ZDNET's key takeaways Rooting or jailbreaking a phone isn't as hard as it once was.The process does involve considerable risk ...

Do you have an old Android that still works perfectly well, but isn’t capable of all the things you’d like it to do—or maybe it doesn’t have these hidden Android features that newer models boast?

Wondering how to root an Android phone? When you've exhausted all of the best Netflix movies, played every game on Xbox Game Pass, and read every iPhone 17 rumor on the internet, you'd be forgiven for ...

One of the best things about Android phones is that you can customize them to a far greater extent than Apple’s iPhones. But you can also root your phone if you want even greater scope for ...

Android has been around for over a decade, with the OS steadily gaining maturity over the years as it found its way onto the best smartphones. Most people recognize Android as the operating system ...

To root or not to root? This is a question that obsesses many Android phone owners. Un-rooted Android phone owners may feel excluded from some of life’s greater technical, gaming or social pleasures.

RCS stands for Rich Communication Services; however, in this case, it stands for “Rooters Can’t Send.” According to several reports from Reddit, it appears that Google is blocking RCS messages for ...

So when i get a new phone probably the next 5A or something like that. I might think of rooting it to bypass some privacy settings they put strict controls over. Phone recording which is legal in my ...

We've got some bad news for the craftiest of Android users: If you're device is rooted, you will no longer be able to rent movies from the Android Market, according to a report from Wired.com. When ...

One of the biggest complaints about the smaller Google Pixel 4 is its limited battery life, compared to other flagships, and even last year’s Pixel 3. In case you were looking for a way to kill that ...

In recent weeks, Android users with rooted or bootloader unlocked phones have found that RCS in Google Messages does not work. Specifically, users cannot send or receive RCS messages. According to one ...