All About Android

Android is an operating system based on the Linux kernel,[12] and designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. Initially developed by Android, Inc., which Google backed financially and later bought in 2005,[13] Android was unveiled in 2007 along with the founding of the Open Handset Alliance: a consortium of hardware, software, and telecommunication companies devoted to advancing open standards for mobile devices.

700,000 apps available for Android

In October 2012, there were approximately 700,000 apps available for Android, and the estimated number of applications downloaded from Google Play, Android's primary app store, was 25 billion.[17][18] A developer survey conducted in April–May 2013 found that Android is the most popular platform for developers, used by 71% of the mobile developer population.

Android is the world's most widely used

smartphone platform,[20] overtaking Symbian in the fourth quarter of 2010.[21] Android is popular with technology companies who require a ready-made, low-cost, customizable and lightweight operating system for high tech devices.[22] Despite being primarily designed for phones and tablets, it also has been used in televisions, games consoles, digital cameras and other electronics.

Developers and enthusiasts

Android's open nature has encouraged a large community of developers and enthusiasts to use the open-source code as a foundation for community-driven projects, which add new features for advanced users or bring Android to devices which were officially released running other operating systems.

The main hardware platform for Android

the 32-bit ARMv7 architecture. There is support for x86 from the Android-x86 project,[7] and Google TV uses a special x86 version of Android. In 2013, Freescale announced Android on its i.MX processor, i.MX5X and i.MX6X series.[69] In 2012 Intel processors began to appear on more mainstream Android platforms, such as phones.

Showing posts with label Sony Xperia. Show all posts
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Friday, December 20, 2013

Install Sony Xperia Z Boot Animation for other Android Phone



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Sony Xperia Z Boot animation are available for another smartphones and Android tablet. thanks to XDA developers now you ca install the animation into another android phone.

Whenever a company produces a new interface, the elements and files that installed on the Android operating system are regularly extracted and made available for all other smartphones. We all know that Sony Xperia Z had receibed new launcher and new bootnimation. We can say that this spny xperia z launcher design and display is very awesome, and make many another smartphone users want to get the same launcher too. But now the developers from XDA forum have successfully make the same launcher and boot animation for another device, But at this moment only available for Samsung Galaxy S3, S2, Galaxy Note 2, and Galaxy Note.

Apparently the launcher and the bootanimation is not yet perfect and there are a liltr problems in the management of widgets, but the rest seems to work properly, doing a fine figure on the amoled displa, mainly because the Sony is among the most minimal and elegant on Google's mobile operating system.

Now, If you want to install Sony Xperia Z boot animation you can follow the explanation below

As usual, Sony perhaps is the best in design and display, with minimal style but very stylish as you can see from this video at the bottom of this article that show the beauty of its boot animation display.

Tutorial install sony xperia z boot animation on other deveice


With any program like Astro File Explorer, or you can replace the current Android animation with another file explorer, and don't forget to make a backup of the previous boot animation file and that to do this procedure you must have the root piermission.
The file that you must replace is located in System/media, while the zip package of the animation you can download.The small procedure should not caused high risks, but if you have no idea what we are talking about please ask specific question in the comments, so that we can give you a advice if you need it.

(File type-zip 1.7MB)


Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Sony Xperia Z Album And Walkman Apps free


Sony Mobile has begun rolling out a new update to all their flagship Xperia Z Smartphones. The new update brings in an updated Album (photos) and Walkman (music) apps, the same ones which debuted with the recently launched Sony Xperia Z Ultra. You could either wait for the notification to pop up on your phone for an OTA (over-the-air) update, or you could just download both the Album 
(updated version 5.1.A.0.4) and Walkman (updated version 7.9.A.0.1) APKs directly from XDA (Dropbox links), transfer the APK files to your Xperia Z (mind you, it won't work on any other phone) and install it via your file manager.





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