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Flash / Install Android 4.0.3 ICS on Xoom with Fastboot [Build IML74K]

On December 17, 2011, in Hacks, How to, by TechAdmin
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Google released Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.3 AOSP just yesterday and there’s an ICS 4.0.3 port for Motorola Xoom already available. The image is now available for download and can be flashed using fastboot. Here is all you need to know to flash Android 4.0.3 ICS IML74K build on Xoom:

How to Install Android ICS 4.0.3 on Xoom

DISCLAIMER: It’s NOT the official release of Ice Cream Sandwich for Motorola Xoom. So, try it at your own risk. Also:

  • Camera is not working
  • 3G / 4G not working
  • HDMI is not functional

Still want to continue, here is the guide:

Step 1: Download the image: IML74K_MZ602_Verizon_4G_XOOM.zip

Step 2: Install using fastboot, run following commands:

fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot -w
fastboot reboot

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Download Droid Bionic Radio APK

On September 12, 2011, in Hacks, by TechAdmin
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Wondering whether you can tune into radio on Droid Bionic? Well, you certainly can. All you need to do is to download Droid Bionic radio APK, that is actually Droid 3’s radio app, and you can listen to your favorite radio channels. It works because Bionic comes with radio functionality, all it needs is an app to tune in. Droid 3’s radio app can fill that role. You can download it from the link given at the end of the post and can install it on your device.

Droid Bionic Radio

Besides the radio app, you will need a 3.5mm jack that will work as antenna. You won’t necessarily need headphones to listen to radio as there is option to play via rear speaker.

Download Radio APK for Droid Bionic:

Download [Mirror]

After downloading, you can install FMRadio.apk on Droid Bionic.

Want to root Droid Bionic?

via AndroidCentral

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How to Root Droid Bionic Gingerbread 2.3.4

On September 10, 2011, in Hacks, How to, by TechAdmin
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Motorola Droid Bionic, that was released this week can already be rooted. You can root Droid Bionic on Gingerbread 2.3.4 using this guide. Steps are similar to what we posted earlier to root Droid 3 & X2. Here is the step by step guide:

How to Root Droid Bionic Gingerbread 2.3.4

Disclaimer: Continue at your own risk, we won’t be responsible if you end up bricking your device.

Before you Begin:

Backup all your important data as it may be lost during the process.

Step 1: Install Motorola USB / ADB drivers:

Step 2: Download the root file:

Extract the downloaded file on respective platform.

Step 3: On your Motorola Droid Bionic, navigate to Menu > Settings > Applications > Development and enable USB debugging.

Step 4: Connect your Droid Bionic to the computer via USB and select “Charge Only” mode. This options should pop up automatically, if it doesn’t appear, you can select it from Notification drawer.

Step 5: Now, on your computer, navigate to the file that you extracted in step 2:

  • On Windows: Run MotorolaOneClickRoot.exe
  • On OS X / Linux: Run run_to_root_your_droid3.sh

Step 6: Follow the onscreen instructions to complete the root process.

That’s it. You have now got Droid Bionic root access on Android 2.3.4 Gingerbread.

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How to Root Motorola Xoom WiFi 3.2.2 Honeycomb [Pre-Rooted ROM]

On September 1, 2011, in Hacks, How to, by TechAdmin
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Motorola Xoom Honeycomb 3.2.2 root is now available. If you own a Motorola Xoom WiFi, you can update your device with pre-rooted Android 3.2.2 Honeycomb ROM. Here are the steps:

Root Xoom WiFi 3.2.2 Honeycomb

Process to flash custom rooted ROM on Xoom is simple and easy. If you have some experience rooting Android devices already, you can opt for simple steps:

  1. Download ROM and put it on root of your SD card
  2. Reboot Xoom in recovery
  3. Perform Nandroid backup
  4. Factory reset Xoom
  5. Flash custom ROM

All these steps are detailed below comprehensively.

Step 1: Getting Ready to Flash Rooted Honeycomb in Xoom

  1. Download the ROM Android-HC-3.2.2-Stock+Rooted-1.1-SOLARNZ.zip
  2. Place the downloaded ROM on root of your SD Card.

Step 1: Put Motorola Xoom in Recovery Mode

First you need to reboot Motorola Xoom in Recovery Mode, after that you can perform a factory reset on Xoom. Follow the steps below:

  1. Turn your device on, then switch it back on
  2. On startup when Motorola logo appears, press and hold Volume Down button
  3. When Android recovery text appears, press the Volume Up button. Your device will now enter in recovery mode.

Note: In recovery mode, you can navigate up and down using Volume Up and Volume Down keys while Power button can be used to select an option.

Step 2: Take Nandroid Backup & Factory Reset Motorola Xoom

  1. Once in recovery mode, press & hold Power button.
  2. While holding the Power button, press & release the Volume Up button.
  3. Navigate to “backup and restore” and select it.
  4. Select “backup” to perform your data backup.
  5. Once Nandroid backup is complete, navigate to Wipe data / factory reset, then press Power button to select it.
  6. It will ask for confirmation, select  Yes, delete all user data option to factory reset Xoom.

Step 3: Flash Rooted Honeycomb 3.2.2 ROM

  1. Select Flash Zip from SD Card
  2. Then select choose zip from sd card
  3. Select the zip file that you put onto the root of SD card.
  4. Wait for process to complete.

That’s it! Enjoy the root on Xoom Honeycomb 3.2.2 Android.

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Top 5 Impacts of Google Motorola Deal

On August 15, 2011, in Mobiles, by TechAdmin
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Google acquired Motorola Mobility today for $12.5 billion in a bid to ‘supercharge Android’. Here we take a look at what benefits will Google get out of this massive deal and what impact will it have on consumers.

How Motorola Acquisition will benefit Google? Here are top 3 impacts that Google Motorola deal will have:

1. Mobile Hardware

Motorola acquisition puts Google in hardware business. It puts them on same ground as Apple where they will offer their own software and own hardware. While Android will continue to power Samsung, HTC, Sony Ericsson, LG and other companies’ handsets, Google now has better chance to build competitive products. They are now in better position to innovate and compete with Apple.

2. Patent Portfolio

Android is prone to lawsuits and is currently facing patent dispute claims from Oracle, Apple and Microsoft. Motorola deal will boost Google’s patent portfolio as they get over 17,000 patents as part of the deal. This will, surely, keep lawsuits at bay.

3. Android Ecosystem

This deal shows Google’s commitment to Android OS. It means a lot for other handset makers and affirms that Google is ready to protect them and will take all the possible measures to protect the ecosystem. Statements from Samsung, HTC, LG and Sony Ericsson confirm this notion:

“We welcome today’s news, which demonstrates Google’s deep commitment to defending Android, its partners, and the ecosystem.”
- J.K. Shin
President, Samsung, Mobile Communications Division

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“I welcome Google‘s commitment to defending Android and its partners.”
- Bert Nordberg
President & CEO, Sony Ericsson

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“We welcome the news of today‘s acquisition, which demonstrates that Google is deeply committed to defending Android, its partners, and the entire ecosystem.”
- Peter Chou
CEO, HTC Corp.

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“We welcome Google‘s commitment to defending Android and its partners.”
- Jong-Seok Park, Ph.D
President & CEO, LG Electronics Mobile Communications Company

4. Google TV

Up till now, Google TV has been a disappointment. With Motorola’s set-top boxes’ business, Google will get the opportunity to get access to living rooms with better set-top box.

5. Competitive Market

Google’s Android is currently being used on all handsets made by Motorola while Samsung, HTC, LG and other handset makers also use Android. Google did not have the benefit of having its own hardware like Apple, or having a special partnership with OEM like Microsoft has with Nokia. Now they have and it puts them in pretty good condition. By building supercharged Android phones, they will set a benchmark for other handset makers. So, now the scene looks like:

Google + Motorola vs. Microsoft + Nokia vs. Apple ++

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Google Buys Motorola for $12.5 Billion

On August 15, 2011, in Mobiles, by TechAdmin
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Google Motorola partnership has taken a new turn with Google putting up $12.5 Billion to buy Motorola. With this deal, Google not only enters the hardware business but it will also help its case against the lawsuits with Microsoft and Google. The deal was announced by none other than Google CEO Larry Page, on official Google blog. Page termed the deal as the one that will ‘Supercharge Android’ and said:

The combination of Google and Motorola will not only supercharge Android, but will also enhance competition and offer consumers accelerating innovation, greater choice, and wonderful user experiences. I am confident that these great experiences will create huge value for shareholders.

This deal will also strengthen Google’s patent portfolio and Larry Page was quite clear about it:

We recently explained how companies including Microsoft and Apple are banding together in anti-competitive patent attacks on Android. The U.S. Department of Justice had to intervene in the results of one recent patent auction to “protect competition and innovation in the open source software community” and it is currently looking into the results of the Nortel auction. Our acquisition of Motorola will increase competition by strengthening Google’s patent portfolio, which will enable us to better protect Android from anti-competitive threats from Microsoft, Apple and other companies.

Android, however, remains open platform which means that Samsung, HTC, LG, Sony Ericsson and other handset makers will continue to offer Android powered phones. Google CEO told that they want to run Motorola as a separate business:

This acquisition will not change our commitment to run Android as an open platform. Motorola will remain a licensee of Android and Android will remain open. We will run Motorola as a separate business. Many hardware partners have contributed to Android’s success and we look forward to continuing to work with all of them to deliver outstanding user experiences.

This deal means really a lot to Google who, having a poor patent portfolio, had been looking for options to build their defenses to avoid the lawsuits onslaught from Apple, Microsoft and other companies. We can also expect some quality Motorola Android handsets now with deep integration.

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How to Root Xoom WiFi

On March 28, 2011, in Hacks, How to, by TechAdmin
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Want to root Xoom WiFi? Now you can! Thanks to the devs over at XDA, you can now root Motorola Xoom WiFi edition. The method is bit complex at the moment and requires you to run a series of ADB commands to root Xoom. Also, since the root requires you to use fastboot method, you will need latest Android SDK. Here’s the guide:

How to Root Xoom WiFi [MZ604]

Before you Begin:

Follow this guide:

If rebooting works… – This will wipe your phone by the way!!
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot oem unlock
adb reboot bootloader
If stuck at “Dual Core Technology”
Hold VolUp and power to restart Xoom
Hold VolDown will booting unit for fastboot mode
fastboot flash boot boot.img (Tiamat 1.1.6 boot.img – http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=978013)
fastboot reboot
adb remount
adb push bcm4329.ko /system/lib/modules/bcm4329.ko
adb push cifs.ko /system/lib/modules/cifs.ko
adb push tun.ko /system/lib/modules/tun.ko
adb push scsi_wait_scan.ko /system/lib/modules/scsi_wait_scan.ko
adb push su /system/bin
adb shell ln -s /system/bin/su /system/xbin/su
adb shell chmod 4755 /system/bin/su
adb push Superuser.apk /system/app
adb push vold.fstab /system/etc/vold.fstab
adb reboot
adb shell
WE HAZ ROOT!!

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How to Install Gingerbread on Droid 2 [Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread for Droid 2]

On March 28, 2011, in How to, by TechAdmin
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Along with Gingerbread for Droid X, MyDroidWorld has also got shiny Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread for Droid 2. So, there’s no more wait for Motorola Droid 2 users who want to install Gingerbread on Droid 2 devices. You can download and install it in pretty same way as it is for Droid X.

Download: [MegaUpload]

How to Install Gingerbread on Droid 2

Installing Firmware
1. Download this file from the TBH app or download below
2. Use Bootstrap to get your phone into recovery.
3. Create a backup (This is not compatible with new firmware)
4. Install the Firmware using recovery
1. select install zip from sdcard
2. choose zip from sdcard
3. navigate to teamblackhat folder
4. select the file you downloaded
5. Restart phone
6. Re-activate your phone
1. dial *228
2. select 1
If your phone bootloops you need to wipe data to enter recovery:
1. hold down x and power button
2. when you see the triangle hold down both volume buttons
3. select wipe data/factory reset —press power button to select
4, reboot system
If your phone asks you to select/create an account
1. press the home button
2. go to accounts (you may be sent there automatically)
3. select done

via MyDroidWorld

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Download & Install Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread on Droid X with MotoBlur

On March 28, 2011, in How to, by TechAdmin
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If you’re looking to install Gingerbread on Droid X, here’s good news for you. There’s a leaked version of Android 2.3.3 Gingerbread for Droid X that is now available for download. So, you can update Motorola Droid X with Gingerbread 2.3.3 right now.

Gingerbread for Droid X

Here’s how to do it:

Installing Gingerbread 2.3.3 on Droid X

Before you Begin:

  • Backup all your important data
  • Download Gingerbread 2.3.3 for Droid X [MegaUpload]

Step 1: Put the downloaded Monster_2.3.3_4.5.573_updater.zip file onto the SD Card.

Step 2: Put Droid X in recovery with Bootstrap (You will need to root Droid X first)

You can purchase Bootstrap for $2. com.koushikdutta.droidx.bootstrap

Step 3: In recovery, select Install zip from sdcard

Step 4: Select the option to choose zip from sdcard

Step 5: Navigate to teamblackhat directory

Step 6: Select the zip file that you placed on SD Card in step 1.

Step 7: Reboot your device.

That’s it. After that, if your Droid X gets stuck in bootloops, do this:

Step 1: Press and hold Power and Home buttons.

Step 2: Once you see the triangle, hold down both volume buttons

Step 3: Select wipe data/factory reset – press power button to select

Step 4: Reboot system

via MyDroidWorld

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Motorola Xoom Price: $600, Official Release Date: March 27

On March 16, 2011, in Tablets, by TechAdmin
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Motorola Xoom

Motorola has issued a press release confirming Motorola Xoom price and official release date. As per the press release, Motorola Xoom WiFi price will be $599. The WiFi-only edition of Motorola Xoom has the same hardware and specs except the 3G and 4G functionality.

As for availability and release date, Motorola Xoom will be releasing on March 27 on multiple retailers across the US. You’ll be able to purchase it from Amazon, Best Buy, Walmart, Stables, Sam’s Club, Costco and RadioShack.

Motorola Xoom runs on Android 3.0 Honeycomb and is arguably among the premier rivals of Apple’s iPad, and iPad 2. The 10.1 inch tablet is powered by 1GHz NVIDIA Tegra 2 processor, has 1 GB RAM and 5 MegaPixels camera.

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