According to blogs and internet commenters everywhere, "rooting" your Android smartphone -- essentially installing a new operating system on it -- is a panacea for any problem you might be having on ...

We may not have any ROM’s available for the Google Nexus 4 yet, but there’s no reason why you can’t get your device ready for flashing when they do show up. We’ve already gone through how to unlock ...

A couple of days ago Samsung released the source code for the Samsung Epic 4G Touch, and now root has been achieved. We have two methods which are essentially the same, but the first build is more ...

The Barnes & Noble NOOK Tablet is a 7 inch tablet and eReader that ships with B&N’s custom version of Android. But folks have been rooting the tablet and installing their own custom builds of Android ...

For all of Android's flexibility and customization, carriers and phone makers still manage to lock down plenty of restrictions, skins, and preloaded software that you just don't want. There isn't ...

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