Showing posts with label features. Show all posts
Showing posts with label features. Show all posts

Thursday, September 1, 2016

Infinity Chinese Miracle 2 MTK Mediatek v1 46 LG E series support and more features

Infinity Chinese Miracle 2 MTK Mediatek v1 46 LG E series support and more features


Infinity Chinese Miracle-2 MTK/Mediatek v1.46 - LG E-series support and more features

- Main
Core update for support lates v1612 loaders
Flash ID database updates
Definition base updated and revised

- LG E-series support
Activated support for 16 models from E-series :
E440, E440F, E440G, E440J, E445, E450, E450B, E450F, E450G, E450J, E451G, E455, E455F, E455G, E460F, E460


Supported wide range of service, unlock, repair and forensic operations:
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FlashDump Read / Write
NVRAM Read / Write
Security Read / Write
UserLocks Reset without data lost
PatternLock Reading
HW test - RAM, eMMC, Battery
Security repair - IMEI1, IMEI2, WiFi-MAC, BT-MAC
SP unlock (Unlock Code Reading)
AppManager
Format FileSystem
Repair ExtData
Flash Erase
Fix Unknown BaseBand
Init Preloader
Forensic: PhoneBook extraction
Forensic: User Gallery (Photo / Video) extraction

- FW Read Engine Revised
New types supported
Brand-Specific improvements
Files verification improved

- Other
LG connection revised
MT6575/MT6577 DRAM init enabled for service operations
eMMC RO test revised for old platforms
Flash ID database updated
DRAM init complete rebuild (MT67xx and MT65xx series)
Repartition Tool updated ( Regions calculation for some 87xx and 81xx models has been fixed )
Some other bugfixes and improvements


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New method to upload firmware files to support area - Flash Files Database - iosFileUploader

New method to download firmware files from support area - Flash Files Torrent system

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Monday, August 29, 2016

Infinity Chinese Miracle 2 SPD Spreadtrum v1 17 New Test and Repair features !

Infinity Chinese Miracle 2 SPD Spreadtrum v1 17 New Test and Repair features !


Infinity Chinese Miracle-2 SPD/Spreadtrum v1.17 - New Test and Repair features !

SPD SP Platform

- Flash Engine updated
Activated "Update NVM" option
*Update all found in firmware NVM images: Infinity SC and PAC
Activated "Erase Flash" option
*Erase whole NAND/eMMC flash during flashing
Some bugfixes and improvements

- Firmware Reading improved
New types supported
Brand-specific improvements
Improved NAND page detection

- Service operations improved
"Flash Erase" option activated.
*It will erase whole eMMC/NAND flash as well as security and calibration !
*After that operation complete reflashing required !
"Flash IC test" option released
*Allow make simple and fast eMMC R/O check and NAND ecc check

- Other
Some improvements and bugfixes at all
Connection stack revised
SVC mode connection revised
NVM operations revised
FP platform: flash dump files handling revised

- Info
All firmware read by CM2 is complete already and contain all required NVM items for repair after flash erase


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New method to upload firmware files to support area - Flash Files Database - iosFileUploader

New method to download firmware files from support area - Flash Files Torrent system

Infinity-Box 11 (eleven) years (2005 - 2016) updates and support as nobody else - Infinity-Box - News

Unlock Codes (Huawei, SE, Motorola, Samsung etc.), iPhone Unlock, Software Activations - Infinity-Box Online Service

Infinity-Box Dongle ready for delivery
BB5 Easy Service Tool [BEST] Dongle
CDMA-Tool Dongle (fast and easy unlock)

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Sunday, August 21, 2016

Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom Announced Features 16 Megapixel Camera With 10x Optical Zoom

Samsung Galaxy S4 Zoom Announced Features 16 Megapixel Camera With 10x Optical Zoom


Most companies, when having just released a flagship device, then seem to rest on their laurels, advertising heavily before, hopefully, revealing strong sales reports. While Samsung has followed the usual script to a degree, the company is certainly not sitting around and basking in self-congratulation, rather busily announcing and releasing several spin-off devices from its immensely popular Galaxy S4. As well as the ruggedized Galaxy S4 Active and scaled-down Galaxy S4 mini, the South Korean consumer electronics giant has also been working on a model to suit the growing number of point-and-shot fanatics, and today, it has officially revealed the specs of the Galaxy S4 Zoom.
In terms of the device itself, it’s not really a patch on the real Galaxy S4. But its intention is not to boggle the mind with impressive processors and an unholy amount of RAM, the Galaxy S4 Zoom is all about helping you take good photos, and its 16-megapixel camera with 10x optical zoom certainly attests to that.
GALAXY S4 zoom (1)
Although cameras within smartphones have gotten progressively better over the past few years, few have dared to step out and bring anything like the standard of DSLR to our handhelds. Nokia has been perhaps the most forthright with the 808 PureView, and its Lumia range certainly dumps on the other flagship handsets. But this is the first attempt, outside of Finland, that a company has sought to revolutionize the way we view smartphone photography.
GALAXY S4 zoom (6)
With a 10x optical zoom lens and a 16-megapixel CMOS sensor, allied to Xenon flash for strong lighting, the Galaxy S4 Zoom is, on paper, a bit of a jump from what we’ve been treated to thus far. The device is pretty standard mid-to-high-end fare in terms of specs, with a 4.3-inch qHD (960×540) Super AMOLED display and 1.5GHz dual-core processor. It runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean right out of the box and with support for LTE, it certainly has enough about it to support most smartphone users.
GALAXY S4 zoom (7)
The Samsung Galaxy Camera released last year was somewhat indicative of how highly Samsung regards photo snapping, and with many users of the device feeling like it could have been a fully-fledged smartphone rather than just an Android-running camera, here we are with the Galaxy S4 Zoom. The soon-to-be-released smartphone isn’t quite the bulk of the Galaxy Camera, but it’s still rather heavy at 208g.
GALAXY S4 zoom (8)
Does the Galaxy S4 Zoom appeal to your inner photographer, or do you think a smartphone should, primarily, be a smartphone?

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Thursday, August 18, 2016

5 Key Features to Expect in Future Smartphones

5 Key Features to Expect in Future Smartphones


5 Key Features to Expect in Future SmartphonesAs the name suggests, smartphones possess smarter capabilities than mobile phones, providing then additional, now essential functions like web browsing, multimedia entertainment, games etc – much like mini-computers, only small enough to fit in your pocket. Smartphones appeared in the market close to two decades ago as the alternative to mobile phones which carry the primary function to enable only two-way communication by text or calls. The smartphones of today have other extended capabilities including in-built high-quality camera lenses, mobile apps that aid productivity, video-streaming as well as connectivitiy that enable millions to stay connected while on the go.








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What should we expect to see in the development of smartphones in the near future, say in the next five to ten years? This is probably hard to predict with accuracy due to the fast pace tech evolutions have been riding on. Yet, as we await with anticipation, why not observe the existing trends and make some wild guesses on where smartphones are heading? You shall see below a couple of features for smartphones that may become the focal points for development in the near future.

1. Augmented Reality (AR)

The term ‘augmented reality‘ or AR when used in the context of computer technology refers to what we perceive through our senses (usually sight) enhanced through the use of computer-generated sensory input such as sound, video, graphics and GPS data. Simply put, AR makes available more information for us users by combining computer data to what we see in real life. Using the camera on your phone, you can point it somewhere ‘live’ to get an information overlay of where you can find the nearest cafes or dining places, for example.








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Smartphones being portable serve as a good platform for AR to work. You can just whip out your phone to get the latest and relevant info for what you are searching for – information which you would otherwise have to call and ask or search online before heading out of Wi-Fi coverage. Most AR apps available now utilize some form of Global Positioning System (GPS) to facilitate location searches and this feature is likely to develop further over the next couple of years because of its potential. So why isn’t it in all smartphones yet?

It seems that the primary limiting factor is the limited recognition accuracyfor ‘live’ views when we point our camera lens at places, buildings or even people. For AR to work seamlessly and reliably, the technology for recognizing places, things or people must be of a certain standard.
One example on the use of AR via smartphone can be found here. Expect more of such apps to be made available in the market in the years to come.
2. Flexible Screens

It may soon be the case where smartphones are able provide a large screen to watch and play your favorite movies and games while maintaining a pocketable size. Screens can be folded and unfolded, all thanks to Organic Light-Emitting Diode (OLED) technology. This paper-thin screen can even project future-features-smart-phones/ from both sides of the screen, so you can show pictures or videos to your friend on one side while using the other as a control. Check out this concept smartphone by Ikev.






With such physical flexibility for smartphones, some companies even have plans on make wearable smartphones for the masses. For instance, Nokia is currently conducting research on their concept device, Morph (http://research.nokia.com/morph), which offers users the option of wearing it as a wrist watch or unfold it to use as a typical handset as and when required. It all depends on the task the users are engaging with.
3. In-Built Projector

If flexible screens are not enough to compensate for the small screens on smartphones why not integrate a projector within? Samsung Galaxy Beam was released back in the second half of 2010. It features a built-in DLP (Digital Light Projection) WVGA projector that is able to project future-features-smart-phones/ at up to 50 inches in size at 15 lumens. What good will this do? Well, for one thing, future smartphones can actually be turned into an interactive gaming consoles without a need for a TV screen; all you’ll need is a flat surface. Instead of a physical controller, you can use your body or your voice. Similar to Kinect, a smart camera and a voice control function can capture your movements and voice commands to let you interact with objects and future-features-smart-phones/ on the projected screen.











Of course, you can imagine the drainage rate on your smartphone’s battery life and there’s also the other issue with luminance i.e. the amount of light it outputs. In-built projectors for smartphones must be small, and as the paradox sits: the smaller the projector is, the lesser light it will be able to give out. With better technology though, issues such as these will be addressed in time, making projectors a part of a new experience you can now engage with your smartphone.
4. Seamless Voice Control

Voice control has been receiving much attention since Siri made headlines. Voice control has existed in many earlier mobile phones even though the voice recognition function was crude at best. Research has been made to advance the development of voice control, but it has proved to be a paramount task.

Siri might have signaled a breakthrough to the way voice control and recognition programming ought to be made. Instead of recognizing commands via sound waves like most voice-recognition systems, Siri interprets diction and syntax in a similar fashion to how we recognize speech. Such Natural Language User Interfaces prove to be more effective and accurate.








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The interest with voice control for computers and especially smartphones has always been there since the pioneer MIT research, "Put That There" studied different ways to communicate with computers in 1980. With the newly improved voice recognition app, Siri, as well as the greater capabilities of smartphones in the years to come, seamless voice control seems to be a viable goal. That, combined with gestures may bring interactivity to a new level for smartphones and their users.
5. 3D Screens & Holograms

Smartphones may have already reached the peak for their screen resolution with Apple’s ‘Retina Display‘, which actually provides a resolution that is sharper than what the human eye can perceive. Yet, even then, we still want more. Mobile companies are now moving from 2D future-features-smart-phones/ to 3D future-features-smart-phones/ for the smartphone screen. At present, we have a couple of 3D smartphones in the market, such as the LG Optimus 3D, the Motorola MT810 as well as the very first Samsung AMOLED 3D. So what happens after 3D?






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Well, the next path could possibly be holographic projections. In essence, holographic projections will mean a combination of 3D future-features-smart-phones/ and projections from the smartphone. According to Mobiledia Network,MasterImage 3D had previously showcased their ongoing development on a projection system that allows smartphones to display 3D holograms at the annual Mobile World Congress last February. If you want to talk about the potential of holographic projections in smartphones, it’s great. 3D displays can be integrated with elements of movements when it comes to user interactions with the phone. For example, you can resize your photos by using your hands to ‘pull’ or ‘compress’ the holographic photos that appear in front of you, move objects by ‘grabbing’ them from one place to another, etc. If you’rea fan of Tom Cruise’s ‘Minority Report’, this would be your dream come true.
all set for smartphones of the future?

It’s exciting to expect these features in our future smartphones but I wonder what it will take for us to get there. I’m talking about the price we may have to pay in exchange for such awesome features in our smartphones. Apart from that, there is also the other issues that can work up a storm: must our privacy be compromised for augmented reality to work at its fullest potential? Can marketers exploit our private details to obtain otherwise inaccessible data about us, our likes and preferences?

Also, with so much incorporated into our smartphones will the case of total dependence of the user on their mobile devices be a problem? Everyone is waiting to see what the smartphone industry can offer, and how the masses will react to the emergence of new and better smartphones along with the multitude of issues that come with each technology that is introduced to public use. I’m very curious to see how things will unfold, are you?


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Friday, August 12, 2016

Samsung Galaxy NX Android Powered Camera Announced Features 20 3MP Sensor Interchangeable Lenses

Samsung Galaxy NX Android Powered Camera Announced Features 20 3MP Sensor Interchangeable Lenses


Samsung has long since shown more than just a fleeting interest in the photography, and has further underlined its intention to improve the options available to camera lovers by announcing yet another Android-based camera. The Galaxy NX Camera, which the Korean company just unveiled at its Premiere 2013 event today, packs an impressively large, 20.3-megapixel sensor, and with interchangeable lenses, is certainly a step up from last year’sGalaxy Camera.
Smartphones have really pushed the envelope for easily accessible cameras, and the Android interface provides the perfect hotbed for wannabe photography aficionados to hone their skills. The Galaxy Camera was Samsung’s first effort, and the Galaxy NX camera borrows the same idea and develops it further.
Galaxy Camera NX 1
The marquee feature has to go down as the 20.3-megapixel APS-C sensor, and although we’ve been enjoying vastly improved shot-taking ability on our smartphones over the past few years, the Galaxy NX is certainly a step up from what we have become accustomed to.
It runs on Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean along with Samsung’s aftermarket TouchWiz overlay, and with a solid 1.6GHz quad-core processor, will deliver a very slick Jelly Bean experience.
Galaxy NX 1
One of the major annoyances with the Galaxy Camera was that, despite running on Android, it didn’t have phone capabilities, and although this is to be expected of a camera, the Galaxy NX may once again frustrate those struggling to adapt to the arrangement of a small screen without the ability to make and receive calls.
With that said, the Galaxy NX does throw in Wi-Fi and 4G LTE connectivity right out of the box, allowing users to easily upload / share their high resolution images with the rest of the world.
Galaxy NX 2
The Galaxy NX Camera isn’t the only device Samsung has prepared to woo the growing crowd of snap-happy folks, either. The Galaxy S4 Zoom may not be as technically proficient as the real thing, but its shot-taking capabilities will see it challenge Nokia’s impressive PureView tech for supremacy within the smartphone market.
Galaxy NX 3
The Galaxy NX will be available for purchase this summer. The pricing is yet to be disclosed later on.
On first impressions, what do you make of the Galaxy NX Camera? Are these Android cameras just a gimmick, or do they serve a viable purpose in combining recognized interfaces with solid hardware? Do share your thoughts below.


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