The tension for AMD fans can be felt in the air. We are about a week away from their official release of AMD’s Ryzen CPU (previously known as ‘Zen’). To whet our appetites, let’s have a look at some leaked benchmarks. (more…)
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Google forcing interactive notification in the Android Nougat 7.1 update
For many users one of the most frustrating things about Chinese phones from Xiaomi and Miuzu and other Chinese brands catering mostly to the China market is that they don’t support dynamic notifications. We echo this sentiment, and while Xiaomi etc… have gone to great lengths to make what they feel is a more functional Android, lack of interactive notifications is a huge gap between AOSP (vanilla) Android and OS such as MIUI. (more…)
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Meizu M3X will be the first MTK6757 Helio P20 phone
MTK6757 Helio P20 has arrived
Meizu has been putting out phones even longer than Xiaomi, with their first release back in 2007 (Xiaomi’s first mobile wasn’t released until 2012). And, they’ve been in the electronics business even longer, producing MP3 and MP4 players as early as 2003. (more…)
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Chinese government possibly moving themselves into top dog of the ivory trade
If we rewind to 2007 there was a sad stance that the government in China took on elephant ivory. Ivory carving was considered “intangible cultural heritage”, which more or less gave the public a government signed and sealed permission to do as the wished regarding the sale of ivory. (more…)
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Vernee Apollo 2 will have AMOLED and Helio X30 MT6799
Vernee, who has only been around for about a year has made quite a splash with the few models they’ve released. (more…)
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How to fix SP Flash Tool image checksum failed
Occasionally a MediaTek MTK ROM may be downloaded and when trying to flash the ROM with SP Flash Tool, there may be an error that states “image checksum failed!” or “image checksum lk failed!”. (more…)
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[Newbie Guide] Flash your Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime using MiFlash and HS-USB QDloader 9008
Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime, Redmi 4 Pro unbrick and Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime flash guide
Flashing your Xiaomi Redmi 4 Prime using the Qualcomm HS-USB QDloader 9008 port is not a difficult process, but it can seem a daunting process for those who haven’t flashed their Qualcomm mobile before. (more…)
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MT6738T vs MT6738 vs MT6737. MediaTek puts out a new budget SoC
MTK6738
MTK6735 was a huge hit in 2015 with $100 ballpark mobiles. In 2016 it was followed up by MTK6737. Now news of a new SoC from MediaTek — MTK6738. (more…)
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MT6799 Helio X30 vs Snapdragon 821. Helio X30 Geekbench 4 results are here.
We first broke the news about MTK6799 Helio X30 about two months back. At this point, MT6799 has made it to the testing phase, either with MediaTek’s own (more…)
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Blade Runner 2049 is coming. It’s been a long wait.
Growing up there were two films that I could watch over and over again without being bored. One of them was Young Guns, and the other was Blade Runner. Right, these two films jump in opposite directions, one to the past and the other to the future, but they both equally enthralled me. (more…)
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Xiaomi Mi5C review specifications
Xiaomi Mi5C review of specs
Just as a Xiaomi Mi4c was released, Xiaomi will also be putting out a Xiaomi Mi5c. The ‘C’ varient are generally a lower specced version. Let’s have a look at what Xiaomi is possibly giving us in the Mi5c. (more…)