Tag archive for "hacks"
Behold, the once and still king of numbers, Nexus S. The following winning spots have been achieved by our very own forum manager Simms22 and are achieved by combining a Samsung Nexus S device with the latest version of CyanogenMod 7 and the kernel currently known as Trinity 1.544Ghz. What this kernel has done in [...]
The Samsung Galaxy S II has only been on the market for a short while – and units are still in high demand – but we’ve already seen one of the first hacks of the smartphone. MoDaCo’s Paul O’Brien has come up with a custom GSII insecure boot image that allows for adb shell root and [...]
The T-Mobile Sidekick 4G has only been on sale since Wednesday, but that hasn’t slowed down the rooting masters at xda-developers. They’ve already come up with a root for the messaging-centric smartphone, opening the door to custom ROMs and other juicy hacks. The root is the handiwork of “josby”, but according to other xda members [...]
We mentioned SparkFun’s brilliant new IOIO for Android earlier this week, a USB I/O breakout board for Android smartphones which turns your handset into a super-Arduino of sorts. Now the brains behind the board, Ytai, has spilled the beans on the project, including some sample code and a handful of ideas that you can use [...]
If you’re familiar with the Arduino then SparkFun’s new IOIO for Android should get you really excited. A straightforward way to get I/O from an Android 1.5+ device’s USB connection, the IOIO board uses a simple Java API to hook into your app and then allows you to link external sensors, inputs and other controls with [...]
Sprint and Verizon have slashed pricing for the Samsung Galaxy Tab, with both carriers now asking $199.99 for the 7-inch tablet. The extra discounting makes the CDMA networks the cheapest in the US for picking up the Galaxy Tab; T-Mobile USA is asking $249.99, while AT&T offers the Tab agreement-free for $549.99. The move could well [...]
Sony Ericsson may have abandoned Android OS update plans for the XPERIA X10, but that doesn’t mean the modding community is done with the smartphone. Over at xda-developers, TripNRaVeR has fashioned nothing less than Android 2.3 Gingerbread for the X10, based on the version running on the XPERIA Arc. So far, the list of what’s [...]
First of all, we must do the customary compliment on the username. There clearly isn’t much better an element than the Fred element. Then, let’s have at it- unlocking the Motorola XOOM like we said you could, truthfully quite the easy task. They didn’t make this machine to stop you from doing so, but doing [...]
It’ll be Thursday before the first official taste of Honeycomb hits the market – in the shape of the Android 3.0 powered Motorola XOOM – but the quest to put the tablet SDK on all manner of other devices continues with the Nexus One. Google’s first Nexus phone has been married up with Honeycomb by [...]
The full system dump was only the start of things; Motorola’s ATRIX 4G isn’t on shelves yet, but the smartphone has apparently already been rooted. The handiwork of developer DesignGears, the full instructions – like the AT&T smartphone itself – haven’t been released yet, but it should come as a relief to those concerned Motorola’s [...]
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