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Energy Bar for Android Shows Your Battery Status in a Neat Way, No Root Required

Tim January 24, 2014 39

If you have ever ran a custom ROM on your Android device, then you may have seen a nifty little feature that would allow you to place a battery bar along the top of your device's display. The bar's color could change depending on how much charge you had left,...

Third-Party Accessories Stop Working with Galaxy Note 3 After KitKat Update, Fixable with Root Access (Updated with Comment from Samsung)

Kyle January 22, 2014 213

Samsung’s blockbuster sales of Galaxy devices may invite comparisons to Apple, but the similarities between the two companies end there. That is, until the Korean electronics behemoth revised its policy on third-party accessories. Taking a page from Apple’s...

XDA Users Puts Together Script for Rooting the Moto X on Android 4.4, Proceed with Caution

Eric January 14, 2014 78

One of the few downsides to the Moto X's incredibly fast updates to Android 4.4 Kit Kat by Motorola was the root situation, since each update quickly wiped away exploits that allowed for easier root options that existed. There is a way to root the current...

Monday Poll: Rooted or Non-rooted?

Tim December 16, 2013 491

With 2013 sadly coming to a close, it's time we take a step back and see just how many of you are still tinkering and playing with your Android devices. As I have said countless times, the need for rooting Android phones has fallen dramatically, as Android...

Moto X Running Android 4.4 Already has Root

Kellen November 25, 2013 83

Thanks to a new beta tool created by Justin Case, the Moto X on Verizon and AT&T running the new Android 4.4 update has been rooted. The process isn't necessarily as simple as it has been in the past, but this method installs a "backdoor" to help regain...

Kit Kat and Nexus 5 Support Battery Percentage Monitoring, No Root Required

Tim November 11, 2013 140

Whether you run a custom ROM or have a device from Samsung or LG that supports it, you might have the ability to enable a battery percentage monitor in your notification bar. Since the beginning, this feature wasn't built directly into Android for users to...

How to: Root the Nexus 5

Kellen November 4, 2013 85

Now that the bootloader on your Nexus 5 is unlocked, you are probably thinking about whether or not you should flash a custom recovery and root. If you decide that root is for you, we've put together a set of instructions for you to root your device in the old...

Moto X Rooted After Camera Update, Get Your adb Ready

Kellen November 4, 2013 49

After receiving the latest camera-improving OTA update for the Moto X, almost everyone lost root access and has not been able to get it back no matter which carrier version you own. If you had been waiting patiently for a new root method, the good news is that...

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