XDA TV: Rawad Rants About Samsung Apps and RAM

In this new XDA TV video, Rawad rants about Samsung apps and their poor RAM management. So many Samsung phones have fallen victim to the many extra apps sitting in your RAM. Rawad breaks everything down in the video.

There is no doubt that accessing data from RAM is faster than accessing it from anywhere else. Many people will say "Free RAM is wasted RAM". This may be true but filling your RAM with apps that you will never use is pointless. Samsung likes to ship their phones with a lot of extra bloatware. Many of these apps take up a lot of space in your available RAM. So even though your device might have 6GBs of RAM, it doesn't do you much good if it's all occupied by Samsung apps.

See the video to heard Rawad's  full thoughts on the situation.

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Android 7.0 Users Report Issues with Bluetooth Connectivity

We're seeing reports from Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P users who are having Bluetooth connectivity issues after they have updated to Android 7.0 Nougat. The reports initially started toward the end of last month, and have continued to add up throughout the week. Multiple people are responding with different solutions, but there doesn't seem to be one universal fix at this time.

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Samsung Explains the Issue with the Galaxy Note 7 Batteries

Samsung published an official statement about the Galaxy Note 7 battery issues on their UK website. Most of what is said in the post is general information type stuff, but they did talk about what went wrong with the batteries during the manufacturing process. Samsung says the battery cell is overheating "when the anode-to-cathode came into contact," and says this is a "rare manufacturing process error."

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Factory Images and Full OTA Images for Android 7.0 Nougat for Nexus Going Live! [Updated with Nexus 6P Links!]

Android 7.0 finally arrived for the public yesterday, but Google slacked off a bit and did not give us direct download links for OTAs and factory images. While OTA's are good when you do not want to unlock your bootloader, system images come in handy when you mess something up and just want to get back to stock Android.

Here are the factory images for the devices that Google has provided for:

Device	Download
Nexus 5X "bullhead"	bullhead-nrd90s-factory-d6bf1f56.zip SHA-256: d6bf1f56311f03903908a7fa20f75e5f9c2d21d5cbe4cc26aeb85b19a05544df
Nexus 6P "angler"	angler-nrd90u-factory-7c9b6a2b.zip SHA-256: 7c9b6a2b91be9cfad51e40cd43a9c82be9829a4af6d581c456802ec41017b4d9
Nexus 6 "shamu"	Coming Soon
Nexus 9 "volantis"	volantis-nrd90r-factory-84de678f.zip SHA-256: 84de678f9f4b5b96f2f44dfba0ef0794a56e3727c11e410fb0f485f545083c78
Nexus 9G "volantisg"	Coming Soon
Nexus Player "fugu"	fugu-nrd90m-factory-ecb8ca56.tgz SHA-256: 663a9f79612b3a1e3710148c62e4c0a4513c0fea34953ebb8268d94567a9b817
Pixel C "ryu"	ryu-nrd90m-factory-6aec2222.tgz SHA-256: 843758b3c5bc6ef0e73102b13c1a7e33a0b2645c39c4966ade312a5d2e6574ae

You do need an unlocked bootloader to flash these images. Installation instructions can be found here.

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Here are the Full OTA links for the devices:

Device	Download
Nexus 5X "bullhead"	bullhead-ota-nrd90s-11bca8c7.zip SHA-256: 11bca8c7440fb1fe6839b336d90373acd403afa57c2a6bc7a91dbe7b01b67f75
Nexus 6P "angler"	angler-ota-nrd90u-519758d5.zip SHA-256: 519758d5bf3f826b33db2965850ec53f82b591c9f6d023b6c367b5535439710e
Nexus 6 "shamu"	Coming Soon
Nexus 9 "volantis"	volantis-ota-nrd90r-7c417d20.zip SHA-256: 7c417d20aaf5f27d1ce5eef7c53cf8c5deee2dcc5a3f75e76383699184535b13
Nexus 9G "volantisg"	Coming Soon
Nexus Player "fugu"	fugu-ota-nrd90r-a45ccb30.zip SHA-256: a45ccb3050882606b0877d0520f39d8b9ad94d6a8daffc37ef6fc402a548a40c
Pixel C "ryu"	ryu-ota-nrd90r-d8c91d96.zip SHA-256: d8c91d968129f224d4fa112bdf730ff080f880b85a71b96c8017bbc287625d96

Installation instructions for the OTA's can be found here.

We'll update the list as and when more images come out.

Let us know your Android 7.0 Nougat experience in the comments below!

Edit, 9th September: Added the Nexus 6P links for factory images and OTA zips. We've also updated all the links to reflect the newest update available.

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Xiaomi Releases Kernel Code for the Mi 5

Months after the phone was released, Xiaomi has finally released the kernel source code for its flagship, the Mi 5. this kernel release should aid in bringing proper kernel support with additional features to the third part development scene.

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Get Android Nougat on the Nexus 7

Miles is back with another awesome video for XDA TV. This time we are looking at how you can get Android Nougat on your 2013 Nexus 7. Google dropped support for the device so it has been left up to the developer community to take it from here. An AOSP ROM has been put together to get Android 7 on the device. So if you're looking for something like that, then this is a solution for you.

The only issue that was found during review was some stuttering with YouTube playback. Everything else ran smoothly including intensive features like split screen apps.

If you want to get this ROM and flash it on your device, check out this thread here.

 

 

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The Android Cast: Episode 19 – “The Performance Mariologues”

This week on The Android Cast:
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– The crew goes over the LG V20 announcement and what it means for LG, the niche market it caters too, and what happened to the G5 modules???
– We then discuss the Apple event (what podcast is complete without it) while some of us let out our innermost affections for the enemy.
– Finally we wrap up on a discussion about where mobile processors are today and how Qualcomm is struggling to compete against the Apple A10 Fusion.
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Bonus for Audio Listeners!!!
XDA writer Garwynn expresses his thoughts about mobile phone reviews and how it is mirroring a market that needed change a few years ago.

Bonus for Video Watchers!!!
Watch as the Hangouts On Air camera gets stuck on me and doesn't change for almost 2 minutes!

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The Android Cast will bring you the best news each week from the perspective of the XDA team. Each week you can find our latest episode here, on Stitcher, on Google Play Music Podcasts, on TuneIn, on iTunes, on Youtube and on your favorite podcast app through the RSS feed: http://ift.tt/2cxz4n5.

Audio Version!

 

Video Version!

 

Today's cast includes:

Mario Serrafero: Twitter
Daniel Marchena: Twitter
Corey Feiock: Twitter
Eric Hulse: Twitter

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