One part of our phone that most of us probably haven’t seen for a while, is the stock recovery. Usually we have a custom recovery on our devices, if we use it at all. The reason being is that the ...

Android “L”でAndroidの標準リカバリーイメージにブートローダーへの切り替えと電源OFFの新メニューが追加されました。リカバリーモードはOSアップデートのインストール処理（手動も）やファクトリーリセット、キャッシュワイプなどの端末本体の管理の ...

rootの取得など、アンドロイドの高度な利用で出てくる用語に「Bootloader」、「リカバリー(Recovery)」、「fastboot」というものがあります。また、「adb」という単語もあります。多くのサイトでは、何の説明もなしにつかわれていてなれないと面食らうことも ...

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Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich looks good on the Galaxy Nexus, but it would be better if you have the power to customize the phone the way you want it. Customizing your phone is possible if the ...

The Google Nexus 7 is a pretty great tablet right out of the box. It has a speedy NVIDIA Tegra 3 quad-core processor, a 7 inch, 1280 x 800 pixel display, and Android 4.1 Jelly Bean software. But ...

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 ...

Swipe your device and tap Backup. The Backup will take a while, depending on the amount of data it needs to backup. Unlocking This is extremely easy. Just put your device in Fastboot Mode (Every ...

Nexus 6 (aka Motorola Shamu) users, who are running the Android 5.0 Lollipop update can now unlock their device's bootloader manually, in just a few minutes time with Android SDK and fastboot.

Google recently unveiled it second generation Nexus branding 7in tablet, featuring a full HD display at 1920 x 1200 pixels at the company's press event. The New Nexus 7 with starting price at £199 ...