Pixel Phone’s Camera Security Flaw Patched And Ready For Distribution
Recently a flaw was discovered in the security of the Pixel and the Pixel XL phones that allowed a user to be "tracked". The good news is that the flaw has already been patched in the AOSP source code...
January security update for Android will launch January 3 says US carrier
Google's monthly security updates to Android which fix issues raised as CVE's are now a common and if US carrier Verizon is to be believed, then next months is right on track for release on January 3rd.
The update information...
Google says the Nexus 6 will get its Android 7.1.1 update next month
Owners of one of the largest Nexus phones ever released, the Nexus 6, are still waiting for the Android 7.1.1 update which began rolling out to supported Nexus and Pixel devices earlier this month. Google has finally advised...
Cyanogenmod comes to an end, being reborn as LineageOS. The company may be gone,...
Disturbing news to the developer community yesterday was the development that Cyanogenmod will cease to exist come January 1. Unsurprisingly given their turn in recent months, Cyanogen Inc. (cyngn) will pull all support for the server and builds for...
SuperSU Updated For Nougat, Again
Three weeks after Chainfire updated SuperSU for Nougat builds he has had to do it again. As I reported previously, Nougat brought with it a heap of SELinux changes and with it a heap of headaches for the...
Optus now testing Nougat update for the Galaxy A5 – expected to start rolling...
Owners of the Samsung Galaxy A5 are going to start the new year off right with Optus advising in their software update blog that they're testing Nougat for the handset.
There's bare bones information about the update, which will...
Android 7.1.1 final build being rolled out to Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P owners...
It appears after an extended wait, that Nexus 5X and Nexus 6P users enrolled in the Beta Program, are receiving an update which takes them from Android 7.1.1 Developer Preview 2 to the final build that started rolling out...
TeamWin Release Official TWRP App
There have been quite a few custom recoveries over the time but these days the majority of users will use TWRP custom recovery. There is a reason for this -- it is stable (mostly), feature packed and the developers...
Lenovo is serious about their Moto Mods – announces results of the first Moto...
Motorola's Moto Z handset with its modular add-ons seems to be on the right path at the moment, they've got a decent momentum, have announced the phone is getting Daydream certification with its Nougat update, and those add-ons are...
Vodafone Australia testing Nougat update for the Samsung Galaxy S7/S7 Edge
Good news owners of the Samsung Galaxy S7 and S7 Edge, your Nougat update is almost ready.
In their latest Software Update blog, Vodafone Australia has advised that the Android N update for the phones is now in testing....
Telstra has unblocked the Android 7.1.1 Pixel update
If you were a Telstra customer who had a Google Pixel phone -- you know the up to $1419 device with guaranteed updates from Google -- it turns out no matter how many times you pounded on the check...
Telstra Blocking Updates, Again
Telstra are very particular about their network. Maybe that's why they do have the best network around but unfortunately it means that Telstra users often receive updates later than others. So far it seems that no one...
Google Releases Android Wear 2.0 Developer Preview 4
Android Wear 2.0 has been delayed, we all know that. In keeping with Google's plan to have releases go as seamlessly and break as fewer apps as possible they release developer previews of the OS along the way. Today...
Why I still want root access on my Android
Way back in the early days of Android there were many functions that Android just could NOT do that many of us wanted to do. The only way to get those functions was to obtain root access to the...
Sony Aiming To Be First Vendor To Roll Out Android 7.1.1
Sony have kept their Android skin extremely close to stock AOSP Android for a while now. This should help them update their devices faster when new versions of Android are released although that hasn't always been the case. Now...