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Root has become less popular over the last year or so. This is mostly due to the fact that rooting your device is becoming harder than ever. Root virtually doesn't exist on carriers like Verizon and AT&T. Carriers that allowed for root in the past have become more strict about locking down their...

If you have rooted your Android device in the past several months you have probably used Magisk to root your phone. Last month google updated SafetyNet which made Magisk useless in terms of easily rooting your device. Magisk was able to publish a quick update which bypassed the new SafetyNet...

Android O has been out for a while now in Beta form. It would be easy to think a device like the Note 8 which launches later this year would have this latest and greatest software on board, but that may not be the case. The phone was recently spotted in the HTML5Test database running Android...

As OnePlus prepares to launch their latest flagship phone the OnePlus 5 they have also just confirmed that they will not update the OnePlus 2 to Nougat. This is after promising 24 months of updates for their devices and having asserted last year that they would bring Nougat to the OnePlus 2. On...

The Galaxy S8 does away with the hardware keys featured on previous Galaxy S devices. It instead comes with all new software keys including an always on home button with haptic feedback. You have always been able to reorder your software buttons on the Galaxy S8. Now thanks to the development...

Upgraded my LG STYLO2 to Nougat. Experiencing some network connectivity issues along with other things. Can I reinstall or uninstall the update

The OnePlus 5 is already producing lots of hype in the tech community. Last week some of the specs leaked out and now it looks like the device has shown up in the Geekbench benchmarking app. It looks like OnePlus' new flagship device beats the Galaxy S8 and Sony Xperia XZ Premium in geekbench...

Honor is the sub brand of Huawei that has been cranking out high quality affordable phones that have become pretty popular in the US over the past few years. The Honor 6X is a great value at $250, and now it's getting even better. While the phone launched with the year old Marshmallow version of...

For most Roms have become a fond memory. For others Roms are still very much a part of life. We have not seen much from some of the most popular Rom teams since the first half of last year. Paranoid Android was for a while one of the more popular Roms out there thanks to some innovative features...

One new feature that everyone has been enjoying in the developer preview of Android O is the ability to customize the nav bar through the System UI Tuner. It turns out this feature has been available since Nougat and without the need for root. Previous known methods to change the nav bar in...

It seems like we are getting a new piece of information daily in regards to the Galaxy S8. Yesterday we got some new images of the device's software. Included in the images are a full look at both the device's launcher and app icons. The Samsung Experience skin embraces the Android Nougat 7.0...

Just a few days ago Samsung finished up rolling out the Nougat update to S7 and S7 edge devices with the official rollout of the update to Verizon and International devices. Now they are focusing on the S6 and S6 Edge. The Nougat 7.0 update is currently rolling out to Vodafone customers in the...

The Samsung Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge Qualcomm variants on the latest Nougat update now have a root method. This will work on the Verizon, T-mobile, AT&T, and Sprint versions, but their have been a few issues reported for those rooting the Sprint version so you will want to read up on the...

Google Assistant was originally a service exclusive to the Pixel and Pixel XL along with a few other Nougat devices. Now it is starting to roll out to even more devices some of those running Marshmallow! Google Assistant is a smart assistant that learns from how you use it on a daily basis. It...

So there you have it. Verizon is officially the last of the four major carriers to update the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge. They gained this distinction today as Sprint began the official roll out of Nougat to their Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge users. Beta users will be the first to receive the...

AT&T is on a roll over the past few days. They just started the official rollout of Nougat for the S7 and S7 Edge last week and now the LG G5 is also starting to receive the update. Meanwhile who knows when Verizon devices will start to receive their Nougat updates. My VZW S7 Edge is patiently...

Some international versions of the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge have been updated to official Nougat for a while now, and US carriers are finally beginning to jump on board. The T-Mobile version of the Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge received their updates yesterday, and now today AT&T is rolling out the update...

Huawei is one of the fastest growing OEMs in the world right now. They have been making lots of headway globally with devices like the Nexus 6P, Mate 9 and now their Honor series in the US. They also released one of the most revered midranger devices of last year with the Honor 8. Many people...

A few weeks back Nvidia rolled out Nougat for the Shield TV, and now the Shield Tablet and the Tablet K1 are joining in on the action! The Tablet K1 could still all these years later compete as one of the best tablets on the market. With the Nougat update comes the Shield 5.0 upgrade. This...

Xposed Framework brings hundreds of mods and customizations to your Android device and only requires that your device be rooted. Xposed and the associated modules bring many of the custom features from Roms to your phone. Earlier in the week the developer of Xposed Framework informed us that he...