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...
Good morning, aspiring Kindle Fire developers. The most important news you should know this morning: The Kindle Fire has been rooted, already, and its source code released! The source code will allow for the future creation of custom ROMs and other goodies. Codemonkey/Gods aside, us mere mortals will find more use out of the fact that the Fire is how rootabl compliments of SuperOneClick v2.2 Questions/concerns? Hit up thisAndroid Central forum post on the ins and outs of...
We’ve been rather critical of Motorola in recent months over their insistance on using locked bootloaders and other root-unfriendly tactics but tonight that changes. While testing a pre-release version of Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread for the Atrix 4G the folks over at BriefMobile found that the bootloader is now unlocked, allowing custom kernels and ROMs! We’ve heard Motorola claim many times that they were working on bringing unlocked bootloaders to future...
The anti-consumer tactics tied to free tethering by carriers got another shot in the arm today compliments of Verizon Wireless. Reddit community member Pooper_Cooper highlighted the new development on the popular online community. Specifically, the new Android 2.3 Gingerbread update that recently rolled out to the DROID X has a new, nasty feature — when using an unauthorized tethering app, all data is cut off and redirected to Verizon’s upsell page advertising...
Tired of the heaping piles of despair and frustration that bloatware is bringing to your LG Revolution experience? You’re probably not alone. Just like retailers and manufacturers load up Windows PCs with countless apps and trial software that few people ever use, Android too is plagued with the same fate. With that said, 24 hours after release the talented Android community has hacked into the LG Revolution. While custom recovery images (and in turn custom ROMs)...
