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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 12, 2011
The Samsung Vibrant (the first of the original Galaxy S devices to hit the U.S.) is no longer supported by CyanogenMod. According to developer Abhisek Devkota, issues with the way the radio in...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 05, 2011
Dingleberry, the exploit package that roots the BlackBerry PlayBook (and has one of the coolest names ever) has gone public, and everyone who bought a PlayBook can now root the QNX operating system ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 20, 2011
You didn't think we would stop playing with the Ice Cream Sandwich AOSP ROM for the Nexus S so soon did you? Trust me when I tell you it's almost 100 percent, and well worth the time t...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 04, 2011
Bazinga. The Qualcomm chip in the T-Mobile Galaxy S II has been overclocked to 1.8GHz, and as far as we know nothing has caught fire and no fuzzy animals have been harmed. The Hercules i...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 28, 2011
HTC has made the Gingerbread kernel source for the EVO Shift 4G, HTC Thunderbolt, and Droid Incredible available for download on their developer center website. As always, unless you're a ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 08, 2011
If you have an HTC EVO 3D, and have had some issues flashing the TWRP (and be sure to check out Josh's awesome hands-on and interview with developer agrabren) while using version 1.5 of hboot, o...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 02, 2011
(And it doesn't mean the sky is falling)
Update (Oct. 4): HTC says a fix is on the way. Original follows.
Another week, another bit of scary news that nobody is taking the time to properly ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 22, 2011
What's thin, elegant, has an incredibe LCD screen and runs CyanogenMod 7? The LG Optimus Black, that's what! Android developer Ricardo Cerqueira has built an early preview of CM 7.1 fo...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 11, 2011
Drooooiiiiidddddd... It's a sound plenty of us know and love, and we realize that along with it comes some serious bloatware from the folks at Verizon and Motorola. The Droid 3 is no excep...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 08, 2011
Just picked up your Motorola Droid Bionic, eh? After you've got it charged and ready to roll, for many the next step will be to root it and strip out the loads of carrier bloat Verizon so kindly...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 02, 2011
Want a solid aluminum 7-inch Android tablet that runs Honeycomb? If you're sporting an HTC Flyer, today may be your lucky day. The first Honeycomb RUU has been leaked out, and more importa...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 22, 2011
We're back with another ROM review, and Android Central forums adviser PvilleComp and his Dinc have returned. This time we're going to have a look at Nils' Business GingerSense. It's base...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 21, 2011
At $99 bucks, the HP TouchPad would make one hell of an Android Tablet. It has about the same basic internals of the HTC EVO 3D, a decent 1024x768 IPS display, and after the news that HP wa...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 20, 2011
We love reader-submitted ROM reviews, and once again we have Android Central member digitalslacker and his the Nexus S 4G, bringing us a review of GPA for the Nexus S 4G. This one is a treat -- ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 19, 2011
This time around our friend and Android Central forums adviser PvilleComp is back, and he brought his trusty HTC Droid Incredible with him. He gives us a nice look at SkyRaider Sense for his Din...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 19, 2011
Another day, another Gingerbread leak for the HTC Thunderbolt. This time around everyone's favorite Russian mystery man Football provides us with the 2.10.605.1 build in RUU form. If you'r...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 15, 2011
"Are you sure you wish to continue? You are about to start the process of unlocking your device. Unlocking your device allows you to install custom Operating Systems (“OS”) onto your...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 14, 2011
Android hackers have succeeded in unlocking the Motorola Photon 4G bootloader using the methods they first figured out for the Atrix 4G. Like most hacks of this nature, you're going to have to ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 14, 2011
If you took the last OTA for the HTC EVO 4G, and have been wanting and waiting for a root method, you're now in luck. The fellas at Revolutionary have worked out the kinks and the EVO 4G wi...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 02, 2011
If you're the proud owner of a shiny new Motorola Photon 4G and itching for some root action, you're in luck -- provided you have the HD dock, some USB computer peripherals, and access to a monitor o...
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by n64kps
Jul 31, 2011
It's been a glorious past week for EVO 3D owners. It started off with HTC releasing the kernel source followed up by unrevoked and AlphaRev releasing their Revolutionary tool to obtain S-O...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 24, 2011
You would think that an Android phone like the Samsung Replenish wouldn't draw much attention from independent Android developers, but you would be wrong. Android Central ROM developer Shab...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 19, 2011
Android developer c21johnson has worked up a custom ROM for the Motorola Droid X2. Minimal X, currently in a beta-release stage, is the first available custom ROM for the X2, which still has a l...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 17, 2011
The CyanogenMod user install base has hit the 500,000 mark, according to the stats released by the CM team. This is across all devices, and includes unofficial versions in the numbers. Som...
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by n64kps
Jul 07, 2011
Here's something to whet the appetites of EVO 3D and Sensation 4G owners alike, an overclock to 1.7GHz! Michael Huang, the developer of SetCPU, posted this picture to Twitter of the EVO 3D...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 29, 2011
Youtube link for mobile viewingWe've seen Ubuntu running on many an Android device, but it's especially interesting when it's on a tablet. Well, add the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 to the list...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 10, 2011
The HTC Thunderbolt MR2 release, rumored for a rollout around or after June 15, has been leaked and is now available for download in both an unaltered version as well as a few custom ROMs. We fi...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 09, 2011
It looks like you won't have to wait long for developers to get geared up for Samsung's latest beauties -- the Galaxy S 4G on T-Mobile and Galaxy Tab 10.1 (the I/O edition only for now) have both been...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 27, 2011
We're all pleased as punch that HTC has decided to shake things up a bit and stop locking the bootloader on its Android devices. Cheers to the manufacturer for listening to the vocal minori...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 26, 2011
Besides that SAMOLED plus display and LTE radio, the Samsung Droid Charge has another thing going for it that's important to many of you guys -- no bootloader monkey business. All yo...
