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By Ryan Moore on January 8th, 2012

So owners of the original Galaxy line up (like myself) have had a real roller coaster of emotions since ICS was unveiled to the world. We know how long it takes to get updates (having gone through 2 updates).  We figured Samsung had our back (they did offer 18 months’ support at one time), but…

By Ryan Moore on January 8th, 2012

My bet time window is getting slimmer.  I have bet that the eeePad original will be the first tablet to update to ICS (yes, I know there’s a chinese MIPS based one out there, but that doesn’t count). Well, today Asus confirmed that it would indeed get the update (we all knew it would), only…

By Tom Gray on January 6th, 2012

The Galaxy Nexus hasn’t been around for all that long, but yet it’s quickly becoming one of the more tweaked out phones on the market. With a bunch of custom roms and many more currently in development, this is one of the greatest phones for the experienced modder. This touch based recovery just adds that one extra…

By Tom Gray on January 2nd, 2012

I have been flashing roms almost daily on my Galaxy Nexus. I have always been a fan of “Less is more” when it comes to roms. Custom tweaks and fancy bells and whistles are always nice, but in the end I just want a slim rom thats fast and clutter free. One rom in particular…

By Ryan Moore on December 22nd, 2011

Have a Samsung phone?  How about a Sony? Well, recently they both have spoken up about their firm policy on ensuring their phones get the update to Ice Cream Sandwich (Android OS 4.0) Samsung releases their official list of what will see ICS Samsung Electronics plan to provide the Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich update…

By Ryan Moore on December 20th, 2011

Just a few days after Tom posted the instructions on how to get your Nexus S udpated to ICS,Google has issued a ‘halt’ to the update process. Apparently they have had some issues with the battery consumption. On the Google Forums this was posted by an employee “Paul” If you received an update notification a…

By Tom Gray on December 19th, 2011

Ever dream of a pure Google Tablet to go with you Nexus S or Galaxy Nexus? Those days might just be around the corner. MobileSyrup reported: Google’s ever-vocal Chairman, Eric Schmidt, has told an Italian newspaper that the company plans to bring a Nexus tablet to market in the next six months. While the Motorola…

By Tom Gray on December 17th, 2011

Update: I have personally tried this. Works on my GSM Galaxy Nexus running ICS 4.0.1 and 4.0.2. APPLY THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK! Superboot r3 - DOWNLOAD - MD5: c827e540aa0262adc2ded86a91c68492 The superboot image is also ‘insecure’, allowing you to use ‘adb remount’ as well as having full ADB root access to your device until such time as you reboot after…