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Galaxy Nexus & Nexus S get ClockworkMOD Touch Recovery beta
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After teasing the first version of Touch version of popular ClockworkMOD recovery a few days, Koushik Dutta has released beta for Galaxy Nexus and Nexus S smartphones today.
CM9 Trebuchet launcher now available for download
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CyanogenMOD’s revamped launcher for CM9, “Trebuchet” is now available for download at XDA. It works on Android 4.0.3+ devices and needs root access (needs to be installed on /system).
Samsung Galaxy S II experimental CM9 build released [ICS port]
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Devs have released the first experimental CyanogenMOD 9 build for Samsung Galaxy S2. This build is highly unstable and is in no way meant for normal users. According to the devs working on making CM9 work on SGS2, overall CyanogenMod is under very heavy development right now including the device specific parts for Galaxy S II, and they would be able to release stable ROM only by Jan or February 2012.
Motorola Defy CM9 port available for download [ICS]
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The first experimental CyanogenMOD 9 port for Motorola Defy is now available for download. Most of the hardware components are working fine right now, apart from camera, and other small glitches. It goes without saying that this build is not for everyone and only advanced users should try it and help in sorting out the remaining bugs.
CyanogenMod 9 Alpha released for Xperia Arc, Ray and X10 [ICS Port]
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FreeXperia team has released official CM9 Alpha ports for three Sony Ericsson smartphones recently. These smartphones are SE Xperia Arc, Xperia Ray and Xperia 10. Available for download over at XDA, these are strictly meant for devs or advanced users.
Nexus S gets AOSP based ROM with Face Unlock
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Missing Face Unlock from your official ICS ROM on your Nexus S, time to shift to a custom AOSP based firmware. It is practically stock apart from few tweaks and Face Unlock support. Released by devs at AC Forums recently for both Nexus S GSM and Nexus S 4G versions, it can be downloaded now.
Galaxy Nexus volume bug fix released
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Google and Samsung might be taking time to release the fix for the volume down bug in Galaxy Nexus, but that did not stop Paul at Modaco to present an alpha version of the fix. But there is a catch, this patch works only when bootloader of the Galaxy Nexus is unlocked and if you want to unlock the bootloader on your Nexus now, it will wipe all the data on your phone.
Amazon Kindle Fire One-Click Root Solution available
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It is amazing how fast Android enthusiasts work to make things possible on every new device hitting the stands and same is the case with Amazon’s Android based Kindle Fire tablet. We have already found that you can sideload apps on Kindle Fire easily, source code is out and now we can have ADB running and root Fire with the popular one click root solution SuperOneClick.
Samsung Galaxy Note Root instructions, CWM recovery available [How to do it]
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Within days of Galaxy Note release in some countries, enthusiastic developers have gained root access and posted instructions for not-so-techie souls like us. There are currently many ways to root Note, but I will be describing the ODIN method in this post.
Nexus S 4G becomes the first device get unofficial Android 4.0 port
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With Ice Cream Sandwich SDK available, developers have already started tinkering with this version and a resourceful developer at Android Central forums has already ported it to his Nexus S 4G. As you would expect with the SDK ports, there are lots of bugs and they need to be ironed out.
