Part of what makes smartphones appealing to geeks is the fact that we get new models coming out every year to give us a new lease on smartphones. The one year plan is not anything new — we’ve seen it […]
May 2016
How to Install Euphoria OS Custom ROM on Google Nexus 4
Whether you want to get down to your true geek self or you, want to have some different features on your smartphone that better suit your needs, a custom ROM is a way to go. The stock ROM Android develops […]
How to Install Fake Nexus Custom ROM on Google Nexus 4
These are the guidelines to installing the Fake Nexus custom ROM on the Google Nexus 4 phone using a custom recovery and a computer to download the file. Once the guide is complete, you will find your device automatically reboots […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Sony Xperia Z5 Compact E5823
Installing any custom Recovery on the Sony Xperia Z5 Compact smartphone is necessary if you want to start installing any of the aftermarket firmware that will become available for your device. When we talk about aftermarket firmware we mean custom […]
Root Sony Xperia Z5 Compact E5823 on Android 6.0 Marshmallow
Rooting the Sony Xperia Z5 Compact smartphone with the E5823 model number is your portal to a ton of more apps becoming available to install on your device. These apps I am referring to are legal, available on the Google […]
How to Install Minimal OS Custom ROM on Google Nexus 4
There is no denying that Google Nexus devices are always amazing when they arrive as long as you can stand what they look like. The designs come with an acquired taste, and it never seems to be anything close to […]
How to Install MIUI 7 Custom ROM on Google Nexus 4
There are plenty of reasons as to why one should install a custom ROM on the Google Nexus 4 smartphone. The most common reason to install a custom ROM on the Android operating system is to update to newer versions […]
How to Install Pure Nexus Project on Google Nexus 4
I have been praising the stock ROM that comes with Nexus devices for its purity and not having too much bloatware or system apps on the ROM after we open the devices out of the box. While I still believe […]
How to Install CandySix Custom ROM on Google Nexus 4
Custom ROMs on the Google Nexus 4 smartphone are designed to use less memory because using less memory means you get a device with better performance and a better battery. Often our smartphone come to us with system apps to […]
How to Install Chroma Custom ROM on Google Nexus 4
Installing the Chroma custom ROM on the Google Nexus 4 smartphone is wise if you no longer have any interest in the stock ROM. There could be many reasons as to why people want to make the swap over to […]
How to Install Turbo Custom ROM on Google Nexus 4
If you are not interested in installing a custom ROM on the Google Nexus 4 smartphone for getting in on the better battery life and better hardware performance, you might be interested in getting in on some of the better […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Xiaomi Mi4i
A custom recovery image is important to install if you plan on modifying the operating system with some custom firmware. It’s equally as important to get a custom recovery up and running on the Xiaomi Mi4i smartphone if you want […]
Root Xiaomi Mi4i on MIUI 7.2.3
Xiaomi smartphones are now making an impression out west, and part of that reason is that you can continue rooting the Android operating system on the Xiaomi custom skin just like you could root the device from any of the […]
Root HTC 10 on Android 6.0.1 with SuperSU
To think that we cannot walk into a shop, buy a t-shirt and then change the color of our t-shirts when we get home is ridiculous. There should be no reason for anyone to want to buy a black t-shirt, […]
Install TWRP Recovery on HTC 10
Like rooting the Android operating system on the HTC 10 smartphone, installing a custom recovery on the device is customizing the OS away from how the manufacturer intended it to be out of the box. However, that’s about where the […]
How to Unlock Bootloader on HTC 10
Unlocking the bootloader on the HTC 10 smartphone is the step you all need to take before you can do things like installing a custom recovery and root the device without bricking it in the process. Some devices need to […]
Root Samsung Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9006 on Android 5.0 (h3gzn)
When we think about rooting the Android operating system, there are only a few things you lose and tons of things you gain. Examples of what you will lose will likely include the warranty that might have come with your […]
Root Asus Zenfone Max on Android 5.0
Smartphones that run the Android operating systems offer plenty of reason for people to buy them the way they come off the shelf. Often it’s not the operating system a device runs that ultimately becomes the cause for somebody making […]
Root Samsung Galaxy Note 3 SM-N900 on Android 5.0
Rooting the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 using the CF-Auto-Root tool will do little to your operating system apart from installing the SuperSU on the device. SuperSU is by far the most common way to root an Android operating system. Whether […]
A Message to Our Critics
When you do something that only a minority of people understand you set yourself up to be very easily ridiculed. When I was younger one of the mentally challenging aspects I had to deal with with regards to people was […]
Install TWRP Recovery on Asus Zenfone Max
Team Win’s TWRP Recovery is the best custom recovery you can install on your Asus Zenfone Max smartphone. A custom recovery image will replace the stock recovery and give your device the same separate partition it needs to recover the […]
Root LG V10 H960A on Android 6.0 Marshmallow
The LG V10 is currently running the stock Android 6.0 Marshmallow software updates, and you can root them by using the LG Ups tool — a new tool for some smartphones from the Life’s Good companies range of devices. LG […]
Root Samsung Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9009 on Android 5.0 (Snapdragon)
To grant an Android operating system SuperUser access is to give it root access. What both root and SuperUser refer to is giving yourself the necessary privileges to be in full control of the Android operating system so there is […]
Root Samsung Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9008 on Android 5.0
There is only way one to have all privileges over your Android operating systems on the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 smartphone running on Android Lollipop software updates, and that is with root access to your internal system. There are many […]
Root Samsung Galaxy Note 3 SM-N900P on Android 5.0
Linux and Unix-based operating systems are by far the coolest operating systems in the world. They are also open source operating systems which mean you can install them for free because they are made by the general public and not […]
Root Samsung Galaxy Note 3 SM-N9008S on Android 5.0
Android operating systems are based on the Linux kernel — my personal favorite kernel and operating system out of any that are in existence in the whole world. However, just because they are my favorite doesn’t mean they are perfect. […]
Root Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900I on Android 6.0.1
Rooting the Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900I smartphone running on the latest Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow software update will give you those Sudo permissions over your Linux operating system that you have been waiting for now for a long time. Without full […]
Root Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900P on Android 6.0.1 (Sprint)
Rooting the Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone is the act of gaining full administrator rights over the operating system so you can start installing any of the apps out there available for your smartphone. Rooting the Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone is […]
Root Samsung Galaxy S7 SM-G930FD on Android 6.0
Rooting the Samsung Galaxy S7 smartphone with the SM-G930FD model number is done by installing a custom recovery and then using the version of SuperSU that we have in this guide. The SuperSU app is going to grant root permissions […]
Root Samsung Galaxy S5 SM-G900T on Android 5.1.1 Lollipop
There will always be a myriad of reasons why people with the Samsung Galaxy S5 smartphone would want to root the device. One of those reasons that is often overlooked is the GL Tools application. Root apps are the main reason […]