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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 25, 2011
Yes, you read that right -- The Samsung Vibrant now has its very own CyanogenMod 7 (official) test release. It's clearly labeled as a TEST RELEASE, so don't expect miracles just yet, but fi...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 21, 2011
So you weren't patient enough to wait for a rooted version of EB13 Froyo for your Sprint Epic 4G and flashed the official version from Sprint. I can't blame you; I would have done the same darn ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 10, 2011
This one's been kicking around for a while, but with CyanogenMod 7 nightlies getting better, and the hard work Unforgiven512 has done with the files, WiFi calling for the Nexus One is now worth using ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 29, 2011
Have you been looking for the sweet weather widget from the LG Optimus 2X? I know a lot of you have, and thanks to XDA member Sony_Ericsson_X10 we now have it -- almost. He found that...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 16, 2011
After an amazing amount of hard work, hard working hackers have built a stable Froyo custom ROM for the Motorola Milestone. It's a port of CyanogenMod 6, and thanks to the new kernel ripped out ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 14, 2011
Want to get more from your Samsung Fascinate? Android Central Forums Adviser Adrynalyne has worked some magic and offers up a DL09 Super Clean ROM -- removing the bloat, leaving what you really ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 07, 2011
We got a tip that the RUU for the HTC Thunderbolt (check out our hands-on) has leaked out, and while we were breaking things down to be sure all was what it was supposed to be, the pulled system...
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by Chris Parsons
Jan 06, 2011
It seems rather out of the ordinary these days if a device isn't rooted before it hits store shelves but that's exactly what happened with the Logitech Revue. Despite many people in the communi...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 06, 2011
If you've taken matters into your own hands and use custom ROMs on your Android device, you've surely heard of CyanogenMod. Version 7 is the initial Gingerbread build, and it looks like we'll be...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 03, 2011
Not that we condone this sort of thing (I'm just the messenger here, Motorola!), but if you're looking for the SBF files for the Droid Pro, and/or the Droid 2 Global, they are now available. The...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 03, 2011
Take the Nexus S, add a little whiskey (Team Whiskey that is) to the kernel, and you get a step closer to warp speed on your phone. On the left is the outcome of a Nenamark benchmark run,...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 30, 2010
Are you rockin' one of the newer revisions (some 003 and all 004 versions) of the Evo 4G, and want some CyanogenMod loving? It looks like the man himself has got you hooked up, and it's only a f...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 15, 2010
While the Nexus S isn't available quite yet, that didn't stop some enterprising hackers from fashioning a re-work of the ho-hum boring original Nexus live wallpaper into the beauty you see above. ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 13, 2010
The Samsung Galaxy S i9000M (aka the Vibrant) from Bell Mobility seems to be having a high rate of failure with the internal SD storage. Starting back in September, some folks started seeing the...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 07, 2010
Gingerbread ROMs are being ported from the 2.3 SDK device emulator left and right. As of this writing, we have the Eris, the Hero, the Wildfire (pictured, and video after the break), and th...
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by Menno
Nov 29, 2010
Must be rooted: One of the coolest things about Android is the development community it fosters. These developers bring features and software upgrade to devices long after carriers and manufactu...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 28, 2010
Sprint's latest Android device, the LG Optimus S, now has its own custom ROM from our very own forum moderators KSmithInNy and Beezy. You might be familiar with their excellent work on the Evo 4...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 15, 2010
The T-Mobile G2 has been overclocked to an astonishing 1.9 GHz. Read it slowly, it's not a typo -- I read it two or three times myself to be sure of what I was seeing. Now to be clear, if ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 11, 2010
Last weekend when the Froyo leak for the Epic 4G rolled out, there was a bit of consternation about the folks that had the leak not wanting to share it with the public-at-large. Somebody, somewh...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 11, 2010
You won't find it for download anywhere, it's being called "very broken" and don't dare ask for an ETA, but here's a quick peek at CyanogenMod 6 on the T-Mobile MyTouch 4G. Less than 2...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 28, 2010
It will likely never be the most popular device, but the Samsung Mesmerize is a hell of a phone, and to me, part of reviewing it is using it the way I would if it were mine as well as designed. ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 19, 2010
The T-Mobile G2 just got even even better, as the release of the kernel source brings an overclock and giant speed boost to the already fast-as-all-get-out G2 (see our review with stock benchmarks her...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 15, 2010
Our favorite Muscovite Football leaked out the latest HTC Lexikon RUU (that's geek-speak for the Verizon Merge), so I just had fire up lil' Hal and get to cracking it open. What's better th...
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by Jared DiPane
Sep 29, 2010
We all know we love Android so much because the development community rocks, and people are always finding new ways to make it even better. Our forums members are always finding great new tricks and f...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 24, 2010
Don't have time to wait 45 seconds for your Droid Incredible to boot up? Then you'll love this -- a video of the IncDoes ROM booting up on the Incredible. Careful you don't blink, you jus...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 22, 2010
In a weird twist, while everyone was waiting for the Evo 4G update to show up, the folks over at XDA-Developers have just released the rooted users version of it. Don't ask, we have no answers a...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 21, 2010
Here's a neat twist for folks using the Nexus One or Desire, MIUI -- a "from-source" ROM from a Chinese group that takes the best things from vanilla Froyo (Android 2.2), TouchWiz, and of al...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 14, 2010
For many of us, the best part of having an Android phone is the user customization it allows. It's odd then, that there is no easy method to change the theme on your phone like there is with oth...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 08, 2010
The Motorola Droid 2 now has a custom ROM available. Epic Unleashed 1.1 (don't be confused by the name, this ROM is only for the Droid 2) brings more to the table than many thought would be...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 07, 2010
The unrevoked team has announced that version 3.2 is now available for download, and support for Froyo has been added. This brings the list of devices supported by the flashing tool to:Sprint EV...
