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by Phil Nickinson
Feb 22, 2011
Anytime a new Android SDK comes out, you'll quickly see an onslaught of ports popping up on various phones. These aren't even unofficial builds, but ports from the Android system images bui...
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by Cory Streater
Feb 10, 2011
No announcements have been made, and no dates have been confirmed, but it appears that owners (points to self) of Verizon's Samsung Fascinate may soon (finally!) get their share of Froyo. Just la...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 07, 2011
The Samsung Continuum has finally entered the custom ROM scene, courtesy of Fascinate developer and Android Central adviser Adrynalyne. It's a basic ROM, based on the DL17 release, with none of ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 16, 2011
For those of you waiting to get your hands on CyanogenMod 7 (aka Gingerbread), nightly builds have finally (we say that with a smile) started up for the phones supported by the community project. Bui...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 15, 2011
If you're looking for the latest version of the Android Market, look no further than the Android Central Forums. Member Upstreammiami has blessed us with Version 2.2.11 in .apk and .zip form. He says...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 03, 2011
The new year has come and gone, and the Epic 4G still doesn't have an official Froyo build from Samsung and Sprint. They tried to meet their goals, but things happen and at least Samsung has let...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 21, 2010
Gingerbread on the Droid Incredible? Don't sound so surprised. Now that the source code has been made publicly available, everyone and their mother (hi, Mom!) is compiling a beta build for their favor...
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by Jared DiPane
Dec 19, 2010
With the recent release of the Android 2.3 source code to the Android Open Source Project, we have seen many different ROM's surface for devices based on this 2.3 code. It can be a bit of a strug...
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by Jesse Potter
Dec 18, 2010
Whenever a new version of Android is released, one thing you can always count on is the developer community hacking it onto as many devices as they can. Using the kernel and system image from th...
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by Phil Nickinson
Dec 16, 2010
Excellent news, folks. The bootloader on the Samsung Nexus S (watch our hands-on video) can be unlocked just as the Nexus One's was. Gandalf44 in the Android Central Forums reminds us of the instructi...
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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 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 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 Jesse Potter
Oct 28, 2010
Exactly two months after the release of CyanogenMod 6, CyanogenMod 6.1 RC 1 is now live on the CyanogenMod website, and in the paid version of Rom Manager. Built on Android 2.2.1, and packing al...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 22, 2010
Original Video - More videos at TinyPic Team DeFuse has overclocked the Droid X and Droid 2 to CPU speeds upwards of 2 GHz. Yes, 2 Ghz. We don't have a lot of details, aside from...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 22, 2010
Why would we want to root Google TV? Because it exists, of course. And one step in that process is being able to get into recovery mode. Yes, just like on your Android phone, there are recovery parti...
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by Jesse Potter
Oct 21, 2010
I think we can admit that we're all just a bit jealous of Palm's Touchstone charging station. The act of simply plugging your phone into its charger doesn't pose any real challenge, and it's nothing n...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 20, 2010
Last night we brought you news of the myTouch 4G ROM ported to the Nexus One (and you got a plethora of screen shots to go with it). Today we bring you video of the ROM in action. It's the Espr...
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by Kyle Gibb
Oct 20, 2010
Even with all these old gaming console emulators running wild on the Android Market, it is still hard to believe someone would willingly utterly destroy their Epic 4G's keyboard to make it more...
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by Phil Nickinson
Oct 20, 2010
If you're looking to try your hand on the T-Mobile myTouch 4G, you're in luck. It's up and running in basic form, thanks to eViL D: porting that leaked ROM over to the Nexus One. Wifi, Bluetooth and ...
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by Jared DiPane
Sep 29, 2010
Last week we got a peak at the MIUI Rom running on a Nexus One, and now it is available for all you Motorola Droid users! This ROM, still in Chinese, appears to be more stable than its partner th...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 19, 2010
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition -- Unrevoked Version 3.21 has returned after a short stint on the sidelines for extra testing, bringing the latest in one-click rooting and NAND unlockin...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 04, 2010
Fresh from our Droid X forums, Natemz brings us a couple of cool custom boot animations. On the left, a spinning Android logo. On the right another for some little Android site we've heard a little b...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 08, 2010
A note to anybody with an Android smartphone: Don't leave it sitting around Paul from MoDaCo, or he's liable to root the thing on principal. Such is the case with the LG Optimus (aka th...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 30, 2010
Seems like only yesterday that we were talking about custom ROMs already being loaded on to the as-yet unreleased (to the public anyway) Sprint Evo 4G. OK, it was only yesterday. And in the orig...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 25, 2010
We still think it's kind of cheating to want to run an HTC phone without the Sense user interface, but we're also champions of choice. And so, we bring you instructions on how to turn off the Se...
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by Casey Chan
May 08, 2010
Not to be left out in all the fun that its little brother is having, the iPhone 3G is joining the Android party, too. David Wang has ported Android to the iPhone 3G (not the current 3GS, mind you) and...
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by Jared DiPane
Mar 13, 2010
It's finally time for all you Telus Milestone owners to finally have root access on your device! Over at AllDroid they have compiled instructions based from the knowledge and information of many ...
