| Samsung Galaxy Note 3 gains KNOX-friendly rooting method Oct 14th 2013, 03:05, by Juan Carlos Torres Samsung‘s latest S Pen phablet may be a wonderful device, but the Galaxy Note 3 has also been shrouded in controversy, some of which involve the new KNOX security framework. But now thanks to some developers from XDA, at least one of those problems can be put the rest and owners will now be able root their devices without tripping up KNOX. 
After the novelty of the newly launched Galaxy Note 3, whose hardware and software are, as we’ve written in our review of the device, quite impressive, news about some of the device’s imposed limitations or security checks have cast both the smartphone and Samsung in a rather negative light. First was the issue of region-locked devices which, despite Samsung issuing an official explanation, did not sit well with many people. Then just recently, it was discovered that, thanks to the KNOX security framework, flashing the Galaxy Note 3 permanently incremented the flash counter with no way to reset it via third-party apps, a behavior never before exhibited by any Android device. While KNOX might present benefits to some use cases, especially in BYOD scenarios, such mechanisms that lock down a device more often than not also become a huge obstacle to owners who want to gain full control of the device that they bought. It seems that even the relatively less destructive process of rooting the Galaxy Note 3 could have also triggered KNOX. But thanks to XDA developer designgears, with help from popular Super SU developer Chainfire and an anonymous source, a method is now available that will not trip up KNOX. The device will still indicate that it has been customized and unlocked, but that can also safely be addressed by the Xposed Framework. A word of caution to those attempting this process. Rooting is not the same as flashing a custom ROM, and flashing will still produce the same KNOX problems mentioned in the earlier report. This method will also wipe data and internal sdcard contents. This rooting process supports all US Galaxy Note 3 variants, with the SM-N900W8, SM-N9005, and SM-N900V tested to be working, while the SM-N900Q is still a work in progress. SOURCE: XDA |  | LG G Flex curved smartphone spotted in leaked press renders Oct 14th 2013, 02:33, by Juan Carlos Torres The battle for smartphone supremacy between Korean giants Samsung and LG wages on, this time on the battlefield of curved displays shrunk down to the size of phones. While Samsung may have had the first word, nothing will stop LG from unleashing upon the masses its own take of what a curved smartphone should be, with its upcoming LG G Flex rumored to come in November. 
The current situation between Samsung and LG looks more like a race to be the first. In this line of business, and especially in this kind of device, it’s probably too much to expect players to fight based on something sensible and downright practical. As expected, Samsung took the lead and last week unveiled the Galaxy Round. As far as specs are concerned, the Galaxy Round doesn’t sound too bad. It was, however, disappointing to see Samsung deviate from the rather more useful curved display concept it showed earlier this year. Fortunately or unfortunately, LG isn’t bowing out of the game yet. Thanks to these rendered images headed for the press, we’re getting a more solid look at what LG has designed for its G Flex. Unlike the Samsung Galaxy Round, the LG G Flex curves on the opposite axis, from top to bottom. To some extent, this design makes a bit more sense as it could follow the contour of the face. It still remains to be seen what other gimmicks LG has up its sleeves to really sell this unique device. 
Whether curving horizontally or vertically, these smartphones will present a formidable challenge to pockets, who are already beset by ever-growing sizes of smartphones, now phablets. We’ll just have to wait and see if LG can maximize the benefit of hindsight and put out a more enticing curved smartphone when it launches the LG G Flex next month. VIA: Engadget | | HTC One Max appears again in a series of photos Oct 14th 2013, 02:02, by Juan Carlos Torres If all goes well, we might see HTC finally pull off the veil from the HTC One Max this week, which should finally put to rest all rumors of what the phablet will or will not have. But in the meantime, there’s still plenty of room for some leaks like these bunch of photos showing off HTC’s giant of a smartphone. 
The HTC One Max has so far had a long journey and it has gathered up quite a train of rumored specs and features along the way, the latest of which are Beats audio and, perhaps unsurprisingly, a fingerprint sensor. The phablet has also had its fair share of controversy around rumored hardware changes, such as the change from a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 to a slightly lower quad-core Snapdragon S4, running at 1.7 GHz. The rest of the specs have, so far, remained the same. The HTC One Max is still expected to come with a 5.9-inch 1080p Full HD screen, 2 GB of RAM, and UltraPixel rear camera, and a 3000 mAh battery. These new roundup of photos do nothing to confirm or deny such hardware, except perhaps for the presence of the fingerprint scanner below the rear camera lens. Based on these photos, the HTC One Max doesn’t look too different from its smaller siblings, the HTC One and the HTC One Mini. However, the power button has been moved from the top side of the device to the right, together with the volume buttons, leaving just IR blaster where the power button used to be. Noticeably absent from these photos is any Beats marking, leading one to believe that the popular audio system will not be making an appearance on the phablet after all. Of course, until the final device arrives, we can only take these photos with a pinch of salt. Hopefully, HTC will finally be able to announce the HTC One Max some day this week, which, based on the last leaked invitation, will take place on October 15 for China, October 16 for Hong Kong, and October 18 for Taiwan. VIA: nowhereelse.fr
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