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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 22, 2011
Once again our resident LG Optimus S expert has cooked up some goodness for the little powerhouse from LG and Sprint. Using parts of his previous work, and a mind-melding technique with a few ot...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 18, 2011
We've been seeing serious work on getting the GSM flavors of the Samsung Galaxy S line into the CyanogenMod 7 project for about three months, but now it's officially official -- the Samsung Vibrant, S...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 12, 2011
If you're a ROM developer and you're not posting your work in ROM Manager, you're missing out. It's a great way to get your work out there to the users. And with ClockworkMod's announc...
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by Alex Dobie
May 11, 2011
News is quickly spreading that the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 units given away to Google IO attendees yesterday are completely unlocked and ripe for all sorts of hackery, including quick and e...
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by Alex Dobie
May 06, 2011
Popular custom ROM CyanogenMod has been updated to version 7.0.3, bringing minor bug fixes along with an "important security fix". The new version is available now through ROM Manager,...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 30, 2011
If you've rooted your Android phone, you probably have flashed a ROM or two. Or 20. If you haven't, you will. That's how it works; you get sucked in and its too much fun to quit.&nbs...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 29, 2011
You guys know how it goes -- a few people get their hands on a phone a little early and we bring out the system dumps, the Samsung Droid Charge being no exception. The whole kit and kaboodle che...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 29, 2011
We've seen a few bits and pieces of the Casio Commando G'zOne floating around, but now you can get the whole thing, or any of the fun parts, in one handy place. The full system dump is available...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 28, 2011
Looks like folks with rooted and hacked phones won't have to wait very long to have a crack at the Android 2.3.4 update, as the code and the proprietary binaries (radio and GPU software) have already ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 28, 2011
What a night for Android hackers and HTC fans. The fellows at 911sniper have a feast of leaks for us all to monkey around with. First off, there's a leaked version of a Gingerbread OTA for...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 25, 2011
The GSM version of the HTC Hero is in need of a CyanogenMod maintainer, so it has been dropped by the CM team. Ciwrl sends word that while they have tried to keep the Hero on the supported devic...
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by Joshua Munoz
Apr 22, 2011
If you're looking to pilfer parts and pieces from T-Mobile's newly available Sidekick 4G, you're in luck.The full system dump is up as well as ringtones and wallpapers separately, for those who don't ...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 14, 2011
Alongside today's EVO 4G leak, a Gingerbread test ROM for the HTC Desire has also leaked out via the 911HTC blog. Version 3.06.707.0 is based on Android 2.3.3, but is running the old version of ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 12, 2011
Motorola Xoom kernel developer and hero of the hour bigrushdog has released the latest version of the Tiamat kernel for the Xoom -- with SD card support. It's not perfect (you can't swap ca...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 10, 2011
CyanogenMod 7 has reached the final version, after having gone through the alpha/beta/release candidate phases, and uploads are in process. CyanogenMod 7 has support for more than 30 devices, in...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 05, 2011
A while ago we reported that Sony Ericsson would be offering a bootloader unlocking solution for their 2011 Xperia line, and today Xperia Blog has some information about how this will play out. ...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 05, 2011
It's turning out to be a good month for Xperia X10 owners wanting to eek a little extra life out of their phones. First Sony Ericsson announced that the device, previously abandoned on Android 2...
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by Jared DiPane
Mar 31, 2011
Our very own Phil Nickinson has been quite a busy man, pumping out news, heading down to CTIA to bring us all the coverage, talking tablets with our sister sites, and now hitting TV. As we...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 29, 2011
The LG Optimus 2X is proving to be quite the treat for those who love to root and customize their phones, and the release of MCR (MoDaCo Custom ROM) for the device makes things that much better. ...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 27, 2011
Root access is now available on the just-released Wifi-only Motorola Xoom, thanks to some enterprising XDA members. The rooting process involves using the Android SDK, as well as a fair amount o...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 24, 2011
XDA user spacemoose1 is very close to having a working version of Honeycomb on the original Samsung Galaxy Tab. He's been documenting his efforts to bring the SDK build of Android 3.0 ...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 23, 2011
Bad news for anyone hoping to run custom ROMs on HTC's new Incredible S anytime soon. A recently-discovered RUU for the device seems to indicate that like its distant cousin the Thunderbolt 4G, ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 23, 2011
Find the latest HTC ThunderBolt accessories
Developers have packaged the lengthy and cumbersome HTC Thunderbolt root process into an easy to use application that runs from your computer.&nb...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 20, 2011
This one's still trickling in, but it appears that the keys needed to bypass the bootloader protection used by Motorola have been uncovered, with proof posted on Twitter. This means developers s...
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by Android Central
Mar 14, 2011
The Droid Incredible 2 ROM images have been leaked, and all the goodies have been extracted and are available in the Android Central forums. A few interesting tidbits from the leaked files:...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 05, 2011
Motorola and Google made the Xoom with an unlockable boot loader (thanks for that!), so it's great news when the hacking community has a way to roll things back to stock. You never know when you...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 24, 2011
We all breathed a collective sigh of relief when we learned that Motorola provided the Xoom with an unlockable bootloader, giving developers and hackers easy access to the hardware. And since ma...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 22, 2011
If you're rocking an LG Optimus S on Sprint, you MUST check out the LG Optimus S Control Center from Android Central Forums member drewwalton19216801. Behind the long name is an easy-to-use...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 21, 2011
We're all a little bummed that AT&T has blocked the Inspire 4G from having full HSPA capabilities by keeping the radio non-HSUPA capable. To be honest, we expected this based on their track ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 21, 2011
There was another Samsung slider on Sprint, long before anyone ever heard of the Epic 4G -- the Samsung Moment. It had pretty good hardware for it's day, with an AMOLED screen and an 800 MHz CPU...
