It’s been out a while, and you know the developers and hackers have been working hard at it, and now the Droid Eris has finally been rooted. Super user access will now allow Eris owners to do all kinda of cool stuff to their phones otherwise not ...

It’s only been out a few weeks and root access has now been obtained on the Motorola Milestone, the GSM version of the Droid on the Telus network. Fairly similar to the rooting procedure for the Motorola CLIQ, but a bit more complex, this procedure ...

Here’s a video showing how some crafty developers got Android running on the Sony Ericsson X1. Both Android 1.6 and 2.0.1 have been successfully ported to the X1, with a few things yet to be fixed, such as the camera, GPS and bluetooth. But that’s ...

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 ...

There’s a tool now out in the wild that can reportedly root your Android with a simple apk and one-click to flash the Cyanogen Recovery 1.4 image. The tool is called FlashRec, and it utilizes this exploit. The exploit has already been patched last ...

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 ...

A member over at the xda-developers forums posted a link to a Google Code project where you can burn a Live CD to run Android on your Netbook, or even in a virtual box. It’s still a work in progress, but it’s a cool project, and fun to play ...

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 ...

If you were drooling all over the demo videos and you wanna take the plunge and play with the HTC Hero firmware, it’s the latest hot topic over at xda-developers. Redone user interface changes inside and out, and a host of custom HTC applications, ...

6 minutes of mouth watering Android. The Hero ROM running on the G1 with delicious “Rosie” user interface. Enjoy. Still no word on when the rest of us mortals will be able to play with this. Follow Haykuro on Twitter for all the latest. And ...