Not happy with the limitations of Google’s Chromecast device? Good news: There’s a powerful new custom ROM available for Google’s $35 media streamer which you can use to watch videos from unsupported sites, access your device via SSH or Telnet, and much more. Bad news: There’s a good chance you won’t be able to use […]
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CyanogenMod Installer is no longer in the Google Play Store
CyanogenMod Installer is an app designed to walk you through the process of installing the company’s custom version of Android on your phone or tablet. The app actually consists of two parts: an Android app that helps walk you through the process and a PC app that does the heavy lifting. Earlier in November, the […]
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Android 4.4 KitKat for the Google Nexus One (custom ROM)
Google launched the first Nexus smartphone in the first half of 2010. The HTC Nexus One was well built, had one of the fastest mobile processors available at the time, and showed Google’s vision for what an Android smartphone should be at the time. More than three years later, the Google Nexus One hardware looks […]
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Paranoid Android 4.0 Immersive mode gives you more screen real estate
Google rolled out a new “immersive mode” feature with Android 4.4 KitKat. Apps that take advantage of it can run in full-screen mode, eliminating the notification bar and on-screen buttons and allowing you to bring them back with a gesture. But app developers have to tap into Google’s API to fully take advantage of Google’s […]
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HP TouchPad gets Android 4.4 KitKat (unofficially)
HP may be pushing new inexpensive Android and Windows tablets, but the HP TouchPad tablet the company launched 2 years ago continues to have staying power — even though HP discontinued the tablet just a few months after it hit the streets. The HP TouchPad is a 9.7 inch tablet with a dual-core processor, 1GB […]
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Android 4.4 KitKat ported to run on the Samsung Galaxy Nexus
Google may have no plans to release an official Android 4.4 software update for the Samsung Galaxy Nexus. But the nice thing about phones that ship with unlocked bootloaders is that you can load your own software — and like most Nexus devices, there’s a pretty healthy developer community involved with the Galaxy Nexus. So […]
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CyanogenMod 10.1 nightlies for the B&N NOOK HD, NOOK HD+
Barnes & Noble may be done making NOOK tablets, but that doesn’t mean the the tablets that are already on the market will turn into lumps of coal overnight. In fact, the NOOK HD and NOOK HD+ are some of the best tablets you can find in their price ranges, now that Barnes & Noble […]
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Android 4.3 source code released, custom ROMs coming soon
Google has released the source code for Android 4.3 Jelly Bean, along with factory images for the latest Nexus phones and tablets. And that means independent developers can start tweaking, modifying, and otherwise using the code. It also means that new builds of popular custom ROMs are on the way. The CyanogenMod team has already […]
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Android 4.2 for the HP TouchPad (with HD video decoding)
Almost two years after the HP TouchPad tablet was released (and promptly canceled), the aging 9.7 inch tablet continues to learn new tricks. The latest? You can now run Android 4.2 Jelly Bean on HP’s discontinued tablet. Developer SGA has started releasing test builds of CyanogenMod 10.1 for the HP TouchPad. Update: Now there are […]
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NOOK Tablet gets official nightly builds of CM10.1 (Android 4.2)
The Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet may be showing its age when compared with newer, faster tablets with higher-resolution displays like the NOOK HD. But B&N’s 7 inch tablet from 2011 keeps learning new tricks. A few months ago developers ported an unofficial build of CyanogenMod 10.1 to run on the NOOK Tablet, bringing Android […]
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Nightly builds of CyanogenMod 10.1 for the Kindle Fire 2
Amazon’s Kindle Fire 2 is one of the cheapest Android tablets around (if you’re looking for a model with decent build quality and performance, anyway). But the $159 tablet runs Amazon’s custom version of Android — which means you’re stuck with Amazon’s app store and user interface… unless you replace the software with something else. […]
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NOOK Color gets Android 4.2 with CyanogenMod 10.1 Alpha
It’s been almost two and a half years since Barnes & Noble released the NOOK Color, and it’s been over a year since the company stopped offering any significant software updates for the 7 inch tablet. But just because the NOOK Color has been discontinued doesn’t mean you can’t teach an old color eReader new […]