Android Customization

If you want to customize your mobile devices, one of the ways you can do it is by installing a custom recovery image. There is only one custom recovery image currently being developed and that is TWRP Recovery. With it […]

If you want to get custom ROMs and/or rooting files flashed onto your Lenovo K33 smartphone and don’t want to achieve it via a one-click rooting tool then you can always do it from a custom recovery image instead, so long […]

A custom recovery image is necessary if you want to flash custom ROMs, flash rooting tools such as SuperSU, and flash any other unsigned zip file. All Android operating systems come with a stock recovery image but it is only […]

There are two main ways for people to start modding on the Android operating system, the most common choice being to get root access, followed by the option of getting a custom recovery image installed. Unlike with root access, you […]

Custom recoveries have long been a tradition for anyone wanting to customize a device that runs on the Android operating system. All Android OS’s come with the stock recovery partition out of the box, but you’ll need to swap it […]

When TWRP Recovery first came out it was only available for Google Nexus devices. But as time went on it was clear that the then most used ClockworkMod Recovery had some competition on its hands. Within a few years ClockworkMod […]

The Android operating system ships with a recovery console that can be booted into which users will know as the recovery mode. That recovery console is useful for doing a few things like clearing the cache if you need it, […]

The Team Win Recovery Project, abbreviated as TWRP for short, is the custom recovery image that can have the most custom ROMs installed. TWRP comes with a gorgeous GUI, one that is much better than ClockworkMod’s, thanks to it being […]

As markets continue to grow, the world of operating systems continues to change. If you look at Windows, for example, the operating system is much different today than it was a decade ago. The biggest difference? You have a lot […]

One of the great things about the Android operating system, and that separates it from its competition, is that it doesn’t mind if you hack it, for ethical reasons, and install different ROMs and kernels. The upside that ethical hacking […]

Since the dawn of Android, third-party developers not affiliated with Google in any way have tried to take advantage of the open source nature of the operating system. These days there are millions of people around the world who are […]

If you don’t mind sticking with the stock ROM and not getting root access, then you might as well just keep your stock recovery mode. It is all you need to flash the signed zip files to install updates and […]

Contrary to belief there are ways out there for you to get a custom ROM installed without a custom recovery image, or even by using the stock recovery for that matter, too—for example, you can get root access and then […]

Rooting methods, whether they be different tools or different ways the same tools need to navigate through the operating system, come and go, but one thing that never changes is the state of your custom recovery images. Google has shown […]

Team Win’s custom recovery image, known as just TWRP to most for short, is the best custom recovery image available out there for any device that runs on the Android operating system. It was so good when it first arrived […]

If you want to get root access and install custom ROMs, then the easiest way to go about it is by getting a custom recovery image installed. There used to be a few custom recovery images floating around the place, […]

TWRP Recovery, pronounced as if you were just saying the letters one after the other, is a custom recovery image that will completely replace the stock recovery image when you flash it, as you can only have one of them […]

TWRP is the custom recovery image you want to install on the Huawei Honor 4X smartphone if you want to be flashing custom ROMs and getting root access. Once you’ve got TWRP installed, you can boot into the custom recovery partition […]

Every device that runs on a version of the Android operating system comes with a stock recovery partition. You can boot your device into the recovery partition, which is known as recovery mode when you do, and then flash signed […]

A custom recovery image replaces the stock version with a custom one that allows for the uploading of zip files, as well as offers the chance for you to use some other features, one of the more commonly used ones […]

The Android operating system comes with a section called the recovery partition which can be accessed by booting the device that the Android operating system is running on into the recovery mode—it’s that way for all Android devices, regardless of […]

Part of the reason I fell in love with the Android operating system was because they didn’t just cater to the upper middle class or upper-class citizens: to those who can spend thousands of dollars every few years on a […]

The Android operating system isn’t without its faults: if you want to try to find your files, you’re probably better off downloading a file manager application from the Google Play Store instead of trying to figure out where it ended […]

I have learned some valuable lessons since I was younger, one of which is when you sit around a table with people you probably don’t want to be assuming anyone is willing to sympathize with your downfalls in life, nor […]