Whether you're ready to sell your Android or you've got to get it repaired, you'll want to see how to restore your phone to its original factory flavor of Android. Senior writer Seth Rosenblatt ...

For a long time, the process of moving to a new smartphone was quite a hassle. This was especially true for users who had hundreds of GB of files and several custom settings. However, Google has made ...

Various background services and applications that don’t show up in the launcher comprise Google’s mobile OS. The Data Restore Tool that lets you restore information when setting up a new Android phone ...

Manuel Vonau was Android Police's Google Editor until April 2024, with expertise in Android, Chrome, Pixels, and other Google products. For five years, he covered tech news and reviewed devices after ...

You have a lot of important data and files stored on your Android phone or tablet—contacts, appointments, apps, settings, passwords. And you want to make sure that ...

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.

Google Drive is famous among Android users as a trustworthy backup storage option. Often, Android users store their essential data and media files on Google Drive over the internet to restore them ...

It seems that Google is working on making the data transfer process from one Android device to another faster. The new options could make the process of switching phones much easier. If implemented, ...

Haroun joined Android Police in 2021, reporting on the latest stories in the tech world. Since then, he’s gleefully covered everything from the most mundane Google Docs features to more mainstream ...

If you are switching from Android to iPhone, but need to transfer your WhatsApp files from a Google Drive backup, here's how to do it. People who switch between Android and iPhone often rely on the ...