If you’ve sniffed around blogs or articles about mobile phones, you’ve probably seen mention of “custom ROMs” or “mods.” What do they do for a phone? As with rooting, a ton of information is out there ...

Why install a custom ROM in 2024? The biggest reason to install a custom ROM hasn’t changed in over a decade — an aftermarket OS can extend the life of older Android devices that have long been ...

With the constant rush to trumpet the latest phones it's easy to think of old phones as obsolete. Most carriers encourage this with a spotty record on upgrading their existing phones to the latest and ...

Arol is a tech journalist who worked as a news and feature writer for Android Police from 2021 to 2023. He first began writing online for the short-lived portal of Spanish-language gaming forum ...

The 2 XL reached its update end of life in December last year, a couple of months after Google released Android 11. While they're a bit long in the tooth now, these phones are still good enough for ...