Samsung Galaxy S receives Gingerbread port right from the Nexus S source (video)
Hold on to your hats, people, there's a wind of awesomeness coming through. The Nexus S is no longer the only Gingerbread game in town, courtesy of supercurio over on the xda-developers forum, who has ported the hot new phone's Android 2.3 install over to its Samsung forefather, the Galaxy S . The port is described as being unmodified from the Nexus S original, although quite a few basic functions like voice, WiFi, and GPS (insert joke about Galaxy S GPS woes ) aren't yet operational.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: from-the-nexus, gingerbread, joke, kernel, samsung, samsung galaxy s, samsung-galaxy, update, upgrade, xda
Nexus S has been rooted, let the madness commence!
Our good friends at xda-developers haven't kept us waiting long. Root access on the Nexus S has been achieved on the phone's day of release , and full instructions for replicating it are available at the link below.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: 2.3, developers, entry, friend-via, gingerbread, hack, hacking, madness, mountain, result, rooted, view, xda
T-Mobile G2 overclocked to 1.9GHz, in danger of going critical
If you dream of turning your shiny new G2 into a hot, molten mess of plastic, aluminum, epoxy, and shattered dreams, attempting to clock it faster than your laptop is a solid start.
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: aluminum, Clock, clock-it-faster, degree, developer-says, engadget, engadget-mobile, entry, half, htc, kernel, laptop, phone, Plastic, xda
Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 hacked to support multitouch, sort of
So there's no recent sign of an official multitouch update ever coming to the maligned X10 from Sony Ericsson, but you know how it goes: when a manufacturer fails to step up to the plate, a hacker with a heart of gold (or two) usually does so in its place. So it goes in this case, with folks on xda-developers showing off some very, very rudimentary multitouch capability on video
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: become-good, capability, device, engadget-mobile, ericsson, ericsson-xperia, gold, recent-sign, result, sonyericsson, touchscreen, x10, xda, xperia
T-Mobile G2 gets a permanent, honest-to-goodness root
You can slow 'em down , HTC... but you can't stop 'em.
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: developers, entry, lock-it-down, punch, result, sending-loud, Solution, temporary-root, the-solution, today-on-news, xda
Shocker: Verizon says Droid Eris won’t get Froyo
Though the HTC Droid Eris soldiers on in user pockets in a variety of guises , Verizon has unsurprisingly decided to disavow future updates for the canceled device . Carrier spokespersons told Computerworld that the Eris won't see Android 2.2.
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: choice, disavow-future, engadget, guises, htc, phones, pockets, result, shocker, updates, verizon, verizonwireless, vzw, xda
Hacker cons HTC Touch Pro 2 into providing multitouch, other WinMo devices too (video)
Never, ever doubt the skill and determination of the guys over at xda-developers , capable of cracking any device and bringing you fresh ROMs to brighten up your stuffy gadgets. This latest bit of wunder-code isn't a full new image, rather a tiny WinMo app that does something magical: enables multitouch on single-touch resistive screens
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: binaries, devices-too, image, mobile, multitouch, opera, xda, xda-developers
Nexus One steps up to 720p HD video thanks to latest hack (video)
Just more evidence that rooting is the only true path of the geek. The indefatigable coders over at xda-developers have just pushed out a download that allows the Nexus One to start shooting video at 720p resolution
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone, nexus one Tags: 720p, code-compatible, developers, entry, hd video, htc, nexus, path, rooted, true, xda
Android 2.2 Froyo manual update found, now available for select Nexus One devices
It was only a matter of time . The direct link to download the Android 2.2 "Froyo" update from Google's servers has been found. According to XDA-Developers, it only works if you have a "non-rooted stock ERE27 system" Nexus One
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, nexus one, Other Tags: albeit-less, another-link, direct-link, entry, friend-via, google android 2.2, google android froyo 2.2, googleandroid, googleandroidfroyo, nexusone, only-works, requirements, servers, time, xda
Leaked Windows Phone 7 ROM filename suggests an HTC Mondrian?
The lads and lassies at XDA-Developers made an intriguing discovery this week: a leaked 100MB file that might be the first Windows Phone 7 ROM actually destined for a device. What's more, it could possibly reveal details about a phone we barely knew existed -- the filename references an "HTC Mondrian." At best, the contents might reveal wonders beyond imagination, including full specs, bundled apps, even the tools needed to properly shoehorn WP7 onto your existing HTC handset
Categories: htc, Mobile Phone Tags: clever, existing, htc, imagination, including-full, phone, result, source, windows phone 7 os, windowsphone, windowsphone7, winpho 7, xda, xda-developers forum