I just noticed that the App Store app installs applications I "purchase" with it as chmod root. I'm a bit surprised by this, as it does not ask for an admin password when installing, and on a Unix (OS ...

The smaller version of Xperia Z1 is now on pre-order at several retailers in the UK. The new Sony Xperia Z1 Compact pre-orders, as Phones 4u notes, are expected on 31 of this month. Guide to root ...

In this guide, we’ll show you how to root an Android phone with your PC – it’s pretty simple, but you will need some third-party rooting software… There are limitations that mobile phone manufacturers ...

Google’s Nexus 5 smartphone is the first to ship with Android 4.4 KitKat, and the stock software is pretty nice. But if you think you might want to install a custom ROM or custom recovery, it’s a good ...

Xiaomi Mi A3 is quite a popular device in the mid-range segment running on the Android One program. It is the third smartphone on the Android One series that is co-developed by Google as part of its ...

Senior XDA member, gr8nole has released a root package as well as CWM recovery for the Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 SM-T210 and SM-T210R variants. Tutorial to root Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 Kids and install ...

BlueStacks is a utility that lets you run a number of Android apps on a Windows PC. You don’t need to reboot your PC or exit Windows at all — Windows apps and Android apps can run side-by-side. Out of ...

Ryne was ostensibly a senior editor at Android Police, working at the site from 2017-2022. But really, he is just some verbose dude who digs on tech, loves Android, and hates anticompetitive practices ...

I have been tasked with getting our developers to use .rpm packages to deploy their web applications to our RHEL 5 and 6 jboss servers. Currently we drop in .ear files manually, whenever the devs want ...