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I'm new here and am confused by the number of forums so am posting my queries here if that is OK. I have a Huawei LYO-L21 mobile phone with Android 5.1 I have two questions - first, trying to access files on it from my PC is very hit and miss using a variety of desktop phone manager apps. All...

LG has been working on Android 8.0 for the V30 since way back in November. They finally rolled out the official build of 8.0 for the same device, but have so far left the true flagship, the LG G6, out of the loop. A beta version of Android 8.0 Oreo has been spotted running on the LG G6 in China...

I always said it jokingly, but thought in the back of my mind that it was probably true, that Apple designs their products to self destruct. Most high powered PCs can be used for 5 years or more before you see them begin to slow down considerably. There are many of you that use Android phones...

The Galaxy Note 8 still ships with Android Nougat, however Samsung has just recently announced their Beta program for Android Oreo for the Galaxy S8 and S8+. The Note 8 would naturally be the next in line to receive this treatment. Normally to access beta builds on Samsung devices you need to...

BLU is a popular smartphone manufacturer of entry level smartphones in the US. They have apparently just released an update to a phone in their lineup which renders the phone useless. Some of us have the luxury of being able to simply swap our sim to an older device if something were to happen...

Sony has just joined the Oreo ranks with a few older devices updating the Xperia XZ and XZs to Android 8.0 Oreo. It seems that Google's Project Treble is actually working in helping OEMs get their devices updated as fast as possible. So far there are still not very many devices running the...

The Razer phone is the phone for the avid gamer. Without a doubt the stand out feature of the phone has to be the 120Hz display which offers gaming with no lag or tearing. Other than that the phone features front facing speakers, a huge battery, and other high end specs. The one thing that users...

Earlier in the week it was discovered that OnePlus 5T had preinstalled an app "EngineerMode" that allowed for backdoor access to root functions. The app was meant to allow OnePlus the ability to check devices to be sure that certain functions were working, but the app also allowed for ADB...

We are getting closer to an official release of Android 8.0 Oreo for the Galaxy S8! Samsung just released a second beta build of Oreo for the S8. The beta program still includes the USA, United Kingdom, and South Korea. The second beta is labeled G950FXXU1ZQK4. The update has already been rolled...

It looks like Samsung will be rolling out their Oreo Beta update in two phases. The first phase will roll out to devices in North America, the United Kingdom, and South Korea. The second phase will roll out to China, Germany, Spain, France, Poland and India. The update was rumored for October...

Earlier in the week we found that the PIxel 2 devices were exhibiting an annoying clicking noise. This has been addressed by Google. Apparently it was being caused by NFC in the phones. Google has already said that they are working on an update to fix this issue. According to Google you can also...

This past week has seemed to be pretty deathly for the Pixel 2 XL. Just about every tech media outlet has reported various deal breaking problems with the device's display. This lead to Google launching a full fledged investigation to see if there was anything that actually needed fixing. Google...

One of the most innovative features of the new Pixel 2 and Pixel 2 XL is Google Lens. The new feature builds on what we saw with Google Googles by utilizing ARCore and the Google Photos App. Google Lens allows you to point your phone at just about anything for identification. It's like the...

Android Oreo is the latest and greatest version of Android right now. It's been available for the last few months, but only for Pixel and Nexus devices. The OnePlus 3 and OnePlus 3T will likely be among the first non Google devices to receive the Oreo update. Oneplus has recently released the...

My first ever smartphone experience was with the HTC Touch. The phone at the time was being dubbed the iPhone killer. It had a small touch screen and even a stylus. Windows mobile 6 was the operating system. As soon as i found out I could hack it to install Android that is exactly what I did...

The OnePlus 5 released with plenty of bugs, but OnePlus has been diligent in releasing software updates to squash these bugs one by one. The latest update brings the software version to Oxygen OS 4.5.11 and is rolling out to Canadians right now. The previous update to 4.5.10 included some camera...

Last week Verizon started rolling out the first update to their Note 8. Now it looks like T-Mobile is rolling out the same update. This is just a small stability update which adds stability improvements to the navigation app, google maps, and the weather widget. The update also brings the latest...

Well that was quick only a few days after Samsung began work on Android 8.0 Oreo for the Galaxy S8 the device has been spotted running the software a Geekbench benchmark. There is still no time table on the release of the software. The S8 still doesn't have an update of 7.1.1 Nougat. Hopefully...

Android Oreo is now available for some Pixel and Nexus device. It has also already seen a root method. Now Chainfire has released a version of FlashFire that works on Android Oreo. Once you are rooted you can use FlashFire to flash roms and other mods without actually having to replace your...

A few weeks back the Stock Google Camera was ported to devices with a Snapdragon 835 processor. The ported app was also working with Snapdragon 820 and 821 devices. This brings HDR+ to these devices which drastically improved dynamic range on photos taken with my Galaxy S8. This meant there was...