For those of you who don’t know, Heimdall is an open source project to bring the functionality of Odin to every platform and build even more functionality on top of that. Odin is a Samsung program that allows you to flash your Samsung phone to new kernels, firmwares, bootloaders, modems, or anything you need. It is often used when the phone is bricked… Read more
The Sprint Galaxy S III is finally getting a taste of Jelly Bean outside of ports. A leak meant for the phone has been released in all its TouchWiz glory. It’s 4.1.1, the newest version of Android, and has been packaged like any other ROM. You just flash it. The developer has created two versions, odexed and deodexed. If you want to theme the ROM, we… Read more
T-Mobile only offered the Galaxy Note for a few weeks, until it was cancelled. This obviously created worries that both official updates and the developer community would suffer. However, to ease those worries, the CyanogenMod team has started pushing Jelly Bean nightlies for the device. Remember, rooting and flashing your device might be dangerous… Read more
AOKP (Android Open Kang Project) is a popular custom ROM for many Android devices. Their first venture into Jelly Bean was great, but it was lacking some of the features the more developed Ice Cream Sandwich builds had. However, they released a huge update with a ton of new features and improvements. A few of the new features are the inclusion of a… Read more
It’s official: The Kindle Fire HD 7″ has been rooted! No details, procedures, or downloads are up yet, but they will soon! It’s just exciting to see some gaining root so fast, on a fairly locked down device. Stay tuned, we will bring you the details as soon as they come! Do this at your own risk. This could be a dangerous procedure, and we are not… Read more
Since Sense 3.0 was released, HTC had its own theme engine built in, using a proprietary format. Why they used a proprietary format no one knows, but they did. Luckily, two devs by the name of Flemmard and Diamondback found a way to crack the format. With Sense 3.5, HTC changed the format (again, why is HTC so anti-modding?), but they managed to crack… Read more
Considering that the US Galaxy S III models have a different chipset from the international models, the leaks of Jelly Bean could not be ported. However, this changed when the T-Mobile Galaxy S III received a leak. This leak was then ported to the Verizon Galaxy S III, a phone with a completely different radio and a locked bootloader. Everything… Read more
What HTC has done to Android multitasking with Sense 4.x has been a big controversy. Some people don’t mind it, and some people (like me) despise it. Every app you use closing after 5 seconds of being in the background is a bit ridiculous: answering a text kills off the previously used app, meaning you lose progress in your paused YouTube video or any… Read more
The leaked Jelly Bean build for the Verizon Galaxy Nexus LTE is now available as a flashable zip. Much easier than flashing to stock and having to update that way, right? The build is JRO03O, and is official straight from Verizon, even if it isn’t the finished product they will release. Download the zip from here, this is the zip made by developer… Read more
If your RAZR, RAZR MAXX, or DROID 4 has received the Ice Cream Sandwich update, you might be in for a nasty surprise. Motorola has included a new root check system in their software that goes beyond your ROM. It is build into the boot and recovery .img files. At the bottom of your recovery, you’ll see one of three things: “qe 0/0″ means you’ve never… Read more
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