New Firmware for Visture V97HD (20131120)

After nearly 6 months without noticeable activity around the RK3188 devices from most tablet manufacturers, any new release is good to take...Visture released the update 20131120 (date of compiling), which is confusingly named 20131206 (date of publishing) on their web page and readme.However, the actual file is VISTURE V97 HD FW 20131120.zipIt is better to google for mirror as...

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RK3188 Tablet: Visture V97HD review

The Visture V97HD is the quad-core successor of the V5HD and shares the specs with most RK3188-based tablets on the market like the Cube U9GT5, Chuwi V99, Yuandao N90FHD, and Hyundai Play X900.With so many similar tablets on the market, the difference is in the details...Visture is well known by modders for their clean firmware giving a great base to cook custom ROMs.Their...

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RK3188 Tablet: Pipo Max M6 review

I have a preference for the 9.7" tablets, but almost changed my mind earlier for the 10.1" because Pipo only had the M9 available.But all is well now as the Pipo Max-M6 is here, and with interesting twists that made it worth waiting for...The previously reviewed tablet had problems running SDK2.0 Android build (apparently affecting some RK3188 tablets randomly).Fortunately,...

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Setting your Android device to your Language

If your brand new Android device was not set in your own language, finding the right settings can sometimes be challenging without visual clues.This very short illustrated guide can be used for Android smartphones version 4.x onward.Press the "menu" buttonIn the menu appearing, select the last option (goes to system settings)Scroll down until you see the icon with "A..." (goes...

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THL W100: The noLED workaround

The THL W100 phone does not have any notification LED for missed phone calls and text messages.A simple software solution exists if your phone is rooted.This solution for smartphones without notification LED was  released some time ago on forum.xda-developers.com and consist in a small app that hacks either the power LED or the back-light of the soft buttons to give a visual...

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