Tag: root
5 ways to give life and muscle to your older Android device
Every year, we Android fans are tempted by the upgrade bug as every year, manufacturers come out with new designs, new flagships and midrange...
Root and S-Off achieved on HTC One A9
One peculiarity of HTC devices is the S-Off/S-On system, which protects the device from being tweaked with non-official ROMs and tweaks. So to fully...
Here’s How to Bypass Factory Reset Protection on a Samsung phone
Rooting is not exactly safe and secure for any platform but genius hackers always have a way around different issues that may be encountered....
Chainfire puts out ‘system-less’ root experiment for Marshmallow
We recently told you that legendary Android developer “Chainfire” was calling it quits with SuperSU, but will make his quitting a gradual process. In...
Netguard allows app Internet permission even without root access
Google removed the Internet permission on Android when the Lollipop was released last year. That irked some hardcore Android users but it didn't become...
Root access, custom recovery now available for Nexus 5X
It’s only been weeks since we’ve finally gotten to meet Google’s new line of Nexus smartphones – the smaller (but probably just as robust...
Titanium Backup gets updated, more ready for Marshmallow
Titanium Backup is simply the best backup tool for rooted Android devices out there, bar none. If you like rooting and tweaking your Android...
Greenify attempts to make a ‘better’ Doze mode in Android Marshmallow
For people who have searched far and wide for better battery performance, one of the logical software answers would be the app called Greenify....
FireEye discovers Kemoge, yet another Android malware
Aside from StageFright which was recently followed up by StageFright 2.0, there's another threat to Android security. If you ever come across Kemoge, that's...
Chainfire relinquishes ownership of SuperSU app, will pursue other projects
As long as this writer has been writing about Android (a couple of years) and using Android devices (maybe even longer), SuperSU has been...
Android Pay not coming to rooted devices anytime soon
As Android Pay gains momentum as being the standard for wireless payments on an Android device, a lot of those power users and developers...
Edit build.prop DHA properties to fix RAM management on Note 5
You may be one of the few lucky geeks who got their hands on the new Samsung Galaxy Note 5 phablet but unfortunately, there are...