The Galaxy Tab is a great device, I wasn’t too sure about the 7″ form before I purchased mine, but honestly it’s a perfect size. You just don’t realise until you use it. Anyhow, Modaco has just released a custom rom and kernel for the tab that increases performance quite a lot. If you have a tab I definitely recommend you add this to your device. As expected, there isn’t really any good step-by-step instructions out there on how to get this on your galaxy tab, well until now Take the jump for full step-by-step instructions!

Here is the first guest guide to appear on Droid-Den, a guide to rooting your HTC Desire HD written by HocturnalSoul. As with all rooting guides, please read carefully before attempting

Okay, so I have been searching the web for the last 4 hours trying to find a permanent root for the HTC Desire HD, however it looks like no-one has successfully done this yet. Hold back the tears though because I I’m not done.

Through my cyber travels I repeatedly read about an app called VISIONary (trust me, that is how the forums typing it), so I jumped in and had a look. It turns out that this app can perform what can only be called a “TempRoot” and it is incredible. Simply install the .apk, run the programand your HTC Desire HD is rooted! The only problem is that as soon as you reboot your device, it becomes unrooted again. Not to worry though, there is an added option to root on every reboot, OR attempt a “PermRoot”! And guess what, you can even UnRoot if you PermRoot. Now i know what your thinking, “if its only a TempRoot how can you PermRoot? Basically the program itself forces the rooting process every time you reboot, as long as the program is installed on to your device. Also you are NOT able to install custom ROMs as of the time this guide was written.

Take the jump for instructions!

By now you should all know the advantages of rooting your phones right? If you don’t, let me give you a quick reason why you should…

I dropped my HTC Desire last week and it broke, kaboom, dead. For most people this would mean a lot of lost data, lost game progress, lost notes, lost everything. Not for me however, because my Desire was rooted I had a titanium backup task run everynight and store my data to the sdcard. When I got my Galaxy tab, I simply rooted it and applied my backup. My Galaxy Tab now has all the apps and app data that was on the Desire the day it broke.

If that isn’t reason enough, I really don’t know what is. Anyway, on to the guide! It’s bloody simple, takes about 10 seconds too. Follow the jump to see how!

So I picked up the Samsung Galaxy Tab this weekend, and wow what a device it is!! I’m seriously impressed with the build quality, screen quality, sound quality, pretty much everything to be honest. One of the greatest things about it is that pretty much all the android apps currently available in the market run full screen by default. There are some however that do not.. (but not for long!)

Well, one of the reasons I love android is the ability to change so much about the OS to suit your needs. For instance there is an app in the market that lets you change some hidden android settings, and you do not need to root your phone/tablet to do it either! The app is called spare parts and we are going to use this app to make EVERY app show in FULL SCREEN on the Samsung Galaxy Tab!! Follow the jump for full instructions!

Here at Droid Den, we have provided previous guides on how to root your HTC Desire, but each one was dependent upon you running a certain bootloader version on your HTC Desire. Well not any more, this guide will let you root your Desire, regardless of your bootloader version or screen type. It just doesn’t matter. Thinking about why you should root your Desire? Take a look at these advantages:

• Store apps on your sdcard instead of phone memory, regardless of whether the app lets you or not.
• Get rid of those stupid demo apps your provider adds to your phone.
• Take screenshots of your phone from your phone.
• Much better memory management, your phone will never slow down!
• Overclock your phone, more speed! (If possible!)
• Underclock your phone when you don’t need power to save battery.
• Full backup ability. Backup your whole phone state. Restoring this backup puts your phone in the exact same condition as the backup.
• Use Market Enabler to access paid apps if currently unavailable in your country.
• Theme your phone as much as you like.

If you are new to rooting, why not have a quick read of our Android Rooting Glossary of Terms first? If you are still unsure feel free to leave a comment and I’ll do my best to answer it for you.

Ok, so follow the jump for the guide!

One of the most notable issues with the Samsung Galaxy S is to do with it’s lag. It’s an awesome phone, with amazing specs, but it does have a noticeable lag. The reason for this is because of the way Samsung implemented their internal memory. As you should know, the Galaxy S comes with a massive amount of internal memory which is in the form of an internal sdcard (you can still add an external sdcard too). This internal sdcard uses the FAT32 file system, we aren’t sure why they chose this because it is an old method, replaced with more efficient NTFS and ext file system types.

The Galaxy S suffers the lag when the phone attempts to write to this file system, holding up other tasks and giving the effect of the lag. The fix to this issue is to implement an ext partition onto this internal sdcard. This new partition allows the phone to run a lot smoother and faster, if you have a Samsung Galaxy S, then you haven’t even touched upon the power and speed your device is capable of until you follow the guide below. It’s so easy, you really have no excuse not to do it!

This guide will let you root a HTC Desire running a bootloader version of 0.83 or below with an AMOLED OR SLCD SCREEN. Here at Droid Den we already have a guide, but that is only for Desires that have a bootloader version of 0.75 or below. Therefore this guide is to complement the other guide! So what advantages does rooting bring?

• Store apps on your sdcard instead of phone memory. So no more running out of space to install apps!
• Get rid of those stupid demo apps your provider adds to your phone.
• Turn your phone into a WiFi hotspot. Other devices can connect via wireless and share your phones internet
• Take screenshots of your phone from your phone.
• Better memory management, your phone will never slow down!
• Overclock your phone, more speed! (If possible!)
• Full backup ability. Backup your whole phone state. Restoring this backup puts your phone in the exact same condition as the backup.
• Use Market Enabler to access paid apps if currently unavailable in your country.

Follow the jump for the guide!

Ok, so we are all waiting for HTC to release their update to the HTC Desire, offering us the holy grail that is Android 2.2, otherwise known as Froyo. There is however, a way to get this right now, albeit without the Sense interface. Oh yeah, and you need to be rooted, thankfully I also have a guide for that too.

Ok, so the process is now complete, and root access has been gained for the fantastic phone that is the HTC Desire. There are a number of reasons why you might want to root your HTC Desire:

• Store apps on your sdcard instead of phone memory. So no more running out of space to install apps!
• Get rid of those stupid demo apps your provider adds to your phone.
• Turn your phone into a WiFi hotspot. Other devices can connect via wireless and share your phones internet
• Take screenshots of your phone from your phone.
• Better memory management, your phone will never slow down!
• Overclock your phone, more speed! (If possible!)
• Full backup ability. Backup your whole phone state. Restoring this backup puts your phone in the exact same condition as the backup.
• Use Market Enabler to access paid apps if currently unavailable in your country.

Lets get on with this then!

This guide will show you how to add apps2sd functionality to your HTC desire android phone. Before attempting this please make sure you have rooted your HTC desire, this only works if you have followed these specific instructions to root your phone!

You will need the following items to root your HTC Desire:

• Windows PC
• MicroUSB cable
• MicroSD card
• Spare MicroSD card made into a GoldCard <Instructions Here>