Boost phone performance

Boost android performance

There are few things to be considered to boost your android phone. Our phone may be slow after 1 or 2 year or within that period. But what can we do to run the phone smoothly without any problem. 

Update your android to latest firmware

Updating your phone to latest version is good when your phone is stuck, or your phone have bugs, your phone is hung. You might be in Android Kitkat 4.4, then you should upgrade to Android Lollipop 5.0 or higher version if available. The update is given by the mobile manufacturer company over OTA(Over The Air) updates or can be available in .zip package.

Note: Updating your phone isn't a good thing every time. If you think, your phone runs smoothly, there is no problem at all, then you don't need to update your phone. Sometimes updating your phone gives you problem and you can't restore your phone officially.

Remove Unwanted Apps

The step is simple. You just uninstall those apps which you don't need all the time. The phone comes pre-installed with system apps which can be sometimes buggy. So it's good to uninstall those apps or if you can't uninstall just disable it. It will free your RAM and gives you best performance.

Disable Unnecessary Apps

Disable those apps which you don't need all the time. It's same as the above. You don't need all the apps every time. So it's better that you disable those.

Update Apps

Don't use old version apps which may cause your phone to perform slow. Always use updated apps which will run smoothly. Sometimes the developer decrease the app size fix some bugs and add extra features to the app. You can update the apps in Google Play Store. You need to have a gmail account to use the app.

Note: Updating your apps will increase your apps size and you'll have less storage available. So move your apps to external storage if you have SD card available. If you internal memory is 16 GB, you don't need to worry about that.

Keep less widgets

We all love widgets which is displayed on our smartphone. Some loves clocks and other google widgets and so on. But they drains the battery quickly. And they use some of the portion of the RAM to be displayed. So keep less widgets on your smartphone. Keeping less widgets will help you to run smoothly without any disturbance. More and heavy widgets can make your phone slow.

Turn off Android Live Wallpaper

Android live wallpapers are very pretty to display and every people loves it. But sometimes android live wallpapers might be giving trouble while running any task on your phone.

Use Lightweight Apps

A lightweight app is the lite version of the same app. Lite apps has the same feature as of the original app but some features are missing to work on small devices. A lightweight app consumes takes less storage and consumes less battery. Similarly it is fast in performance than heavy apps.

For eg. A 'Facebook' app in android has a size of 40 MB and it becomes 200 MB after the user installs on his/her device. But in other hand, a 'Facebook Lite' app has a size of 1.5 MB and it becomes less than 30 MB after installing. The cache size may vary. So it's better to install a lite version app if necessary.

Root your phone

Root your phone if you think your phone is useless or is giving your slow performance. Root has great advantages and disadvantages.

Click here to know more about rooting.

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CDMA EVDO 3G Installation Process

Installation Process are as follows:

1. Open Skypro Window

2. Click on File>>Settings

3. Click on New.

Name: Skypro

Number: #777

Username: ntcdma

Password: ntcdma

4. Click on Ok Button

Mode Selection: Hybrid

5. Click on Connect Button under EVDO.

You will now have an active internet connection. Enjoy!

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What is Rooting a phone? What are the pros and cons of rooting?

Rooting is also known as jailbreaking in iOS. It is the process of unlocking the operating system so that you can uninstall bloatwares, update the custom OS, recovery, kernel, overclock or underclock the processor for your high performance and better battery life. Rooting your phone is beneficial but it has some disadvantages too. Before rooting, you should consider some of the things like it will void your warranty, you can't restore your warranty, etc. But it has benefits too. Rooting lets all user-installed applications run privileged commands typically unavailable to the devices in the stock configuration. You can customize your phone on its own way. It gives better battery life. Rooting can be done through various ways; either from PC or from Android itself. There are lots of software available for rooting like KingoRoot(PC and Android), iRoot(PC), Framaroot(Android), KingRoot(Android), etc.

Advantages of Rooting

• Install Custom ROM

It gives you the option to install a custom ROM on your device. A custom ROM has beautiful interface. There are various custom ROMs availabe such as CyanogenMod(CM), Paranoid Android, MIUI, AOKP, Lewa OS, etc. But CyanogenMod is the most popular custom ROM. It is suitable for many devices like Google Nexus, Samasung Note Series, Galaxy Series, Moto, etc. You can install a custom ROM if you're not satisfied with your stock ROM. A custom ROM can be installed by flashing the ROM.>

• Uninstall Bloatware

Bloatware are sometime also known as those crappy apps which comes pre-installed on your device by the manufacturer. You can't uninstall those system apps. You can only disable those apps. You need to root your device in order to uninstall those crappy apps. So rooting your phone can uninstall those bloatware.

• Increase Battery Life

You can actually increase your battery life with your phone rooted. If you think planning to dump your phone just because of less battery then you're going wrong way. You can't make the phone's battery as the new one. But you'll have the change of more battery backups when your phone is rooted.

• Boost your phone's performance

Your phone might be slow after the constant use for 2-3 years. You can then reset your phone to increase some of the performance. But rooting your phone can boost your phone's performance. Yes it does. When you root your device, you can now uninstall your crappy apps and free some of the RAM to boost the speed of your device.

• Install custom kernel

Android Devices uses Linus Kernel. Kernel can be the important item on any computers. Every things which we do in our phone is done with the help of kernel. Likely OS in the computer is the interface between users and hardware. Similarly, if the Camera application needs the hardware to do anything, it sends a request to kernel. The tasks such as opening any app to connecting phone to other devices, all are controlled by the kernel. The stock kernel in your phone may not be so effective in comparison to custom kernel. A custom kernel gives you full access to control you device.

You can overclock and underclock the CPU speed to boost your performance and increase your battery life. OverClocking makes your phone super fast but it drains your battery quickly whereas UnderClocking will make your phone's performance a bit slower but it saves battery.

• Keep Latest OS

Yes, it lets you install the latest version of OS. Suppose you've Android KitKat 4.4 and your phone is too old to get the latest OS update but you want to taste Android Lollipop 5.0 on your phone. At that time, rooted phone might help you to update the phone to its latest firmware. You can download update.zip for your phone or either you can update through OTA(Over the Air) updates.

• Install Custom Recovery

The android's stock recovery isn't so powerful. But when you root your phone, you can install custom recovery. A custom recovery has many advantages like taking Nandroid Backups, Restore Android through several restore points, install custom ROMs, zips, kernels, etc.

• Block ads in any apps

Most of the modern apps come with ads. Ads can be annoying for some users. You can't disable or block ads from any app. You can block the ads but it will come again and again in non-rooted phones. But if your phone is rooted, you can block the ads. The apps like Adblock Plus and LuckyPatcher will block the ads from popping in application.  

• You're now a superuser

A superuser is the one who have the full access to the system administration. A super user can modify settings of the device. Modification includes changing, adding or removing data, hiding data from security, etc. When you're a superuser, you can actually access to the root of your device and can modify some of the data files and folders.

Disadvantages of Rooting

Rooting your phone isn't good every time. You need to kill some of the things before and after rooting. The disadvantages of rooting are:

• It can brick your phone

Bricking your phone means your phone won't turn on in any way. It can brick you phone if you don't follow the right procedures while rooting your phone. So every time, when you root your phone, you should be strict while following procedures or you'll have your phone bricked. You can never fix your bricked phone. No it's not true. You can after hard resetting or restoring but the steps can be complicated. So make sure you do the same process as mentioned to root the phone.

• Rooting voids your warranty

Don't root your phone if your phone is running under warranty. Because when you root your phone, your warranty data is erased from the phone. So make sure to root your phone once you expire your warranty period. 

• Problems with updates

You might feel some problems while the system update when your phone is rooted. The system can crash or reboot automatically or may be some other problems.

So if you don't care of these things, you can root your phone and add a new life to your phone but make sure you follow the procedures while rooting your phone. 

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Windows Keyboard Shortcuts(Tricks)

Some windows multi-task requires a lot of hard work. But when you have some of the windows keyboard shortcuts, tasks become easier than we think. These tricks will help to save time. Here are some of the amazing windows keyboard shortcuts which you'll need ever in you daily work.

1. Show Desktop (Win Key + D)

This windows shortcut can come handy when you've lots of tab opened in browser and similarly in File Explorer, multitasking. But suddenly you remember that there are some stuff left to be completed. In that case, you hit the Win Key + D to show the desktop. Doing this you land over desktop where you can open that file and begin completing the task. 

2. Screenshot and save a file automatically (Win Key + PrtScr)

Before you used to hit that PrtScr button and then moving to any paint program to paste that screenshot and then save the file. But now, you don't need to do such a big task. Once you have a window, or any program you want to take screenshot, just hit Win Key + PrtScr and your screenshot will be automatically save to the Pictures folder. This can really save time. 

3. Quick Lockdown (Win Key + L)

You have too many kids in your home and you don't want your files, folders not to be viewed by anyone then this trick will help you. When you're leaving your computer for short period of time, in that case you can press Win Key + L which will lock the computer instantly. It will bring up the same lock screen which is seen when your computer is first booted. 

4. F2, F3, F4, F5, F6

F2:  It renames the selected item.

F3: Search for file or folder in the file explorer.

       Windows default search can not provide detailed result of the file. So here is an app called "Everything" which works as the search engine of the files, folder stored in your computer. With this app, you can easily access to each and every file wherever they located. Click here to download the software and see the result.

F4: Display the address bar list in file explorer

F5: Refresh the active window

F6: Cycle through external elements or even used in browsers like "Chrome" to search anything. 

5. Open Settings (Win key + I)

Opening a setting in PC is easier with these two keys. Just press Win Key + I to open Settings.

6. Open File Explorer (Win Key + E)

If you have may tabs opened once. Similarly if you're watching your favorite movie on Youtube with Full Screen enabled and you don't want to exit that full screen. But you want to open your Local Disk D or E Drive. At that case, you press Win Key + E and you'll land over My Computer. And you can easily access you folder. 

7. Open Run Dialog Box (Win Key + R)

Pressing Win Key and R together will open a run dialog box. You can search anything from prefetch to regedit. 

8. Open Task Manager (Ctrl + Shift + Esc)

This is a quick handy process. Pressing those keys will open a task manager. So you don't need to hover your mouse to Taskbar to open Task Manager. 

9. Switch between opened tabs (Alt + Tab)

Many tabs opened can be little messy when moving to appropriate tab and then coming back to the same tab. So here comes an option so that you'll be able to switch between you opened tabs. Hit Alt + Tab button to switch between your all opened tabs.

10. Open Search Bar (Win Key + S)

Searching anything in Windows 10 is easier than that of Windows 8. In windows 10, search bar is right behind the Win Start Logo. There you can search inside the computer and from the web also through the Edge Browser. But In windows 8, here's the trick, Press Win Key + S key to open the search bar.

11. Search (Ctrl + F)

Whether you want to search any word in browsers like Chrome, Ctrl + F will help. Hitting Ctrl + F will open a search bar in the right corner of the browser. There you can search any character or word and the result is displayed highlight with yellow or any other color. The search bar will also open in other programs. 

12. Quick Backspace (Ctrl + Backspace)

You wrote a couple of sentence and you didn't like the layout or you want to edit that sentence. Hitting backspace will delete a single character but what if you want a whole word to be deleted to save time. Here is the trick. Press Ctrl + Backspace to delete the sentence word by word rather than letters by letters. This will also work if you want to move the corner from first word to sixth word, you can press Ctrl + left or right arrow button to move the cursor word by word. 

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Disable Windows 10 Automatic Updates

Windows 10 automatic updates might be messy if you are working on something and suddenly your PC restarts and install any updates. Windows 10 PC check for updates and install any update if they find. In windows 10, you won't find any option to disable or postpone that update to download and install as of Windows 7.  But with some tricky methods you'll be able to disable automatic downloading updates or notify to download and install updates in Windows 10.

Update

Pause Windows Update downloads via Command Prompt

Right-click the Start Menu and select Command Prompt (Admin).

Enter net stop wuauserv

Enter net stop bits

Enter net stop dosvc

Close the Command Prompt window.

To Resume Downloads

Right-click the Start Menu and select Command Prompt (Admin).

Enter net start wuauserv

Enter net start bits

Enter net start dosvc

Close the Command Prompt window.

Set as Metered Connection

Setting a metered connection is simple. When you set a connection as "metered", Windows 10 won't automatically download updates. If you have a limited interned connection, in that case it will help you mostly to stop downloading updates in background. 

Setting a metered Connection is simple. Go to settings on your PC. Press (Windows Key + I) button to go to the Settings. The go to Internet and Network section. On the WiFi section, click advanced option and then you'll see the metered connection option. Click on that button to turn this feature if it is off. 

If this method didn't work then try another method which is listed below.

Note: You won't be able to pair your Bluetooth devices with the "metered connection" on. So in that case, you have to turn that option off to connect with your Bluetooth devices. 

Defer Updates (For Enterprise users only)

You might have seen this feature. This option delays feature upgrades for several months while allowing security updates. By applying this feature, you can now postpone the windows updates for several months which can also help you in the way of disabling the update.

For this feature, go to Settings\Update and Security\Windows Update\Advanced Options

In Advanced Options, check the Defer Upgrades Option.

Using Group Policy Editor to disable updates

To access Group Policy, hit Win Key + R to open Run Dialog Box and enter:   gpedit.msc 

Now you will enter to a Local Group Policy Editor.

You can also access by typing group policy on the search box.

Now navigate to  Computer Configuration\Administrative Templates\Windows Components\Windows Update

After you find Configure Automatic Updates, double click that item. You will seen an option with 4 selects. Just click on that option and a list of items will show. 

If you want just get notified of the windows update neither than installing updates automatically, then click on number 2 - Notify for download and notify for install and hit OK button. And click on Enabled under Configure Automatic Updates and leave everything as usual. 

In this option, you'll only get notification like Windows updates available but you can install them manually.

Note: You can click Disabled option to disable all your future windows updates. 

When you hit that OK button and restart the computer, you will see the following windows when you go to the advanced option of Windows update. There you'll notice some things marked with red color that "Some settings are managed by your organization.". This is thing which we did in Group Policy Editor. 

Use the Registry Editor to Disable Automatic Updates

To access Registry Editor Hit Win Key + R button and Run Dialog Box appears.

Type regedit  and press enter

You'll now see the UAC menu. Click Yes.

Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Policies\Microsoft\Windows\Windows Update

You'll see some list of item. You'll need to create the last keys there. Create a DWORD value named "AUOptions" under the AU keys and give it one of the following values which you want. 

It's the best thing to enter the value of 00000002 to notify for download and notify for install.

00000002  (Notify for download and notify for install)

00000003  (Auto Download and notify for install)

00000004  (Auto Download and schedule the install)

After this method, you'll again see the same thing in Advanced Option of Windows Update marked with Red Color. 

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Battery Saving Tips for Smartphones and Tablets

Here are some of the tips for your long lasting smartphone and tablet batteries.

Decrease you Screen Brightness and try to set a black wallpaper

Your battery is likely to be drained more when your screen brightness is high. On Super AMOLED Screens, try keeping black wallpapers so that the battery would last for long time. If your phone has an AMOLED screen (like most Samsung devices), use a dark-colored background. Black wallpaper can increase battery life because AMOLED screens only illuminate the colored pixels. Black pixels are unlit, so the more black pixels you have, or the more darker pixels, the less power is needed to light them up. After setting a black screen, now you can feel the difference.

Shorten Screen Timeout

The second option is shortening the screen timeout. When you set a screen timeout of 15 sec instead of 1 or 2 minutes, the screen will turn off the display after the time and hence power consumption will be less. 

Turn off vibration

Vibrations and sounds can consume more battery than the phone which have silent profile. Thus turning off the vibration may add extra life to the battery. 

Turn off notification

Turn off the notification when you don't need it. In modern SAMSUNG devices, it comes with the option of "Do not Disturb" which can be important. 

Switch to Airplane Mode

Yes, It is true that Airplane mode consumes less power and gives more battery life. Because in Airplane Mode, the cellular network,  signal, radios are turned off when entering Airplane Mode. Charging the phone in airplane mode may charge the phone quickly than the phone is normal state. 

Closing Background Apps

Most of the time when we use some particular apps and then we forget to clean that apps. The process runs in background which might be draining some the battery level. So don't forget to clean the apps which runs on background. 

Disable Radios such as WiFi, Bluetooth when not in use.

Every time we don't need some of the things in our smartphone. The things like WiFi, Bluetooth aren't used everytime. So make sure you turn off those things. 

Try Doze

Doze is an android application which helps to prevents the apps from sending and receiving data without disabling you WiFi or cellular network. If you keep your data on all the day, apps can run out of full battery even without using your phone. Apps can resume normal activity when screen is on. This app is very much different from Phone's built-in Power Saving Mode. Doze comes pre-installed to the android Marshmallow 6.0 and higher versions. For them who have lower versions like Lollipop, Kitkat and Jellybean, download the app from here.

Disable Location

Disable the location or GPS when you're not using it. You might not need this thing when you're inside the house or you workplace.Enabling the GPS consumes more power and that can drain your battery quickly. The phone in moving state is more likely to consume more battery than the phone in stationary.  So turn that option off when you don't need it. 

Uninstall or disable unused apps

Android phones comes with the built-in apps which sometimes also known as "bloatware" So some of the built-in apps are not used much by the user and they consume internal space and RAM. So try disabling those apps. Pre-installed apps can't be uninstalled. They can only be disabled. They can be uninstalled if your phone is rooted and has superuser access. By doing this you can free you RAM and it will help you also in conserving battery.

Correct your Charging Habit

The most important thing here is charging habit. Most of the people use to drain the battery completely to recharge the battery. But it's the wrong method. Draining the battery completely and recharging till it reaches up to 100% is the worst charging method. This charging process should be done once is every month. But in normal days, you can charge your phone when you battery level comes to 30%-40%.
 The charging cycles of Lithium based smartphones batteries are about 3000 recharge cycles. The  1 complete discharge and recharge of Li-ion battery is said to be 1 recharge cycle. So try maintaining your charging habit which perhaps used to care you battery which will last for longer period of time.

Root you phone

Rooting is also known as jailbreaking in iOS. It is the process of unlocking the operating system so that you can uninstall bloatwares, update the custom OS, recovery, kernel, overclock or underclock the processor for your high performance and better battery life. Rooting can give you some amount of battery life. Before rooting, you should consider some of the things like it will void your warranty, you can't restore your warranty, etc. But it has benefits too. You can customize your phone on its own way. It gives better battery life.
Want to know more about what is rooting and its advantages and disadvantages, Click here

Do a battery calibration

Battery calibration is the process of  resetting the battery level and actual power of the battery to its original state. Battery calibration is also termed as "Resetting the Battery". In which battery level comes to its original state. If you find your battery showing 100% full charge but it turns off the phone or either if your phone has 20% of charge and it lasts up to 2 days, then in that case you need to calibrate the battery. Battery calibration is simple and it helps to re-gain the battery power as the new one. 

Do a factory data reset

Factory reset is the soft data reset in which user installed apps, data, settings are erased and comes to default state. After doing factory data reset, your phone looks like the newly purchase phone in the market. The phone's data is erased and the phone will show you the built-in apps which your phone manufacturer installed on it. Sometimes resetting the phone might help to re-gain its battery power.

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