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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 03, 2010
We know, we know. You hackers and modders are itching to get a crack at the Logitech Revue Google TV set-top box. (There's even a $1,000 bounty out there to whomever gets third-party app access ...
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by Chris Parsons
Dec 02, 2010
Are you an HTC Incredible owner who downloaded the latest OTA update only to find out you no longer could root your device? If so, your patience has finally paid off as the folks over at Unrevoked hav...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 30, 2010
It's hardly a secret that the Galaxy S Android smartphones have had some, erm, problems when it comes to GPS location. For some of us, things have worked just fine. But far too many have had problems...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 30, 2010
Despite the best efforts of the manufacturer and carrier, the T-Mobile G2 is now completely hardware unlocked. This goes beyond flashing ROMS and rooting, the phone is now wide open for developm...
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by Menno
Nov 29, 2010
Must be rooted: One of the coolest things about Android is the development community it fosters. These developers bring features and software upgrade to devices long after carriers and manufactu...
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by Chris Parsons
Nov 29, 2010
If it runs Android, it must be rooted or at the very least, root must at be attempted. In this case, the Nook Color is the latest to fall victim to such guilty pleasures as you can tell from the above...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 28, 2010
Sprint's latest Android device, the LG Optimus S, now has its own custom ROM from our very own forum moderators KSmithInNy and Beezy. You might be familiar with their excellent work on the Evo 4...
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by Chris Parsons
Nov 27, 2010
Those of you out there who like to play around with custom ROMs may have already picked this tidbit of news up -- CyanogenMod releases will soon be getting a cool new lock screen gesture feature court...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 25, 2010
The 2.32.651.2 OTA for the Sprint Hero is still rolling out, and so are some bug reports. I'm hearing and seeing a bit too many reports of things like serious lag, to the point of a battery pull...
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by Menno
Nov 15, 2010
If you found the news about the iPhone 3G running the latest version of Android depressing, you might want to stop reading now. The team that brought us the OpeniBoot Bootlace for th...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 15, 2010
The T-Mobile G2 has been overclocked to an astonishing 1.9 GHz. Read it slowly, it's not a typo -- I read it two or three times myself to be sure of what I was seeing. Now to be clear, if ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 12, 2010
So you have your new shiny Galaxy Tab, and you want to root it. I like the way you think. The good news is that the days of SDK's, cryptic shell commands, and crazy Windows USB drivers are...
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by Chris Parsons
Nov 12, 2010
Been waiting for this on the T-Mobile G2? I'm positive some of you out there have been. The above Tweet pretty much says it all. As noted on his Twitter account, the update is done but some clea...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 11, 2010
Last weekend when the Froyo leak for the Epic 4G rolled out, there was a bit of consternation about the folks that had the leak not wanting to share it with the public-at-large. Somebody, somewh...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 11, 2010
Does iOS fragmentation have your iPhone 3G sluggish and buggy? Drop Froyo on it and give it some new life! The new Bootlace app in Cydia (yes, like most things fun and unauthorized, you'll...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 11, 2010
You won't find it for download anywhere, it's being called "very broken" and don't dare ask for an ETA, but here's a quick peek at CyanogenMod 6 on the T-Mobile MyTouch 4G. Less than 2...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 10, 2010
That didn't take long -- Clockwork recovery has been ported over to the myTouch 4G, and is available right from Rom Manager. After we saw it ported to the G2, we knew the myTouch 4G would soon f...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 10, 2010
Here's what many were waiting for -- Clockwork recovery for the T-Mobile G2 is now available for all, and is as easy to get as installing Rom Manager from the Android Market. Now all the hackery...
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by Chris Parsons
Nov 09, 2010
Much like the T-Mobile G2, HTC Desire HD and Desire Z, the T-Mobile myTouch 4G has now been freed and permanent root has been obtained. The methods are pretty much the same as the G2 root so with that...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 09, 2010
It's been a long time coming, folks, but the T-Mobile G2 -- and with it, the HTC Desire HD and Desire Z -- finally has a permanent root. The work was done by Scott Walker and his merry ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 08, 2010
We're positive Gingerbread is on the horizon. We're pretty confident it's close if you're rocking a Nexus One. If you're like us, and have your Nexus One hacked nine ways to Sunday, you'll...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 07, 2010
Android 2.2 (Froyo) leaked out for the Sprint Epic 4G and Samsung Vibrant on Saturday, amid much drama and the usual in-fighting. If you're like me and try to avoid that sort of thing, you're in...
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by Menno
Nov 06, 2010
Before the Internet and YouTube, nobody had any interest in watching someone else open boxes. Now, it's practically a rite of passage.
Our very own KSmithInNY scored the Sprint ve...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 03, 2010
Got a T-Mobile G2 and don;t feel like waiting for the OTA? Don't blame ya one bit, neither do I. Good news is that T-Mobile or HTC doesn't have some sneakiness at play to prevent us from m...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 29, 2010
Another day, another tip about overclocking -- this time it's the Samsung Vibrant hitting a very fast, yet still believable 1.6 GHz. The method isn't yet public (at the time of this writing), bu...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 28, 2010
It will likely never be the most popular device, but the Samsung Mesmerize is a hell of a phone, and to me, part of reviewing it is using it the way I would if it were mine as well as designed. ...
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by Jesse Potter
Oct 27, 2010
Over the weekend I got my hands on a myTouch 4G ROM that has been ported over to the Evo 4G. It's a rather functional port, but like Phil said in his video of the myTouch - Nexus One ...
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by Sean Brunett
Oct 26, 2010
Sony's new phone -- simply dubbed the "Playstation phone" -- has appeared in more pictures. And if there's ever an indication that it's Android-based, well, here you go. It's still very...
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by Jesse Potter
Oct 26, 2010
We stumbled across a minor update release for the Evo 4G, in RUU form. In an attempt to find out which files have been modified in the update, the XDA faithful have already cracked it...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 22, 2010
It seems like only yesterday we mentioned that some lucky testers would be getting the Motorola Cliq Android 2.1 update early. Of course today being the big day meant that we had to dig around t...
