Carbon, the backup app by developer Koush, has finally graduated from beta to a finished product. You can now find Carbon on the Play Store, both in a free and a paid version. The free version is fairly limited but very useful: it allows you to back up your apps and app data to your SD card if you’re a root user and a PC if you’re unrooted. Yes, this… Read more
There are many choices for app backups and transfers on Android. The most popular app backup tool is Titanium Backup, and most people who have ever dabbled in root know what that is. To transfer apps between devices, you can use Datasync, a wonderful app (and the reason I root my new devices so quick). However, we have a new app that does both in one…. Read more
For the first time, Google has posted a factory image for the Sprint Galaxy Nexus. It has been a tough time for owners of branded Nexus devices, since they never really had Google’s blessing. But now both the Verizon and the Sprint Galaxy Nexus have full factory images straight from Google. So if you ever mess up your phone, you can always return to… Read more
If you ever need to restore your brand new HTC One X+ to stock, XDA has you covered. A member by the name of Football (remember him?) has released all the RUUs for the device. So if you ever need stock, to send the device out for warranty repair, to start fresh, or to sell it, you could always use one of these (hit the source link for the download)…. Read more
If you look at the Android modding scene, one thing can be said: rooting processes are usually Windows-based. I’ve seen Mac users be left out because there is no root method for them, needing to either Bootcamp or get a Windows PC. Well Nexus 7 owners won’t have to feel that pain anymore, as a toolkit has been released for Mac. This new script comes… Read more
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