Google’s Nexus 5 smartphone is the first to ship with Android 4.4 KitKat, and the stock software is pretty nice. But if you think you might want to install a custom ROM or custom recovery, it’s a good ...

David is the former Editor-in-Chief of Android Police and now the EIC of Esper.io. He's been an Android user since the early days - his first smartphone was a Google Nexus One! David graduated from ...

The Google Nexus 4 is one of the first devices to ship with Google Android 4.2 Jelly Bean software. But if you want to install custom firmware, run apps that require root access, or make other changes ...

Cameron is a self-made geek, Android enthusiast, horror movie fanatic, musician, and cyclist. When he's not pounding keys here at AP, you can find him spending time with his wife and kids, plucking ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. Time to root your Galaxy Nexus now that @Koush has released official Clockworkmod Recovery for the LTE version ...

Rooting an Android device has become quite easy with a single quick interface. The custom recoveries like TWRP, Philz, and others even facilitates the users with their GUI interface. The users can ...

Rooting an Android device can be as easy as installing a custom recovery through Fastboot mode, booting into the custom recovery, then selecting to install a Superuser client to the /system partition.

Xperia Z users can now install the PhilZ custom recovery, which is based on both ClockworkMod Recovery 6 and TWRP recovery. The PhilZ recovery supports both the HSPA+ and LTE variants of Xperia Z with ...

I’ll do my best to save the choice words that I have over the fact that Verizon’s Galaxy S3 is the only one in the world with a locked bootloader, and instead let you have fun with that. What I will ...