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Now that the LG V10 is rooted you are probably wondering how to get Xposed Framework installed. For those unfamiliar Xposed Framework is the best way to customize your device with only root. It allows you to enable custom options that would normally only be available in Roms without having to...

Doze was one of the breakthrough features coming to us through Marshmallow. Doze allows you to save battery life when not using your phone by putting your phone into a deep sleep. Meaning your phone pings the web for notifications less frequently and turns off things you don't need and are not...

Every time a new update comes out Rootjunky is quick to release a modified script that makes it super easy to install. Google's images are broken and the flash-all.bat never works. Tom always fixes this. He also puts out a version that allows you to flash without wiping your data. Today he...

Daaaaannnnnnnngggg Google! Back at it again with another build of Android. Earlier today Google released the first developer preview build of Android N. There is no mention of what the N stands for of course. Surprisingly we don't even get a number scheme! There are lots of new features here...

Not all Android devices are created equally. Some devices don't even include the Google Play Store. Some devices that come to mind are the Amazon Fire phone or any of the Kindle tablets. There are several other international devices that run skin overlays that include the Amazon store in favor...

In the early days of Android modding you had to manually install adb and fastboot on your PC if you wanted to do things like unlock your bootloader and flash a custom recovery. Manually installing adb and fastboot was a pretty crazy and tedious process. You had to download the entire Android SDK...

In an unprecedented move Verizon is allowing Moto X 2nd Gen phones to be bootloader unlocked via the traditional method. You can now head on over to the Motorola developer site and it will generate a proper bootloader unlock code. I am still not sure if Verizon had any say in this matter, or if...

The WugFresh Nexus Root Toolkit has always been the easiest and fastest way to Root your Nexus device. It does much more than root your Nexus though. It also allows you to quickly install a custom recovery, flash a stock image, and unbrick your phone. Other features include backing up your...

The Ditto Note 5 Rom for the Galaxy S6 has been updated to include the features from the leaked Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Marshmallow update! The features have all been ported to Android 5.1 based Touchwiz so you don't actually have to be running Marshmallow to make use of these features! This rom...

The wait is over! Official CyanogenMod 13 nightly builds are finally here. The only bummer about this is that the initial roll out is starting out small. There are only 7 supported devices as of this post. Those devices include the OnePlus One, Nexus 7, LG G4, Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4, LG GPad 7.0, LG...

OnePlus is doing a great job of getting out updates and bug fixes for their devices! The next version of OxygenOS, v2.1.2, is already rolling out for the OnePlus 2 and OnePlus X via OTA udpates. This update brings a few new features including a new camera preview interface, faster app installs...

The HTC One M9 runs one of my least favorite OEM skins of all time, HTC Sense. One great thing about HTC devices is that they are pretty easily hacked. You can unlock the bootloader and S-Off your device which will allow you to install a custom recovery like Team Win Recovery Project. From there...

Not many people are running Marshmallow. Pretty much if you own an HTC One A9 or a newer Nexus device you are one of the few running Marshmallow. That being said pretty much every new flagship coming out after today will need to be running Marshmallow to be competitive. I have seen many of you...

If you have been waiting for an easy way to update your Nexus 5 to Marshmallow your wait is over. Mark Skippen has just released an update for his Nexus 5 Toolkit which now includes support for Marshmallow. It even includes the a stable root method! If you don't have the Marshmallow stock image...

Today in cool news a developer was somehow able to get both Nintendo 64 and Playstation Portable emulators to play on an Android Wear device! Of course there is no way that this would be practical. There just isn't nearly enough hardware in any existing Android Wear devices to efficiently run...

Xposed Framework allows Android users to modify their devices with just root. Many of the customization options previously only available in custom roms can now be applied to any device. It took the Xposed team several months to get Xposed working on Lollipop. They are already very close to...

In the early days of Android and iOS physics puzzle games were all the rage. Angry Birds shot up the Android charts alongside games like Cut The Rope. These games have maintained their top positions over the years. Cut The Ropes has kept us interested with Sequels and spin offs. They have...

If there were ever a case for rooting and custom roms this would be it. 6 years ago the first ever Droid was released and today the development community continues to push out roms for the device! You can still run the latest and greatest version of Android on this device. Who knows how many...

While everyone else is starting to receive their Nexus 5X phones you may be getting a bit antsy wondering where in the heck your shiny new device is. While you wait you can get a little taste of the Nexus 5X. Someone has uploaded the stock wallpaper from this device. It should fit most screens...

Installing the Android SDK can be a nightmare. It is difficult to know what you do and don't need. Pro Tip you don't need the whole toolkit. For most root and mod functions you only need the adb and fastboot files. There is a program that exist for Windows users which auto installs adb. There...