Author: Dmitry 'BRADA' Podkopaev

Google collects a ton of data from your smartphone—location, app activity, contacts, calendar, search history, app-data backups—just to name a few. You don’t strictly have to link your phone to a Google account, but if you don’t,…

Older Android devices can’t keep up with modern games and resource‑hungry apps anymore, but it’s a shame to give them away or toss them out—and nobody wants to buy them. Using the Nexus 7 as an example,…

There are many tools available for working with a smartphone connected via USB cable or Wi-Fi. Advanced tools allow you to move files, install and uninstall software, view contacts, take screenshots, and even send SMS, but no graphical tool can match the power that…

Not infrequently users accustomed to rooting firmware, installing all sorts of system software, changing kernels and otherwise compromising firmware, find it for themselves that it is impossible install an OTA-update. It just won't get in place, rejecting…