By chance, I got my hands on a Samsung GT-S5300 smartphone, which also has a working battery - reason enough to put a SIM card in an adapter and see what can still be done with a phone from 2012 in 2021. First, the most important technical data: the Samsung ...
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In principle, all o2 customers (also from other providers such as Drillisch) should be able to use VoLTE. So far, this has not worked on my Redmi Note 5 Pro ("whyred"), with HavocOS 2.1 (Android 9.0) this works now: HavocOS is a custom ROM, which is based on ASOP Android 9.0 and is "inspired" by Google Pixel. In order to install it, you have to ...
Xiaomi's Redmi Note 5 is quite an interesting device that promises smooth work with Snapdragon 636. Whether the price of a good 185 Euros is justified will be clarified here. The Redmi Note 5 is quite comparable with Xiaomi's Mi A1 with Android One in terms of format - a bit more modern with ...
With the Mi A1, Xiaomi offers a mid-range device with Android One - updates & LTE Band 20 included. Until now, the support of the LTE Band 20 in Germany by many network operators was a problem for smartphones from the Chinese manufacturer Xiaomi. With the A1, there is now also an international version, which is sold directly in Germany. Technical ...
Project Treble" is supposed to improve the update problem in the Android world - unfortunately, the full functionality is only available for devices that were shipped with Android 8.0 "Oreo". It almost seems like the manufacturers are intentionally trying to slow down Treble: even devices that are only introduced in 2018 (and thus after Android 8.1 is released) ...
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Especially those who want to follow sporting events like the 2018 World Cup on their mobile phones can do so comfortably with the help of a Raspberry Pi with tvheadend and VPN via PPTPD. Everything you need for this setup is already there if you are using tvheadend on a Raspberry Pi with DVB-C. If this is not the case, you should ...
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With the Mini M8S II Smart TV Box you can expand any TV with HDMI connection by a Kodi media center. The current generation is 4K-capable. The format of the Mini M8S Smart TV box roughly corresponds to the Amazon Fire TV: a little over one centimeter high, flat and black. In terms of connections, there are the usual: two USB, one ...
Those who still use a Motorola Moto G of the first generation from 2013 can now upgrade to Android 6.0.1 with CyanogenMod 13. If you are already using CyanogenMod 12.x, the update to the new version is installed directly via the OTA update function. Disadvantage: If Google Play Services are installed, they also have to be updated to the new, Android 6.0.x compatible ...
For the LTE variant of the Moto G LTE (1st Gen., 2013) apparently no Android 5.0.2 comes, but Motorola goes directly to Android 5.2 - the update probably comes a little later for it. So while there are said to be tests with Android 5.0.x on the Moto G LTE in various regions, according to Androidpolice.com, Motorola has decided to ...
The Android "Lollipop" update for the Moto G (2013) has already been rolled out worldwide for some time, and now it seems to be available in Germany as well. Motorola directly relies on Android 5.0.2 and thus spares the customers the first - mostly buggy - versions. With "Lollipop", the new basic look in "Material Design" also comes to the ...
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