android 6.0

Rooting our Android devices is getting more and more difficult. The biggest change with rooting Android 6.0 Marshmallow is the need to flash a modified System image with the boot.img patch prior to installing the custom recovery and flashing the superuser.zip. Chainfire has already updated the...

The Nexus devices are always the first to receive the latest and greatest software from Google. Even older devices like the Nexus 5 generally end up getting the updates. Applying the update is not always the easiest for those of us who like to root and rom our devices. Accepting an OTA update is...

What was the very first HTC smartphone you ever owned? For me it was the HTC Touch Which ran Windows Phone 6. For many of you it was probably the HTC HD2. For a large handful of you your first smartphone was purchased after these two devices came out. My very first experience with Android was...

I can never stress enough how important the development community is for older devices. Once a device hits a certain age it gets end of lifed by OEMs never to be updated again. This means that even if security patches come out those devices will remain unsecured. The rom development community...

The wait is over! Official CyanogenMod 13 nightly builds are finally here. The only bummer about this is that the initial roll out is starting out small. There are only 7 supported devices as of this post. Those devices include the OnePlus One, Nexus 7, LG G4, Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4, LG GPad 7.0, LG...

Just like that we now have the official Xposed Framework and installer available for Android 6.0 Marshmallow. It seems like Xposed for Marshmallow arrived much quicker than Xposed for Lollipop. Devices have only been releasing with Xposed now for a few weeks, but then again we have had preview...

Welcome to Cortex! This is based on the current Developer Preview. I modeled this after how I have my device set up. Sizable feature list, and will have, as of the time of release, the most current apps available (select apps). Features: - Pre-rooted with SuperSU 2.78-SR5 - Includes Busybox...

There are probably still a hand full of you out there using the Galaxy S5. This phone is less than 2 years old so for many of you it is still a great device. If you are hoping Samsung will release Marshmallow to this device I wouldn't hold my breath. Yes it may eventually come, but this device...

The Omni Rom brings a stock Android experience to your device. As they put it, "it's not better it's just different." The rom has just been updated to Android 6.0 Marshmallow on the OnePlus One. This rom brings optimization and some customization options. It's pretty awesome that the dev...

A few weeks ago Chainfire released a root method for Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The only downfall to the method is that it requires you to flash a modified boot image. Chainfire has now released a new root method for Marshmallow on Nexus devices that does not require you to flash a modified boot...

TheRootNinja is the team behind S-Off and bootloader unlocks for most modern HTC devices and some Motorola handsets. They are most well known for their Sunshine S-Off development. They tweeted today that if you are looking to S-Off an HTC device you should do so prior to updating to 6.0. They...

The Nexus 6 was one of the first devices to support Google's latest version of Android, Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The stock images have been out now for weeks. I have been running MM on my Nexus 6 for a few weeks now and so far it is pretty nice. If you are a custom rom user then you probably...

LG recently announced that they would be updating their current flagship the LG G4 to Android 6.0 Marshmallow quickly. There has been no official word on when the roll out would occur. LG must be getting close to an official release. Autoprime posted a build labeled "20A" which could be close to...

The Google Play update will now include support for fingerprint authorization! This is great news for Kanye West who recently blasted any app maker that included in app purchases after North ran up a huge app bill! For now fingerprint authorization is only supported on Android 6.0 which is a...

Today was Nexus day! The embargo for the new Nexus devices was lifted and we got loads of 48 hour reviews. Some of you actually received your 5X today! With the 5X in hand you are probably ready to get that bootloader unlocked and some sort of rom installed. Before you get involved in modding...

While everyone else is starting to receive their Nexus 5X phones you may be getting a bit antsy wondering where in the heck your shiny new device is. While you wait you can get a little taste of the Nexus 5X. Someone has uploaded the stock wallpaper from this device. It should fit most screens...

With a new version of Android comes a whole new batch of custom roms. Being able to always run the latest and greatest version of Android is one of the main reasons I still love to use custom roms. Rom developers don't have hoops to jump through when it comes to adding bloat and overlaying a...

Last week Motorola started sending out invites for an upcoming soak test for a new update of Android. They did not clearly state that this would be their build of Android 6.0 Marshmallow, but being that Motorola has been one of the quickest OEMs around to get the latest version of Android on...

Verizon has been doing everything within their power to eliminate grandfathered unlimited data plans. For a premium of $20 extra per month you can keep your unlimited data. If you are on a legacy Alltel plan like me nothing has changed for you. If you are on an updated tiered data plan then your...

Once again the development community comes through on a major Android update way before the OEM. The Sony Xperia Z1 was released back in September of 2013. This phone will more than likely never be officially updated to Marshmallow. If you want to run Marshmallow on this device you will need to...