[Download] LG Nexus 4 System Dump

Here you have it folks, the system dump from the highly anticipated LG Nexus 4, exclusively from Android Task Force. The system dump is available in one large file (291MB) or broken up with the apps (144MB), sounds (3.2MB) and wallpapers (5.7MB) available by themselves. If you share this post anywhere, please source/linkback to this page. Thanks! Download links below.

• Full System Dump  (Mirror)  (291MB)
• System Apps         (Mirror)  (144MB)
• Sounds                 (Mirror)  (3.2MB)
• Wallpapers           (Mirror)  (5.7MB)

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HoloWeb - The Browser Of The Future. For Today

What Is HoloWeb? 
HoloWeb Is An Ultra Blazing Fast And Stylish Web Browser Built For Android 4.0+

How Fast Is HoloWeb? 
As Every Developer Would Say About Their App Its Amazingly Fast But Users Have Said That HoloWeb Smokes The Stock Android 4.1 Browser, Chrome And Firefox And Thats Amazing.

What Does HoloWeb Feature?

• Start Page For Quick Access To Bookmarks And Recently Visited Sites
• Phone And Tablet Support (With Full Tablet UI)
• Only A Little Over 300KB In Size
• An Array Of Settings And Controls
• Addons
• Find In Page
• Full Screen Mode For Phones
• The Full HoloUX
• Full Sandboxing Of Web Pages
• Full Security To Protect Users From The Web
• Flash Video Support
• Instant Video Loading (Tested On YouTube And Its Amazing)
• Multiple Tab Support
• Preloaded Bookmarks
• Page Sharing
• User Agent Choices
• Split URL And Search Bar
• Google, Yahoo, Bing, Ask Jeeves, Wikipedia Search Providers
• And More

What's New In 1.4?
New Features

• Adding The Status Bar Back
• Brand New Custom Holo Theme
• New White Icons
• Updated Design
• Smaller APK File Size
• New Home Button For Tablets
• Upgraded Coding
• Updated Tablet UI
• Updated UI Icons
• Speed Improvements
• Brand New App Icon
• And More

You Can Download 1.4 Below
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Version : 1.4

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SPECIAL THANKS TO ANASTHASE FOR THE SOURCE CODE AND FOR MAKING THIS ALL POSSIBLE

So Enjoy HoloWeb
Thanks,
Jack

iOS 6 Redesigned Apple Store Review

The App Store is Apple’s crown jewel in iOS and with the release of iOS 6, it has received a major overhaul. From user interface changes to new features, the App Store has been significantly improved from its previous iteration. There have also been several under-the-hood changes and improvements to existing features. In what follows, we take a look at all the new features and improvements App Store has received in iOS 6.


Apple Apps Recommendation
When you first launch App Store on your device, you should see a recommendation popup by Apple, suggesting a few free apps by Apple and allowing you to install them together in one click.

 

Revamped User Interface
Whether you have used the new App Store or just seen it in action, the most major change you must have noticed has to be the revamped user interface. Those of you familiar with the Chomp app discovery app will instantly recognize these changes to be inspired by it, and that indeed is the case. Apple acquired Chomp earlier this year and it seems the developers of Chomp have since been busy working with the App Store development team to deliver the new, ‘Chompy’ App Store experience in iOS 6.



As you can see above, the ‘Categories’ tab has been removed in favor of the ‘Genius’ tab. The whole UI has seen a major upgrade, incorporating a beautiful featured apps slide show on top, with several curated lists of popular apps below. Categories have been integrated into the Featured tab itself. Here is how it looks on the iPhone/iPod Touch.

 

The ‘Top Charts/Top 25’ tab has been replaced with ‘Charts’, simplifying and unifying things. This feature has also seen an interface overhaul, showing the Paid/Free/Top Grossing categories in vertical columns and eliminating horizontal scrolling altogether. The result is a much more refreshed, clean and fluid UI that doesn’t look overwhelmingly busy or cluttered.



The ‘Purchased’ tab has been updated to utilize the new and refreshed interface and replace horizontal scrolling with vertical while keeping its content and functionality unchanged. To emphasize iCloud integration, the apps you have purchased or previously installed will now show up in the Purchased section with a iCloud icon next to them that you can tap to install them on your current device.




The enhanced Genius feature now utilizes the recommendation engine from Chomp to offer more relevant app suggestions, displaying results in fancy looking cards rather than a list. The Search feature has been similarly changed to display results in cards.


 

We must say these cards look really amazing, and flicking them left and right to scroll between the Genius recommendations and Search results is a pleasure. Both Search and Genius features display a similar card interface on the iPad as well. As you can see below, Search on iPad no longer has a ‘Device’ selection box and instead offers two tabs for iPad and iPhone apps on top. In addition, the category and price selection menus have been made compact and the sorting menu has been added in the same line with them along with the result count, providing more room for displaying the results.

 

App Info Pages
A lot has changed on the info pages for apps. Previously, you were shown a detailed description on top and had to scroll down to view screenshots, see app information like company, size, version etc., and access the ratings button, which took you to yet another page to view ratings or add your own. In iOS 6, all of this has been replaced with a refreshingly revamped interface that integrates all these features together in a much more useful way. If you have used Android, you will be surprised at how similar to Google Play Store this area feels.




On the new Info page, you can see app Details, Ratings and Reviews and a newly added section for ‘Related’ apps. It’s the same information, just organized in a better way. Screenshots are now shown on top in the ‘Details’ view, similar to Google Play Store on Android, and the rest of the information is neatly organized in the sections below, showing an expandable Description, What’s New, detailed Information, Developer Info and Version History.

 


The ‘Reviews and Ratings’ section has also been enhanced with Play Store-like details on star ratings. The App Support page link has also been relocated to this section. The ‘Related’ feature also seems to be inspired by Android’s Play Store, and shows you apps related to the one you’re viewing. It could definitely use some improvement, as currently it only showed us more apps from Google as related apps for Google+, when it should have instead shown similar social networking apps like Facebook and Twitter.


 


New Sharing Menu
The new universal sharing menu integrated throughout iOS has also been added to App Store, replacing the old ‘Tell a Friend’ feature. You can now share an app using Mail, Message, Facebook or Twitter, or just copy its direct web link.




Facebook Integration
The deep Facebook integration newly introduced in iOS 6 is also visible in the new App Store. In app cards, you can now see how many of your friends have liked that app, right above its rating stars. You can like or unlike an app under ‘Ratings and Reviews’, where you are also shown the names of your Facebook friends who have liked it.




You can also share the app’s iTunes Store link on Facebook from its option in the Share menu.



App Installation And Updates
iOS 6 also brings some changes to the app installation and update experience, aimed to eliminate a couple of annoyances that were there in the way applications were installed in iOS 5 or earlier.




Ideally, there should be options in App Store settings to choose when you want to be asked for your Apple ID password while installing or updating apps. While iOS 6 doesn’t quite bring that flexibility, it does take a step in the right direction. You no longer need to provide your Apple ID password each time you update a currently installed app or install a paid app that you have already purchased. However, you still need to provide it when installing any app for the first time, which is just ridiculous for free apps. Let’s hope a future update addresses this annoyance too by at least offering an option to disable it.



Upon installing an app, you are no longer kicked back to the home screen to view the app’s icon and progress bar while it installs. Instead, you can stay in the App Store to browse and install more apps to your heart’s content. Don’t worry about keeping up with the app installation progress – it’s now visible on the app’s card right in the App Store itself. It’s a completely logical step since not many find the idea of sitting and looking at progress bars on icons on your home screen very amusing. It will also urge many to browse and install more apps by keeping them in the App Store. Progress bars still show up on the app icons so if you do find looking at them while they install amusing, by all means feel free.




Lastly, your recently installed apps now have a nice, shiny ‘New’ ribbon on their home screen icons. This makes spotting these fresh arrivals on your iOS device much easier.

 

When it comes to app updates, you can now see the new changes made in the update by simply tapping “What’s New” under the app’s name in the list of updates. In addition, ‘Update’ buttons have been added on all the apps in the list, letting you directly update them individually without having to open their details screen. The comparison below shows these changes, with iOS 5 on the left and iOS 6 on the right.


Changes In Settings
Apple has combined settings for all its stores into one in iOS 6. The section for App Store in iOS 6 Settings has been renamed to ‘iTunes & App Stores’ from ‘Store’, thus combining settings of both these stores together. Therefore, the ‘iTunes Match’ toggle is now available under this section.



Under The Hood
In addition to the visible changes, there have also been several improvements under the hood. First and foremost, the app ranking algorithm has been tweaked, reflecting the work done by the Chomp team since its acquisition by Apple. The visible aspect of this change can be seen in the way the ‘Genius’ feature has been made more prominent, while giving the ‘Categories’ section a back seat.


This will call for a need at the developers’ ends for better app store optimization, as app rankings now incorporate Chomp’s algorithms that rank them based on several factors including popularity on blogs and social media websites, user response to recommendations and an analysis of search terms used by users in App Store, browser as well as certain other search apps.

This concludes our coverage of the new iOS 6 App Store. Stay tuned as we continue bringing you details on the latest and greatest from iOS 6.

A great Review courtesy of Addictivetips.

Nexus 4 Build Quality Shot Quantified

Several pictures of the LG-built Google Nexus 4 have been showing up across the Internet. The featured image in this article really caught my eye because it shows the internals of the device relatively well. While this device has not yet been released, a lot can be said (and judged) about a device’s hardware, even without full board shots. Overall, it appears to show that LG’s build quality is considerably lower than that of the Samsung Nexus devices in the past. In this article, We intend to write about the design pros and cons of the highly anticipated Nexus 4.

Design Pluses
Large external speaker - One of the biggest complaints with Samsung’s designs is the low powered/small sized speaker. While it delivers a trade-off in battery life versus sound quality/quantity,  the Nexus 4′s larger speaker should suffice to produce adequate sound.

Good speaker placement - The speaker placement on the Nexus 4 places the speaker at the corner of the device rather than the center, where your palm blocks it in portrait mode. While the Galaxy Nexus forces you to hold the device in an odd position to bounce sound from your palm to your ear while in portrait mode, the Nexus 4 will not have this problem. The corner orientation places the speaker in a optimal position for both landscape and horizontal palm redirection while watching movies. This same orientation can also be seen on the Meizu MX.


Design Minuses
Bolted in battery - The defining line between “Operator Replaceable” and “Qualified Service Technician” is the use of tools. The Nexus 4 not only requires a screw driver, but the plastic tabs on the edges will break if removed improperly. Once those tabs are broken, signal quality will be lost from the connection with the Spring Antenna Connections.

Spring Antenna Connections - The problem with Spring Antenna Connections or simply Spring Connections in general is: When tension is lost, signal is lost. Loss of tension between the back plate and the board can occur when a tab breaks or the back plate is warped. Warping of back plates can occur easily, and is quite frequent as devices age from stress, dropping, impact, or even a day in a hot car. You may notice some old devices such as remote controls or phones will squeak and creek when you press on them. This noise is generally attributed to warping or breakage of tabs, which would be critical for the WiFi/NFC/data/GPS/Bluetooth connections on the Nexus 4.

Lack of impact zones - Many current devices including Samsung’s entire lineup include impact areas around the bolts and the edge of the device.  This allows the device to sustain impact without altering the physical structure of the board, causing components to come lose.  The absence of impact areas causes a device to be more fragile and less resistant to impacts.  This also increases a device’s warpage risk, which can alter device dimensions and cause the Spring Connections to fail.

Tape used instead of structure and shielding - A well designed device will use its own structure to hold components in place. Tape is a disposable part. Disposable parts have no place inside of a properly designed device. The disadvantage here is tape can take components off the board when removed. Tape is also messy, and leaves residue on a board and other components. There is never a situation when using tape instead of physical structure is required, and the use of tape is often a harbinger for other build quality problems.

Recommendations for next revision
Make the speaker grill bigger - A speaker grill is designed to keep the operator’s fingers out, not to keep water out.  The small size of the speaker grill on the Nexus 4 will impede speaker sound and motion, and thus the overall dB level. This physical obsturction means the speaker wastes power on compression of air rather than audible sound creation.

Replace the battery tape - Instead of using tape for the battery, a slight overhang at the bottom of the metalized battery section will suffice to keep the battery from moving around inside the device.  Another way is to place glue or double-sided tape on the bottom of the battery.

Replace the communications tape - Instead of metalized tape on the communications section of the board, use a physical shield cap, which makes it serviceable and more tidy.

Use impact zones - Impact zones prolong device life.

Use a physical connector and a film substrate for the back cover - The back cover of the device consists of several separate connections spread across the entire device.  This means warpage anywhere in that area can cause the device to lose connectivity.   The primary focus of a mobile device is connectivity, and that should not be trusted to spring connections. The spring connections should be replaced with a physical connector of some sort. A physical connector would also save space.

Do not bolt down batteries - Batteries should be easily removable in the event of a problem.  Getting the rear cover off is enough work.  The compression method has been trusted across the spring connectors on the board, which are held in place solely by pressure. A proper connector holds itself in place. A slight bit of foam-rubber would do the same job as a spring, save space, save tools and remove the need for “tools” when replacing the battery.

Do not put the IMEI on the back cover – There will surely be aftermarket accessories for the device or people who want to replace the back cover, or add an extended battery.  The IMEI should be on the board, or at least bolted to the device.

At first glance, the Nexus 4′s hardware appears to be a quality downgrade from the Galaxy nexus. After release we hope to be able to give a much better analysis.

[Photo Credit: Reddit]

Source:XDA

Choose your side!

When it comes to talk about mobile operating system, there will only three popular OS in our minds: The Apple’s iOS, Google’s Android and Microsoft’s Windows Phone. Recently, the war in world of mobile OS becomes hotter with each others’ plans to release upcoming newer version with obviously better features. Lets say Apple with iOS 6, Microsoft with Windows Phone 8 and Google with Android 4.2 Jelly Bean.
 

• Well, let’s start with what’s coming on the Windows Phone front. The most major under the hood change that we’ll see in Windows Phone 8 is the switch to the Windows NT kernel. This means that the OS will heavily share code with its desktop counterpart (networking and multimedia code is pretty much the same across platforms), and it will take advantage of many under the hood performance enhancements made in Windows 8 for mobile devices. Apps can be easily ported across platforms, and desktop-grade features such as UEFI secure boot, BitLocker, and a more phone-optimized version of Internet Explorer 10 are all made possible because of this. Put simply, Windows Phone will become more of a brother to Windows 8 than a cousin.
• Also coming to the Windows Phone platform is a revamped, more useful version of Tellme, smaller home screen tiles, the phasing out of the Zune services with Xbox-branded media services taking its place, OTA updates, and NFC support, among other things.
• As you can see, some pretty major improvements are coming to Windows Phone. So major, in fact, that the update will not be able to run on existing devices.

• That being said, what’s new in Jelly Bean? Some pretty major things are in the pipeline with Android’s upcoming OS as well. There are a few improvements that we were unable to really mention on the chart. For one, Google touts that some pretty significant performance improvements were made in the OS, particularly to create “fast, fluid and smooth” transitions between apps or the home screen. Notifications have also been revamped. Described as “actionable“, they now allow you to view and react to a notification by taking the appropriate action (such as being able to reply to an email).
• What we did not mention, however, is an updated version of Android Beam, an NFC-based feature that makes it easy to share between Android devices in close proximity to each other. Also, Google has concocted its own voice assistant to rival Siri dubbed Google Now.

• iOS 6 is the upcoming major update for the iPhone, iPad and iPod touch. It brings with a bunch of new and handy features. To name a few, we have Facebook integration, 3D maps, a smarter Siri, better Mail app, shared Photo Streams, Passbook etc.

So, before I jot down the details of the three OSes and spoil the fun altogether, take a look at our comprehensive chart below courtesy of guys at Redmondpie:

After Google, Microsoft and Apple, we have Facebook

Facebook might be working on a Facebook phone after all, despite repeatedly denying any such plans. A reliable source told Pocket-lint that HTC is working on a device codenamed Opera UL.

The phone in question has appeared in the NenaMark2 results database and what we learn is the phone is powered by a 1.4GHz (probably dual-core) Krait processor with Adreno 305 graphics and sports an HD display. It's currently running on Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean.

It seems Pocket-lint have no reason to doubt their source and we should probably be listening for a word from HTC and Facebook in the indefinite but not so distant future.

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Dawn of True HD 1080p Smartphones

The first 1080p smartphones are a reality and regardless whether you consider 400+ ppi pixel density as great or as an overkill, the next generation of Android flagships will most probably feature FullHD screens.

MK News is reporting that Samsung is already working on a Full HD display, which will use the company's trademark Super AMOLED technology while LG is using  Advanced High Performance In-Plane Switching or AH-IPS LCD.

This is the same technology that LG used in one of its panels last year for which they also won an award. Compared to standard IPS panels, AH-IPS panels have greater color accuracy, wider viewing angles and greater light transmission which leads to lower power consumption.
It's not clear how big the display will be either, though it should have a pixel density of at least 400 ppi  meaning 5" or bigger. 
 
Speaking of phones with 5-inch Full HD screens, the HTC J Butterfly is already official.

It packs  5.0-inch, Super LCD 3 with a resolution of 1920 x 1080, which gives it a pixel density of the astonishing 440 ppi. The display is quite big but at 143 x 71 x 9.1 mm, the J butterfly is only slightly bigger than the One X (134.4 x 69.9 x 8.9 mm) and at 140g weighs just 10g more.

Inside, the HTC J butterfly runs on a quad-core Qualcomm APQ8064 Snapdragon S4 processor clocked at 1.5GHz with 2GB of RAM. It has 16GB internal memory along with a microSD card slot.

On the back is an 8 megapixel camera with 1080p video recording and on the front is a 2 megapixel camera. The phone supports LTE and NFC and is dust and waterproof (IPX5). Strangely, for a phone with such specs, the battery is only 2,020mAh. Lastly, the J butterfly will ship with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean out of the box.



The Oppo Find 5 has a 5-inch screen of Full HD resolution with a narrow 3mm bezel. It runs on 1.5Ghz Qualcomm APQ8064 quad-core chipset with 2GB RAM. The aluminum unibody has a thickness of merely 6.9mm and the 12MP camera with a Sony backlit sensor allegedly doesn't bulge at all.
But that's not all, as there is also a nice and hefty 2500mAh battery inside to power the thing. Oh, and there's Android 4.1 Jelly Bean preinstalled.





The Xperia C650X Odin is rumored to feature a 5" screen with the impressive 1080p resolution, resulting in an mind-blowing density of 440 ppi, a quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro processor with four 1.5 GHz Krait cores, a 13 MP snapper on the back, 2GB of RAM and 32 gigs of internal storage.

All these beasts are set to launch sometime next year , but one thing thing is for sure that they'll give the smartphones of today a run for their money.

Stay tuned guys!

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