There’s something pretty cool that happens once in a while: developers see some screenshots of a future OS and they turn them into a customized ROM that follows the leaks. This happened to Android Ice Cream Sandwich, that you can now have fun with on your device, through an unofficial piece of software that you can install. The folks of XDA created...
Well, although some of you must have forgotten about Windows Mobile already, the OS still exists and now there’s a SHOUTcast Radio streaming app for it. Created by XDA forum member hlov, the software is in beta phase at the time. The same guy behind this project also created the famous SIRIUS XM application for Windows Mobile, but now he moved...
Thanks to XDA Developers, we’ve just learned that the Samsung Galaxy S II super phone has just been rooted. The handset is not even out in all countries and it’s already being messed with, which is OK if you’re into extreme software customization. This doesn’t mean that there aren’t certain risks when rooting the handset… There’s...
Fresh after hearing that HTC Sensation got its ROM leaked, we now find out that HTC EVO 4G got Gingerbread with Sense UI via a brand new leak. In the meantime, we remind you that the EVO 4G is included on the list of handsets that will receive the Gingerbread update in the future. This leak we heard of comes as a system dump, that the guys of XDA Developers...
One XDA Developers user had the bright idea of creating an Android app that opens your garage door, simply by using the handset. You can see the app in action at the end of the article and know that this is a simple piece of software that makes an Android phone a virtual garage door remote. The software has requirements, that allow it not to work unless...
We all know that the Nexus One and HTC Desire are more or less the same handset, with the first model lacking support for FM radio, among others. The thing is that it could support radio, as it shares the Broadcom chip with Desire, but this feature was never enabled till now, when XDA Developers worked on it. Their hack work brings us a modified Nexus...
The folks of XDA have done it again, this time managing to make a Nintendo Wiimote work with handset games. We’re talking about pikipirs, a forum user who worked on the compatibility between the Wiimote and his Android handset. Here’s Donkey Kong Country running on a Google Nexus One, controlled by the Nintendo joystick: The setup is easy...
The dudes of XDA have done it again, this time releasing an RUU file of the latest build of the Android 2.1 update for HTC Hero, in the Sprint CDMA version. Credits go out to the XDA Developers member Damageless and details about the build can be found after the break. Damageless claims that you can’t simply extract the software, since this is...
After being surprised by the Windows Phone 7 port on HTC Touch Diamond, we’re blown away by yet another incredible port: iPhone OS on HTC Hero. This is the work of XDA Developers, who managed to port the iPhone OS ROM on the famous Android smartphone, as shown in the video below. The French developer who did this says that this piece of “hackintosh”...
The folks of XDA Developers have done it again: they’ve managed to port Ubuntu to HTC Diamond2, with the image of the software being created by user sebbo90. Ubuntu works both on HTC Touch Pro2 and Diamond2, but on the first device it provides better functionality, since there’s a physical keyboard incorporated, plus WiFi and GPRS can be...
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