rooting

If you have tinkered with your Android smartphone, you must have surely come across the mighty Developers Option and the USB debugging mode. This mode is used when you want to do even the tiniest of changes on your Android through ADB. ADB or th

To Root or not to Root an Android is a never ending debate. Surely, rooting opens a window of opportunities for Android but then it also makes it vulnerable to security threats and voids the phone warranty, which are two major red flags. In fact

Rewind a couple of years back, when even a simple act of grabbing a screenshot required a rooted Android phone. Thanks to constant changes in the smartphone tech, now most of the stuff can be handled well by a rooted phone. While rooting an Android p

Rooting an Android device isn’t so essential these days as it used to be a couple of years earlier. But still, it hasn’t stopped Android geeks from unleashing the full potential of their device. Rooting has its own pros and cons but mainly i

In March this year, we had written a post on how to increase the internal storage on Android devices using adaptable storage. If you recollect, we had mentioned that not all phone makers — including Samsung and Xiaomi — give the op

It has been just a couple of days since the launch of the Android O Beta version. Now as we wait for the latest version of Android to our systems later this year, I can’t but wonder at the fact that a maj

Today’s Android smartphones are becoming more seamless. Manufacturers want to make their devices more thinner and coherent, with glass & metals being the choice of materials this days. The latest victim of this trend was the headphone jack whic

Most OEMs nowadays provide a good amount of RAM to hold those memory-intensive games, along with some useful apps, in the background. But, these don’t remain in memory for a long time. Most Android devices start their memory cle

So, Android Nougat will be releasing later this summer or fall. Google has already pushed out 4 developer previews with many cool features and more to come. You can’t easily get your hands on these updates unless you’ve got at least one devi

Le 2 is a great device with disruptive pricing. But do you know how you can make it even better? Well, rooting it would be the way.

I have always preferred rooted Android devices over unrooted ones because of the limitless customization features that come with it. However, lately with so many features like app backup, theming, icon support and other stuff coming to Android w

Doze Mode in Android Marshmallow is the solution to battery drain when your phone is in idle state for a long time. The wait time for the phone to actually go into Doze mode is 30 minutes. But, in the past, we had shown how you can force this Doze mo

Android N Preview is already bringing in surprises. Last week a video was posted on YouTube demonstrating 3D touch on Android. The pressure-sensitive touch functionality has been available since API Level 5 (Android 1.0). Well, Google finally fo

A rooted phone always has an upper hand when compared to the same phone without root access. Of course, in most of the cases, one might lose warranty and OTA updates.

Lenovo K3 Note has become one of the best-selling smartphones in India. It launched with Android 5.0 and sporting some high-end specs. You might be knowing that K3 Note will get Official Android 6.0 Marshmallow update in September. Bro, that’s a lo

Android devices come with a lot of system sounds like locking the screen to focusing on a photo or the shutter sound while clicking a photo. The other day, I came across an app which has been there in the Play Store for a while now and using which on

It’s awesome that you decided to finally root your Android phone. It’s going to unlock so many super powers. While you don’t need to, the biggest motivation for rooting a phone is, of course, to flash a custom ROM. This can be either CyanogenMo

We have always talked good things when it comes to rooting of an Android phone. Without any second thoughts, I can say that an Android user with a rooted phone gets more done from his device when compared to the same phone without root access. H

Since its release in last December in India, YU’s Yureka has sent waves across the budget phone segment. With specs that are comparable to the ones offered in high end phones (I am looking at you HTC Desire 820

OnePlus One is the geek’s phone. It’s kind of the new Nexus. So it’s a shame that upgrading this phone to Lollipop is not smooth as candy. If you’re in India, you’re not even sure if you’re going to get Cyanogen OS 12S OTA update. The rol