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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 02, 2012
ClockworkMod, aka Koushik Dutta, a favorite among the modding and hacker crowd because of great apps like ROM Manager, has released a very alpha version of Clockwork Mod Tether, and no-root required...
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by Alex Dobie
Jan 02, 2012
Following a slew of other phones late last week, the CyanogenMod team has just added nightly build support for three new devices -- Sony Ericsson's Xperia Pro and Xperia Active, as well the LG T...
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by Alex Dobie
Dec 28, 2011
One of the most anticipated features of CyanogenMod 9 -- the upcoming custom Android distribution based on Ice Cream Sandwich -- is its new home screen launcher, dubbed "Trebuchet." Much ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 28, 2011
If you've ever wanted to build a ROM yourself from scratch and happen to love CyanogenMod, there's a new tool that you might want to have a look at -- the CyanogenMod compiler. What it...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 24, 2011
Because of the Samsung Nexus S' VGA front camera, face unlock was left out of the official and AOSP builds of last year's reference phone. You know where this is going -- the files hav...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 22, 2011
Sprint has made the EVO View 4G update we told you about earlier official, with a press announcement that gives a bit more detail about what to expect. Besides the normal Honeycomb features, a...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 20, 2011
HTC has released the kernel sources for a list of devices (one that's too long to fit in a blog post title even):
HTC Vivid
HTC Salsa
HTC Flyer
HTC Incredible
HTC...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 17, 2011
Samsung Nexus S 4G hacker Beezy has done it again, this time porting the Android 4.0.3 OTA update for T-Mobile phones to the Sprint 4G version. There's no Wimax of course, but for t...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 14, 2011
HTC has released the kernel source and other GPL bits for the Desire S Gingerbread update, and for the various Sensation XL versions across the globe. As usual, average and well-adjusted peopl...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 13, 2011
It's not anything official, but enterprising Android developer bubby323 has ported CyanogenMod 7.2 to the Sprint Epic 4G Touch. Yes, 7.2 is Gingerbread and not the Ice Cream Sandwich every...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 11, 2011
Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich has yet to officially hit any phone other than the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, but since the source code dropped a while back everyone and their brother has been working on ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 09, 2011
We've all seen this by now -- it's webOS booted up on an EVO 3D, and it's got everyone in a tizzy. While webOS fans who have spent decades (it seems like decades anyway) having the...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 09, 2011
You might have heard -- webOS just got open-sourced today by HP, joining the world of great, free software like Ubuntu, Firefox, and Android. It's a pretty big deal for some people, includ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 08, 2011
Ever do something you shouldn't have whilst hacking away at your phone, and end up stuck in a bootloop? Of course you have, because we all have. That will soon be a thing of the past...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 01, 2011
Googler and AOSP gatekeeper Jean-Baptiste Queru announced that the factory restore images for the GSM flavored Samsung Galaxy Nexus are now available for download on the Android Building Google grou...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 30, 2011
I'll let you guys in on a little secret -- Phil's not only the Editor of the best damn Android site on the Internet, but he's also a closet Android-geek. By now you know he's h...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 21, 2011
Read our Galaxy Nexus Review!
It’s not “rooting,” it’s openness
-- Nick Kralevich, Android security engineer
There's a bit of brouhaha on the Internet today a...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 21, 2011
If you've got your hands on a Kindle Fire and are having loads of fun playing around with it but would love to have the SwiftKey keyboard to replace the stock Fire issue, you're in luck.&nbs...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 20, 2011
Here's why we love open-source software folks. With the release of the Ice Cream Sandwich trunk of the Android Open Source Project code came the ability to build it yourself instead of wai...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 15, 2011
Amazon Kindle Fire forums
Wanna sideload apps (or use ADB for any other reason) to your Kindle Fire via your computer? It's really easy -- just add the USB Vendor ID to the Windows ini...
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by Alex Dobie
Nov 07, 2011
Good news for anyone involved with tinkering around with software for the venerable HTC Desire. In accordance with open source rules, HTC has just released the kernel source code for the device'...
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by Alex Dobie
Nov 04, 2011
Following on from yesterday's root-based escapades, MoDaCo's Paul O'Brien has uploaded the boot and recovery images from the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, along with a full (non-odexed) system d...
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by Alex Dobie
Nov 03, 2011
Got your shiny new Samsung Galaxy Nexus yet? Nope, didn't think so. But when you do, you'll be pleased to hear that MoDaCo's Paul O'Brien has already got a root solution ready and wa...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 23, 2011
Possible good news here if you've been eyeing the Motorola RAZR, and live outside the U.S. -- Motorola has confirmed to the folks at Ausdroid that the RAZR will be the first Motorola phone to of...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 21, 2011
The T-Mobile Galaxy S II has been rooted, thanks to Samsung releasing the kernel source. Like most Samsung Android phones (and tablets) there's no trickery involved, you simply flash the n...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 20, 2011
Developers have worked out a one-click root option for the HTC Amaze 4G, that provides a temporary root option if you have a locked bootloader, or a perm-a-root if you've managed to get the boot...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 19, 2011
In a post on the Android-building Google group, Dan Morrill announced that the AOSP tree (the "Master" and "Gingerbread" branches) are once again available online. Because ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 19, 2011
With the Galaxy Nexus and Ice Cream Sandwich just around the corner, everyone's excited for all the new features and look. We can't offer a way to get any of the features just yet -- t...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 05, 2011
Youtube link for mobile viewing
If you bought a TouchPad during the fire sale, and decided that you like using webOS while waiting for hackers to get a full Android port up and running, news in th...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 29, 2011
Yesterday we saw the confirmation that, thanks to assistance from Sony Ericsson, almost all of its Xperia range will be receiving full support from custom ROM CyangenMod in the future. Now SE itself...
