Android OEMs have been notorious for killing apps in the background. Particularly, MIUI has had an aggressive optimization approach to battery optimization in the past. It prefers preserving a small ...

If you're anything like me, there's a good chance you have boxes of USB cables, not entirely sure which are USB Type-A, which are USB Type-C, and which even work. I know, I'm a mess, but this isn't ...

According to [Casey Connolly], Qualcomm’s release of how to interact with their embedded USB debugging (EUD) is a big deal. If you haven’t heard of it, nearly all Qualcomm SoCs made since 2018 have a ...

Hidden away in your Android phone's developer settings is a powerful feature called USB debugging. It's a special mode that opens a direct line of communication between your smartphone and a computer, ...

In 2023, Xiaomi announced that MIUI 14 would be the final iteration under its current name for new devices. In its place, Xiaomi introduced a new and redesigned operating system—HyperOS. Beginning ...

Jon has been an author at Android Police since 2021. He primarily writes features and editorials covering the latest Android news, but occasionally reviews hardware and Android apps. His favorite ...

The Monoprice 12-in-1 USB-C to Dual-HDMI+VGA Triple Display Docking Station is a mouthful of words. But the message here is that this hub is for someone with a legacy display that they’re just not ...

The crash cart: In a hospital a crash cart could save your life, but Microsoft had a different type of crash cart back in the day that usually spelled the death of a testing PC. In-house developers ...

When I tried to use Gnirehtet on my new Android Xiaomi Redmi 12 with MIUI 14, as soon after I granted access for debugging mode after plugin in the USB C cable from ...

The engineers and designers at Raspberry Pi have this week launched a new piece of hardware in the form of the plug and play Raspberry Pi Debug Probe which is now available to purchase priced at just ...

A technician has added a USB-C port to an iPhone 12 mini in addition to the Lightning port, in what appears to be a first-of-its kind modification. YouTube user "Hyphaistos3672" disassembled the ...