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Beats Audio for any rooted Gingerbread phone

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A very clever developer over at XDA (fuss132) has worked out a way to port the Beats Audio advanced equaliser software, normally exclusive to some HTC phones, to any rooted phone running Gingerbread. Beats Audio is an advanced software equaliser producing more clarity and natural sounds, however the improvement will be dependent on the quality of the Continue reading...

Android 4 Ice Cream Sandwich Source Code now available

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So we've all been waiting with bated breath for Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich to come to our devices. Today is the first firm step in that process. Google today announced today via their AndroidDev twitter account that the source code is now available for the general public. This means that manufacturers can start building the Android 4.0 Continue reading...

Galaxy Nexus – System Dump(ICL23D) + Boot and Recovery Images made available

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We saw a boot.img yesterday which allowed root access to the Galaxy Nexus, albeit only temp root solution, but we will see a permanent root in the future once Developers start delving into files like the ones that Paul O'brien from MoDaCo supplied last night on his forum. Paul had advised that the files he's supplied are stock, unedited Continue reading...

Galaxy Nexus rooted before even being released

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We all knew it would happen sooner or later, the only real surprise is that it happened even before it was released, but the Galaxy Nexus has been rooted. Paul O'Brien, the founder of MoDaCo tweeted that they have put together Superboot which is a boot.img for your Nexus that when booted will root your device the first time you Continue reading...

Exclusive: Motorola RAZR will be the first phone to incorporate Motorola’s new bootloader solution

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A few months ago I started a campaign to prompt Motorola to unlock their Android devices, now when I say unlock I don't mean carrier unlocking where you can use a phone with any SIM card, I mean unlocking the bootloader which is the staging area of custom roms on Android handsets. It is having access to the bootloader that allows Continue reading...

Want another taste of Ice Cream Sandwich? Get the Roboto font on your phone or PC now

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When Ice Cream Sandwich was launched yesterday one of the new things that Matias Duarte announced was a new font for Android called Roboto. The clever guys over at XDA developers have been at it again, this time offering the Roboto font for Windows, as well as a flashable zip, a Miui zip and a Flipfont APK for Samsung phone owners. Continue reading...

CyanogenMod on HP Touchpad – How to: in English!

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Those of you that follow: Matt - @mcbooth Daniel - @phroghollow Buzz - @buzzmoody and myself - @prymal81 on twitter would have seen a flurry of activity tonight on installation of CyanogenMod onto our Touchpads! Some Engrish to English translations later Matt and I have it working! First of all - watch the video that is embedded in this post. It really is that easy if Continue reading...

New Market from Ice Cream Sandwich leaked, install now

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At the rate these Ice Cream Sandwich system apps are leaking you'll be able to compile your own rom before the highly anticipated new Android operating system is officially released! Today we have the new Market app from Ice Cream Sandwich, it looks incredibly similar to the 'new' Market most of us are already using, but i've Continue reading...

Analog Clock widget from Ice Cream Sandwich available to download

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We're all getting pretty keen for Ice Cream Sandwich news, more so now that Google has postponed their announcement of both the Nexus Prime and Ice Cream Sandwich, so with no new date given here is something to tide you over, Android Police have come up with the Clock widget from Ice Cream Sandwich to play with. Continue reading...

Got an iDock that doesn’t play nice with your Android device? dockBoss+ has you covered

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Before I joined the world of Android, I used to own an iPhone 3GS. I'd had it for nearly a year and had bought a really expensive dock for it. One thing that can be a barrier for entry when it comes to Android is losing those expensive accessories that blast out your portable sound into Home Cinema Centre Continue reading...

CM7 on HP Touchpad – Another step forward!

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We're close, VERY close! The CyanogenMod team now have the Android Market, accelerometer, sound and Wifi working on the HP Touchpad. The tablet itself is now functional, ports of various apps are not yet working (such as youtube as mentioned in the above video) but they're working on this too. Personally I admire their patience with this project and am very excited at the prospect of seeing CM7 Continue reading...

HP Touchpad – CM7 close to being functional

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We're close, VERY CLOSE to getting CM7 on the HP Touchpad. From all reports coming from the Cyanogen Mod team, the only major issue they have left to address is Wi-Fi. CM7 is booting successfully, Multitouch is working successfully and sound is working successfully. The release of CM7 for the Touchpad is setup for dual boot, so my purchase of the 32GB over the 16GB may pay off Continue reading...

HP Touchpad – Dual Booting with 2.3.5 and WebOS

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Team Touchdroid have now successfully managed to get a HP Touchpad dual booting with Android 2.3.5 and WebOS. This is further progress on the version that Buzz reported on a week ago from the CyanogenMod Team. I'm not unhappy with WebOS personally, but I like the fact that there's people out there working to get Android onto the device to give Continue reading...