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One of the main complaints about the Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL is the fact that Google opted to go with sRGB for the display color scheme. As a result colors are more natural and muted which is fine for some, but others would like the option to customize the colors. Thanks to a new app called Oreo...

It may be hard to believe, but Android Oreo has been out for a while now and Google is getting ready to give us another update. They just started rolling out the Android 8.1 Developer Preview Build to those in the Android Beta Program. Google has promised that we will see a final 8.1 build in...

The Huawei Pro 8 is the new and better version of the Honor 8 that took the world by storm last year. Now the phone is even more attractive with a working custom recovery that will allow you to easily root the phone and install custom Roms! Developer OldDroid from Team OpenKirin has just...

The Galaxy S8 won't officially release until April 21, but you can actually install many of the touchwiz elements from the S8 to your Galaxy S7 or pretty much any Samsung device running Nougat. This is all thanks to a system dump that was released a few days ago. The latest bit of the software...

If you are one of the few remaining out their who runs custom roms on your smartphone you will be happy to know that TWRP has just added support for many popular handsets. The Honor 6X, WileyFox 2X and many other devices are now supported. Newly supported devices include: Huawei Honor 6X...

One of the key features announced at the Galaxy S8 unpacked event was the all new Bixby assistant. This feature is set to rival Google's assistant and Siri on iPhones. The feature will be built into the Galaxy S8 and will feature its own Bixby dedicated button to activate the assistant on...

Google released the developer preview of the latest version of Android yesterday. This build is meant to be used solely by developers so they can begin preparing their apps and games for the final build of Android O which will be rolled out to devices later in the year. Normally a Developer...

If you are going to Root and Rom your phone or even flash a stock image to your device you are going to need fresh ADB and Fastboot files on your PC so your PC can communicate properly with your phone. In the past if you wanted the latest official ADB and Fastboot files from Google it meant you...

Earlier in the week we found out that CyanogenMod was officially ending. There would be no more nightly builds following the final day of December. CM would be replaced by LineageOS. We are already beginning to see builds of LineageOS rollingout to many devices. As you remember LineageOS will be...

Jeffery informed us about the upcoming Nexus Launcher earlier. You can actually download it and use it on your device right now! This is not an updated version of the Google Now launcher. This is a launcher which stands on its own, more than likely specifically built for Nexus devices. The...

Development for the OnePlus 3 is now fast and furious. We are seeing new roms and mods for the device daily. A few days ago the ElementalX kernel was released for the OnePlus 3. Modifying your kernel can allow you to unlock some hardware features otherwise not available on stock. Features...

As far as the UI is concerned the Android N Developer Previews have shown us that we will not get a major design overhaul. There is however one major change to the UI design that we expect to see. A new refreshed Nav Bar is expected to arrive with the first official build of Android N. Leaked...

It looks like it is officially time to ditch Nova Launcher! One of my all time favorite custom launchers is back from the dead! ADW has just released their first update in years. This brings the launcher up to version 2.0. Updates to the launcher include material like animations, new settings...

Samsung has not had the best track record when it comes to Android updates. They tend to update devices one by one and one carrier version may have an update several months ahead of the next carrier version. Samsung has still not provided Marshmallow for every flagship version. Google meanwhile...

Android Marshmallow is still a long ways away from saturation yet Android continues to push onward with newer and greater builds of Android. The latest iteration dubbed Android N is in the developer preview stages as we speak with possibly a final build being released at Google I/O. You can...

HTC has finally done an excellent job at providing us with more of a stock vanilla android experience when it comes to Sense 8 on the HTC 10. They have removed redundant apps on the device. Where you used to have a Gmail app and an HTC mail app you now only have the Gmail app. This means that...

One of the coolest new features in the latest build of Android N Developer Preview was a whole new set of Emoji. These new Emoji include more human looking Emoji, in place of the more blob like Emoji. You don't have to actually have Android N or a Nexus device to try out these new Emoji. You can...

The LG G5 has been ROOTED! Team Codefire has uploaded a video showing the LG G5 give rooted app root permissions. The video then goes on to show the phone boot into Team Win Recovery Project. The team has made it pretty clear that they do not have an ETA . While their phone is rooted chances...

The Remix OS by Jide was originally a forked version of Android that was designed for PCs and laptops. The Remix OS has since been transitioned into a tablet OS which brings the desktop experience to your Android tablet. A Beta version of the software was released back in March which included...

The popularity of Rooting Android devices has waned over the years, still one great reason for rooting devices remains! The Xposed Framework allows you to modify your device in just about any way imaginable with just root. You no longer have to run a full on custom rom to get the customizations...