It’s Friday, November 6, 2015, and let’s talk about what happened this week over at XDA-developers.com.
First up, big news, Chainfire has released a method for rooting Android 6.0 Marshmallow… but it doesn’t actually require modifying your system partition, just modifying the boot image. He says doing it this way makes it cleaner, easier to unroot, easier to update, and so on. It’s still an experimental process, so there could be buginess to doing it this way, but head on over to the SuperSU beta thread if you want to learn more about it.
I haven’t said anything about it on here yet… but yet another bend test of the Nexus 6P has shown up on YouTube. From what I’ve gathered, there are concerns, just as there were with the iPhone 6, that there’s a structural weakness in the phone, and hopefully Google and Huawei are looking into it. I’m not going to go any deeper into it than this… you didn’t buy a flip phone, it’s not supposed to bend in the middle. Proof of concept is all well and good, but I think once is probably enough.
Oppo rolled out a new version of Color OS to the Find 7, bringing it to version 2.1.5i Stable, and they announced that this is going to be the last version of Color OS for the Find 7. From this point on, they’re going to focus on building AOSP for it, which is a much better option, in my opinion.
In a bit of bad news, Android Central did an interview with Blackberry’s President of Devices, and apparently the bootloader on the Priv is not going to be able to be unlocked. Challenge… accepted.
Mobile security firm Lookout figured out that, since certain apps can easily exploit your device and gain root access from a user perspective, it’s certainly possible that a malicious app could do the same. And apparently there are over 20,000 apps, usually legitimate apps pulled from the Play Store, that have been repackaged with adware and placed in third-party app stores, that can do just that. So I guess the moral of the story there is, just make sure you know who you’re getting your apps from. If you do end up with one of these trojans, you can try to remove the infected app, since they can’t really be detected currently by antivirus software, but you might have to go as far as reflashing the stock firmware on your device, so again, please just be cautious when installing new apps.
Speaking of security exploits, Google has a security team called “Project Zero” that, within a week, found 11 exploits on the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge. Luckily, Samsung jumped on it and has patched 8 of those 11 already, and the others will be fixed soon.
The OTA for Android 6 on the Google Play edition HTC One M8 started rolling out this week, and a URL to download it was made available, so if you’ve got that device, get ready for some Marshmallow.
CM 12.1 started rolling out to the Yu Yureka and Yureka Plus this week. Official nightly builds of CM 12.1 for the International and T-Mobile LG G4 variants are now available as well.
TWRP for the Nexus 6P has been updated, bringing in the SuperSU update that doesn’t touch the system partition, and also adding in support for decryption of user data.
XDA Recognized Developer flar2 figured out a way to enable double tap to wake on the Nexus 6P by using a custom kernel, so if that’s a feature you’ve been missing, check out his post in the forum.
XDA Senior Member papi92 found a way to enable Band 12 LTE support with Voice Over LTE support on the Nexus 6P as well, using only fastboot commands, and has made a guide with download links available.
XDA Recognized Developer herna released an early build of OmniROM based on Android 6 for the OnePlus One. Again, it’s an early build, so don’t go expecting it to be 100% stable quite yet.
XDA Senior Member Vlasp released a guide showing you how to install the Xposed framework on the Amazon Fire tablets without actually needing a custom recovery.
XDA Senior Member Bobby060 and his team released a guide showing how to enable the Camera2 API on the new Moto X devices, which adds in support for raw images as well as more manual functionality, but make sure to read through to see all the pros and cons before jumping in there.
And XenonHD ROM was released by TeamHorizon, bringing Android 6.0 to the LG G3, though it’s also still considered experimental.
“Jack did a review of the Honor 7 in an article, so if you want to see his thoughts on the device, links down below.”
Forums for the newly announced Asus Zenfone 2 Laser are now available.
And 5 other videos were posted to XDA TV. Episode 5 of the XDA / Android podcast was posted, I did the last video in the “Best phones under $100” series. Then three videos I made while I was at DroidCon were released as well.
But you know what? That’s going to be about all from me for today. You can find the links to all the stories I talked about in the video description, as well as the links to my YouTube channels. Make sure to stay tuned for more exciting content coming out soon, give us a “Thumbs up” down below if you liked this video and subscribe to receive our content as soon as it becomes available. Thanks for watching, and I’ll see you next time.
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Stories mentioned:
Chainfire Releases Root For Android 6.0 Without Modifying /system
Nexus 6P Bends Again in a new Bend Test Video
Oppo Releases ColorOS v2.1.5i Stable Version For Find 7, To Now Focus On AOSP
Blackberry Priv’s Bootloader is Not Unlockable
Lookout Discovers Trojanized Adware that Secretly Acquires Root Access
11 new Security Exploits found for the Galaxy S6 Edge
Android 6.0 OTA Live for the HTC One M8 GPE, URL Captured
CM12.1 Begins Rolling Out to YU Yureka and Yureka Plus
Official CM12.1 Nightly Builds are Available for the LG G4
TWRP for the Nexus 6P Now Supports Decrypting in Recovery
Kernel Dev Finds Hidden Double Tap to Wake Feature on the Nexus 6P
Activate Band 12 with VoLTE on Nexus 6P
Android 6.0 OmniROM Available for the OnePlus One
Install Xposed Framework On Amazon Fire Tab Without Custom Recovery
Enable Camera2 API And Manual Camera Settings on Moto X Style/Pure
XenonHD ROM Brings Marshmallow to the LG G3
Honor 7 XDA Review: Polished Hardware, Unfinished Software
Forums for the Zenfone 2 Laser Now Open
XDA/Android Podcast Episode 5: “Battle of the X Phones, In Virtual Reality!”
King of Best Phones Under $100 (Part 5)
Punching Things at DroidCon UK 2015! – XDA TV
DroidCon UK 2015: Honor 6 Plus and 7 Hands On – XDA TV
DroidCon UK 2015 Brought to You by Skills Matter – XDA TV
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