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.

We’ve known for a while that Google does not like rooted Android devices. This is one reason why the company is blocking RCS for rooted phones. However, it’s not the only company that’s against rooted ...

What must be a very small subset of Android users should be very angry with Google for blocking RCS support in Google Messages on their smartphones. These users have rooted their phones to run a ...

Rajesh started following the latest happenings in the world of Android around the release of the Nexus One and Samsung Galaxy S. After flashing custom ROMs and kernels on his beloved Galaxy S, he ...

Krystle Vermes is a Boston-based news reporter for Android Police. She is a graduate of the Suffolk University journalism program, and has more than a decade of experience as a writer and editor in ...

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Users who have rooted their phone, have their bootloader unlocked or are using some custom ROMs report that their RCS messages are not being sent, even though RCS ...

Google Android doesn’t come with a file browser, since documents, music, images, and other files are supposed to show up automatically when you open the appropriate programs. But that doesn’t mean ...

Google puts a lot of time into thinking about Android security, and has developed systems like the way the OS handles app permissions in order to give us control over how software gets to see our data ...

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 ...

Years ago, on Fridays, we would share Custom ROM Friday posts that would highlight new and exciting developments in the world of custom Android ROMs. It was great times, as it seemed like the majority ...

A rooted Android device is more powerful, but it's also more risky. That's nothing to worry about if you can't even root your phone, an increasingly common occurrence. Gaining root access on Android ...