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 ...

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 ...

The third-party Android ROM landscape isn't what it used to be but it still exists and thrives even if in a smaller size. Extremely locked-down phones have made it harder to port and install these ...

The Chinese smartphone manufacturer is always keen to garner more and more sales with its competitive pricing of mid-range smartphones. They are also working to improve on the software support, but ...

Whether you’ve imported your new Android device from overseas or recently modified its software, it’s possible to find yourself without access to Google apps. This could include the Play Store, the ...

I remember using a toolkit made specifically for the S2 to unlock and install a new rom for the first time and it was pretty much as easy as this. No app requiered on the phone either.. since all you ...

The most popular Moto G series device – Moto G5 Plus has received some love from the third-party development community over at XDA. The device has received Android 10 based Arrow OS and a few other ...

The HP TouchPad is a tablet with a 9.7 inch display, a 1.2 GHz dual-core processor, and 1GB of RAM. It originally shipped with HP’s webOS software, but hackers have been installing Google Android on ...

One of the coolest things about Android is the ability to install custom ROMs on your device, replacing your default version of Android with a third-party take. These custom ROMs are traditionally ...

Microsoft’s Surface Duo is an Android-powered dual-screen mobile device that began shipping before Google had really done much to bring native support for dual-screen hardware to Android. So Microsoft ...

Manuel Vonau was Android Police's Google Editor until April 2024, with expertise in Android, Chrome, Pixels, and other Google products. For five years, he covered tech news and reviewed devices after ...