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Reduce Device Lag on Nexus 7 and Others With Seeder Application

Kellen January 3, 2013 142

Ever wonder what's up with the lag seen from time to time on your Android device while using certain apps or playing a variety of games? Developer lambgx02 likely cared a bit more than you, as it was bothering him enough to try to find the root cause of the...

New Root Method Released for Verizon’s Galaxy S3 Running Jelly Bean

Kellen December 17, 2012 18

With the official Jelly Bean (Android 4.1.1) update out for Verizon's version of the Galaxy S3, we can imagine that some of you may have lost root in the process. Thankfully, an updated method to unlock the bootloader on the device (if you haven't already) and...

Tip: Check the “Rooted” Status on Your DROID RAZR HD

Kellen December 13, 2012 50

Back in August, we talked about a root checker that Motorola had built into devices like the RAZR and RAZR MAXX. To see if a device was rooted or had been rooted in the past, all you had to do was boot into recovery and look towards the middle of the screen...

Bootloader Unlock Released for Verizon’s Galaxy Note 2

Kellen December 12, 2012 53

The Galaxy Note 2 bootloader has been unlocked. Thanks to Adam Outler and the folks at XDA, Verizon's version of this oversized phone has "gone from the most secure device on the market, to the least secure device publically available." The process itself, to...

Thursday Poll: Rooted or Non-rooted?

Kellen December 6, 2012 238

It seems like we ask this all of the time, but it has been over a year since we last asked the DL community if their phone is rooted or not. So today, let's do it again. We like to stay on top of the trends here on the site, and this is one of the more...

Verizon’s Galaxy Note 2 has Been Rooted.

Kellen December 2, 2012 58

And just like that, the Verizon version of the Galaxy Note 2 has been rooted. The process doesn't look all that painful. Basically, you download Odin, some drivers, and a rooted Odin VRLAJB file to be flashed. It's all of 10 steps, most of which are basic Odin...

HTC DROID DNA Receives Root and Custom Recovery Before Launch

Kellen November 15, 2012 33

Last night, we broke the news that the bootloader of the HTC DROID DNA can be unlocked using the bootloader unlock tool over at HTCDev. But before the night was even over, ClockworkMod Recovery, root, and an unsecure kernel had been released, giving plenty of...

Samsung S-Memo Security Flaw Reminds Us of the Dangers of Rooting a Device

Eric November 12, 2012 19

A cautionary tale for you on this Monday, brought to you from XDA. A user was looking through his rooted Galaxy S3 system files the other day and decided to open up the S-Memo database in SQLlte. I'm not sure what he was looking for, but one thing he was...