AT&T may have made (easily) accessing root level on your One X a burden, but it’s far from an outright ban. As with all great things mobile, XDA exists to make sure mobile enthusiasts always have the last say with their device. While the bootloader on AT&T’s HTC One X is still in an unlocked state, the new root hack available over at XDA in this thread will at least allow root level access. Removing things like AT&T’s stock crap apps and...

Samsung’s Galaxy S III has definitely created a polarized field. On one hand, the hardware itself, at least on paper, isn’t exactly the most spectacular. Samsung has, however, built in some nifty software goodies such as the eye tracking software, etc. to sweeten the pot. Similarly, the physical looks/construction materials have people questioning if the hype was really worth it. But above it all, it is actually one of the Galaxy S III accessories that has us...

Android users drooling over the two current Android powerhouse phones, the Samsung Galaxy S III and HTC One X, have a new shiny toy to lust after. Brief Mobile has obtained a screenshot of device with the code name of “LS970″. Physically, the (tiny) thumbnail doesn’t reveal anything too out of the ordinary as far as modern smartphone design is concerned. A few of the listed specs include a 4.7″ “TrueHD IPS” display and Android 4.0 Ice...

Today at CTIA Sony dropped their two latest bombshells, the Xperia GX and Xperia SX smartphones. These (initially) Japan-only devices certainly look impressive on paper. The GX is the higher end of the two, featuring a 4.6″ 720p display, 13-megapixel camera, 16 GB of internal storage, and a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor. The OS of choice is Android 4.0 ICS (with Sony’s in-house skin). The XS is, according to Sony, the “world’s lightest LTE...

One of Samsung’s many (and rushed) announcements at their Galaxy S III unveil last week included Flipboard, a popular news gathering app that has already found a decent following on iOS. What was surprising, however, is that Samsung’s unveil also stated that the company had an early exclusive on the Android version of the app. Luckily for the rest of you non-Galaxy S III owners, XDA’s fanbase of talented hackers has already managed to rip that .apk out of...