Thanks to AndIRC, the same team that rooted the HTC Thunderbolt, now there’s an easier way to gain root access to your device. The previous process involved a lengthy set of instructions and terminal commands. Now it’s all simplified in an ...

As Motorola promised, the XOOM has an unlockable bootloader similar to the Nexus devices, and the process is quite simple to unlock it. This process will do a factory wipe of all your data, so make sure you backup anything important. Although it’s ...

First off, I’ll start the same way the instructions do: Disclaimer Please read each and every step in this guide and do them fully failure to do this exactly as it is layed out could result in a permanent brick as usual I am not responsible for ...

Paul O’Brien, well known Android hacker and the man that has gained root access on many phones just made it a little easier to root your Nexus S. The previous method involved of course running fastboot oem unlock, then using ADB to push custom recovery ...

If you’ve ever read any guides on rooting your Android phone or how to sideload applications on restricted devices, there’s no doubt you’ve come across the term ADB. ADB, short for Android Debug Bridge is a tool that is part of the ...

The phone that was once said to be unrootable has now fully fallen. First we gained temporary root, but it was lost with every reboot. Then came permanent root and the ability to flash ROMS. Now we have full S-OFF, which means full security off, giving ...

The Motorola Defy has been rooted giving owners of the rugged handset superuser access and the ability to do things like install custom ROMS, take screenshots and other normally blocked options. The easy option for rooting is to download z4root from ...

So you got your new Motorola Backflip then found out that AT&T locked it down so you can’t install apps from the SD card? Or maybe you knew that and went ahead and got it in hopes of rooting very soon. Well, rooting hasn’t happened yet ...

First off, this is not a guide to pirating apps. There are legit reasons for wanting to backup your applications. Sometimes an older version of the app worked better, or had features you liked better. Sometimes new versions don’t work with specific ...