For Android enthusiasts, rooting and custom ROMs were once the ultimate draw. They made Android exciting and turned every phone into a project worth tinkering with. But the modding scene's golden age ...

One of the best things about Android is its customization and flexibility. Android lets you use it the way you want to, whether that means changing the launcher, using icon packs, or more. But for ...

Many Android phones can be rooted, giving you a greater level of access to the device. This opens the door for greater customization, more system-level tweaks, and a host of other benefits. We wanted ...

To root or not to root? This is a question that obsesses many Android phone owners. Un-rooted Android phone owners may feel excluded from some of life’s greater technical, gaming or social pleasures.

Apple Music has started detecting rooted devices, causing the app to show an error message stating that it can only be used on unrooted devices. The app appears to be ...

Tweaking and fiddling around with Android devices is fun for many, but let’s be honest: rooting has become more of a hassle in recent years. Google has made rooting and flashing ROMs on modern devices ...

If you’re a tech-savvy Android user who enjoys the freedom of a rooted device, you might’ve noticed something strange recently. Your ability to send or receive RCS messages through Google Messages has ...

If you buy through a BGR link, we may earn an affiliate commission, helping support our expert product labs. What must be a very small subset of Android users should be very angry with Google for ...

We've got some bad news for the craftiest of Android users: If you're device is rooted, you will no longer be able to rent movies from the Android Market, according to a report from Wired.com. When ...

Despite users really loving customization options, Google has never been too keen on offering such settings on Android Auto, forcing us to stick with the standard wallpaper, icons, and things like ...

People have been jailbreaking iOS devices for years in an effort to add a little more flexibility to Apple’s walled garden. This has mostly been a Mac or PC affair, with some jailbreaks showing up on ...