Archive for February, 2012
 

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Software

Alternative text input app Swype is officially available for Android

Posted December 29, 2009 by marc_hav

Swype is an application that has been developed by the inventors of T9, Cliff Kushler and Randy Marsden, and is supposed to revolutionize text input on a touchscreen. Swype provides a faster and easier way to input text on any screen. With one continuous finger or stylus motion across the screen keyboard, the patented technology [...]

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FULL HTC Espresso Dump with Radio, Recovery and Boot!

Posted December 28, 2009 by Simon Walker

I was just handed another HTC Espresso Dump that is the complete dump from a phone of unknown origin.  The new dump has all the image files, including; recovery.img boot.img radio.img system.img userdata.img NOTE: Again, This is a system dump from the device and not something that can be flashed to your phone without being converted [...]

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News

Code That Protects Most Cellphone Calls Is Divulged

Posted December 28, 2009 by marc_hav

The New York Times reported today that a German computer engineer has deciphered and published the secret code used to encrypt most of the world’s digital mobile phone calls, in what he called an attempt to expose weaknesses in the security of global wireless systems. Apparently they are specifically talking about GSM, a 21 year [...]

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Developers

CyanogenMOD 4.2.11.1 Update Released

Posted December 28, 2009 by Allen Kiehl

Cyanogen has just released an incremental update for the most recent ROM release to fix a small issues in the ROM. —- v4.2.11.1 * Revert sdcc patch that doesn’t work right To download 4.2.11.1 or for more information about the release, go to Cyanogen’s AndroidSPIN Developer Homepage.

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Hardware

HTC Dragon Android 1.5 System Dump

Posted December 27, 2009 by Simon Walker

Another System dump has just fallen into our hands and this time it’s from the HTC Dragon.  The dump is the HTC Dragon ROM based on Android 1.5 so it may be a little outdated to the latest ROMs that are out in the community now. Anyway, We’ll release it just in case anyone has [...]

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CyanogenMOD v4.2.11 Released w/MT Gallery

Posted December 27, 2009 by Simon Walker

Cyanogen has just released an update for the most downloaded ROM available today. The newest build includes some bug fixes and pich zoom in the browser and gallery. —- v.4.2.11 * Fixed ext filesystem confusion problems * Added backwards compatibility code for services (fixes issues with apps like K9 and Locale) * Pinch zoom for [...]

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Ghost Armor Protective Shell Review

Posted December 27, 2009 by Simon Walker

I’ve seen protective adhesive products on the market so I decided to give one a try and the product I installed, or had installed, was Ghost Armor Ghost Armor has an industry leading military grade adhesive designed to protect your electronic devices. The product is installed using a liquid formula to clean you phone and [...]

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Rooting Guide for the Motorola CLIQ Updated

Posted December 27, 2009 by Simon Walker

TheDudeOfLife has updated the “Rooting Guide for the Motorola CLIQ” Head over to the Motorola CLIQ Rooting Guide Thread in the forums by TheDudeOfLife for more information.

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Hardware

DROID Eris System Dump Now Available

Posted December 25, 2009 by Simon Walker

A dump from the Motorola DROID Eris has been released for all the developer out there. This is not a phone image, so please don’t try to flash these to your phone. Download the system dump in the DROID Eris Forum

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Hardware

HTC Hero GSM System Dump Android 2.1 w/Espresso

Posted December 25, 2009 by Simon Walker

A dump from the HTC Hero GSM has been released for all the developer out there. This is not a phone image, so please don’t try to flash these to your phone. Download the system dump in the HTC Hero GSM Forum

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Sneak Peak at HTC Espresso, The Sense Sequel

Posted December 25, 2009 by Simon Walker

HTC never sits still as far as releasing new products, and the same goes for the software they put on them. We started with the base Android UI and then came HTC Sense and now a minor update with more of a manila feel has appeared codenamed Espresso. The screen shots below are taken from [...]

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Leaked list of coming soon ROMs! It never ends!

Posted December 24, 2009 by Simon Walker

More and more bags of goodies keep landing on my lap and I just can’t get away from the computer.  First we have the Eclair confirmation and now a list of ROMs just inches away from your hands. Here is a screen shot that was uploaded to the Internet of some ROMs coming soon. I [...]

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The Unofficial, Offical, Eclair ROM for T-Mobile G1 Confirmed

Posted December 24, 2009 by Simon Walker

Ladies and Gentlemen, Boys and Girls.  All of your Android holiday wishes are coming true. It has been confirmed that T-Mobile is releasing an Eclair update for the T-Mobile G1.  The update will be at least Android 2.0 but more likely Android 2.0.1 as both versions have already been prepared as OTA updates.  An anonymous [...]

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Drizzy’s Acer Liquid ROM running on HTC Dream / G1 (Android 2.0.1 with working Camera)

Posted December 24, 2009 by Simon Walker

Well folks, we may be looking at a nice Christmas present from Drizzy in the form of a new Dream / G1 ROM made form the recently leaked Acer Liquid system image.  The more interesting part of this story is that according to Drizzy, the ROM is based on Android 2.0.1 and the camera is [...]

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drpfenderson Enoch 1.4.10.1 theme released for CyanogenMod 4.2.10/4.2.10.1

Posted December 24, 2009 by Simon Walker

drpfenderson has released a new version of his Enoch theme for the latest CyanogenMOD ROM.  Head over to his Official Theme site for more information and downloads. This theme is also compatible with the CyanogenMOD Updater.  Instructions can be found on his site.

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