A powerful new tool from the Android developer community has been released today. It’s called CyanogenMod Compiler and it lets you cook your own special flavor of CyanogenMod 7 (based on Android 2.3.x) or CyanogenMod 9 (based on Android 4.x). We’ve got the details and the relevant download link available after the jump!
Apple's launch of Siri certainly made people sit up and take notice. There had been voice recognition and dictation apps before, even Siri in its earliest incarnation was a standalone app that offered some of the features we all now take for granted from our iPhone 4S devices.
While CyanogenMod 9 based on Android 4.0.3 Ice Cream Sandwich is still far away from a stable release, its developers have released an early build of it for interested users. We’ve got the step by step guide on how to install it on your device right after the jump!
While we are still a few months away from seeing the official, stable release of Android 4.x Ice Cream Sandwich for Samsung’s Galaxy Tab 8.9, an unofficial, not-so-stable build of Android 4.0.3 ICS has been released. We’ve got the details and a easy-to-follow step-by-step guide after the jump!
This holiday season brought in a lot of sales, especially with cell phones. People asked Santa for a lot of things this year, but Android and Apple products sat snugly on top. So how did they do?
It's a marriage made in heaven, or hell depending on which side of the iOS / Android fence you happen to sit on. See, someone somewhere has decided that it would be a good idea to come up with a way for Google TV owning peeps to join in with all that AirPlaying fun that iPhone and Apple TV fans are currently enjoying.
Taking regular backups is one of the biggest favors you can do for yourself. If, somehow, installing a questionable mod fails or your computer’s storage device crashes (which it inevitably will), having a recently backup handy will save you hours upon hours of time and from the sheer agony of losing your precious data. On Android devices, taking nandroid backups using ClockworkMod Recovery is the most popular methods of backing up the data on your device.
We’ve already covered how you can flash CyanogenMod 9 Alpha for Nexus/Galaxy S and in today’s guide, we’ll be covering how you can flash CM9 for the Galaxy S II.
MIUI (pronounced mee-yoo-eye) is one of the more popular custom ROMs for Android. It is known for its distinct looks, enhanced apps for Music/Gallery/Camera and, of course, the enhanced notifications drawer. MIUI is now available for the recently released Galaxy Nexus in the form of an unofficial alpha build that has most features working. Check it out after the jump!
Eminent Android developer and hacker Chainfire recently released his CF-Root tool for the Galaxy Nexus that roots the device on Android 4.0.2 Ice Cream Sandwich, and we’ve got the step-by-step guide ready after the jump!

