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About Cody Toombs

Cody has been writing with Android Police for ten years. While best known for the hundreds of APK Teardowns and breaking news on many of Google’s new products and services, he also covers deeper technical topics about the inner workings of Android, app development, and security. Cody is a software engineer and consultant with two decades of experience developing mobile and enterprise applications. In addition to writing, Cody is a regular podcaster and has made appearances on CNN, All About Android, and Tech News Today. Cody is also an active photographer and videographer, occasional gamer, and an all-around decent human.

What tech products or categories are you most passionate about?

Cameras and smartphones for photography. New technologies are bringing a lot of interesting things capabilities to the worlds of photography and video.

What was your first phone and what do you remember about it?

My true first phone was some old Motorola candybar phone from before the days of smartphones. I started on smartphones with the Cingular 2125 (a rebrand of the HTC Faraday, I think?)

Latest Articles

YouTube Music v1.26 Brings YouTube Playlists To The Likes Tab And Makes A Few Visual Adjustments [APK Download]

By Cody Toombs May 13, 2016

Emergency Patch Issued For Android Studio And IntelliJ-Based IDEs To Close Up Two Serious Security Vulnerabilities

By Cody Toombs May 12, 2016

Google released a small update to Android Studio today to address a pair of potentially serious vulnerabilities recently identified in the IntelliJ platform. A blog post on the JetBrains website briefly describes the issues, both of which expose users to attack if they visit a specially crafted web page. The vulnerabilities exist in all versions of Android Studio before v2.1.1 and most or all IDEs based on the intelliJ platform. So far, there have been no reports of malicious attacks exploiting these security holes.

Google Camera v3.2 Prepares To Support Shooting In RAW+JPEG On Nexus Devices [APK Teardown]

By Cody Toombs May 11, 2016

[Update: All Changelogs Posted] AOSP Changelogs Posted For May's Android 6.0.1 Security Updates

By Cody Toombs May 11, 2016

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Android Pay v1.3 To Allow Use Of Loyalty And Gift Cards Without Unlocking [APK Teardown]

By Cody Toombs May 5, 2016

May Nexus Factory Images Are Now Available For Download

By Cody Toombs May 2, 2016

Google Authenticator v4.60 Is Preparing To Add Support For NFC and BLE Communication [APK Teardown]

By Cody Toombs Apr 30, 2016

Google Photos v1.19 Allows Custom Music In Generated Movies, Adds Better SD Card And Folder Management, And Makes A Bunch Of UI Tweaks [APK Download]

By Cody Toombs Apr 28, 2016

Google Maps v9.25.1 Adds Batch Photo Submission, Puts Contact Addresses In Your Places, And Gives Suggested Searches On Location Pages [APK Download]

By Cody Toombs Apr 27, 2016

Android Studio v2.1 Released To Stable Channel With Support For Android N, Java 8 Language Features, And More

By Cody Toombs Apr 27, 2016

Android N Feature Spotlight: ADB Has Much Faster Transfer Speeds, Improvements To Shell Commands, And A Bunch Of Compatibility Fixes

By Cody Toombs Apr 24, 2016

Android N Feature Spotlight: Launcher Shortcuts Give Apps Many New Ways To Provide Information And Quick Actions

By Cody Toombs Apr 21, 2016

FlashFire v0.32 Can Create Fastboot-Flashable Backups And Adds An Option To Preserve Recovery Through OTAs

By Cody Toombs Apr 20, 2016

If you're into rooting these days, there's a good chance you've at least tried out FlashFire by well-known SuperSU developer Chainfire. It's one of the friendliest tools to use for flashing firmware images and mods, and it can even install official OTAs while keeping root intact. Today, Chainfire is releasing a new version of FlashFire with a pair of new features that will make it even more powerful: it can now create fastboot-flashable backups and there's a new option to preserve the existing recovery after installing OTAs and ZIPs.