modify the system partition, you will have to use a modified boot image to disable encryption before you can do so.
As you might recall, XDA relies on hosting infracturer from LeaseWeb to power our forums. We picked them as our hosting provider because they were able to provide a highly custom solution that meets our demanding needs. From the time your HTTP request hits our load balancer to when it’s handled by one of our PHP or application servers, the guts that power XDA’s sprawling forums is interesting study, and we’ve written about it previously.
You might recall that last year we did a contest with LeaseWeb to give away free hosting along with a grand prize, and this year we’re doing the same, except this time we will have 10 winners (instead of six) and the grand prize will be perhaps the most beautiful Android Wear watch ever made, the Huawei Watch with a black leather band. Classy pants!
Here’s how to enter the contest: fill out the below form, where you’ll specify your intended use of LeaseWeb’s server/cloud product whether it be to use as a build server for ROM development, database storage for an app you’re working on, or just to host a website. Be sure to specify whether you want to use their VPS, dedicated server, or bare metal server configurations. You can read more about their offerings at their website. The best answer (be creative!) will win the Huawei watch, while the other winners will get a 3-month trial of server resources as per their response. This contest is open to all countries!
At Google I/O 2015, Google introduced their OS for the “Internet of Things” (IoT) – Brillo. Based on Android, Brillo is designed to operate on many home appliances. When combined with Weave, a communication layer that bridges the gap between Brillo devices, your home will truly become interconnected. Today the Google Developers channel has posted an introduction to Brillo, aimed at developers looking to build on their platform for the IoT.
Doze mode was introduced in Marshmallow to maximize battery savings, but little is known about how it works. That’s why XDA Senior Member italia0101 researched Doze mode, and discovered you could use adb shell to dump the parameters that control it. It may be possible to eventually modify Doze to further optimize battery life savings. For now, it’s definitely worth subscribing to the thread to see any future Doze-related discoveries.
Chromecast Audios are supposed to only work indoors with a stable WiFi connection, but luckily an enterprising redditor has come up with a solution that should work for any portable speaker system. The set-up seems convoluted, and it would probably be easier to just hook your phone up directly via auxiliary, but if you’re looking for bluetooth audio without having to make your phone stationary, give this guide a shot.
