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DIY hobbyists build Android-powered Robots for only $30

My cellphone could kick your cellphone’s butt. However, both of our phones would get demolished by the work of Tim Heath and Ryan Hickman. The two tech workers got together in their free time and built a mobile robot controlled by a G1. By sending commands to the phone through a telnet session, Heath and [...]

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HTC Sense UI ported to Moto DROID

It appears that HTC Sense UI has been ported from the HTC Desire/Bravo to be used on Motorola's DROID. The developers at AllDroid have been working on the port ever since the HTC Desire/Bravo's ROM leaked to the web and now it looks like they finally have something to show off.

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Select Windows Mobile HTC smartphones “hacked” to run Android 2.1

Have an old HTC Tilt, Polaris, Niki, or Vogue laying around collecting dust because you can't stand using Windows Mobile? Well, according to the XDA Developers forum you may be able to get a little more life out of your old device by hacking it to run the latest version of Android.

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Tip: How to fix your Android’s battery issues (rooted devices)

Here’s a quick tip I found on the cyanogenmod wiki for people with rooted phones and battery life issues. Many users report increases in their battery life meters after using this fix, but please note that this method does NOT provide any benefits for those with healthy batteries battery meters. How do you know if you [...]

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Hack for rooted phones promises faster 2G/3G speeds

A quick hack posted here on the XDA Android Development forum by “Stimpoff” may allow you to achieve faster download and upload speeds on 2G and 3G networks. I say “may” because it didn’t work for some people, including me up here in Minneapolis. However, there are enough happy users that have reported successes (up [...]

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Developers claim to have root access to Barnes & Noble Nook reader #android

The Barnes & Noble “Nook” ereader has been rooted. On Sunday night, the team of modders at NookDevs.com announced that they had discovered a DNS hack, followed by a teardown of the physical device to gain more information about how the Nook operates. After discovering that the Nook OS is run from the SD card, [...]

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Get Google Maps Navigator on a G1 (rooted phones only)

Want to get Google Maps Navigator on a G1 instead of a Droid? Of course you Android addicts do, and you’re in luck because the always-working folks over at the XDA dev forum have figured out a way to do it on rooted phones. If your Android phone is rooted, running Cyanogen 4.2.3.1 (the latest version), [...]

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Sprint branded HTC Hero gets rooted

I honestly have no intention of rooting my HTC Hero, personally I am happy with the standard Sense UI that HTC offers me. But with that I am sure there is at least someone who will be happy to hear that the Sprint branded CDMA Hero has been rooted. Of course, this news must come with [...]

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Et tu, Google? The CyanogenMod issue gets a resolution [commentary]

In Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar, Caesar had a tragic realization in his waning moments. As he lay covered in blood and struggling for air, Caesar looked up and saw his friend Brutus among his attackers. “Et tu, Brute?” (You too, Brutus?) he asked. Thousands of angry Android users now believe they are Caesar and Google is Brutus. [...]

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My Android phone is rooted: now what?

The one-click root method inspired quite a few Android device owners to root their phone. Sadly, not all root functions are as easy to implement as the one-click method. Some of the hacks and features that interested me required careful reading and researching multiple guides to find out the proper way to do certain things. [...]

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