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by Alex Dobie
May 02, 2013
ClockWorkMod dev steps in to help actor root his HTC One
Star Trek: The Next Generation actor and all-round alpha-nerd Wil Wheaton is having trouble rooting his HTC One. Of course Clo...
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by Andrew Martonik
Apr 26, 2013
AT&T, Sprint and T-Mobile versions can now be rooted with a simple tool
Well that certainly didn't take long, did it? With only AT&T's variant shipping to pre-order buyers, Sprin...
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by Casey Rendon
Apr 09, 2013
This latest root method works on all current Android versions of multiple Motorola phones
Yesterday we witnessed a Motorola milestone (no pun intended) when Dan Rosenberg announced he ...
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by Alex Dobie
Apr 02, 2013
ODIN-flashable package for Exynos 5 Octa version of upcoming handset
Very few people -- mostly folks on the payroll of Samsung or one of the major mobile operators -- can claim to be in possessi...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 23, 2013
Justiceanthony asks in the Android Central Forums:
Hi all,
I'm new here. I'm looking to buy a new Note 2 for the third time (yeah, I lost the first one and gave the second to my girlf...
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by Richard Devine
Mar 04, 2013
We first took a look at Koush's ClockworkMod Superuser app about a week ago, and we were impressed with what we saw. A well designed utility app for rooted users, that brought a great featu...
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by Richard Devine
Mar 01, 2013
Yes, that's my LG Optimus Black, and yes, it is running Photosphere. It's the same Photosphere that distant relation the Nexus 4 is running too, not the LG version found on the Optimus ...
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by Richard Devine
Feb 25, 2013
Koushik Dutta of ClockworkMod, ROM Manager and Carbon (Backup) fame continues his long standing contributions to the Android community with his latest creation, ClockworkMod SuperUser. Currentl...
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by Andrew Martonik
Feb 19, 2013
Thanks to some resourceful users over at XDA, the HTC Droid DNA now has full a full S-OFF exploit tool. Having S-OFF (basically) means that the NAND storage of the device is opened up and able to be...
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by Andrew Martonik
Feb 14, 2013
ROM Manager, a staple app used by practically anyone who roots and switches ROMs often, has just added support for both delta (incremental) updates and TWRP recovery. Delta updates (downloads, ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 20, 2012
Rocking an AT&T or Rogers One X, and tired of watching the International One X users have all the Jelly Bean fun? If you're not afraid to get your hands a little dirty, this port...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 16, 2012
A new kernel exploit has been found (credit to alephzain at XDA) that affects some Samsung Exynos chipsets -- which happen to power many of Samsung's more popular phones. Normally kern...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 02, 2012
The Verizon edition of the Galaxy Note 2 now has a root method. As is par for the course with Samsung phones, you'll need to use ODIN and flash a rooted image file, but that's not nearly...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 28, 2012
The folks who do this sort of thing have updated the Google Apps package today, handing you a shiny new flashable to go with that 4.2.1 AOSP ROM you're about to download.
Technically ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 19, 2012
We know plenty of people who grabbed a Nexus 10 last week are aware of how to unlock and root it. But there's also a whole bunch of people, some even new to Android, who might need a starting po...
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by Alex Dobie
Nov 16, 2012
It's a Nexus. It's got an unlockable bootloader. So it was only a matter of time before someone worked out how to plug root access and superuser into Google and LG's new baby. ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 14, 2012
If you've rooted your Android phone or tablet, no doubt you've used SuperSU. It's a great app used to control the permissions of other apps, and a must-have if you want to walk the dark ...
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by Alex Dobie
Nov 01, 2012
The CyanogenMod team has announced that as of the latest round of nightly builds, CyanogenMod 10 will include a new file manager app. The CM File Manager, developed by Jorge Ruesga, c...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 24, 2012
HOLLYWOODANT215 asks in the Galaxy S3 forums,
A friend rooted my device for me. I only use the root access to see emojis. Will he need to unroot my device for me to receive [the] ...
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by Andrew Martonik
Oct 23, 2012
The latest OTA update to the HTC One X on AT&T broke root methods that used to work in the past. Not to be outdone by a simple update, members over at XDA Forums already have another r...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Oct 22, 2012
The first thing I do with a review phone after I'm finished writing the review is to try to root it. Tonight was that night with the Sprint Optimus G, and it went rather well.
After a bit of Go...
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by Victoria Ho
Oct 17, 2012
Motorola Droid users rejoice! xda-developers forum user Dan (@djrbliss) has managed to root the Motorola DROID RAZR M, Atrix HD, the Photon Q, and the upcoming RAZR HD with ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 17, 2012
It looks as if Amazon did not patch the standard method to root ICS devices discovered by SparkyM over at XDA, and the Kindle Fire HD can be rooted in mere minutes. In fact, the most difficult part ...
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by Alex Dobie
Aug 18, 2012
If you’ve been waiting patiently to get your hands on experimental Jelly Bean-based ROM for your phone, today could be your lucky day. The team behind popular custom firmware CyanogenMod has o...
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by Andrew Martonik
Aug 14, 2012
For many, the Nexus 7 will be their first experience with one of Google's own branded Android devices. If you're interested in hacks of any sort on your phone or tablet, there really is no o...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 02, 2012
AT&T's version of the HTC One X looks to be getting an over-the-air update to Android 4.0.4 for a select few users today, and if the rumors are true, some hackers will want to skip this one....
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by Richard Devine
Jul 20, 2012
One of the many added goodies within Jelly Bean, is the Google Sound Search widget, sometimes referred to as Google Ears. It's really simple, but also a really nice touch to have built in to the...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 16, 2012
We're big fans of folks learning just what they are doing when it comes to hacking at their devices. One click root applications are fine and dandy, but when (not if) something goes wrong one da...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 16, 2012
Google selling unlocked Galaxy Nexus phones through Google Play is pretty cool, especially at the price they're asking. But not too long ago, that wasn't an option if you wanted a GSM G...
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by Chris Parsons
Jul 09, 2012
When Google unveiled the Nexus Q, they said they welcomed hacking on the social streamer and some in the development community took that as an open challenge to see what all they could make it do. H...
