Root access has been obtained on the Motorla Droid 2. The guys over at XDA can check “root” off the list and now that step one has been owned, let’s see if they can follow in the footsteps of the Droid X and get a custom recovery image on this device. Remember folks, root access [...]

In my never ending search for fun and useful things to bring to you guys, I have yet again stumbled across something new to share. Over at XDA, I found a thread by jzero88 which is a master list of APK files that, as far as I am aware, were created by users and submitted [...]

While it may not be the most functional application out there, it will definitely keep your attention for awhile. Jenn K. Lee of the blog “Good and Evo” stumbled upon a free application which brings the floating 3D picture gallery application to Froyo. It’s a simple matter of downloading a small .zip file to your [...]

With everyone on the edge of their seat regarding Android 2.2 coming to their device, this only adds to the anticipation. The member scuccia over at XDA-Developers has leaked the completely stock ROM with the addition of Superuser.apk and Busybox. Everything has been confirmed as working in this latest build. There’s no confirmation if this [...]

The Samsung Captivate is the most dominant Android device on AT&T right now and unfortunately, AT&T always needs to control it by not allowing third-party applications to be installed. Android is open-source and must be treated as such. Thanks to BriefMobile, who has compiled instructions to eliminate AT&T’s hand inside the Samsung Captivate and allowing [...]

T-Mobile users who recently invested in the Samsung Vibrant are complaining about GPS issues. Reported issues have stated that the device’s GPS is taking an abnormally long time to lock on to GPS signals and if the lock is successful, the device is presenting an incorrect location reading. Samsung is currently working their magic to [...]

Here is the first look at CM6 for the Sprint HTC Evo. Keep in mind, this is just a test build. Those of you who have a fully rooted Evo can download the nightly build and the Google Apps separately HERE. Both cameras DO work! Known issues: No 4G No MMS High battery drain AndroidSPIN is [...]

What is the purpose to running Windows on your Android device other than to say you can? Please let us know of a legit purpose it actually serves, but thanks to mamaich over at XDA-Developers you can run Windows 95 emulator via your Android device. There are two emulators that can run this throwback OS, [...]

Porting Android to the HTC HD2 has been a very tedious task. Members over at XDA-Developers have been working non-stop trying to bring us a perfected Android port. There are two almost complete builds in the works, one being Android 2.2 aka “Froyo” and the other HTC’s 2.1 Sense UI. Below are videos of each [...]

The HTC Evo is a pretty hot device, right? With its HDMI port and 1 GHz processor what’s not to love? Oh, wait…HTC capped the frames per second (FPS) to a mere 30. An example of what I am talking about can be found HERE as the HTC Evo is put through a series of [...]

It seems like over the past 24 hours, Android hackers around the world are singin’ the tune,”Anything you can do, I can do better.” I also think companies like Sony Ericsson, HTC and Samsung should be looking to hire some of these geniuses. Yesterday was a big day, as far as rooting devices goes, as [...]

We can add one more device to the “Rooted” list. It seems that users jerpelea, biktor_gj and bin4ry over at XDA- developers have made it official. The only thing left to do is for the bounty started by another XDA member can pay up the $890 collected so far. Now, let’s see how many ROM’s [...]

Well this didn’t take long. The MyTouch Slide has been rooted already thanks to Eugene373 here at the AndroidSPIN Forum. Here are the steps to achieve root on your MyTouch Slide. First download the root file here. Power off the device making sure it is plugged in via USB so that you can access ADB. Step 1) [...]

The HTC Evo has been fully rooted as the member, ToastCFH, over at XDA developers has unlocked the Nand protection issue that has been a problem thus far. What does this mean? Well before, in a previous post by ToastCFH known as part one,  the root access would allow you to write to/system through recovery only [...]

Over at XDA a user has just posted what seems to be an image of the HTC Sense UI for Android running on the HD2. According to the user, an update is coming soon and possibly a ROM (user states that this is a kernel and not a cab) and all of this is possible [...]