Michael is a born Texan and a former graphic designer. He's been covering technology in general and Android in particular since 2011. His interests include folk music, football, science fiction, and ...

There are multiple benefits to rooting an Android device. Foremost among the benefits is the ability to add custom ROMs on your smartphone or tablet, allowing you to add some more spice to your device ...

There’s no shortage of ways to root Android devices, but z4root is probably one of the simplest solutions I’ve seen since Universal Androot (which no longer works on some devices if you’ve upgraded to ...

A Twitter user by the name "Elliot Alderson" has discovered a root backdoor in OnePlus devices—one that has apparently been shipping for years. OnePlus has been shipping a Qualcomm engineering APK (an ...

Samsung has released the official Android 4.3 update for both the Exynos 5 octa-core (LTE) and Snapdragon 600 quad-core variants of Galaxy S4 with model number GT-I9500 and GT-I9505 respectively. The ...

A rooted Android device is more powerful, but it's also more risky. That's nothing to worry about if you can't even root your phone, an increasingly common occurrence. Gaining root access on Android ...