Samsung’s refreshed 2017 models of Galaxy A5 and Galaxy A3 are pretty impressive spec phones. Since they introduced Galaxy A series phones back in 2014, Samsung have been upgrading the phones every year and making them better. These 2017 models comes with Always-on display which they introduced on Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge. Also, the new Galaxy A5 & A3 are water resistant ~1.5 meters for 30 minutes, IP68 certified. Now, both of them features fingerprint sensor and USB Type-C ports.
How to Root Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2 SM-T900 Running Android 4.4.2
Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2 is an amazing big screen tablet from Samsung. Along with a large 2560×1600 resolution display it is stuffed with 3 GB RAM, 8-core processor, 32 GB internal storage along with a microSD slot. The tablet is fast and responsive but comes with a lot of bloat-ware. You can not remove them or uninstall them if your tablet is not rooted. I am using this tablet from last year with stock Android 4.4.2 (KitKat) that was shipped with the tab. I felt the device is not using all the resources and not delivering enough performance as it is capable of. I even wrote a small post on How-to make Samsung Galaxy Tab PRO 12.2 Fast. On top of that Samsung hasn’t updated the firmware to Lollipop yet and Android M preview version is knocking at the door. Using a custom or AOSP ROM provides better performance in most of the case and lets you upgrade your firmware to the latest version. Hence, I decided to root my Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2 and use a custom Android 5.0.2 (Lollipop) ROM. I did it successfully without any problem, I’m sharing my experience on how I did it. [Read more…]
Samsung Galaxy S4 (SHV-E330S) Shows up on AnTuTu Benchmark
Samsung Galaxy S4 (SHV-E330S) shows up on AnTuTu benchmark running Android 4.2.2 on a 2256 MHz speed processor (around 2.3 GHz). There are already few variants of Galaxy S4 we know about and still Galaxy S4 Zoom is considered to be rumoured unless Samsung make it official. The device will be released in South Korea later this year probably with LTE-advanced support.
