Gadget & Mobile Phone Tips

As the Android fans have known, rooting an Android running device will open the gate of full customization of the device wide open. By gaining the root access, the Android device users are allowed to install custom ROM and root-only applications too. This time, we are going to share about how to root the LTE Version of the Galaxy Tab 8.9. If you were one of the users of such device, today could be your lucky day as one of XDA-Developers forum member Da_G has brought a solution for this. The rooting process involves ODIN to flash the kernel. So what do you think? If you were interested to root your tablet using this method, simply read on to this article. Continue reading ‘How to Root Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 LTE via ODIN’ »

Previously, the method of installing the Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich ROM for the Xoom has been shared to the tablet users. However, the installation unfortunately made you lost all root access on the device. Good news to those who experienced this issue as one of XDA-Developers forum members named anidrin has brought the solution. In case you are flashing your Xoom with the CWM packaged ROM, you will get the recovery integrated on the device, but if not, just relax as once you have finished reading this article you will get it back. Read on this article to learn how to root and get Recovery on Motorola Xoom. Continue reading ‘Systematic Guide to Root and Install Recovery on Motorola Xoom on Android 4.0.3 ICS’ »

The Ice Cream Sandwich invasion has begun. This time the Google’s Android latest version of operating system reportedly has been successfully installed on Motorola Xoom and the person behind this project is XDA-Developers forum member razorbladex401. This ICS based ROM for Motorola Xoom is still becoming an early release work at the moment and meant for the Xoom Wi-Fi only. Meanwhile, there is a report on the forum saying that this very ROM running on some people’s 3G Xoom. However, due to as per developer this ROM is meant for Xoom Wi-Fi only, we better follows what the developer has suggested to. According to the developer’s report, this ICS based ROM for Motorola Xoom is also bringing some graphical glitches, but this is not a big deal as the Wi-Fi is working, and users are reporting a very snappy and smooth OS. This ROM is not for those who still unfamiliar with installing custom ROMs as there might some bugs come up and you want to revert back. Installing this ROM also risks your root access of the device, but this is not a problem at all since there is method to root it back. In case you wanted to try to install this ROM on your tablet, read on this article to learn how to do it. Continue reading ‘How to Install ICS ROM on Motorola Xoom (Wi-Fi)’ »

Previously some of the Kindle Fire users have found a method to install the CM7 for their device. However, those who installed the ROM developed by the XDA-Developers forum member JackpotClavin are seemingly to miss some stuff, majorly audio and video support. In case you are one of those Kindle Fire users, there is good news for you come from another XDA-Developers forum member whisteltop who has developed the ROM with fixed audio and video support. The ROM developed by whisteltop reportedly has been tested and according to him, some early testers reported that the ROM is running fluently without any issues so far. In term of video support, the ROM now supports video in the browser as well. So, what do you think about this ROM? Are you going to install this ROM on your Kindle Fire? If you wanted to install this ROM on your Kindle Fire, simply read on this article to find out how to install it. Continue reading ‘How to Download and Install the CM7 for Kindle Fire with Audio and In-Browser Video’ »

Previously the method to root the Toshiba Thrive Honeycomb Tablet has been shared to the tablet users. The root access of the device was achieved by putting the tablet into fastboot mode. However, when the company rolled out the official Honeycomb 3.2.1 OTA update, some of the Toshiba Thrive users opted to update their tablet with this and hoped that soon the root would come. Unfortunately, due to the addition of DRM for renting of Google Videos, the company removed fastboot from the US and Canadian ROMs and that’s how the entire prediction of rooting the Toshiba Thrive running official Honeycomb was missed. Despite the company offers a roll back to those who already update to the Honeycomb, the fasboot removal still becomes the issue among the tablet users. In case you are one of the Thrive users who still expect a root method for the tablet, lucky for you as tablet ROMs forum member dalepl and @Turnyourbackandrun from thriveforums.org have just shared an automated script for assisting the users to root the Toshiba Thrive device running the Canadian or US ROM. Continue reading ‘Guide to Root Toshiba Thrive On Honeycomb 3.2.1 OTA ROM – Canadian ROM and US ROM’ »

Motorola has just announced their Media Edition tablet that is known as Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition. This tablet device comes with a decent specification in small package. Let’s find the device’s strength by comparing it with Samsung Galaxy Note. It will be a good comparison as both the Xoom 2 Media Edition and Samsung Galaxy Note are offering so many stuffs needed by people who travel a lot. Why don’t we just cut it short and start comparing them? Continue reading ‘Tablet Comparison between Motorola Xoom 2 Media Edition and Samsung Galaxy Note’ »

Good news for the Kindle Fire tablet users as the CM7 based on Android’s Gingerbread OS has been made available for you now. Previously, the news about CM7 booted on Kindle Fire was circulating. It was the XDA-Developers forum member JackpotClavin who has managed to boot up the CM7 on his Kindle Fire, but the ROM itself has not yet been made available at that time. However, in case you want to give a try this CM7 on your Kindle Fire, it is now available for download and install. Regarding to the availability of the ROM, it is important for the Kindle Fire users to know that the ROM still might come with some bugs as the specific kernel for the Kindle Fire has not been developed as yet. Even so, it is reportedly still bringing so many working stuffs and can be used as a daily driver. So, what do you think about this ROM? Do you want to get this ROM installed on your Kindle Fire? Read on this article to learn how to install it. Continue reading ‘Step by Step to Install CyanogenMod 7 on Kindle Fire’ »