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Aug

9

2010

Universal one-click root comes to the Nexus One

by Dustin Karnes
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What’s better than rooting? Easy rooting, of course! Looks like the one-click method, same exploit used for the DROID X, has come to Google’s newly-claimed dev phone, the Nexus One. Need another plus to push you over the edge to root? How about the fact that it never touches the bootloader, which leaves your warranty [...]

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Aug

9

2010

Xperia X10 and X10 mini gets one click root

by Tyler Cunningham
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Depending on your phone, rooting can be a daunting task (as an early Incredible owner, I can attest to this). If you own a Sony Ericsson Xperia X10, or X10 mini, and have been weary of attempting to root your phone, this may be an incentive for you to try.  All you need to do [...]

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Aug

9

2010

The Droid X has been overclocked

by Chris Moor
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Now before you shout for joy, the bootloader has not been cracked. A kernel is available that will overclock your Droid X to 1.15GHz. Not a lot, but it is certainly a start. It uses the same method as the Motorola Milestone, which an injected kernel module that changes the kernels structure giving you the enhanced speeds. Do you [...]

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Aug

9

2010

Choosing the right ROM for your Droid Incredible

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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Aug

6

2010

Easy Root allows 1-click Froyo rooting on DROID, pulled by Google

by Dustin Karnes
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Easy Root, an app available via the Android market that allowed for easy, one-click rooting of the DROID and DROID X (before the FRG01B update, that is), has gone through some updates. It exploited a vulnerability that allows for root access in the Android 2.2 platform, simple as a single click of a button. But [...]

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Jul

31

2010

DMUpdater Gets Update – Root For Droid 1, Evo, And Droid X

by Chris Moor
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Who remembers DroidMod? They were one of the first dev teams to work on the Droid. They became quite reputable for creating the first custom recovery for the Droid (SPRecovery) and creating an app for the Droid to give you one-click root access. That app is actually the way that I rooted my phone for [...]

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Jul

30

2010

Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini & Mini Pro get rooted

by Chris Moor
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Another one bites the dust! The Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini & Mini Pro have been rooted.  We’ll skip right to the goodies and give you the instructions: You will need ADB from Android SDK and USB drivers for X10 mini (part of Sony Ericsson PC Companion). Enable USB debugging on the phone in Settings>Applications>Development and connect [...]

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Jul

27

2010

CTIA reminds users about reasons for DMCA restrictions

by Dustin Karnes
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You may have heard that yesterday, the Library of Congress made a few exceptions concerning the legality of jailbreaking or rooting your handest. CTIA, however, would like to send you a friendly reminder about why there was so much controversy over the subject in the first place. According to CTIA: Wireless carriers and handset makers [...]

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