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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
Mar 01, 2011
Man, I love these little Optimus One phones. When you put Android on great entry-level hardware and price it accordingly, a couple things happen. They get pretty damn popular, and develope...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 28, 2011
Changes in the Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread source will allow applications to take screenshots without rooting your phone. We've always been able to take screenshots using the SDK and the ddms util...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 28, 2011
Simon Walker, developer program head at Sony Ericsson, has made an interesting series of tweets suggesting the manufacturer may be about to change its stance on rooting and custom ROM development. Ju...
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by Chris Parsons
Feb 25, 2011
Well, that was certainly fast. Although, having an unlocked bootloader I'm sure helped this process just a tad bit. With the news coming to use courtesy of Koush, the Motorola XOOM now has a root meth...
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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 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
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 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...
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by Chris Parsons
Feb 19, 2011
Just in case you may have been holding off on your plans to pick up a Motorola Atrix 4G upon release based on the fact root possibilities were unknown you can now rest easy. Yes, the Motorola At...
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by Chris Kerrigan
Feb 12, 2011
While we have all been busy speculating when the HTC Thunderbolt will be launched (dare we say the 24th), the folks over at XDA have been busy achieving root access. Well, they did just tha...
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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
Feb 08, 2011
Put those shovels away -- the Droid Eris is still alive and kicking, and now a CyanogenMod 7 port is available. The Eris isn't on the CM 7 "officially supported" list, and HTC a...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 08, 2011
It's no secret that I'm really digging what LG has done with the Optimus One series phones, and Sprint's Optimus S is no exception. High performance Android phones for the budget-minded con...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 07, 2011
The Samsung Continuum has finally entered the custom ROM scene, courtesy of Fascinate developer and Android Central adviser Adrynalyne. It's a basic ROM, based on the DL17 release, with none of ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Feb 04, 2011
New phones always means new goodies for developers and hackers. With the release of the HTC Inspire 4G to a few people, it was only a matter of time until the system of AT&T's big beauty wer...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 31, 2011
Android hackers have done it again, and the Samsung Transform now has a stable Froyo port. The front facing camera and rear camera flash isn't working, but that's a fair trade off to have...
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by Chris Parsons
Jan 28, 2011
If you're an HTC EVO Shift 4G owner who has been looking for a permanent root solution, we now have some great news for you all. You no longer have to wait any more. The HTC EVO Sh...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 27, 2011
Good news for everyone looking for parts and files from the LG Optimus 2X, the files have been stripped from the phone and are available for download. The system dump itself is about 275 MB...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 18, 2011
Android Central forums member ItsAllAndroid brings up some really good questions -- which root method (temporary or permanent) is easier, and what are the advantages of permanently rooting your phone...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 17, 2011
If you went ahead and tried out any of the CyanogenMod 7 nightly builds, you've surely noticed the new Gapps builds. This is something that the fellows on the CM team has been working on as...
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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 13, 2011
Android Central forums moderator Ragnarokx has been hard at work building a great Froyo ROM for the Sprint Epic 4G, and it looks like a total winner. Whether you want to blame Sprint, Samsu...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 12, 2011
Things like the HTC Thunderbolt ROM booting up on the Sprint Evo 4G is the reason we all get excited over ROM leaks and dumps. I know many of you get tired of reading how these th...
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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
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 Chris Parsons
Dec 31, 2010
A late Christmas present from team Unrevoked is now available for download. Yes, all you people who have HTC Evo 4Gs with the new hardware, or a Droid Incredible with an SLCD screen, can now get to ro...
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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...
