On Joshua Topolsky’s Tomorrow Podcast, Matias Duarte talks about how he is no longer working on Android and instead has taken to focus on Material Design for all of Google’s products and services. We also learn about Matias’s thought process when it comes to design, the evolution of the smartphone and many other facets of his work.
XDA Senior Member Rajeev has posted a flashable zip which brings an advanced power menu to your Xperia device running on Android 5.1 Lollipop. This mod adds in all the boot related options along with patched services, mobile radio active bug fix and icon support for power menu.
OnePlus has released a Protection Plan for the OnePlus 2, covering accidental damage as well as liquid damage. Called On-Guard, this service is limited to Europe and will cost you €39.99 for 12 months or €64.99 for 24 months. OnePlus had previously announced a similar plan called B2X for Indian customers.
XDA Senior Member Bobby060 and team have put together a small how-to, detailing the procedures needed to enable the Camera2 API on the Moto X Style/Pure. This allows users to capture raw images in .dng format and enable some more manual camera functionality. Do note that you do lose out some functionality, so be sure to read properly before proceeding.
The OnePlus X was unveiled on the 29th of October at Altitude London. Carl Pei announced the latest addition to the OnePlus family shown below in a series of photographs. There are two versions of the OnePlus X seen, one of which has a glass back and the other is a limited ceramic edition, both of which currently need an invite to be purchased.
If you, like me, are a fan of Valve’s older FPS games, then I’m sure you’re familiar with Counter-Strike. Luckily for fans of the series using an Android device, the SDLash3D team has announced their plans to port the Spirit of Half-Life engine to Android and have already started work on getting the Counter-Strike 1.6 client to run. The developers have posted a video of their progress, so anyone interested should follow them for updates.
LiveBoot is an application by Senior Recognized Developer Chainfire that allows you to view your device’s logs while it’s booting. It’s an interesting take on a boot animation, and it features many options to customize what code is displayed and how. If you’re a fan of retro boot animations reminiscent of older Linux distros, give Chainfire’s app a try. Take note though that the app requires root access to function.
