I installed Android on an Echo Show, and it gave my smart display a new life

Select Echo Show models can now be jailbroken, allowing you to ditch Fire OS for Android and install any app under the sun.
Liliputing

Yet another easy way to root Android phones and tablets

While jailbreaking iOS is the only way to install apps that aren’t available from the official App Store, Google Android is a bit more open. Most phones and tablets running Android let you install ...
Android Authority

Poll: Who's running a rooted smartphone?

Google puts a lot of time into thinking about Android security, and has developed systems like the way the OS handles app permissions in order to give us control over how software gets to see our data ...
ExtremeTech

Why Google should make Android root access an official feature

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SuperOneClick: Root almost any Android phone with one click

There’s a new method for gaining root access to phones running Google Android — and it works on almost every phone it’s been tested on so far. SuperOneClick isn’t quite as easy to use as the Universal ...