Windows Phone

How To Root Your Motorola Droid Pro

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The Motorola Droid Pro introduced a new form factor for Android devices, it does look like a BlackBerry with its front facing keyboard but it also comes with a touch screen.

The Droid Pro can be rooted easily so you can now customize your device, remove any bloatware added by your carrier and unlock its full potential.

Note that we will not be responsible if you end up bricking your device, rooting or customizing your device can be risky. If you follow the instructions carefully you will be fine!

 

You can root / jailbreak your Motorola Droid Pro using z4root a famous root application. You can get more information about z4root in our article @ z4root – Another One Click Root Solution for Android.

Download z4root, run it on your device and select Root to root your Motorola Droid Pro, it cannot get simpler than that.
Some users have reported that it didn’t work on their first try so try as many times as needed until you get root privileges. It does work.

Windows Phone

How To Install LG Optimus 2X Weather and Clock Widget

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The LG Optimus 2X is one of the first dual-core smartphone available running Android. It comes with a big 4 inches screen, a 1 GHz Nvidia Tegra CPU and some nice widgets! One of them, the Weather and Clock widget, has been extracted by Sony_Ericsson_X10 @ XDA and it is possible to simply install the APK file on your device.

All credit goes to Sony_Ericsson_X10 for this widget.

Simply download the LG Optimus 2X Weather and Clock widget @ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11192505&postcount=140.
Then install the APK on your device using your favorite File Explorer. It works best if you use a launcher like Launcher Pro (which we covered in Use LauncherPro to Customize your Android Device Look And Feel) or ADW Launcher.

The LG Optimus 2X Weather and Clock widget will work on devices running Android 2.1 and higher.

You can get more information about the LG Optimus 2X Weather and Clock widget on XDA @ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=10969965#.

Windows Phone

How To Root Your Motorola Atrix 4G

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The Motorola Atrix 4G isn’t even out yet and it has already been rooted by designgears and Getaphixx. Motorola is well known for protecting its devices but it appears their strategy isn’t paying off… It is not yet possible to flash custom ROMs but you can already remove the bloatware AT&T has added among other things.

Please note that we won’t be responsible if you end up bricking your device. Rooting or customizing your device can be risky, if you follow the instructions you should be fine!

 

You can root your Motorola Atrix 4G very easily using SuperOneClick, we’ve covered this root app @ SuperOneClick – One-Click Root for Android devices.

You have to install the Motorola drivers on your computer first using Motorola Helper, make sure you also enable USB debugging prior to connecting your Motorola Atrix 4G.

You can find more information about how to root / jailbreak your Motorola Atrix 4G on XDA @ http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=960336

Android

Honeycomb Running on HTC EVO, HTC Desire and HTC Droid Incredible

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Android Honeycomb (3.0) might be designed for tablets this didn’t prevent some developers to port the new OS to existing phones including the HTC EVO 4G, the HTC Desire HD and the HTC Droid Incredible. While it is not usable as your main OS yet, it is nice to see developers might give us an early release of Honeycomb to play with.

Please note that we won’t be responsible if you end up bricking your device. Rooting or customizing your device can be risky, if you follow the instructions you should be fine!

All the credits for this hack go to RiotMAC, AndroidBall and the folks @ http://t3hh4xx0r.com.

Before you start you will need a rooted device, you can find more information about it in the following articles:

It is a bit sluggish but remember this is an early release, it can only get better!

You can download the HTC EVO 4G ROM on XDA @ [ROM-DEV] ||Honeycomb on EVO||Alpha||SpyderHoney||Honeycomb Android 3.0||2/17/2011||. spyderdreams and AndroidBall are working on it, see the changelog below:

Many things are broken like
SD card
Music player
Radios
Audio
camera
wifi (working on fix)
4g
App drawer(works but needs resizing)
Things we have got to work
Bottom buttons (although needs some work still)
Bookmarks
Widgets
Menus

You can download the Honeycomb port for the HTC Droid Incredible @ http://t3hh4xx0r.com/?p=1350 and the HTC Desire HD port of Honeycomb @ http://t3hh4xx0r.com/?p=1353.

Android

Get Honeycomb Theme for CyanogenMod 7

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If you’re running a custom ROM on your Android device, you might be using CyanogenMod which is probably the most famous custom ROM out there. While we are waiting for an official release of CM7 which is based of Android Gingerbread, you can already preview it using a nightly build and if you feel adventurous you can now also get the Android Honeycomb look and feel on CM7 thanks to haxzamatic @ XDA.

Honeybread Alpha v2 has recently been released. To install it simply follow these instructions:

  • Download the Honeybread.apk @ http://bit.ly/dNqLSw
  • Install the APK using a File Explorer like Astro
  • Once installed, open the theme chooser application
  • Select the Honeybread theme
  • Your device will reboot
  • All set!

Enjoy a taste of Android Honeycomb on your device running CyanogenMod 7. Did you miss our last post? Don’t worry click here to see what you missed!

IOS

Apple TV – iOS 4.2.1 Untethered Jailbreak

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Just a few days after releasing greenpois0n RC5, the Chronic Dev Team released greenpois0n RC6 which brings us an untethered jailbreak solution for iOS 4.2.1 running on the Apple TV 2G. As a reminder greenpois0n RC 5 was only compatible with the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad running iOS 4.2.1.

Please note that we won’t be responsible if you end up bricking your device. Rooting or jailbreaking your device can be risky, if you follow the instructions you should be fine!

To jailbreak / root your Apple TV running iOS 4.2.1 go to greenpois0n.com and download greenpois0n RC6. It is available on Windows, Mac or Linux. It is also possible to jailbreak / root your iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad using greenpois0n RC6 as well.

Once you have downloaded greenpois0n RC6 simply follow the instructions on your computer screen. After you have jailbroken your Apple TV, connect it to your TV and navigate to the greenpois0n menu and select Inject Software to install the Cydia packages.

Android/ Windows Phone

How To Root Permanently your HTC Desire HD

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Thanks to the folks @ XDA it is now possible to permanently root your HTC Desire HD. Up until now all we could do was to get temporary root access on this device. This hack will jailbreak your HTC Desire HD and allow you to do anything you want on it, check out the instructions after the break.

Note that we will not be responsible if you end up bricking your device, rooting your phone can be risky and requires technical skills.

All the credits go to adwinp, scotty and tmzt @ XDA.
This permanent root solution will root / jailbreak your HTC Desire HD and requires the use of an application called VISIONary.
If you haven’t heard of VISIONary before, have a look at our article about it:
How To Root Your HTC Desire HD

Update (02/19/11): You can now try to run Android Honeycomb (3.0) on your rooted HTC Desire HD, check out our article @ Honeycomb Running on HTC EVO, HTC Desire HD…

Follow the instructions to permanently root your HTC Desire HD [from [DEV] S-OFF, PERMROOT, eMMC write [INSTRUCTIONS]]:

  1. Get VISIONary.  It is not available on the Android Market anymore.
  2. Do a temp root using VISIONary
  3. Download the dhd_root.zip file
  4. Extract the files from the archive and copy them into the /sdcard/ folder on your device
  5. You only need one of the .ko file depending on your device version (check it using uname –a in adb shell)
  6. Go to adb shell, type su to get root access
  7. Now type:
    insmod /sdcard/wp-(version).ko
  8. Then:
    dd if=/sdcard/hboot_eng.nb0 of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p18
  9. Type: [double check the partition or you will end up bricking your HTC Desire HD]
    dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p21
  10. Then:
    push su /sdcard/
  11. Type:
    push Superuser.apk /sdcard/
  12. Then:
    copy su /system/bin/
  13. Type:
    copy Superuser.apk /system/app/
  14. Finally type:
    chmod 4755 /system/bin/su

Reboot and you should have permanent root access on your HTC Desire HD!

Android/ WebOS

How To Root Your HTC Desire HD

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The folks at @ Modaco who brought us VISIONary a temporary root solution for the T-Mobile G2 have now been able to temporarily root the HTC Desire HD using the same VISIONary application. VISIONary is extremely simple to use and it is now available on the Android Market.
All the credits for this root application for the HTC Desire HD go to Paul @ Modaco.

The r9 release of VISIONary was released recently, take a look at the changelog below [from 19/Oct r9: VISIONary – one click temproot for Desire HD]:
r9
Much faster – thanks lilHermit for your help with the native code
r8
More optimizations – please re-read initial post for an update.
r7
Far more reliable root sequence
r6
Optimisations
r5 – MAJOR UPDATE!
Process is now faster and ultra reliable!
Run on boot can now be toggled from the main screen
Application will no longer let you root if you’re already rooted
r4
Changes for Market compatibility (regular download not updated).
r3
Application now warns if USB debugging is not enabled
r2
Added run-on-boot version
Now using tmpfs for reliability (thanks disconn3ct)
Superuser.apk now lives on /data/app so settings persist (thanks disconn3ct)
r1
Initial Release
Note that USB debugging should be enabled for VISIONary to work.

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