Say you’re a Nintendo fan who picked up a Switch game console this year. Time to trade in your old Wii U? Maybe. Or you could rip open the GamePad controller and replace its guts with everything you need to turn the GamePad into a fully functional Windows PC. That’s what sudomod forum member banjokazooie […]
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Raspberry Pi 3 Slim is a modified mini PC that’s just 7mm thick
The Raspberry Pi 3 is already a pretty tiny computer, taking up about as much space as a deck of cards. But if you don’t need the full-sized Ethernet and USB ports, you can make it smaller. And that’s exactly what hacker NODE has done. His Raspberry Pi 3 Slim design packs a modified Raspberry […]
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Amazon Fire Utility makes hacking Amazon’s 2017 tablets easier
Amazon’s 2017 tablet lineup includes a new and improved $50 Fire Tablet with a 7 inch screen, and an updated $80 Fire HD 8 tablet that has a higher-resolution display, more memory, and more storage than the 7 inch tablet. While hackers haven’t found a way to root either device or install custom ROMs yet, […]
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Now you can “fix” a bootlooping Nexus 5X or Nexus 6P
The Google Nexus 5X smartphone from 2015 features a mediocre processors, a pretty good camera, and all the perks that generally come with a Nexus device, including stock Android software and OS updates delivered directly from Google. Unfortunately, it also has a reputation for developing a “bootloop” problem, where the phone reboots and fails to […]
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Android hacks: Magisk updated and Xposed comes to Nougat (kind of)
Once upon a time if you wanted to totally change the look and feel of the Android software running on  your phone, your best bet was probably to install a custom ROM. Then along came the Xposed framework, which lets you make deep changes to Android by installing and customizing modules, making the process almost […]
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Amazon’s 7 inch Fire tablet (2017) isn’t easily rooted… but you can install the Google Play Store
14 Comments on Amazon’s 7 inch Fire tablet (2017) isn’t easily rooted… but you can install the Google Play StoreThe Amazon Fire Tablet has been one of the best bargains for the past few years for folks looking for an entry-level tablet with relatively decent build quality and specs. For a starting price of $50 you get a 7 inch IPS display, a quad-core processor, a microSD card slot, and front and rear cameras. […]
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Hack your Amazon Fire TV to make it run Android TV apps (among other things)
Amazon’s Fire TV devices may run a modified version of Google Android, but they don’t have Google’s Android TV user interface, access to the Google Play Store, or ability to stream videos from Google Play Movies. But it turns out you can add all of those features… plus support for USB TV tuners, the Android […]
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Google Pixel Launcher from Android O DP2 ported to run on Android 6.0 or later
Google Android O Developer Preview 2 (or beta 1) is now available for recent Nexus and Pixel devices, but it’s not just the operating system that’s getting an overhaul. Google is also working on light-weight versions of some of its core apps to run on the Android Go version of the operating system, which is […]
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Fun fact: Amazon’s Echo devices run Android-based OS
You probably know that Amazon’s Fire tablet run a modified version of Google Android called Fire OS. People have been hacking Amazon tablets for years to make them more… Android-like, by sideloading apps, installing the Play Store, or even replacing Fire OS with custom ROMs. But did you know that Amazon’s Echo line of smart […]
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Samsung Gear S3 hackers working on custom kernel, recovery, and maybe even Android Wear port
2 Comments on Samsung Gear S3 hackers working on custom kernel, recovery, and maybe even Android Wear portSamsung’s first smartwatch may have shipped with Google’s Android Wear software, but every smartwatch the company has released since then has been powered by the Linux-based Tizen operating system. But hackers have a history of creating custom ROMs for Samsung watches that let you do crazy things… like install Android Wear. Now xda-developers forum member […]
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Stupid Hackathon highlights ingenuity with brilliantly dumb projects
Take a bunch of developers and tell them to build something that nobody needs in one day and see what happens. That’s the idea behind the Stupid Shit No One Needs & Terrible Ideas Hackathon, which has been up and running for a few years. Last week developers came up with 75 dumb things as part […]
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You can jailbreak the NES Classic and add more games (but it’s not easy)
Nintendo’s NES Classic is a $60 device that looks just like the original Nintendo Entertainment System game console, only smaller. Unveiled last summer, the device went on sale a few months ago and it was an instant hit: it’s hard to find stores that still have the little game console in stock. But unlike the […]