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The LG V30 first came to our senses back in February when we heard it would run 6GB RAM and a Snapdragon 835 chipset. After numerous rumors, leaks, and speculations, it was officially announced in August and we've got our hands-on feature already. The phone arrived with the LG...
How wonderful it would be if all the tools you needed to tweak your phone was available in one program, wouldn’t it? That’s the idea for the SkipSoft Toolkit, which combines all the processes you need to tweak Nexus, Pixel, some Samsung, and OnePlus phones. Now they’re telling us...
As we all know, HMD Global Oy holds the license to produce Nokia smartphones, and produce them they did. The latest of the gang is the true Nokia 2017 flagship, the Nokia 8. The Android community is relatively happy with Nokia, but this community is also pretty keen on...
This will be a bit of good news for people who own the Snapdragon variants of the Samsung Galaxy S8+ (and a little joy for Samsung Galaxy S8 owners as well), as aftermarket developers have released the files needed to get root access for the device. The SamPWND root...
The Amazon Fire Phone was a pretty robust phone for its time, if we talk about the hardware. But then Amazon had to put Fire OS on it, and that is where most people fell out of love for the phone. Amazon’s FireOS was restrictive to the maximum limit...
For understandable security reasons, most people will understand why Android Pay will not work if used on a smartphone that is rooted or has an unlocked bootloader. But it has been confirmed that if you want to use Android Pay on your Android Wear smartwatch, it will not be...
The bootloader is that element in your Android operating system that you have to unlock if you want to flash custom software into your device, and most manufacturers lock it for that very reason – they want you to enjoy the device as they meant it to be used....
Android Pay is one of the widely used mobile payment services today. It rivals Samsung Pay and Apple Pay but it has a bigger advantage because there are more Android devices combined all over the world compared to pure Samsung phones and iPhones. For those people who like to...
This were the questions we all wanted to ask but felt it was too early in the game to ask Google: would the new Pixel smartphones be rootable? And would the bootloaders be unlockable so you could flash the phone with custom software? Well, Google has answered unequivocally –...
Android prides itself in being a relatively open ecosystem, especially compared to iOS. There are disadvantages to that, with malware and security always an issue. But there are advantages – the nature of Android means that it can be heavily personalized in looks and features, provided you get the...
Bootloaders are supposed to be unlocked but unfortunately for some, it can't be. That's the issue now with Motorola as the Amazon Prime Exclusive Moto G4 bootloader has been discovered to be unlockable. The standard is that such unlock must be possible on bootloaders on most phones. It's usually...
The gateway to tweaking your Android device’s software is almost always gaining root access to the device. So for the newer models, those with the itch to tweak are always waiting for the time root access is gained. That time has apparently arrived for the popular Samsung Galaxy S7...