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HuluBerry not working? CrackBerry.com has a solution!
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HuluBerry not working? CrackBerry.com has a solution!

Posted by Joseph Holder on 22 Jan 2012 7:01 pm
After rooting your BlackBerry PlayBook, you'll find that DingleBerry 3.x installs a very nice little application to your PlayBook. It's called HuluBerry and allows you to watch Hulu videos from a specially-designed browser on your PlayBook. If you live outside of the US, I'm afraid your Hulu dreams are dashed for the time being. Unless you can find a US proxy that plays nice with Hulu, that...
DingleBerry updated to v3.1.0
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DingleBerry updated to v3.1.0

Posted by Joseph Holder on 20 Jan 2012 5:16 pm
Well, that didn't take long! The good people of the DingleBerry team have just released version 3.1 of the DingleBerry rooting tool. Just a few days ago, DingleBerry 3.0.x was released, bringing one-click root and the HuluBerry app for the PlayBook. Rooting your BlackBerry PlayBook allows the device to do things it wasn't designed to do, like downloading applications from the Android Market...
Rooting your BlackBerry PlayBook is easier than ever with DingleBerry 3.x
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Rooting your BlackBerry PlayBook is easier than ever with DingleBerry 3.x

Posted by Joseph Holder on 18 Jan 2012 5:24 pm
If you've ever wondered if it was worth your time and effort to root/jailbreak your BlackBerry PlayBook, wonder no longer. The latest DingleBerry rooting tool, DingleBerry 3.x, makes rooting your PlayBook a simple matter of activating Developer Mode on your PlayBook and following the instructions in the DingleBerry program. With the release of DingleBerry 3.x, Mac and Linux machines get some...
Having trouble with the Android Market on the PlayBook?
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Having trouble with the Android Market on the PlayBook?

Posted by Joseph Holder on 7 Jan 2012 4:15 pm
On January 1, we rang in the New Year by bringing you our How-to on installing the Android Market to your BlackBerry PlayBook. From the comments and Tweets, it looks like the guide was a big hit. Congratulations to the many of you who've successfully run and used the Android Market! Not everyone has been met with success, though. In both the comments and forums, we've seen reports of the...
How to install the Android Market and other applications to your BlackBerry PlayBook
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How to install the Android Market and other applications to your BlackBerry PlayBook

Posted by Joseph Holder on 1 Jan 2012 4:35 pm
The BlackBerry PlayBook is a tablet like no other. The powerful QNX Real Time Operating System embedded within allows it run an entirely different operating system as another application on top of the standard PlayBook OS. This is how the PlayBook will run repackaged Android applications. For the most part, though, repackaged apps will appear to run just like regular PlayBook applications. That'...
Want to root your PlayBook? You still can - downgrade your OS today!
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Want to root your PlayBook? You still can - downgrade your OS today!

Posted by Joseph Holder on 31 Dec 2011 7:04 pm
With the release of OS 2.0.0.6149 (Beta), Research In Motion successfully plugged the security hole that DingleBerry 2.11 used to gain root access to the BlackBerry PlayBook. What's more, Research In Motion also broke the Android Market by disabling Accounts & sync in the version of the Android operating system that runs-- on top of the PlayBook's OS. Even if you managed to jailbreak ....
[UPDATED] So you want to root/jailbreak your BlackBerry PlayBook with DingleBerry? Here’s how to do it
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[UPDATED] So you want to root/jailbreak your BlackBerry PlayBook with DingleBerry? Here’s how to do it

Posted by Joseph Holder on 16 Dec 2011 1:45 pm
Here's how to root/jailbreak your BlackBerry PlayBook with DingleBerry!   [Update 31 December 2011]: OS 2.0.0.4869 (Beta) is no longer available for download, however there is a method for installing this OS to your PlayBook using a local copy of the OS.  Check out OpenSourceBB for the full details. Greetings to you, intrepid warrior of the digital age! I don't use that word "warrior"...
Rooted BlackBerry PlayBook is able to run the Android Market, check out how to do it
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Rooted BlackBerry PlayBook is able to run the Android Market, check out how to do it

Posted by Jared DiPane on 8 Dec 2011 11:54 am
Rooted your BlackBerry PlayBook but were left wondering why exactly you did it? Well as developers continue to hack away at fun things for us to do with the new found root we know one thing you can do -- install the Android Market! The instructions are a bit complicated, and probably not for everyone but if you are feeling brave today be sure to hop into the forums and check out how it is done...