Some of you may have gotten a CR48 when Google had their initial Chromebook program, and it may have gotten boring staying on ChromeOS this whole time. Now you can install Android 4.0 ICS on it! All hardware is functional, except for the function keys up top (at one point I rotated the screen somehow, I’m still trying to figure out how). I can not guarantee that Verizon data will work, I do not have the plan. If you have any experience installing Linux, this will not be too much of a challenge for you.

Protip: Use a Gparted USB to partition your drive before installing from the Android USB

I, nor the Droidaphile team are responsible if you end up ripping your Chromebook apart, and setting it on fire, or any other damage.

If you already have a replaced BIOS, you may skip to part B.

A. 1. Create a backup of your current system and flash BIOS. Directions: http://cr-48.wikispaces.com/Flash+BIOS

B. 1. Download unetbootin to create a bootable USB for Android: http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/

2. Download the iso for Android. File name: android-x86-4.0-RC1-eeepc.iso Link: http://www.android-x86.org/download

3. Create a bootable USB with unetbootin with the iso you downloaded.

4. (Yes, I realize it is technically for an eeepc, but that does not matter)

5. Power off your CR48 and put in the USB.

6. Turn it on, and right away press F10, or the volume up key to go to the boot chooser.

7. Choose the name of your USB, and hit enter.

8. Choose install, and go through the guided install.

9. You will want to choose an sda partition, if you partitioned with gparted it will probably be sda1, if you want to create one here, do so.

10. After doing that, you will probably want a virtual SD card, I chose the default size, you may choose to put in you want.

11. You’ll also want to install GRUB bootloader, if you want to boot.

12. From here you should be good, reboot, take out your USB, set up wifi, and go bother all your friends for apk files that aren’t compatible.

If you have any questions, contact me on my Google+ account ( https://plus.google.com/?fd=1#116972407892019099522/posts) just comment here.

Hello, my name is Michael, and I’m a crackflasher. The first step to quitting is admitting you have a problem.

Many of us love to flash ROMs, right?  Personally, I tend to flash a new ROM about 3-4 times a week, sometimes more. Some people flash daily, some flash weekly, some flash monthly, how often do you find yourself flashing an update, or a new ROM? Leave your answer in the comments, along with how you access those ROMs.

Have you ever felt the urge to go look at a whole bunch of Android devices? Well, even if you haven’t Google gives us a Gallery of all Android devices approved by them. If you don’t know what an approved Google device is, it is any device that is shipped with Google apps (Play Store, Maps, etc.). This gallery could also help you help someone new to Android choose a device, whether they want a lower end phone that costs little and that’s updated well, or a higher end phone that’s more expensive, better quality, but may not be as up to date. It also could help get all those people off of your back, if you’re a person like me who brags to everyone that my phone is better than theirs.

Here’s the link for your viewing pleasure: http://www.android.com/devices/

Building your own Rom, or at the very least building your own version of a Rom. We have all wanted to do it at some point. And now if you are running Ubuntu 10.04 – 12.04 tool are at hand to make the task easier.

The GUI CyanogenMod Compiler Tool for Ubuntu gives you the ablity to do just just through a pretty interface. Choose your device, choose your OS (Gingerbread/Ice Cream Sandwich), tweak it here and there and off you go.

Something to bear in mind is that you won’t be downloading a couple of 100mb (or whatever) sized files. You will be downloading a couple of gigabyte of data. Make sure you have the hard-drive space and the bandwidth allowance to cover all that.

Another thing, this is still in beta, expect a couple of bugs, and a few things not working right. However help is on hand over at the Xda thread should you run into any problems. Also, if it breaks, don’t blame us.

And if you do give it a go let us know how you are getting along in the comments.

(via OMGUbuntu)