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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...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 08, 2013
The Optimus 4X HD was a really well built device with great 2012 specifications released in the middle of last year. But it had some severe software problems, and was locked down so t...
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by Andrew Martonik
Mar 04, 2013
CyanogenMod has just released its latest "M" build, CM10.1-m2 based on Android 4.2.2, for several different devices. The M builds are meant to be a bigger step up in stability from just an...
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by Richard Devine
Mar 04, 2013
We first took a look at Koush's ClockworkMod Superuser app about a week ago, and we were impressed with what we saw. A well designed utility app for rooted users, that brought a great featu...
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by Richard Devine
Feb 25, 2013
Koushik Dutta of ClockworkMod, ROM Manager and Carbon (Backup) fame continues his long standing contributions to the Android community with his latest creation, ClockworkMod SuperUser. Currentl...
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by Andrew Martonik
Feb 23, 2013
Security tools company Pwnie Express is making a network hacking-focused device, based on the Nexus 7, called the Pwn Pad. This certainly isn't a tablet meant for the mainstream, but instead is ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 22, 2013
After the announcement of the Chromebook Pixel yesterday, a lot of people were in love with the hardware, but thought the price tag was a bit high for a machine running Chrome OS. I'm in that ca...
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by Andrew Martonik
Feb 19, 2013
The CyanogenMod team has just added HDR (High Dynamic Range) camera functionality for almost all devices running CM10.1 builds. The HDR mode has been enabled on most devices, and captures ...
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by Andrew Martonik
Feb 19, 2013
Thanks to some resourceful users over at XDA, the HTC Droid DNA now has full a full S-OFF exploit tool. Having S-OFF (basically) means that the NAND storage of the device is opened up and able to be...
