[Exclusive] How To Easily Root The Amazon Kindle, Regardless Of Its Software...
Update: Justin has repackaged the Kindle Fire root app apk, removing encryption and open sourcing the file. Update: BurritoRoot may not work on version 6.0 firmware. If you're having trouble, update...
View ArticleCyanogenMod Team At It Again - Nightlies Arrive For Several Xperia Devices
Just after expanding Nightly support to Samsung's Epic 4G and a slew of LG handsets, the CyanogenMod team has brought nightlies to a handful of Xperia devices, including Coconut (the Xperia Live with...
View ArticleOnandroid Allows Live Full Nandroid Backups Without Rebooting Into Recovery
If you're going to be messing around with custom ROMs at all, it's a good idea to have a nandroid backup at the ready. A recent backup can save you a lot of time and heartache if things end up going...
View ArticleCheck Out These Super-Clean Nexus 7 Custom Car Mounts [Updated]
Stop holding your Nexus 7 in your hands like a chump and check this out. These industrious modders have built and installed complete Nexus 7 mounting systems in a Subaru STi and Toyota Celica. The...
View ArticleCreate A Killer Retro LCD Android Theme With A Few Quick Downloads
Readers of a certain age will remember the way LCD screens looked back in the early 90s. We'd never heard of color LCDs – that would have been witchcraft plain and simple. LCDs were dingy little...
View ArticleCyanogenMod's Next Killer Feature: Take Photos From The Quick Settings Panel...
A new CyanogenMod feature is currently under review, and it looks staggeringly cool. Developed by Nebojsa Cvetkovic, this addition would place a new camera tile in the Quick Settings panel. Tap it, and...
View ArticleSamsung Galaxy Note 10.1 Toolkit (All GSM And WiFi Versions) Available For...
If you've got a Galaxy Note 10.1 handy and a hankering for root-enabled fun, noted modder mskip has just posted an initial version of his extensive Toolkit for the Samsung tablet to the XDA developers...
View ArticleMskip Releases Nexus 7 2013 Root Toolkit For Easy Unlocking, Rooting,...
It's not terribly hard to unlock and root a Nexus device, but mucking around with ADB simply isn't for everyone. If you want a somewhat more automated rooting experience for your 2013 Nexus 7, there's...
View ArticleXposed Framework 2.4 Beta 1 Adds Support For KitKat And Performance Improvements
The Xposed framework is a major boon to those of us who use an Android device that doesn't have a lot of support from the custom ROM community. It allows a lot of the things you want in custom ROMs -...
View ArticleXposed GEL Settings Adds Much Needed Features To The Google Now Launcher For...
The impending release of the Google Now Launcher (GNL) presents a bit of a dilemma. The cool Google Now integration isn't possible with third-party launchers, but GNL doesn't have many customization...
View Article[HTC EVO 4G] Undervolt Your AOSP Kernel To Improve Battery Life
This is for rooted users only. We all want to squeeze every last little bit of juice out of our devices that we can, and if you happen to have a rooted HTC EVO 4G running an AOSP kernel (such as the...
View ArticleXposed Framework For Android 5.0/ART Could Be Just Around The Corner
For those who like to mod their Android devices, the Xposed framework is a revelation. You don't need to flash a new ROM, but you get a ton of customization options and system UI tweaks with relatively...
View ArticlePopular Xposed Framework Module GravityBox Updated To Work With Android 5.1
Xposed is a fantastic tool for modders whose phones aren't as popular as mainstream models and don't get as much ROM support, or if they simply want a few Android tweaks without flashing completely...
View ArticleSomeone Got Android 1.6 Running On A Texas Instruments Graphing Calculator,...
The open-source nature of Android means that you can run the mobile operating system on just about anything if you've got the know-how. Case in point: A YouTube user named Josh Max has managed to get...
View ArticleXposed Framework Is Now Official For Lollipop 5.0 And 5.1 On Most Devices
Android 5.0 brought major changes to the platform, and that made it hard to get the Xposed system tweaking framework functional. The project's developer has finally announced that Xposed for Lollipop...
View ArticleTWRP For the Nexus 6P Is Live, But Decryption Isn't Supported Yet
Some of you probably have the Nexus 6P now, or are expecting it to show up soon. Unless you ordered a 128GB, that is. Sorry. For everyone else, there's now an official build of TWRP for the 6P....
View ArticleDeveloper Hacks Together A Case That Lets You Run Android On An iPhone
So you're one of the Android faithful, but you're also slightly interested in Apple's hardware? What can you do about that? One Nick Lee from development and design studio Tendigi came up with a...
View ArticleMoto Mods: Thoughts and first impressions
If you ask Motorola, Mods are the story with Moto Z. If you ask most smartphone enthusiasts? The Mods are decidedly not the story - they're just accessories. Well, which is it? Are Motorola's modular...
View ArticleThe open source GaleForce project lets you root Google Wifi
Google Wifi came out last year to join the increasingly competitive mesh router market. It has a competitive price compared to the competition, and we found the performance to be solid. It might be...
View ArticleMotorola attempts to breathe new life into Moto Mods with health tracker,...
Lenovo-owned Motorola might have been onto something with its modular phone accessories for the Moto Z series, but a combination of slow development of compelling products and poor availability leaves...
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