How To’s

Android N on Nexus

How to Get the Android N on a Nexus (Using Android Beta) (Video)

Google surprised everyone this week and, instead of announcing their new Android verison developer preview at their developer I/O conference (in May), they randomly announced it. Android N as it is being called (Nougat maybe when it’s final?) seems to most a small bump up from Android Marshmallow, 6.1 maybe instead of a full 7.0. With new notification actions and look, new settings menu with more info, and a few other slight overhauls, it’s still […]

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iOS 9.1

How to Jailbreak iOS 9.1

I almost didn’t do this tutorial as it seems a bit unnecessary considering we are almost on iOS 9.3 now and most people are past 9.1 I’d imagine. But, I figured maybe there are some people who are still lingering on iOS 9.1 at the moment and want to jailbreak so let’s see. The Pangu team recently released a jailbreak for iOS 9.1 (again not the latest version of iOS at the time of writing this)

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Root AT&T Moto X

How to Root the Motorola Moto X (AT&T) (Android 5.1)

The Motorola Moto X (First Gen) is now of those devices running the Android 5.1 Lollipop version as their operating system. While the second and third generation of the device are already enjoying the latest version of the Android OS, it didn’t take too long for Motorola to roll-out the major update called Lollipop of the OS for its first gen Moto X. The update brings with it many new features in addition to the existing

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Huawei Y6

How to Root the Huawei Y6

While there’s a requirement of unlocking the bootloader and flashing a custom recovery for rooting many Huawei devices, gaining root on the Huawei Y6 isn’t as cumbersome. The device can be rooted using the universal KingRoot app that can root a number of Android devices. Once rooted, you’ll get the Chinese KingUser app on your device to manage root-permissions, and for the folks who aren’t fluent in Chinese, I’ll show you in a section below how to

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OnePlus X Unrooted

Video: How to Unroot the OnePlus X

You’ve rooted your phone maybe you’ve been tinkering a bit too much with your OnePlus X? Maybe you need to send it to OnePlus for warranty reasons but with root access you’re worried they’ll refuse to do the warranty repairs? If you find yourself in either of these situations, it’s probably best to unroot the OnePlus X before you do anything else. Unrooting the phone is the process of flashing the device’s stock firmware and

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CyanogenMod on OnePlus X

Video: How to Install CyanogenMod on the OnePlus X

CyanogenMod is a small company that makes custom ROMs for Android devices run by a community of developers. This community and the ROMs have become hugely popular with tinkerers of their devices and when OnePlus began developing their first device, it makes some sense as to why they were tapped to make the software for the fledgling companies new flagship device: the OnePlus One. Sales were good, everything seemed great for the two startups and

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Root on the OnePlus X

Video: How to Root the OnePlus X

The OnePlus X is OnePlus’ latest phone to hit the market and instead of going for a flagship killer, the X is aimed slightly lower (only slightly). With a quad-core processor, 3GBs of RAM, and a slick body of Onyx (seriously it’s slick), it’s still no budget phone. Yet with a price tag of about $249.00, it sorta is. Despite these well qualified specs, some people do have issue with one thing about the OnePlus

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Rooting the Oppo R7 Lite

How to Root the Oppo R7 Lite

Seeing a number of root guides for the other R7 devices from Oppo but not seeing one for your R7 Lite will probably make you feel a little low, but you shouldn’t worry as there’s always something being cooked in the Android world and this time it’s a root method for your own Oppo R7 Lite. Yes, root access has been achieved on the Oppo R7 Lite along with a custom recovery and that should now let

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Unrooting the Oppo R7 Lite

How to Unroot the Oppo R7 Lite

Unrooting the Oppo R7 Lite is as easy as rooting it and all it requires you to do is install a couple of apps and you’re good to go. You don’t even have to flash the stock ROM (which erases your device) to unroot the device as these two apps should take care of everything for you. Once you’ve done the below procedure, you’ll no longer have root access and a custom recovery on your device.

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Unroot the Huawei Ascend Y520

How to Unroot the Huawei Ascend Y520

People have their own reasons to unroot their Huawei Ascend Y520 and you also have your own reasons. Maybe you loaded tons of root-only apps on your device after rooting it and they’re now causing issues and your device’s crashing too often, or maybe you loaded a custom ROM on your device and it just didn’t work as it was supposed to. Either way, the following guide should help you unroot and get your Huawei Ascend Y520

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Root the Huawei Ascend Y520

How to Root the Huawei Ascend Y520

While many universal methods have failed to root the Huawei Ascend Y520, there is one method that’s confirmed to be working and that is to flash a custom recovery and then use it to flash SuperSU to gain root. It works for a number of devices including the Huawei’s Ascend Y520. Once you’re rooted, you’ll have the ability to remove the bloatware from your device, flash a custom ROM, install root-only apps, and do tons of

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Root Galaxy S6 Edge Plus

Video: How to Root the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus

Want to root your Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus and get rid of some of that annoying bloatware Samsung puts on the phone? I don’t blame you. I’m pretty vocal about my disdain for the majority of custom UI’s that manufacturers put on their devices in an effort to make their phones a bit different than the rest of the Android phone world. I get the need, sort of, but it generally just slows down

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Root Galaxy Note 5

Video: How to Root the Samsung Galaxy Note 5

Looking to root the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 and remove some of Samsung’s bloated software on the phone? So long as you have a specific version of the Note 5, it’s a pretty easy affair. Essentially, we can just flash a rooted kernel onto the phone via Odin, Samsung’s own flashing software, and that’ll give us root access. Once you have root access, you’ll be able to flash custom firmware in the form of custom

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iPhone 6S Light Kit

How to Make the Apple Logo on Your iPhone Light Up Like a Macbook (iPhone 6S & iPhone 6S Plus)

I recently did a video on how to make your iPhone logo on the back of your iPhone 6 and 6 Plus light up like a Macbook does. Now, thanks to your requests, I’ve figured out a way to do it to the iPhone 6S and iPhone 6S Plus. The light kits all use an exposed conductor on the back of the screen to borrow some of the power that the screen is getting to

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Unroot Samsung Galaxy S5 Verizon

How to Unroot the Samsung Galaxy S5 (Verizon)

If you went ahead and rooted your Samsung Galaxy S5 (Verizon) despite the carrier’s restrictions and now wish to get back to stock, you do have a way to do that. There are various reasons as to why you wish to unroot your Galaxy S5. Maybe the root-only apps didn’t cut it for you, or maybe you have issues with the software on your device and you think flashing back the stock firmware should solve

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