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Rooted Gingerbread for Droid 2 and Droid X
Got a rooted Droid X or Droid 2? If you’ve been jonesing for some Gingerbread goodness, we have good news for you. The good devs at MyDroidWorld took leaked official Gingerbread builds for the two phones and managed to root them. Previously, if you wanted …
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HTC to Incredible S Users: NO ROOT FOR YOU!
Engadget is reporting this morning that the AndIRC team that has had some experience exposing the Thunderbolts locked bootloader and creating the root process has also identified the same lockout code in the Incredible S (which for us here in the States is probably going …
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Root Tools: an Open Source Toolkit for Developers
Root Tools is a new open source project aimed at making life easier for developers of apps that require root. The library already includes about half a dozen methods, including ways to remount, send shell commands, find busybox, and more.
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Atrix 4G Rooted, Dumped Ahead of Launch
Been considering an Atrix 4G, but worried that, given Motorola’s track record of locking down its handsets, it might be a while before it’s rooted? Well that worry is out the window: Moto’s new dual-core superphone has been rooted before it has even seen official release by AT&T.
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App Review: Rom Manager [VIDEO]
Thinking about flashing a new ROM? How about a theme? Chances are you googled it and were just too overwhelmed with all the steps. Thats where Rom Manager comes in, you can easily flash roms, themes, make backups, restore backups, rename backups, partition your SD card, and more–all from …
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The CyanogenMod Nightlies Are Back; This Time with Extra Gingerbread
Team Douche strikes again! Yesterday, a post on cyanogenmod.com announced the roll out of the infamous nightly builds, which are all based upon the newest version of the mod, Cyanogenmod 7 (CM7).
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Project Elite v4 ROM:Sleek,Stable & Fast
Last week I came across a great ROM for Motorola Droid 1 (a.k.a. “OG Droid”) tucked away in Droid Forums: Project Elite v4. Now, I usually flash the major ROM developers’ work (Cyanogen, Bugless Beast, Chevy and the others on ROM Manger) because of their history, and pass up the new guys because of fear of abundant force closes and buggy performance.
Well, I’m glad I took a chance on this one.
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Make Your Xperia X10 Look Like Gingerbread
No, you can’t have Gingerbread on your Xperia X10 yet and it’ll probably take a long time before you can, but you can apply a custom ROM with a Gingerbread theme. I’ve made a mod of the AOSP ROM we’ve talked about earlier to make it look like Gingerbread.
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Theme Spotlight: Get Your Theme On! Sonnysekhon @ XDA
In the wonderful world of XDA there are many developers working towards getting the most out of their device. In this spotlight, I’d like to highlight a specific dev/themer who shares his work among many devices. His work ranges from themes to wallpapers. He is …
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$1,000 Bounty For Rooting Google TV, Installing Apps
The first Google TV device was launched exactly a month ago, but still nothing has happened around the rooting thing. Someone was really tired of the limitations of the platform and decided to give a $1000 bounty to the first person who roots and installs third-party apps on the Google TV. Since it’s running Android, it seems to be quite easy at the first glance, but it isn’t.
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HTC Releases Source of Three Handsets
HTC has released the source code for the G2, MyTouch 4G and the Verizon Droid Incredible today in their Developer Center. The developing community will probably be very happy with those, making a good and stable root possible much easier. Please note: The source of the G2 is not meant for the Desire Z. The G2 is running stock Froyo, while the Desire Z is creamed with HTC Sense.
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Bootlace 2.1 Brings Android 2.2 to iPhone!
Ok I know this is an Android site.You may not like the “i” products. I myself shudder when I hear “iPhone”… like fingernails on a chalk board. Yet there is still hope for Android’s biggest competitor. With the help of a little program called Bootlace …
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SetCPU Updated! (Root Users)
The popular application SetCPU has been updated to v2.0.4 which brings support for the new HTC kernels. According to the changelog it now has perflock disabler support for HTC kernels 2.6.32.17 and 2.6.32.21. A new feature which will make “flashing junkies” happy is the ability …
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Rooted Users & System Apps: What To Do When They Get Updated
There seems to be a bit of confusion regarding what to do when system apps get updated while using a custom ROM. Recently Google’s Youtube app was updated with a slick new version, but many people on XDA forums & other similar communities are having issues with their rooted devices.
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