August 28, 2010 | by Chris Smith
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CyanogenMod-6.0, a popular community-built distribution of Android 2.2, has its official version out today for download. If your Android device is rooted and there is a final build available you can install…
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August 8, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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So much for downloading an application from the Android Market to easily root your Motorola Droid or Droid X. Last week, a new application entered the Android Market promising the ability to root the phone with…
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August 2, 2010 | by Chris Smith
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So, you have a newly rooted DROID Incredible with the help of the new unrEVOked tool and you want to know what’s next? Over at the Increidble forums at xda-developers.com you can get your hands on some pret…
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July 27, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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In my day, you had to block off several minutes of your day, carefully read long explanations, and manually enter code in order to obtain root access to your phone. Today, all it takes is plugging in your phone and…
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July 22, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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A new phone arrives, a few days pass, and root access is obtained. That seems to be the modus operandi of the Android hacking community , and it’s exactly what happened with the Motorola Droid X. Released J…
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July 16, 2010 | by Chris Smith
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Anyone who has been following the DROID Incredible rooting saga knows that it has been a long road (especially, yours truly) and today is the much anticipated end. Today, the unrevoked (or, unrEVOked) team rel…
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June 22, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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Today was a productive day among Android developers who like to hack away at phones. Earlier this morning, the Samsung Galaxy S achieved root status, just a couple of weeks after being released. The Sony Ericss…
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February 17, 2010 | by Andrew Kameka
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The HTC Desire and Nexus One have similar physical builds and specs, so it’s no surprise that someone would try to load one ROM on the other, in this case porting the Sense-powered Desire ROM created by HTC…
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December 14, 2009 | by Andrew Kameka
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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 de…
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December 8, 2009 | by Andrew Kameka
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Being named one of the best gadgets of the year by Time magazine would usually warrant top billing in that headline, but not tonight, my friends. As nice it is to see an Android product finally get its due and resp…
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September 27, 2009 | by Andrew Kameka
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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. &…
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September 8, 2009 | by Andrew Kameka
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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 inter…
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September 8, 2009 | by Andrew Kameka
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Be sure to read our introductory article before proceeding.
So you took the plunge and rooted your Android phone. Congrats. Now get to work understanding what that means.
First things first: realize that Andr…
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September 8, 2009 | by Andrew Kameka
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If you’ve rooted your Android phone, it may have been because you wanted to free up space and install apps on your SD card. Certain ROM’s have this feature built into, so all a user has to do is create a…
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August 16, 2009 | by Andrew Kameka
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A blogger has publicized what he says is a “one-click” method for rooting an Android phone, including instructions and files necessary to do so. The author of RyeBrye.com has credited someone us…
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August 12, 2009 | by Andrew Kameka
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Well, that didn’t take long. Roughly a week after being released, members of the XDA Developers Community have gained root access to the T-Mobile myTouch3g. Earlier this morning, XDA member Amon_RA t…
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