Samsung Removes Key 'Recovery' Tools from Galaxy Phones—Including OS Sideloading

Samsung's February 2026 update is removing the 'Wipe cache partition' and ADB sideloading tools from Galaxy phones' Recovery ...
9to5google

The Sideload 022: Name! That! Phone!

Welcome to The Sideload episode 22, a 9to5Google podcast. This week, Will welcomes Joe Maring back to the show to discuss his recent anti-buyer’s guide, a list of Android devices he currently ...
manilatimes

ADB puts P1.7 billion in Ayalas’ GCash

ASIAN Development Bank (ADB) president Masatsugu Asakawa has described the bank’s new $30 million (P1.7 billion) loan to Fuse, the lending arm of GCash, as a “crucial advancement in promoting ...
9to5Google

How to install the Android 17 Beta on Google Pixel

Google has released Android 17 in beta for Pixel devices, skipping the usual Developer Preview given the arrival of ...
AOL

What Is Sideloading? Why Apple Doesn't Want You Doing It

Sideloading means installing apps outside an official app store, such as from a file you downloaded via browser instead of via Google Play Store or the App Store. Sideloading lets you access a variety ...
Android Authority

Here's why Google’s sideloading restrictions actually make sense

Google is set to change, if not completely eradicate, Android sideloading as we know it. The change comes into effect as early as September this year, and could make sideloading more drawn-out and ...
PC Magazine

Sick of Commercials? You Can Still Skip YouTube Ads (if You Try Hard Enough)

If you immediately hit the Skip Ads, it's no longer considered, as YouTube calls it, an "engaged-view conversation," and the creator won't receive any of the ad money that would be owed to them if you ...