Xiaomi Mi4 Launched With 2.5GHz Snapdragon 801 SoC And 3GB Of RAM

The new Xiaomi Mi4 smartphone was announced earlier today, and now the company has confirmed more information about the handset, including the Xiaomi Mi4 price.

Mi 4 has been launched, at an event in China today. The Mi 4 offers a metal frame and outstanding hardware in the form of a 2.5 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 801 SoC with 3 GB of huge RAM. The handset is also the first Xiaomi handset to offer LTE connectivity, and will be on sale later this month to the equivalent of $320 for the 16 GB variant, and $400 for the 64 GB.

Turn your Android smartphone into a gamepad

So you want a gamepad to play that new platformer on your Windows PC, but you don't relish the idea of buying an expensive peripheral that will collect dust after you're done. Are you stuck using the keyboard? Not if Ideum has its way -- it's updating its GestureWorks Gameplay virtual controller app with Android support, letting you use your phone or tablet to steer the action instead of either a real gamepad or on-screen buttons. You can still tailor the controls for specific titles, so you won't have to settle for a sub-par experience just because you jumped from Castle Crashers to Bastion. The new software supports more graphics standards, too, so more of your favorite games should be compatible.

You'll have to spend $15 to get the full version of the new Gameplay app, which should be available on Steam either now or very shortly. That's relatively costly for a utility, but the Android upgrade extends the software's usefulness beyond tablets -- it could save you from buying gamepads for most any Windows PC, and it will visiting friends join in on multiplayer sessions without having to bring dedicated hardware.

Source: Engadget

Moto X Gets Permanent Root through TowelPieRoot

The Moto X has had root for some time, but it was only a temporary solution. So that any time a user rebooted their Moto X, root was gone. And in order to get it back, you had to go ahead and connect it to your PC and gain root access again. Now Moto X users can have an untethered root method. So you can go ahead and reboot your phone anytime without losing root, which is great. This one will work for any variant of the Moto X, including the Verizon one, which is pretty difficult to get the boot loader unlocked on anyways.

This new root method is named TowelPieRoot, and the developer responsible for it is iKrYpToNiTe. Now the reason why it’s called TowelPieRoot is because it’s based off of two of Geohot’s root exploits and root methods. That’s Towelroot and Pieroot. However, the root method does not turn off system write protection. So that if you are planning on installing Xposed framework onto your Moto X, you’ll want to do a soft reboot after installing Xposed, or else you’ll run into issues. Which is unfortunate, but these things happen.

Great to see root for the Moto X, even though I’d probably never root mine because it does everything it needs to do already. But great to see it available now, finally a permanent root solution as well. The Moto X+1 should be being announced pretty soon though, so hopefully that one isn’t too hard to get rooted. It’d be great if it were as easy as rooting a Nexus or the OnePlus One, right? How many of you are still rocking the Moto X? Are any of you looking to root it, or have you already done that? Let us know in the comments down below.
Source :XDA

Steps for Rooting Sony xperia neo v

Rooting Xperia Neo V

I found an article that explains about how to root Sony Xperia Neo V. Please note that 
rooting mightbreak the waranty, so use it on your own risk. Any damage to your phones 
after applying this steps willbe your responsible and not mine nor the author of the article.

Here are the requirements for rooting Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo V:

• The phone with unlocked bootloader and it should not be locked to any other network too.
• A computer with Windows operating system.
• Complete back of all the data on the phone including contacts, call logs, text messages, MMS settings and other important files.
• The battery should be about 70% full.
• It is recommended to uninstall any kinds of security programs or antivirus software so that the rooting process remains unhindered.
• Android SDK is downloaded and installed in the computer.
• Installation of the Android USB drivers for Xperia Neo V and fastboot is to done on the computer.
• The recovery image and the rooting files for Xperia Neo V are downloaded and kept.