Smartphone

Boot animations are a great place to show some creativity on your Android. The problem is, most manufacturers are not that creative, so why not replace it? Here's how.

If you've been seeing the term Xposed around and have no idea what Xposed modules are or how they work, then this post is for you.

The Galaxy Tab S is the brand new, very thin and light Samsung tablet on the market: with a dazzling display, and powerful processor, it offers a great user experience.

Learn how to factory reset your Samsung Galaxy S4 not only to clean up any bugs you may have lurking in your system, but also to speed up your device.

If the thought of flashing an incomplete developer preview on your Nexus 5 to get Android L turns you off, you can look to CyanogenMod's impressive theme engine instead.

Last week, we asked our users what they thought about Android L, and if they actually looking forward to the changes being brought by Google's next big update.

With one simple trick you can enable the ''Ok Google'' hotword voice search from any screen, not just your home screens. It's super easy and takes about ten seconds!

The Nexus 5 is capable of making use of LG's great Knock On feature, where you double tap the screen to wake the device up. Here's how to get it.

Ads - whether static, video or audio - can be annoying as well as big data hogs. In our guide, find out how to block ads and pop-ups with ad blockers on Android.

Today we'll give you a few pointers on how you can not only speed up your Galaxy Note 2, but also ways to make using a lot more effective! Let's get cracking!

We just got our LG G Watch and thought we'd show you how easy it is to get Android Wear installed on your device and your Android Wear smartwatch up and running.

We will show you how you can unlock the bootloader of your device with one-click across multiple manufacturers. You will need to have your device rooted.

The Google Play edition devices have just received the latest firmware update to Android 4.4.4. The update brings a security patch for an OpenSSL bug, and perhaps more...

Smartphones have come a long way in their short history, but how much better are they than our old cell phones? We take a look at where smartphones went wrong...

We recently showed you a bunch of reasons why you should root your device, but what about the other side? Here's some reasons why you shouldn't root your device.

CyanogenMod is popular, but it also is a custom ROM and needs to have root access to be installed. Here's how you can get some of the features without needing to tinker.

While there are a wealth of reasons to root your phone, not all of them are immediately obvious when you're first considering it. Here's the ten best reasons to root.

To improve the performance of the Nexus 5, the last yet effective resort is to do a factory reset, whether the sotware or hardware way.

We take an in-depth look at the latest Samsung Touchwiz UI and compare it against stock Android in our latest series of comparisons.

Keeping the pretty tiny battery in the Nexus 4 running at its peak rate isn't as hard as you may think. Here's five tips to avoid battery drain on your your Nexus 4.