Root almost any Motorola Android Phone on Gingerbread

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There has been a root method released that has been working on almost all Motorola Devices, the root method was however originally designed for the Droid 3. This method requires that you have a working knowledge of ADB. If you don’t have ADB knowledge then use our sites search feature to find the root method for your specific device.

Root Instructions for most Motorola Android Smartphone’s:

  1. Log into your device via “adb shell”
  2. Type “mv /data/local/12m /data/local/12m.bak”, press enter
  3. Type “ln -s /data /data/local/12m”, press enter
  4. Reboot your device manually (wait for it to boot up)
  5. Log into your device via “adb shell” again
  6. Type “rm /data/local/12m”, press enter
  7. Type “mv /data/local/12m.bak /data/local/12m”, press enter
  8. Type “mv /data/local.prop /data/local.prop.bak”, press enter
  9. Type “echo “ro.sys.atvc_allow_netmon_usb=0″ >> /data/local.prop”, press enter
  10. Type “echo “ro.sys.atvc_allow_netmon_ih=0″ >> /data/local.prop”, press enter
  11. Type “echo “ro.sys.atvc_allow_res_core=0″ >> /data/local.prop”, press enter
  12. Type “echo “ro.sys.atvc_allow_res_panic=0″ >> /data/local.prop”, press enter
  13. Type “echo “ro.sys.atvc_allow_all_adb=1″ >> /data/local.prop”, press enter
  14. Type “echo “ro.sys.atvc_allow_all_core=0″ >> /data/local.prop”, press enter
  15. Type “echo “ro.sys.atvc_allow_efem=0″ >> /data/local.prop”, press enter
  16. Type “echo “ro.sys.atvc_allow_bp_log=0″ >> /data/local.prop”, press enter
  17. Type “echo “ro.sys.atvc_allow_ap_mot_log=0″ >> /data/local.prop”, press enter
  18. Type “echo “ro.sys.atvc_allow_gki_log=0″ >> /data/local.prop”, press enter
  19. Reboot your device manually (wait for it to boot up)
  20. Place the SU apk in your Android SDK’s platform-tools folder (Download Link)
  21. Log into your device via “adb shell” again
  22. Type “adb shell”, press enter
  23. Type “mount -o remount,rw -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system”, press enter
  24. Type “exit”, press enter
  25. Type “adb push ‘/home/user/location/su’ /system/bin”, press enter
  26. Type “adb shell”, press enter
  27. Type “chmod 4755 /system/bin/su”, press enter
  28. Type “reboot”, press enter

Once your Device comes back up go to the Android Market and install SuperUser and BusyBox. Be sure when installing BusyBox that you install it to the bin directory. Have fun with your rooted Motorola Phone.

How to Root the Motorola Droid Bionic on Gingerbread

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Motorola Droid Bionic
Motorola Droid Bionic

The Droid Bionic will finally been released in a short time and already there is a root method that was provided by mydroidworld. They are using the root method designed for the Droid 3 to achieve root access on the Droid Bionic.

Please take note that the current instructions require that you have a working knowledge of ADB. If you don’t have ADB knowledge then just be patient as there will be other methods available soon I have no doubt.

Root Instructions for the Motorola Droid Bionic:

  1. Log into your device via “adb shell”
  2. Type “mv /data/local/12m /data/local/12m.bak”, press enter
  3. Type “ln -s /data /data/local/12m”, press enter
  4. Reboot you Droid Bionic manually (wait for it to boot up)
  5. Log into your device via “adb shell” again
  6. Type “rm /data/local/12m”, press enter
  7. Type “mv /data/local/12m.bak /data/local/12m”, press enter
  8. Type “mv /data/local.prop /data/local.prop.bak”, press enter
  9. Type “echo “ro.sys.atvc_allow_netmon_usb=0″ >> /data/local.prop”, press enter
  10. Type “echo “ro.sys.atvc_allow_netmon_ih=0″ >> /data/local.prop”, press enter
  11. Type “echo “ro.sys.atvc_allow_res_core=0″ >> /data/local.prop”, press enter
  12. Type “echo “ro.sys.atvc_allow_res_panic=0″ >> /data/local.prop”, press enter
  13. Type “echo “ro.sys.atvc_allow_all_adb=1″ >> /data/local.prop”, press enter
  14. Type “echo “ro.sys.atvc_allow_all_core=0″ >> /data/local.prop”, press enter
  15. Type “echo “ro.sys.atvc_allow_efem=0″ >> /data/local.prop”, press enter
  16. Type “echo “ro.sys.atvc_allow_bp_log=0″ >> /data/local.prop”, press enter
  17. Type “echo “ro.sys.atvc_allow_ap_mot_log=0″ >> /data/local.prop”, press enter
  18. Type “echo “ro.sys.atvc_allow_gki_log=0″ >> /data/local.prop”, press enter
  19. Reboot you Droid Bionic manually (wait for it to boot up)
  20. Place the SU apk in your Android SDK’s platform-tools folder (Download Link)
  21. Log into your device via “adb shell” again
  22. Type “adb shell”, press enter
  23. Type “mount -o remount,rw -t ext3 /dev/block/mmcblk1p21 /system”, press enter
  24. Type “exit”, press enter
  25. Type “adb push ‘/home/user/location/su’ /system/bin”, press enter
  26. Type “adb shell”, press enter
  27. Type “chmod 4755 /system/bin/su”, press enter
  28. Type “reboot”, press enter

Once your Device comes back up go to the Android Market and install SuperUser and BusyBox. Be sure when installing BusyBox that you install it to the bin directory. Have fun with your rooted Droid Bionic.

Sprint Dropping Changing Termination Policy and Upgrade Fees

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Sprint Dropping Changing Termination Policy and Upgrade Fees
Sprint Logo
Sprint Logo

Sprint is having a hard time keeping up with its larger competition and are changing the way they do business to try and keep up. While this will be a good move for Sprint this will likely be bad for consumers.

Sprint’s early termination fee (ETF) will be moved up to a maximum of $350 to keep them on par with their larger competitors AT&T and Verizon. If you are in a contract now and want to get out of it you can easily figure out what you owe. Add up the number of months left in your contract and multiply it by $20, its that easy. Keep in mind that if you have less than 4 months left they will charge you a $100 minimum so just wait it out if you can.

Sprint’s upgrade fee will be doubled from $18 to $36 which is more than AT&T or Verizon but have reminded employees to inform users that they are saving nearly $40 on their plans. Also users can have truly unlimited plans so there is no risk of extra charges with data overages.

Sprint will be getting rid of their one year contracts which is a smaller change that shouldn’t really effect most Sprint users. These changes will all go into effect as of September 9th of this year. So yes about a week.

Root the Motorola Xoom 4G on Android Honeycomb 3.2.2

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This is a stock Android 3.2.2 4G Xoom ROM that is already Rooted. You can easily take this and install it on your Xoom with a few easy steps and have your 4G Xoom rooted running Android 3.2.2 Honeycomb. This Stock Rooted ROM was provided by solarnz over at XDA.

NOTE: You can use this ROM on any Honeycomb device although the 3G/4G networks will only work with the 4G Motorola Xoom. Any other Tablet this is installed on will be stuck with Wi-Fi.

Instructions to Root the 4G Xoom:

  1. Place the Stock ROM on your SD Card (Download Link)
  2. Reboot your Xoom and wait for the Motorola Dual Core boot Screen
  3. After about 3 seconds press “Volume Down” for Recovery Mode
  4. Press “Volume Up” to enter Recovery
  5. Perform a Factory Reset (Wipe Data and Cache)
  6. Install the zip file
  7. Congrats you are on the Stock pre-rooted 4G Xoom 3.2.2 Honeycomb ROM!

If you have any problems with busybox then download and flash busybox installer with ClockworkMOD (Download Link)

HP TouchPad going to Pass Android in Ad Revenue?

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HP TouchPad going to Pass Android in Ad Revenue?

In only 10 days the HP TouchPad has almost reached as much ad revenue as all other Android Tablets combined. The TouchPad was a bust until HP decided to close the project, now turning the TouchPad into the widest owned Tablet ever. Of course the $99 close out pricing had more to do with it than anything else but just the same making tons of money for other companies.

A mobile advertising agency called Jumptap sent a chart to ZDNet showing the statistics on the TouchPad’s amazing ad revenue generated in just 10 days.

HP TouchPad Ad Traffic Chart
HP TouchPad Ad Traffic Chart (Comparing HP TouchPad and Android Ad Revenue)

Obviously many of those that have bought the HP TouchPad may not have thought about a Tablet before noticing a $99 price tag on one. These people will be the less tech savvy that are going to click around and try to learn something new. Of course i’m not saying everyone who grabbed one is not tech savvy as this is a Developers dream since it can be completely destroyed and only put you out a hundred bucks.

How to Root the Samsung Galaxy S II (i9100) on Gingerbread

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How to Root the Samsung Galaxy S II (i9100) on Gingerbread

Samsung Galaxy S II Root Access

The Samsung Galaxy S II is one of if not he most powerful Android Phone to date. While the root method has been available for a while now I will break it into easy instructions for the average user. The Developers over at XDA were the ones that actually obtained root and the credit for the root method.

Instructions to Root the Samsung Galaxy S II on Gingerbread:

  1. Put your Galaxy S II in USB Debugging Mode (Settings -> Applications -> Development)
  2. Connect your Galaxy S II to the computer via USB
  3. Reboot your Galaxy S II in Flash Mode (Volume down + Home +Power while booting up)
  4. Start Odin3 Downloader on your PC (Download Link)
  5. Wait for Odin to see your device (it will say device connected)
  6. Select the options “Auto Reboot” and F. Reset Time” (only these 2)
  7. Click the PDA button and select the XWKDD_insecure.tar (Download Link)
  8. Click “Start” (Odin will flash the device then reboot your S II)
  9. After rebooted Start SuperOneClick on your PC (Download Link)
  10. Select the option to Root and wait for the device to reboot
  11. Congrats your Samsung Galaxy S II is now Rooted!

Android’s first 3D Game Conversion Engine by LG

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LG is supposed to unveil its new game conversion engine at IFA 2011 in Berlin next week. The conversion engine is an OpenGL based 2D to 3D conversion. LG is attempting to help expand the amount of 3D games for devices like their Optimus 3D. This engine will be the first of its kind in the world for smartphone’s and should prove to be a great asset to developers looking to dive into the 3D app development venue.LG Optimus 3D

LG’s new 3d game engine will be released as a Maintenance Release first for the Optimus 3D starting in October. We don’t have a date for everyone because it will depend on your carrier as to when you get this. LG also states that the converter will allow developers to optimize their 2D games to 3D without the need of development.  This should help increase the number of 3D games without the need of intense development creating many more apps specifically for the few 3D devices currently available.

The converter will allow people to play 2D games in 3D without paying any extra. You can also easily switch back to 2D by turning off the converter. After IFA 2011 i’m sure we will have more information for you all but for now thats about all we have.

UPDATE: Its been 2 months since we wrote this article and it seems that the update to the LG Optimus 3D is rolling out with the 3D game conversion engine.  The update will bring your device to build version V10K and should allow your Optimus 3D to play 2D games in 3D.  There are a few listed titles that have been tested and working with the engine although many games that you may already have will convert as well.  There has also been reports of the games reducing the devices performance a little.  This being said the reduced performance shouldn’t interrupt or really effect game play much if any.  Again let us know if you use the conversion engine and how you like it.

HP TouchPad Running Android 2.3.5 via CyanogenMod 7

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CyanogenMod has booted the HP TouchPad into Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread via CyanogenMod 7. Unlike many of the reports out there the Cyanogen Team has a nice little video put together and with there record we know its true.

There are a few issues at this point that they need to get past like the touchscreen drivers needing a little more work. We know CyanogenMod will release a public version but not until they at least have it in a Beta state. According to @toastcfh on Twitter the hardware acceleration is all ready to go.

When the video above was uploaded to YouTube there was a letter along side it talking about the port. You can read this below:

Here is some (older) touchpad progress from Friday. The Cyanogenmod team wanted to share it with the public to bring attention to our need for a few more touchpads (for developers currently working without them).

As you can see from this quick demo, we’ve been working hard and have made progress. Since this video was created last week, the build has been more “tabletized” (tablet tweaks added, etc.), lvm support has been added.

The touchscreen driver issue is now the focus of our attention.

Our ultimate vision is to create a *multiboot* solution where the end user will be able to boot into WebOS, Cyanogenmod, and/or other OSes. This appears to be very possible, and we have discussed several potential implementations with our new friends in the WebOS development community to make it easy for an end-user to set up.

For the moment though, we need about 4 tablets, as we have talented and experienced developers who cannot contribute effectively due to a lack of hardware. If you have an extra touchpad and are willing to help the cause, please let us know in the comments below.

A BIG CAVEAT- PLEASE DO NOT ASK FOR ETAS. For the uninitiated, this is the #1 rule for Cyanogenmod. It will certainly be a long while before our goals become reality. Our goals incidentally are not connected with any bounty- we are motivated to do it right, not do it fast.

And now the obligatory shout outs- Thanks to rootzwiki and all the devs and everyone else who are collaborating and contributing to this project. You know who you are, you.

The CM team

www.cyanogenmod.com

HP TouchPad gets ClockworkMOD Recovery and ADB Access

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HP TouchPad gets ClockworkMOD Recovery and ADB Access

So now that the HP TouchPad has that amazing payout for a port to Android we are seeing quicker than usual progression on this project. Android’s recovery mode and ClockworkMOD recovery have been successfully booted up by members working on porting Android to the TouchPad.

HP Touchpad Clockwork Mod Recovery
HP Touchpad gets Clockwork Mod Recovery

There have also been reports of some HP TouchPad’s that users turned on that already had a Leaked Android System Dump on them out of the box. We aren’t sure if this is true or not but can only assume if it is that HP was already working on a port before ending the project.

HP TouchPad running ADB in WebOS
HP TouchPad running ADB in WebOS

We have also had reports that ADB is running on the TouchPad in webOS. With ADB, a mini Android Client and ClockworkMOD already running on the Touchpad I give it another week or so before there is a working version and a distribution by the end of September. This of course is my own attempt at telling the future.

Produce Energy to Charge Devices through your Shoe

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Produce Energy to Charge Devices through your Shoe

Energy Producing Shoe

There is an enormous amount of energy lost when we walk and a couple mechanical engineers out of the University of Wisconsin in Madison have designed a system to harvest this energy. Ashley Taylor and Tom Krupenkin are trying to bring the concept into reality through a company they founded called InStep NanoPower.

”The mechanical energy produced by humans during walking, which is normally simply lost as heat, is captured and converted into electrical power ready to be utilized by wireless personal electronics.”

InStep NanoPower say that they can harness up to 20 Watts of lost energy into useful energy that can be reused. The main focus seems to be harnessing the power to charge mobile devices as you walk.

“However with the rapid growth of mobile devices the demand for power sources producing watts or tens of watts has acutely increased….To bridge this gap, we have developed a radically new mechanical-to-electrical energy conversion method that is based on reverse electrowetting—a novel microfluidic phenomenon4. Energy generation is achieved through the interaction of arrays of moving microscopic liquid droplets with a novel multilayer thin film. We believe that this approach has a number of significant advantages, over existing mechanical-energy-harvesting technologies, including very high power densities, up to 103 W m−2, ability to directly utilize a very broad range of mechanical forces and displacements, including those not accessible by traditional piezoelectric or electromagnetic methods, and ability to output a broad range of currents and voltages, from several volts to tens of volts without the need for up or down voltage conversion.”

“We have also designed a novel energy management system, which allows direct utilization of the generated energy by common mobile devices such as smartphone’s and does not require connecting wires or mobile device modification. In particular, the integrated Wi-Fi hot spot can act as a “middleman” between mobile devices and a wireless network. Such an arrangement dramatically reduces power consumption of wireless mobile devices and allows them to operate for much longer time without battery recharge. “

While InStep NanoPower says they think they can get up to 20 watts of power through their concepts they only need half that to power the Android devices we know and love. We all complain about power due to the fact that we live on our devices and batteries just can’t handle but so much. We look forward to seeing the progress of this company.

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