Starting with Android Oreo (version 8), the operating system switched to a faster decompression algorithm (LZ4), which ...

Most modern Android phones can be rebooted via a menu in the Quick Settings pull-down. If not, a power and volume button ...

Your Android phone can sometimes go haywire unexpectedly. In this case, it's important to restart your device to assess the potential issue that led to its shutdown. You can switch it off and on to ...

Google has now released the latest version of Android, dubbed Android Marshmallow, which the company first previewed earlier this year at Google I/O in San Francisco. And while Google will most ...

We may earn a commission when you click links to retailers and purchase goods. More info. As a reminder, unlocking the bootloader of your phone allows you the opportunity to do things like flash a ROM ...

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Shawn is a software engineer and a mobile tech degenerate by night. His daily drivers are a Galaxy S7 Edge and an iPhone 6S Plus. As a follow up to our recent PSA on bootloader quirks with GPE devices ...