Viewsonic recently released the Gtablet to the masses at the $399 pricepoint. With a dual core Tegra cpu, 512MB of ram and 10″ of screen real estate, this tablet has a lot going for it. However, right out of the box it is probably by far the worse OS and/or UI I have ever used….
After being on a Droid X for about month, I felt something missing. Only after I went back to a Droid Incredible today did I realize it was the ability to flash kernels. I happily loaded up KingKlick’s BFS#5. With overclocking speeds built in, interactive governor, loads of speed increments, undervolting and a slew more…
If you are thinking about rooting your Droid Incredible, do not install the latest over the air (OTA) update. Reports are showing it stops the Unrevoked rooting method. You can opt to root first, then install a custom rom that has the OTA update incorporated if you are itching to be updated.
This is not really Droid related by any means, but it’s a testament to the drive some of these developers have in making their devices, theirs. Some folks were worried that the T-mobile G2 would be locked forever preventing a permanent root. There was the Visionary app which had a semi-permanent root where it re-rooted…
It looks like there’s really nothing that a locked bootloader can hold back. A few days ago, a method to overclock the Droid X was released and it works perfectly. This has been tested and it does indeed overclock your Droid X’s CPU. I’m currently running at 1.1Ghz with undervolting. That’s right, not 0nly am…
Here’s my current layout on my Droid Incredible. – SkyRaider Vanilla 3.0 RC3 – Hydra 1.15 Ghz kernel – LauncherPro Plus w/custom dock – Beautiful Widgets smaller home
Update (Nov-12-2010): A new 1-click root apk that can do all the below has been released that works on the Droid X! If you recently updated to the OTA 2.2 Froyo update, you likely won’t be able to use the one click root apk that was floating around. There’s a method to root via ADB…
If you use ADW, Launcher Pro, or Zeam, you most likely have encountered the dreaded home screen redraw problem. We dove into some tips on stopping Launcher Pro from redrawing a while back. That seemed to have helped a few people, but some didn’t see any improvement. I recently saw a post on the Launcher…
The stock HTC kernel will work for the majority of Droid Incredible users out there. However, if you are in the market to cut down on some battery usage and gain some extra functionality, a custom kernel may be what you need. There are a few custom kernels available for the Dinc like Hydra and…
Droid Incredible users who want to use Adfree may have a tough time due to the app not being able to write to the correct hosts file. There are two ways around it and both steps require you to be root. From the thread over at the Incredible Forums: Search for Adfree Android on the…