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Nook Tablet Rooted, Android Free-For-All Coming

11:00AM November 21, 2011 | Brent Rose

Who would have predicted that Barnes and Noble’s new Nook Tablet would be rooted? Oh, everyone? Well, it still happened, and that’s good news for modders who are looking forward to hacking the bejeezus out of these low-cost tablets. More »


Mobile

Ice Cream Sandwich Caught On Video?

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10:30AM September 29, 2011 | Alex Kidman

Or possibly tasty, tasty prank. Google’s talked a big game regarding Ice Cream Sandwich, but up until now the details have been a bit scarce. This video claims to reveal a bit more of what Ice Cream Sandwich will look like. More »


Computing

Perk Up Your Galaxy Tab With Homemade Gingerbread

12:00PM February 5, 2011 | Brian Barrett

It’s just possible that the crafty folks at the XDA developers forum have managed to upgrade the Galaxy Tab from trainwreck to fender bender. All it needed was a healthy dose of Gingerbread. Here’s how to get it on yours. More »


Mobile

Motorola: Thou Shalt Not Install Leaked Froyo ROMs On Your Droid X

2:00AM August 23, 2010 | Jack Loftus

For some reason or another, Motorola really doesn’t want Droid X owners downloading a leaked Froyo ROM before the Android update officially launches. Hence, the cease-and-desist letters that are being sent out by the company’s director of information security. More »


Software

New ROM Update For Telstra Desire Isn’t Froyo

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3:51PM August 18, 2010 | Nick Broughall

Tipster Rob has pointed us to the HTC Australia website and word of a ROM update for Desire owners who bought their phone from Telstra. Sadly, it isn’t the Froyo update you may have been hoping for. More »


Mobile

HTC HD2 Shown Running Android, Looking Like An EVO Doppelganger

5:06PM July 1, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

There definitely won’t be an official Android version of HTC’s HD2, but the chaps at HTC Linux have finally released an Android 2.1 build for the WinMo-running largescreen, this time with a working touchscreen. More »


Mobile

HTC Cracks Down On ROM Hackers With Cease-And-Desist Letter

5:15PM June 18, 2010 | Kat Hannaford

We’ve covered a fair few of the ROM hacks here on Gizmodo, which many parts of an extremely active network of hackers/Android-lovers have created. Now though, HTC is cracking down on them, sending Coinflipper’s community a cease-and-desist. More »


Mobile

Windows Phone 7 Series ROM Spied Running On HTC HD2?

1:30AM March 29, 2010 | Jack Loftus

That luscious HTC HD2, the near-perfect mobile that had it going on in all the right places, save the WinMo 6.5 OS, is seen here doing the impossible: Running a Windows Phone 7 Series ROM. More »


Mobile

Nerds Win: Nexus One Rooted Before It’s Even Officially Unveiled

9:26AM December 31, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

Even more impressive than the Droid’s quick rooting, the Nexus One has been conquered from the inside before Google has even officially announced it. More »


Software

Is The Sense UI Now Available For HTC Magic Phones?

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3:50PM October 26, 2009 | Nick Broughall

I don’t read Chinese, nor do I own an HTC Magic. But it looks like the promised Sense UI ROM update for the HTC Magic has been made available on the HTC Taiwan site. If you own a Magic and are game to have a play around with the ROM on your phone based solely on a website in Chinese, let us know whether or not the update works…

[HTC Taiwan – Thanks Unimaginative]