Having to send a broken phone for repair is already a stressful experience. You find yourself without your primary means of communication, you’re hoping it’ll be quickly fixed without any blunders or ...

Android 15 Beta on the OnePlus 12 comes with a Repair mode that saves you from resetting your device when sending it for a repair without compromising your privacy. However, you need to go through the ...

Sending your phone off to be repaired can be scary. You never really know if the person working on your device is able to gain access to your private files. This is why it’s recommended that you ...

Chandraveer, a seasoned mechanical design engineer turned tech reporter and reviewer, brings more than three years of rich experience in consumer tech journalism to the table, having contributed to ...

Karandeep Singh Oberoi is a Durham College Journalism and Mass Media graduate who joined the Android Police team in April 2024, after serving as a full-time News Writer at Canadian publication ...

You can provide access without giving away your privacy. When you send your Android phone in for repair, you want to give the specialists involved as much access as they need to run diagnostics and ...

Following the example of Samsung’s “Maintenance Mode,” Google is preparing a new “repair mode” for Pixel phones to keep your sensitive data safe when others are working on your phone. Android 14 QPR1 ...

Software updates are vital as they provide new features, fix bugs, and improve your phone's security. However, updates can occasionally fail. Your phone may freeze, restart, or malfunction. You may ...