How-to: Easily root and unlock your Verizon Galaxy Note II with "No You Verizon" 02 Jun 2013, 01:16 3

If you recently updated the software on your Verizon Note II to Android 4.1.2 and want to root and unlock...

How-to: Root and Unlock your Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 30 May 2013, 23:54 11

With the Verizon Samsung Galaxy S4 out for a week now, it should come as no surprise that the folks over...

Google Glass unlocked and loaded with Ubuntu live at I/O 16 May 2013, 21:00 7

When we first saw it on the schedule, we knew that something good would come out of the Google I/O session...

CyanogenMod 10.1 nightly builds of stock Android 4.2 now available for the HTC One 14 May 2013, 07:26 11

You waited and it's here - nightly builds of the famed CyanogenMod 10.1 are now ready for download if...

HP TouchPad tablet to get unofficial Android app compatibility in July 13 May 2013, 07:59 4

The HP TouchPad, for those who need to have their memory refreshed, was the company's failed attempt...

Samsung Galaxy S4 already gets CyanogenMod 10.1 nightlies 05 May 2013, 10:50 19

For a time, it was unclear that CyanogenMod would even support the new Samsung Galaxy S4, but that's...

Root on: Google Glass has successfully been hacked 26 Apr 2013, 23:32 12

Cydia founder Jay Freeman wasted no time digging into his Glass, hacked into it and jailbroke it...

Use any icon pack on any Android launcher with Icon Themer (root req'd) 25 Apr 2013, 08:28 4

There's no shortage of icon packs for your favorite Android launcher of choice, be it Apex, Nova, Go,...

Chat Heads for iOS get the freedom of Android with jailbreak 17 Apr 2013, 20:12 6

Facebook's new Chat Heads feature made its way into the iOS version of Facebook yesterday, but it was...

XDA allows Facebook Home to run on most Android device without root 13 Apr 2013, 12:55 18

Facebook Home has been relegated to use only on certain devices in certain regions. It was quickly found...

UDOO Android/Linux box conquers Kickstarter, bridges the gap between Arduino and Raspberry Pi 11 Apr 2013, 08:35 4

UDOO is an extremely interesting project aiming to bridge the gap between Arduino micro-controllers and...

Google posts Android 4.2 factory images for CDMA Galaxy Nexus 29 Mar 2013, 01:38 2

If you're a really big fan of modding your smartphone, then you're in luck, because Google has posted...

Hacker gets 41 months in the slammer for stealing personal data of 100,000 AT&T Apple iPad customers 18 Mar 2013, 15:16 21

Andrew Auernheimer, better known by his online handle 'Weev', was sentenced to 41 months in federal prison...

Lookout Security app protects Samsung Galaxy smartphones against lock screen hacking 12 Mar 2013, 04:28 4

If you're a Samsung Galaxy S III or Note II owner and that lock screen bypass hack won't let you sleep...

LG Optimus 4X HD's bootloader finaly opens 11 Mar 2013, 05:49 3

The bootloader on the LG Optimus 4XHD is now open at last, thanks to a leaked version of Android 4.1...

HTC Sense 5.0 hacked to run on the Droid DNA 11 Mar 2013, 04:20 14

Most everything is working, save for the highly specific Zoe media collage software, and the MMS messaging...

Koush's Superuser app hits Google Play and is already integrated with CyanogenMod 05 Mar 2013, 20:42 1

We've been watching the progress of Koush's new Superuser app for Android, and the road to the Google...

See a Nokia Lumia 820 shell being made using a 3D printer 04 Mar 2013, 09:45 32

While the Nokia Lumia 820 lacks many of the fancy features found on the Lumia 920 flagship, such as the...

Koush releases open source ClockworkMod Superuser app 26 Feb 2013, 04:05 2

Koush is one of the undeniable stars of the Android developer community. He has been invaluable to the...

Surface RT hacked to run legacy x86 Windows programs 22 Feb 2013, 03:08 20

The entrepreneurial spirit over at XDA-Devs has managed to achieve another miracle - a beta tool has...

Reminder: phone unlocking petition needs signatures by Saturday 20 Feb 2013, 16:19 28

We've told you about it an important petition that is up on the We the People government website. The...

This smartphone hack is cool... literally 18 Feb 2013, 05:46 4

Now here's a hack, the kind of which you might have not heard of before. It involves a smartphone, a...

How to sideload Android 4.2.2 on your Google Nexus 4 14 Feb 2013, 07:10 4

If you are not one of the lucky souls that are having their latest Android update fix over the air on...

Untethered jailbreak tool evasi0n downloaded 7 million times, beats old records 08 Feb 2013, 09:14 23

The evasi0n untethered jailbreak tool may have been released just a few days ago, but a relatively huge...

Wine coming to Android allowing you to run Windows apps 04 Feb 2013, 03:36 54

Wine was originally developed to bring Windows applications to Linux boxes, but now it is growing to...

Geek fashion: best phone and tablet pants, sweaters and jackets 29 Jan 2013, 04:41 8

We now have the slim fit girl pants with a phone pocket on the thigh that let you go clubbing with the...

Unlocking your phone is now against the law in the U.S. 27 Jan 2013, 06:54 83

Now that phone unlocking is no longer seen as being exempted from the Digital Millennium Copyright Act...