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Kindle Fire HD gets recovery with Safestrap

Posted November 11, 2012 - 10:30 by Trent Nouveau

Custom recovery arrives on the Kindle Fire HD courtesy of XDA Developers.

Video: Nook HD & Nook HD+ get rooted

Posted November 9, 2012 - 16:47 by Trent Nouveau

The Nook HD and Nook HD+ have been rooted by a hacker known as "verygreen," just days after Barnes & Noble officially rolled out its new lineup of flagship tablets.

Backing up and restoring your rooted Kindle Fire HD

Posted October 23, 2012 - 16:32 by Shane McGlaun

Amazon's Kindle Fire HD tablet may still have a locked bootloader, but that hasn't stopped modders from rooting the popular device - even if full custom software installations are still blocked.

Rooting the Galaxy Nexus - no unlocked bootloader required

Posted October 8, 2012 - 13:30 by Trent Nouveau

  Samsung's Galaxy Nexus can be easily locked and unlocked. However, there are a number of advantages to rooting the device - without unlocking the bootloader.

Qemu automates Kindle Fire HD root  

Posted September 20, 2012 - 12:00 by Trent Nouveau

Yes, you can root your Kindle Fire HD manually - or you can check out this automated utility code by XDA Dev member Sparkym3 which will do it for you.  

Google TV root bounty set at $1,000

Posted November 29, 2010 - 22:03 by Trent Nouveau

Yes, we all know how fun and downright satisfying rooting a Google TV device would be. But how about getting paid a sweet $1,000 for the privilege?

Rooted Android access codes stored as plain text

Posted September 20, 2010 - 12:23 by Trent Nouveau

An Android Central mobile security researcher has discovered that critical access codes on rooted Android smartphones are often stored as clear text in internal OS databases.

Report: XDA Dev jailbreaks PS3 with Android Nexus One

Posted September 7, 2010 - 18:56 by Trent Nouveau

An XDA Dev member known as "t4tav" has reportedly coded a sweet PS3 jailbreak that can be executed via a rooted Nexus One or HTC Desire.

XDA devs root Motorola Droid 2

Posted August 25, 2010 - 16:11 by Aharon Etengoff

The talented XDA Dev team has managed to root Motorola's Droid 2 just two weeks after the smartphone's launch.

Motorola Droid X rooted, bootloader still in lock-down

Posted July 22, 2010 - 18:07 by Aharon Etengoff

A talented dev named Steven Bird (aka "Birdman") has managed to successfully root Motorola's locked-down Droid X in just 6 days.

Pandigital Novel hacked, no rooting required

Posted July 13, 2010 - 15:09 by Aharon Etengoff

Want to hack your Pandigital Novel but don't feel like rooting the device? Well, now you can gain access to the command line by simply overwriting the existing home screen.