I am an associate professor in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. My current interests are in software engineering for software systems with ML components (or teaching ...

I am an associate professor in the School of Computer Science at Carnegie Mellon University. My current interests are in software engineering for software systems with ML components (or teaching ...

Rooting your phone and unlocking its true potential is one of the best parts of the Android ecosystem, and just one of the things that set it apart from other mobile operating systems. Of course, ...

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In this guide, we show you how to use adbLink to sideload Android APKs onto the Meta Quest. We have pictures for every step of the way, and our guide is updated for the Meta Quest 3! With adbLink you ...

So, you want to be an Android superuser? You might have heard a couple of your Android user colleagues use the term ‘Android rooting’. But what does it really do? Rooting is the tweaking of your ...

It can feel like a little part of you died when your Android suddenly won’t boot. Maybe you did take some risks—it’s hard to resist customizing, optimizing, or tweaking your device. Or maybe you just ...

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While the Magisk Manager build remains the same, the latest Magisk 20.4 zip brings a number of stability improvements and bug fixes. This includes fix for potential bootloop in A-only 2SI devices, API ...