In the article, we will see how to install custom recovery and root the Redmi 2. The guide is divided into four sections for ease of use. Please make sure you follow the steps carefully and in order. Getting the Device Ready The very first thing you will have to do is get the phone in developer mode. To get that done, open the About Phone page and tap repeatedly on the MIUI Version....
While the Share Sheet on your web browser does feature the option to download PDFs to the Books app, the actual procedure can often feel confusing due to stark differences in user interfaces among browsers. Below, you are going to find out exactly how you must go about saving a PDF to the Books app on five major browsers on iOS — Safari, Chrome, Firefox, Edge, and Opera Mini....
Outlook.com, the latest contender to Gmail too has this feature, but it’s disabled by default. Moreover, as we can connect social media services like Facebook to Outlook.com, we can save the chat history for them as well and use it for our advantage in the future. So let’s see how we can enable this feature and save our chat messages on Outlook.com Saving IM History on Outlook Step 1: Log in to your Outlook....
Whether you have an Android or an iPhone, you can send delayed text messages and forget about them. This post will go through how to schedule messages on iPhone, Samsung, and other Android devices. So, let’s get started. How to Schedule Text Messages on Android If you’re an Android user, you’re probably likely to have Google Messages as the default messaging app on your phone. And if that’s the case, here’s how you can schedule a text message using the Google Messages app on Android....
If you want to send group texts from your phone, you’ve come to the right place. This post covers how to send group text messages from iPhone, Samsung, and other Android devices. So, let’s get right into it. How to Send Group Texts on iPhone Sending group texts on iPhone is both easy and convenient with Apple’s Messages app. Read on to learn how. Step 1: Open the Messages app on your iPhone....
You don’t want to be that family. I don’t either. That’s why Android 4.3’s restricted profile feature is such a welcome addition to the latest version of Jelly Bean. With restricted profiles, you can easily turn off access to select apps. By default, restricted profiles also don’t have the ability to make in-app or Google Play purchases. Keep in mind that unless you happen to have a Nexus tablet, you probably don’t have Android 4....
Let’s say you have a potluck tradition in the family, and you created the upcoming get-to-gather for two months. And now the Google Calendar is ready for sharing with family members. We will show you how to generate a shareable link on Google Calendar and integrate it with your existing calendar using Google Calendar web. Let’s get started. Add Calendar in Google Calendar First, we will show you how to create a new calendar in Google Calendar....
However, if you are following too many accounts and hashtags, things can quickly go out of hand and you will be bombarded with more updates than you can possibly read. We are all guilty of that at one time or another. When I first started using Twitter, I got more emails than I knew what to do with. Twitter thinks it’s a good idea to send you an email when someone follows you, likes your tweet, retweets your tweet and retweets, or mentions you....
Apart from being highly annoying, trending searches are often irrelevant. Not everyone wants to see what others in their locale are searching for. And the fact that these suggestions aren’t personalized at all makes things even worse. Time to get rid of them. Let’s start with how you can turn off trending searches for the Google app on Android, and then check out the iOS version after that. Turn off Trending Searches in Google App for Android The Google app on Android requires you to dive into the Settings panel to disable trending searches....
But now after a few months, LastPass has come up with a completely new look and features with the launch of LastPass 4 and I must say, things look even better than they were. The new LastPass has a brand new design with easier navigation. The vault now shows the websites as tiles with logos as thumbnails and is pretty easy to master when compared to previous versions. Using Emergency Access on LastPass 4 One interesting feature launched with LastPass 4 is Emergency Access....
In this post, we will show how to use FaceTime on Android and Windows PC. Do note that the iPhone needs to run at least iOS 15 or later and the iPad needs to run iPadOS 15 or later to support this functionality. Mac users need to have macOS Monterey or above. That’s for initiating the FaceTime link between Apple’s device and an Android phone or Windows PC. Note that you can’t initiate a FaceTime call from Android or Windows computer....
Google Photos is a terrific alternative to the native Photos app on the iPhone and iPad. Fantastic image viewing and editing features, combined with unlimited photo and video backups, make it an absolute must-have on your device. But what Google Photos sorely lacked was a dark mode. Most native and third-party apps have sported darker color schemes for quite a while. So interacting with Google Photos made for a mixed experience — especially late at night....
LG has included the feature on most of its devices and if you like to multitask, it can really be helpful. So let’s see how we can make the most out of this feature on an LG Android smartphone – the G4. Enabling Dual Window Mode in LG G4 The very first thing towards working with multiple applications on LG G4 is to activate it. The option is located under settings and if you have the tabbed view enabled, you will find it under the General section....
Running multiple accounts of the same app on Android comes handy to switch between personal and professional accounts. Of course, it’s different than the multiple users feature on Android. You don’t need to log out and log in repeatedly with dual apps on the same phone. Both accounts run simultaneously like two normal apps. Let’s see how to run two WhatsApp accounts on one Samsung phone. Method 1: Using Dual Messenger Samsung phones come with a native feature of Dual Messenger that lets users use two instances of the same app....
YouTube for Android came with many new features to maximize video viewing experience for the user. The ability to pre-cache videos on Wi-Fi network while charging the phone was a great addition for those who are on a limited mobile bandwidth plan. Another great thing YouTube recently introduced was the ability to view the entire YouTube video history directly on the app and even delete it from the web. The trick works on YouTube for Ice Cream Sandwich and Jelly Bean and could be very useful at times when you are having a debate with your friends over a coffee, or you wish to share a funny video with your colleges in the office....
If you’re an Outlook 2013 user, learn how to do this and protect yourself whenever you’re not sure where an email is coming from. It’s for the good of your personal information, after all. The fact that, as we store more and more personal information on our computers, there are tons of malicious entities trying to get to it, cannot be contested. Did You Know: According to the FBI’s IC3 Internet Crime Report, over $780 million of associated losses was reported in the U....
With iOS 14 and iPadOS 14, however, that has changed. Apple has finally added the VP9 codec to its mobile platforms, which means that you can now view YouTube videos in 4K on both the iPhone and the iPad. What You Need to Watch YouTube in 4K Before you watch YouTube in 4K on your iPhone or iPad, you must have iOS 14 or iPadOS 14 installed. Since the stable releases of iOS 14 and iPadOS 14 aren’t out yet, I’m using the public beta builds on my iPhone and iPad....
The blunder I did was that I forgot to copy the ROM flashable zip file and flashed the boot.img file using Recovery and when I realized it, it was too late and my phone was already in a boot loop. So let’s see how I managed to resolve the boot loop issue, but before we proceed any further, always remember that even if your phone is in boot loop, you can always boot in bootloader mode by holding down both power and down volume key simultaneously till you see the recovery screen....
release of OS X Mavericks . With it, Apple has provided even older Macs with a lot of new features, yet perhaps none is more apparent than the increased battery life that most Macs are gaining by just installing OS X Mavericks. However, on top of that, there are a couple of new tools in this new version of OS X that can help Mac users improve even more the battery life of their Macs....
I’m sure you know of read-later apps like Pocket and Instapaper. They save the web page in its entirety but they strip the formatting and unnecessary content so all you’re left with is the beautiful text and some images, the important ones. This is why Medium is one of my favorite sites. The content is a pleasure to read and as of now it’s ad free (just like our new Ulimate Guides and eBooks section)....
