All owners of the HP TouchPad have been waiting patiently for an Ice Cream Sandwich port to their discontinued tablet. Some progress has been made however, as developer tigerdavid has successfully booted the new Android version onto his tablet. It isn’t what you’d expect though, as the UI immediately crashes. The touchscreen isn’t working either, so the… Read more
LG Optimus 3D, LG Optimus Pro, LG Optimus Hub, and LG Optimus Black owners, come and get some love. Some CM7 love that is. Ricardo Cerqueira, a member of the CyanogenMod team and apparent LG device expert has brought nightly support to the three phones. For those uninitiated, nightlies describe releases on a daily or near-daily basis. The releases would… Read more
Today is a good day for many Samsung Epic 4G owners, as it is finally receiving official support for the popular CyanogenMod ROM. Some things to note are the fact that Wi-Fi hotspot currently isn’t working, and not all third-party apps will work. There may also be a few minor bugs here and there, but nothing too bad. If you’re interested in flashing the ROM… Read more
CyanogenMod 9, the upcoming release of the popular CyanogenMod, is going to feature a new and unique music player based off the current Android 4.0 version. All of the core features currently available will be there, along with some new ones like custom shake actions, the ability to search the Android Market, custom notification area controls, a full theme… Read more
CyanogenMod, the community favorite when it comes to custom ROMs, has released an Ice Cream Sandwich launcher called Trebuchet (get it?). Trebuchet is only available for Android 4.0.3 devices. If you feel like you’ve been shortchanged, you’re not alone. You’re in the 99%. We didn’t report on this just to tease you though, this just shows us that progress is… Read more
The most popular ROM right now is CyanogenMod 7, which is based off AOSP Gingerbread. Many people are awaiting CM9 which will be based off AOSP Ice Cream Sandwich. You might be wondering why it’s called CM9 and not CM4 since ICS is Android 4.0. CM naming is based on how many versions of Android there have been. Although ICS is Android 4.0 it’s the 9th… Read more
Well this is interesting. If you haven’t heard of Republic Wireless they are a new carrier offering unlimited plans for $19. The catch is you have to highly rely on WiFi networks or Republic Wireless will kick you out for excessive data usage. You are allowed to use mobile data (via Sprint’s network) but only in small portions. The first device to grace… Read more
For those that have been using the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 (SGT10.1 hereafter) since its release, the wait for Ice Cream Sandwich looks to be short and sweet. Steve Kondik, the man behind CyanogenMod announced on Google+ today that he would be releasing the SGT10.1 ICS flavor of CyanogenMod “soon”. This will be CyanogenMod’s first natively-supported… Read more
Roughly 17 hours ago (according to Facebook) Peter Chou, CEO of HTC, made an announcement on the company’s Facebook wall. An announcement that, so far, has over 2,000 comments, and over 7,000 “Likes.” What exactly did this announcement say? “There has been overwhelmingly customer feedback that people want access to open bootloaders on HTC phones. I… Read more
CyanogenMod users have another reason to boast about their ROM of choice today, and it comes in the form of some added security. Starting with the newest CyanogenMod nightlies, and sure to make their way into a stable release once one is made available, users can now restrist an app from certain privileges. Don’t want that soundboard to have access to… Read more
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