Ryan is a tech/science writer, skeptic, lover of all things electronic, and Android fan. In his spare time he reads golden-age sci-fi and sleeps, but rarely at the same time. His wife tolerates him as ...

Chainfire is a very popular figure in the android world. He is responsible for the widely used SuperSU feature, which allows devices to be rooted. Of course, once rooted, you are then free to flash, ...

Rooting an Android phone lets you customize the behavior of your device, access protected files and folders, and generally muck around with the operating system. But it also makes your phone more ...

Android (Rooted): Normally, once you root your Android phone, every app that requires root privileges asks for it, and an app called Superuser jumps in so you can grant or deny those permissions when ...

One of the great things about Android is the ability to customize and tinker with your device on an unparalleled level compared to other device OS types. One of the ways this is possible is through ...

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 ...

For years Android users have used rooting their phones as a method of unlocking their full potential. A popular app that went along with root was SuperSU. Now, ages after its debut, the app has been ...

Nexus 7 (2013) has recently received the most eagerly-awaited KitKat bug-fix update with Android 4.4 KRT16S official firmware from Google. The update reportedly includes patches for common bugs and ...

Google's third generation Nexus smartphone bearing model number GT-I9250 has recently received Android 4.3 Jelly Bean software upgrade with base version JWR66V. The OTA update brings a host of new ...

Android 5.0 Lollipop brings a massive number of improvements to the table, and this goes equally for security, in large part due to its tweaked implementation of SELinux. Of course, the downside is ...