Android

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Motorola's X will brick itself if it detects a non-OEM firmware:

http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/10/0 ... Try-To-Mod

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Top 5 reasons to root your 'droid:

http://www.itworld.com/mobile-wireless/ ... roid-phone

[[PX] Nebuchadnezzar]

Top 5 reasons to root your 'droid:

http://www.itworld.com/mobile-wireless/ ... roid-phone

One guide is out of date, the other is a broken link...

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

It`s like..........you almost expect me to read the articles I link


I`ll run with the idea then that you should embrace the spirit of the article`s points.

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Company that has software many call a "rootkit" on almost all Android handsets go after the guy hosting the manuals on it:

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/1 ... -brouhaha/

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

CarrierIQ situation explained:

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=23483

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

If the only reason you're still on a Blackberry is the physical keyboard, here are some Android phones with one:

List
http://bestandroidappsfor.com/others/an ... -keyboards


Galaxy Nexus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galaxy_Nexus

HTC Desire Z / T-Mobile G2
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones ... 296/review

HTC Evo Shift 4G
http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/htc ... 67083.html

LG Ally
http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/lg- ... 93840.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG_VS740

LG InTouch Max
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones ... 802/review
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LG_GW620

Motorola Droid 2
http://reviews.cnet.com/motorola-droid-2-review

Samsung Epic 4G
http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/sam ... 4g-review/

Samsung Moment
http://reviews.cnet.com/smartphones/sam ... 75546.html

Sony Ericsson Xperia Mini Pro
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones ... 076/review

T-Mobile myTouch 4G Slide
http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/02/t-mo ... de-review/

T-Mobile Sidekick 4G
http://androidcommunity.com/t-mobile-si ... -20110419/

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Unlock Ice Cream Sandwich with a pic:

http://www.wired.com/gadgetlab/2011/11/ ... ith-photo/

They are ignoring the fact that you have to know who owns the phone and have a facial picture of them. Still, I would also stick to passcodes. Pretty cool feature, though.

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

App Inventor becomes open source thanks to MIT:

http://www.zdnet.com/blog/igeneration/a ... urce/14801

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Canadian Android users do it on the first date:

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=23914

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Wearable Android sunglasses phone:

http://www.dailytech.com/article.aspx?newsid=24063

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Future CyanogenMod won't have root on by default:

http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/news/201 ... efault.ars

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

C# ported now:

http://developers.slashdot.org/story/12 ... orted-to-c

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Unlocking guide:

http://forums.redflagdeals.com/samsung- ... st13510864

[THE JEW (RaVeN)]

Maverick is an offroad GPS app for Android:

http://codesector.com/maverick