Although Verizon is known for its hard-to-break bootloader on its devices, talented minds of the Android development community are simply good enough to find other ways to get it unlocked. That got ...

This is the first episode of our new series, Android Power User, where we talk about technology, definitions, and concepts to help regular Android users become Android Powerusers! The bootloader, in ...

Unlocking a bootloader normally wipes the data partition in a Nexus device. It is possible for users to root a device without unlocking the bootloader but this is a tedious process. Therefore, if the ...

Sony recently released the Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean software update, with build version 10.3.A.0.423, for the Xperia Z handset which runs Android 4.1.2 out of the box. The upgrade was first rolled out ...

There are multiple ways to approach Android Development but by far the most official and powerful is to use Android Studio. This is the official IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for the ...

You are the proud owner of a T-Mobile Android LG G-Slate, and a new Android 3.1 update has rolled out from LG that provides some great new features but also brings with it possible problems for some ...

Smartphone bootloader firmware should be secure even if the operating system is compromised. But researchers have found five flaws in major chipset vendors' code that leave the process vulnerable. The ...