For all of Android's flexibility and customization, carriers and phone makers still manage to lock down plenty of restrictions, skins, and preloaded software that you just don't want. There isn't ...
Not impressed by the Ice Cream Sandwich Android upgrade on your Samsung Galaxy S2? Then go off-piste with an unofficial interface. Damien McFerran has more than a decade of experience in the ...
The team behind the Paranoid Android ROM has now announced that its Android 11-based “Ruby” update is now available in alpha for the OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro. With Android 11 ROMs being few and far between ...
The Chinese smartphone manufacturer is always keen to garner more and more sales with its competitive pricing of mid-range smartphones. They are also working to improve on the software support, but ...
Even though Android 6.0 Marshmallow has been available since October 2015, its market share is still less than 20 percent, according to the most recent statistics from Google. For most users, the main ...
After rooting an Android phone, you can switch the operating system ROM whenever you want. The rooting process removes the preinstalled operating system on the Android phone, replacing it with a ...
If you’ve sniffed around blogs or articles about mobile phones, you’ve probably seen mention of “custom ROMs” or “mods.” What do they do for a phone? As with rooting, a ton of information is out there ...
LineageOS 23 drops on Android 16 but uses QPR0; QPR1 features are missing due to delayed Google source releases. Google bundles patches into quarterly QPRs and withholds full Pixel sources, making ...
With Android 7.0 Nougat is now rolling out for a handful of Google devices and source code for this latest version has been already uploaded, we have now started receiving custom ROMs for many popular ...
Galaxy Ace S5830 gets new KitKat features via stable build of Android 4.4.2 CyanogenMod 11 ROM The Galaxy Ace GT-S5830 is among the few lucky Jelly Bean devices to receive latest Android 4.4.2 KitKat ...
It's getting pretty busy in Android Malware Land with many recent threats being reported, discovered and removed by Google itself from the Android Market but recent discoveries point towards a new ...