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In a push to make their devices more secure for Enterprise use Samsung has built a feature into Knox for AT&T and Verizon devices that will brick your device if rooted. The new feature is called Root of Trust. Once the device has detected root your phone will shut down and will not power back...

Not everyone has a smart tv with built in DLNA. I am have a chromecast and a few Android TV boxes, but before I purchased those I made great use of HDMI/MHL. The only big problem with this is you are basically mirroring your screen from your phone to your TV. This means that if you turn your...

The new SafteyNet API released by Google allows apps to check for "device compatibility". In other words if your device is rooted the check will always return "false" and the app would disable some of the features or may not work at all. One of the big apps that won't work if you are rooted is...

So basically I bought a used Samsung Galaxy S5 which would not boot up correctly. I had to use Odin 3 to install a new Rom and also Kies 3 to do firmware upgrades. I am currently using it on a prepaid US Cellular account. Everything is running fine just like factory new. Except even after doing...

The arrival of Android Pay is imminent. Android Pay uses the NFC chip in your phone to process payments. You should be able to use it just about anywhere that already takes NFC payments. Google says that it will be supported at over 1 million pay kiosks at release. That is a lot of pay kiosks...

For a long time Adblock was one of the main reasons to root your device. There are now ways to enable adblock without root. There are even web browsers built to block ads. I have never been a proponent of adblock since it takes earnings away from the content creators I love. As a content creator...

The OnePlus 2 is one heck of a budget flagship device. One of its main selling points is its developer friendliness. It comes preloaded with a custom rom for crying out loud! Unlocking your bootloader is super easy. All you have to do is type the unlock command "fastboot oem ulock" in a command...

The Huawei and Huawei P8 Lite are super popular devices across seas, and I have a feeling that a few of you might have one. I actually have one. For a budget device the Huawei P8 Lite is actually pretty nice! It is also a great device for rooting and hacking. If you are going to root your P8 or...

This is how I wish all OEMs would sell their phones, direct and without carrier interaction. I have no idea why all OEMs will not adopt this policy of inserting every radio for every carrier and then just selling their phones carrier unlocked. When you buy an unlocked device from an OEM it comes...

One of the major selling points of the OnePlus One series was the inclusion of CyanogenMod right out of the box. This year OnePlus decided to grab some top developers from the Paranoid Android team to build their own version of Android "OxygenOS". The great thing about the OnePlus 2 is that it...

If you study up on the current root method for the Note 5 it is said to work with all variants of the Note 5 minus the AT&T and Verizon versions. On the main root thread there is a sub link to "test methods". If you follow the link you will find many test kernels which are said to root many...

The Galaxy Note 5 now has root thanks to a pre rooted kernel from developer "Manh_IT". His method for root simply involves flashing a custom recovery to your device and then flashing his prerooted kernel via recovery. The only downside here is that this method will trip Knox which means that you...

Samsung has been dominating the global market when it comes to most devices sold. One reason for that is they sell plenty of cheaper Android devices in emerging markets. The Samsung Galaxy Core Prime is a super popular budget device in Asian markets. For such a cheap device it has some pretty...