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It is a known fact that AMOLED displays can display a truer darker black. The reason for this is that to represent black they simply turn off pixels. The screens have no back lighting since light is produced when current passes through the organic material the display is made of. This means you...

The custom rom front has been pretty quiet over the past year or so. Many of the major roms have seen leadership adjustments while some of the bigger Roms have gone on hiatus as far as updates are concerned. Over the past few weeks it seems like many Rom teams have broken the silence and are...

As you can imagine things said by the President on a cell phone should remain between the President and the other party. Devices used by the President must be locked down tightly! The phone of choice for our President has been the beloved blackberry. Recently he has adopted Android and the only...

Google has finally done it! They have added the feature that we have all been waiting for into Android. Now you can easily brick your device thanks to some helpful code added by Google to Android. Why might you want to brick your phone you ask. Well that is a good question. Google has been...

Today in SIIIIIIIICKKKKKK news Tendigi just released a video showcasing a case made for the iPhone which allows it to run a special version of Marshmallow. Technically the iPhone is still running iOS. The case includes a custom 3D printed silicone housing. On the inside sits a circuit board...

Hello everyone, Ian G Marshall here from paris, France. Glad to discover this forum. Hope I can (at last) some invaluable tech info from this source. Here's my "dilemma" I mostly use Dolphin browser with my Android devices. Once I've a web site hit, I can : - save url as a bookmark for further...

Yet again we have another amazing wallpaper collection from the guys over at AndroidGuys. As you know wallpapers are the quickest and easiest way to update and customize your homescreen. Finding the perfect wallpaper at the right resolution for your screen can be a pain in the neck though. This...

Earlier this year we took a look at the 74 emojis that were being considered for Unicode 9.0. It seems the final list of additional emojis has been decided. The Unicode Technical Committee has approved the following 72 emojis for Unicode 9.0 which will land on both Android and iOS later this...

Chainfire's FlashFire is now available on the Play Store. Until now it has only been available through Google's cumbersome BETA program which required you to first sign up for the beta program and then download the beta file before installing. FlashFiire allows you to flash mods and zips without...

Can a tree that falls when no one is around make a sound? Can a phone booth phone ring without being answered? Can a smartphone notify without you checking it? My wife just about loses it every time my phone receives a notification. She is always worried that I may have just been notified that...

The kids are finally out of school, its warm enough to hit up the beach, and Summer has officially arrived! Your phone may not have that summer flair yet. If so you are probably looking for some summer time theming options for your phone! Android Guys are back at it again! They have put together...

Right now is the perfect time to stock up on icon packs. Many of the Vertumus series icon packs are on sale for 50% off. This means you can pick up 19 new icon packs for only $.99 each! Each of these icon packs includes thousands of hand themed icons and countless custom wallpapers. The icon...

Everyone gets those pesky telemarketing calls from time to time. Who knows how they get your number. They may have acquired it from a contest you entered online, from a craigslist posting, or some online service that secretly sold your info to a 3rd party. There are also those people who...

I feel like an old timer and I'm only 29 years old. I can remember back when I was in school we used these things called pencils and paper to convey a message. If we made a mistake we would actually use this thing called an eraser. These days all the kids have macbooks and ipads assigned to...

The system is contradicting itself about apps taking up storage space. It says that my apps take up 3 GB, but when I add up the totals of my individual apps storage space, it barely comes to 2GB. Also it says I have used up 4.5 GB of internal storage, but I've only used up '3 GB' of app...

Gone are the years of unlimited all you can eat 4G LTE data, for many of you that is. I am still holding on to my grandfathered Alltel plan for dear life. You can't beat unlimited 4G plus unlimited texts and 500 minutes to share for just $145! For those of you on a shared data plan or a limited...

This may not be Android related, but it was too cool not to share. How cool would it be if all the normal stuff in your life was connected? Films from yesteryear imagined a future with touch interfaces displayed on glass and mirrors. Today some random guy released a video demoing his project...

But its free how could I possibly be stealing? This is they grey area that causes people to do things like go to the piratebay to download the latest episode of the Simpsons or ShowBox to stream the latest episode of The Flash. I mean if I can record it for free on my VCR why is it illegal to...

Daaaaaaaaaaaannnnnngggggg Drum Destroyer! Back at it again with the hot new icon pack! Saturate is the latest in icon customization from our favorite Android themer DrumDestroyer. The icon pack features strong splashes of color exactly where they are wanted! The rest is desaturated where the...

From time to time we get some major scares in the Android community when it comes to vulnerabilities in the system. Each time the major Android news outlets take to the web to scare Android users into thinking of switching to iOS. For the most part these end up being major click bait headlines...