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Realme's new flagship smartphone was publicly previewed at the Shanghai 2021 Mobile World Congress (MWC). The Realme GT 5G will be officially unveiled on 4 March, but today the company has given us a glimpse of what to expect from a smartphone. The business also revealed its latest “Dual-Platform Dual-Flagship Strategy” which means that two
The era of folding devices has begun and who better to execute this latest trend than Samsung. Just last year Samsung impressed consumers worldwide with the release of the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold and announced an impressive follow-up device, Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2 in August of 2020. The Galaxy Z Fold devices are ideal
After the Magisk method is published, the root process is simple to compare with conventional methods. Yet it's got its limits. We can't use custom ROMs unless we have some custom recovery enabled. So, even after users have access to root, they prefer the TWRP method when it is released. Samsung Galaxy M31 comes with
Huawei's misfortunes began back in 2019, when the Trump administration placed him on the Entity List, prohibiting him from doing business with US firms. With the recent change of guard in the country, there was hope that the government of Biden would show some leniency to Huawei. That possibility seems bleak now that the President's
Whether you want to install a custom ROM, turn on some hidden Android features, or take screenshots from apps that prevent you from doing so, you'll need the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) and fastboot. They're part of the Google SDK platform tools and give you some lower-level access to your phone. You've got to prepare
Vivo recently confirmed that it'll unveil the X60 Pro+ on January 21 in China at 7:30 PM local time. The announcement came a few weeks following the launch of the X60 and X60 Pro. It is also confirmed that the phone will come with a 6.5-inch AMOLED screen with a center-aligned punch-hole, 120Hz refresh rate,
If you've ever tried looking for firmware to install on your Samsung Galaxy smartphone or tablet, it might be pretty annoying. While companies like Google, OnePlus, and Xiaomi provide download links on their websites, Samsung has yet to provide an official firmware download portal. That's one of the reasons why there are so many Samsung
The latest phones in the OnePlus range are coming to the US next week, and you can pre-order them as of today. Not only that, both the OnePlus Nord N10 and Nord N100 come with free OnePlus-branded earbuds thrown in as a sweetener. You can use OnePlus Nord N10 and N100 Onn Virtual Reality Headset The buds you get
Earlier this year, MIUI 12 made its debut, and Xiaomi has completed rolling out the stable update to most devices in its portfolio. The new skin of Xiaomi offers a variety of new features, including an enhanced dark device-wide mode, AI-assisted calling features, Interactive Always-on Display, new visual interface, system animation tweaks, and much-needed privacy
We're only a few months away from the next launch of the OnePlus flagship, but that definitely hasn't dissuaded a sea of leaks from pouring out and giving away almost all the OnePlus 9 needs to know. PhoneArena recently released a bunch of pictures of the regular OnePlus 9, entering the leak spree, giving us
Samsung revealed today the launch of a new app for Android: GameDriver. By clicking here (Adreno/Qualcomm models) or here (Mali/Exynos models), you can find it on the Google Play Store. The software doesn't seem that noteworthy at the start. On a select few Samsung Android phones, it claims to deliver better gaming results. However at
The leaks are coming thick and fast, with Samsung expected to launch the Galaxy S21 in about a month. A new leak comes along as soon as we think we know everything about these phones, providing us with even more information. But while we've seen a lot of renders, it's been much harder to come
The Samsung Galaxy S10+ may have been replaced by the Galaxy S20+, but it's still far from outdated-still it's competitive with the upper midrange phones of this year and doesn't come with a 5G modem for battery-hogging and space-wasting. Samsung continues to sell its old flagship, and for just $549.99 on Amazon, which is $300
Over the years, Samsung's app has come a heck of a long way, being the only Android edition I consider worth using. Centered on Android 11, the One UI 3 beta seeks to further enhance things in multiple areas across the board, but currently it is only available on the S20 and Note20 series. However,
Xiaomi, one of the smartphone market's most significant manufacturers, regularly upgrades its MIUI firmware and introduces new features. It introduced many technologies and significant characteristics to Xiaomi and Redmi phones with MIUI 12 and continues to add new ones. New features are not open to everyone. These features, provided to some users on the Chinese
Thick camera bump, a flat screen, and will be launched in January 2021 If you're eagerly waiting for Samsung's 2021 flagship to get your hands on it, new reports have revealed a few details about it, showing the future design and release date of the handset. The actual Galaxy S21 will look different as this
Most Nokia phones will have to wait until 2021 Nokia phones from HMD Global come with some of the cleanest Android builds around, but that still does not make it the quickest company to upgrade its smartphones. As the company posted and then removed a roadmap on when we can expect the new software to
Magisk - one of the most common rooting methods for any Android device. For rooting Android devices, stock firmware and custom ROMS, SuperSU was once the go to exploit. The growth is now continuing with the latest Magisk method. However, Magisk is much more advanced and matured over the years for a full-fledged rooting software.
Dozens of malicious apps, some available in Play, found in the past couple months. Joker malware September has been a busy month for malicious Android apps, with hundreds of them flooding either Google Play or third-party markets from a single malware family alone, researchers from security companies said. Known as Joker, since late 2016, this
OnePlus runs one of the most public-facing app testing activities among the handset manufacturers we cover at Android Police and it is not shocking to see another beta testing community launch, this time for its newest handset, the Nord. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); The company invites up to 200 Nord owners who are willing
