Hasta La Gadget!

We’ve seen the inside of the hardware for Samsung’s Galaxy S, and now a Russian coder who goes by the name LeshaK is ready to take you down to the core of the software — despite himself not actually having one of the phones. He’s posted a kernel that you can apply for easy unpacking or, if that’s not your thing, provided the commands you can use to do it yourself, which look to be as simple as changing the permissions on ‘su’ and then re-flashing the phone with the new, lighter restrictions. We’re not able to test this ourselves, but a few users are reporting infinitely looping reboots when trying to apply this, so we’d advise reading the entire thread on the other end of that source link before you go ahead and ruin your whole Wednesday.

[Thanks, Amit]

Hacker finds root for Samsung’s Galaxy S originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 23 Jun 2010 08:21:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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How desperate are you to get Netflix running on your iPhone? Desperate enough to jailbreak, grab frameworks from your iPad, and do some plist hacking? If the answer to those questions is “yes,” then the folks at ModMyi have something they’d like to show you. According to the site, a tipster has been able to get the video streaming service up and playing on an iPhone by making what appears to be fairly simple changes to his device; namely, boosting the iPad’s MediaPlayer.framework and altering plist settings once the app was installed on his phone. It’s not all wine and roses, as using Netflix where it’s not supposed to be used causes a massive battery drain (go figure), and there are issues with crashing and 3G playback (two more unsurprising problems). Still, it can be done, and this is just the start — so if you want to get in on the party (and maybe even help out a little bit), hit the read link and see what it’s all about.

Update: Cody tells us the powers that be have already disabled this little gem of a workaround. We have to hand it to you, powers that be — that was mighty quick for a Memorial Day weekend.

[Thanks, Cody]

Netflix for iPad hacked and running on iPhone (update: disabled) originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 30 May 2010 13:58:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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After a brief delay, looks like CyanogenMod 5 is now out for the HTC Dream, Magic and Sapphire, also known as the T-Mobile G1 and myTouch 3G. The release is labeled as experimental, so take care not to flash it onto your work phone, and G1 owners should back up their data as they’ll need to install a little something called the DangerSPL (which has phone bricking potential) and perform a full wipe. If you’re the kind of individual who doesn’t shy away from software explicitly labeled “danger,” get cracking on that rooted Eclair at the source link.

Update: Can’t get through? That’s because the sheer willpower of Android early adopters is crushing websites hosting the CM5 ROM like so many stale pretzels. Cyanogen is retweeting alternative options if you simply can’t wait for things to quiet down.

Cyanogen 5.0.7 experimentally brings Eclair to G1, myTouch 3G — caveats apply originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 29 Apr 2010 23:12:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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You better believe it when notorious iPhone jailbreaker MuscleNerd — a well-respected member of the iPhone Dev-Team — declares root access on an iPad. According to this fella’s tweets, this new hack is a port of Comex’s “Spirit” jailbreak that exploits a bug found on both iPhone OS 3.1.3 and the iPad’s 3.2. No downloads are offered right at this moment, but it shouldn’t be long before we can throw in all sorts of wild apps and widgets as we wish. Video after the break.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

Continue reading iPad ‘Spirit’ jailbreak demonstrated by MuscleNerd, now it really is magical (video)

iPad ‘Spirit’ jailbreak demonstrated by MuscleNerd, now it really is magical (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Sun, 04 Apr 2010 13:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Is your Palm Pre feeling a bit down? In the dumps? Not as snappy as it used to? Maybe what you need is a megahertz boost! This custom kernel, demonstrated in a video below, comes courtesy of two hackers called unixpsycho and caj2008. One quick install will make your dull and lifeless 1.3.5.1 Pre come alive. Warning: use of this software may “frakk” your Pre if deployed on a 1.4 device. Side effects include reduced battery life and increased pocket warmth. If your Pre develops excessive heat see a doctor immediately — or just turn it off for awhile.

Update: caj2008 dropped us a note to point out that battery life is “not significantly affected” by this patch, but we’re still waiting on the FDA ruling on that one.

[Thanks, Darren]

Continue reading Overclocked Palm Pre is just what the doctor ordered

Overclocked Palm Pre is just what the doctor ordered originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 15 Mar 2010 08:44:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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