One part of our phone that most of us probably haven’t seen for a while, is the stock recovery. Usually we have a custom recovery on our devices, if we use it at all. The reason being is that the ...

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 ...

Android Recovery Mode lets you carry out maintenance on your phone, including pushing through updates and performing hard resets, so it can be a useful option if all else fails. However, different ...

The Google Nexus 7 is a pretty great tablet right out of the box. It has a speedy NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor, a 7 inch, 1280 x 800 pixel display, and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean software. But ...

Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich looks good on the Galaxy Nexus, but it would be better if you have the power to customize the phone the way you want it. Customizing your phone is possible if the ...

This is the first episode of our new series, Android Power User, where we talk about technology, definitions, and concepts to help regular Android users become Android Powerusers! The bootloader, in ...

A researcher has unlocked the bootloader on Samsung Galaxy S4 Android devices, enabling the uploading of custom kernels and software. Those of you who like to tinker and jailbreak Android phones ...

Shawn is a software engineer and a mobile tech degenerate by night. His daily drivers are a Galaxy S7 Edge and an iPhone 6S Plus. As a follow up to our recent PSA on bootloader quirks with GPE devices ...

OnePlus is always known for its affordable yet powerful devices. OnePlus 3 and 3T also follows the same regime and carries the flagship Qualcomm chipset of that time. In today’s writeup, we will guide ...