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Root Samsung Galaxy Nexus via ADB [How to][Tutorial]

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Want to gain root access on your Galaxy Nexus. Here is a quick guide to help your root your Ice Cream Sandwich smartphone using ADB aka Android Debug Bridge. As ADB is available for all major platforms like Windows, Mac and Linux, Rooting Galaxy Nexus is possible on any PC running any of these three platforms. If you don’t already have ADB on your mac or Windows PC, then check out the tutorial for Windows Here and for Mac here . After you have setup ADB, you will need to download two files to complete the process. Fastboot.ZIP Galaxy Nexus Driver, Root Files STEP 1: Extract both the RAR files that you have just downloaded. STEP 2: Copy the required Fastboot file depending on your platform to ADB folders. For Ex: If you are using Windows, copy fastboot-windows.exe to ADB folder. Same in the case of mac and linux. STEP 3: Turn on USB Debugging on your Galaxy Nexus. STEP 4: Install Driver from the Galaxy Nexus Manual Root folder. File name is Samsung_USB_Driver_
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Unlock Galaxy Nexus Bootloader [How to][Guide]

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Want to unlock the bootloader of your Galaxy Nexus; here is a quick tutorial that should help you. Being a Nexus smartphone, unlocking the bootloader of Android 4.0 powered Samsung Galaxy Nexus is fairly easy, but you need to be sure by unlocking bootloader wipes your phone, so your phone will be back to factory state after the following steps are completed. So make sure to make a backup the necessary data/SMS/Call log etc. STEP 1: First download this file (r3-galaxynexus-superboot.zip) STEP 2: Download PdaNet and install , it installs the required drivers to work with the following steps. STEP 3: Extract the download zip to a folder using Winzip, WinRAR, 7Zip or any compressing application of your choice. STEP 4: Turn off your Galaxy Nexus STEP 5: Turn on your Galaxy Nexus in Bootloader mode [How to do that – Press 'volume up' and 'volume down' and ‘power button’ at the same time] [See the image below]. STEP 6: Go to the extracted folder and press
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Root Kindle Fire [How To Guide]

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Are you an owner of Amazon Kindle Fire and want to get root access on the tablet , then this guide should help you. Rooting Kindle Fire is a fairly easy process for most of the part, you will however need a few files to make it possible. Requirements: Download SuperOneClick Download Kindle Drivers Steps to root Amazon Kindle Fire Unzip Kindle driver file. Rename the unzipped folder to .android (Keep that dot in the folder name) Copy .android folder to C:\Users\” yourusername ”\ (Yourusername is the user name on your PC) Connect Kindle Fire to your computer with a microUSB cable. You will get the “can't find the driver” error from Windows, which will give you the option to search from Windows Update. Cancel it and click  Disconnect on Kindle Fire (don’t remove the cable). Then open Control Panel and go to Device Manager, here you will find "Other Devices" section, Double Click Kindle and then click on Update Driver. You will be prompted, Choose
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Root Samsung Galaxy Ace [How To]

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Want to root Samsung Galaxy smartphone; here is a quick guide for you. You need a few files that have been mentioned below to complete this process.  - Samsung Kies (Official Samsung site: http://www.samsungapps.com/about/onPc.as)  - SuperOneClick 2.1.1 (here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682) Install Samsung Kies, it will install the proper drivers needed for your phone  Turn on your phone  Enable USB Debugging at Setting>Applications>Development  Now, check the Android version on your phone. You can do this by going to Settings>About IF you have Android 2.2.1 Connect your phone into PC via cable Launch Super One Click 2.1.1 Click "Root" Wait until the program will root your phone Reboot  OR If you have Android 2.3.3/2.3.4/2.3.5 Download upd_1.zip Copy upd_1.zip to your sdcard Turn off your phone Press POWER+HOME BUTTON Apple Update from sdcard, select the file upd_1.zip After the update completed - reboot Vo
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Google Currents on Kindle Fire [How to] [APK Download]

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As you would have already heard that Google has released its Flipboard competitor "Google Currents" in the United States recently. Similar to other Google applications, it is not available in the Amazon App Store, so you will need a workaround to install this application your Amazon Kindle Fire. First you need root access on your Kindle Fire - You can find more on how to root the tablet here . Now, you need to grab root explorer or any other file explorer from Amazon App Store that can give you access to system folder and make it writable. Then you will need to download Kindle Fire APK from here . Now, follow this guide to install Google Currents on your Kindle Fire. Bonus: You can follow this tutorial to install Android Market on your Kindle Fire.
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Google and Sun may butt heads over Android

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Google could be heading for a showdown with Sun over the way Android, Google’s new mobile phone software platform, handles Java. Instead of using the standards-based Java Micro Edition (JME) as an engine to run Java applications, Google wrote its own virtual machine for Android, calling it Dalvik. There are technical advantages and disadvantages to using Dalvik, developers say, but technology may not have been the driver for Google. Google most likely built Dalvik as a way to get around licensing issues with Sun that would have come with using JME, said Stefano Mazzocchi, a developer and board member at Apache Labs. Phone makers that incorporate JME into their phones must license the technology from Sun if they intend to make any modifications to it, Mazzocchi said. A phone maker could freely use JME under an open source license if it shares innovations to the software with the community, but most large handset makers are reluctant to do that, he said. Rather than require phone makers
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The beginning of Gphone: Android

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So, at last we the Google fans have something to celebrate as Google recently bought or rather launched Android : An open source cell phone platform, which will allow developers to build applications that can run on Android. According to the official Google blog: Despite all of the very interesting speculation over the last few months, we're not announcing a Gphone. However, we think what we are announcing -- the Open Handset Alliance and Android -- is more significant and ambitious than a single phone. In fact, through the joint efforts of the members of the Open Handset Alliance, we hope Android will be the foundation for many new phones and will create an entirely new mobile experience for users, with new applications and new capabilities we can’t imagine today. Android is the first truly open and comprehensive platform for mobile devices. It includes an operating system, user-interface and applications -- all of the software to run a mobile phone, but without the prop
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