Nook Tablet gets an easier root method using the SD card
Although the Nook Tablet has been rootable for a while now, the method was a bit complicated for the average user. Now a new method has been released making it simple enough to root merely by copying some files to the SD card and rebooting the tablet. ...
Android 4.0 based MIUI now available for the Samsung Galaxy S II i9100
If you’re not familiar with the MIUI series of custom ROMs, you really should be. MIUI is based on the CyanogenMod project, but taken to a whole new level of customization and beautification. The latest MIUI release is version 4 based on CyanogenMod ...
Droid X2 receives CyanogenMod 7 initial release candidate ROM
The Droid X2 certainly isn’t the most popular of Motorola’s phones from last year, and that’s partially due to how locked down it is. Although there was one-click root access, it didn’t receive much developer love due to the complexity ...
App store for banned apps could be coming to CyanogenMod soon
After hitting the milestone of a million unique installs, the makers of CyanogenMod are considering implementing a custom app store into their ROM. The proposed app store would focus on apps for rooted users as well as apps banned from the Android Market ...
Trebuchet Launcher available in alpha form for Android 4.0.3 devices
The Trebuchet Launcher, a tweaked version of the stock Ice Cream Sandwich launcher, will be found in upcoming CyanogenMod 9 releases. But for now the developer has released a version available for public consumption, for those running Android 4.0.3 ...
Motorola XOOM receives a (mostly) working Android 4.0.3 ROM
Google has released the source code for Android 4.0.3 and that means here come the custom ROMs. The latest of these is the Motorola XOOM. Although the XOOM is expected to receive an official update to Ice Cream Sandwich in the near future, if you ...
Sony Ericsson releases an alpha Ice Cream Sandwich ROM for unlocked Xperia phones
Sony Ericsson has just done something that most other phone manufacturers would never consider doing. They have released an alpha version of Ice Cream Sandwich for unlocked Xperia phones. The ROM is Android 4.0.1 and is currently available for ...
List of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich custom ROMs in progress
Aside from the Samsung Galaxy Nexus and now the Huawei Honor, there’s precious few ways to get your Ice Cream Sandwich fix. There’s many various projects going on to port Android 4.0 to various devices, most notably the CyanogenMod ...
CyanogenMod 7 booting on the Kindle Fire, mostly usable
Well that didn’t take long at all. It’s only been a short time since Amazon’s Kindle Fire has been released, and we already have custom ROMs starting show their faces. JackpotClavin from the XDA Developers forums has the Android 2.3 ...
[Breaking] Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich source code has just been released
Although everyone was expected Android 4.0 source code to come a week or two after the release of the Samsung Galaxy Nexus, we’re in for a treat today. Just moments ago the source code has been pushed to the Android Open Source Project, ...
