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HTC EVO 4G LTE Rooted With Full How-Tos

Brooks Barnard — Fri, 25 May 2012 19:41:21 +0000

Super news for you guys who just got your hands on your new HTC EVO 4G LTE after waiting patiently for them to be released from thier prison. XDA Senior Member zedomax successfully rooted his EVO LTE and posted a fantastic how to on the forum. The OP comes with links to the necessary drivers, rooting files, and how to videos have been posted for rooting... Read more

HTC EVO 3D Ice Cream Sandwich RUU Leaked

Dima Aryeh — Fri, 25 May 2012 18:16:00 +0000

If you're an HTC EVO 3D user, and you don't want to wait for the official Ice Cream Sandwich Update, and you're feeling more than a little adventurous, a new RUU files has leaked for your precious phone. No one knows if it's the final update, or some test update, but people have been saying it could very well be the final update. There are of course... Read more

LG Nitro HD Gets ICS Leak Thanks To DesignGears

Dima Aryeh — Wed, 23 May 2012 18:48:17 +0000

The LG Nitro HD has gotten its first Ice Cream Sandwich leak! If that isn't surprising enough, LG has not only decided to upgrade this phone to ICS, but also to upgrade LG UI to their new 3.0 version. This is very unique, as both HTC and Samsung upgrade their phones but keep the version of Sense or TouchWiz the same, saving the new versions for new... Read more

Samsung Galaxy S III’s First Custom Rom Waiting Patiently for a Device

Brooks Barnard — Mon, 21 May 2012 19:48:42 +0000

More exciting news for those looking forward to owning the Samsung Galaxy S III. Over on XDA the phone's first custom rom has been made available, the Omega rom series by ::indie::. The rom is already pre-rooted with Chainwire's kernel, as well as deodexed and zipaligned. The developer doesn't provide any screen shots for the for the rom yet... Read more

Missing S-Voice Already? How About A Few More Galaxy S III Goodies

Joey Gauthier — Mon, 21 May 2012 14:00:56 +0000

Well, this morning has already been with the news that S-Voice is no longer working. Thanks to XDA user ithehappy there is plenty more to try from the leaked Galaxy S III rom that doesn't require server side support like S-Voice --- which means if you can get it installed, it should run like a champ. The XDA thread includes links to Accuweather, stock... Read more

Samsung Galaxy S III Already Rooted Thanks to Chainfire

Brooks Barnard — Sat, 19 May 2012 18:23:52 +0000

Well known developer Chainfire doesn't even have the phone in hand and yet has the Samsung Galaxy S III rooted before it's even released. Thanks to a leak from an insider with a firmware build, Chainwire at al. were able to create an "insecure" kernal for the phone although they're not sharing it yet. Apparently the leaked firmware is traceable. I... Read more

32GB HP TouchPad Refurbished For $194.99, Begging You For A Taste Of Ice Cream

Dima Aryeh — Fri, 18 May 2012 17:57:29 +0000

There is a great deal going on right now on Woot. A refurbished 32GB HP TouchPad only costs $194.99! This is truly a fantastic tablet, especially for that price. It comes with a speedy 1.2GHz Snapdragon S3, a 9.7" 1024x768 multitouch display, 1GB of RAM, and some great speakers powered by Beats Audio. And for anyone who doubts it, webOS is an amazing OS... Read more

HTC HD2 Gets Sense 4.0 ROM, We Gawk And Slow Clap

Dima Aryeh — Thu, 17 May 2012 18:55:35 +0000

If the HTC HD2 isn't one of the most important phones of the decade, well you can just take my journalism badge. It was released in 2009 with the first ever 4.3" display and a beastly (at the time) 1 GHz Snapdragon CPU. It was a massive monster people couldn't fathom back then, let alone hold. 4.3" was just too big! Or so we said 3 years ago, with a... Read more

Verizon HTC Rezound Gets Yet Another ICS Leak

Dima Aryeh — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:43:56 +0000

Verizon HTC Rezound owners have been having a good month! Another ICS leak has emerged for them to try out. The latest build is 3.14.605.5, with a build date of April 28th. For people who are using the Rezound on Verizon, updating is a no brainer. The leak brings new radios and a ton of bug fixes. The lockscreen shortcut settings are now separate... Read more

Theme Engine Added To Latest CyanogenMod Nightly, Along With Lockscreen Customizations

Dima Aryeh — Mon, 07 May 2012 17:57:28 +0000

While the Theme Engine was an integral part of the CyanogenMod 7 experience, it has been strangely absent from CM9 nightlies. Fortunately, they've reintroduced it, all spruced up for Ice Cream Sandwich. Now switching themes is as easy as opening an app and pressing one button. Themes are also in the convenient form of installable APKs. The whole system... Read more