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After the Magisk method is published, the root process is simple to compare with conventional methods. Yet it's got its limits. We can't use custom ROMs unless we have some custom recovery enabled. So, even after users have access to root, they prefer the TWRP method when it is released. Samsung Galaxy M31 comes with ...
Huawei's misfortunes began back in 2019, when the Trump administration placed him on the Entity List, prohibiting him from doing business with US firms. With the recent change of guard in the country, there was hope that the government of Biden would show some leniency to Huawei. That possibility seems bleak now that the President's ...
Whether you want to install a custom ROM, turn on some hidden Android features, or take screenshots from apps that prevent you from doing so, you'll need the Android Debug Bridge (ADB) and fastboot. They're part of the Google SDK platform tools and give you some lower-level access to your phone. You've got to prepare ...
Vivo recently confirmed that it'll unveil the X60 Pro+ on January 21 in China at 7:30 PM local time. The announcement came a few weeks following the launch of the X60 and X60 Pro. It is also confirmed that the phone will come with a 6.5-inch AMOLED screen with a center-aligned punch-hole, 120Hz refresh rate, ...
If you've ever tried looking for firmware to install on your Samsung Galaxy smartphone or tablet, it might be pretty annoying. While companies like Google, OnePlus, and Xiaomi provide download links on their websites, Samsung has yet to provide an official firmware download portal. That's one of the reasons why there are so many Samsung ...
The latest phones in the OnePlus range are coming to the US next week, and you can pre-order them as of today. Not only that, both the OnePlus Nord N10 and Nord N100 come with free OnePlus-branded earbuds thrown in as a sweetener. You can use OnePlus Nord N10 and N100 Onn Virtual Reality Headset The buds you get ...
Earlier this year, MIUI 12 made its debut, and Xiaomi has completed rolling out the stable update to most devices in its portfolio. The new skin of Xiaomi offers a variety of new features, including an enhanced dark device-wide mode, AI-assisted calling features, Interactive Always-on Display, new visual interface, system animation tweaks, and much-needed privacy ...
We're only a few months away from the next launch of the OnePlus flagship, but that definitely hasn't dissuaded a sea of leaks from pouring out and giving away almost all the OnePlus 9 needs to know. PhoneArena recently released a bunch of pictures of the regular OnePlus 9, entering the leak spree, giving us ...
Samsung revealed today the launch of a new app for Android: GameDriver. By clicking here (Adreno/Qualcomm models) or here (Mali/Exynos models), you can find it on the Google Play Store. The software doesn't seem that noteworthy at the start. On a select few Samsung Android phones, it claims to deliver better gaming results. However at ...
The leaks are coming thick and fast, with Samsung expected to launch the Galaxy S21 in about a month. A new leak comes along as soon as we think we know everything about these phones, providing us with even more information. But while we've seen a lot of renders, it's been much harder to come ...
The Samsung Galaxy S10+ may have been replaced by the Galaxy S20+, but it's still far from outdated-still it's competitive with the upper midrange phones of this year and doesn't come with a 5G modem for battery-hogging and space-wasting. Samsung continues to sell its old flagship, and for just $549.99 on Amazon, which is $300 ...
Over the years, Samsung's app has come a heck of a long way, being the only Android edition I consider worth using. Centered on Android 11, the One UI 3 beta seeks to further enhance things in multiple areas across the board, but currently it is only available on the S20 and Note20 series. However, ...
Xiaomi, one of the smartphone market's most significant manufacturers, regularly upgrades its MIUI firmware and introduces new features. It introduced many technologies and significant characteristics to Xiaomi and Redmi phones with MIUI 12 and continues to add new ones. New features are not open to everyone. These features, provided to some users on the Chinese ...
