Android 4.3 gets harder run applications with root permissions

When rooting we do our Android device to run applications with root privileges to access the default functions are protected by the system. Well, Google has put a bit more difficult to root permissions from Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean).

Since the new version of Android and are missing access permissions setuid and setgid to allocate them to applications and so run as root. Google explains it in the Android code. This means that the methods used to date for rooting our devices have to be modified to allow applications as SuperUser or SuperSU working again, because if not about all that work would be the ADB shell.

The good thing is that there is already a solution to give superuser permissions from Android 4.3, and is modifying the recovery to add a demon, a process that will always run in the background that will allow us to access to setuid and setgid give elevated privileges to applications that require them to function properly.

Chainfire of SuperSU already has the new process root for Nexus to re-run your application, and ClockworkMod Koushik Dutta of SuperUser also look to implement this method in your recovery and try to find another way to get back to superuser without relying on a daemon process.

The good thing is that being open source Android this problem does not have the ROMs to not have to rely on a demon to work SuperUser applications, corrected this problem. For example, 10.2 CyanogenMod have already corrected this problem root. Actually the "problem" of this change are for Android devices with standard firmware, now no longer rooting the device without changing the recovery to run root applications, or at least for now.

MTK Android ROM upgrade using SP Flash Tool

Immediately following ways Using MTK Android ROM upgrade

What is needed:

USB data cable
MediaTek USB VCOM driver
SP Flash Tool (latest version SP_Flash_Tool_v3.1224.01)

First of all, make sure that you have a DA MediaTek USB VCOM driver is installed.

Whole ROM flashing
First, open the SP Flash Tool and click the scatter-scatter load to load the correct file
(MT6575_Android_scatter_emmc.txt or MT6577_Android_scatter_emmc.txt, depending on which phone you have) to your device and ignoring any messages that may appear.

Turn off your phone, remove the battery and replace it after a few seconds (and do not turn on the phone).

Press F9 (or pressing the Download button) and connect your phone to a computer via a USB data cable.
This process will start and a progress bar will appear red.

After the red progress bar is completed, a progress bar will appear purple.


Right after the purple progress bar is finished, a message at the bottom:
"Please insert the USB cable x seconds" and then the download will start immediately (you will see a yellow progress bar fills).

When the yellow bar is complete, you will get a popup with a green circle and Download OK message,
which means that the process has been stopped.

You can now safely disconnect your phone and turn it on. This process ends here.

Flashing only part of the ROM
In case you want to flash only one part of the ROM, which is also possible. In the example shown, only the recovery image will be flashed.

Uncheck all sections except the one (s) you want to flash and then press F9 (or press the Download button).
This tool will instantly show you a warning because not all parts are selected, but you have to continue anyway. Safe tap Yes to continue.

Download images selected partition will start and after the finish yellow bar, a popup will appear with a green circle.

Please note that, although it is not mandatory to select it in the list of images to flash,

Preloader file must be present in the same folder with the other partition (s) that you want to flash, or the phone will not be able to get into download mode.

Huawei Ascend P6 Android Smartphone Review, good and especially beautiful

Huawei is now working to convert. Their own smartphone line in the market about a year after a cautious start with the Huawei Ascend P1 and P2 and the large Mate Huawei, the Chinese company presented the Ascend P6 on 18 June, a device that in design rightfully inherited. The title of 'flagship'

Huawei
when the company was launched in the Netherlands has been first acquainted with the name of the Dutch public knowledge and especially how it should be pronounced.
Besides the name, some consumers the fact that a Chinese company is also well be experienced as negative. What way is not always justified because many of the products that we use come from China, but wearing a Western brand.

But the products we need not worry because the Huawei Ascend P6 promises at first sight very much good for the smartphone market. We have tested this unit a period and came to the following review.

Design
Jumps to the previous models are not really matter when it comes to design, so does the Ascend P6 though. When Richard Yu the phone finally unveiled at the press conference in London, had the attendees have in mind that this should be. A special device this unit has the same form factor as the previous devices, but the power and finish are much better.

The Huawei Ascend P6 has pretty sharp shapes with rounded corners; the buttons are much hidden in the metal edge that runs around the device. Those metal edges will many may be reminiscent of the iPhone 5 and that is not a crazy idea. The screen is very nice in the cabinet and put the glass above it runs nicely on the bottom of the rounded bottom.

The back is made of roughened glass, which allows for a good grip and feels soft. Unfortunately, the back not completely unscathed from the fight, because after a week of use I still do see light scratches in the material.

The camera with flash unit are positioned on the left side and the logo is found in the middle. At the bottom we see a speaker grid where the Dolby Surround sound should come out. On the side we find a little surprise because there is the headphone jack and it is covered with a nice button. When this button unplugging it appears to be one that allows you to open. The SD card and the microSIM card tabs 'pin' Chances are you this 'pin' explains away right after the first time, but fun up.

If I had to sum up in one word the design of this unit than that anyway: tight. I have rarely seen such a smooth finishing device that feels like you have an attractive, high in hands.

Specifications
Huawei because a very large company, and if a lot of experience in the field of smart phones, they can develop many in-house. So Huawei for its chipset is not dependent on one supplier, but they just produce the engine of this unit, to be in the (private) company Hisilicon precise. This chipset is based on the 1.5 GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A9 and are doing excellent work in the Huawei Ascend P6.

A good way to test a smartphone 'performance' is a benchmark test. We used the AnTuTu program and the Huawei Ascend P6 has a score of just over 13,000 points.

With this score the Ascend P6 not defeat the top of the world, but it nestles behind in the top 10. Scores are fine to analyze how the technique does its job, but the experience in daily use is just as important. I have personally experienced no difference when I took my Nexus 4 back into use after the Ascend P6.

Display
The device features a 4.7-inch display with 720p resolution. The viewing angle of this unit is great and that's nice when others want to see which notification is now coming back to you. Watch or with one eye
the colors are honest and you can compare the colors you see on the Sony Xperia Z No accentuated and lavish colors, such as, the Samsung devices.

Software
I'm not a fan of skins, whether it be that of Samsung or Huawei. The Emotion UI, such as the skin called Huawei, will soon get an update to 2.0. It is used when you first see the Emotion UI apptray has not, so you can not press a button to go. Apps The apps are positioned on all home screens and you can get them into groups such as Huawei has done with Google Apps. Advance for your

Naturally get used to, but find it a bit messy and it will cost you quite a lot of work to keep everything tidy to clean up. For those who use a lot of widgets is certainly a big disadvantage, because there is little room for initially.

You can Emotion UI fully customize to your taste as there are on the one installed by default. Online hundreds of different variations knock you out. As between the pre-installed applications is not much special to find who they can leave. Away from me you can add the shortcuts at the top of your notification panel adjust as with the UI include Sony and Emotion UI profiles for different situations. There you can no times or locations and will adhere to so you have to. They themselves Huawei has been inclined to winter, because you can activate the 'gloves' mode which you can even control the screen. Ascend P6 with gloves in settings as with any interface you will get used to the Huawei Emotion UI. Luckily the Google Play Store enough apps and the like also this phone you completely own.

Camera and Video
For the back camera Huawei does not participate in the craze of increasing mega pixels. The camera takes pictures are neat with an 8 mega pixel camera and let's face it, how much more do you need. A special feature is the 4 cm macro view; this feature allows you to object to 4 inches from the lens to get. Still sharp in the picture the camera on the front is a different story, Huawei has something special done with it here.
 Where competition is usually no more than 2 mega pixels in the camera stops, Huawei has a 5 mega pixel sensor from the shelves and put in the camera. When you (pictures of yourself) see the large amount of 'selfies' that are currently posted on Facebook and Twitter it is not even such a bad idea. In addition, we are also increasingly video calling and a better camera will help you there too.

The interface of the camera and video is fine, you can easily switch between video and still camera, and there are plenty of settings from the menu that you can achieve. In the settings you can select which types of tools and help you to make. Better picture below are some examples of the Huawei Ascend P6 photo and video.

ASUS Fonepad Android Tab 7 inch user review

We have found three people prepared extensively to test the ASUS Fonepad here is tested in the first part how the ASUS Fonepad functions as smartphone and tablet replacement. In the second part, each has its own specific mission inherited. Read the experiences.

1. as a father (future?) You surely want to capture all the beautiful moment, how does it work with the Fonepad?

Hereby I had as a young father discuss how the Fonepad complies with regard to the camera, the screen and the ASUS software. I've looked, but I also want to use to get a superfan.

Dropbox filled with all the pictures of the newborn boy. The most beautiful photos made available online through vvan 'folder sync. A few minutes clicking ASUS Story app to create a slick photo album and we were ready to go. Grandparents for the first visit

The ASUS Story app works really well. You can quickly create a photo album by ticking in different folders the photos. After you have the choice to show it. Every 1, 2, 3, 4 or any other number using swipe as you go through all the photos to show them. This is very intuitive and has the advantage that you do not have to watch as someone else browsing your gallery go if he does not end up in other pictures. I have so different 'albums' made for different 'groups', family, friends, and colleagues.

When grandparents were first viewed the small and then had the Fonepad was to go. Grandma had him quickly and was about to click to find the pictures of the little man. On appointment, the story app open and then they hit themselves on the "family" button. Together with grandpa she began to take all the photos by and found everything just as beautiful. Eventually the opinion that we had a cloud of a son and that he's already doing great and is photogenic.

The Fonepad remained in the hands of grandma and I let her have her way. After just half an hour sweet and had not looked at or they got up and started the little man all the way to photograph and made short movies with Fonepad. She sat back and let me see a little later proudly made a new album in the story-app. And she went on again. Grandpa sat with the little guy to play and grandmother sat in the Fonepad, cozy about visiting your parents where you have to get the coffee yourself!

The judgment of grandmother was that she no longer wanted to give the Fonepad and that I should make sure that every day new pictures came, she would record. Myself in the correct album I was stunned and thought, but then maybe I could bridge a generation gap here and my parents the digital age I could draw more. After I removed the SIM card out (and its there) we are back on home made and even before we got home I got a whatsapp of my mother! It turned out my brother with the text: "What have you done! Is fond of all your photos. Your brother '.

A week later they came to visit us and had the grandmother Fonepad with him. I asked how it went along and she was very proud of her 'tablet'. I had to watch all the new album. She indicated that the camera was not too good, but worked fine for nice pictures. The screen she found in bright indoor use, but with a short demo of the 'outdoor' button and the automatic brightness across the screen, she was also very satisfied. And they said you could tell that this was a top high-definition screen!

In short I lost my Fonepad to my mother and who has the Fonepad always around her grandson, and now also countless other things, to let everyone see in her handbag through the ASUS Story app. She loves the camera and the screen moderately great.

Thanks for letting us use the ASUS Fonepad!
2. What are your experiences with the Fonepad during lectures, study and relax?
My second assignment with the Asus Fonepad is about my eraringen with the unit during lectures, study and relaxes. For this assignment I have my Asus Transformer TF300 one week replaced by Fonepad.

During lectures
during lessons I used mainly made of the PDF reader and the included Super Note app. Courses that were available in PDF on the Fonepad I could follow as during class without that much to thick stack of paper. Besides I used Super Note for my notes, with it you can make written notes or drawings with ordinary typed notes. To have turn out to be there. Many benefits after one week Fonepad in class You make your notes and with an app like Dropbox, these readily available on all your other devices and you can also easily share them with others.

Study
Course, these lessons also studied and also there is the Fonepad a useful addition, you have all your courses, notes and other documents at your fingertips.

Relax
besides the study is definitely needed relaxation and this can very well with the Fonepad. Watch movies, play games, internet, all go very well on this tablet. Through its HD screen he gives the films very good and sharp again, and the 7 inch screen is then the ideal size to keep games in hand. For heavier games is the Fonepad then again not really fit the single-core Intel chip.
 
Conclusion
after having a week the ASUS Fonepad used during lessons are my experiences with the device very well. The included apps are very useful during lessons and study right is therefore also a very good device for relaxation. The 7-inch size is also convenient to take anywhere and the small folding tables in the auditorium.

3. How does Fonepad in your profession? He can take a beating?
Way as the truck driver is Fonepad pleased me very well. Have a navigation app installed and am really impressed with the GPS! High-speed connections (except in tunnels) never disappeared; I can not beat my Note2 absolutely! Fine format anyway, the 7-inch screen navigation system!

It is monotonous but also the 3G connections were very good, the usual way-opened apps quickly and easily. The connection with the, in my truck, Bluetooth radio went so smoothly hands free mode was no problem. Since my employer hires technical installations to customers throughout the country, it is also my job to spot. Damages, defects and problems related to note and pass to be repaired. The 3 megapixel camera conforms well before, and what a relief to turn to the relevant departments! These emails using the much larger 7 inch screen

Android 4.3 offers new possibilities smart watches and alternative launchers

Last Friday there appeared a test version of Android 4.3 for the Samsung Galaxy S4. This new Android version is not announced by Google, which is primarily a job was to figure what is actually new. One of the new features has to do with notifications.

Android 4.3
over the next version of Android, we have heard many different rumors, but mainly about when the new version of Android would be launched and not so much about what would be new in Android 4.3. We expected to hear about Android 4.3 at Google I / O last May, but there were only some more details released.

Last week was in the United States start selling the Google Edition of Samsung Galaxy S4. This hardware device is exactly equal to the Galaxy S4 in the Netherlands and Belgium is available, but runs on a standard version of Android. Last Friday leaked a test version of a system update for the Google edition of the S4 and it turned out to Android 4.3.

Besides some small changes in Wifi and presumably the addition of Bluetooth LE (Bluetooth Low Energy) there are not many changes in Android 4.3. Under the hood there will be a thing adapted. Presumably we heard during Google I / O that the next version of Android would still run smoother and make multi-core processors for displaying the interface. Better use
Notifications in Android
One of the main features of Android is the notification from the start screen. Here are several notifications (system) collected apps, so you can see if you have received a new mail and if there might be an application in the background a file is downloading.

Applications can basically only see their own notifications on Android. This is an exception: it is possible to register in the system as --', for people with disabilities an application. This example can also read the notifications screen readers. Applications such as Light Flow that the notification light on your device to change color in different type’s notifications, use these options.

The possibilities are limited: it is not possible to make them disappear from another app, notifications but 4.3 seem to be changing with Android. The developer includes Nova Launcher, Kevin, told Android Police that he had new opportunities in the area of notifications found. That changes are coming, we already knew: the creator of Light Flow had been told that foreground applications from Android 4.3 requires a notification icon to display Google. This foreground applications are not necessarily in the picture, but not just shut down or "frozen" at the moment there is not enough memory.

New features
what are those changes that Kevin did exactly? He found a new screen hidden in the settings of Android 4.3. Then you can see that you are missing. Notifications A complete notification history so. The most interesting is that it seems that applications notifications from other apps can read and delete. This offers a lot of new possibilities. Firstly, applications like Light Flow no detours have to use to access the notifications access. Secondly, it seems that it is possible to replicate. Notification bar Launchers would, for example, can build their own notification bar on the home screen.

There are still some limitations found. Course, application developer’s permission (permission) questions when installing the app from other applications to view notifications, but in the test version of Android 4.3 that has surfaced is not possible for application developers to request these permissions: only system apps can use it. Possibly this will still change before Android 4.3 officially comes out. It seems, at least with only the changes in the area of notifications not yet possible to replace. Official notification bar anywhere

The possibilities are particularly interesting for applications such as Google Glass and smart watches. These smart devices can then easily view notifications and, when they are read, delete. Especially when you consider that Bluetooth LE is added to communicate with these devices, it appears that Android 4.3 is ideally suited to work with smart watches and gadgets like Google Glass. A smart watch Google would sometimes be higher than we expected. Closer

BlueStacks free Android game console: Mini Gamepop

The Android game console violence began OUYA but currently fly the game consoles that run Android on our ears. BlueStacks is next apps also hardware like the Gamepop. A variation of this will Gamepop mini and this console will be free in combination with a monthly subscription.

Gamepop mini
BlueStacks introduced before the Gamepop console and has now released a variation on this device. The Gamepop mini is a miniature of the ordinary Gamepop and will also be for those who subscribe to the service BlueStacks will roll for Gamepop game consoles absolutely free.

For $ 6.99 per month you get the console with a controller and you have instant access to all games within the Gamepop network and that will, according to BlueStacks more than 500 when the two devices will be. Extradited It is hoped many users draw which will be on the Gamepop. There again more games released

to get even more games on the Gamepop one has developed the 'Looking Glass' technique. Allows developers who develop for iOS also bring their creations to the Gamepop.

The Gamepop mini runs like Gamepop on Android 4.2, but has a slower processor and is better to take. Due to its size would you like to order such a console, you can do that here.

Secure android smartphone root with z4root

On "Rooting of Android smartphones and tablets" can be found in forums and blogs are countless articles. Various guides are ready to assist the user in gaining root privileges in text form or as a video. This article will, however, be limited to the currently simplest method for obtaining the root.

What root means at all?
Android is based (such as the iPhone) on the UNIX operating system. And UNIX systems, the highest level in the hierarchy (provided with all the rights) as "root" means. These rights are in android systems it needs to conduct more in-depth changes in the system. These include, for example,
• Deleting pre-installed at the factory condition applications that can not be removed by conventional means
• Perform backups including the complete settings
• Amendments to boot settings (e.g. sound when switching on)
It is strongly recommended to deal carefully with root privileges, so not the basic functionalities of the rooted smartphone or tablets are destroyed by mistake.

Secure rooting with z4root
So far, all available root instructions read somewhat complicated. Z4root in the Android Market, however, was released in November 2010. With this app, the rooting of the mobile phone as easy as never before possible.

Having loaded and started the app from the Market, the user will find a button labeled "root". Now it has to be operated by a finger. Then the app will automatically through all the steps, including the phone reboots.

Once the rights set, the user can perform all activities or use apps that root privileges are required. The hazard warning above still applies. But the path to the root privileges, thanks to z4root significantly simplified. This applies not only to the rooting itself, but also in the event of a problem. Should there be difficulties but in between times, a restart of the Android smartphones for the return to the original state is sufficient.

Z4root can be downloaded for free from the Android Market. A constantly updated list of compatible and incompatible Android devices can be downloaded from the website of the z4root developer.