HTC One vs Samsung Galaxy S4. Which one will survive in year 2013? Well, HTC One X lost the battle with Samsung Galaxy S3 last year. Faced lot of issues on my HTC One X. I was hoping that HTC One X can perform better than my legendary HTC HD2. I put too much hope on HTC One X and it failed terribly. On the other hand, Samsung Galaxy S3 is a developer friendly device. And I do not face issue on both software and hardware. So does it mean that Galaxy S4 will win this year too? Time will tell…
Left behind the bad news of no Triangle Away support for Galaxy S4 I9500, I have a good news for you ~ Samsung Galaxy S4 supports USB mass storage mode now. Yes, instead of limiting yourself to media device (MTP) or camera (PTP) mode, try out USB mass storage mode on your Galaxy S4. SG USB Mass Storage Enabler is the hero today. And it supports GT-I9500, GT-I9505 and SGH-I337 models. It should work on every Galaxy S4 model in this case since Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 and Samsung Octa core are supported. I already updated the guide – How to enable USB mass storage on Galaxy S4? Be sure to check it out…
Yes, you read the title right. There will be no Triangle Away for Samsung Galaxy S4 GT-I9500 Exynos 5 Octa core model for the moment based on Chainfire Google+ post (link). As mentioned by XDA user, sorg, I9500 has boot block hardware write protection. And Chainfire does not own I9500 so it is tiresome for him to do the development. Until he has a I9500 to develop Triangle Away for Galaxy S4 I9500 or other developers have a workaround to reset the flash counter and kernel binary status, your Galaxy S4 is officially warranty void if you had rooted it.
Meet Slicepad D8 little brother ~ Slicepad D7. It is a 7″ screen budget tablet loaded with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Its hardware specifications are almost likes Slicepad D8 which powered by ARM Dual-core Cortex A9 CPU @ 1.6GHz and Quad-core GPU. Loaded with 8GB of storage and 1GB DDR3 RAM. And support microSD card and USB Pen Drive through USB host. It also has HDMI output to enjoy movie or games on bigger TV screen. Instead of using TN panel screen like Slicepad D8, Slicepad D7 is using IPS screen which provide better and wider viewing angle.
Rest in peace HTC… Oh, I mean my HTC HD2. Good bye, my very first smartphone. HTC HD2 was a great piece of hardware back in year 2009 (check out my HTC HD2 unboxing). It is the best developer friendly smartphone ever. Yes, you can run stock Windows Mobile 6.5, Windows Phone 7, Android, Ubuntu and Meego on HTC HD2. I don’t think there will be a phone that can do so in the future.
