NOOK Tablet hackers have added a few new tools to their arsenal this weekend. Developer Cobroto has put together one of the first custom ROMs for the tablet, while developer AdamOutler has put ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. Sorry to leave everyone hanging last night after posting the video tutorial on how to flash SPRecovery to your ...

OmniROM, a new custom ROM for Android, has been made official at BABBQ (Big Android BBQ), by several developers whom you may already know including Chainfire, Xplodwild and Dees_Troy. In case you’re ...

David is the former Editor-in-Chief of Android Police and now the EIC of Esper.io. He's been an Android user since the early days - his first smartphone was a Google Nexus One! David graduated from ...

Part of the fun of using Android has always been customization. There’s something exciting about the fact that two people using the same device and the same version of Android can have completely ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. We had held off for the most part on walking you through the flashing of a custom ROM for your Galaxy Nexus ...

Manuel Vonau was Android Police's Google Editor until April 2024, with expertise in Android, Chrome, Pixels, and other Google products. For five years, he covered tech news and reviewed devices after ...

With the constant rush to trumpet the latest phones it's easy to think of old phones as obsolete. Most carriers encourage this with a spotty record on upgrading their existing phones to the latest and ...

Yay! Only a little while ago we reported that the Droid X — despite its self destruct trigger — was able to run a custom recovery, with the prospect of running custom ROMs (the goal of any ...

The $199 ZenFone 2 placed Asus in the top of the best value-for-money smartphones of 2015. Two models came out, a cheaper version sporting 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of storage for $199, and a more ...

If you’ve sniffed around blogs or articles about mobile phones, you’ve probably seen mention of “custom ROMs” or “mods.” What do they do for a phone? As with rooting, a ton of information is out there ...

With the Pixel 5 running one of the cleanest versions of Android 11, most people are happy to run the Pixel Experience but for true tinkerers, the idea of a custom ROM might be a little more enticing.