Article
by Alex Dobie
Sep 28, 2011
The CyanogenMod and FreeXperia development teams have announced that they'll be bringing popular custom firmware CyanogenMod to all of Sony Ericsson's 2011 Xperia phones, along with many old...
Review
by Joshua Munoz
Sep 27, 2011
I'm an AOSP man. Sense has gotten good, but I just can't seem to tear myself away from vanilla Android, and more specifically, CyanogenMod.
The speed, the themes, and the customization a...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 23, 2011
The Samsung Infuse 4G might finally see some Gingerbread soon, as build I997UCKI4 has leaked out for the 4.5 inch love child of a Captivate and a Galaxy Tab. I know plenty of you have been wai...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 19, 2011
If you went out and picked up a Samsung Epic 4G Touch and have plans to hack at it, here's your starting point -- zedomax at XDA has worked out a root method for the new handset, and has full de...
Article
by Alex Dobie
Sep 19, 2011
Owners of LG's Optimus 3D (and the AT&T variant, the Thrill 4G) wanting to try some new, exotic software will welcome today's release of an early version of popular custom firmware Cyano...
Review
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 18, 2011
Our pal digitalslacker is back, showing off a little MIUI action for the Nexus S 4G with another great ROM review. Reader submitted reviews are pretty much the best way to get an in-depth look a...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 15, 2011
A lot of cool things can be found when you tear apart code and start digging around. This is the case when the Webtop code for the Motorola Droid Bionic got busted open, and some device code-nam...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 12, 2011
After a week or so of teasers, unofficial builds of CyanogenMod 7 are now available for the HTC Sensation and HTC EVO 3D. You won't find these n the source tree just yet, and there's no wor...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 11, 2011
Read our Droid Bionic Review
Our man Cory is at it again -- he has the hacking guides for the Motorola Droid Bionic ready to go and you can find them in the Bionic section of the Android Central fo...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 09, 2011
Read our Droid Bionic Review For many of us, half the fun of getting a new Android phone is digging in and trying to break it make it our own. The Droid Bionic is no exception of course, and fo...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 09, 2011
If you've picked up a Motorola Droid 3, and love to tinker with things, listen up -- files have surfaced that will allow you to restore your D3 to a "factory-like" state and, more important,...
Article
by Alex Dobie
Sep 05, 2011
Last Friday we reported that a RUU (ROM update utility) containing an early beta build of Android 3.2 Honeycomb for the Flyer tablet had leaked out online. Over the past couple of days, An...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 29, 2011
LG has released the Kernel source and assorted GPL bits for the Gingerbread build on their Optimus S device. No reports of anything showing in the LG updater tool just yet, and rumor says mid-Se...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 25, 2011
The Motorola Droid 3 has been rooted, and while we expect root to happen for most Android phones, there are a couple things here that we want to talk about. To start at the beginning, the goal o...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 24, 2011
It looks like HTC's unlocked bootloader policy may not be just what everyone was looking for, and several key portions of the firmware remain locked. What appears to be the case, is that using H...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 14, 2011
If you're rocking an Optimus S on Sprint, and we know a lot of you are, here's one more reason to hack the daylights out of it -- the Theme Team. Android Central developers jstntp and jondevere ...
Review
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 13, 2011
We're back with another reader submitted ROM review, this time around we have Android Central member digitalslacker showing some love for the Nexus S 4G with a great review of Oxygen ROM. I've u...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 08, 2011
Here at Android Central we're about more than just bringing you the latest Android news, we have the best damn Android forums on the Internet! (Notice the capital I in Internet. We're serious.)&...
Article
by Alex Dobie
Aug 05, 2011
We already knew that CyanogenMod 7.1 was on its way to the LG Optimus 3D (aka LG Thrill 4G), but now we have some early video footage of the popular custom firmware running on LG's new flag...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 29, 2011
O'Reilly's Android Open conference, being held Oct. 9-11 in San Francisco, is looking for modders, hackers, and DIY-ers to participate in the Mini Maker Faire on the final day of the event. They...
Article
by Alex Dobie
Jul 25, 2011
What's this we have here? Popular custom ROM CyanogenMod 7.1 running on the HTC Sensation (aka Pyramid) and LG Optimus 3D (aka Thrill 4G)? The tantalizing screenshots above were rec...
Article
by Alex Dobie
Jul 22, 2011
Good news for Galaxy S II owners looking for a bit of custom firmware action. Samsung's excellent flagship device has taken its first step towards being fully supported by CyanogenMod, with early Gala...
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 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...
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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 Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 17, 2011
If you just picked up your shiny new Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 today, you might want to reboot it. It appears that some of the retail units are being shipped with a familiar bootsplash screen feat...
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 Alex Dobie
Jun 07, 2011
HTC may be preparing software updates for the Sensation which will unlock its bootloader, if a new "stock" answer from customer support representatives proves to be accurate. Several XD...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 26, 2011
Break out the bubbly -- HTC CEO Peter Chou just announced via Facebook that they have heard everyone and will no longer be locking the bootloaders of their devices. We're assuming (and hoping) ...
