Remember this: The phone or tablet you purchased is yours. It does not belong to the carrier that you bought it from despite the fact that the device is emblazoned with its corporate identity, logo or ...

Rooting your Android phone and flashing it with a new ROM—a different version of the OS—is usually accompanied by dire warnings from the manufacturer and occasionally even the supplier of the ROM ...

For all of Android's flexibility and customization, carriers and phone makers still manage to lock down plenty of restrictions, skins, and preloaded software that you just don't want. There isn't ...