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HTC accepts presence of security hole in select Android devices, patching coming

Advertisements HTC has confirmed that its select Android smartphones have a security vulnerability that could potentially be exploited by a malicious third-party application. Company has also announced that it is working on a security update that will patch this hole and prevent any misuse. This security hole was first discovered by the guys at Android […]

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Early builds of CyanogenMod for HTC Sensation, Evo 3D coming today/tom

Advertisements It was waiting to happen, as soon as HTC released bootloader unlock tool for Sensation and Evo 3D, Cyanogen Team was all over porting their awesome firmware on these smartphones. A team developer yesterday shared the progress on Twitter and according to him the early alpha build could arrive this weekend, which is already […]

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Ice Cream Sandwich coming out in Oct/Nov – Eric Schmidt

Advertisements We have a new operating system, internally known as Ice Cream Sandwich for some reason, which is being released in October/November, which everyone’s really excited about. Eric Schmidt There is no need to say more after the aforementioned statement from Google Chairman Eric Schmidt at the recently help Dreamforce conference.

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TouchDroid project promises Android goodness on HP Touchpad

Advertisements Got HP TouchPad in the ongoing firesale but don’t like webOS, don’t worry. Few folks over Rootzwiki have already started working to port Android on TouchPad. This four developer team will be first going for Gingerbread, after the build reaches stable beta phase – they will move on to Honeycomb.

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Samsung hires Steve Kondik aka Cyanogen

Advertisements In one of most important news from Android hacking scene, Steve Kondik aka Cyanogen has announced via his Facebook profile that he now works for Samsung Mobile. This lead developer and founder of CyanogenMod also stated that his side project CM is not affiliated in any way with this employer.

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HTC to provide web-based tool to unlock bootloaders

Advertisements HTC has detailed the procedure to unlock Sensation and Evo 3D smartphones, and it’s not a piece of cake. Company is asking users to register an account with it, accept all the legal nitty-gritties and then retrieve a device identifier token by connecting you device to a computer with Android SDK installed. This unique […]

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Next Honeycomb release to bring new screen compatibility mode for apps

Advertisements Tired of looking at oddly stretched phone apps on your Honeycomb tablet, a small respite is coming in the next release of Honeycomb probably Android 3.2. Google today announced that a new screen compatibility option will be added along with “Stretch to fill screen”. Dubbed as “Zoom to fill screen”, this mode will allow […]

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Bootloader unlock tool for HTC Sensation, Evo 3D coming in September

Advertisements HTC has finally come forward with a time schedule for bootloader unlock tool for its smartphones. According to a note on HTC’s official Facebook page, company will start rolling out a software update in August for global HTC Sensation, which will provide support for bootloader unlocking.

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