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Mar

5

2012

Google Wallet Unsupported on Rooted Devices

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by Emily Aquin
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The idea of using your phone as your wallet is a great one, but Google Wallet is proving to be a bit of a security nightmare. It looks as though Google has thrown up their hands on rooted devices, at least for now, and put a warning in the Google Wallet app of unsupported devices. [...]

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Mar

1

2012

Beats Audio No Longer Limited to HTC Devices, Now Flashable to Any Gingerbread ROM [Updated]

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by Stacy Bruce
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I am sure many of you are familiar with Dr.Dre’s Beats Audio line and that HTC bought exclusive rights to integrating the audio improvement software in their devices. I’ve heard people say that their HTC/Beats device provides a sound that is unmatched to other devices they have owned and I’ve also heard folks say the [...]

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Feb

29

2012

Verizon Responds In A Letter To The FCC Regarding Locked Bootloaders

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by Axl Logan
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Well, bootloaders are back on the menu and this time our friends over at Droid Life managed to intercept a letter given to a DL reader by Verizon Wireless regarding locked bootloaders.  The customer politely reminded Verizon about the “Block C License” but Verizon provided a song and dance claiming the unlocking of a bootloader [...]

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Feb

24

2012

CM9 Nightlies Officially Launched, Available for CDMA Galaxy Nexus, Nexus S and Xoom

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by Stacy Bruce
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For those of you Android owners who are rooted and love a little custom ROM action, I just might have some good news for you. Last night the CyanogenMod team released the first nightly of the CM9 ROM for the Galaxy Nexus, Nexus S and Xoom tablet. I am sure some of you have already [...]

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Feb

22

2012

Barnes & Noble Wants To Re-Configure Your Nook Tablet’s 16GB of Storage To A More Reasonable Allocation

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by Joe Sirianni
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The folks over at B&N must feel pretty bad about how horribly the Nook Tablet’s 16GB’s of storage has been poorly allocated because they want to make it right with you.  In very fine print, the company has stated that they will be allowing users of the Nook to come in and have their internal [...]

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Feb

22

2012

ASUS Officially Releases Transformer Prime Bootloader Unlock Tool

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by Stacy Bruce
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Finally! ASUS has officially released the Transformer Prime bootloader unlock tool that they have been talking about for what seems an eternity. Just as they promised, ASUS has delivered the tool in the month of February so now the development side of things is about to get exciting. Before today, the Transformer Prime was blocked [...]

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Feb

21

2012

[Video] CyanogenMod Reveals CM9 Boot Animation

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by Stacy Bruce
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Having already spent some time with the early build of CM9 on the Galaxy Tab 10.1, I am getting really excited to see what the final product is going to be like. It already seems like it’s a pretty finished product as is, but I imagine there will be a few tweaks added that will [...]

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Feb

18

2012

Attention Motorola Users: You Now Have Root!

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by Ed Caggiani
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A couple of days ago, our own Stacy Bruce reported that the DROID XYBOARD had been rooted. Now, apparently, the developer of this root method, which he calls “Motofail”, is stating that this same exploit works on all current Motorola devices running Gingerbread or Honeycomb. The Droid 4 root (“Motofail”) should work on all Gingerbread Motorola devices [...]

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Feb

16

2012

Auraslate’s Open Source Tablet Is An Android Dev/Hacker’s Delight

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by Joe Sirianni
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If you’re of the Rootin’, ROM’in and hackin’ community we’ve got some good news for you.  Check out the Auraslate by Aura Design, an extremely affordable tablet for the dev who wants to launch that next big idea but still remain within his/her budget. Aura Design is an Android Tablet Design Start-Up assist other companies or [...]

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