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by Dallin Hampton
Sep 22, 2010
Earlier this month, HTC hosted a meetup in London at which they announced the HTC Desire Z and more importantly, the HTC Desire HD. During the event HTC flashed us a sneak peek of the new Sense ...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Sep 19, 2010
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition -- Unrevoked Version 3.21 has returned after a short stint on the sidelines for extra testing, bringing the latest in one-click rooting and NAND unlockin...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Sep 14, 2010
The Verizon Fascinate has been rooted since Day 1, but that doesn't mean there's not work to be done. For your folks on Windows, it's as simple as downloading a zip file, following instructions...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 13, 2010
On Episode 28 of the Android Central Podcast, Alexander from Austria asked if there was an easy way to turn off automatic updating of apps, so that he wouldn't have to contend with the downloads sucki...
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by Phil Nickinson
Sep 09, 2010
Well, that didn't take long, folks. (And nor did we think it would.) The Verizon Samsung Fascinate has been rooted. And that means it's just a matter of time before we see the thorn in many...
Article
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...
Review
by afazel
Sep 06, 2010
For root users only! If you want to do some of the lower-level stuff with your Android phone, you're going to need ADB, which stands for Android Debug Bridge -- basically a way of connecting yo...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Sep 04, 2010
Fresh from our Droid X forums, Natemz brings us a couple of cool custom boot animations. On the left, a spinning Android logo. On the right another for some little Android site we've heard a little b...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 01, 2010
Here's one for you hackery types -- changing the resolution of your Android phone's screen through software, just like you can on a desktop monitor.You have to be rooted, so take that to mean there's ...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 27, 2010
The Motorola Backflip is the latest phone to get rooted, and it's using the same exploit as was used on the Droid 2 and the Evo 4G. This makes things really interesting, as any root method that ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 27, 2010
The Sprint Epic 4G is the latest Android phone to get rooted before it's even available for sale. The new root method developed by Sebastian Krahmer used to root the Droid 2, the Evo 4G, a...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 26, 2010
The Froyo (Android 2.2) update for the Evo 4G has been rooted. While the current method is a bit hairy and involves timing and a bit of luck, the directions look very straightforward, and ...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Aug 25, 2010
Well, that didn't take too long. The Motorola Droid 2 (read our full review) has been rooted. We're not quite in one-click territory yet -- you're going to need to do a tiny bit of command line ...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 12, 2010
The wait is over -- the fellows behind Unrevoked have released their "forever" tool. While we're not going to get into specifics (you can read those, and you had better, at the source ...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Aug 02, 2010
We haven't tried this one ourselves just yet, but what you see before you here is an app that purportedly roots the Motorola Droid and Droid X with a single tap, all on the device, no USB sync requir...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 30, 2010
Android hackers strike again, this time with the upcoming Android 2.2 release for the Evo 4G -- it's already been found, rooted and made available for your flashing pleasure. Avalaunchmods has b...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jul 27, 2010
Now that you can root your phone without fear of prosecution (not that we were ever really worried about that), you've really got no excuse not to try the latest method on the Droid X. (If you want t...
Article
by Kyle Gibb
Jul 26, 2010
The Library of Congress has seen fit to specifically exempt rooting and jailbreaking (for the iPhone) from the DMCA. This means that it is now 100 percent legal to root to your heart's content w...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 23, 2010
Not to be outdone by it's larger cousins, the Motorola Devour has been rooted. Using some bits and pieces from the Droid X root method, some files scoured from the web, and some good old fashion...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jul 22, 2010
Looking to root the Droid X? You can now do so. The lads at AllDroid broke down the biggest phone still standing, and you can now access all the secret chambers of its inner ... Oh, what's r...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jul 16, 2010
The Droid Incredible was a tough nut to crack, but cracked it was, though the method for rooting was a bit, shall we say, difficult. But the Unrevoked team has updated its one-click method for the Di...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 13, 2010
Even though they aren't officially released yet, the US versions of the Samsung Galaxy S (T-Mobile Vibrant and AT&T Captivate) have already been rooted. We should expect this by now, as it s...
Article
by Adam Sawyer
Jul 06, 2010
Although that latest OTA patch for the Evo 4G had some launching quirks, you can't deny that it brought some great things for our beloved Evo – better battery life, improved...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 22, 2010
Told you they all fall eventually. Noted HTC hacker Eugene373 has taken his root method for the MyTouch 3G Slide and got it working on the brand new HTC Aria. It's not the easiest of meth...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 22, 2010
Yes, you read it right., the Nexus One has been rooted. Again. What's new about this is that the phone was rooted the old fashioned way, and the bootloader remains locked. Let me take a mi...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jun 22, 2010
The good news: A rooted kernel has been hacked onto the Samsung Galaxy S, which is good because we're expecting a spate of devices from Sammy any time now in the U.S. The bad news: T'wasn't ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Jun 15, 2010
Oh, what the hell. We had the first hands-on with the HTC Aria, the Droid X got into Engadget's hands, the myTouch 3G Slide was rooted, and the Evo 4G is perched atop the Palm Touchstone inducti...
Article
by Adam Sawyer
Jun 14, 2010
Rejoice! The brainiacs over at XDA have done it again, and have cracked the daunting Nandroid protection that has been hindering our developers of total control since the beginning. The method ...
Article
by Phil Nickinson
Jun 13, 2010
Remember how we said the other day that the Verizon Droid Incredible had been rooted, but that the method wasn't quite ready for public consumption? Well, your time has come, folks. This one's still ...
