Only just announced yesterday, and on sale now for $150, the LG Optimus V has already been rooted. Being essentially the same as the Optimus S available on Sprint, it was a snap to root with SuperOneClick. Right now, it appears there’s only a Sprint-based ...

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 ...

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 ...

Ok, so everyone has a stock on-screen keyboard with their Android phone. Some phones have the standard Android input, some phones come preloaded with Swype, and some phones have a manufacturer customized keyboard. There’s been some recent praise ...

Looks like this week is the week for pushing your Android phone processor to the limits. The T-Mobile G2 sports Qualcomm Scorpion processor normally running at 800Mhz, but xda-developers member and hacker coolbho3000 has bumped that up to 1.42GHz, and ...

Looks like our rumor story from yesterday just got a little bit more credible, here are some screenshots showing the T-Mobile G2 in action showing off new WiFi calling and portable hotspot tethering capabilities. There’s still no official word ...

Seeing is believing, just take a look at the speeds this G2 is getting. Posted on xda-developers by a user in Pittsburgh, these are the speeds that T-Mobile has been promising. Here in Charlotte, I usually get around 3-4mpbs down and 2mbps up, hoping ...

Via an anonymous source, a user on xda-developers has gotten a hold of and posted a Froyo build for the AT&T Samsung Captivate. It’s probably an early build, but everything is apparently working, and it seems to be legit. As with all leaks ...

This must be the week for leaks. Besides the reports of Droid X’s running 2.2, and the rumor of the Desire get an update really soon. A test build of Android 2.2 has been leaked out and you can flash it to your phone now. Unwired View has the details ...