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If you are in need of pushing, pulling, or performing some other Android Device Bridge (adb) duties on your T-mobile G2, here’s how to make your PC recognize your device. By plugging in your USB cable to your PC, you’ll most likely see the following when issuing the “adb devices” command.

C:\Users\Andy\adb\tools>adb devices
List of devices attached

The problem is that your PC does not have the correct drivers loaded. This just means your Windows based computer doesn’t know what to do with that phone of yours when connected. If you opened up your device manager, you’ll see an adb device with an exclamation point indicating failure to load drivers.

Assuming you already have adb tools downloaded, grab the usb drivers. This will appear under your “tools” directory. Now open up “android_winusb.inf” with notepad (or something equivalent) and add the following.

Right below “[Google.NTx86]” and “[Google.NTamd64]” add:

;T-Mobile G2
%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C91
%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C91&MI_01
;

Now go back into device manager and perform the driver update option on that mysterious adb device we spoke about earlier. This will allow both 32bit and 64bit Windows PCs to see your G2 after it has been installed.  These drivers were tested on Windows 7 Pro 64bit and confirmed to be working.

After being on a Droid X for about month, I felt something missing. Only after I went back to a Droid Incredible today did I realize it was the ability to flash kernels. I happily loaded up KingKlick’s BFS#5. With overclocking speeds built in, interactive governor, loads of speed increments, undervolting and a slew more options, it’s a phone nerds best friend. This is what I’ve been missing and it’s a damn shame this kind “openness” is disappearing it seems.

If you are thinking about rooting your Droid Incredible, do not install the latest over the air (OTA) update. Reports are showing it stops the Unrevoked rooting method.

You can opt to root first, then install a custom rom that has the OTA update incorporated if you are itching to be updated.

This is not really Droid related by any means, but it’s a testament to the drive some of these developers have in making their devices, theirs. Some folks were worried that the T-mobile G2 would be locked forever preventing a permanent root. There was the Visionary app which had a semi-permanent root where it re-rooted on every reboot for you. However, this morning permanent root was achieved.

As always, here’s the specific forum post over at XDA with the IRC log. Expect a how-to shortly once they get this perfected for the masses. Did the HTC source release help move this along? Either way, G2 users rejoice.

There are a number of digital clocks on the market, but none are as simple and sleek as dclock. However, the only downside is that in stock form, there’s no way to make the background transparent. After some searching, it looks like someone on XDA gone ahead and done everyone a huge favor.

Feel free to jump over to that thread to grab the .apk or download below. Install via your favorite file manager.

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