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by Alex Dobie
Feb 12, 2013
The Sony Xperia Z isn't due to be available globally until the end of the month, but being the good, GPL-abiding OEM that it is, Sony Mobile has already published the device's kernel so...
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by Alex Dobie
Nov 30, 2012
Verizon's Droid DNA is one of the hottest Android phones around right now, so developers are surely waiting to get stuck into the device's hardware. To that end -- and because the open-sourc...
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by Alex Dobie
Oct 08, 2012
Samsung has released the Linux kernel source code, and other open-source bits, for the recently-launched international version of its Galaxy Note 2 handset (model number GT-N7100). These files won&#...
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by Alex Dobie
Sep 26, 2012
With the Jelly Bean update hitting some international Galaxy S3 (GT-i9300) phones, Samsung has released its Android 4.1 kernel source, and other open-source bits for the device. The code isn...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Sep 17, 2012
A couple days ago we told you about the European LTE Samsung Galaxy S3 (Galaxy S III) being launched with Jelly Bean, and today Samsung has released the kernel source for it. The GT I9305 is the qua...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Aug 11, 2012
Samsung is keeping busy this weekend, as they have released the source-code for the GPL portions of the software for the Galaxy Note 10.1, as well as the Ice Cream Sandwich updates for the Galaxy Ta...
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by Alex Dobie
Aug 06, 2012
If today's Galaxy Note 10.1 announcements have inspired you to get working on custom ROMs for the upcoming tablet, you're in luck. Samsung has uploaded the Linux kernel source code for the Kor...
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by Richard Devine
Jul 12, 2012
In the true spirit of all things Google, the source code for the Google I/O 12 companion application has been released. Google will often try and slip some new bits and pieces into the I/O app, and ...
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by Chris Parsons
Jul 12, 2012
Samsung has been busy pushing out all sorts of updates lately and now they've gone ahead and updated their open source page with the AT&T Galaxy Note ICS kernel. Of course, this doesn't ...
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by Chris Parsons
Jul 09, 2012
If you're a code junkie, then you likely dig around GitHub quite a bit. To take it even further, if you're an Android code junkie you've likely looked in the Google Play Store for a GitH...
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by Jared DiPane
Jul 09, 2012
The Android community has been a bit upset at the fact that the Verizon branded Galaxy S III comes with a locked boot loader, and while this doesn't change that it is sure to make a few happy. S...
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by Alex Dobie
Jul 08, 2012
Good news for custom ROM developers, as Sony Mobile has just released the kernel source code for its recent Xperia S Android 4.0.4 update, as it's required to do under the open source rules. The...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jun 19, 2012
Sammy has spat out the source code for GPL portions of the AT&T and T-Mobile Galaxy S III firmware, and made it available for download at their developer site. It goes without saying that u...
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by Alex Dobie
May 23, 2012
As required under the open source rules, Samsung has released its Linux kernel source code -- and other open-source bits -- for the recently-released Android 4.0 firmware for the international Galax...
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by Alex Dobie
May 07, 2012
We're already starting to see a a fairly large selection of custom ROMs for HTC's new hero device, the One X. And development work is sure to be accelerated with the release of the kernel so...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 27, 2012
If you're rocking the HTC Sensation (a.k.a. the Pyramid for you geekier types), here's a bit of news that should interest you -- the CyanogenMod team has made the "official" CM9 re...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Mar 19, 2012
HTC has made the Ice Cream Sandwich kernel sources for the Vivid, the Sensation, and the Sensation XE available for download on their HTC Developer Center website. It's been about a week si...
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by Alex Dobie
Mar 19, 2012
Following last week's Ice Cream Sandwich update release for the international Samsung Galaxy S II, the kernel source code (along with other open-source odds and ends) for the new firmware has be...
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by Alex Dobie
Feb 01, 2012
The device itself won't be available for another couple of weeks or so, but Samsung has wasted no time in releasing the Linux kernel source (and other open-source bits and pieces) for the AT&...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Jan 18, 2012
Both the Samsung Epic 4G and the Samsung Epic 4G Touch have new kernel source up at Samsung's open source portal. The Original Epic 4G has the kernel and other open-source bits for update ...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 21, 2011
Google's App Inventor is dead, long live MIT's App Inventor!
A final notice everyone -- if you have some projects sitting around in App Inventor, and would like to keep them, either for som...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Dec 20, 2011
HTC has released the kernel sources for a list of devices (one that's too long to fit in a blog post title even):
HTC Vivid
HTC Salsa
HTC Flyer
HTC Incredible
HTC...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 28, 2011
There's more than one way to write Android apps, and if you're working on something intense, you know using the NDK and native code is the way to go. If you're a part-time develope...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 28, 2011
You can't buy it just yet, but ASUS has gone ahead and released the user manual, kernel source, drivers and other software related to its upcoming Transformer Prime Android tablet. You're no...
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by Chris Parsons
Nov 24, 2011
If you like poking around in some source code files to see what you can see, then Motorola has now given something to do. The Droid RAZR source code has been released on sourceforge and while it'...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 16, 2011
There's the trifecta, folks. We've got ADB access on the Kindle Fire, you can already root the Kindle Fire with SuperOneClick, and Amazon's already dropped the source code for public con...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 14, 2011
It's a great day to be an Android geek -- the Ice Cream Sandwich source code is now being pushed to Google's git servers! This is the full release of Android 4.0.1, which is the versio...
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by Jerry Hildenbrand
Nov 13, 2011
The CEO of Notion Ink, Rohan Shravan, is at it again with news about the Ice Cream Sandwich source code release, saying it will be released November 17. While it's tempting to just toss th...
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by Alex Dobie
Nov 07, 2011
Good news for anyone involved with tinkering around with software for the venerable HTC Desire. In accordance with open source rules, HTC has just released the kernel source code for the device'...
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by Phil Nickinson
Nov 05, 2011
If our calculations are correct, HTC just dropped more source code than we've got time for all weekend. To wit: we're now seeing kernel source and Gingerbread updates for the HTC Rhyme, myTo...
