Summer is here and that means some of us are finally getting outside for the first time in months. Android has lots of apps that motivate you to get outside and be fit. Today, I’m sharing the best 5 running apps for Android: 1) RunKeeper RunKeeper is at the top of most ‘best running app’ lists for a reason: it’s the best running app available for Android today. RunKeeper is a feature-rich running app that lets you add friends, add routes, add music, and map your runs every day. You…
The LG G3 is the ‘unofficial’ upcoming LG flagship device. Although LG hasn’t officially announced it yet, a random Dutch Android site recently released a full list of specs and software features. That means we now know virtually everything there is to know about the device. Without further ado, here are the (unofficial) specs of the (yet to be announced) LG G3: -5.5 inch Quad HD display with 2560x1440 resolution and 538 (!!!) ppi -“Advanced” 13MP camera (we don’t know…
The latest Kantar World Panel market share statistics have been released and they indicate some surprising results. It’s no secret that Android is the most popular operating system in Europe and most developed countries outside of the United States. That fact was easily seen on these latest results. But here’s where things get surprising: iPhone sales experienced a huge drop in the United States, which has traditionally been a bastion for iOS sales and a huge haven of iPhone…
The iPhone 6 is coming out this September (we assume). Like all Apple devices, the iPhone 6 is being kept tightly under wraps. The leaks will start to occur once iPhone 6 orders arrive in Asia, at which point we start to see grainy pictures from tech factories showing random manufacturing parts. Since manufacturers are not yet manufacturing the iPhone 6, we don’t have any leaks or information about it yet. But we can speculate on some of the rumored iPhone 6 features. What will this…
The Galaxy S5 has a heart rate sensor. As expected, that sensor tells you your heart rate in beats per minute. You can track your heart rate over time and monitor changes in your health throughout the days, weeks, months, etc. The Galaxy S5 heart rate sensor’s app, S Health, recently received a software update that judges you based on your perceived stress. Instead of just looking at your heart rate, the new S Health uses heart rate information to make a judgment on your stress. It…
Your Android has a number of physical buttons along the outside case. However, most Android users only use these buttons for a single task. The lock button locks your phone and the volume up and down buttons control volume. However, you can easily change the assignment of these buttons while preserving their original usages. Today, I’m going to show you how to change what your Android’s volume up and down buttons do. The method listed below lets you add new codes to your…
You just got home from work and you’re about to go out to the bar to meet your friends. You usually throw your phone on the charger after you come home but today, you only have a few minutes to boost your battery life. What are you supposed to do? How can you quickly charge your phone and make sure it lasts the entire night? At One Click Root, we have plenty of Android battery tips. Today, we’re going to show you how to charge your Android’s battery to 100% as quickly as…
Android 4.4.3 has been spotted in the wild and is currently being tested by Google employees. New Android updates are usually good news, but it’s been a while since we’ve seen anything substantive come out of Google’s Mountain View headquarters. Android 4.4 was announced about 8 months ago and since then Android users have only received a series of incremental upgrades. Android 4.4.3 will be another incremental upgrade and unfortunately, it could be a bad update for rooted Android…
Last week, we told you that Google was scrapping the Nexus program and preparing something called Android Silver. That headline sounds like an Onion headline, but it was a real news piece. Now, we have further confirmation of the existence of Google Silver. According to recently-released reports from @EVLeaks, Google has officially scrapped the Nexus 6 and replaced it with an LG handset running a Qualcomm MSM8994 processor. LG handset, running a Qualcomm MSM8994, to be among first Silver…
I’m an Android user with lots of friends who use iPhones. Ever since I bought my Android, I’ve noticed that I occasionally do not receive texts from my iPhone-wielding friends – even when those texts appear in our conversation window on the iPhone. Many Android users have experienced this problem and somebody finally decided to figure out why. As it turns out, there was a bug in iMessage that was preventing some texts from being sent to Android devices. iMessage was introduced in…
