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A Verizon Galaxy Note 4 Developer Edition is Coming Soon

Kellen October 22, 2014 243

Motorola may have disappointed many of you when it decided against making a developer edition of the brand new Moto X (2nd gen) for Verizon, but Samsung is giving it us in the form of the Galaxy Note 4. That's right, a Galaxy Note 4 Developer Edition that will...

LG G3 “Bump” Gives You Fully Working TWRP Recovery on All Variants

Kellen October 10, 2014 67

If you own an LG G3 - we are talking any variant - and are into custom recoveries, ROMs, that sort of thing, then you should probably have already installed Bump. Created by Team Codefire, Bump allows you to boot into a full TWRP custom recovery and flash ROMs...

Unlocking Xperia Z3 Compact Bootloader Worsens Low-Light Camera Performance, May Affect Other Apps

Kyle October 2, 2014 129

The message from most smartphone manufacturers seems abundantly clear - bootloaders are better locked. Even OEMs which ship so-called developer devices seem to do all that they can to dissuade the average user from flashing unauthorized firmware, whether by...

SunShine Bootloader Unlock Tool Released for Moto X, DROID Family

Kellen September 22, 2014 163

TeamAndIRC released their SunShine bootloader unlock for the original Moto X and the DROID family from last year (MAXX, ULTRA, and Mini), this afternoon. The unlock tool comes in the form of an .apk that is sideloaded onto your Motorola device of choice. Once...

Dan Rosenberg Unlocks Moto X Bootloader, Says Almost All Snapdragon Devices are Vulnerable (Updated)

Kellen August 7, 2014 104

The Blackhat 2014 conference is taking place this week in Las Vegas, a conference which Dan Rosenberg, the man responsible for exposing numerous security exploits on Android devices, is speaking at. You may recall his previous work that unlocked the bootloader...

Thanks to New Root Method, Bootloaders on RAZR HD and RAZR M can be Unlocked Again

Kellen June 16, 2014 64

Thanks to this weekend's new root exploit/method/pile-of-awesomeness from geohot, we are hearing from a number of readers who own older Motorola phones (like the RAZR HD and RAZR M), that once rooted using towelroot, the previous bootloader unlock tool from...

Verizon Galaxy S5 Bounty for Root Tops $3,000 in One Night

Kellen April 23, 2014 108

Every time a new device is released and then rooted or unlocked, it's probably safe to assume that the carriers and manufacturers are simply learning from those exploits, patching them, and then making it even harder the next time around for developers to get...

How to: Unlock the Nexus 5 Bootloader

Kellen November 4, 2013 102

Whenever we get a new Nexus device, like the Nexus 5, our mind thinks two things immediately. The first is to unbox the device (Nexus 5 unboxing) and let you all see which product is up next for us to review. Once we are finished there, we immediately go and...