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by Phil Nickinson
Jan 04, 2012
For those of you who want to root your ASUS Transformer Prime but don't want all the muss and fuss of command lines, the Nachoroot method has been nicely pacakged into a little executable file t...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 20, 2011
The Nook Tablet has root access. Repeat: The Nook Tablet has root access. Shouldn't be a huge surprise, given that its older brother, the Nook Color, quickly became one of the most hacked device...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 17, 2011
By the way (if you haven't already noticed this by now): If you root your Kindle Fire, Amazon's streaming video will balk at you. The good news is it takes just a few seconds to unroot using...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 16, 2011
We've already got proper ADB access to the Amazon Kindle Fire, and now it's time to root the thing. And it couldn't be easier. All it takes is the venerable SuperOneClick program, and yo...
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by Joshua Munoz
Aug 11, 2011
Since Revolutionary came out, I've been waiting for a good Senseless ROM to tie me over until CM7 gets an official port. My prayers seem to have been answered in scrosler's very own Sensel...
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by Chris Parsons
Jun 27, 2011
Youtube link for mobile viewing Now that S-OFF can be obtained on the Droid Incredible 2 we've started to see some custom ROMs pop up for the device and developers have been hard at work in an effort...
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by Chris Parsons
Jun 20, 2011
Youtube link for mobile viewing The Droid Incredible 2 has been on plenty of developers' hit lists since its release. But until now, the full potential of the device has never been unleashed. Now, th...
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by Phil Nickinson
May 13, 2011
Youtube link for mobile viewingHave a rooted and hacked Nook Color? Want to run the new Netflix app? It's as simple as changing the build.prop file, of course, to make the app think your $250 e-r...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 27, 2011
OK, all you kids with your crazy rooted Samsung Epic 4Gs. If you're ready to get some semi-official leaked Gingerbread onto your phones, ACS has let loose the ED12 build that we've been talking ...
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by Phil Nickinson
Apr 13, 2011
If you've ever put a custom ROM on your Android phone (or are looking to do so), chances are you've used ROM Manager. And it's getting spruced up in its latest version. Things are a little prett...
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by Chris Parsons
Apr 11, 2011
We know -- it's pretty much inevitable these days when it comes to Android devices. They're going to get rooted, most before they even hit mass consumption. The Asus Eee Pad Transformer is no differen...
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by Jared DiPane
Apr 04, 2011
Back in February we got our first look at FullHDMI, an application for your HTC EVO 4G that mirrors your phones display on a television set. Upon initial release the application was only support...
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by Chris Parsons
Mar 10, 2011
Sure, the Motorola XOOM has a microSD card slot. But since it's not currently enabled for end user use one has to make due with the 32GB of on board storage that Motorola has included. Although if yo...
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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 Chris Parsons
Nov 29, 2010
If it runs Android, it must be rooted or at the very least, root must at be attempted. In this case, the Nook Color is the latest to fall victim to such guilty pleasures as you can tell from the above...
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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 Jesse Potter
Oct 26, 2010
We stumbled across a minor update release for the Evo 4G, in RUU form. In an attempt to find out which files have been modified in the update, the XDA faithful have already cracked it...
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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 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 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 ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jul 08, 2010
Carriers release them, then Android hackers crack them open -- as we see today with the HTC Wildfire. Paul O'Brien (a name we all should know by now) once again circumvents the protection scheme...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 15, 2010
And another new phone falls to the genius of the Android hacking community. You'll recognize the names -- eugene373, Paul O'Brien, and Koushik Dutta. These guys used the fake OTA method ...
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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 ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 05, 2010
That was quick! Paul over at MoDaCo announced that he has rooted the Dell Streak (aka the Dell Mini 5). Seems like these new devices are getting cracked as fast as manufacturers can push t...
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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...
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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!...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 27, 2010
Chalk up another victory for Paul O'Brien. Seems like he has the HTC Desire cracked, with su and the superuser app written into the system partition. This is huge considering that the Desi...
Article
by Jerry Hildenbrand
Apr 26, 2010
With the onslaught of e-readers in the works, and the tablet device craze gaining steam, life has to be tough for the Alex. It clearly has slipped off the radar recently, even the announcement t...
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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...
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by Phil Nickinson
Mar 15, 2010
You read that right, folks. At long last, the HTC Droid Eris on Verizon has been rooted. You're going to have to have the stock Android 1.5 phone to get this done, so if you've already installed...
