Tag: root
Sunshine tool unlocks Motorola, HTC devices, allows ‘s-off’
While you may say that with HTC devices, you are getting your money’s worth – especially for the acclaimed HTC One M8 – there...
Enable call recording on Samsung Galaxy S5, other devices
Call recording is a nice feature to have on smartphone, especially if the user makes phone calls for work that are data and information...
Rooted Android devices being denied access to Barclays bank apps
Barclays is a major bank in the UK and the bank has made a decision that has angered many fans of Android devices. Barclays...
Weak Control adds control to Android devices with mouse and keyboard
An app called Weak Control has hit Google Play in version 1.0 for Android devices running Android 4.4.x or higher. The app works for...
Greenify app gets update, boosts usage on non-rooted devices
If you haven’t discovered the Greenify app yet, then you still might be suffering from envy of those phones which never seem to lag...
Chromecast root access achieved via Teensy boards
The Teensy USB Development Board made by PJRC is famous with DIY hobbyists, students, and budding computer engineers for its low-cost microcontroller chip and...
Root access achieved on LG G3 via Stump Root app
XDA senior developer “jcase” – the same guy who tweeted the makers of Blackphone last week during DefCon that he had rooted the security...
Verizon Galaxy S5 update could break root access
Verizon is rolling out a rather small update for the Samsung Galaxy S5. This maintenance update, which doesn't upgrade the Android 4.4.2 version to...
Root your LG G3 easily with PurpleDrake
If you have been using IOroot and TowelRoot to root your LG G3, check out the new PurpleDrake rooting tool on XDA forum. Created...
By the power of root! File managers square off
We've said it before. For better or worse, one of the things that separates Android from iOS is the fact that we can browse...
Android L theme available for Xposed devices
If you've wanted to experience the new Material design in Android L that almost everyone is talking about, this new Android L theme package...
Android L and Xposed: Keep Calm and Wait for It
After CyanogenMod published its blog post about its plans for Android L support, Xposed Framework creator rovo89 is making a similar appeal to the...