Nov

2010

New myTouch 3G OTA update works on G1

by Dustin Karnes
tagged 3G, Android, G1, hack, mt3g, my, MyTouch, ota, t-mo, T-Mobile, tmo, tmobile, touch, update, XDA

According to the folks over at Android Spin, it looks like the new OTA for the MT3G works on the G1… after some tweaking, of course. The brilliant minds over at XDA-Developers have managed to rip out the OTA and slap it on the G1, and according to reports, it’s pretty slick. There are warning [...]

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Nov

2010

Acer D255 Netbook Seen Running Android OS!

by Jesse Bauer
tagged Acer, Acer D255, Android, android os, Android Tablets, chrome os, Google, Netbook, pc, smartphones

The PC market is in trouble with the onslaught on tablets gaining popularity. How do you battle smartphones and tablets in sales? You install a mobile OS on a PC, in particular, if you’ want to make a good run at increasing your PC sales, you install the most popular mobile OS available…Android. Here you [...]

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Nov

2010

Multitouch hacked for Sony Ericsson Xperia X10

by Jesse Bauer
tagged Android, Android Development, hack, multitouch, sony ericsson, sony ericsson x10, Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, x10, xperia, xperia x10, youtube

One of the features many Xperia X10 users have been waiting for is multitouch. Thanks to some persistent developers who simply won’t take no for an answer, we have video footage of a hack on the X10 which shows it is possible to run on the Xperia family. The videos show that it’s not in [...]

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Nov

2010

Dell Streak gets SNES controller mod, plays Mario

by Dustin Karnes
tagged Android, controller, Dell, game, games, mod, nintendo, snes, streak, video

What’s the biggest complaint on gaming with your Android device? Besides the occasional freeze up, it’s having a rough time using whatever controls may be available. Now, however, the Dell Streak has gotten an upgrade – of the retro kind. Hardware hackers have created an SNES controller dock for Dell’s tablet-ish device, and it looks [...]

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Nov

2010

How to update your Motorola Backflip to the 2.1 party, even if you didn’t get invited

by Dustin Karnes
tagged 2.1, Android, eclair, hack, Manual, moto, motorola, upgrade

Nobody likes bing left out, that’s a fact. Remember little Susie’s birthday party in 4th grade that she didn’t invite you to because you put worms in her lunchbox? No? Maybe that was just me then… Anyway, thanks to the magic of the internet, you Motorola Backflip users don’t have to be left out of [...]

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Nov

2010

Tutorial: Manually update T-Mobile G2, remove Google Goggles

by Dustin Karnes
tagged Android, desire, G2, goggles, Google, HTC, t-mo, T-Mobile, tmo, tmobile, update, z

Looks like we’ve got a tutorial to start out your morning, folks. Today, we’ll be taking a look at how to manually update you T-Mobile G2 to the latest OTA “over the air) update. The only glitch is that, if you have removed Google Goggles from your device, the update won’t apply correctly, but we’ve [...]

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Nov

2010

Set up profiles in Angry Birds with Angry Aviary

by Dustin Karnes
tagged Android, angry, aviary, birds, multi, multi-player, multiplayer, player, profiles

Are you tired of people messing with your oh-so-perfect scores in Angry Birds? If so, then you might want to take a look at Angry Aviary. A once root-only application, this app will allow you to swap Angry Birds profiles on the fly, so now you and another player won’t have to be on completely [...]

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Nov

2010

Lookout Premium adds new features, keeps your device more secure

by Dustin Karnes
tagged Android, app, lookout, mobile, privacy, security

With all the ways for the security on your mobile device to be compromised, it’s always good to see a company put their best foot forward to ensure privacy and protection. We’ve all heard of Lookout Mobile for Android before, but now it looks like the free app has gotten a new paid version, which [...]

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Oct

2010

CyanogenMod 6.1 RC1 released to the public

by Dustin Karnes
tagged 3G, 6.1, Android, candidate, cm6, cyanogen, CyanogenMod, EVO, G1, Google, hack, HTC, mod, mt3g, my, MyTouch, nexus, rc1, release, Root, slide, touch

Everybody grab your geek hats, put in your night vision contact lenses, and bust out with the geek lisp – CyanogenMod 6.1 RC1 is now out and available for download. The geniuses behind CyanogenMod, Team Douche, have released the latest iteration of CyanogenMod, and us rooters and hackers have been clamoring for awhile on this [...]

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Oct

2010

Get the latest YouTube standalone app Without Froyo!

by Jesse Bauer
tagged Android, android 2.1, android 2.2, Android Applications, eclair, froyo, Google, hack, xda-developers, youtube

So you want the latest stand alone YouTube app , but you haven’t got Froyo available for your device. We hear ya, and luckily, so does XDA-Developers! A thread posted earlier this week shows that there’s a way to get it running on Android 2.1 devices, and they were kind enough to setup the downloadable [...]

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