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Jan 20, 2014

Better Android battery management – last longer!

Steve Litchfield

You just can't get away from power management and the vagaries of helping your smartphone's battery last just that little bit longer. Whether it's making it through the day or making sure

Jan 19, 2014

How to change Boot Animation of your Android device

Rajesh Pandey

Not many people think much about the boot animation of their device. After all, it is just a 10-30 second long animation that you see only when you restart or switch off your Android

GALAXY NOTE

Jan 15, 2014

How to add Qi wireless charging to the Galaxy Note II

Steve Litchfield

Yes, yes, the Note II is now 'the previous model', but it also means that it's incredibly cheap. £200 in the UK on the second hand market for something of this specification is really

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Jan 14, 2014

How to improve battery life and performance of your Android device with Greenify

Rajesh Pandey

With time, most Android devices slow down greatly mainly because of poorly designed apps running in the background and taking precious resources. In a perfect world, most Android apps would automatically unload themselves from the

ANDROID KITKAT 4.4, 4.4.1, 4.4.2, 4.4.3

Jan 13, 2014

How to install Android 4.4 KitKat on Samsung Galaxy Note 3

Rajesh Pandey

Earlier today, Samsung started rolling out the Android 4.4 KitKat update for the Galaxy Note 3, at least in Poland. If Samsung's previous track record is anything to go by, the update should

GOOGLE

Jan 11, 2014

How to Disable Gmail integration with Google+ that allows anyone to email you without your email address

Jason

Google recently added a new feature in Gmail that lets any Google+ user send you an email even if they don’t know your email address. Google’s decision to add the feature was quite

HOW TO

Jan 6, 2014

How to install Xposed framework and its modules on your Android device

Rajesh Pandey

Xposed framework is one of the most innovative feature to come out from the Android development community in recent times. For the unknown, Xposed is a framework for modules to change the behavior of certain

HOW TO

Jan 3, 2014

How to get notifications on the lock screen of your Android device like iOS

Rajesh Pandey

Android's notification bar is definitely among the key strength of the OS. The expandable, actionable notifications and the ability to access them from nearly anywhere in the system is a major usability win. However,

ANDROID KITKAT 4.4, 4.4.1, 4.4.2, 4.4.3

Dec 10, 2013

How to manually install Android 4.4.2 KitKat update on the Nexus 4, Nexus 5 and Nexus 7

Rajesh Pandey

Earlier today, Google started rolling out the Android 4.4.2 update for all the AOSP supported Nexus device. The update came as a surprise to many since it was only last week that Google

manually update nexus 5 to android 4 4 1 kitkat

ANDROID KITKAT 4.4, 4.4.1, 4.4.2, 4.4.3

Dec 6, 2013

How to manually update Nexus 5 to Android 4.4.1 KitKat

Rajesh Pandey

Earlier today, Google started rolling out the Android 4.4.1 KitKat update for the Nexus 5 and other Nexus devices. The update is mainly aimed at dramatically improving the camera performance of the Nexus

ANDROID KITKAT 4.4, 4.4.1, 4.4.2, 4.4.3

Dec 3, 2013

How to install Android 4.4 KitKat Google Play edition ROM on Galaxy S4

Rajesh Pandey

It has been more than a week since the Google Play edition Galaxy S4 started receiving the Android 4.4 KitKat update. Since the I9505 variant of the Galaxy S4 shares the same specs as

HOW TO

Nov 17, 2013

How to flash factory image on any Nexus device to return to stock

Rajesh Pandey

A couple of days ago, Google released the Android 4.4 KitKat factory images for the Nexus 4, 7 (2012/2013) and the Nexus 10. The factory images were already available for download on the

ANDROID PHONES

Nov 16, 2013

Tips to improve the Nexus 5 battery life

Rajesh Pandey

It has been a couple of weeks since the Nexus 5 went up for sale on the Play Store. Reviews from nearly all the major websites on the Internet are out and everyone has deemed

ANDROID KITKAT 4.4, 4.4.1, 4.4.2, 4.4.3

Nov 15, 2013

How to replace Hangouts with another Messaging app in Android 4.4 KitKat

Rajesh Pandey

With Android 4.4 KitKat and the Nexus 5, Google has killed the AOSP Messaging app and replaced it with Hangouts. However, on the older generation Nexus devices, the AOSP messaging app is still the

ANDROID KITKAT 4.4, 4.4.1, 4.4.2, 4.4.3

Nov 14, 2013

How to use screen recording feature in Android 4.4 KitKat

Rajesh Pandey

Another small but extremely useful feature that Google has introduced for developers in Android 4.4 KitKat is native screen recording capability. Sadly, the only way to use this feature requires access to a PC

ANDROID PHONES

Nov 13, 2013

How to unlock Nexus 5 bootloader

Rajesh Pandey

Just like any other Nexus device, the Nexus 5 also comes with an unlockable bootloader. An unlockable bootloader means that the bootloader can be easily unlocked, but is not unlocked out of the box. On

ANDROID KITKAT 4.4, 4.4.1, 4.4.2, 4.4.3

Nov 13, 2013

How to manually update Nexus 7 to Android 4.4 KitKat

Rajesh Pandey

Earlier today, Google announced that it will start rolling out the Android 4.4 KitKat update for the Nexus 7 (2012/2013) and the Nexus 10. Some lucky Nexus 7 (2013) owners have managed to

ANDROID PHONES

Nov 12, 2013

Use Light Flow to control the multi-colored LED on the Nexus 5

Rajesh Pandey

Back in 2010, the Nexus One was among the few handsets to sport a multi-colored LED for notifications. Since then, except for the Nexus S, Google has included a smartly disguised multi-colored LED