Samsung has confirmed that they’re working to fix the hardware flaw found on some Exynos-powered devices. In a statement given to Android Central, the company says they’re aware of the issue and are working to provide a fix “as quickly as possible.” Samsung also says the issue does not affect most users who install […]
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Kernel exploit puts Galaxy S III and other Exynos devices to risk
A new security hole on Exynos-powered devices has been discovered that can expose the phone to malicious apps. The exploit found by an XDA Developers forum member gives read and write access to physical memory, which can also be used to root the device without having to flash a kernel via Odin. Devices that […]
Samsung Developing Cortex-A15-based Exynos 5440 Quad-core SoC
Samsung’s dual-core Exynos 5250 is the only SoC that is based on ARM’s Cortex-A15. Now some new information has surfaced on Samsung’s Kernel Git page that reveals a quad-core processor based on ARM Cortex-A15. Samsung has added a patch to support the new processor dubbed as Exynos 5440. The reference board is identified as […]
Samsung To Detail big.LITTLE Processor In February
It’s no secret that Samsung was working on a chip utilizing ARM’s big.LITTLE technology but the first details regarding the chip is expected in February at the International Solid-State Circuits Conference (ISSCC). The only details confirmed till now are that the 28nm processor will be an 8-core one with the first quad Cortex-A15 cores […]
Samsung Investigating Exynos Documentation Issue
Samsung devices enjoy a good developer support but the lack of documentation for Exynos chips have affected development efforts. Thankfully, Samsung is taking heed and recently confirmed on Twitter that they’re looking into the issue of documentation & source code for Exynos-based devices. Samsung hasn’t divulged as to what exactly they’ll be doing to […]