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Sep

4

2011

Android Gingerbread is now on 31.3% of Android phones, Still very disappointing

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by Robert Nazarian
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It’s that time of the month again when Google reports on what percentage of Android devices is running what version of Android. Last month, Android 2.3x Gingerbread was on 24.3% of phones, and one month later it has jumped to 31.3%. Although it is nice to see an upward trend, it’s very disappointing. Gingerbread has [...]

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Sep

1

2011

How To: Revert your DROID 2 to stock 2.2 in order to update to Gingerbread

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by Jim Farmer
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We just posted that the DROID 2 Gingerbread update is rolling out, but I’m sure a handful of you have  rooted, removed bloatware, etc. If so, the OTA update is more than likely going to fail. In order to update, you’re going to have to roll back first and we’re going to tell you how. [...]

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Aug

25

2011

One-Click Root for Stock Gingerbread (Droid X, Droid 3, Droid X2, Cliq and Cliq 2) [From the Forums]

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by Harold Williams
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Earlier today we reported XDA forum member dirbliss had successfully rooted the Motorola DROID 3. Now, thanks to Framework43, krazykrivda, and psouza4 over at rootzwiki, we have an uber simple one-click root method for stock Gingerbread. I have tested this out on my Droid X running 4.5.602 and everything went flawlessly. As per P3Droid, this method should work [...]

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Aug

23

2011

Motorola Pro Expected Mid-Late September in UK

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by David Laborde
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Back in February, Motorola had a press release announcing that the Motorola Pro was set to come to Europe. Following on the heels of its French release last month, the Pro now appears that it will be available in the UK by mid-late September. Formally known as the Droid Pro, it is being released in [...]

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Aug

23

2011

HP TouchPad already has Android 2.2 Froyo, Gingerbread and Honeycomb could be next

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by Robert Nazarian
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I know a lot of you grabbed the HP TouchPad for $99 hoping Android would be ported to it. Even if it doesn’t, for $99 how could you go wrong? Either way we know it is a matter of time as I suspect this tablet will have a huge development community keeping it going. It [...]

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Aug

19

2011

Android 2.2 Froyo arrives on the Motorola Flipside

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by Robert Nazarian
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It is far from exciting to report that a phone is getting updated to Android 2.2 Froyo, but I am sure it is exciting for Motorola Flipside owners. Motorola has finally made the update available, but unfortunately it is not an automatic download. There is one extra step in that you will have to download [...]

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Aug

14

2011

The Android Story, A Brief History Of Previous OS Versions by XCubeLabs (Infographic)

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by Joe Sirianni
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Have you ever just wanted to check out a full blown out history of the Android OS?  Did you jump into the game a little late and now you’re lost with all of these crazy pastries floating around?  We feel ya and so does XCubeLabs.  After scouring the web for anything Android related  (because that’s [...]

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Aug

10

2011

Update your HTC Desire to Gingerbread – A How To Video

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by David Laborde
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Even though HTC had to create space by removing some customizations, wallpapers, and HTC applications, the official Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread has been released. HTC will not push the update over the air and unlike most other Android phone Gingerbread Updates, this one will actually erase all of the data on your phone (SD card should [...]

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Aug

3

2011

Most Android phones are still stuck on Froyo

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by Robert Nazarian
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This months report is in for what percentage of devices are on each version of Android, and it is still dismal. It has been over 9 months since Android 2.3 Gingerbread was introduced, and as of August 1, it is only on 24.3%. Last month it was at 18.6% so it has shown growth, but not [...]

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Aug

2

2011

Motorola Milestone Plus Debuts On Cellular South

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by Axl Logan
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Picture above courtesy of Android Community Cellular South has just announced that it will be adding the Motorola Milestone Plus to its lineup of smartphones, not to be confused with the original Milestone or Milestone 3.  The device will most likely appeal to the Ex-Blackberry user looking for an Android based business oriented device to [...]

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