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One of the main problems many users had with the OnePlus 3 was the lack of brightness. The maximum brightness of the device is not that great, and many of you were having trouble viewing your displays in direct sunlight. There is a pretty simple fix for this. The High Brightness Mode Widget...

Root has led to all sorts of custom mods. One of the more popular mods for rooted devices is Volume Key music control. This allows you to control your music player without your screen being turned on. You are able to skip tracks backwards and forwards while your device remains asleep. This type...

Tom is the only Android Youtuber I know that actually puts his own code and scripts together. He is responsible for the tool that I used to make my daughter's Kindle Fire tablet usable. He also recently put together a script that allows you to easily flash TWRP and Root your Motorola Moto G 4th...

Ok I know this probably seems like Xposed day, but I have just one more Xposed story to share with you. If you want to check out some of the Android 7.0 Nougat features on your non Nexus device now you can. A few days ago an N theme was released for devices running CyanogenMod 13. The only...

These days there really aren't many great reasons to root your device. In the early days Android was slow and laggy. Rooting your device meant you could push your hardware to and often times past the limit in order to smooth things out a bit. Today flagship phones are faster than our laptops...

The good news is that the US variants of the Galaxy S7 and Galaxy S7 Edge are now rooted! The bad news is that this is one of the sloppiest roots ever. The root method utilizes an Engineering Bootloader. The EngBoot leaked from Samsung is made specifically for testing and firmware bring up. It...

For most of us Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge users especially those of us with the Verizon variant, Root was just a vague memory from fun times of devices past. Verizon and AT&T have locked down all their devices making them nearly impossible to root and rom over the past few years. This has been...

When the Galaxy S7 released here in the US we were all pretty happy to see that the device came loaded with a Snapdragon 820 chip. Qualcomm processors have always been pretty well received by the development community. Then we found out that no US variant would come with an unlockable...

Lenovo has just released the new Moto G4 and G4 Pus. There isn't too much of a difference between these devices. They both feature 5.5" 1080p screens, Octacore Snapdragon 617 processors, 2GB of RAM, and Android 6.0.1. The Plus version includes a slightly better camera and finger print scanner...

Verizon HTC 10 users have been screaming for an update! The camera on the phone was a bit buggy out of the gate. There were some pretty major focus issues. The camera issues along with some other bugs have finally been patched on this phone making for a much better experience. Normally...

The LG G5 on T-Mobile now has root! So far it is the only US version that can be rooted. The root method is achieved by flashing a TOT file which flashes TWRP to your device from there you are able to flash SuperSU to gain full root access. There are some other commands you will need to type...

The number one feature that could be improved upon with all smart phone devices is battery life. While there hasn't really been any improvement in battery technology in the past several years battery life has improved by using larger batteries, and optimizing Android for battery life. If you...

Android N Developer Preview 3 can now be rooted! Chainfire has just released his update to SuperSu. This brings SuperSu to version 2.74 Beta. The new build includes support for the N Preview 3, but also the new build of SuperSu includes a fix for Samsung Security Policy updates. A few days ago...

The Nextbit Robin is an interesting device. The phone integrates the cloud into your Android experience meaning running out of space is a thing of the past on this phone. Your onboard storage is actually merged with the cloud. This phone is also pretty easy to customize. A new toolkit by...

Well there will be no need for a root bounty on the Verizon HTC 10. Either HTC phones have tons of vulnerabilities or they have just been super laxed about the bootloader. Samsung on the other hand locks their devices down super tight. Their bootloaders take years to unlock. It only took the...

Rooting most Android phones is a pretty simple task as long as the bootloader on the device is unlocked. Normally you would just need to install a custom recovery and flash the SuperSu.zip. Things are not as simple with the HTC 10. This device handles encryption kind of awkwardly. If you S-Off...

Apparently when rooting and especially when S-Offing the HTC 10 users have been experiencing some issues with their radio.I believe this is due to the auto encrypt. JCase has figured out a way to root the HTC 10 and keep your radio working. You will need to head to htcdev.com and follow the...

The T-Mobile version of the LG G3 recently received the update to Android 6.0 Marshmallow. Developer AutoPrime was nice enough to take the image and prepackage root with it! The flashable prerooted D851 30D build is now available for download. The build is also rootable with the KingRoot app...

You can now officially root your HTC M8 on Android 6.0 thanks to the SunShine app by Theroot.ninja. The Sunshine app will also S-Off and bootloader unlock your device. Of course the app includes an in app purchase of $25. This small cost covers the cost of the hundreds of phones which are...

If you want to install a custom Rom for your device you will need a custom recovery installed. Team Win Recovery Project is my favorite custom recovery. It features big touchscreen interface. TWRP is now available for the Honor 7. The Honor 7 includes EMUI, but now that TWRP is here custom roms...