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We all got a bit prematurely excited this month when Verizon announced that they would begin the rollout of Marshmallow on the Droid Turbo 2. Right after the announcement they retracted to the bewilderment of anxious DT2 users. Apparently the update was not quite ready. Today Verizon reposted...

Several Droid Turbo 2 users are reporting that they are receiving a two part update that ends with their devices being updated to Marshallow. The update brings the device up to software version 24.14.10. If this update is the official update it appears to be rolling out pretty slowly. This...

The Remix OS is the attempt to bring a more desktop friendly version of Android to your PC! It's first iteration was very promising, but was still a bit lacking. The latest update brings support for 32-bit systems so it can be ran on a much wider variety of computers now. Other new features...

Last week Samsung started rolling out the Marshmallow 6.0.1 update for the Galaxy Note 5 world wide. The update started with Cambodian devices. My Verizon Note 5 has yet to take the update. I am guessing Verizon has to add their bloatware and all their junk so it could be up to a month before we...

Today Samsung started the Marshmallow OTA rollout forr Note 5 devices. The first device to receive the update was the Cambodian version. The update should slowly trickle out to devices worldwide. Of course Verizon has still not rolled out the update so I have not had a chance to check it out...

Samsung has been infamous for slow updates. This is what happens when you have to cover AOSP Android in a heavy custom skin. We are six months past the release of Marshmallow. Google has given developers plenty of time to get things updated. We had several months to preview Marshmallow still no...

Super Swiftkey is a modified version of Swiftkey that includes all sorts of custom themes. The app was updated today and now includes more than 140 new themes! Many themes include either dark or light backgrounds with varying color schemes. All themes are free! Head to the link below for the...

I will never understand why any OEM would want to incorporate Ad Block into their device period. Smart phones exist to be web viewing devices. The overwhelming majority of the web is ad supported. Without ads you don't have anything to look at on your phone. It makes no sense. While this may be...

Not everyone is in the market for the latest and greatest flagship device. Tech addicts like me are in an endless cycle of buying and selling phones just to keep up with the latest gadgets. Some more sensible folks are just interested in having a high quality phone that works well and is...

This just in! HTC has finally received technical approval to release the Marshmallow OTA update for the Sprint HTC one M8. According to HTC VP Product Management Mo Versi the update should begin rolling out tonight. That was posted about 8 hours ago which means that many of you have already seen...

OnePlus is now rolling out OxygenOS 2.2.0 to the OnePlus X. This new update comes with a few significant changes. Some of the changes include a manual mode for the camera app, an option in the camera app to save photos and videos to sdcard, USSD bug fix, dual sim preferences were added back to...

Alongside the Nexus 6P announcement a few months ago Google announced some pretty awesome new Google Photos features. One of the main new additions to Photos was the fact that you are able to store unlimited high quality images for life! This would make it the go to cloud storage option, or at...

The Nexus Root Toolkit is still the easiest way to Root your phone. It also does things like unlock your bootloader, install custom recovery, and flash stock images to unbrick your phone. The utility is able to find and download pretty much anything you need so this is a one stop shop for...

Everytime an OTA update comes out for my phone that starts the waiting game. Most OTA updates are rolled out in batches which means that you may not actually get the update to your phone for the first several days. In those cases you can wait on someone to pull the update file from the OTA and...

The LG V10 easily made my top 5 devices list for 2015. The phone features a premium yet unique design. The duraskin back and steel side bars make this one of the easiest phones to grip. The V10 is also military standard rated for durability which means this phone won't break the first time it...

The custom skin from Xiaomi "MIUI" was one of my favorites in the beginning of my Android days. The included customization options really had me hooked. It quickly became known as the IOS clone, but over the years it has really developed a sense of uniqueness. The latest version MIUI 7.1 has...

Cyanogen announced a partnership with Microsoft back in September which would bring a deeply integrated version of Cortana to Cyanogen OS in future builds. Cortana has been spotted in Cyanogen OS 12.1. The personal assistant is included in Cyanoge OS as a means to replace Google Now. You can...

Nearly a month after the December security patches were released for Nexus devices Samsung has the same update ready to go for the Note 5. Even though it comes several weeks later and a day before Google's January Security Patch update it is still refreshing to see an OEM make the commitment to...

Last week Samsung rolled out a soft beta launch of Android 6.0 Marshmallow for Galaxy S6 users in the UK. We can rest assured that the new update will be coming soon to our handsets. If you are interested in what Android 6.0 Touchwiz will be bringing to your Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge in the soon to...

If you are not familiar with CF-Auto Root just know that this is a method for rooting your device without having to go through the full method of unlocking your bootloader, installing recovery, and then rooting your device. CF-Auto Root keeps your device as close to stock as possible, and allows...