Within the Android community, the developers and (growing) modification community have been quite fervent on their need for unlocked phones. Not carrier unlocked, either, but to have perfectly open devices so that after they purchase them they can truly customize them. We’ve seen custom ROMs since the start of Android, and manufacturers like HTC at least… 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
Whenever a new version of Android is announced the community gets very excited for ports to start popping up for their devices. One of the great things about the Android community is that you can always run the latest and greatest software without buying the latest and greatest device. Since ICS went open source a few weeks ago devs have been hard at… Read more
While the HTC Flyer may still be rocking the phone-version of Android, that’s obviously not going to stop some developers out there from porting the Honeycomb-laced version of the software, which recently launched for the HTC Jetstream, onto the original device. Lucky for us, the first screenshots of the software running on the smaller tablet have finally… Read more
Of the many ROMs out there, CyanogenMod is the most popular. What makes it so unique and prominent is the fact that it runs stock Android, with a few added features that most find enhance the experience. Now, not everything about it is stock. For instance, it runs ADW as it’s main home launcher. But most find it to be about as pure as it… Read more
While the Motorola DROID Bionic may not actually be available for purchase quite yet (it will be soon), that’s not stopping some intrepid developers out there from making sure that all of the bases are covered for when the device does launch. As the title suggests, the DROID Bionic has made its way to the “rooted” pile, which should make plenty of people… Read more
There’s a lot of attention on the HP TouchPad right now, probably even more than there was a week after its launch. Sure, that $99 fire sale had something to do with it, but now the attention is on the Android (and probably a few members of the webOS) modding community, as they try to boot a working port of Android onto the tablet device from HP. We know… Read more
All of this excitement over Android getting ported to the HP TouchPad has gotten a little out of hand, but considering the low, low price for the webOS-powered tablet, it’s not too surprising. After the initial fire sale from HP, people clamoring to get their hands on a TouchPad seem wholly interested in making sure that they get a nice tablet to tinker… Read more
It looks like the fire to get Android on the HP TouchPad has just become a bit hotter. We reported yesterday that some folks out in the wild were very interested in porting Android over to the HP TouchPad, especially after its $100 fire sale for the 16GB version of the tablet. And while many people are interested in getting their hands on that particular… Read more
When the LG G-Slate launched on T-Mobile’s network, it was lauded as one of the best Android-powered tablets out there. Since then, plenty of other devices have launched, and up until about a few days ago, the G-Slate was already outdated against the competition when it came to mobile OS version number. But, LG is starting to fix that with the company’s… Read more
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