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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 19, 2011
Another day, another Gingerbread leak for the HTC Thunderbolt. This time around everyone's favorite Russian mystery man Football provides us with the 2.10.605.1 build in RUU form. If you'r...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 17, 2011
There's really no other way to put it -- Verizon's LTE rollout is putting other companies' 4G offerings to shame. Some 15 more cities are set to get Verizon's 4G data on Aug. 18, and 1...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 17, 2011
Here's one you see every now an then -- like when you're running a program that will root your phone without you doing any command line work. In a nutshell, USB debugging is a method of opening u...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 17, 2011
Anybody up for a little Gingerbread on your HTC ThunderBolt? The Android 2.3 update that we're all oh so patiently waiting on hasn't yet been pushed, but a new leak -- and this is about the...
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by Chris Parsons
Aug 16, 2011
Its been a long time coming but it's finally here for Sony Ericsson Xperia Play owners at least. Yes, Minecraft Pocket Edition has gone live in the Android Market and is now available for download. A...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 15, 2011
"Are you sure you wish to continue? You are about to start the process of unlocking your device. Unlocking your device allows you to install custom Operating Systems (“OS”) onto your...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 14, 2011
Android hackers have succeeded in unlocking the Motorola Photon 4G bootloader using the methods they first figured out for the Atrix 4G. Like most hacks of this nature, you're going to have to ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 14, 2011
If you took the last OTA for the HTC EVO 4G, and have been wanting and waiting for a root method, you're now in luck. The fellas at Revolutionary have worked out the kinks and the EVO 4G wi...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 14, 2011
If you're rocking an Optimus S on Sprint, and we know a lot of you are, here's one more reason to hack the daylights out of it -- the Theme Team. Android Central developers jstntp and jondevere ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 13, 2011
Have yourself a Motorola Photon 4G, all ready to root it, but haven't picked up the HD dock yet? You're in luck! A new method has been figured out, one that doesn't have a purchase of $100...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 09, 2011
If flinging birds at pigs is starting to get a little repetitive, London web developer Tamlyn has lain the basic premise for your very own army of Android powered robot tanks. Using an existing ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 08, 2011
Here at Android Central we're about more than just bringing you the latest Android news, we have the best damn Android forums on the Internet! (Notice the capital I in Internet. We're serious.)&...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 08, 2011
If you're the serious tinkering type (as opposed to the rest of us who just like to occasionally break things), it's time to check out HTCdev.com. Two-thirds of the site, announced at the beginning of...
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by Joshua Munoz
Aug 05, 2011
I know everyone got really excited when AlphaRev and UnrEVOked unveiled their latest project, Revolutionary, myself included. Now that we've had a few days to settle into and, simmer down, and enjoy ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 03, 2011
Sensation, EVO 3D up first; future devices will still ship locked It's been nearly a month since HTC's last updated us on how it intends to start unlocking bootloaders, and it the Taiwanese manuf...
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by Joshua Munoz
Aug 03, 2011
I know it's been in beta for a while, and I know we gave you a video preview to whet your whistle, but now the time has come. Star Legends: The Blackstar Chronicles is out of closed beta and is ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 02, 2011
If you're the proud owner of a shiny new Motorola Photon 4G and itching for some root action, you're in luck -- provided you have the HD dock, some USB computer peripherals, and access to a monitor o...
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by Phil Nickinson
Aug 02, 2011
ZOMG THERE'S MALWARE THAT CAN RECORD MY PHONE CALLS AND LOOSEN MY TEETH WHILE I SLEEP AT NIGHT!Here we go again, folks. Look -- malware, by definition, is bad and absolutely should be taken serio...
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by Menno
Aug 02, 2011
Samsung recently confirmed that its Touchwiz UX update would start rolling out to early adopters after a special launch event on Aug. 3 in New York City. For those of us who already pu...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 01, 2011
The Honeycomb (Android 3.1) beta for the Logitech Revue has been leaked out, and is now available for you to download and flash to your Revue, should you like living on the edge. Yes, that's an ...
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by Chris Parsons
Aug 01, 2011
Like collecting the Android Mini Series from Dead Zebra? If so, you'll want to act fast in getting your hands on the latest batch -- we're positive they won't last long. The Heroes & ...
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by Chris Parsons
Aug 01, 2011
With Gingerbread having now been out for a while on the Motorola Atrix, we're sure some of you out there may have already dived right into rooting it. For those of you who wanted to give the stock upd...
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by n64kps
Jul 31, 2011
It's been a glorious past week for EVO 3D owners. It started off with HTC releasing the kernel source followed up by unrevoked and AlphaRev releasing their Revolutionary tool to obtain S-O...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 30, 2011
Read Part 1 of our Motorola Photon 4G review The best part about having the best Android community around? Easy answer to stupid problems. See, as Android Central Forums member Quis points out, ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 29, 2011
OK, all you boys and girls who are dying to hack into your shiny new EVO 3D. The long-rumored collaboration between the folks behindUnrEVOked and AlphaRev has come to fruition, and the Revolutio...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 29, 2011
O'Reilly's Android Open conference, being held Oct. 9-11 in San Francisco, is looking for modders, hackers, and DIY-ers to participate in the Mini Maker Faire on the final day of the event. They...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 26, 2011
Ready to update your Samsung Nexus S 4G to GRJ90, but don't want to roll back and lose root? No problem -- Shabbypenguin has you covered with a ClockworkMod flashable version, all ready to go.&n...
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 25, 2011
What's this we have here? Popular custom ROM CyanogenMod 7.1 running on the HTC Sensation (aka Pyramid) and LG Optimus 3D (aka Thrill 4G)? The tantalizing screenshots above were rec...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 25, 2011
The Samsung Epic 4G still isn't shipping from Sprint with Gingerbread on board, but that doesn't mean you can't have a try on your own. Build EG22 brings yet another leaked Gingerbread ROM for t...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 24, 2011
You would think that an Android phone like the Samsung Replenish wouldn't draw much attention from independent Android developers, but you would be wrong. Android Central ROM developer Shab...
