LineageOS 23 keeps the custom ROM spirit alive with Android 16

Of all the custom ROMs still around, LineageOS remains the most popular. The hard work of the team behind the ROM lays the ...

Google quietly pulls Android 16 QPR3 Beta 3 OTA amid Pixel bootloop issues

Reports of Pixels getting stuck in a bootloop during the Android 16 QPR3 Beta 3 installation started popping up soon after ...
Liliputing

Amazon Echo hacks: You can unlock the bootloader and install custom ROMS on some older models

Still, it’s pretty amazing to see any custom ROM support for these devices, as Amazon’s Echo products have generally been much more locked down than its Fire Tablets and Fire TV devices, which have ...

Your open-source custom ROM has a dirty secret, and Librephone wants to fix it

The Free Software Foundation's new Librephone project wants to reverse engineer the binary blobs our phones rely on.
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LineageOS 23, Based on Android 16, Is Finally Here

LineageOS 23 drops on Android 16 but uses QPR0; QPR1 features are missing due to delayed Google source releases. Google ...
IGN

Minecraft x Hello Kitty DLC Launched with New Items, Quests, and More

Mojang Studios announced the Minecraft x Hello Kitty DLC for the Minecraft Bedrock Edition. The new DLC brings new items, features, and much more based on the beloved Sanrio character. More like this ...
IEEE

Born with a Silver Spoon: On the (In)Security of Native Granted App Privileges in Custom Android ROMs

Abstract: The customization and fragmentation of the Android ecosystem have fostered its prosperity and highlighted the growing importance of conducting security audits on these customized systems.