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Rooting is the process of gaining administrative rights on your Android device.  Once we root our Android device, we can then make changes to it to customize it well beyond what it normally can do. Once you have root access on your Sony Xperia M Dual, you’ll be able to: Remove apps that were preinstalled by your carrier/manufacturer from your device. Free up storage space (because of the above benefit). Increase battery life (apps that […]

If you are familiar with flashing ROMs, recoveries and rooting your Samsung phone, chances are you might have encountered a scenario where your phone is not completely dead, but dead all the same because you can’t actually boot into the Android operating system.  This is what is called a soft brick (you should still be able to boot into download mode to actually call it that).  If this has happened with your Galaxy Mini (the

Every Android device has, what is called, a recovery image on it. This is basically a part of the Android operating system that you or the manufacturer can access if your device becomes unresponsive and then use it to restore your device. A custom recovery image, however, is a recovery image that a developer has altered that can not only help the device if it becomes responsive, but also has the added benefits of allowing

Rooting is the process of gaining administrative rights on your Android device.  Once we root our Android device, we can then make changes to it to customize it well beyond what it normally can do. Once you have root access on your Galaxy Mini (the S5570I variant), you’ll be able to: Remove apps that were preinstalled by your carrier/manufacturer from your device. Free up storage space (because of the above benefit). Increase battery life (apps

Rooting is the process of gaining administrative rights on your Android device.  Once we root our Android device, we can then make changes to it to customize it well beyond what it normally can do. Once you have root access on your Polaroid S10, you’ll be able to: Remove apps that were preinstalled by your carrier/manufacturer from your device. Free up storage space (because of the above benefit). Increase battery life (apps that might have

Rooting is the process of gaining administrative rights on your Android device.  Once we root our Android device, we can then make changes to it to customize it well beyond what it normally can do. Once you have root access on your LG G Flex, you’ll be able to: Remove apps that were preinstalled by your carrier/manufacturer from your device. Free up storage space (because of the above benefit). Increase battery life (apps that might

Now that you have rooted your LG Optimus G Pro, the next step is install a custom recovery.  This is in case you want to try out custom ROMs that offer much more functionality than the stock LG ROM.  The guide below is pretty easy to use and you don’t even need a PC to do it! I.  Before You Begin 1.  You will need to be rooted for this procedure to work.  Use our

If you own an LG Optimus G Pro (any variant of the E98x model), chances are that you are extremely satisfied with the device.  After all, anything with a quad-core 1.7GHz processor, 2GB RAM and a 5.5 inch full HD display should keep us satisfied for another year at least right?  What could make it better than it is right now though is rooting it and if you are up for it, we’ll show you

The Polaroid S8 is an 8-inch Android tablet that just about gets the job done, with its 1GHz CPU and 512MB RAM, and an 800×600 pixel 8-inch display.  What could make it better though is rooting it and that’s what we are going to show in the guide below.  Read on then to know how to root the Polaroid S8. I.  Before You Begin 1.  Charge your device to 75% or more before you begin.

Now that your Tegra Note 7’s bootloader is unlocked, you are ready to root it and gain better power over your tablet.  The procedure is pretty straightforward and the guide below should get you through it with no fuss. I.  Before You Begin 1.  Your device’s bootloader needs to be unlocked for this procedure to work.  Use our guide if you haven’t already done this. 2.  Charge your device to 75% or more before you

Touted to be the “industry’s most power tablet graphics”, the Nvidia Tegra 7 features a 72-core GeForce GPU, a quad-core Tegra 4 processor, and a 7-inch HD touchscreen display.  With a tablet this good, wouldn’t it be nice that you had more power on it than what Nvidia wished for you to have?  If you answered yes, then we’ll show you the way for this – by rooting it.  But before rooting it, you’ll need

The Samsung Galaxy Trend Plus could be labeled a low to mid range device, with its 1.2GHz CPU with 768MB RAM, 4-inch touchscreen display, 5MP camera and Android 4.2 firmware.  While there are no custom ROMs that we know of currently, there could be some in the future if the devs or phone owners with coding knowledge think custom ROMs is a good idea.  To be ready for this though, you’ll need a custom recovery

The Galaxy S Duos 2, released by Samsung in December last year, features a dual-core 1.2GHz processor and a 4-inch screen, running Android 4.2 Jelly Bean firmware.  We’ll show you how to root this device in the guide below if you own it, which should enable you to install root-requiring apps that will help you overclock your device if you feel it slow, change the icon set if you don’t like them and much more

On our previous post, you learned how to install ClockworkMod Recovery on your Galaxy Trend Plus.  If you have done that, rooting it is pretty easy and you’ll have no trouble if you have already poked around your newly custom recovery.  The guide below will show you how to your Galaxy Trend Plus and you can be off overclocking/underclocking, changing color schemes/icons, or whatever else you can do when you are rooted in no time!