To root or not to root? That is the question. Rooting your Android device definitely pushes you up a level or two in your geekdom. It requires a certain level of commitment, at least a little savvy, ...

I recently bought my first smartphone, an LG Nexus 4. I love stock Jellybean and don't have any plans to fiddle with flashing ROMs, but I'm interested in trying a few apps that require root access, ...

Root Transmission allows one-click rooting on any Android device using another pre-rooted Android device with USB OTG support. Root Transmission app from XDA Developers member wchill, offers rooting ...

There are tools available to root nearly every Android phone or tablet released to date. Many of those tools require you to hook up your mobile device to a PC with a USB cable and run a utility on the ...

Artem is a die-hard Android fan, passionate tech blogger, obsessive-compulsive editor, bug hunting programmer, and the founder of Android Police and APK Mirror. Most of the time, you will find Artem ...

Reading this post means you have already taken the pain to root your Android device. Now it's time to justify this effort by getting hold of a few applications that will certainly test the unshackled ...

HTC smartphone and tablet owners can now root devices with a new universal tool, thanks to the efforts of XDA developer lyriquidperfection. The HTC Quick Root tool is reported to be a "One Click Root ...

"The right to have root on your machine," that is, full administrator access to your computing devices including smartphones, is a "key issue," Sir Tim Berners-Lee told a geek-heavy audience at the ...

Geohot’s latest Android rooting tool relies on a privilege root access, escalation vulnerability affecting the majority of commercial Android builds. A recently disclosed vulnerability in version 3.14 ...