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 running some Android apps on phones that have been rooted. But Magisk, the most popular tool for rooting smartphones also includes a “hide” […]
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Walmart’s cheap Onn tablets are hackable (root, recovery & more)
This year Walmart launched a line of cheap Android tablets that sell for $50 to $100. While Walmart’s Onn tablets aren’t exactly high-performance devices, they do have one thing that helps set them apart from Amazon’s cheap line of Fire tablets — the Onn tablets run near-stock Android software with the Google Play Store and […]
Lilbits 355: Intel’s next-gen low-power chips coming in 2020, better graphics in tow
We already knew Intel’s follow up to the Gemini Lake line of cheap, low-power Celeron and Pentium processors would probably be code-named Elkhart Lake and that the new chips could pack way more performance, possibly by combining high-performance “Sunny Cove” CPU cores, lower-power “Tremont” cores, and Intel Gen11 graphics. Now, if a leaked product roadmap […]
Android hacks: Magisk updated and Xposed comes to Nougat (kind of)
Once upon a time if you wanted to totally change the look and feel of the Android software running on  your phone, your best bet was probably to install a custom ROM. Then along came the Xposed framework, which lets you make deep changes to Android by installing and customizing modules, making the process almost […]
Now you can download, install, and root Android O Developer Preview 2
Google Android O Developer Preview 2 is now available for recent Nexus and Pixel devices, and there are a few different ways to get it. You can register your device with the Android O Beta program and wait for an over-the-air update. Or you can download the OTA update or factory image for your device. […]