A stock recovery environment allows for the flashing of official software updates, but it won’t allow for the flashing of rooting files or custom software. For that, you’ll need to get a custom recovery instead. A custom recovery image is […]

If you want to install custom software, the easiest way to do it is through a custom recovery image. All Android devices ship with what is called a stock recovery environment. This only allows for the installation of signed zip […]

The Android operating system’s foundation is the Linux kernel, Yes, that Linux: the one that has it’s own operating system and is commonly used by tech enthusiasts on laptops and desktop PCs. Every operating system needs to have a kernel […]

The Samsung Galaxy J7’s hardware looks great from the outside, but without the software that you see on the device’s display after turning it on, it wouldn’t be able to do very much. That software that you see when the […]

If you’ve hunted around the Web and found the Android Open Source Project, then you’d likely be in the batch of people who think that Android is indeed based on open source software. Technically Android is open source, but Google […]

The Android ROM that comes preinstalled on the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge smartphone comes with a recovery image. While not used all that often, the recovery image is there for you to apply updates which can help you recover from […]

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 […]