Introduction In the world of Android development and quality assurance, one topic always sparks debate between rooted versus non-rooted devices. For testers and QA professionals, the decision to test on either environment carries important…
A rooted Android device showcases more performance power and an extended battery life. Rooting an Android phone with your Mac follows specified techniques and requires special tools. Use Homebrew to create an SDK library and enable Developer Options…
Summer 2016 is just around the corner and there’s never been a better time to root your Android device. Rooting has remained hugely popular for Android users throughout 2016, and summer always sees a spike in the number of roots…
With the Android market share in the high eighties, it is not surprising that more and more mobile browsers are being launched. The latest is a chromium based one called Gello from CyanogenMod. Gello not compatible with older devices CyanogenMod…
Now that you have decided to go ahead with rooting, it is time to find the best methods as well as tools that will help you to make it a success. Remember each phone model is different and there is no one method suiting all kind of a thing. However,…
When it comes to something new like rooting, it is understandable people have many questions to ask. This post tries to answer some of the more common ones for your benefit: a) How is rooting, flashing ROM and unlocking different from each…
The Android Kit Kat 4.4 OS has introduced many changes that are making it increasingly difficult for anybody to carry out systemic changes in the OS. Initiatives such as the SELinux, and dm-verity kernel are being used for booting as well as to…
The tremendous strides made by Android as an operating platform for mobile phones and tablets has not gone unnoticed by malware developers and hackers. More than a billion devices have been sold and that offers tremendous opportunities to such…
While there are both kinds of people in tho world - the ones who root their android advices and the ones who don’t - not all of us know why exactly we do it or why we don’t do it. Yes, its true, don’t be embarrassed, some of us…
There is no doubt about the customization and other flexibility features that the Android platform offers the user. However, due to some overenthusiastic OEMs and handset manufacturers, you have a scenario where you are unable to get the best out of…
