If you have purchased the HTC Butterfly 3, you’d find this guide by XDA Senior Member DarkRazorZ useful. The guide has posted a step by step process on installing TWRP and then rooting the device, so read on ahead!
Historically, adding a forum on XDA has been decided by having our intern spin around in an office chair, blindfolded, throwing darts at a board. Actually, we add forums based on which devices we think will have strong community support.
We don’t get it right 100% of the time, but a lot of the time, just by virtue of having a spot on XDA and being in front of many users, the forums we add end up having a good bit of activity.
But today, we want to try something new: Create Your Own Forum, or CYOF. Through CYOF, we will let some members of XDA lead an entire forum section dedicated to ANY topic of his or her choice. These Forum Leaders will have basic moderation privileges and will share the responsibility with XDA’s moderation teams to ensure that forum sections are active, intelligent, and adhere to site rules.
What are some examples of new sections that might come to life under CYOF? Well, it’s up to you guys. Maybe we should have a section for modifying Android Auto in Honda cars, or a forum for utilizing Tasker in home automation scenarios. Perhaps someone wants to add a forum for a device we don’t have listed on XDA, or even a particular carrier. Maybe someone wants to lead a section where XDA users talk about repurposing old devices. Or organizing an open source development project. The possibilities are endless.
Since we consider this an experimental initiative, we are going to start with just five new forums under CYOF. If you have an idea for a new forum section and want to volunteer your time and energy to be a Forum Leader, you can apply below. Or, even if you don’t want to be a Forum Leader but have an idea for a new forum, let us know!
XDA Recognized Contributor abo hani is back with a guide on adding custom stage icons and desktop shortcuts on to the Xperia Home launcher. Using this guide, you can modify a lot of elements on your home screen!
BlackBerry says they are being kicked out of Pakistan for refusing to give in to the government’s demands for access to their customers’ private messages. The Government of Pakistan has actually given BlackBerry until December 30th to comply with their “security concerns”, BlackBerry COO Marty Beard says they are not willing to make this compromise and they will be pulling their products from the country.
A member-contributed teardown of the ZTE Axon by Alex Lin has been featured on iFixit. Most teardowns are showcased via photos but this one was done in a series of videos. From removing the upper and lower back covers to pulling out the embedded battery, if you need to repair your ZTE Axon then this guide can help.
Companies like Samsung are pumping money into research and development all the time and every now and then we see some interesting and unique patent designs pop up because of it. It seems like Samsung’s latest patent filing shows us that a scrollable smartphone, a folded smartphone with a row of tabs, a foldable smartphone with a hinge system and a bendable smartphone.
