Are you one of the over 9 million people eagerly awaiting your Samsung Galaxy S III to arrive? Even if you aren’t one of the lucky ones just yet, you might like to know that the next Galaxy already has root achieved. Are you even surprised? Samsung and the Galaxy line of devices have always [...]
Well this just is not fair. My phone (the HTC One S) came out before the HTC One X and there is already a one-click root for the One X. It is okay though, the process to root the One S is not that bad and I am happy that I got it done [...]
Many of you fellow HTC One S owners that got this new Android treasure, are probably treating it like a new born baby. The thinness of the device almost feels like one bad drop could rip it onto two. The speed and fluidness of the device almost is enough for us where we might not [...]
Some of you out there might have already been fortunate enough to get the quad-core beast that is the HTC One X. So after playing with all its zippy-ness and awesomeness, what next? Well rooting it of course! Rooting is what makes the Android world go round. Leave it to someone at XDA to walk you [...]
While many might scoff at the Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G, some were drawn to it. Probably just the 4G in the title or the attractive price point. For those of you that snagged one and aren’t looking for the latest greatest device, at least you now have root and ClockworkMOD recovery available. The method is a pretty simple [...]
In the wonderful world of Android that we live in, there are a few constants that many can count on. Many of which aren’t timely updates from a manufacturer or the death of a despised UI. The constants the exist in our lives and keep up going and buying these high-end devices lands solely on [...]
The development community is pretty on point to hack and slash their way into devices so that we can truly enjoy them. Some devices are harder to crack than others. While many of the main stream devices receive the root treatment before they ever even launch. After many many painstaking hours of hackery, vdsirotkin from 4PDA.ru [...]
Owners of the Asus Eee Pad Transformer have had quite the week. After all was said and done, Asus made good on their promise to roll out Ice Cream Sandwich and even managed to surprise the world by doing so in February. As a new owner of the tablet, I was quite pleased with the [...]
Google TV as a whole has had quite the rocky road since it launched. Being locked down, limited functionality and lack of content from providers has made for a troublesome GTV experience. I personally can’t say I hate my GTV unit, I just wish it could do more. Well, if you are the owner of [...]
Like always, when new devices are about to about to be released, someone brings it to its roots. The Galaxy Note is almost upon us, and XDA Member Da_G, has his very own thread to flash his kernel via ODIN. The kernel also enables custom boot animations, adb root and init.d scripts. So if you got your [...]
Again with the root for the DROID 4, I know right. We covered a story just the other day about root being obtained with a $500 bounty to release it. The principal was nice, $300 went to the American Red Cross and $200 went to the purchase of a DROID 4. We aren’t strangers to community members starting a [...]
And just like that, root on the DROID 4 has been achieved. As a previous DROID 3 owner, I know how annoying it is to wait for your device to be rooted. DJRbliss, better yet known as Dan Rosenberg, has achieved root on the Motorola DROID 4 that was just released today. However, he is [...]
Have you been considering rooting your Droid RAZR? We don’t blame you. What reasonable person wouldn’t want too? Thanks to some work by mattlgroff over at XDA, you now have a great Windows based utility to work with. The developer of the tool has a lite and full version available for your use. The differences are pretty [...]
When many of us think of a ROM we think of the argues task ahead of us. We have to get the ROM, put it on the SD, boot to recovery, make a backup, wipe everything, flash it and then hope it all goes well and boots up. It can be a little scary when [...]
Earlier today we found out that ASUS has every intention of releasing a tool to officially unlock the bootloaders on the Transformer Prime. They also made mention that Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) would be making its debut on the 12th of January. Now we have some new information that roots that snazzy new tablet courtesy of [...]