Many budget phone buyers are patiently (or impatiently) waiting for Android Lollipop to come to MTK devices. That day looks to be right around the corner, as Lenovo, one of the first major brands to adopt MTK SoCs has released their A7000 (AKA A7600) with Lollipop and MediaTek’s new MT6752M SoC.
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Lenovo Releases Lollipop 5.0 MT6752 Device
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$100 MT6732 Elephone G2 Preview – Should you buy an Elephone?
Elephone has come with some very well designed phones in terms of style, and the price was always good for the specs. They have also released some innovative phones, such as the P5000 with a gargantuan 5430mA battery. (more…)
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Wireless Charging from MediaTek
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Auto root any China phone / tablet MT6592 MT6582 MT6595 MT6732 MT6752 MT6795
There are normally several ways to go about the task of creating CWM / TWRP, creating a backup, or installing gapps on your MT6735 MT6753 MT6755 MT6797 MT6737 MT 6737T MT6592 MT6582 MT6595 MT6732 MT6752 MT6795 phone, but one of the steps that often makes these easier is getting rooted. You might also want to check out auto creating TWRP and Phil’z Touch custom recovery. (more…)
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Kyocera at MWC with a Solar Phone
At this year’s MWC, Kyocera will be showcasing an ultra rugged Windows Phone, the Kyocera Torque. The ruggedized aspect of the phone extends to the phone’s usability despite running out of battery.
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Tech Security: Shutdown Malware on Chinese Phones, Lenovo’s Superfish Cure, Hacked SIM Encryption
Shutdown Malware on Chinese Phones
AVG Antivirus has spotted a type of malware that targets phones running Android v4.4 and below.
The malware emulates a phone shutdown sequence, making the user assume the phone is in shutdown, but is actually fully functional and accessible to hackers.
It is reported that phones with root access are less likely to be infected, but users are urged to be extra cautious about download sources of apps. Furthermore, phones running on Lollipop OS will not be affected — a pretty good reason to want for a Lollipop update.
Lenovo’s Superfish Cure
Lenovo has been busy trying to salvage the situation they’ve dropped themselves into. Recent Lenovo laptops have reportedly been installed with the Superfish adware, which was supposed to help users discover new products.
However, the tech company had failed to spot a serious security flaw, wherein users logged onto the same Wi-Fi network as the adwared machine will be able to hack through the computer’s web encryption. This allows the hacker to spy on the user and even feed malware into the infected laptop’s data stream.
Lenovo released a tool that would uninstall the Superfish program as well as remove web browser certificates, and are taking a serious step, working with Microsoft and McAfee to ensure all affected machines will be cured of the bug.
The company said the laptops infected are those sold between September 2014 and January 2015, but give their confidence that no ThinkPads are affected.
Hacked SIM Encryption
SIM-maker and digital security company, Gemalto is currently investigating the claims that the Mobile Handset Exploration Team has gotten their hands on encryption keys of Gemalto SIM cards.
The MHET is a joint force of some of NSA and GCHQ agents. They allegedly spied on Gemalto operations, specifically how the encryption keys were handed off to their wireless carriers partners. The team then intercepted the hand off and have gained access to keys of millions of SIM cards.
With access to encryption keys, users’ calls and messages can easily be accessed and monitored with ease. Furthermore, as SIM cards are simply transferred from smartphone to smartphone, the spies have backdoor access to the phones as well.
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Ulefone Be Pro Lollipop Android 5.0 News – YouTube / Pics / Note
According to Ulefone, Lollipop is right around the corner. While I don’t quite look forward to new OS as some people do, I do understand the desire to have the latest and greatest. (more…)
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ARM Cortex A-72 Processors For Next Generation Chipsets
At the heart of nearly every smartphone out there is at least one ARM processor core. The various chipsets powering Android smartphones are based on ARM Cortex cores.
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Smartphone Batteries with Twice the Capacity
SolidEnergy is a start-up company that specializes in the research and development of rechargeable battery technology. Their main target is the development of batteries powering E-Vehicles. While they are on their way towards that, the company has potentially solved the short life span of lithium-ion batteries by using metal electrodes.
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Raspberry Pi 2 Quad Core at $35
The famous development board from the Raspberry Pi foundation, that has greatly impacted software development, now exists on a whole new level.
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MediaTek Update: MT6753 Mid-Ranger and MT6735
More and more phone models are utilizing the quad-core MT6732 and octa-core MT6752 64-bit chipsets; the latter going into phones under the high-end category, while the former into low-end phones. While the MT6732 is tagged as low-end, its benchmark test results are still quite impressive, and at par with the popular 32-bit MT6592 that carries twice as many cores.
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Elephone P7000 Review Specifications – 3GB RAM 1080p 3200mA
Elephone just keeps pumping them out. I just reviewed the powerful, but software crippled P6000 and the excellent Elephone P3000. Next to be released is the new wave of MT6752 SoC phones and Elephone is in on the game with the high-spec, metal-framed P7000. (more…)
