With the constant rush to trumpet the latest phones it's easy to think of old phones as obsolete. Most carriers encourage this with a spotty record on upgrading their existing phones to the latest and ...

I've been reading a lot about Android tweaking lately, and with tweaks like GravityBox available, is there any advantage to flashing a custom ROM? Wouldn't it be better to just add the features I want ...

The team behind the Paranoid Android ROM has now announced that its Android 11-based “Ruby” update is now available in alpha for the OnePlus 8 and 8 Pro. With Android 11 ROMs being few and far between ...

Artem is a die-hard Android fan, passionate tech blogger, obsessive-compulsive editor, bug hunting programmer, and the founder of Android Police and APK Mirror. Most of the time, you will find Artem ...

Not impressed by the Ice Cream Sandwich Android upgrade on your Samsung Galaxy S2? Then go off-piste with an unofficial interface. Damien McFerran has more than a decade of experience in the ...

The brilliant Nexus 4 is well catered with custom ROMs -- special versions of Android that make things faster, smoother or more intuitive. Damien McFerran has more than a decade of experience in the ...

After rooting an Android phone, you can switch the operating system ROM whenever you want. The rooting process removes the preinstalled operating system on the Android phone, replacing it with a ...

Even though Android 6.0 Marshmallow has been available since October 2015, its market share is still less than 20 percent, according to the most recent statistics from Google. For most users, the main ...

It’s been a busy week for developers working with Google’s Android 4.4 KitKat software. Two of the most popular custom ROM builders have released their first public builds based on KitKat, and two ...

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