Android enthusiasts are serious about rooting. They’re so serious, in fact, that they’ve offered an $18,000 bounty to anyone who can crack the Galaxy S5. That $18,000 bounty was crowdfunded by the folks at the XDA Developers Forum. Users of…
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…
Android rooting is more popular today than it has ever been before. Of course, that has a lot to do with the fact that there are more Android users today than ever before, but the point remains the same. Why do people root their Androids? Why…
One of the biggest joys of rooting is getting to sample new custom ROMs whenever your heart desires. ROMs change the look and feel of your Android phone or tablet. They can improve performance, boost battery life, and breathe new life into an old…
It’s 2014 and there’s never been a better time to root Android. Whether you’re trying to solve fragmentation problems or just checking out some of the awesome root-only apps, there are plenty of benefits to rooting Android in 2014. Here are…
Mac users with rooted Androids are a niche group. However, they do exist. Those users will appreciate the latest announcement from the CyanogenMod team, which introduces the CyanogenMod installer for Mac OS X. The current release is in…
App Ops was a popular Android feature that allowed users to enable or disable operations on a per-app basis. It was found in the stock Android settings menu and it was very useful for many users. For some strange reason, App Ops was disabled in…
One of the weirdest parts about rooting Android is that your phone feels exactly the same before and after rooting. After rooting, your phone boots to the same homescreen and, at first glance, it appears that nothing has changed. Rooting…
If you’re serious about rooting your Android device, then you’re going to have to get used to the Android Debug Bridge (ADB), which is Android’s most widely-used debugging tool. ADB lets users push a file to the /system directory, which is…
Rooting Android is more popular today than it has ever been in the past. Today, some custom ROMs are updated more frequently than stock versions of Android. And of course, there are hundreds of new features and apps to access after rooting your…
