How to Root the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 (Sprint, T-Mobile, & International Variants)
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How to Root the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 (Sprint, T-Mobile, & International Variants)
Whenever a new Android device is realized, the first thing I figure out how to do is to get it root access. Generally speaking, rooting has never been easier, with many one-touch methods like Stump and Towelroot available. But as manufacturers and carriers increase security with each new product, there is one tried-and-true root method that continues to work on most Samsung devices—Chainfire's CF Auto Root.
I'll get this out of the way now—when I say "most", I don't mean most devices, I mean most carrier variants. If you have an AT&T (our model) or Verizon Wireless version of the Samsung Galaxy Note 4, I'm sorry to say that we'll be waiting some time for a proper method of rooting (the bounty at time of writing is about $5,000).
But, if you're sporting a Sprint, T-Mobile, or international variant of the latest in the Note series, here's how to root your new device.
Step 1: Download the Necessary Files
You'll need a couple of things to get started—the appropriate CF Auto Root file for your device and Odin for Windows (which is packaged with the CF Auto Root ZIP). While there is an Odin-like program for Mac (calledHeimdall), it is not officially supported by CF Auto Root, and we cannot recommend using it at this time.
- CF Auto Root for Sprint
- CF Auto Root for T-Mobile
- CF Auto Root for US Cellular
- CF Auto Root for International models (be sure to download the correct file for your model number/processor type)
Step 2: Extract the Downloaded Files
The CF Auto Root ZIP file will extract to one .tar.md5 file—this is the file we want—as well as a couple of files for Odin and a couple of DLL files. If you end up with recovery.img and cache.img files, you've extracted too far.
Step 3: Set Up Odin
Once extracted, right-click the Odin3 application file, then select "Run as administrator."
Now click the "PDA" option in Odin and select the .tar.md5 file.
Additionally, be sure that the "Re-Partition" option is not checked.
Step 4: Place Phone in Download Mode
Now power off your device and back on while holding the Volume Down + Home + Power buttons, then select the Volume Up button to enter "Download Mode."
Step 5: Flash CF Auto Root
Now plug your device into your PC and you'll notice a COM message show in Odin, as well as "Added!!" in the progress window. All that's left to do is hit "Start".
The process can take up to a few minutes—you'll see your device go into recovery mode, flash SuperSU, and reboot. Once your device has booted back up, open the SuperSU app from your app drawer and let it update binary files (if necessary).
Troubleshooting
If your device does not go into recovery mode, simply run the process again, this time unchecking the "Auto Reboot" option in Odin. Run Odin again, and when it sticks, pull the battery from your device, place it back in, and boot holding Volume Up + Power + Home. This will manually take you into recovery mode where the rest of the process will finish up.
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Best Gaming CPUs For The Money: February 2015
Best Gaming CPUs For The Money: February 2015
Since our last update we've recorded the first Broadwell-U benchmarks, which deliver the usual power and performance improvements we've come to expect from Intel's product updates. Of course we have some interesting price adjustments to report, too!
If you don’t have the time to research benchmarks, or if you don’t feel confident enough in your ability to pick the right processor for your next gaming machine, fear not. We at Tom’s Hardware have come to your aid with a simple list of the best gaming CPUs offered for the money.
February Updates:
We learned a lot about Intel's 15 to 28W notebook-oriented Broadwell-U processor line-up at the Consumer Electronics Show last month. For a list of launch models and specifications, check out Intel Reveals Details On Broadwell-U At CES. While we haven't put together a proper review yet, Lenovo was gracious enough to give us some benchmarking time with the company's freshly-minted ThinkPad X250 and W550s laptops, facilitating the first benchmarks on Intel's Broadwell-U Core i5-5200U And i7-5600U. By now, we expect a lot from Intel's regular processor cadence, including improved power usage coupled with better performance. Broadwell-U does not disappoint, as those test results show.
Speaking of Intel, the company's online prices remained fairly stable through January. All that we noticed were $5 price drops on the $63 Pentium G3240 and $120 Core i3-4160, along with $10 reductions on the $200 Core i5-4690S, $230 Core i5-4690K and $300 Core i7-4790.
As usual, AMD's portfolio demonstrated more significant changes. The $84 A8-5600K and $100 A10-5800K dropped by $5. The A4-6400K, A8-6600K and FX-6300 shed $10 to $53, $85 and $100, respectively. The FX-8370E became $15 cheaper at $185. The A10-6700 and A10-7850K both benefited from a $20 price cut to $128 and $150, respectively. Conversely, the A4-6300 is $5 more expensive than last month at $45, and the FX-8320E and FX-9370 gained $10 to $150 and $220.
None of these price changes affect our recommendations, although some of the listed products are slightly cheaper than last month.
In other CPU-related news, ARM Announced ARMv8A-Based Cortex-A72, 16nm FF+ Process, Mali-T880 GPU. While this isn't an x86-based chip, it's interesting to note that ARM claims it boasts a 75-percent reduction in energy consumption across the same workloads compared to last year's devices, and frequencies of up to 2.5GHz.
Some Notes About Our Recommendations
This list is for gamers who want to get the most for their money. If you don’t play games, then the CPUs on this list may not be suitable for your particular needs.
The criteria to get on this list are strictly price/performance. We acknowledge that there are other factors that come into play, such as platform price or CPU overclockability, but we're not going to complicate things by factoring in motherboard costs. We may add honorable mentions for outstanding products in the future, though. For now, our recommendations are based on stock clock speeds and performance at that price. Remember to check out our new performance per dollar comparison page, where you can overlay the benchmark data we’ve generated with pricing, giving you a better idea where your ideal choice falls on the value curve.
Cost and availability change on a daily basis. We can’t offer up-to-the-minute accurate pricing information in the text, but we can list some good chips that you probably won’t regret buying at the price ranges we suggest (and our PriceGrabber-based engine will help track down some of the best prices for you).
The list is based on some of the best US prices from online retailers. In other countries or at retail stores, your mileage will most certainly vary. Of course, these are retail CPU prices. We do not list used or OEM CPUs available at retail.
| PRODUCTS IN THIS ARTICLE | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Pentium G3258 |
Amazon$62.99
| BUY NOW | |
| AMD FX-6300 |
Amazon$105.18
| BUY NOW | |
| Intel Core i5-4460 |
Amazon$189.99
| BUY NOW | |
| Intel Core i5-4690K |
Amazon$215.00
| BUY NOW | |
| Intel Core i7-4790K |
Amazon$334.90
| BUY NOW | |
| Intel Core i7-5930K |
Amazon$571.99
| BUY NOW | |
| Intel Core i3-4160 |
Newegg$120
| BUY NOW | |
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AIMP free download. Always available from the
AIMP free download. Always available from the cyber bird servers
An excellent audio player with handy extra tools
AIMP is the best audio player we’ve tested in a long time. It’s beautifully designed and has tons of features that make it the perfect choice as your default player.
With AIMP you can organize your MP3 files in a library, edit tags if necessary and enjoy them in excellent audio quality. AIMP works with other popular formats as well, including karaoke files and several playlist formats.
AIMP offers all the standard playback functions you find in other similar apps: an 18-band equalizer, visualization effects, a separate window to view your current playlist, fading effect between songs, a normalizing filter to avoid sudden volume changes and support for global hotkeys.
But there’s more to AIMP than just that. The program also plays online streaming radio stations, includes a complete tag editor and can be set to repeat a certain part of the song – which comes in handy when you’re trying to decipher the lyrics!
The interface in AIMP is both attractive and intuitive. All functions and buttons are clearly laid out, and the design can be easily tweaked with skins.
We tried hard to find any, but there are really no cons about AIMP. It’s an awesome audio player you just have to try.
If you’re still searching for the perfect music player, AIMP may be the answer.
Recent changes
* Common: Localizations has been updated
* Sound Engine: The algorithm of advanced channels processing has been improved
* Skin Engine: Compatibility with AIMP2 skins has been improved
* Plugins: Rendering speed of visualizations has been increased
* Plugins: Compatibility with Last.fm Client v2 has been improved
- Fixed: The Audio Converter ignores command line switches
- Fixed: The Audio Converter raises an exception, if "move output to..." options is active and target path is empty
- Fixed: The Audio Converter increases tempo of composition twice when encoding to MP3 Mono format
- Fixed: Player used to jump over one track after deleting file from the playlist in some cases
- Fixed: Player resumes playback on startup incorrectly, if previously playing file has been removed from the playlist
- Fixed: Player resumes playback queue incorrectly, if two or more playlists has same name
- Fixed: Incremental search does not work in the Tag Editor's genre selector menu
- Fixed: The Audio Library does not suggest to create a new group in some cases when navigating by fields values
- Fixed: %IN macros is expanded incorrectly when sending files from playlist to external directory
- Fixed: Small bugs and defects
Review last updated: 08/08/12
Pros Nice interface design with support for skins
18-band equalizer
Support for online radio
Full featured tag editor
Support for all popular audio formats
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how to root a java phone
9 steps to root your java phone
This tutorial is specifically for Nokia java users. It will permanently give you access to the administrative section of your java phones and make you the boss instead. This post was originally created by techbucket.This method of rooting will let you bypass permission questions like "allow network access? This application is not from a trusted supplier and some annoying questions or security prompt from java application. It is high time we root java phones too guys instead of benching on Android phones alone. Let get going.
How Can I Root My Java Phones
Just follow carefully the below steps on you can easily do that.
Step 1: Dial *#0000# on your phone
Step 2: After dialing it you will see something like this RM_614 or any number
Step 3: Google search for Rm_614.ppu or any number you saw and download it on your laptop (it must include .ppu extension when searching for it)
Step 4: Connect your phone to your laptop using a USB cable
Step 5: After you have connected your phone to your laptop make sure you choose ovi suite mode
Step 6: Open phoenix service suite and run it on your laptop and click on scan product
Step 7: After you have click scan, look by the side and select product profile
Step 8: After you have click it locate your Rm_614.ppu on your system
and you will see a list appear, just tick them all and where ever you see 0 change it to 1
Step 9: After you are done, with that click on enable tck and flash and your phone will restart and pop a warning message saying " WARNING TCK FLAG SET" don't get panic after that pop restart your phone and you are done
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The Haswell paradox: The best CPU in the world… unless you’re a PC enthusiast
The best CPU in the world…
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CPU
Intel releases faster, more-efficient Core CPUs in renewed bid for mobile market
Intel releases faster, more-efficient Core CPUs in renewed bid for mobile market
On Saturday, the company introduced its latest Core microprocessor technology, code-named "Haswell," addressing the need for higher performance while consuming lower power.
But the real question is this: will anyone want one?
While this may be the fourth generation of Intel's Core technology, it's the first to enter what many are calling the post-PC world. There’s little doubt that most consumers want smaller, thinner, and more portable PCs these days. Smartphones and tablets are great for what they are, but they can’t replace the computational horsepower of a genuine PC. There are just too many tasks that tablets and smartphones can’t handle, ranging from sophisticated photo and video editing to playing hard-core games.
Intel’s challenge
Intel’s challenge, then, is to deliver a new CPU family that delivers more horsepower than its last, but that also consumes less power to deliver longer battery life and lower cooling requirements. A CPU family for a new generation of PCs boasting thinner and more innovative form factors that proves smartphones and tablets are nice to have, but that they’re not enough. And that’s just what Intel promises Haswell does.
Intel is branding Haswell parts using the same three tiers it has used before: Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7. Intel has also introduced new desktop and mobile core logic chipsets, dubbed Z87 and Q87, respectively. To evaluate how well Intel delivered on its promises, we built out and benchmarked a machine based on Intel’s brand-new Intel Core i7-4770K. We then compared its performance to Intel’s third-generation Core products (codenamed Ivy Bridge) and AMD’s best desktop processor, the A10-5800K. We also evaluated two new desktop motherboards that use Intel’s Z87 chipset.
Of the major OEMs, HP has announced a few new models that will feature Haswell CPUs, but they haven't revealed which chips those will be. Acer, Dell, Lenovo, and Toshiba, meanwhile, haven't revealed anything. We expect that will change next week as the giant Computex tradeshow gets underway in China.
So the first retail systems to arrive in the PCWorld Lab came from more nimble boutique manufacturers, including desktop models from Digital Storm, Micro Express, and Origin; and a notebook from CyberPower.
But before we get into benchmark numbers, let’s first examine Intel’s overall strategy and then dive into the details of the Haswell microarchitecture.
Intel’s "tick-tock" strategy
Intel describes its product development model as “tick-tock.” A “tick” occurs every couple of years when the company implements a new manufacturing process that enables it to pack more transistors into the same silicon real estate. A “tock” is the alternate cycle, when Intel introduces an entirely new microarchitecture.
Intel’s Sandy Bridge microarchitecture—introduced in early 2011—was a tock built using a 32nm manufacturing process. The Ivy Bridge series, which arrived in April 2012, marked a “tick” as Intel moved from a 32nm manufacturing process to a 22nm process. Haswell chips will be built using this same technology until the next tick, when Intel perfects its 14nm manufacturing process. The new CPUs based on that technology will be dubbed Broadwell.
Intel will continue to ship earlier generations of its CPUs, and you might be surprised to learn that some of those earlier chips are considerably more powerful than Haswell. The Haswell parts Intel has announced to date have up to four cores, with hyperthreading support. Hyperthreading is an Intel technology that allows the PC’s operating system to address one virtual core for each one of the CPU’s physical cores.
Intel’s Core i7-3930K, -3960X, and -3970X CPUs—desktop CPUs based on the Sandy Bridge-E microarchitecture (built using a 32nm process) that predates the 22nm Ivy Bridge—are all hexacore parts that support hyperthreading. An operating system running on these CPUs can address a total of 12 cores (six physical and six virtual). Intel designates its absolute fastest CPUs as Extreme Edition CPUs, but the company has not indicated whether or not it will build Extreme Edition Haswell chips.
Haswell’s Architectural Changes
Intel has introduced four series of mobile processors and four series of desktop processors. The entire family features an integrated voltage regulator that will significantly reduce power consumption while simultaneously eliminating as many as seven other integrated circuits from the motherboard. Intel claims this feature will give laptops 50 percent more battery life.
Intel has traditionally used the term TDP (thermal design power) to specify how much electrical power a computer must be able to dissipate in a worst-case scenario: while the CPU is operating at its maximum speed for a sustained period. The company is introducing a new specification, SDP (scenario design power), that indicates how much power a computer must be able to dissipate while being used for media consumption and “light creation.” Intel will use the SDP spec for CPUs powering tablets and notebooks with detachable displays (Intel describes these as “behind the glass” devices).
Mobile Haswell processors with TDPs of 15 and 28 watts (or SDPs of six watts or less) feature a Platform Controller Hub (PCH) integrated into the same package. The PCH, more commonly known as the southbridge, handles the computer’s input/output functions, such as USB and audio. Integrating the southbridge into the CPU package reduces the size of the motherboard, allowing for smaller and thinner notebook designs that consume less power. These same parts will be capable of operating at a very low-power state that Intel has dubbed SOix. A notebook in this idle state will consume almost no power, but will wake up to a fully active state within a few hundred milliseconds.
We'll spell out most of the other big architectural changes in Intel's fourth-generation Core series CPUs in these storie
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All about DDR4, the next-gen memory coming soon for PCs and mobile devices
DDR4, the next-gen memory coming soon for PCs and mobile devices
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the next-gen memory
APP TO SCREEN CAPTURE ON GALAXY S SII & TAB WITHOUT ROOTING THE DEVICE
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