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HTC will unlock bootloaders for Sensation and EVO 3D by early September

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by Robert Nazarian on
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Back in May, HTC announced that they would no longer lock bootloaders, but they could not ship the Sensation or the EVO 3D with the capability. It looks like HTC will officially unlock them staring in August with the global Sensation, followed by the Sensation 4G and the EVO 3D.

They are currently in the testing phase now, and they expect to be fully operational by early September for devices that have received the software updates. They also plan on rolling out the unlocking capability to other devices as part of maintenance updates and new shipments.

Kudos to HTC on fulfilling this promise and getting it done timely.

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EVO 3D and Sensation Get Overclocking Without Permanent Root

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by Mitch Wright on
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You can’t keep a good dev down.

Despite having an encrypted bootloader, the EVO 3D has been getting a tremendous amount of dev attention, which has been leading to some rather impressive work like getting temporary root. Case in point, XDA forum member coolbho3000 has managed to wrangle processor overclocking and underclocking out of the device, as well as the Sensation apparently, using a pushed cooked kernel. The method takes a bit more effort than the traditional recovery flashing we’re all used to and thanks to the temporary root it works off of, everything goes back to default with a reboot. Still, given what the developer has to work with, we’re extremely impressed.

If you’re looking to do a bit of electronic finagling and you’ve been dying to start doing some serious modding on your new 3D, check out the video and hit up the source link after the break. Be sure to let us know how it goes in the comments! » Read the rest

CyanogenMod7 and MIUI land on the Droid Incredible 2

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by Robert Nazarian on
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Recently, HTC changed their stance on locking bootloaders, but it was too late for the Incredible 2. Thankfully the development community managed to open it last month.

We knew it was a matter of time till we saw some custom ROMs. The two most popular, CM7 and MIUI have arrived and can be flashed. Head over to the links for more information.

[CyanogenMod Wiki]  [MIUI]

[via engadget]

One-Click Unbrick for Samsung Captivate – let the flashing commence!

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by Jesse Bauer on
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If you’re the owner of a Samsung Captivate (SGH-i896, SGH-i897), and you love to flash, but fear the brick, fear not my comrades. AdamOutler, XDA Recognized Developer, has created a One-Click Unbricking tool for the Captivate that will save you from going through the painful task of unbricking your device after trying to flash without a JIG handy, thus giving you a bad taste in your mouth for further flashes.

This app is part of his Heimdall project, used for flashing Captivates, and will work on several OS’s. Here’s some of the features;

  • Will work on all Samsung devices which use Odin
  • Is a single, portable executable
  • Is the first one-click anything for our devices on Linux
  • Works on Mac
  • Works on Windows
  • Is open source
  • Is programmed in JavaDeploys and installs Heimdall for your OS
  • Is super easy to use…. Only one button!

So flash away Samsung Captivate owners, if you wish. Just always be sure to run a nandroid backup, Tibackup, and make sure you have this tool downloaded in case you need. If you have any issues or see any bugs, please report them to the developer here.

[via xda developers]

Skype video chat unofficially comes to Galaxy S II, Sensation, Thunderbolt, and others

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by Robert Nazarian on
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Yesterday we reported that the latest Skype update brought video calling, but only to four handsets. Thankfully, the Android community did some tweaking, and it quickly doubled. So far, there are reports of it working on the Samsung Galaxy S II, HTC Sensation, HTC Thunderbolt, and the HTC EVO 4G. It is possible it will work on more phones so if you have Android 2.3, give it a shot, and let us know in the comments.

There are a couple of apk’s: A Thunderbolt specific and a general one. The good news is no root is required. Here are the links:

Thunderbolt_GB_Skype.apk [mirror]

Skype_2_0_0_45-signed.apk [mirror]

[via droid-life and techpetals by engadget]

Evo 3D Already Rooted

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by Michael Murphy on
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One thing’s for sure about the Android dev community: They move fast. Less than two weeks after the device’s launch, root access has been achieved for the Evo 3D — both the stock version, and the updated kernel that was released OTA right after launch. Android dev agrabren announced via Twitter just hours ago that he has managed to root not one, but two different Evo 3D devices, one which was updated and one which wasn’t. He doesn’t yet have a method of distributing this hack to the general public, but he has successfully gained access. We’ll keep you posted on progress of general distribution in the upcoming days.

[via twitter, by way of phandroid forums]

How-To: Force the new Facebook layout on your Android phone – the easy way

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by Dustin Karnes on
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Dying to have that slim, sexy new Facebook UI on your Android phone? Well, although Facebook is slowly rolling the new look out to select Android phones, you can actually force your Facebook app to check back with Facebook’ servers. All you have to do it go to settings > applications, find Facebook, force close, and clear the cache. That’s it! Now start Facebook up, and viola… new UI! Be sure to let us know how it goes in the comments.

“Tabuntu” Gives Some Ubuntu Love to the Galaxy Tab 10.1

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by Mitch Wright on
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If you’ve got one of the new 10.1 Galaxy Tabs and are looking to do some tinkering, you may want to check this out. Max Lee from Galaxy Tab Hacks has put up a video demonstrating his technomancy prowess, bringing a rather smooth running Ubuntu OS to the new tablet. Now it’s not actually loaded onto the Tab, as it’s running via local VNC, but the results are impressive nonetheless. Max does mention that he’s got some work to do, as the ctrl key doesn’t function properly and he plans to replace Firefox with Chromium due to memory constraints. That said, if you’re wanting to scope this out for yourself and possibly try it, click in after the break for a video of the magic in action and a link to the instructions to do so yourself. » Read the rest

CyanogenMod 7.1 RC1 now available for download

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by Robert Nazarian on
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CyanogenMod 7.1 RC1 is now available. This is first official release for the new CM 7.1 and it brings Android up to 2.3.4.

Many of you have been running nightly builds of CM7 so these changes are not new, but for those of you that like stable builds and want some nice improvements, you will want to flash this update.

Full changelog after the break

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Cheat On Multi-Touch Games With Your Motorola Atrix Using This 5 Point Touch Tweak

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by Joe Sirianni on
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Have a Motorola Atrix?  Like to rock Fruit Ninja and other multi-touch games in your spare time?  Got something for ya here.  With this new fix from XDA, member michael0619 has provided a way for you to have up to five points of contact recognized on the Atrix making games like Fruit Ninja and others much much easier to play.  Slash away through the levels without missing a single piece of fruit now!  Hit the break to find out how to install this by clicking on the link for the thread.  Feel free to leave any comments below and to also provide the developer with any feedback for improvement.  Good luck!   » Read the rest

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