Published on Friday, July 23, 2010 by Jerry Hildenbrand Not to be outdone by it's larger cousins, the Motorola Devour has been rooted.  Using some bits and pieces from the Droid X root method, some files scoured from the web, and some good old fashioned determination, Android Central forums user bitswitch has a fairly simple method to get your Devour into the hacking game.To be sure, this voids warranties, takes a bit...

Published on Friday, July 23, 2010 by Phil Nickinson Our pal Robert Werlinger from sister site PreCentral.net has been at the O'Reilly Open Source Conference this week in Portland, Ore., and sat in on the "Your Smartphone May Not Be as Open as You Think" session. And, obviously, that's been a topic of discussion in these parts, what with the whole Droid X eFuse conspiracy, and the usual general Android ha...

Published on Monday, July 19, 2010 by Jerry Hildenbrand It's far from a final version, but those of you waiting for the CyanogenMod team to release some delicious Froyo for your HTC Evo, it's your lucky day.  The first of the nightly builds (think of them as the beta version of the beta version) is available for download.  Of course we all dove right in and I'll have to say, it's very nice.  If you're fully ...

Published on Thursday, July 15, 2010 by Jerry Hildenbrand Locked, Encryption, and a self-destruct button -- all over a cellphone?  It's not very often that I'm asked to write something and don't really want to write it. But there's this 800-pound gorilla in the room.  Of course, I'm talking about the insane idea that a phone manufacturer would design a phone that self-destructs when you try to hack or mod it. ...

Published on Tuesday, July 13, 2010 by Jerry Hildenbrand Even though they aren't officially released yet, the US versions of the Samsung Galaxy S (T-Mobile Vibrant and AT&T Captivate) have already been rooted.  We should expect this by now, as it seems like it happens with all the hot new Android phones as they come around.  Even better?  This is a nice easy method -- no timing, monkeying with SD cards, n...

Published on Wednesday, July 7, 2010 by Jerry Hildenbrand BAM!  this is what we've all been waiting for since we first saw Froyo and Sense 2.2 running on the HTC Desire.  Android wizard udk over at xda-developers has released the first version of a Froyo-based HTC Sense ROM.  Before Evo and Incredible users get too excited, there's the little problem of a Froyo capable radio image, so don't even think about tr...

Published on Wednesday, June 30, 2010 by Jerry Hildenbrand If you use a custom ROM on your Android phone, you should know about CyanogenMod.  If you don't, go hit Google now, then come right back.  (pretty freakin' sweet, huh?) With the drop of the Froyo (Android 2.2) source code everyone is patiently waiting for the code wizards behind the CyaongenMod project to give us the kind of custom goodness we've become used...

Published on Thursday, June 24, 2010 by Jerry Hildenbrand What happens when a pre-released phone gets into the hands of someone who knows their way around the Android system is a beautiful thing.  Late last night we got a system dump from the brand spanking new Droid X out in the Android Central forums, and things are already springing up.Android Central member mothy can hook you up with all the new static wallpapers HE...

Published on Thursday, June 24, 2010 by Jerry Hildenbrand Things like this is why I love Android.  Hacker extraordinaire persiansown has ripped the new live wallpapers out of the Samsung Galaxy S and ported them to other devices.  They all make a very nice subtle background, and with 4 to choose from there's probably something there to tickle your fancy.  As for me, I really like the Blue Sea one.  Hit th...

Published on Thursday, June 24, 2010 by Jerry Hildenbrand If you're in the middle of pulling sd cards, running scripts, or swearing profusely at your HTC phone while trying to flash a custom recovery image, stop now.  The good people at unrEVOked have released another easy tool that does all the hard work for you. We at unrEVOked have just released a tool for rooted Incredibles, EVOs, andDesires that installs Koush...