Archive : Developers

I like to believe a devices life doesn’t truly begin until they get ROM Manager support for flashing recoveries, ROMs and making backups as this is when you can (easily) start making your device your own. Today is that day for Galaxy S 4G and Galaxy Tab 10.1 owners as the tweet below...

After a nice trend of source code release for the updated Galaxy S phones, including the Galaxy S II and the Droid Charge, Samsung was on a roll. Some of the sources even dropped before we saw devices which seemed almost unusual for the Korean manufacturer. Having said that, we seem to have that same...

As we’ve seen with a few other manufactures Samsung is offering a bit of support to the development community and best of all it’s for CyanogenMod. CM developer Atinm, is the currently responsible for maintaining CM releases for the Samsung Captivate and Vibrant, and while they’ve...

Alright…that was a hasty title for this article, but for those of us who are willing to push the limits we feel the same. Elementary hacks started with the I-Phone, the Windows phones, and of course our old school Google phones.  Of the three aforementioned operating systems, only one was built...

A user over on XDA called rahan95 apparently purchased a HTC sensation from a French ad website.  He got more of a shock when he powered on the device and found that what he had purchased was an Engineering device with a completely unlocked and rooted system installed.  He has already extracted the...

AT&T has started pushing a small update out for their Samsung Infuse 4G. Before you ask no it’s not Gingerbread, however it does offers a few fixes to help keep your Froyo experiences enjoyable. Among these fixes is a solution to an Email sync problem that was occurring with Exchange 2003...

Upon updates rolling out one of the first questions asked is when will it be – if it’s already – rooted. This is no different for the EVO 4G Gingerbread update that just became available today. However the question has finally been answered. As a race began to be the first to root...

I personally like to know what makes developers and community members tick. What got them to where they are today and anything else they want to get off their chest. We recently gave you all a chance to win a copy of his latest book, ” App Inventor for Android; Build Your Own Apps – No Experience...

It’s almost unavoidable, at some point some one will ask you for your phone, whether to play a certain game, make a phone call, or simply check it out. Depending on the atmosphere you may not be able to keep an eye on them the whole time, so what’s to keep them from snooping. It’s...

It seems that while HTC may be provided a temporary roadblock in development regarding their devices LG has released theirs in the open state we’re use to. LG’s most recent device, the Revolution, hit shelves yesterday and has already been rooted. The guys over at RootzWiki managed this feat...

Just what everyone needs, new CM7 themes for their favorite ROM. XDA member kevin2516 has delivered themes based on major manufacturers UIs for all you CM7 out there. The new selections include TouchWiz, Gingerblur, Sony Xperia and the Xperia Arc. All themes are HDPI and MDPI compatible and ready for...

Just when we thought another leak couldn’t possibly roll out today the guys at 911Sniper have a late delivery. This time we’re seeing a Gingerbread test ROM for the HTC Droid Incredible, and so far the critics say it’s fast and stable but still lacks battery life improvements. Due...

This is not really out of the norm for a new device, as they all see overclocking following a release. Depending on the device and hardware results always vary. Some devices may see gains of as much as 600MHz while remaining stable and other may not make past 300MHz without going down in flames. Recent...

There have been modifications, fixes and ROMs altered to ensure that the NETFLIX application will run and let you stream your queued content on your Android device, but now there may be an easier solution.  User skyjedi on XDA has created a thread containing a couple of modified NETFLIX APKs...

I haven’t played with the T-Mobile Sidekick 4G as it’s never really appealed to me, but I guess when you look at it, it’s actually a pretty powerful Samsung Android phone.  I received an email from ayOteddy who is looking for help and wants to know if the developers will help out...