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Official CyanogenMod Support Announced for Eight New Devices

Tim August 2, 2013 32

Yesterday afternoon, as everyone was still dealing with all of the Moto X news flying in, Team Douche took to Google+ to announce official support for eight new devices. Six of them are from Motorola and the other two are made by Samsung. Each device will be...

CyanogenMod Founder Contemplating Abolishing Root Requirements For Custom ROMs (Update)

Tim July 29, 2013 120

The founder of CyangoenMod, Steve Kondik, took to Google+ to bounce off an idea to his followers concerning Android 4.3 and root access. With the intro of Android 4.3, Google added in some "much-needed" security features which restrict setuid binaries on the...

Verizon Galaxy S4 has Been Rooted Again Running Build VRUAME7

Kellen July 27, 2013 86

As many of you know, the newest update for Verizon's Galaxy S4 (build VRUAME7) patched up the previously released root and bootloader bypass exploits. Since that update dropped on July 9, owners of the phone have taken to forums to pledge their hard-earned...

First Android 4.3 ROM Built From Source Available for Download to the Verizon Galaxy Nexus

Tim July 24, 2013 83

We read the comments in posts and clearly there was a lot of people wondering when Android 4.3 would hit the Galaxy Nexus on Verizon. Of course, this isn't an official build, but a developer has already released a built-from-source Android 4.3 ROM for the...

Milestone 2 of AOKP Now Out and Available for Flashing

Tim July 22, 2013 55

Over the weekend, Milestone 2 of the Android Open Kang Project (AOKP) was released for the masses. It took a bit longer to release due to some of the developers taking vacation time and other important obligations, but it is finally out and it has a few...

MoDaCo.SWITCH App Allows for Flashing Between Sense and GPE ROM on HTC One

Tim July 12, 2013 19

Currently under development, the MoDaCo ROM team is hard at work on SWITCH. The app, which is still in testing, would allow HTC One owners to easily "switch" between a Sense UI ROM and the Google Play Edition ROM. One moment you will be playing with BlinkFeed...

Verizon Galaxy S4 Gets a Google Play Edition ROM Port

Kellen July 1, 2013 50

With the Samsung Galaxy S4 Google Play Edition launching at the end of last week, it only makes sense that developers would do their best to bring ROMs from it to every variant of the device. The Verizon version of the GS4 is one of the first to receive the...

Custom ROMs Built From HTC One Google Play Edition System Dump Popping Up

Tim June 27, 2013 62

Owners of a rooted GSM HTC One that have been dying to get a complete taste of vanilla Android are in luck, as custom ROMs built off of the Google Play Edition HTC One are now popping up on the web. In short, this is a rooted and deodexed version of exactly...