MTekk: Benchmarking the Overclocked Xda II (with Spb Benchmark, GXMark and PPC Mark).
While fiddling with his Galaxy S III, XDA user Alephzain discovered a way to obtain root without flashing with Odin.
G33k3r, Rohan32 and others at XDA-Developers may just save us from camping at the Google Play storefront through a new software hack.
ENGADGET: Rough hack converts an Optimus G to a Nexus 4, minus the constant sellouts
We saw XDA-Developer member Football4PDA post a schematic of the Accord less than a week ago, and today he's posting what could be more concrete information.
ENGADGET: HTC Accord may become the mid-range 8X, make a little more Sense
As it just so happens, a few lucky individuals have already done just that, and to prove it's momentarily possible, they've shared their success within the forums of xda-developers.
As the folk at XDA know only too well, this particular iteration of Sammy's flagship comes with a sealed bootloader, which makes it resistant (though not impervious) to hackery.
ENGADGET: Verizon Galaxy S III has locked bootloader (but it's been rooted anyway)
Amid the XDA community's ongoing quest to root every Android handset it comes across, one forum user appears to have found a serious exploit that affects certain Exynos devices.
Update : If you need a hint, several commenters have pointed out posts on XDA Developers by ASUS' Gary Key indicating firmware 9.4.2.21 will arrive "by March 30th" so it shouldn't be a long wait.
Luckily, a community fostered fix seems pretty simple too -- XDA user RyanZA has already created a patch to modify write permissions on affected devices -- though Galaxy S III users are reporting that the fix cripples the phone's camera app.
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