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by Alex Dobie
Dec 04, 2012
If you possess both a Nexus 10 and a predisposition for hacking your gadgets, you'll be pleased to hear that the first few nightly builds of CyanogenMod 10.1 for the Samsung-made Nexus tablet ha...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 02, 2012
The Verizon edition of the Galaxy Note 2 now has a root method. As is par for the course with Samsung phones, you'll need to use ODIN and flash a rooted image file, but that's not nearly...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 28, 2012
The folks who do this sort of thing have updated the Google Apps package today, handing you a shiny new flashable to go with that 4.2.1 AOSP ROM you're about to download.
Technically ...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 27, 2012
Now that Android 4.2 Jelly Bean is the new cool thing, lots of different developers (and weekend warriors) out there have started tinkering around with the code to make something great of it. One of...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 24, 2012
When the HTC Droid DNA finally hit store shelves, Verizon had pulled the plug on the official bootloader unlock method via HTC's dev tools. Since then, the folks over at Android Police and Rootz...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 19, 2012
We know plenty of people who grabbed a Nexus 10 last week are aware of how to unlock and root it. But there's also a whole bunch of people, some even new to Android, who might need a starting po...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 16, 2012
Koush has released the official builds of ClockWorkMod recovery for the LG Nexus 4 and the Samsung Nexus 10 this afternoon, giving us all a quick and easy way to back everything up and flash bl...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 16, 2012
RadioShack is adding to its lineup of entry-level devices that it offers on its self-branded prepaid wireless service today with the HTC Desire C. This pint-sized HTC handset may carry the Desi...
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by Alex Dobie
Nov 16, 2012
It's a Nexus. It's got an unlockable bootloader. So it was only a matter of time before someone worked out how to plug root access and superuser into Google and LG's new baby. ...
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by Alex Dobie
Nov 14, 2012
Yesterday we brought you news that the first "stable" builds of CyanogenMod 10 had begun rolling out. Today a whole bunch of devices have stable CM10 builds waiting for them over at the of...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 14, 2012
If you've rooted your Android phone or tablet, no doubt you've used SuperSU. It's a great app used to control the permissions of other apps, and a must-have if you want to walk the dark ...
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by Alex Dobie
Nov 13, 2012
Update: Stable builds for many more devices are now showing up on the CM download site. Hit the source link to view the growing list. Additionally, an update by the CM team on Google+ confirms that ...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 12, 2012
One of the reasons you buy a Nexus device is easy, complete access to the device hardware. The stock software is great, but we all know sometimes its fun to tinker around with your own creations. Ne...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 08, 2012
The Sony Xperia S has been kicking around in the Android Open Source Project for a while now. It never was an official target, but with the work from Sony and JBQ it was a usable opti...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 07, 2012
One of the greatest parts of owning a Nexus is the software support from Google. Now this goes beyond just updates, as Google also posts complete "factory images" for Nexus devices so that...
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by Andrew Martonik
Nov 06, 2012
Well this is a bit out of left field -- Motorola has announced it will be selling an Atrix HD Developer Edition. The Droid RAZR HD Developer Edition just went on sale a couple weeks ago, and it look...
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by Scott Young
Nov 02, 2012
Dart and Android enthusiast Dan was growing weary of manually keeping score of his lunch break dart games with his coworkers. He decided to put his tinkering skills to the test and create DartDroid,...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 02, 2012
A lot of us who are planning to buy the LG Nexus 4 will be doing so because of the developer options, including the easily unlockable bootloader. Unlocking your bootloader is something to think...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 02, 2012
Google has hidden the developer settings in the latest version of Jelly Bean - here's how to get them back
A few months from now, this will seem funny. But for a little while, for a few scar...
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by Chris Parsons
Nov 02, 2012
When the Droid RAZR HD was announced, Motorola was quick to note the Android 4.0 powered device would indeed be getting an update to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean by the end of the year. One could conclude...
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by Alex Dobie
Nov 01, 2012
The CyanogenMod team has announced that as of the latest round of nightly builds, CyanogenMod 10 will include a new file manager app. The CM File Manager, developed by Jorge Ruesga, c...
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by Andrew Martonik
Oct 31, 2012
If you've at all paid attention to the recent news from RIM, the latest version of its OS -- BlackBerry 10 -- is definitely coming (no really guys, we're serious this time). We don'...
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by Andrew Martonik
Oct 31, 2012
The Nexus 4's included inductive charging and Charging Orb got you excited about wireless charging again? We don't blame you. If you'll remember back to the launch of the Samsung Galaxy ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 31, 2012
That awesome camera app, as well as the new Gallery we saw from the upcoming Android 4.2 release can now be installed on your Galaxy Nexus running Android 4.1.1.
There's still...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 26, 2012
A lot of people love the idea of having a full-blown desktop version of Ubuntu on their Android tablet, including the folks at Canonical. Today we see that they have released a semi-official install...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 24, 2012
LG has surprised just about everyone this evening, and released the Ice Cream Sandwich kernel source for the Optimus 2X. Word from developers is that this source also applies to the P999 (...
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by Andrew Martonik
Oct 23, 2012
The latest OTA update to the HTC One X on AT&T broke root methods that used to work in the past. Not to be outdone by a simple update, members over at XDA Forums already have another r...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 22, 2012
A lot of people are excited about the upcoming LG Optimus G launch on AT&T and Sprint, but it seems like the most common question I'm hearing is about the bootloader.
LG has historically be...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 22, 2012
The first thing I do with a review phone after I'm finished writing the review is to try to root it. Tonight was that night with the Sprint Optimus G, and it went rather well.
After a bit of Go...
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by Chris Parsons
Oct 19, 2012
Announced along with their full holiday line up in New York not long ago, AT&T will be making the Samsung Galaxy Rugby Pro available to those looking for a rough and rugged device come October 2...
