Market Helper - Bypassing Android App Incompatibility (Root Only)

Have you ever gone to your favorite tech blog to see that a new great app has been released, only to find that it's not showing up in your app store? A few weeks ago I went to download the latest version of Grand Theft Auto, and it wasn't compatible with my HTC One XL. I'm happy to share with you an app that solves this problem.

There have always been tweaks for getting apps that otherwise show up as incompatible, but Market Helper gives rooted users a simple method of doing this, in a clean and light application. This application is relatively new, and the developer is asking for people to send their device information for more spoofing goodness to follow.

You simply select the profile you wish to spoof, click activate and wait. You do have to grant the application superuser permissions, but within a few seconds you will be greeted with a confirmation message telling you to visit the Google Dashboard to give your devices a quick refresh. Once there, download your "incompatible" applications, and when you are all spoofed out, just reboot your phone and you should be back to normal. The phone has a restore option as well, but in most cases it's not needed.

(Download Market Helper)

    

How To: Root HTC Thunderbolt with 2.3.4 Gingerbread

The AndroidFanNetwork team is back! We added a HTC Thunderbolt to the arsenal of Android devices to share all the modding, tweaking, and rooting your heart can desire. So the word on the street was that the new Revolutionary.io tool is the 1-click method everyone is using for the thunderbolt. We definitely used this tool to root our new Thunderbolt, but because of being the newest update (2.11.605.9), we had to prep the phone to work with the Revolutionary Tool.



So if you just bought a Thunderbolt, you most likely will need to follow these instructions to root. If you are still on 2.11.605.5, you can just use the revolutionary tool.


How To: Root HTC Thunderbolt with 2.3.4 Gingerbread (WITHOUT DOWNGRADING)


1) Download: miniadb_tbolt2.zip: mini-adb_tbolt2.zip
md5: ef01f616471673d3eeb71b4cac4b8118

2)Install Mini ADB:
-extract miniadb_tbolt2.zip and place the unzipped folder onto you C:\ drive on your PC
-open a command window. windows 7,click on start bubble,type "command" in the search box. a small black window should open up

3)Download DHD Downgrade folder

4)Open the DHDDowngrade.zip file,then the folder contained inside of it. Transfer ONLY THE "Fre3vo" file into the tbolt2 folder with adb/fastboot. You only need the

5)in your command window: change to the tbolt2 directory by typing:
cd c:\mini-adb_tbolt2 (your promt should change to c:\mini-adb_tbolt2>)

6)Enable usb debugging,plug in your phone via usb. Select "charge only" mode.

7)Make sure adb is seeing your phone:
adb devices (should return your serial number)

8) Enter the following commands one at a time and hit ENTER each time.

adb push fre3vo /data/local/tmp

adb shell chmod 777 /data/local/tmp/fre3vo

adb shell /data/local/tmp/fre3vo -debug -start F0000000 -end FFFFFFFF

9)make sure it worked. when you see "exploiting device" then your command prompt again:
adb shell (if your prompt changes to a # youre good to go)

10)Run revolutionary. When it ask you if you want to install ClockworkMod say YES or Y.

10)flash the superuser 3.07 files linked on revolutionarys info page

Galaxy Nexus one click root method. Actually Galaxy Nexus one click everything!

Galaxy Nexus one click root methd, unlocks bootloader and installs ClockworkMod.

 

The Galaxy Nexus one click Toolkit by forum moderator and recognized developer mskip has always been the must-have tool for owners of that device. It easily unlocks the bootloader, roots the phone, and installs ClockWorkMod to get you all ready and set up for your flashing needs, and provides many other useful options.
Better yet, it was just updated to version 3.0, which does all of the aforementioned steps with one click – so, even if you’re not familiar with all that stuff but are willing to take the risk of voiding your warranty, you can now go ahead and enjoy all the custom ROM goodness the Galaxy Nexus has to offer. Should you change your mind, it also allows you to relock the bootloader and reflash the stock recovery.
Sounds good enough? Visit the forum thread, which also provides detailed tutorials and lots of FAQs to help you get started.

Thanks to all the brilliant devs over at XDA!

Motorola Droid Bionic, Droid RAZR & Atrix 2 Fastboot files now available

Motorola Droid Bionic, Droid RAZR & Atrix 2 Fastboot files now available - Bring your device back to life from a soft brick

If you like to tinker around with your device then chances are you've suffered a soft brick or two in your life, then spent some time looking in XDA or hitting up Google and eventually finding some magical files to help restore your device back to normal.
Those wonderful little files are the Fastboot recoevery files and they are great to have kicking around just in case things go awry, and while they're often hard to find -- some fine folks have now shared them for a multitude of Motorola devices.
The Droid Bionic, Droid Razr and Atrix 2 files are now all available for download, In addition to saving your behind from a softbrick, developers can make great use of these files as well so, you'll want to keep your eyes peeled for some new happenings when it comes to development for these devices.

Kindle fire hacked to run Ice Cream Sandwich

 

Good news for those of you with Kindle Fires and a penchant for tinkering with your gadgets.
Amazon's Kindle Fire has been a huge seller this holiday season, mainly because of its low price tag. With the majority of tablets out there going for upwards of $350, a $199 offering is an attractive option for many. Of course, there's also the fact that the Amazon Fire runs on a customized Android 2.3 Gingerbread OS, so many are hoping they can snag themselves this cheap $199 Android-based ereader and then hack it to run a stock version of Android. However, it's unlikely new Kindle Fire users hoping for just that anticipated that the device would be hacked to run an early version of Ice Cream Sandwich, which most Android users are still waiting on.
Boy Genius Report reports that Kindle Fire users now have access to an unofficial Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update thanks to the members of xda-developers. Forum members recently announced that they had succeeding in getting a "pre-alpha" build of Android 4.0 running on Amazon's beefed up ereader tablet. Though users installing the update will lose all of Amazon's special Android customizations, those who purchase the tablet with the intention to update to a more traditional form of Android probably won't be too disappointed. That said, if you do decide to go ahead with this modification, know that this pre-release version isn't exactly bug-free and there are some issues to be ironed out. With that said, head on over to xda-developers to read up on the hacking process
Kindle Fire Running Android 4.0