To root or not to root? This is a question that obsesses many Android phone owners. Un-rooted Android phone owners may feel excluded from some of life’s greater technical, gaming or social pleasures.

Install the Official TWRP App from the Play Store to start the installation process. Back up your device and ensure it is rooted before installing TWRP to avoid issues. Use TWRP to try new software ...

Third-party apps can now access the same functionality as Digital Wellbeing’s bedtime mode in Android 15. Bedtime mode is a feature that silences your phone and changes various screen options to help ...

Phones running stock Android are a dying breed. Sure, phones from Google, Motorola, and a few other brands have a stock-like aesthetic, but they add plenty of features you won’t find in a pure, ...

Despite users really loving customization options, Google has never been too keen on offering such settings on Android Auto, forcing us to stick with the standard wallpaper, icons, and things like ...

Carl Pei is hoping to recreate the success of OnePlus, the smartphone company he founded in 2013, with his new venture, Nothing. Today, the outfit confirmed rumors it was designing and building its ...

SAN FRANCISCO, May 8, 2012 /PRNewswire-Asia/ — ROM developers, other groups and individuals interested in standing out from the crowd now have a new option for ...

Once upon a time Michael Arrington broke the news that Facebook was developing its own phone. That was in 2010. However in a followup interview with TechCrunch, Mark Zuckerberg killed the notion, ...

Here’s a strongly written opinion piece from ComputerWorld‘s Android Power blog called “It’s Time for the baked-in Android UI to die.” JR Raphael doesn’t hold back when he thinks something needs a ...

Manuel Vonau was Android Police's Google Editor until April 2024, with expertise in Android, Chrome, Pixels, and other Google products. For five years, he covered tech news and reviewed devices after ...

Security updates are reaching Android users faster and more reliably than in previous years. In research published this month, German cyber-security firm SRLabs said the Android patch gap has gone ...

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