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Your phone can run ADB on itself with no PC, and it's how I finally killed the bloatware I couldn't uninstall

Shizuku is a game-changer for tinkering lovers ...

There's one group of Android users Google's new sideloading rules won't affect

LineageOS says Google's new developer verification system for sideloading apps on Android will not affect devices running its ...
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Android Hacks

Even with Amazon’s Echo Show devices running Linux in the form of the Android-derived FireOS, using them for non-Amazon approved purposes can be a chore at best. In the case of the Echo Show 8 even ...

How I run Linux GUI apps on my Android phone - and what to consider before you do it, too

After all, the Android kernel is based on the Linux kernel, and Google already gave us Linux terminal support for ...
Android

Google Changes the Rules for Ranking Android Coding AI—and Gemini Is Still Lagging Behind

Google upgraded its Android Bench coding developer leaderboard by adopting the Harbor sandbox framework and adding eight new AI models to the testing ecosystem. Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 secured ...

6 hidden Samsung dial codes that unlock secret features on your Galaxy phone

Every Samsung phone has secret cheat codes, and it's a shame that more people don't know about them. Type these and see what ...