Version 0.6.1 had a bumpy release. A small repo conundrum caused an old FC to creep back into the release. That's what I get for using subversion over afs. Here's what's new:

As explained by Android Police, rooting an Android phone does not necessarily mean installing a custom ROM. Do you want to root the phone but avoid the hassle of custom ROMs?

Suppose you want one Android phone to connect to another. Unfortunately, the WifiManager in stock Android ignores ad-hoc networks. There are a couple ways around this:

Barnacle Wifi Tether is a combination of three tools to provide wifi tethering capability on an Android phone. Those three tools are:

I have developed Barnacle Wifi Tether in my spare time on my girlfriend's request. Her Android phone didn't have a data plan as did mine, so wifi tethering was her birthday gift. In my ambition, I decided to develop a solution that would not require flashing a custom kernel. I learned a lot about Android app development in the process.