Operating Systems

The Google Android operating system that gets shipped on many a mobile device from a range of manufacturers is safe to use without antivirus, provided you don’t have root access. Root access on Android is the same as being in […]

Google’s version of the Android operating system has dominated the mobile landscape, partly due to Apple only choosing to run software on hardware that they own and partly due to the little green robots’ brilliance. Android can be found running […]

No other mobile operating system is used as much as Android. I wouldn’t for a second argue that Apple has a die-hard fanbase that will seemingly support the fruit company for a very long time, but Apple also limits its […]

Before you can get updates installed on your Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge smartphone the device needs to boot into the custom recovery image which most people know as having a phone in recovery mode. Once it applies the update, it […]

The Android operating system is a pretty safely structured piece of technology. Android is similar to the Windows environment in the sense that they both have administrator accounts. And it’s a well-known fact that the vast majority of viruses come […]

A custom recovery will replace the stock recovery environment. You can only have one of the two recovery environments flashed at the one time. You should think about your decision before going ahead and swapping that stock recovery over for […]

ClockworkMod Recovery can create and restore NANDroid backups and give you everything you want out of a custom recovery image, including the chance to only backup those individual partitions to save yourself some space. So it might be tempting when […]

Have you ever thought about what websites such as XDA-Developers are all about when you’re browsing about online? There are entire blogs and forums dedicated to the Android operating system, and in particular, customizing it. Each device has a different […]

Android being based on the open source software that it is, means it’s possible to customize it. If you haven’t seen what customizing is all about, then you might be interested to learn that you can actually install other ROMs […]

If you’ve ever used a search engine to try to find out what is a custom recovery, then you would have likely stumbled across the words “Team Win Recovery Project” or “TWRP” for short. The TWRP recovery image is the […]

Before you can get a custom ROM installed, you’ll either need to root your Android operating system or install a custom recovery image. The option of getting root access via a one-click rooting tool and then installing a root application […]

Every Android device right around the world ships with a recovery environment preinstalled, known as the “stock recovery.” The recovery environment is a seperate partition from the Android operating system itself so that no matter what problem the OS has, […]

I have this friend, a real James Dean look-a-like type fellow, who never once throughout a day will let his face hang out of its ideal location for perfect bone structure when looking at him from all kinds of different […]

You can swap the stock recovery environment for a custom one so you can start installing custom software and get root access if you like. If the last time you installed a custom recovery image was back in 2011, then […]

If you want to start installing custom software so you can get away from the official Android updates, you’ll need to get a custom recovery image installed no matter what. Depending on your device, you might be able to get […]

Adding a custom recovery to your device is one of the ways you can go about customizing it. When you get root access, it allows you to install root applications. Some of those root applications can allow you to install […]

When it comes to mobile devices, it is Apple that is known as the largest company in the world. They are the ones often leading the way, or at least, so it seems to the general public. As for Android, […]

When you want to start installing custom ROMs or unsigned zip files of any description, such as those you might find with SuperSU and other rooting file alternatives, you won’t be able to achieve it from the stock recovery partition. […]

Android being based on open source software means that you get to use what Google developers have created out of the box and the chance to swap it over for a ROM that has been made by third-party developers instead. […]

The Android operating system comes with some extra coolness thanks to the fact that it is based on open source software. Its open source nature means that people can have a play around with it and create something else. You’ll […]

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 […]