Stephen is an author at Android Police who covers how-to guides, features, and in-depth explainers on various topics. He joined the team in late 2021, bringing his strong technical background in ...

My daughter's Moto G has a broken vibrate function and we are getting a new one from Motorola under warranty, either temporarily while they fix the first one, or possibly permanently depending on what ...

Artem is a die-hard Android fan, passionate tech blogger, obsessive-compulsive editor, bug hunting programmer, and the founder of Android Police and APK Mirror. Most of the time, you will find Artem ...

I smashed the screen on my Galaxy Nexus about two weeks back, with an assist from an over-eager dog and the only room in my house with a tile floor. There was the usual mixture of guilt and enthusiasm ...

The Android Debug Bridge (adb) backup and restore commands may be removed in a future Android release, as detailed in a commit merged into the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) git repository. adb is ...

Android devices certainly have no dearth of backup and restore solutions, but most apps available on the market only support restoring apps one at a time. For those of you who are practically obsessed ...

I'm looking for a utility I could use to simply copy entire SMS/MMS conversations from Android. I'm running LineageOS+microg so apps that require Google Services should work. Up to this point I've ...

One of Android’s little-known tricks is its built-in backup and restore process that allows users to save their private data as well as the different installed applications. The process is pretty ...

Your Android device will soon automatically back up and restore Theft Protection settings. Android’s Theft Protection settings include Theft Detection Lock, Offline Device Lock, Remote Lock, and more.