On a recent blog post, a developer has posted rather dubious instructions outlining how the Motorola backflip can be rooted. Using freely available source code from Motorola, and a few other details that he “purposefully” left out, it seems ...

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 ...

Remember the excitement when the G1 was first rooted? Now there’s the same for owners of the Sprint Hero and Samsung Behold 2. For the Hero, there’s a thread over at xda-developers with clear instructions on how to Root your Sprint Hero. Not ...

Still a work in progress, as are most of the Android porting projects going on right now, but it boots and that’s pretty much it as far I can tell from screenshots and some of the forum threads. Not surprising these talented people are working ...

It’s not everyday you see a Windows Mobile smartphone running a Linux-based mobile operating system. But, in the crazy (crazy cool, that is) world of handset hackery, anything is possible. So, it shouldn’t be all that surprising that Android hackers ...

First off, I take no credit for this guide, this is straight from the xda-developers forums, which is an excellent place to learn about HTC phone hacking. So let’s get started. Make sure you backup anything important on your phone as this will erase ...

Think you have what it takes to hack into an Android phone? TippingPoint’s Zero Day Initiative team has just announce the 3rd annual Pwn2Own contest in which participants attempt to gain access to devices via security exploits. The targets include ...