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Oct

19

2010

CyanogenMod 6 getting “drunk mode”?

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by Dustin Karnes
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Over at the CyanogenMod website, there’s some interesting documentation showing some open features being worked on for CyanogenMod 6. One of these new features is listed as “drunk mode”, with nothing more to explain the feature than “Avoid making unintentional professional phone calls / sms in the middle of the night”. While we’re not entirely [...]

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Oct

13

2010

Froyo for Galaxy S looming, source code released

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by Dustin Karnes
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In keeping with Android’s open source mantra, the source code for Froyo on the Samsung Galaxy S line has been released to the public. This means a couple of things for end users: The official release of Froyo on these devices is very close With the source code released, hackers and developers of custom ROMs [...]

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Aug

30

2010

Old bootstrap recovery method confirmed for DROID 2

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by Dustin Karnes
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Have a DROID 2? Is it rooted? Do you find yourself sitting around thinking “well now what”? Well, you won’t be on your tookus for too much longer, as an old method for getting custom ROMS on your device via bootstrap has been confirmed to work for the DROID 2. This method gives you access [...]

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Aug

9

2010

Choosing the right ROM for your Droid Incredible

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by Tyler Cunningham
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So, you’ve managed to root your Incredible, what now?  Aside from the obvious gain of free wireless tethering and the ability to remove certain applications which shall remain nameless (cough…CityID…cough) one of the most common questions I have come across is “Why should I bother to root?”  On a personal level, the Linux geek inside [...]

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Jul

19

2010

LauncherPro: Now with widgets and a price

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by Chris Moor
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There’s a lot of options when it comes to launchers for your Android device, but the most popular options seem to be ADW and LauncherPro. Hoping to pull ahead in the launcher-race, Federico Carnales, the man behind LauncherPro, has recently added a new trick, scrollable widgets. The following widgets are available: People Widget – To [...]

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Jul

15

2010

HTC Droid Incredible finally gets rooted thanks to Unrevoked

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by Chris Moor
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The HTC Droid Incredible finally has been rooted by the guys over at Unrevoked. Using the painless Unrevoked3 tool, that can be downloaded from their site, you can finally set your Droid Incredible free. Before you can install the mod make sure you have all of the drivers for your phone so there are no [...]

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Jul

14

2010

Motorola says buy from another manufacturer if you want custom ROM’s

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by Chris Moor
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Motorola has answered all of the questions about the strongly secured bootloader on the Droid X and the soon to be Droid 2. Lori Fraleigh from Motorola stated “Securing the software on our handsets, thereby preventing a non-Motorola ROM image from being loaded, has been our common practice for many years. This practice is driven [...]

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Jul

10

2010

Chances for rooting and customizing the Droid X looking gloomy

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by Chris Moor
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As expected when the Droid X hit the hands of end users the attempt to root it began. The bad news is that from what community developers are saying is that Motorola really locked down this phone using the same locked and signed bootloader as the Milestone. Even more bad news we have yet to [...]

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