8 Must have Apps for Rooted Android Phones

Rooting Your Android Device is the First Step towards Customizing your Android Device for optimum Use. Once you Rooted your Phone you can able to Use Certain Apps, Boost Battery life and Make your Phone Run Faster than before. Try these 8 Apps to get the Most out of Your Rooted Android Phone.

Full Screen

Full Screen Is an application to remove the soft keys replace them with something else.You can choose from a pie menu to corner buttons and a whole lot more it's a fun alternative to the standard soft keys.

GMT

Auto hides your Soft keys in other applications. You can hide your Soft keys somewhere If you don't want them to be seen. The mechanics are slightly different from Full Screen but the idea is pretty much the same and it's another option for those who want to Hide their soft Keys.

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GooManager

Goo Manages is the mobile application for the Goo.im website there you can find all sources stuff like recovery to download and install Roms, GApps in a whole lot more it's had its ups and downs, but it's generally pretty solid

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Greenify

this application analyzes Your Phone and Check What Apps run when and how frequently. You can shut down applications which Suck your Battery so they don't eat up your precious battery life. it's considered a must-have App for root users.

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Quick Boot

Quick boot application is absurdly simple but insanely useful it allows you to be directly into recovery bootloader mode or download mode it's a must-have for pretty much all root users.

Rom Tool Box

Rom tool box is a sort of all in one option that allows the installer recoveries managing applications and there's even a built-in Root Enabled file browser just be careful when using it because some options are For advanced users only. And it can mess your Android Device a little bit.

Root explorer

Root explorer is a Bluetooth-enabled file browser it's a solid option with a good set of features and you can even use it to change file permissions. The interface is simple to use even if it's a bit old.

Tasker

Tasker is a very powerful application that gives you the power to do pretty much anything you want to do With your device. it has a steep learning curve with the possibilities are virtually limitless all Root Users should definitely try it out this App.

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Flashify

This simple application can do a range of things such as download and install various recoveries. Schedule Rom's and others have to be flashed and a whole lot more it's a great tool for root users.

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Dragon Hills Android Game Review

Dragon Hills is an Action game Developed by Rebel Twins. The Game is small in file size, but it give you amazing Experience. You play as a Princess all you have to do is ride on the back of a Dragon and help the Princess on her Revenge Mission.

The main goal of the Game is Chase down the knights and Knock them Down. On the way, you can conquer new Castles and Discover New lands.

There are lots of Elements make this Game fun and Interesting, the Dragons Will Slide down the hills, jump in and Out of the ground, Smash and Destroy Everything on the way.

Dragon hills won’t bother you with in App purchase or ask you to upgrade items. It has an ad System that will pop Ads after certain Session .the game Controls are Simple, and the gameplay is somewhat like an Endless runner.

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The Dragons movement is Automatic all you have to do is control the Dragon when it dives beneath the Ground and when Dragon rises into the Sky to maneuver above Surface again. Which is controlled by long Tap on the Screen to make the Dragon dive and let go to make him rise above the ground.

You can go as far as you can until your dragon meets its Death whether falling on random obstacles or lava under the Surface, by traps laid out on the Ground and the knights you are chasing. Smashing houses will give you Points and certain things will slow the Dragon down.

While the Dragon moving destroying regular enemies is fun and easy. The Challenging part is boss fights, well Boss fights make the game more interesting. There is a Leveling system in Dragon hills you will level up after getting certain points, Gold, and Experience so you can upgrade your Weapons and items. And you can buy some power ups in App purchase. Power Ups help the Dragon to become more powerful. 

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Download Dragon Hills From Google Play

Download Dragon Hills APK 

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5 Essential Tips and Tricks for Google Maps 2015

Google Updated its Google map App on Android and iOS. in the new updated Version google replaced the Old Clunky interface with Flatter interface and the interface looks more modern.

After the Updates Some Google maps Features are hidden inside the Menu buttons and Swipeable drawers. Once you get the Hang of Google maps you can do some awesome things with it.

Here is some of the Essential Tips and tricks to the New Google Maps app for Android and iOS.

Swipe Up to See More

When you Search for an Address google map will show the map results and a small window pane will pop up at the bottom of the Search Result. The window Only Show Street Address and a route button.

You might wonder where is the Street View Option and the rest of the Details. On the Address Overlay Swipe Up, this will reveal the place Ratings (if that place is a Café, theatre, or any type of retail venue) Street View, Photos, Opening hours and more.

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If you want to see local traffic route or Switch to Satellite view, tap the three line menu located at the left side of the Search box. A new Windows will Open from there you can Change to Satellite View, change the map Style, Access Google map Settings, if you use more than one Account you can Switch to Different Account, and a list of Your Places.

3D Style map View

Now you can view maps in 3D, while viewing a 2D map, tap and hold with two fingers and Swipe Up. Or Tap the 3D view icon at the bottom of right side.

And the entire map will tilt and show Some Depths to your map. The 3D view will look good in urban areas.

Type or Say Google map Commands  

In the Search box tap on the microphone icon and say “directions to Venice beach” Doing this will instantly Show Direction to the Venice beach.

You can Also Say “find the nearest Restaurant” or “nearest ATM”, “where is wall Street” or what is the best cafe in the neighborhood. If you feel awkward saying the comments in public you can simply Type those commands in Search Box.

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View Google Maps in Full Screen

You can Clear the Search box and all the overlay distractions and gaze your map in full screen.to view a map in full screen, just tap once on the Screen to clear the details pane and tap one more time to hide the Search box and other buttons.

Note: Google maps Full Screen view is available only on iOS version of the GMaps.

To get back the Search box and other buttons, Tap the Screen and everything will slide back into place. 

Google maps Offline View 

You can Save a map of Los Angeles or San Francisco on your Android or iPhone and view it offline at any time. Saving a map for Offline use is Easy, just a few taps. You can save a detailed map of Whole City or a small neighborhood.

The offline Feature is very useful, it have a detailed Street view. However you can’t Search the Saved map or get Directions.it will be come in handy when you are travelling and don’t have an international cellular Plan or internet.

Many google map users are familiar With Offline maps but the Process of Saving a Map to Offline View has changed.

Search for a place or City then tap the three dot menu icon located at the left side of search box. Choose “Your Places ” a new window will Open, under offline maps Tap on “Save map for Offline use” Google maps will bring you back to the maps and prompt you “Save this map?” tap “Save”, give a name for your offline map and hit save in few Seconds your place will saved to offline maps.

To view your Offline maps, tap the three line menu icon, tap “your Places” and the saved maps will be there under offline maps section.

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How to Add Google Drive to Windows Send To menu

Every Windows users use Windows Send to menu Feature, using Windows Send to menu you can send files to your Google Drive Folder from anywhere on your PC.

Windows Send to Menu will Show the contents of a Special folder that located inside AppData. You can add your own shortcuts.

To Open the AppData Folder, Launch Windows Run box by Pressing Window Key + R, Copy and Paste the below Text and Press Enter.

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Or Open Windows explorer, Copy the below Text and Paste it into the Address bar and Press Enter

%APPDATA%/Microsoft/Windows/SendTo

While AppData Folder is Open, on the left side right click the google Drive folder pinned under Favorites, hold the right mouse button and drag the folder and drop it inside Send To folder. A small menu will appear asking Copy here, move here Choose Copy Here from now on you can send any file or Folder to Google Drive with single click.

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10 Cool Tips and Tricks to Master iMessage

Apple iMessage is a messenger Service Developed by Apple, available in iOS 5 and later version. iMessage App has Some Cool Features if you are not familiar with iPhone or iMessage you might not know about these Cool Features. Here are 10 iMessage Tricks to Master iMessage.

1.Write all letters in Caps

While you composing a New Message, tap the Shift Key two times to Turn on Caps lock key.

2.Delete individual Messages

If you want to delete an individual message, open the message Thread Tap and Hold on the Text. A Black bubble will pop up if you want to select more than one text tap more and Select more texts.at the bottom left a Trashcan Icon is located Tap on it to Delete the Selected messages.

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3.Enable or Disable Read Receipts

Read receipts let the Person you text know when you have read their message. Obviously this Feature has Pros and Cons.to Enable read Receipts Open Settings and tap on messages then find Send Read Receipts now Slide to Enable or Disable. From now on messages will show read time beneath your latest Message.

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4.Send your Location 

Apple maps and Google maps has Little Feature that Allow you to Send your Current location map to your Contact.in Apple maps select the Arrow located in the bottom left and Tap the Share button located at the bottom right. Choose Message and it will send your current location map as an image to your Contact.

If you are using google maps, first you have to pin your location, to Do that Tap and Hold anywhere to create a Pin, Select the Pin and Tap Share on the Right. Now Choose the message and Send it to your contact.

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5.Send messages from your Macintosh Computer

You can send messages with Mac OSX mountain Lion (Version 10.8) and Later Versions. At present this Feature lets you to Text iPhone Users only however soon with mac OSX 10.10 Version you will be able to Send Texts to Android users too.

You need connect iMessage with your Apple ID, Apple has an Easy Tutorial for Setting Up iMessage with your Apple ID. You must Sign in with your Apple ID on both your iPhone and Computer.

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6.Get Emoji for your iPhone

Open iPhone Settings and Choose General. Scroll Down and Find Keyboard then Tap on Keyboards and Choose New Keyboard and Select Emoji.

Now when you are sending a Message or Email, you will see a little Word icon on the bottom left tap on it to Access emoji icons.

7.Force an iMessage to send as an SMS

If an iMessage failed to deliver a red exclamation icon will appear, Tap that icon and Choose Send as a Text Message.

8.IMessage Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard Shortcuts make it Easy to Send Common Phrases like “good morning” or “I am on my Way”.

You can configure the Shortcuts in the Settings App. Open Settings App and tap on Keyboard, Scroll down to the bottom then Select Add New Short cut and Create your own Shortcut. Now you can implement your Shortcut in your messages for Example every time you Type “Hru” it will Automatically Change to “How are you”.

9.See when you received and Send Each Messages

Open a Message thread and Swipe to left anywhere on the Screen, now you can See Timestamps for Every Text

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10.Use Accents

If you tap and hold each Letter, you can See Every Accent available to that Letter. you can do some fancy thing with Accents.

Draw on Screen Android App Review

Android Operating System allow Apps to run on top of other Apps. Mostly it is used to create floating multitasking utilities. Certainly this is a Useful Feature it will increase our Productivity. Well, if we can draw on top of Apps that could be Nice.

Draw on Screen App Turns your Android Phone into a telestrator. Draw on Screen lets you write your Name All over your Phone Screen when you bored you can Draw anywhere on your Phone Screen like Home Screen and Lock Screen. Using Draw on Me you can take Quick notes, that make this App both fun and Useful.

Whether you want to take notes or use it for the fun of drawing anywhere on Screen. First you need to Install Draw on Screen from Google Play Store.it is a Free App available with in-App Purchase. Click this Link to Download Draw on Screen.

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After the Installation finished, Open Draw on Screen as Soon as you launch it a Set of painting Tools will appear on Screen. Two set of tools will be visible at top and Bottom of the Screen. The bottom tools have buttons to Delete, Undo and hide the Drawings you Drew. And the tools located on top of the Screen lets you change brush Color and Size, however, you have to buy these features in-App Purchase.

You will also find Option for turning off the Draw on Screen Feature and disable the overlay these Options can be found in an ongoing Notification. These Options comes in handy when you like to keep Draw on Screen running in the background. And the controls will only available when it’s Convenient.

While Draw on Screen is Open the on Screen Control are visible anytime, you can use your Fingers as A Paintbrush. Which mean any App is a Canvas for you. Drag your fingers around your Phone’s Screen to Crate your masterpiece or take Quick Note Easily.

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a Quick Guide to Google inbox

Inbox is a new Email Service by Google. The design of Google Inbox is clean and simple. Inbox is meant to present your Emails in a different way. Google Inbox User Interface is not immediately intuitive, but once you get the hang of it, Inbox will become a most important tool in your life.

Inbox is currently not available for everyone. You have to get Invite from google to use Inbox. You can request an Email invite by yourself.

Presentation

In Gmail, our emails are listed by their Subject headings. Inbox show the emails in a different way.in the web version of inbox Bundles, Email threads, and uncategorized emails are shown as Horizontal bars. You can see Senders name or Email Address in the Horizontal bar of a Bundle.

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If an Email has Attachments it will be Visible as a large icon, tapping or clicking the icons of PDF files, office files or Google Drive files will load them into the file viewer. You can View your Attachments without Opening the Email. You can even download the Attachments without Opening the message.

Customization

Gmail has Options to create a customized label for emails based on things like Sender name, Email Address, Subject, or Specific keywords in their Message. However, Gmail web version doesn’t have options to set the labels as tabs along with the categories included by default in Gmail. In Inbox, you can create your own Bundle and you can set your custom bundle to appear in the Timeline.

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Inbox Bundles

Gmail analyzes the contents of our incoming emails and sort them into categories by default four categories (Updates, Primary, Social, Promotions) are there. You can activate the fifth category forums in Gmail Settings. 

Google inbox also offer the Feature in inbox it is known as Bundles. Inbox sort the emails into several more categories such as Purchases, Finance, Travel, Social, Promos, Updates, and Forums. 

Inbox Timeline

In Gmail Web version, each email categories are presented as tabs. Mobile version also has tabs you have to tap the 3-bar icon or swipe in to view the Categories in mobile.in Inbox mobile version and Web version bundles and incoming Emails are well-arranged in a vertical Timeline view. And the bundles order will change based on the most recent incoming Email.

Highlighting Emails

In Gmail, if you mark an email to Archive it will be removed from Gmail inbox and stored for later use. You can view the Archived emails in all mail. Gmail also has a feature that allow users to mark important Emails with a Star.

In Inbox Google modified Gmail Archive and Star functionalities into different features. You can mark emails as Done by clicking/tapping the check icon in the horizontal bar. You can also mark a bundle to sweep them. You can find Bundles and emails that marked as done inside the done label in Timeline.

Snooze Reminders

if you’re in inconvenient place or simply need to focus on something else first, you can snooze your emails and reminders away to a time that you are comfortable for reading email.

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For example if you run into a busy day ,and you still want to reply to your emails before end of the day or end of the week .with inbox snooze option you can snooze your emails to a different time or a place. Inbox responds to your settings and adjusts its snooze options to match

How to Download WhatsApp images to Computer

When a Image file or, or any media file is received in whatsApp. It will automatically stored in the Phone memory. You can download the media without Opening the corresponding WhatsApp message.

So when you receive an image file in WhatsApp the image will be stored in Phone’s memory card (SD card).with the help of DropSync Android App you can Send your WhatsApp images to your Computer.

I guess this method work only with Android version of WhatsApp. I have no idea about iPhone version.

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How to Send WhatsApp Images to Computer

DropSync Scan the media folder of WhatsApp and when a Photo is added to that folder. The Photo will automatically sent to your Dropbox. You can also send the image to Google Drive and box Metactrl has Apps for that.

First Download DropSync from Google play and Install it.

1. Open Dropbox folder in your Computer and create a folder and rename to WhatsApp images or anything you want.

2. Open DropSync in your Smartphone and Authorize the App to Access your Dropbox Account.

3. Now set the default local folder as

“/storage/emulated/0/WhatsApp/Media/WhatsApp Images”

4. Now choose the Dropbox Folder for Saving Synced images in that case choose the Folder that you created in Step 1

5. In Sync method Select upload only. Because it’s not a 2 way sync. We want to Send WhatsApp images only.

6. By default the Auto sync interval is set to 1 hour. If you want to change that go to App Settings and Change the Autosync interval.

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That’s it. When you receive an image on whatsApp. The image will automatically sent to your Dropbox. since your Computer is running the image will be saved to Dropbox.

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6 Hidden Android Easter Eggs from Gingerbread to Lollipop

Google Loves to Surprise their Users. Every Android Versions from Gingerbread (Android 2.3) to Lollipop(Android 5.0) has an Easter egg. And accessing method for the Easter Eggs in all version is the same. Easter Eggs in the newest Versions are coming with more Animation and interactivity.

Every aster eggs Pay Tribute to Something such as Tron movie, nyan cat, Jelly Bean and Flappy Bird. They also has theme to match the Androids Version Name. For Example Jelly Bean Easter egg Features a Game with Jelly beans.

To find the Easter egg for your Android version. Open the Settings Page, Scroll Down to the Bottom and Tap About Phone.

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Find Android Version on the about phone Screen then Tap Repeatedly until the Easter Eggs Appear. If you are using Gingerbread instead of Android Version look for Firmware version in the About Phone Page. This method works with Android Tablets also so in Tablets you have about tablet instead of about phone.

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Android 5.0 Lollipop

Lollipop Easter egg will appear as a Lollipop image just tap on the Lollipop to activate the Feature. Android Lollipop Easter Egg is a Flappy bird Clone. They replaced the Bird with Android Robot and used lollipops for the pipes. And this version is just as hard as the Original Flappy bird game.

Android 4.4 Kitkat

Kitkat Easter egg will appear as a Chocolate bar. Tap and Hold it a fun sliding game will start. the game features pictures of different Sweets.

Android 4.3 Jelly Bean

Jelly Been Easter egg will appear as a large red jelly bean, tap the red jelly bean and a face will appear. Then a mini game will start the game allow you to endlessly flick jelly bean off the Screen. This game will never end until your battery phone dies.

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Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

Android 4.0 Easter egg will appear as a Pixel art Android robot wearing an ice cream sandwich. Tap and hold until swarm of android robots flying across the Screen. This Animation is a tribute to the nyan cat internet meme.

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Android 3.0 Honeycomb

Honeycomb Easter egg will appear as a honeybee with electric blue colors.it is inspired by its name, the color of the honeybee looks same as the OS interface. Honeycomb is inspired by tron Legacy that’s why the Easter egg honeybee creates a word bubble with the word REZZZZZZ. In tron Rezzing means Creating Something.

Android 2.3 Gingerbread

Gingerbird Easter Egg is a Painting. The Zombie themed painting Portrays a Gingerbread man and android Robot in the Middle and around them group Zombies stand around with Android Phones in their hands.

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How to Download Free Music from Google Play Music

Google Play Music is a music Streaming Service from Google.it is also works like a music Download store like Apple’s iTunes and Amazon’s Prime Music.

You can buy Songs in Google music Store via Pay per click System. The best part is Google Play offers some free songs to Download. If you are familiar with Google play music you probably know about "free song of the Week". However you can Download more free songs other than that.

There are more free music’s waiting under Google Play music’s main Webpage.as well as songs you can also get Albums for free.so how to get free songs apart from free song of the week. You can’t see any other links to free songs in google play music main page. The problem is google Play music doesn't have an Advanced Search Option to find Free tracks specifically.

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How to Download Free Songs of the Week in Google Paly Music

If you know how to download free song of the week skip this Section and Scroll down to find how to use Search Option to find more free Songs.

Go to Google Play Store

Log in to your Google Play Account.

Choose Music sub menu in the left side panel.

To get Google’s free song of the Week all you have to do is Scroll down to the Screen until you see the free song of the Week link.

Click and Open the link, without Downloading the Song you can add it to your Online library.to add the song to the library click on the Free button, located at the right side of the Song.

Next make sure the song you selected is free and Click the Add to Library button.

You will see a Congratulation Message. You can listen or share the song from there for now click close to continue.

Open my Music located in left side. The song will be in My music now you can download the song to your Device. 

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How to find more free songs With Google Play Music Search

As I mentioned earlier there are no links to free music’s other than the free song of the week, to find more free songs you need to use Google Play Search.

To Search single Songs, Enter Free Songs in the Google play music Search box. You can also try Free Music it might give you Additional contents.

Your Search Results will Display a list of free songs

You can view the list as single tracks by clicking the See more button in Songs Section.

If you are trying to Find Free Albums clicking the See more Button in the Album Section will do the trick.

If you want to add a free song to your Library. Click the Free button located in the right side of the song.

If you want to add a Free album to your library, click the free button by the Album cover Photo.

Before adding a Song or Album to the library make sure that the song is free and then Add to Library.

Before downloading any songs, you can listen to them for 90 seconds. If you want to Play a Song just click on the Songs Tittle.

Whether you are Downloading Free song or Paid Song you must have a Payment Option in Google Play. When Adding Free songs to your music Library verify the song is Free otherwise you will be charged for the Song.

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5 Tips to Extend your iPhone Battery Life

When it comes to the Battery Life iPhone 6 has some improvements from the iPhone 5S. Per Charge iPhone 6 remains 10 to 11 hours for Wi-Fi and Videos use. However when Browsing the Web via 3G you will get only 10 hours of battery Life.

Apple Claims that iPhone 6 Plus will remain 12 hours per Charge, However if you use iPhone heavily you must know at best your Phone won’t stand more than 8 hours per one Charge. Luckily with some Tweaks you can save a few minutes or an hour of your battery life. Here is some of the Tips to save your iPhone battery Life.

Disable Background App Refresh

This Feature introduced in iOS 7, some iPhone Apps refresh automatically in the Background whether you are using your Phone or not. This will Consume lot of Power, and your Apps will Update Automatically without knowing whether the Update is Important or not.

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Specifically Facebook App Background refreshing, Consume more Power and Drain your Battery Fast.so if you don’t use Facebook often you can turn off App Refresh for Facebook.

Disable Automatic Raise to Speak in Siri

In iOS 7 and later version you can set Siri to Activate Whenever your phone is raised near your face. The problem is iPhone will regularly scan with its Sensor to figure out whether the Phone is near your Face or it is not. This will Burn up battery life.so to Save Battery Life just Go to Siri Settings, Choose General Settings and Disable Raise to Speak.

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Turn Off App Suggestions

Suggested Apps feature is introduced in iOS 8, it will use your location information to know where you are and what kind of Apps installed on your Phone. Based on these information’s you will get new App Suggestions. This might useful but it uses Extra battery life for Checking your Location and communicating with App Store.

You can turn of Suggested Apps Go to iPhone Settings, and tap on General Settings then Choose Handoff & Suggested Apps, Now turn off my Apps and App store

Switch off Location Tracking Apps

Some of the iPhone Apps like Google maps, Apple maps, Facebook, Twitter, Google+ ask for Permission to Access your Location data. If you give Permission to Track your location. The tracking process will burn your Battery faster. So if you want to save your Battery Life go to the individual apps Settings and turn off location tracking.

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Reduce Screen Brightness

This is an old Trick and most of you may know this. Turning down the Brightness is The First thing you have to Do When you have Leaky battery.by Default I Phone brightness is set to Auto – Brightness. And auto brightness can take some of your Battery Power. Switch this settings to manual and turn Down the Brightness to a Comfortable level for your Eyes.

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How to Send Videos From your Computer to iPhone Using iTunes

If you have a Movie on your Computer and you want to watch it on your Phone, following these steps you can simply send a video from your computer to iPhone using iTunes.

First you need to import the video to iTunes. Open the Video folder, click and Drag the Video to iTunes you don’t have to put the video at any special location, just put the video anywhere while iTunes running.

In iTunes Upper left coroner select the movie icon then click on home videos. 

Read: How to record videos at 60 frames Per Second with iPhone

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Your Video will be there in home videos. Next make sure your iPhone is connected to your computer then drag the video in to the Phone icon located at the top left corner.

Now you can see in the middle bar on top, the video will automatically syncing.

After the Process completed, Open Video app on your iPhone and you can see your Video waiting for you to play.

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How To Rename multiple files at Once in Windows

Microsoft Windows Operating System offers different options to rename multiple files at once, you can rename a file using Command prompt, Windows Explorer, and Power Shell.

Renaming multiple files with Windows Explorer is Easy and fast, however it lacks in flexibility. PowerShell is flexible but it is complicated you need to use commands to rename files in PowerShell.

How to Rename Multiple Files Using Windows Explorer

Windows Explorer has a built in way to rename multiple files .most of us don’t know it yet it’s well hidden.

First Choose the files which you want to rename. Then Place the Files inside a folder. Now sort your files in the order how you would like. Remember windows Explorer will rename the files starting from the top of the list.

Select all the files by Pressing Control + A or click and Drag your mouse ,right click on the First file and click rename. Now Type File Name and Press Enter.

Windows Explorer will change the Base Name and add number after file name. This method is Simple and fast. You can clean your messy Names in a short time.

How to rename Multiple Files Extensions with Command Prompt

With a simple Command you can rename multiple files at Once in Command Prompt. There is an Easy way to Open Command Prompt, Hold Shift and Right Click in a folder and Select Command Windows here.it will open the Command Prompt window.

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Windows Command Prompt most used to change all files Extension at once. You can use simple rename or ren command to rename. Use the following command to rename html files to txt files

ren * .html * .txt

Other File Extension Examples

ren * .png * .jpeg

ren * .docx * .txt

The command Prompt Option is not Powerful, though it can be included into more Complicated Scripts.

How to Rename multiple files using PowerShell

PowerShell is more flexible for renaming multiple files. With PowerShell, you can combine the output of one command known as a commandlet in PowerShell terms to another command.

PowerShell need two commands to rename files one is Dir this one lists the files in the current directory. And the second command is Rename-item this will rename a file and connect the Output of dir to rename-item.

To Open PowerShell Search for PowerShell in Start Screen(Windows8,) or Start (windows7).you will see windows PowerShell click to launch it.at first you need to enter the folder directory that contain your files. remember you have to put all the files inside same folder.

In PowerShell Enter cd following that paste your folder location for example:

cd “C:\Users\Leonardo\Desktop\scar” Hit Enter.

Now Paste the Following Command

Dir | Rename-Item –NewName { $_.name –replace “ “,”_” }

Replacing the “ “ and “_” parts of the command will replace other characters in file names.

For more Advanced Rename Options Visit Microsoft Documentation Library.

Third Party Rename Applications

There are some good Powerful third party apps Available for renaming multiple files. You can rename files without commands. Using Bulk Rename Tool you can rename multiple files at once without writing any commands.

Read: 5 Best Hidden Features in Windows 8 and 8.1

Install Bulk Rename Tool and Launch it .Browse and select a folder, make some changes in the panels and it will show you a Preview of your changes. For example Bulk rename tool has Panel for Auto Date, Add name, Remove name, Number, replace. If you want to replace a name you can replace a word with other word in replace panel, if you want to add number you can add numbers after name in the Number panel. Finally Select Rename to confirm your changes and Rename the files.

How to Set up Face Unlock in Android

Android Offers Different unlock methods to unlock a Device you can use Password, Pin, Pattern gesture, and Swipe. However you can unlock your Android Device with your Face (face recognition).

If you don’t have a Unlocking method you should set a Secure unlocking method for your Device Before Setting up Face unlock. Open Android Settings find Security section Tap on Screen Lock Select any one from Pin, Password, or Pattern unlocking methods. Follow the instructions and set up your unlocking method.

Once you return back to the security settings Page, Choose Smart Lock and Enter your Unlock Pattern when Prompted .now Tap on Trusted Face then you will see some information’s about unlocking your Device with your Face. Read the information very carefully and Tap set up when you are ready.

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Before the Process make sure you are in indoors or not in a overly bright area. This will help Android to capture your Facial features. Once you selected a good spot tap next. Now your Mobile will start the process of detecting your face. Hold your Device at eye level to match your face with the ring of dots onscreen.

After you have positioned your Mobile and face properly, the dots will start to turn green. Wait until All dots to turn green and a tickmark will appear in the center of the Screen. When you see that tap Next.

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For better results you have to show Android how you look under different situations such as with short hair, long hair, clean shaven, with mustache, beard, with cap on, with eyewear’s and whatever attribute. This will help to recognize you better when your Appearance changed.

To Do that Go to Settings and Tap on Security, Select Smart lock. Then tap on trusted face and select improve face matching. Move to a Spot that has different lighting. And change to a different Appearance. Then tap next and repeat the method of adding a face. You can do this Process as many time as you want.

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Note: face unlock is not very popular among Android Users. There is some reasons for it first anyone can hack it without any Programs with your Photo Anyone can Unlock your Phone. Second Face unlock doesn't work Good in the dark and Overly bright location.

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How to Enable Guest mode in Android Lollipop

If you ever needed to give your Android Mobile to someone else for a While. Then there is a Chance for them to easily Access all of your Personal Data. Worst case Scenario they End up Deleting important information Like Contacts or changing your Settings and Preferences.

Luckily Android 5.0 Lollipop comes with a System level Guest mode. Android 5.0 Guest mode allow you to Quickly Switch to a Different Profile (Guest) that doesn’t have any of your Data and Settings. The guest mode is as good as a Fresh Install of a OS, in Guest mode the user cant access your Phone Data’s such as installed Apps, messages, contacts Etc.

If you switch back to your Default Google Profile, all Settings and Data saved in guest mode will Delete Automatically.

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How to Enable Guest Mode in Android 5.0 Lollipop

Swipe Down on the Top of the Screen. It will bring the Notification bar.

At the top right tap twice at your Profile picture

Now you will see three icons Your Google Profile, Add Guest and Add User.

Tap on Add Guest

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Now Android Lollipop will switch to guest mode. The guest mode take few minutes to load and the Phone may lag and slightly Slow.

You can Easily Exit Guest mode and revert to your Google Account, to Do that Swipe Down on the Top of the Screen to bring the Notification bar.

At the top right tap twice at your Avatar

The three Icons will Appear, Tap on your Google Account icon. Now Android will Delete all Data and Settings Saved in the Guest mode.

If you don’t have Android 5.0 Lollipop, you can use Pre loaded guest modes. Some brands such as Samsung, LG, Xiaomi Pre loaded an App that Allow you to use Guest mode on your Smartphone. The Guest mode App name will be Different for Each Brands, so Search your Phone Apps with names such as Guest mode or kids mode.

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