Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jun 10, 2010
The Droid Incredible has been a tough nut to crack, with rooting eluding the hacking elite (and thus the rest of us mere mortals, too). But it looks like some real progress has been made, and Sha...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jun 08, 2010
A note to anybody with an Android smartphone: Don't leave it sitting around Paul from MoDaCo, or he's liable to root the thing on principal. Such is the case with the LG Optimus (aka th...
Review
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 08, 2010
Yes, Android handles multitasking and running applications in the background all on its own. It even does a pretty damn nice job of it. But sometimes, you want to have an app installed (S...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jun 07, 2010
If your Evo 4G's been rooted already (using either the Unrevoked or XDA method), there's now another Wifi tethering method available at your disposal, and all you have to do is load up a little ...
Article
by Adam Sawyer
Jun 06, 2010
If your dying for root access on your Evo 4G but just can’t figure out how ADB works, or custom recoveries confuse you – fear not, my friends. “Unrevoked” might just be...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 05, 2010
Ed. Note: The story originally was published on Feb. 14, 2010. We've updated it with new information and present it again for those of you new to Android.Each day more and more Android handsets a...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jun 03, 2010
The Evo 4G was rooted some days ago, and we finally have instructions. And it couldn't be easier. If you're new to this, we suggest you read through the thread at XDA Developers. And then read th...
Article
by Jeremy
Jun 01, 2010
From the Forums is a great way for you, our readers, to see the hottest topics being discussed. But you must be a registered member and becoming a member is a simple process. So if you have...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
May 31, 2010
Update: Rut roh, Raggy. Looks like there's some forum shenanigans going on, and this isn't the real deal after all. Feel free to find the perpetrators and kick the in the gonads for us.See here!...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
May 29, 2010
It might not look like much, but the screen shots you see here reportedly are from the world's first custom ROM for the Sprint Evo 4G. There's still work to be done, as the camera doesn't work and it'...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 24, 2010
Yes you read it correctly :) The Sprint Evo 4G appears to have been rooted, before its officially released. Android developer Matt Mastracci at his blog grack.com has some pictur...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 17, 2010
Android phones are big on cloud computing, so you gotta stay connected. Smartphone geeks like to toss the word "tethering" around, but what exactly is it and how do you do it? Fo...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
May 06, 2010
A lot of folks have been speculating about the new Droid OTA update and its effect on rooted phones. Looks like we can all relax, Motorola and Verizon don't have a sinister plot to lock down the...
Article
by Jared DiPane
May 03, 2010
Are you one of the (at least several) Motorola Backflip owners jealous with all of the rooting and ROM'ing posts that fill our forums for many other devices, and not yours? Well, for those...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Apr 28, 2010
Paul from MoDaCo promised root for the HTC Desire, and today, he delivered. Root for the HTC Legend is close, too, he says, and it likely won't take too terribly long to get inside the Veriz...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Apr 01, 2010
Well, that didn't take long. Get the right phones into the right hands, and rooting and custom ROMs are bound to occur. Such is the case with the HTC Desire and Legend, which Paul from MoDaCo has...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Mar 20, 2010
Five columns of apps, all nice and organized. That's one more column than on the stock Nexus One ROM. Necessary? Heck, no. But that's what makes it cool. [XDA Developers]...
Article
by Casey Chan
Jan 19, 2010
Though it may seem like Android phones are getting rooted faster and faster, rooting the Motorola Milestone actually took a bit of time. But wait no more because the Milestone (GSM version of th...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Dec 30, 2009
What's that, you ask? The Nexus One, set to be announced by Google next week, has already been rooted? Don't be too surprised. It's an HTC device, after all, and there are enough of the in the w...
Article
by Casey Chan
Dec 23, 2009
Hooray! The Motorola Cliq (full review coming, we promise) has officially been rooted. Which means you can turn this tween-text-teen-social-centric phone into a powerhouse of whatever you like, ...
Article
by Casey Chan
Dec 21, 2009
The Barnes & Noble Nook just received a software update that brings the firmware version up to 1.1. Basically, reboot your Nook to get the download to start or you can manually install...
Article
by Casey Chan
Dec 17, 2009
This rooted Nook story just gets better and better. After getting rooted and receiving Pandora, the Nook has now, literally overnight, got a working web browser and Twitter and Facebook applicat...
Article
by Casey Chan
Dec 16, 2009
Oh boy, this is going to get good fast. You already knew that the Nook, Barnes and Noble's e-reader, had been rooted, right? Well, that was only step one. Some users at nookDevs are reporting th...
Article
by Casey Chan
Dec 14, 2009
Oh yes. Leave it to the great minds in the Android dev community to already gain root access to the Nook. Meaning it's been hacked and ready to be unleashed. We're going to see some very cool us...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Dec 08, 2009
Those of you (and us) not patient enough to wait for Verizon to roll out the 2.0.1 update on its own are in luck. Not only can the Motorola Droid now be rooted, the incremental update to the Android O...
Article
by Casey Chan
Nov 12, 2009
We're sure a lot of you T-Mobile G1 owners have been interested in Google Maps Navigation since it was announced (to be fair, who isn't interested?). And when we told you that the fine folks at ...
Article
by Casey Chan
Aug 13, 2009
The T-Mobile myTouch 3G has been rooted. The wonderful folks of XDA developers have already hacked the myTouch 3G and were even thoughtful enough to provide detailed instructions on how to gain root y...
Article
by Casey Chan
Dec 09, 2008
We already told you guys about the Developer's Edition of the T-Mobile G1, but what if you already have a T-Mobile G1 but want the Developer's benefits? Well, first off, you have to thank the hacke...
Article
by Casey Chan
Nov 05, 2008
Boy do these Android Users move fast. We have news that the T-Mobile G1 has been jailbroken. Meaning full system access and read and write capabilities have been obtained. We have yet to try the me...
