Thanks to the bright minds over at XDA Developers, and a select brave few, it’s now been confirmed that the Motorola Charm can be rooted via Universal Androot. If I’m not mistaken, NAND isn’t unlocked during the process, so reverting back to stock is as easy as pie. Of course that also means no custom ROMs yet, but Super User permissions are better then nothing. For instructions on how to root your Charm, as well as download links, visit the original XDA thread here. As usual, you are the only one responsible for what happens to your device.

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It’s unlikely that any of you that are familiar with CyanogenMod have been waiting for this particular moment to flash version 6 of the most popular cooked Android ROM. Nightly builds and release candidates are probably holding fort on as many devices as any previous version of the CyanogenMod team’s software. Nevertheless, this milestone should inspire you hackers out there to update or flash afresh, as CyanogenMod 6 represents a high water mark in phone hacking and the culmination of the diligent work of many brilliant folks.

Here is the announcement post over at CyanogenMod, and you can look up device-specific information in the CM forums.

CM 6 brings Android 2.2, as well as a host of exclusive features and optimizations, to the Nexus One, Desire, G1, MT3G, MT3GS, EVO, CDMA Hero, and the original Droid.

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Despite being one heck of a nut to crack, the DROIX X has been rooted, has been host to a custom recovery, and now, is apparently accepting foreign ROMs. Below is a video of the device booting the Android 2.2 Sapphire AOSP ROM. Although no step-by-step guide has been produced as of yet, this signals progress in the DROID X hacking process and it can only be a matter of time before we see a simplified method for the masses.

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We have seen this new ADB root exploit method of rooting used on a ton of Android devices, old and new: The Backflip, Cliq XT, DROID 2, EVO 4G… and you can add the Samsung Epic 4G to the list now as well. One of the users at SDX Developers, the HAXSung developer group, has confirmed that the method works just fine to obtain root on the Epic. Unfortunately, not much more is known at this time.

Could this method be the one? The unstoppable universal method the Android community has been looking for? There really is no telling yet, but for now we can enjoy it while it lasts. For more information on the method, visit the original SDX forum post here.

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Not sure if there’s anyone out there who has been waiting for this one, but none-the-less, it’s happened. One of the guys from over at ModMyMobile has used the same method for rooting the DROID 2 and EVO 4G to root both the Motorola Backflip and Cliq XT. While not much can be done with the root at this moment, it is nice to have more control over your device. Eh AT&T users? For instructions on how to root the Backflip check here. You’ll find instructions for the the Cliq XT here.

As always, no one is responsible for anything that happens to your device but you.

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