The update is immediately available for the LG Uplus and SK Telecom variants and should be available for other South Korean carriers soon. It is unknown whether or not will global release of Note 7 Fan Edition also receive the update. People in the know-how believe it to be very possible.In order to download the update, go to Settings > Software Update menu. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Monthly Archives: April 2018
New, live images of Samsung Galaxy A6 Plus available
Both the image above and this one came from the Taiwan National Communications Commission, which has just certified the device. Pictures are not of the highest quality but good enough to notice some of the phone’s features: metal unibody design, Infinity display and a dual rear camera. Phone’s lenght seems to be 160 milimeters. Not much is known about the phone’s specification, but we have heard it will be have Snapdragon 625 chipset, 4 gigabytes of RAM, microSD slot and Android Oreo OS. Phone will be released in Russia, Europe and Middle ...
Vietnam Samsung Galaxy A7 (2017) gets updated to Android Oreo
Build number A720FXXU3CRD3 has just been released for the Taiwan version of Galaxy A7 (2017). The 1.3 GB update consists of not only all the Oreo functions but also an April security update. If your phone will not update automatically, please go to Settings > Download updates manually > Software update. Tweet Vote on HN ...
Huawei P20 Pro update is here
And it is a big one! Weighing 3.46 GB (wow), build number CLT-L29 8.1.0.107(C432)-FULL brings with it a large number of lesser optimalization and security fixes. The ”big” fix introduced is fixed issue with updating the online themes in the Themes section. Not very impressive for a three and a half gigabyte worth of download. Tweet Vote on HN ...
New render of Motorola Moto Z3 Play is out
Android Headlines has just published the newest render of Motorola’s upcoming mid-ranger, Moto Z3 Play. Render depicts a 18:9 phone with round corners, Moto Mod junction and dual camera setup with LED flash. What it does not show is a rear-mounted fingerprint scanner, but we have heard that it will be implemented into one of the phone’s side buttons. As for phone’s specs, it has been known for some time already due to all the leaks:– 6′ display, Full HD+ resolution,– Qualcomm Snapdragon 636 cPU, eight cores,– Adreno 509 GPU,– 4 GB RAM LPDDR4, ...
HTC U12 listed on Verizon, some specs released
HTC’s upcoming U12 flagship smartphone has just been noticed in Verizon’s database, and the listing came with a few of the phone’s specs. Neat.– Super LCD 6-gen display, WQHD resolution, frameless,– IP68 water-resistance,– Bluetooth 5.0,– LTE category 12,– 3500mAh battery,– Android 8.0 Oreo OS, HTC Sense Companion overlay.The device may or may not be released by the end of May. Tweet Vote on HN ...
New Gmail right around the corner. New design, new functions
It took months of rumours, gossip and an occasional leak, but we have made it – yesterday, Google officially presented the newest update of its well-known e-mail service Gmail. This improved Gmail offers a large variety of new functions, more interesting of which are:– reminder function, e.g. ”Monday, 19:00, brush your teeth”,– shortcuts to services,– setting chosen conversations into quiet mode,– opening attachments without opening the mails,– reminder of long-time waiting messages,– suggestions of declining newsletters after not ...
Phones will not kill any more, or how Android P and others put a stop to gun emotes
Android P operating system has recently changed its gun emote; instead of an actual pistol, it now presents a water gun. The change can be pretty surely tracked to the latest mass shootout that recently have become America’s national pasttime. Since no company wishes to risk being somehow connected to the future and past trageides, many smartphone providers decide to ”chicken out” and remove any gun icons from their phones’ completely. Google is not the first one to do so, too: both Microsoft and Apple have got rid of them way in 2016. Gun emotes can still be found ...
Ouchies, or Samsung Galaxy S9 has a nasty graphic bug
Oh dear, oh my; a relatively serious bug has just been found in the Galaxy S9 smartphone. As it turns out, the Snapdragon 845 version of the smartphone is prone to crashing when under strain AND running a Samsung Internet Browser. Phone’s graphic card has trouble handling certain special effects produced by the browser and causes the whole device to shut down. Tests revealed that the same thing does not happen when using Google Chrome or other browsers.Patch is on the way, although there is no official word on its release date. For now I can only suggest not using the Samsung Internet ...
Specs of Samsung Galaxy S9 Active leaked
Galaxy S9 is a pretty great phone but it could use one improvement, mainly a larger battery. It is good, then, that the Galaxy S9 Active picks up the slack in that department. Code-named SM-G893, device packs an impressive 4000mAh battery. The rest of it specs is the same as those of normal Galaxy S9; you can learn them from the picture above. Text being in Dutch may or may hint at a release wider than US-only, as previous Active phones used to be. Tweet Vote on HN ...