Video: Preview of Paranoid Android’s HALO With Multiple Notification Support

by: | posted 05.10.13 | News, Root, Videos

HALO

The first alpha builds for Paranoid Android that have the new HALO feature baked in have been out for a week now, but one thing they seriously lacked was the ability to handle multiple notifications. Well, it appears the addition of this feature is just about ready for launch and have been previewed in a new video found on YouTube. 

Builds of Paranoid Android 3.50 Now Up for Verizon “toro” Galaxy Nexus

by: | posted 05.06.13 | Galaxy Nexus, News, Root

Paranoid Android Halo

Over the weekend, the first alpha builds of the 3.50 Paranoid Android ROM hit the Nexus 4 and Nexus 7. Starting today, all of you Galaxy Nexus owners can get in on the fun too. What makes Paranoid Android so special is that it features the fancy new Halo feature, something we have been chatting about for the past week. With Halo, you can have a system-wide Chat Head-like feature for your most recent notification. It’s new, sexy, and very cool. 

Paranoid Android to Introduce New Multi-Windowing Chat Head-like Feature in Upcoming Alpha Build

by: | posted 04.30.13 | News, Root, Videos

Paranoid Android

Details are still scarce as to what exactly is going on, but there are plenty of teasers on Google+ and YouTube taking place, showing proof of concept for a new “multi-window” feature that is to be baked into the Paranoid Android ROM. Please allow me to try and explain. Imagine a Chat Heads-like function for every application on your device. That is what they are working on. 

Custom ROM Friday: RageHD for the Motorola DROID RAZR HD

by: | posted 04.26.13 | News, RAZR HD, Root

RageHD

I will admit, it is nice to start talking about custom ROMs for Motorola devices again. After a breakthrough on the unlocking of Moto bootloaders, developers have been hard at work to bring their ROMs to a new line of devices. Today, we are featuring RageHD for the DROID RAZR HD on Verizon, developed by BigDaddyHicks and his team. 

Custom ROM Friday: Scott’s CleanROM for Samsung Galaxy Note 2

by: | posted 04.12.13 | Galaxy Note 2, News, Root

verizon logo galaxy note 2

Welcome to Custom ROM Friday. Today, we are featuring CleanROM for the Galaxy Note 2 from developer scrosler. There is only so many ways to describe a custom ROM, so who better to sum up their work than the developer themselves? Here is the basic idea behind the ROM - “CleanROM is targeted to the towards the user that wants a stock ROM experience with the ability to choose the features and functions they want, demand performance and expect stability!” 

CyanogenMod 10.1 M3 Builds Now Available For Large List of Devices

by: | posted 04.11.13 | News, Root

Cid CyanogenMod

It’s almost the weekend, so let’s get a shiny new ROM flashed for you to play with. Today, CyanogenMod launched the 10.1 M3 builds for an impressive list of phones like the Galaxy S3, Nexus 4, One X, Galaxy Nexus, etc. Naturally, as more builds are uploaded for different devices, you can expect to see this already impressive list grow even larger. 

Now Taking Submissions for Tomorrow’s Custom ROM Friday

by: | posted 04.11.13 | News, Root

custom

Tomorrow is Friday, which means it’s time to submit your choices for Custom ROM Friday. There are hundreds of developers out there with tons of great work, so here is your chance to make sure that everyone is getting their fair share of the glory.

In the comments, link us to your favorite ROM currently and go over why it should be featured. In essence, what makes this ROM better than the others? Let us know which device you are running it on too.

Check out our previous Custom ROM Friday posts.

Custom ROM Friday: SynergyROM for the Samsung Galaxy S3

by: | posted 04.05.13 | News, Root

galaxy s3 blue

Yesterday, we took submissions for Custom ROM Friday and got an overwhelming response to check out SynergyROM for the Galaxy S3. SynergyROM brings your basic Galaxy S3 skin look, but with lots of performance tweaks and optimizations such as re-sizable floating windows, Photo Sphere abilities, and other goodies.