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The OnePlus 2 is beginning to receive a new OTA update. This will bring OxygenOS 2.2 to the device. The main change here is with the inclusion of the monthly security patch, but there are lots of bug fixes and other features here as well. One major bug with panorama and photo-sphere in the...

Google Now On Tap can be a pretty useful tool. It allows you to easily extract extra information from the information already on your screen. Now On Tap brings up search results based on what you are currently viewing. There are other features like a share option which allows you to quickly...

After Siri came S Voice, and after S Voice we saw Google Now which pretty much made S Voice irrelevant. I have not even tried S Voice since the Galaxy S4. Google Now has been the go to voice search tool for me. Samsung would like to change that according to some new rumors. This major S Voice...

A few months after Chainfire said that he would be taking a step back from supersu development his work on the app has seemingly not missed a beat. The last few updates install SuperSU without modifying the system since boot.img is being modified anyhow. The latest update to v2.61 will work with...

The latest update for Nexus devices is now available in the form of factory images from Google. There are a few downsides to flashing the stock images directly from Google. The fact that doing so wipes your data can be a huge drag. Also the flash-all.bat included with the stock images won't...

As promised Google is getting pretty serious about security on Android. After some major bugs (ie Stagefright) Google decided they would put out monthly updates to patch any security holes that may be present in Android. We have an all new version of Android 6.0.1! This new build does include...

Apple updated their unicode with new emoji about a month ago. Android enthusiasts have cried about this enough that Google has decided to update emoji starting with Nexus devices starting next week. Hiroshi Lockheimer tweeted an example of some of the new emoji. The new emoji include food items...

In the early days of Social Media I was a bit creeped out by the whole idea of sharing all of my most personal information with family, friends, and the rest of the world. I can remember sharing only sparingly on myspace. At that time I had decided that once you get a facebook account you have...

There has been plenty of hoopla raised over the fact that every major US carrier has released an update to fix the Touchscreen issues which plagued the LG G4 except for good ole Big Red. Verizon actually started rolling out this fix way back in the beginning of October, but had to put an abrupt...

The easiest way to root and bootloader unlock your Nexus device has now been updated. The Wugfresh Nexus Root Toolkit has been updated to version 2.1.0. It now fully supports the both the Nexus 5x and Nexus 6P. It also fully supports Android 6.0 Marshmallow. With the toolkit you can do pretty...

Let the cat and mouse games begin... I think? Now I am pretty confused about what is going on. Verizon had seemingly blocked FoxFi from working on their network. I tested it on several devices last night to find that, just as reported, it was no longer working on the Verizon network. Now I'm...

OnePlus is doing a great job of getting out updates and bug fixes for their devices! The next version of OxygenOS, v2.1.2, is already rolling out for the OnePlus 2 and OnePlus X via OTA udpates. This update brings a few new features including a new camera preview interface, faster app installs...

Lenovo has released their update schedule for devices already released and it's not looking very promising. Marshmallow won't make it to the A7000, A7000 Plus or Lenovo K3 Note until September 2016! That's more than a year after preview builds of Marshmallow were released! Other devices like the...

Google recently made a promise to release monthly security updates which are meant to simply patch up security holes. This decision was made in an effort to make Android a more secure platform overall and eliminate huge security issues like what we saw with the Stagefright vulnerabilities. They...

This is what happens when OEMs make a hard promise on when an update will be available for a specific device. They should take the lead of our Rom community developers and shun ETAs. It is nice to have a time frame for an update release, but inevitably something will hold up development and then...

One day hundreds of years from now future civilizations will unearth our Android phones and iPhones. The images they see will baffle them. How will they decipher all the cute images contained within our text messages? Our modern day hieroglyphics can really help us to get our message across. A...

Over the past few years Android Revolution HD has been the most popular stock rom for HTC devices. It has seen 6.5 million downloads for high-end HTC devices alone! Mike1986 has just released a few updates to the series. Build 14 was released for the HTC One M9, and Build 45 was released for the...

Once again the development community comes through on a major Android update way before the OEM. The Sony Xperia Z1 was released back in September of 2013. This phone will more than likely never be officially updated to Marshmallow. If you want to run Marshmallow on this device you will need to...

There is apparently an all new Play Store coming with a totally fresh UI. The main feature of the newly updated design is the separation of "Apps and Games" and "Entertainment". Google has already been doing this with separate Tabs for Apps, Games, Movies and TV, Music, Books, and Newstand. The...

I can't even tell you how frustrated it makes me to have to clear out tens of junk emails, just to get to the meat of my inbox. Google has done a pretty good job at weeding out spammy and scammy emails, but if you have ever made a purchase online or signed up to be notified for anything those...