How to Root, Unlock, & Restore Your OnePlus One with Bacon Root Toolkit

Keeping your OnePlus One running smoothly can be taxing, especially if you spend most of your day looking for ways to tweak performance settings like me. Sometimes I get lucky and end up with a faster phone, but because I experiment so much, I often end up restoring it back to stock. This process can get old really quick, but when I started using the Bacon Root Toolkitfrom WugFresh, it became exponentially easier. Usually, going from stock to rooted and then back again can take a good chunk of time and a ton of ADB and fastboot commands, but with Wug's Toolkit, each step is automated and requires just a single click. It's only for Windows,...

Update Verizon Galaxy S5 to Android 5.0 Lollipop and Retain Root

Update Verizon Galaxy S5 to Android 5.0 Lollipop and Retain RootThe folks at Verizon must be highly dedicated to roll out periodic updates to the Verizon Galaxy S5 and looking at the frequency of the updates, we feel that they are hyper-active. The Verizon Galaxy S5 has seen the Android 5.0 Lollipop update earlier this month bringing the firmware version to G900VVRU1BOA8. But the most surprising fact is that the Lollipopupdate came in a very quick succession after the release of NK2 firmware last December. If this is the trend, the Verizon Galaxy S5 users might see the light of Android 5.1 Lollipop very...

Nexus 9 Android 5.0 Update: How To Root New Google Tablet Running Latest OS [TUTORIAL]

That was quick: the Nexus 9 and Android 5.0 Lollipop were released just two days ago but there is already a root available for the Google 8.9-inch tablet running the latest OS thanks to famed XDA developer Chainfire. Android Police noted that Android 5.0 Lollipop, the latest version of the Android mobile operating system unveiled by Google in June during its developers conference, brings added security enhancements that should have made it harder to hack. Similarly, the Nexus 9’s 64-bit software should have made rooting harder and yet a root was found within 48 hours of the software and tablet’s general release. For the uninitiated,...