Category: Android

Rooting my HTC Hero Android Phone

Rooting Related Terms

⚠️ Recovery: Every Android device has a recovery through which the OS can install over-the-air updates. It is also used by the system whenever you factory reset a device. If you want to flash a custom ROM, you must replace the stock recovery with a custom one. ⚠️ Superuser/SuperSU: This application is automatically installed on the device during rooting. It… Read more →

MAC address spoofing

The device that you’re looking at right now has a network interface controller (NIC), the thing that’s responsible for allowing you to connect to a network, like an internet. All devices capable of networking (smartphones, laptops, routers) have one of these. Each NIC is assigned unique hard-coded MAC addresses that cannot be changed. However, almost all popular platforms such as… Read more →

Mobile Apps Tracking You?

What’s Wrong With Mobile Apps Tracking You? For some reason, there is a certainty that you have not even thought about such a question. Data about you is collected, which is often sensitive (depending on the insolence of the developers); Your data wastes Internet traffic and battery power; Finding out what data is leaking is impossible for the average user,… Read more →