If you don't set a root password for your computer running macOS High Sierra right now, you risk someone else breaking in without one.
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It's a Qualcomm app and it's not really supposed to be on user-side software. Well, it is on user-side software with OxygenOS.
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It's a festive looking view if your display can support it, but unfortunately, it'll be with most OnePlus 3T units, but not with some and the OnePlus 3.
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And yes, it does apply to the Galaxy S8 as well. And it took a team of six members several months to get this exploit together.
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It’s a classic good news/bad news scenario today for early adopters of “made by Google” Pixel phones, or just hardcore Android purists who want to see the two Nexus replacements succeed both with their “kind” and mainstream mobile consumers.The latter group probably doesn’t care as much about
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For a while, developers were worried that Google’s phone would not be the Android developer’s phone. Sure, it was expected that Verizon and the other carriers would block bootloader access to its customers, but would buying a Pixel direct from the Google Store also ...
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Rooting is one of those rites of passage that people look to as a milestone in geek cred. Thus, I wasn’t completely surprised when, a couple weeks ago, I mentioned that I’ve never rooted a phone and was met with almost universal negativity. Of course, I didn’t exactly phrase the tweet in a manner to elicit positive responses, so that’s partially my fault. But the fact remains that I still have never rooted an Android phone, so I wanted to dig into the subject a bit and see what I was missing ...
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Android, as many of its users probably know, is built on Linux. And while that’s provided Google with a great framework, it also means exposing the platform to some of the same issues faced by any other Linux system. A few days back, researches published a serious vulnerability in the Linux kernel, exposing systems to a privilege-escalation attack that could allow local users to gain root. Should you be concerned for the security of your Android phone or tablet? Google’s saying “no,” for most users, but it’s still releasing a patch for good measure.In theory, a ...
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Yesterday I talked about why I rooted my Nexus 6. No, it wasn’t to run a custom ROM (though that’s a great reason to root your smartphone). No, it wasn’t so I could run a custom kernel (although that’s another wonderful reason to root as well). My reasons for rooting the Nexus 6 were much more basic: so I can run tools and utilities, and make configuration changes that I wouldn’t otherwise be able to do. Many of you mirrored my sentiment, and even ...
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There was a time (not that long ago) when Power Users needed to root their Android-powered smartphones to do anything really powerful with them. Primary among those reason was to flash a custom ROM. These days stock Android includes many of the features and functionality that were previously the exclusive realm of custom ROMs. Sure, there are still ample reasons to flash a custom ROM, but for an increasing number of us Power Users, “stock plus root” is good enough. Here’s why I went with a Nexus 6 root, but kept the stock ROM.Tethering
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When we talk about root or “rooting” your smartphone or tablet, we’re talking about bypassing the built-in securities and permissions that come prepackaged on your device so you can obtain “privileged control” or “root access”. Our Apple-toting friends often call this “jailbreaking”, which, in a manner of speaking, it is. OEMs lock our devices down “for our own good”, to keep us from breaking them or allowing malicious software to get inside and do damage. A secondary objective is to make sure that we can’t do ...
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There are many reasons why you’d want to root your phone, but an LG G Watch root via a custom ROM? Yup. And it’s awesome!Smartwatches powered by Google’s Android Wear operating system are starting to show up on wrists across the world. Right now people are starting to get used to the idea of notifications showing up on their watch, and beginning to see the utility of talking back to it to get things done — even though it still looks a ...
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Android L is still very much a developer preview, but there’s one thing power users have been missing more than anything else: Root. With Chainfire away at Google I/O, development on this front slowed to a crawl. Lucky for all of us, Chainfire is back and has updated SuperSU to version 2.01. If you’d like more information about this version of SuperSU, head over to Chainfire’s post.Some have ...
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Samsung’s recent devices have been notoriously difficult to root, with bounties for rooting AT&T and Verizon-branded Galaxy S5 phones shooting past $15,000 in a matter of months. It’s not just Samsung, too — more and more OEMs, possibly spurred on by carrier policies from the likes of AT&T and Verizon, have been ...
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Root and SuperUser access (“su“) are two terms that are often used interchangeably. Essentially, if you have Root access, you can modify and replace system files. With this access level a user can run an app that will automatically sync the clock on their smartphone or tablet with the Atomic Clock, tweak the color settings of their display, or make a complete backup of their device. Users can replace radio firmware, or even swap out an entire ROM with something that’s been customized by the community.It’s just as easy for a malicious user to utilize Root as a vector ...
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