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How to Unroot the Huawei Honor 4C

If you’re finally done messing around with your Huawei Honor 4C after rooting it and changing the software to your heart’s content, and you’re ready to get everything back to stock so you can send it in for warranty or sell it or whatever the need may be, you’ll need to do what we call “unroot” it. Just like rooting the device this involves flashing some firmware onto it, but instead of a custom firmware, we’re going to literally flash the stock firmware that it came with back onto it to erase anything we did to it and get it […]

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How to Root the Huawei Honor 4C

With an 8 core processor, 13MP camera, and dual-sim capabilities with a lower than normal price tag south of $200 the Huawei Honor 4C isn’t a bad option for someone looking for a budget phone with decent specs (and thanks to that dual-sim, especially if that someone is in Asia or other countries that use dual-sim a lot). Besides the hardware though, Huawei, like most manufacturers, put on their own custom user interface over Android to differentiate their phones from the other Android phones on the market, and while this does add some features specific to the phone, it isn’t

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How to Unroot the LG G Flex2 (Sprint)

So you’ve had enough fun with your LG G Flex2 by rooting it, flashing custom ROMs, and just tinkering around with it in every way imaginable. But, now, sadly, you have a need to get it back to stock. Whether you need to unroot the LG G Flex2 to send it in for warranty, sell it to someone, or just want to have a clean slate to start all over with it, this is going to be how to do it. Essentially, we’re going to use LG’s own flashing tool and flash the stock firmware from LG onto the device. This

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How to Unroot the LG G Flex2 (H955)

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How to Root the Sony Xperia C3

Last year Sony released their mid-range device the Sony Xperia C3 to pretty good reviews. People loved camera, the screen utilizing Sony’s proprietary Bravia engine, the fact that it’s water resistant, and, of course, the price. But, what if you’re getting a little bored with the device? Or maybe you’re just sick of Sony’s UI? Well, it might be time to root it. Rooting the Sony Xperia C3 is the the process of gaining administrative rights on the phone so you can change all aspects of the software. From removing Sony’s UI, as mentioned, to overclocking the phone and other advanced

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How to Root the LG G Flex 2 (All Variants)

The successor to the – if nothing else – differently designed LG G Flex, the LG G Flex2, continues the bended tradition. With a slightly curved screen, albeit at a higher 1080p resolution vs the 720p of the last model, it still has the differentiator that gives it its flexible name. In addition to the same iconic screen, it also kept the custom UI that LG added to the original (unfortunately). As with most manufacturers, they add a custom UI skin on top of Android in order to help differentiate their devices from the plethora of other Android devices on

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How to Unroot the Motorola Moto G (3rd Gen)

The Motorola Moto G has always been a popular phone and the third generation of the device is no exception. The simple fact of the matter is that, for the price, you’d be hard-pressed to find another phone with the same level of performance and features. Also because of the price, the device is a prime target for those that want to try and get a bit more out of the device by rooting it and pushing it to its limits. Sometimes though, those limits get reached and then it’s time to unroot the Moto G and get it back

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How to Unroot the LG Optimus F3Q (T-Mobile)

The LG Optimus F3Q is probably one of the last phones I can remember that came with a full keyboard –something I sort of miss from phones nowadays if we’re honest. Besides the possibly outdated (again, I don’t want it to be) hardware keyboard, the device also came with some interesting software by LG. The UI skin on top of Android that LG put on the device could be taken off and changed rather easily by rooting the Optimus F3Q and flashing a custom ROM, but – if after all of that – you find that you’re done messing around with

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Beginner’s Guide to Custom ROMs, Kernels, & Recoveries

Common users of phones, tablets and other smart devices running the Android operating system may have heard of rooting,which is often compared to jailbreaking on Apple devices. Find out all you need to know (all the basics, anyway) about advanced Android customizations, like custom ROMs and recoveries, starting with rooting and unlocking a phone. What Is Root? Rooting is the act of unlocking root permissions on a device, and essentially it means allowing deeper hardware and software capabilities. Android originates from the Linux kernel, and so it shares some similarities — root is one of them. Essentially, root users, also

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How to Root the Motorola Moto G (3rd Gen)

Arguably one of the most popular budget phones, the Motorola Moto G (3rd Gen) is one of the smoothest phones you can get for the money. With a decent camera, decent processor, no bloatware (just pure Android for the most part), water-resistance body, and a price tag under $200, you’d be hard pressed to find a better equipped phone on a budget. With all of that in mind though, the Motorola Moto G is also quite popular in another sense: rooting. Rooting the Motorola Moto G can allow you to overclock the processor, flash custom ROMs (customized versions of Android

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How to Unroot the Lenovo K3 Note

The eight-core, large screen, yet budget-friendly offering from Lenovo called the K3 Note, is a pretty decent option for people looking for some performance without breaking the bank. But, as it is with most manufacturers, they try to differentiate their Android phones by adding custom software to it to give it a different look and feel than the others in the market and even add some functionality. Thing is, Android, in my opinion at least, has come a long way from its humble beginnings and is better left untouched. Because of this, I root my devices and change the software almost

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How to Root the Samsung Galaxy Ace 4

So maybe you love your sleek little Samsung Galaxy Ace 4 –budget-friendly, good camera, crisp screen, etc. But what if you’re getting a little bored with it now that you’ve had it for a year or so? You could go buy a new phone, but that’s expensive and, frankly, unnecessary. Instead, you should root it. Rooting the Samsung Galaxy Ace 4 is the process of gaining administrative rights on it. This then allows you to make changes to the operating system that Samsung or your carrier wouldn’t have allowed before. Things from removing bloatware apps that you didn’t want in the first place

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How to Unroot the Samsung Galaxy Ace 4

If you’re here to unroot your Samsung Galaxy Ace 4, you probably have a strong reason as to why you’re unrooting your device. Whether it’s to get the phone back to stock so you can send it in for warranty or just to get it back to stock cause you may have gotten carried away with flashing custom ROMs. In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to unroot the Galaxy Ace 4 by flashing a stock ROM or firmware to the device using Samsung’s own flashing software called Odin. By flashing the stock ROM, you’re going to not only remove the

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How to Root the LG G4 (International Version)

While it’s quite a tough task to root the carrier variants of the LG G4, rooting the international LG G4 is darn easy. Thing is, carriers often put locks on your devices that prevent you from touching the files that the carriers themselves added to the device (and would rather you didn’t remove). That makes the whole job of rooting the device that much more difficult for developers. Fortunately, the international variant of the LG G4 is carrier agnostic so no carrier bloatware in the first place means no carrier panicking if you try to root it. Once you’ve rooted yours,

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How to Root the LG G4 (T-Mobile) (Updated 06/30/16)

LG’s latest leather-clad flagship phone, the LG G4, is a great device all on its own. From a sexy leather back, to a large crisp screen, serious low-aperture lens, eight-core processor, and more; it definitely has the makings of a badass flagship phone. But, despite all this awesome hardware, there are those of us that aren’t quite fans of the software that it comes pre-installed on top of it. That’s where rooting comes in. Rooting, aka the gaining of administrative rights on an Android device, allows you to change the software on a device like the LG G4 as you

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