Who knew the evening adventures of one man trying to root his new phone would inspire a new version of ClockworkMod recovery? Well Wil Wheaton was trying to root his HTC One yesterday, and he had some trouble. He unlocked his bootloader and installed a recovery, but his partitions didn’t want to mount. He ended up posting about it on Google+, showing… Read more
With Google Glass Explorer edition out to developers for $1500 a piece, you’d think it’d be obvious that the devices are fully unlocked for the developers pleasure. Apparently not, as some people might have thought that there were exploits that needed to be used. One of the Glass teams technical leads, Stephen Lau, posted this extra sassy response to… Read more
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=CC-hSUR0dyU Before the HTC One was released, there was a big debate going on about whether you could make the HTC logo between the two buttons function as another button with a custom kernel. Many said yes, but many said no due to it seeming like the digitizer didn’t reach there. Luckily, we don’t… Read more
There were whispers around the internet that AT&T would keep their HTC One from being bootloader unlocked by the HTC Dev site. Luckily, it can be unlocked right now! Those who were lucky enough to get the HTC One early from AT&T have confirmed that it can be unlocked with official tools, just like the international version. The root and ClockWorkMod… Read more
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjWAeU6BqcY Do you want to try out Facebook Home, but have an unsupported device? Luckily, it isn’t too hard to get Facebook Home to work! Of course, you’ll need root, and this involves modifying system files. So do this at your own risk, as it could end up messing up your device. But it’s a fairly simple process, and all… Read more
While earlier reports of the Samsung Galaxy S 4 I9500 (Exynos) being rooted were fake, a real root method has been found for the I9505 Qualcomm model. If you’re wondering who managed this, it was none other than Chainfire, a very famous developer for good reason. Despite the standard method of injecting su into a stock ROM and flashing with Odin not… Read more
If you’re planning to be the proud owner of the HTC One, but know you won’t be happy with stock software (I wouldn’t blame you), then we have good news for you. A developer by the name of Hasoon2000 has released an all-in-one toolkit for the One, doing everything from unlocking your bootloader to flashing kernels and recoveries. This should be a great… Read more
Developer Koush was not pleased with the current selection of Superuser apps, so he decided to make his own. Not only does it sport features like multi user support and being absolutely free, but it’s also fully open source. Obscurity is not security, and having an app that controls root access open source improves safety. Here is the… Read more
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
Some carriers might be facing a serious problem soon. Starting tomorrow, January 26th, it shall be illegal to unlock your phone by any means other than through the carrier that sold it to you. This means that carrier unlocking (which is easy on most Samsung devices using root) will be illegal, the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) made sure of it…. Read more
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