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Installing Firefox Mobile on a Samsung Captivate

Mozilla just released a mobile version of Firefox for Android devices. Unfortunately they haven’t directly published the link to the apk. If you follow the download link from a desktop system it takes you to the desktop installer. From a … Continue reading

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Assember/Disassembler for Dalvik

I ran across a mention of an assember/disassember pair for Dalvik in an XDA Forum posting. Just had a chance to give at least the assembler a try and make sure I could get things working before I posted. Yep, … Continue reading

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Pirate Boot Logo

Every proper hacked device needs to boot up with a pirate theme. Fortunately the boot animation is trivial to replace on a Nexus one. I’m currently running CyanogenMod6, but I believe this will work other places. I replaced the boot … Continue reading

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How To Unlock and Root a Nexus One

I have a Nexus One that I’ve been fooling around with. It normally doesn’t have a SIM in it, I’m just using it to fool around with. So I’ve muddled my way through installing Froyo on it manually and taking … Continue reading

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Compiling C Code for Android Using OS X

I wanted to try out compiling some native C code for use on my device, but I wanted to do it using my OS X machine. I found this post about using the prebuilt toolchain over at Android Tricks, but … Continue reading

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Root Access Terminal Under Cupcake

I imaged my development phone with the Android 1.5 images from HTC. I was able to su to root when I connected to the phone using “adb shell”, but wasn’t able to get root when using the terminal app on … Continue reading

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