May 25, 2012 : Comments
Sprint and HTC Giving Away Official TPU Cases Along with the EVO 4G LTE and a ‘Sorry’ Letter
This a combination written and video tutorial: the text instructions and two-part video walk through are meant to be supplemental to one another. That said, if you're going to do this (at your own risk, of course) and don't want to read and watch the videos, please use the text. The video was shot during my first time rooting my Slide. It was during this process that... Read more »
The HTC Desire appears to be a hot commodity these days. Our international readers can already pick up this device on several popular carriers. Here in the states, it will be available on US Cellular, as announced on their Facebook page. While none of the four major U.S. carriers are currently slated to get this device, it's sure making a stir on the... Read more »
Every now and then you come across an app that makes you say to yourself, "Why isn't this native again?" You would think that the ability to globally change font size on your Android device would come included, but alas. As you may have guessed by now, Font Size (for root users) does just what it sounds like, changes the font size on your rooted Android phone.... Read more »
What you do to your phone is your responsibility. Following this procedure *will* void your warranty. It could also break your phone. We will not promise technical support, though you may find help in the forums. If you want Sense on your Nexus One, proceed with caution.... Read more »
Congratulations to Leslie W. of Cerritos, CA, who just earned himself a hacked phone with nothing more than a tweet! I'm not sure what the next giveaway will be, or when it will begin, but we'll put *something* cool together. Stay tuned to DroidDog and follow me on Twitter for updates. Thanks for your support,... Read more »
Anything you do to your phone (or someone else's) is your responsibility and is done at your own risk. That said, here's a handy how-to in video form. If you have questions, run into trouble, need more info, etc., check out Droid Forums for a thread on 'stone rooting. This is the blog post containing the update file. Via... Read more »
In this video, Carlos Graves reviews Backup for Root Users. Download this application: Android Market Follow me on Twitter!... Read more »
I don't know about you folks, but I'm just a bit leery of doing anything that could potentially damage my new Nexus One, which should arrive tomorrow. In fact, for the first month, I suspect the riskiest behavior I might engage in is the missing of one hour's diaper polishing. But for those of you with a taste for the geekness, Android and Me has published a... Read more »
That's right, folks. Well-known hacker stericson offers up the image below, as seen in a MoDaCo forum thread. And check out a quote from another poster on the simplicity of the hack for end users: Superboot is a boot.img that when flashed, will root your device the first time you boot (installing su and the superuser APK). No need to flash the system partition,... Read more »
A well-known ROM cooker called The Dude has rooted the Cliq but don't go rushing into ADB thinking you'll be flashing Cyanogen's latest. This will give you root and the ability to run root required apps but no suitable ROMs are available just yet. The process does require a wipe but MotoBlur takes care of restoring a lot of your settings if you have the proper... Read more »