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
Trivia time: what phone can Android 2.2, 2.3, Windows Phone NoDo/Mango, MeeGo, Maemo, and now Ice Cream Sandwich? The correct answer is the HTC HD2, a phone released way back in 2009 with Windows Mobile 6.5. Even though it launched with lackluster software it was very popular because of it’s great hardware. The HD2 was one of the first phones with a… Read more
Another day, another ROM. There are so many ROMs to choose from that members of the Android community have created. Today we have a rather unique one. MIUI, a Chinese ROM that’s been translated to English by a team of developers called MIUI.us. There are many teams that create different versions of the ROM, but today we’re gonna focus on MIUI 1.8.22 for… Read more
Hey all, just a friendly another reminder that at 7 PM EDT this evening, the Live Chat will be held at PhoneDog’s Ustream Channel. For your convenience, I have embedded the stream below. You can also watch from your Android device by downloading the Ustream app, which can be found here. Bring your questions and your friends! Notice: You will not… Read more
It seems like a lot of DroidDog readers and viewers are fans of Android primarily as a platform for hacking. And why this is the case is no big mystery. Hackers have repeatedly released coming features (and versions of Android) long before Google, OEMs, and carriers could; provided functionality that would otherwise be altogether unavailable; implemented… 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
This isn’t the first time a Gingerbread image for the T-Mobile G2 has been made available online, but according to build numbers and the original poster, the one available now over in the XDA forums is finally the real deal. There aren’t many details on exactly what this update includes, fixes or enhancements wise, but so far everything looks great…. Read more
Those running CyanogenMod 7 will be happy to know that a new version of the ever-popular ROM is available that fixes some security and notification issues. Lips are sealed on exactly what security issues have been taken care of in CyanogenMod 7.0.3, but that’s because until everyone has updated, the fewer who know about the security hole the better…. Read more
A new ROM has made its way online from the HTC Kingdom which may point to what the device really is. After the ROM was posted by 911Sniper, Android Police took a moment to dig in and see what was inside. What was found was a ton of evidence pointing towards the Kingdom being the HTC Evo 3D. Not only does the ROM actually have “Sprint” in the name,… Read more
When CyanogenMod 7 final was first released roughly two weeks ago, the build certainly had its fair share of bugs. Last night, an updated version of the ROM was released that fixes those bugs and more. Originally numbered 7.0.1, but pulled due to an error, CyanogenMod 7.0.2 aims to fix all the bugs 7.0 still had present, as well as add some new… Read more
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