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Dec

1

2011

North Carolina State University Uses “Woodpecker” To Peck Holes In Security Of Android Smartphones

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by Roy Alugbue
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Researchers at North Carolina State University revealed some major findings regarding Android devices. Using a tool called “Woodpecker” that was developed the researchers, they found noteworthy vulnerabilities on HTC, Samsung and Motorola smartphones. The specific phones studied were the HTC Legend, EVO 4G, and Wildfire S; the Motorola Droid and Droid X; the Samsung Epic [...]

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Nov

20

2011

Ice Cream Sandwich AOSP Builds Arrive For Many Devices [Courtesy of XDA]

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by Stacy Bruce
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Many of you felt let down when Google’s Mobile Product Manager, Hugo Barra, announced that the big G had no plans to update the Nexus One to ICS because the device was cited as being “too old”. This news didn’t sit well with XDA members either, and because the released ICS SDK-port for the Nexus [...]

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Oct

26

2011

No Ice Cream Sandwich love for the Nexus One

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by Robert Nazarian
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We received confirmation last week that the Nexus S would receive Ice Cream Sandwich, but what about the Nexus One? Unfortunately we have bad news as Google Director of Android Product Management Hugo Barra told the Telegraph that the Nexus One’s hardware is too old. The hardware is relatively close between the Nexus One and [...]

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Aug

27

2011

Nexus Prime passes WiFi certification

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by Jim Farmer
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We’re pretty excited here at TA because we likely have a bit of Nexus Prime news on our hands. The Samsung GT-I9250 has just passed WiFi certification today. If the info on a recently leaked Samsung roadmap holds any truths, this is 99.9% the Nexus Prime. It’s coming people, we’re close. If you’ve been out [...]

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Aug

3

2011

STRaND Wants To Send A Nexus One Into Space With Your App On Board

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by Joe Sirianni
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This isn’t the first time we’ve heard of a Nexus device boldly going where no man has gone before and it’s probably not the last time either.  The University of Surrey and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd want to send their very own satellite, the STRaND-1, a three-unit CubeSat into orbit with a Nexus One strapped [...]

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May

18

2011

Android hacked wireless printer will write out texts with marker

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by Jesse Bauer
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Like to write on peoples facebook walls? How about writing on their living room wall? You may be able to do that sooner than you think…without ever having to be there physically. This hacked printer device is set to receive messages from facebook, twitter and SMS, and be able to scribe them physically on a [...]

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May

3

2011

Android 2.3.4 for Nexus One is now available

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by Robert Nazarian
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For those of you that have a Nexus One, you will be getting Android 2.3.4 pushed to your phone soon. Unfortunately this update does not support the new Google video chat because the Nexus One does not have a  front-facing camera. If you can’t wait for the update to push automatically to your Nexus One, [...]

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Apr

13

2011

HTC Developer center posts GR140 Nexus One Gingerbread update

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by Jesse Bauer
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Those who have been waiting for the Gingerbread updates to come to the Google Nexus One device won’t need to wait anymore, as HTC Developer Center posted the Nexus One Gingerbread system image code for download from their portal. Developers will no doubt grab this image and get right into customization, cause really, that’s the best thing [...]

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Mar

31

2011

New ADAMOID LuxurY DeSIGn theme for Google Nexus One – check it out

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by Jesse Bauer
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XDA member adam2010 has designed a new theme currently for the Google Nexus One device called ADAMOID LuxurY DeSIGn using the CM7 ROM. You can have a bigger look at the screenshot above by clicking here. This theme is a very nice looking package, with changes to the general look and most apps. The theme [...]

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Mar

25

2011

Nexus S gets Backlight Notifications via custom kernel

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by Jesse Bauer
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For anyone that’s been missing the BLN (backlight notifications) from the Google Nexus One on the new Nexus S, there’s a nice little custom kernel now available that will light up your softkeys instead. This comes from the development community at XDA. Here’s video proof. If you’d like to give it a try, you can [...]

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