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In this video, we showcase our process of restoring broken phones. We find dumped smartphones, rebuild old and destroyed devices, and conduct product reviews. Featured devices include the iPhone 11, ...

Marshall Gunnell is a Tokyo-based tech journalist and editor with over a decade of experience covering IT, cybersecurity and data storage. Alongside CNET, his work has appeared in ZDNET, Business ...

The transition to USB-C is pretty much complete at this point. Everything from laptops and tablets to the latest phones relies on this universal standard chargers are created equal. Finding the right ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. For the majority of smartphone owners, the port at the bottom of their device is just for charging. Most people hook their phone up to a ...

Starting with Android 4.2 OS onward, the developer options are hidden by default. I have though told you how to enable USB debugging by making developer options appear on your Android smartphone and I ...

Blake has over a decade of experience writing for the web, with a focus on mobile phones, where he covered the smartphone boom of the 2010s and the broader tech scene. When he's not in front of a ...

We’ve all had that feeling, the one where we’re in the car and our phone suddenly warns that it’s about to run out of charge. There’s the frantic scramble for the relevant cable, only to remember that ...

For the vast majority of smartphones, Android or iPhone, the singular point of external entry is the USB port. Whether you're plugging weird gadgets into your phone's port or using your Android's USB ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. USB, or Universal Serial Bus, is a common interface used on a wide range of modern devices, including computers, smartphones, tablets, and ...