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This app lets you access the world-famous XDA forums, plus reply to threads, add new ones, manage your PMs, and more!
The premium XDA app is ad-free and has additional features versus the free XDA app.
Please note: XDA Premium works best over WiFi or high speed cellular data. The first load might take the longest even if you're on WiFi.
It's a website (doesn't really need an app - just a web browser) for people who like diddlin' around with their mobile phones. Hacking them, changing the firmware and frequently (judging by the comments and questions) breaking them, in weird and imaginative ways.
I've had an account there for years - but it's not useful for ordinary people any more - in the "old days" when Android was crappy, maybe but now: not so much.
Qrunch
8 Dec 15#5
If you want to root this is the first place to look for how to do it.
shalton
8 Dec 155#6
Thank you for not publicly calling me dim.
thethinwhiteduke to shalton
8 Dec 153#10
So he pm'd you? :-)
Likely2 to shalton
8 Dec 15#14
Why would anyone anyway, not everyone knows everything and then there's 'No such thing as a stupid question' which if respected is a good view to have but as humans are involved, not always followed.
greenandwhite
8 Dec 155#7
Even those of you who don't recognise the app's name/URL probably have phones with apps you use every day that were developed by members of the XDA forum. Some of the best minds in the world when it comes to Android development are active there but there are sections on all sorts, not just android, and for everyone at every level of knowledge so this gets a red hot +1 from me. Thanks OP.
jimborae to greenandwhite
8 Dec 151#8
Seconded! Searing red hot vote from me too.
calm
8 Dec 15#9
thanks
andybriggs03
8 Dec 15#11
cheers voted hot, but whats the difference between this and the normal version.
'The premium XDA app is ad-free and has additional features versus the free XDA app.'
Not very descriptive, apart from no ads.
amour3k
8 Dec 15#13
Not bad ...
Likely2
8 Dec 15#15
What do you mean 'was'....
jaydeeuk1
8 Dec 151#16
Think the last time I frequented the XDA forums was when I had one of the old dual core rockwell android TV boxes and wanted a firmware that would be me play videos smoothly and fix the wifi. Even though it was a fairly obscure box, sure enough someone had written their own ROMs to make a crap box in to not quite a crap box.
Its a good place still if you have some imported simsang, suny or epple chinese device - I was looking at one of those £80 round face android K8 watch phones before the pebble deal, and there was a pretty decent thread where some dev had managed to improve the device already. Bunch of clever people on there.
stefromuk
9 Dec 15#17
didn't realise they had a app!
I've been using the Tapatalk app that works fine on their site.
koalauk
10 Dec 15#18
Most of the smart phone users OWE a great deal to the developers, helping in the process of development and research in XDA community.
Raimonds
15 Dec 15#19
Great resources and much appreciated efforts by devs on XDA! App might come handy at some point, normally still use the website on mobile. Thanks for the post!
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This app lets you access the world-famous XDA forums, plus reply to threads, add new ones, manage your PMs, and more!
The premium XDA app is ad-free and has additional features versus the free XDA app.
Please note: XDA Premium works best over WiFi or high speed cellular data. The first load might take the longest even if you're on WiFi.
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I've had an account there for years - but it's not useful for ordinary people any more - in the "old days" when Android was crappy, maybe but now: not so much.
'The premium XDA app is ad-free and has additional features versus the free XDA app.'
Not very descriptive, apart from no ads.
Its a good place still if you have some imported simsang, suny or epple chinese device - I was looking at one of those £80 round face android K8 watch phones before the pebble deal, and there was a pretty decent thread where some dev had managed to improve the device already. Bunch of clever people on there.
I've been using the Tapatalk app that works fine on their site.