Archives for July 2014

[Tutorial] How to Install Android 4.4.4 C-RoM (v7.1) on Galaxy S4 LTE (GT-I9505)

July 23, 2014 By Asif Leave a Comment Filed Under: Android, Firmware, Tips and Tricks

You guys can now upgrade your Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE (GT-I9505) to the latest v7.1 C-RoM custom ROM based on Android 4.4.4 KitKat OS. Apart from bringing performance enhancements, bug-fixes and stability improvements, C-RoM v7.1 offers a slew of new features including revamped System interface layout, floating windows & new animation controls, dual-panel support, new ad-blocker, Dialpad padding, etc.

Sounds attractive, doesn’t it? Just follow our brief step-by-step tutorial given below and the entire upgrade process will be a breeze. Make sure you’ve carefully read the update prerequisites first so you don’t end screwing up your phone. [Read more…]

Microsoft outs Nokia Lumia 530; 4″ FWVGA Display and Quad-Core Snapdragon 200 SoC in tow

July 23, 2014 By Asif Leave a Comment Filed Under: Gadgets, Telecom, Windows Phone

The much-rumored Nokia Lumia 530 has officially been unveiled by Microsoft as the most affordable entry-level Windows Phone 8.1 smartphone to date. Lumia 630 sports a 4 inches FWVGA LCD display (with ClearBlack, sorry!), a 1.2GHz quad-core Cortex-A7 process based on Snapdragon 200 chipset and 512MB of RAM. It’ll be priced at €85 ($114) excluding taxes and subsidies.

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Download Firmware v1.74 PUP for Sony PlayStation 4 – Direct Links

July 23, 2014 By Asif 1 Comment Filed Under: Firmware, Gadgets, Gaming Consoles, Tips and Tricks

Sony has finally gone live with the global rollout of a new firmware update (version 1.74) for its PlayStation 4 gaming console, aimed at providing a bunch of minor stability improvements for the system software. You can automatically apply this update by navigating to Settings > System Software Update if you’re console is already connected to the internet. Alternatively, the PUP file for this update can be downloaded via the direct downloaded via the direct download links given below.

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Download v11.4.1.17 Android 4.4 Firmware for Asus Transformer Pad (TF701T) with US/WW SKU

July 22, 2014 By Asif Leave a Comment Filed Under: Android, Firmware, Gadgets, Tips and Tricks

Asus has finally pushed out the Android 4.4 KitKat firmware update (version 11.4.1.17) for its Transformer Pad (TF701T) for the US and WW SKUs (stock keeping units) only. Since the update won’t be available via OTA, you will have to manually download the update package for both SKUs via the direct download links given below. [Read more…]

Download Firmware v5.4.5 for Amazon Kindle Paperwhite 2nd Generation

July 22, 2014 By Asif 1 Comment Filed Under: Firmware, Gadgets, Tips and Tricks

Amazon has officially outed a new firmware update (version 5.4.5) for its Kindle Paperwhite 2^nd Generation e-book reader, bringing a good deal of handy features, performance enhancements and bug-fixes that were overlooked in earlier software versions of Kindle Paperwhite.

One of the coolest features of this firmware is “recent-page-synchronization” that automatically updates every book on all the Kindle devices registered on the same account to the most recent page a person has read. Moreover, you’ll be now able to download a sample copy of all physical books that have been ordered through Amazon in your Kindle Paperwhite’s Cloud tab. The pan-and-zoom mode in PDF documents now shows a small preview window on one side of the screen. [Read more…]