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Cracked screen? Here’s the trick to recover Android data without a hitch

Dropping your phone is almost a rite of passage. One slip from your pocket, and suddenly you’re staring at a spiderweb of cracks—or worse, a completely black ...
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The Long, Slow Push to Make Phones Boot Faster

Starting with Android Oreo (version 8), the operating system switched to a faster decompression algorithm (LZ4), which allowed the bootloader to unpack the kernel faster. The boot animation was also ...
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Android 16 QPR1 Beta 3.1 ‘No Data Wipe’ OTA rolls out

After a prolonged delay (including issues last week), all Android 16 QPR1 Beta 3.1 users are now seeing the “No Data Wipe” opt-out OTA.
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Think CCleaner boosts Android? What you need to know before trying

Your Android phone might start to feel sluggish after months of app installs, cached files, and forgotten downloads. It’s tempting to reach for a one-tap ...