Article
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...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jul 22, 2011
Youtube link for mobile viewingBlackBerry fans everywhere were astonished Thursday when an early version of the Android Player for the PlayBook leaked out and their little tablets suddenly became usab...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 19, 2011
Android developer c21johnson has worked up a custom ROM for the Motorola Droid X2. Minimal X, currently in a beta-release stage, is the first available custom ROM for the X2, which still has a l...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jul 19, 2011
Youtube link for mobile viewingIf you're sitting there patiently, waiting for some proper S-off action for your HTC Sensation, it appears you might not have to wait much longer, as the folks at A...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jul 18, 2011
HTC over the weekend released the source code for a trio of devices. The Desire Z and Incredible S saw the release of their Gingerbread maintenance updates, while the HTC Flyer 7-inch tablet say...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 17, 2011
The CyanogenMod user install base has hit the 500,000 mark, according to the stats released by the CM team. This is across all devices, and includes unofficial versions in the numbers. Som...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 11, 2011
MIUI, a popular third-party ROM for Android devices, is now available as a stable version for the B&N Nook Color. It's worth noting that this is not part of the official MIUI proje...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jul 09, 2011
Here's an unexpected little treat that's come out of the latest update to the HTC ThunderBolt. Somebody (not sure if it was Verizon or HTC) finally decided it'd be a good idea to give us a way to...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jul 01, 2011
Now here's something you don't see every day. Cincinnati Bell has released the Android 2.2 update for the Motorola Milestone XT720 -- and long with it, a tool to root the thing.Repeat: A carrier...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jun 30, 2011
In what will forever be known as the Great Tease of June 30, 2011, the twitters are going a little nuts this afternoon of the apparent rooting of the HTC EVO 3D. See that there? That's the f...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 29, 2011
Youtube link for mobile viewingWe've seen Ubuntu running on many an Android device, but it's especially interesting when it's on a tablet. Well, add the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to the list...
Article
by Chris Parsons
Jun 29, 2011
Although you can't really tell from the blurry image above -- there is a phone in there and quite frankly we have no idea what, exactly, it is. It's been suggested that it could be an unannounced Moto...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jun 28, 2011
Well, well, what have we here? In typical blurry fashion, an Android phone from Motorola has appeared, bearing Sprint branding. It's said to be some sort of variant of the Droid Pro/XPRT. Size-wi...
Article
by Chris Parsons
Jun 27, 2011
Youtube link for mobile viewing Now that S-OFF can be obtained on the Droid Incredible 2 we've started to see some custom ROMs pop up for the device and developers have been hard at work in an effort...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 27, 2011
CyanogenMod 7.1 RC1 is now available for download from the mirror network. The changelog looks pretty impressive, addressing most of the user issues and adding features and options -- which ever...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 26, 2011
Want a badass theme for a badass phone? Then you'll want to have a look at the Gears of War theme for the Samsung Epic 4G. It's based on the EC05 Froyo build, and turns your Epic into some...
Article
by Chris Parsons
Jun 25, 2011
While some folks swoon over HTC Sense, there is a good amount of people out there who just simply do not like it. This is yet another one of those great things about the Android platform -- if y...
Article
by n64kps
Jun 24, 2011
Those of you who've picked up Samsung's recently released Galaxy Tab 10.1 may be interested to know there's now a kernel available overclocking its Tegra 2 processor to 1.4GHz. This kernel uses ...
Article
by Chris Parsons
Jun 24, 2011
It was only a few days ago that S-OFF was achieved on the Droid Incredible 2. That of course, left the doors open for some custom ROMs to be built for the device and as such we're now starting to see...
Article
by Menno
Jun 23, 2011
Itching to unlock your bootloader ahead of the official unlock supposedly coming with the Gingerbread update? The2dcour over at the XDA forums has posted a method that will allow you to un...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jun 22, 2011
Phone dialer disappears from lock screen after updateIt's a phrase we've heard all too often: "Looking at it, something just ain't right." What you see here is the lockscreen on the Spr...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 21, 2011
Samsung has posted the kernel source for the Galaxy Tab 10.1, allowing Tegra kernel developers to get to work and Tab 10.1 users to get ready for what they build for us. As usual, the average us...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jun 17, 2011
While we continue to wait on the next update to the HTC ThunderBolt -- that's the one that's supposed to do something about the reboots -- another radio has leaked out. This one's MR2.5 (th...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 17, 2011
A very nice phone that doesn't get near enough spotlight, the Samsung Galaxy S 4G (check out our hands-on) has a new Gingerbread leak floating around. The 2.3.3 build has been rooted, and it loo...
Article
by Joshua Munoz
Jun 11, 2011
I'm going to start this off with a disclaimer: We all know the Nexus S and Nexus S 4G are developer phones, and as such, they're (supposed to be) easy to crack open. While things (like unlocking the b...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 10, 2011
Android 2.3.4 has been leaked for the Samsung Galaxy S (that would be the i9000 international version), and the folks at SAMFirmware have made it publicly available. Early reports are saying tha...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 10, 2011
The HTC Thunderbolt MR2 release, rumored for a rollout around or after June 15, has been leaked and is now available for download in both an unaltered version as well as a few custom ROMs. We fi...
Article
by Menno
Jun 09, 2011
This week we wanted to cover a slick theme for devices running CyanogenMod 7. Synergy is a theme built using the T-Mobile Theme Engine, a nifty piece of software that allows you to quickly chang...
Article
by Chris Parsons
Jun 09, 2011
Working in IT at times is a daunting task so when an application comes along, that promises to help make things easier -- a lot of folks are willing to go ahead and give it a shot. Such is the case wi...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 09, 2011
It looks like you won't have to wait long for developers to get geared up for Samsung's latest beauties -- the Galaxy S 4G on T-Mobile and Galaxy Tab 10.1 (the I/O edition only for now) have both been...
