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How to Reset a Frozen iPhone

It happens. You’re surfing the web, maybe checking out your networks that are social, and bam –it’s stuck. The iPhone screen is no longer responding and you’re stuck staring at gif shared on Twitter that is now stuck on a frame that somehow makes it lose it’s hilarity. You swipe left, right, then up, down –nothing. You begin pushing the home button to no avail and finally start pushing the power button in an effort to […]

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How to Root the Motorola Moto G (2014) on Android 5.0 Lollipop

The Motorola Moto G (2014) is one of the lucky devices to have gotten the latest Android update, dubbed as Android 5.0 Lollipop. If you got this update on your Moto G (2014) and are wondering how you could regain the root-access which you previously had on your device, here’s how you can do that. The following guide should help you with rooting your device and flashing a custom recovery on it. And here you go:

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How to Root the Nexus 7 on Android 5.0

The original Nexus 7 has got the Android 5.0 Lollipop update, amongst many other Nexus devices. If you haven’t updated your device to this latest update, do so now as it brings a host of cool features for your device. If you’ve already updated your device, here’s how you can root your device and get the root-only apps working on it (once again!): Rooting is the process of gaining administrative rights on your Android device. 

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How to Root the Nexus 10 on Android 5.0

The Android 5.0 Lollipop update has arrived for the Nexus 10, and so has a root method for it. If you had some root-only apps on your Nexus 10 that were working fine before the update and stopped working after you updated to Lollipop, here’s how you can regain the root-access on your device and make those apps work again: Rooting is the process of gaining administrative rights on your Android device.  Once we root

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How to Root the Nexus 7 (2013) on Android 5.0

The Asus Nexus 7 belongs to the group of devices that is the first one to get any new software updates. The Android 5.0 Lollipop update has already made its way to the said device, and thanks to the talented devs, we can now root this beautiful device on this latest software update. So without further ado, here’s how to root your device: Unrooting is the process of removing root access, a custom recovery (if

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How to Root the Nexus 4 on Android 5.0

Google never forgets to update its Nexus devices whenever it comes up with a new version of Android. This time, the Android 5.0 Lollipop update has hit the Nexus 4, bringing its users a host of cool features. If you have got this update on your Nexus 4 and are looking to root it, here’s how you can do that: Rooting is the process of gaining administrative rights on your Android device.  Once we root

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How to Root the Motorola Moto X (2014) on Android 5.0

Whenever a new software update arrives on an Android device, it breaks the root-access and leaves the users in the dark. But worry not if you have a Motorola Moto X (2014) with Android 5.0, as a root method has already hit the Internet and below you can find details how you can root your Moto X (2014) running Android 5.0 and get the most out of it. Here you go: Rooting is the process

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How to Root the Motorola Moto X on Android 5.0

If you think the Google Nexus devices are the only ones that have gotten the Android 5.0 Lollipop update, then you’re wrong my friend. Motorola’s very own the Moto X has also been updated to Android 5.0, and this leads us to find a root for this specific version of Android. Fortunately, the very talented developer Chainfire has come up with a root that roots the Moto X on Lollipop, and lets you flash a

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How to Root the Motorola Moto G on Android 5.0

Did the Android 5.0 Lollipop update just hit your Motorola Moto G? Did it break the root-access and you wish to regain the same on your device? No worries, here’s how to root your Moto G on Android 5.0 and get the root-only apps working again on your device. 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

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How to Get Android 5.0 “Lollipop” on the Nexus 5 / Nexus 7 (Video)

With the announcement of the Nexus 6 and Nexus 9, Google also announced the release of their latest version of Android called Android 5.0 “Lollipop”. Just like with the developer preview of Android L (the codename for Android 5.0 before it was finished), if you have a Nexus 5 or the Nexus 7 (2013) Wifi version, you don’t have to wait for the OTA. Using the factory images from Google’s developer site and the Android

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How to Change the Music Player on Your Android Device (Video)

Here we have another part of my series on getting the mort out of customizing Android (since it seems a lot of people don’t realize just how much you can change the Android OS). This time I’m going to show you how to change the default music player in Android so you don’t have to be stuck with the one the manufacturer (or Google) decided you should use. Just like changing the home screen, the

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How to Change the Camera on Your Android Device (Video)

Continuing with my new series on getting the most out of customizing Android (since it seems most people don’t realize to the extent you can actually customize an Android device), I’m moving on to something that can change the way you see the world –the camera. Just like with changing the home screen launcher or the keyboard, there are a ton of camera options to choose from. Some have fun filters and photo features (like

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How to Setup Your Internet/MMS Settings on an Android Phone

If you just had your phone unlocked, or maybe flashed a custom ROM, you might be having an issue connecting to the internet or sending picture messages. This is sometimes due to the fact that the internet and mms settings (that most phones nowadays set automatically when they detect what carrier the device is on) didn’t get set properly. The internet and mms settings are basically the information the phone uses to decide how to

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How to Change the Icons/Theme on Your Android Device (Video)

Now that you’ve learned to change your Android device’s home screen launcher, you can take the customizing of Android one step further by adding a custom theme for that launcher to change the icons for apps, skin the device, change the wallpaper, etc. Just like with the custom launcher scene, there’s no shortage of themes (and some are pretty popular). From making your Android device resemble all of the other operating systems (from Windows Phone

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How to Change the Home Screen Launcher on an Android Device (Video)

As part of my new series on getting the most out of customizing your Android device, I figure a big one is changing the Android Launcher (aka the home screen). The easiest way to think of this is that, essentially, the home screen is its own app. Unlike your normal apps that are called by tapping on their icon, the home screen all, called a “launcher”, is called every time you hit the home button. It

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