Is It Illegal To Root Your Android or Jailbreak Your iPhone?
Whether you're rooting an Android phones or jailbreaking an iPhone, you're removing the restrictions the manufacturer or cellular carrier placed on the device you own – but is it legal?
How To Root Your First Generation HTC One
Unusually, there are no special utilities that enable this – instead, you must use HTC's approved rooting method.
What Is a Custom Android Recovery? Getting Started With TWRP
What is a custom recovery on Android? What can you do with it? We explain Android recoveries and show you how to get TWRP.
CyanogenMod Installer Now Available For Limited Devices
The official CyanogenMod Installer has just landed in the Play Store alongside a PC client that should make the ROM flashing process much easier.
App Master: A Simple, Clean, Friendly Way To Bulk Uninstall Android Apps
What if there was a bulk-uninstall tool that was focused just on that one task, making it as easy as possible?
Customize Your Phone Without Flashing a ROM With The Xposed Framework
It is common knowledge that the best way to customize your Android device is to flash it with a new ROM. It is also wrong.
6 Key Tips To Avoid Bricking Your Rooted Android Device
When you own a rooted Android phone running a custom ROM, you need to take some precautions or risk "bricking" (destroying) your device.
CyanogenMod To Make One-Click Installer On Play Store
The makers of CyanogenMod, one of the best custom ROMs based on Android, announced on Wednesday that CyanogenMod will be turned into an app you can download and install from the Play Store on unlocked devices.
How to Easily Root, Unroot and Unlock any Nexus Device
The great thing about the Nexus devices like the Nexus 4 and Nexus 10 is that they're easily upgradable, they're free of any bloatware provided by vendors and carriers, and they're made to be tinkered with. Google knows that nerds would want to get customize devices like that, so they don't try to get in the way of such actions -- the bootloader on Nexus devices is easily unlockable, which opens up a world of possibilities with the effort of a single command. Depending on your own needs from your Nexus device, there are a few ways of rooting, unrooting, and unlocking the device.
4 Simple and Easy Tools to Flash Android ROMs Compared
Ever wanted to flash a new ROM on your Android device but didn't have the patience to deal with the whole flashing process? I remember spending hours trying to download, transfer, reboot, flash, reboot, wait, reboot, all just to try out a new ROM. I don't have the time for that anymore and it'd be nice to be able to flash a ROM straight from an app with an intuitive interface. Fortunately, there are some available on the Play Store: Here is a look at four of the best ones.
The Best ROM For Sony Xperia Z? PAC, Reviewed
I had recently started using the Sony Xperia Z, my first non-Samsung Android device in a while. Unlike the international Galaxy S4 (i9500), the Xperia Z has a wealth of available ROMs. Today I'd like to show you a ROM called PAC, which pulls out all the stops when it comes to customization. If you're particular about how you like to customize your device, chances are PAC would help you get the result you want.
How To Root The Samsung Galaxy S4 (I9500 International Version)
So, the brand-new Galaxy S4 has just started retailing! And as most early adopters, one of the first things I wanted to do with my new Galaxy S4 was of course to root it. This post shows exactly how I've done it. The root exploit I used was released by XDA developer cofface. It is not a foolproof procedure, and it does involve some trial and error. The exploit itself offers two rooting methods, only one of which actually worked for me. So, caveat emptor! The good news is that I did end up with a rooted phone, and so can you.
What You Need to Know About Removing Android Bloatware
Lots of phones come with annoying pre-installed software, but you can remove it. Here's how.
How To Unlock, Root & Install a Custom ROM On Your HTC One X
I can't say I've been entirely happy with having switched to Android - poor battery life, lack of system updates and general bugginess of my HTC One X being my main issues - but I heard a custom ROM could go some way to making me a happier Android owner. I therefore spent the afternoon trawling through forums, learning how to do the complete installation process from a stock phone, and I'm compiling that here.
Want to Customize Your Android Device, But Not Sure Where to Start?
Android’s openness is one of its greatest strengths and makes it possible for most devices to be modified in a number of ways. Customizing your device can add new features and make it feel like it is, well, yours. There’s just one problem. The Android modding community is naturally lead by tech-heads and programmers, two groups of people not known for their ability to communicate with the layman.
How To Prevent Updates On Your Rooted Kindle Fire
If you’re one of the many Kindle Fire owners that have rooted their device in order to add functionality (such as access to Google Play) then you will want to prevent the update being sent to your Kindle Fire. Once an update is applied, it undoes the root! Fortunately, several apps can be installed on your Kindle Fire that can be used to prevent future Kindle Fire updates.
How To Deal With Post-Root Kindle Fire Syncing Issues
Amazon is very keen for the Kindle Fire to not be rooted – after all, this breaks the walled garden that they have set up for installing apps, etc. – and regularly push out updates that are intended to prevent or undo rooting. Meanwhile, problems accessing your Kindle books can also occur after rooting. Fortunately, all of these issues can be resolved, relatively quickly.
How To Make the Most of Your Kindle Fire's 8GB Storage
I almost ran out of space on my Kindle Fire last week. Sadly, I was away from my computer, which meant I couldn’t simply move data off the device – I would have to delete it! Fortunately, this didn’t cause much of a problem as I was able to connect to my cloud storage account, upload some bulky data and then download the new book to my device. I should add here that not all of the storage on my Kindle Fire was taken up with eBooks!
Which Android Smartphone Is The Easiest To Hack And Modify?
Android phones are very tweakable and customizable, even in their stock form without any "hacks". But for some of us, we don't care if they're customizable right when we get them, but instead we want to unlock their complete power to do everything we want them to.