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DROID DNA Finally Receives S-OFF

Kellen February 18, 2013 13

A couple of weeks ago, the DROID DNA received somewhat of an S-OFF through the work of a phone repair shop who had a special tool that they would use on your device should you be willing to pay at least $45. It really wasn't all that practical. And hopefully,...

HTC Responds to Criticism Over Takedown of HTCRUU.com

Kellen January 30, 2013 45

Last week, the dev community threw a bit of a fit over the takedown request that lawyers of HTC enforced on HTCRUU.com, a site that posted up leaked or unreleased RUU firmware for HTC's devices. Some questioned the need to do this move now after having...

LMT Launcher Brings “PIE” Goodness Without the Custom ROM

Kellen January 23, 2013 64

If you have been following our coverage of Paranoid Android ROM's PIE and full desktop features, then we also wanted to direct you to an app with similar qualities that can be installed outside of a ROM. It's called LMT Launcher, and it has been around for...

Paranoid Android’s “PIE” Feature is Now Incredibly Fast, Closer Than Ever to Prime Time

Kellen January 23, 2013 91

Last week, we were the first to highlight a feature in Paranoid Android's ROM called "expanded desktop mode" - better known now as PIE. We called it the coolest ROM feature we had seen in quite some time, even if it was a bit slow and buggy. We could see the...

Friday Poll: Custom ROM or Stock?

Kellen January 18, 2013 136

After the original DROID had finished its run as the top Android phone on Earth and we started to see new phones touch down on what seemed like a weekly basis, we also starting seeing a dip in the development scene. With so many phones, it was tough to...

Original DROID RAZR and RAZR MAXX Jelly Bean Update has Been Rooted

Kellen January 15, 2013 84

Can we just start referring to Dan Rosenberg (@djrbliss) as Mr. Root? The man that seems to have rooted every single Motorola device over the last couple of years has done it again, only this time with the original DROID RAZR and RAZR MAXX running the latest...

Koush Releases Cloud App Syncing and Backup App, Test the Beta Now

Kellen January 14, 2013 48

Just the other day we were talking about backup solutions and how you should always choose one that allows for cloud storage. Today, long-time developer Koush, released a beta of his new app that does exactly as we were describing, only it takes it a step...

Question of the Day: What ROM are You Currently Running?

Kellen January 3, 2013 474

Years ago, we were able to run this question as a poll, since there were only a few handsets to choose from along with a few ROM developers who had work worth sampling. These days, there are far too many phones and even more developers that this can only be...