To root or not to root? This is a question that obsesses many phone owners. Un-rooted Android phone owners may feel excluded from some of life's greater technical, gaming or social pleasures. But ...

Rooting your phone will also invalidate its warranty, which is why we tend to only recommend trying it out on older Androids. Ideally your ‘old’ phone, not your current one – in case something bad ...

Android has been around for over a decade, with the OS steadily gaining maturity over the years as it found its way onto the best smartphones. Most people recognize Android as the operating system ...

Many Android phones can be rooted, giving you a greater level of access to the device. This opens the door for greater customization, more system-level tweaks, and a host of other benefits. We wanted ...

While putting together a list of the best Android apps, I asked dozens of Android devotees what were their favorites, and a few fired back a short list of apps "for root users." Rooting an Android ...

A rooted Android device is more powerful, but it's also more risky. That's nothing to worry about if you can't even root your phone, an increasingly common occurrence. Gaining root access on Android ...

Rooting an Android phone gained popularity when the OS was in its nascent stages. Back in the last decade, it became incredibly popular among the enthusiast community. As for why rooting gained this ...

Netflix is restricting access for its Netflix app to rooted Google Android phones. Netflix Google Android power users have long been able to root their phones for extra functionality and customization ...