Krystle Vermes is a Boston-based news reporter for Android Police. She is a graduate of the Suffolk University journalism program, and has more than a decade of experience as a writer and editor in ...

It’s true that rooting your device is far less popular than the good old days. Stock Android grew up quite a bit and root is simply less appealing than it once was. Also, apps like Netflix, Pokemon Go ...

One of the best things about the Android platform is its customization and flexibility. Android lets you use it the way you want to, whether that means changing the launcher, using icon packs, or more ...

Google’s SafetyNet services and APIs allow Android app makers to ensure that they’re running on phones that haven’t been tampered with… at least in theory. In practice that would prevent you from ...

We’ve known for a while that Google does not like rooted Android devices. This is one reason why the company is blocking RCS for rooted phones. However, it’s not the only company that’s against rooted ...

We continue to investigate a phenomenon where normal applications inexplicably run with root privileges. As noted yesterday, this is a potentially serious security concern, as apps running with such ...

I just noticed that the App Store app installs applications I "purchase" with it as chmod root. I'm a bit surprised by this, as it does not ask for an admin password when installing, and on a Unix (OS ...

The CyanogenMod Team has been a major force driving the AOSP, rooting, and ROMing community forward with over a million devices running their custom ROMs. With this announcement from team member Koush ...

Google recently launched a new Videos app which allows users to rent movies from the Android Market movies section and stream them to phones or tablets running Google Android 2.2 and up. There’s just ...