One of the best things about the Android platform 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 ...

Root rights can be used by any app, even non-root ones to expand their functionality. However, this expansion sometimes happens in the general direction of having your data farmed, stolen and sold to ...

Four third-party app stores for Android have apps with a malicious component that seeks root access to devices, according to Trend Micro. The security company found 1,163 Android application packages ...

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Say you’ve got an Android phone with a nice high resolution 800 x 480 pixel display. You can fit an awful lot of text and graphics in 800 x 480 pixels… but the way Android works, the home screen and ...

Rooting or jailbreaking a phone isn't as hard as it once was. The process does involve considerable risk. Some reasons might make you want to try. Many years ago, when I first heard about rooting ...