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How to install a custom ROM on your Android phone

By BrianSawyer : 01 December 2010 - 06:41 AM
To install a custom ROM on your phone (for example, to upgrade your behind-the-times Android OS to a more recent version), you'll first need to gain root access. If you haven't rooted your pho...
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How to root your Android phone with one click

By BrianSawyer : 01 December 2010 - 06:21 AM
A while back, I rooted my G1 to install Froyo. But because that phone is relatively slow and has limited space (no removable/replaceable SD card), I've basically reserved that phone for tethering ...
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How to tether your wifi-only iPad to your Android phone

By BrianSawyer : 02 August 2010 - 06:23 AM
I got the wifi-only iPad the week it came out, both because I didn't want to wait for the 3G version and, more importantly, because I didn't think I'd need it (and didn't want another monthly data fee...
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How to Limit Permissions with sudo

By WildBill1941 : 24 October 2009 - 10:40 PM
Leverage Ubuntu's default sudo installation to allow fine-grained control over privileged access.If you have used a number of different Linux distributions in the past, one surprisin...
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