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New Vizio Tablet Rooted Well Before Launch

Kellen June 24, 2011 22

We initially passed on posting the news of Vizio's new Android tablet that was introduced last week because the UI looked pretty unfinished, it wasn't running Honeycomb and there was enough lag while scrolling through menus to give us an instant headache. But...

Verizon Begins Charging Full Price of Warranty Phones if Rooted? (Updated)

Kellen June 16, 2011 259

What exactly should happen if you were to root your phone, play around with ROMs/hacks/etc., somehow manage to break it, and then send it in to Verizon for a warranty replacement? Should you be allowed to get a replacement or not? According to reports, you...

LG Revolution has been Rooted, Good Bye Bing.

Kellen May 27, 2011 67

For those of you that picked up an LG Revolution yesterday, you should know that our boys over at RootzWiki have already rooted it. It looks like LG left this one pretty wide open to that old rageagainstthecage exploit, making it easily rooted by pushing a...

DROIDX2 Already Rooted Using GingerBreak

Kellen May 19, 2011 98

According to one of our lovely readers, the newly released DROIDX2 can be rooted easily using the now-famous GingerBreak we wrote about back in April. I know, I know what you are going to say, "But the DX2 isn't running Gingerbread!" That doesn't mean it can...

App of the Day: SBFportable

Mark May 18, 2011 1006

Today’s app of the day isn’t an app at all. It’s a program. Currently it’s for the DROIDX but has plans to be applied to all devices. SBF. Did you just tremble a little? Feel a cold chill climb up your spine? How about the word brick? Well no more fetal...

Monday Poll: Unlocked old developer phone or locked down high-end phone?

Kellen April 4, 2011 229

A story came out over the weekend suggesting that the days of easily rooting every Android handset are about to become a thing of the past and that most devices will be unrootable and seriously locked down in the very near future. To go along with that story...

Are the Days of Rooting Android Phones Coming to an End?

Kellen April 4, 2011 467

This is not necessarily the type of subject we like to begin a new week with, but as I can tell from my inbox and Twitter feed, many of you are looking for our opinion on thismatter. Over the weekend, our buddy P3droid put out a memoir of sorts on the future...

HTC Thunderbolt Kernel Source Released, Time To Get Your Real ROM on

Kellen March 29, 2011 56

Something big happened late last night, the kernel source for the HTC Thunderbolt was released. What exactly does that mean? Well, for 1, that developers can start to create real ROMs for the device that will more than likely function a hell of a lot better...