CyanogenMod has been my preferred version of Android since shortly after I bought a Droid Incredible four years ago. The Incredible was a great little phone, but I was hungry for the latest version of Google’s mobile OS. I spent hours fiddling with drivers, command-line programs I didn’t really understand, and custom recoveries that didn’t […]
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Modders Gettin’ Paid — Steve “Cyanogen” Kondick Hired At Samsung
If you’ve ever rooted your Android phone, there’s a better than average chance you know about CyanogenMod. It’s the replacement firmware for your phone that generally runs Android a little better than Android. Also, it’s one of the best reasons to root your phone in the first place, because it gives you more control over […]
Samsung embraces hackers too?
Last week, we posted about HTC’s new bootloader policy, in which HTC took a surprisngly refreshing stance against locking users out of their software. That’s a big deal since custom roms and other modifications are half of the fun of the Android camp. We ended off saying we hope others will follow suit. Well, I’m […]