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Nov

[New App] Undelete Beta Promises To Recover Deleted Files From Your Device's SD Card (For Root Users)

Posted by Liam Spradlin in Applications, News

Fahrbot Mobile, the developer that brought us Screenshot ER, Root Call Blocker, Call Master, and a handful of other useful apps, recently released Undelete Beta to the Android Market, an app that promises to help find – and recover – files deleted from your SD card.

The app will quickly scan the contents of your SD card and detect deleted items that may be eligible for restoration. While this sounds like a super handy app, the developer warns that – as with any recovery solution – users shouldn't expect a 100% success rate. There are many things that must be taken into consideration when attempting to restore files, not the least of which being whether the data has become corrupted since being deleted.

Nov

Download: Leaked Galaxy Nexus Full System Dump (ICL23D), Recovery, And Boot Images

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in Development, Galaxy Nexus, Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0, News, Samsung

I'm surprised this didn't come sooner, but better late than never, right? The full Galaxy Nexus (presumably GSM) system dump, together with boot and recovery images were leaked earlier today by none other than Paul O'Brien, the founder of MoDaCo, a talented developer, and creator of many custom ROMs. If you remember, previously only the apps as well as certain bits and pieces of Ice Cream Sandwich were made available for download.

The files were extracted by Paul from a test device running build ICL23D and are about 170MB in size combined. You can download all 3 of them over at MoDaCo.

Sep

Samsung Epic 4G Touch Rooted And Running ClockworkMod Recovery

Posted by Abhiroop Basu in Development, Epic 4G Touch, News

It has only been a couple of days since Samsung released the source code for the Epic 4G Touch and it looks like the device has already been rooted. Developers Shabbypenguin and Tanimn of Android Creative Syndicate (ACS) have released a pre-rooted tar file and instructions (XDA link) on how to root the shiny new phone. Similarly, XDA member zedomax has also released his method of rooting the device. Both methods are broadly the same, but zedomax's build appears to be more complete (see below).

Android Police disclaim all liability for any harm that may befall your device, including, but not limited to bricked phones, voided manufacturer warranties, exploding batteries, etc.

Sep

[Complete Guide] Root, Custom Recovery, Backup, And De-Bloat Your DROID BIONIC

Posted by David Ruddock in Bionic, Tips & Tutorials

WARNING: We are not responsible for any destruction of data, phones, or small animals resulting from your use of these instructions. Utilize them at your own risk. If you brick your BIONIC, head to this link.

OK, DROID BIONIC owners - I think it's finally safe-ish (well, as safe as it can be for the moment) to start tinkering with your phone a little. There's enough information out there now to reliably root, backup, and de-bloat your phone - with the ability to unbrick if you screw something up. So, let's get this party started. Also, these instructions are for Windows only.

Sep

Motorola Droid Bionic Can Now Be Restored To Stock In Case Of A Brick

Posted by Ron Amadeo in Bionic, Development, Motorola, News

Did you recently do something horrible to your Droid Bionic? Tired of staring at that red Motorola logo? This freshly released recovery file will have your bionic running like new in no time.

Interestingly, Motorola has changed the recovery file format from the tried and true SBF file to the XML based FXZ file. There's isn't a huge difference between the new and old file format, but according to Brief Mobile's head honcho, Kenneth Pennington, FXZ is "more transparent and customizable." So there's that.

For the end user the process is the same as it's always been. The gist is:

install the Moto drivers
connect your Bionic to the PC
open RSD Lite
load the recovery file
flash.

Jul

[Updated: Windows Download Is Back] New AlphaRevX Beta 2 (Full Unlock, S-OFF, Root, Recovery) Now Supports Droid Incredible 2, Desire S

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in Desire S (Saga), Development, HTC, Incredible 2 (Vivow), News

The geniuses behind the AlphaRevX unlocker, which a few weeks ago made rooting, recovery, and custom ROMs possible on the Droid Incredible S, Desire (CDMA and GSM), Wildfire, and Aria just released an updated beta v2, with support for Droid Incredible 2 (aka vivow, the Verizon CDMA version) and Desire S (aka saga).

Incredible 2 owners, it's the day you've been waiting for, which now makes these possible: Exclusive Download + Video: Root-Friendly Flashable Gingerbread Update For HTC Droid Incredible 2 [Leak], [Video] DROID Incredible 2 Bootloader Unlocked [S-OFF] By AlphaRev Team - no more teasing!

Update 7/10/11: The Windows version of AlphaRevX, which was pulled for some bug fixing, is now once again available for download.

Jun

Breaking: AlphaRevX Full Unlock (S-OFF, Root, Recovery, Custom ROMs) Out Now For HTC Incredible S, Desire (CDMA/GSM), Wildfire, Aria

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in Aria (Liberty), Desire (Bravo/BravoC), Development, HTC, Incredible S (Vivo), News, Wildfire (Buzz)

Ever since the beginning of June, we've been teased by and patiently waiting for the mysterious AlphaRevX unlocker page that promised to completely unlock (S-OFF) the latest HTC Wildfire and even Incredible S, making root, custom ROMs, ClockworkMod recovery all possible.

After a period of private beta testing, the wraps have come off an hour ago, and the first public release of AlphaRevX is now available for download (see instructions below) for the following devices:

HTC Incredible S (Vivo), which remained completely undefeated until now
HTC Desire CDMA (BravoC)
HTC Desire GSM (Bravo)
HTC Wildfire (Buzz)
HTC Aria (Liberty)

Incredible 2 and Desire S are not supported at the moment, though I suspect they use a similar protection scheme and will also be cracked shortly.

Jun

LG Revolution Gets ClockworkMod Recovery, But It's Not Ready - Yet

Posted by David Ruddock in Development, LG, News, Revolution

If you've been following the saga of attempts to get a custom recovery running on the LG Revolution, you might be aware things hadn't been going so well up until last night. Particularly because most attempts to load custom recoveries onto the Revo previously ended in bricked phones and nerdrage. Well, no more (sorry for the craptastic picture):

You'll have to take my word about that being an LG Revolution. It is. I pinky swear.

There's just one small, little problem left: getting out of recovery. The LG Revolution, while pretty much wide-open unlocked and ripe for customization (there's no signature checks or encryption at all), the way LG has coded its recovery has made it particularly difficult to load a custom recovery image without bricking or erasing the phone every time it's booted.

May

[Review] 3 Weeks With The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 Limited Edition Honeycomb Tablet - When Size Does Matter (+XOOM Comparisons)

Posted by Artem Russakovskii in Galaxy Tab 10.1, Honeycomb 3.0/3.1/3.2, Motorola, News, Reviews, Samsung, Tablet Reviews, XOOM

Last Updated: February 8th, 2012

Intro

For the past 3 weeks, I've been rigorously testing Samsung's latest Android tablet - the Galaxy Tab 10.1, and I am happy to report that my verdict is now out. I hope you will forgive such a long review timeline, but I wanted to really dig in deep and get the full experience, all while comparing it to that of the Motorola XOOM.

I know a lot of you will jump to the Conclusion right away, but I urge you to read all the interesting sections as well - In A Nutshell, The Good, and The Not So Good at a minimum.

May

Confirmed: EVO 3D's Bootloader, Recovery, and Kernel Images All Locked Down

Posted by David Ruddock in Android OS, Development, EVO 3D (Shooter), HTC, News, Sprint

Last Updated: June 1st, 2011

Update: If you've somehow inexplicably ended up at this article, please note, HTC has since announced the 3D will be unlocked (at some point) and their future policy is to have unlocked bootloaders on all devices.

It seems HTC has finally caved to what are likely the security demands of wireless carriers with its newest phones, and is locking down its handsets Moto-style. Latest case in point: the EVO 3D - which sports the same sort of security we found on the Sensation earlier this month. In other words, good luck cracking into this thing.

Before we get any further, there seems to be some confusion on what exactly is "locked down." Let's clear that up: the bootloader image itself is not encrypted.