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11 August 2010 ~ Comments Off

HTC releases kernel sources for Aria, Evo, Incredible, Wildfire

Late last night HTC released a torrent of code — kernel sources for the Aria, the Evo 4G update, the Incredible update, and the Wildfire; plus the FRF91 system image for the Nexus One (Happy dance).  Even though they are obliged to release the ke…

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23 July 2010 ~ Comments Off

Why ‘open source’ isn’t always ‘open’

Our pal Robert Werlinger from sister site PreCentral.net has been at the O’Reilly Open Source Conference this week in Portland, Ore., and sat in on the "Your Smartphone May Not Be as Open as You Think" session. And, obviously, that’s been a t…

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05 July 2010 ~ Comments Off

HTC developer site updated with kernel sources to Evo 4G and HTC Hero

Better late than never, HTC has released the Linux kernel source code for the HTC Evo 4G and both GSM and CDMA HTC Hero updates.  This should allow the development community to address and improve some current issues (30 FPS cap anyone?) as well a…

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06 June 2010 ~ Comments Off

Nexus One USB host built and running a little bit of everything

Nexus one USB host on an incredibly techie desk

Here’s a guy with tech skills cranked up to 11.  Sven Killig has built USB host drivers for the Nexus One and shows them off in a big way.  USB keyboards, webcams, flash drives, even output to the big screen on his desk.  Speaking of the desk, you know something good has to come from anyone with that many cables and gigawatts laying around. 

He’s has released a pre-built kernel for Android 2.2 (tested, should work on 2.1 as well according to Sven), and has full instructions (including the needed hardware) for the D-I-Y types.  Check out Sven’s site here for the rundown, and hit the break for an incredibly cool video. [via Engadget]

Posted originally at Android Central

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03 May 2010 ~ Comments Off

HTC releases source code for Droid Incredible, Eris, Legend

HTC Droid Incredible Source Code

HTC late last week released its kernel for the Droid Incredible (along with the Eris and Legend) giving chefs another platform on which to cook customs ROMs. That said, we’re still waiting on the Incredible to be cracked open and rooted. And while HTC is required to release the kernel code, its proprietary code remains, well, proprietary, so we’re not getting a complete look under the hood. But it’s definitely a start. [HTC via laxattack in the AC Forums]

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