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 ...

The OnePlus 2 — no, not the OnePlus Nord 2, the actual second phone ever released by OnePlus — is getting some modern day attention. Thanks to an unofficial LineageOS build, Android 13 has arrived for ...

Why install a custom ROM in 2024? The biggest reason to install a custom ROM hasn’t changed in over a decade — an aftermarket OS can extend the life of older Android devices that have long been ...

Android used to be synonymous with freedom. If you didn’t like your phone’s interface or bloatware, you could simply install a custom ROM — the colloquial term for a forked version of the Android ...

Microsoft’s Surface Duo is an Android-powered dual-screen mobile device that began shipping before Google had really done much to bring native support for dual-screen hardware to Android. So Microsoft ...

Google is not discontinuing the Android Open Source Project (AOSP), but it has made big changes that affect how Android source code is shared, especially for those who build custom ROMs of Android.

Custom ROMs are a boon for old Android phones. Custom ROMs allow not just outdated devices, but also the most recent ones, to get a plethora of customisation and other modification options. LineageOS ...

There's some trouble brewing ahead for developers of custom ROMs for Pixel phones. In the midst of a reorganization about how the Android open-source project is run, Pixel ROM devs have been caught by ...

Fire OS hack lets you install custom launchers on Fire TV and tablet devices, disable OTA updates, and install blocked apps ...

In March of this year, Google revealed it is changing its Android development process and will no longer make real-time code commits to public AOSP branches. The change barely had any public or ...

Custom ROMs have been a savior for Android users who want to push the lifespan of their phones beyond official support. Google just made that path much more difficult, especially if you own a Pixel ...