Development

The Galaxy Note 8 Open Source Kernels Just Got Published- Release Date and Price Imminent?

The Galaxy Note 8 Open Source Kernels Just Got Published- Release Date and Price Imminent?

Samsung has been getting better and better at releasing the kernels in a timely fashion for their new devices, and this is no exception: the Galaxy Note 8 open source kernels were just published to the web, and you can download them at your heart’s desire. If you’ve been itching to take a peek behind what will technically be Samsung’s largest phone, then get downloadin’. Yo... »

Winulator – A new project to bring back some of those retro Windows games to Android

Winulator – A new project to bring back some of those retro Windows games to Android

Winulator is an app currently under development that will allow you to play some of those awesome games from Windows 95 and 98 on your Android device. It’s not set to be a true emulator like the ones currently available in the Play Store which emulate games in real time for you to play.  Instead, it converts the game file from an Intel based code into one that your Android’s ARM-based ... »

[Lulz] Verizon gets crap on Twitter for being dev unfriendly, gets all butt-hurt

[Lulz] Verizon gets crap on Twitter for being dev unfriendly, gets all butt-hurt

It’s no surprise to anyone that Verizon isn’t the most developer friendly carrier out there, with numerous instances of them ridiculously locking down bootloaders as tightly as possible.  As a result, there have been “developer edition” devices that have rolled out where you’re paying full retail no-contract pricing just to get a phone you can get full access to, whic... »

Official ClockworkMod out for Nexus 4 and Nexus 10

Official ClockworkMod out for Nexus 4 and Nexus 10

Good news from Koush on his Google+ page today, the official ClockworkMod Recovery is out now for the LG Nexus 4 and Samsung Nexus 10 devices.  Time to get to flashing those devices with every custom ROM on the planet now! Just a heads up.  You’ll want to do this through fastboot for now, as ROM Manager is still a bit buggy and may not work.   Nexus 4 Recovery Download Nexus 10 Recovery... »

How to Root your Amazon Kindle Fire HD 7-inch

How to Root your Amazon Kindle Fire HD 7-inch

So yesterday we found out that the Kindle Fire would have a locked bootloader, well the device has now been rooted. So now you can install some Cyanogenmod 10 goodness on it. The exploit for rooting the Kindle Fire HD 7 was found by sparkym3 and his exploit in the ASUS Transformer Prime on ICS, so he gets full credit on this one. Before continuing please read these warnings: OMG!Droid is not respo... »

How to get the free 48GB of space in Dropbox from your AT&T Samsung Galaxy S3

How to get the free 48GB of space in Dropbox from your AT&T Samsung Galaxy S3

As most of us know, both AT&T and Verizon opted out of the promotion by Samsung and Dropbox for the free 48GB of dropbox space for Galaxy S3 owners. Well there is a way to still get it. The following method below is catered to the AT&T Galaxy S3, not sure if it’ll work on the Verizon Galaxy S3 or not because I have not tested it. If anyone wants to try it out, search XDA for a Touchw... »

OUYA will come with a manual detailing how to root it

OUYA will come with a manual detailing how to root it

On July 23rd, OUYA posted a small update on their Google+ page. The update said: “Hey +OUYA  devs! Don’t worry about rooting your device (or purchasing the pre-rooted device). We will provide builds and instructions that can be used to restore the device to ‘unrooted’ factory state!” Well, that’s good news, right? The team also went on to say they would be offer... »

OMG!NoobDroid: What does it mean to root your Android device?

OMG!NoobDroid: What does it mean to root your Android device?

Hello and welcome to the first installment of a new segment we’re just starting here on the site, called “OMG!NoobDroid“. As many of you may know, the Android platform already has a ginormous user base and it’s only getting bigger — to the tune of almost 1,000,000 new devices being activated each and every day. Pretty astounding numbers, right? While, many of us have ... »