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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 12, 2013
The new method would make it easy to hide your data from any application
Steve Kondik took to Google+ earlier today to talk about something new he's been working on called Run in Incognito M...
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by Andrew Martonik
Jun 10, 2013
Teams and solo enthusiasts alike can now integrate the notification system into their ROMs
A few weeks ago the folks over at Paranoid Android took the idea of Facebook's new Chat Heads softw...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 08, 2013
With great power comes great responsibility -- S Off is a reality for the HTC One, Droid DNA, and J Butterfly
If you're the proud owner of an HTC One, J Butterfly or Droid DNA, and lik...
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by Andrew Martonik
Jun 07, 2013
Release candidates are coming out quickly; stable build can't be far off
CyanogenMod has been rolling out new versions of CM10.1 as quick as people can flash them, and we've now crossed ...
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by Alex Dobie
May 31, 2013
Full complement of Sky Android apps available once again after recent hack by Syrian Electronic Army
A quick heads-up for Sky subscribers in the UK -- the satellite broadcaster's range of An...
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by Alex Dobie
May 30, 2013
A 'small, incremental change' over RC2
As the road to a stable CyanogenMod 10.1.0 release continues, the CM team has today started pushing out RC (release candidate) 3 builds for phones,...
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by Alex Dobie
May 29, 2013
Code for VZW GS4, Tab 3, Mega 5.8 Duos and Mega 6.3 added to Samsung Open Source Repository
As required under the open-source rules, Samsung has published the Linux kernel source code for a slew...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 23, 2013
The raw exploits to work around the locked bootloaders on some Galaxy S4s is released
On the heels of the release of the Galaxy S4 on Verizon, Android security researcher Dan Rosenberg has relea...
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by Alex Dobie
May 17, 2013
Vanilla, open-source Android available for 10-inch tablet on Sony GitHub
Like the Xperia Z before it, Sony has announced that it's bringing the Xperia Tablet Z into its version of the A...
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by Alex Dobie
May 11, 2013
Second release candidate appears as CM 10.1.0 approaches
A quick heads-up for anyone running one of the recently-released CyanogenMod 10.1 RC1 builds. Release candidate 2 of the popular And...
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by Andrew Martonik
May 10, 2013
Nightly builds to begin rolling out "relatively soon" for both GSM and Sprint models of the One
With both a post on its official Google+ page and new thread in the HTC One forums at XD...
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by Alex Dobie
May 08, 2013
Release candidate builds now available for some forty devices
Following the third "M snapshot" build just under a month ago, the CyanogenMod team is pushing ahead with the roll-ou...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 04, 2013
New Halo notification system is ready for testing, Nexus 4 and Nexus 7 owners can download today
A couple of days ago we talked about the upcoming Paranoid Android ROM and its new Halo feature. ...
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by Andrew Martonik
May 04, 2013
First nightlies to roll out tonight, but remember the edges are still a little rough on this one
The T-Mobile variant of the Galaxy S4 may have only been available for just a few short days now,...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 02, 2013
Facebook's Chat Heads feature taken to the next level with the Halo mod
For many folks, half the fun of having an Android phone or tablet is hacking the daylights out of it. For the average ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 27, 2013
A factory restore image is your way back to stock when you need it the most, so be sure to grab it and keep it handy
HTC has posted the 1.29.1540.3 factory restore images for the unlocked D...
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by Andrew Martonik
Apr 26, 2013
AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile versions can now be rooted with a simple tool
Well that certainly didn't take long, did it? With only AT&T's variant shipping to pre-order buyers, Sprin...
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by Casey Rendon
Apr 25, 2013
Firmware version I9500ZCUAMDG comes complete with all Odin files
With every big phone release comes a software leak just ahead of launch day. Today, it's the Samsung Galaxy S4's tur...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 23, 2013
While technically there is no button, ingenuity wins this round and the logo on your HTC One can be more than a pretty face
Quite a few folks were disappointed when we found out the digitizer be...
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by Casey Rendon
Apr 19, 2013
Kernel source code is now available for the GT-I9500, GT-I9505, and SGH-I337M
GPL compliance is a wonderful thing -- Samsung has just posted the kernel source code for three&...
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by Casey Rendon
Apr 17, 2013
New nightly system will deliver fresh builds every 4 days
The Android Open Kang Project has reached two very important milestones. After less than two years, user downloads have now exceede...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 14, 2013
Using tools from HTC and existing methods for the international version, the AT&T HTC One has cracked open
Good news for some folks interested in the AT&T version of the HTC One -- the H...
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by Casey Rendon
Apr 11, 2013
Available from Samsung and major operators
Previously announced just over a week ago, Samsung has confirmed availability for the Galaxy Pocket Neo in the United KIngdom. Targeted at the entry le...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 11, 2013
Should be more stable than the latest nightlies
The third batch of 'M snapshot' builds for CyanogenMod 10.1 are starting to roll off the servers today. The 'M' builds of the Andr...
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by Casey Rendon
Apr 09, 2013
This latest root method works on all current Android versions of multiple Motorola phones
Yesterday we witnessed a Motorola milestone (no pun intended) when Dan Rosenberg announced he ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 07, 2013
The locked and encrypted bootloader on several popular Motorola phones has been exploited, but OMAP powered phones need not apply
If you're using a Droid RAZR HD, RAZR MAXX HD, Atrix HD, or ...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 02, 2013
ODIN-flashable package for Exynos 5 Octa version of upcoming handset
Very few people -- mostly folks on the payroll of Samsung or one of the major mobile operators -- can claim to be in possessi...
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by Casey Rendon
Mar 24, 2013
Owners of previous Nexus devices have enjoyed the ability to directly connect to USB flash drives and other peripherals using USB OTG (On The Go). The online help manual for the Nexus 4 origina...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 19, 2013
Update: CyanogenMod on its Google+ account reminds us all that of its official position on the Galaxy S4 -- which is to say it doesn't have one yet. CM also reminds us all that individual develo...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 12, 2013
If you've got an HTC Droid DNA, and are feeling a bit left out seeing all this Sense 5 talk about the HTC One, you might want to take a good look at this one. Using a software dump f...
