Tips Category

TIPS

Aug 30, 2015

Tips to charge your Android smartphone faster

Android smartphones have come a long way since their inception in the battery life department. OEMs have mitigated the poor battery life issue on their devices by using some nifty software tricks and by primarily

MOTO G (2015)

Aug 23, 2015

Top Moto G (2015) Tips and Tricks

The Moto G (2015) is possibly going to be the hottest smartphone in the budget smartphone segment in developing countries like India and Brazil for at least the next few months. Considering the performance that

GALAXY S6

Jul 31, 2015

Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge camera tips and tricks

The Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge features one of the best, if not the best, cameras found in smartphones nowadays. The 16MP f/1.9 aperture rear camera on the handset is capable

ANDROID PHONES

Jul 28, 2014

Tip: Use the HTC One M8’s camera app manual mode to control shutter speed, ISO and more

The HTC One M8 comes with a measly 4MP 'UltraPixel' camera, which the Taiwanese maker says is more than enough for the majority of consumers out there since we all end up sharing our pictures

FEATURED

Jul 17, 2014

The double-pronged approach to Qi wireless charging

One of the most satisfying things in life can be to take something old and make it shiny again. No, not just a physical clean up (though that helps), not just a software update (also

ANDROID PHONES

Jul 11, 2014

Tips to improve the Sony Xperia Z2’s battery life

The Sony Xperia Z2, unarguably, offers the best battery life among all the flagship handsets released in the first half of the year, thanks largely to its gigantic 3200mAh battery. The phone can easily last

ANDROID KITKAT 4.4, 4.4.1, 4.4.2, 4.4.3

Jul 9, 2014

How to optimise RAM, maximise performance on Android

Do nothing. There we go - if you’re in a hurry to move on, that’s a pretty easy takeaway! You see, after weeks of looking at tips and tricks and utilities and management schemes,

ANDROID PHONES

Jul 8, 2014

How to fix the camera lens scratch on the HTC One M8

The HTC One M8 camera has been criticized by many for its low resolution, which leads to a serious lack of details in its images. However, there is another problem with the One M8's

ANDROID PHONES

Jul 4, 2014

The best Samsung Galaxy S5 tips and tricks

The Samsung Galaxy S5 was one of the most hyped and popular flagships of 2014, with a fingerprint scanner, a heart rate monitor, an excellent 16MP camera, and Samsung's signature software that adds hundreds

follow the world cup 2014 madness on your phone through google calendar and google now

TIPS

Jun 5, 2014

Get the World Cup 2014 schedule through Google Calendar and Google Now

With the FIFA World Cup 2014 set to kick off in a week, it's going to be a time of intolerable impatience for football fans the world over. With so many matches being played,

FEATURED

May 15, 2014

How to: Capture high quality stills from video footage on Samsung Galaxy smartphones

When you're around action - whether it's a local sporting event or, more usually, kids and pets, there's a perennial tension between deciding whether to shoot stills or video on your camera phone.

FEATURED

May 6, 2014

How to: add your Android-taken photos to Flickr groups

You'd have thought the task was easy enough - Flickr, as the premier photo sharing site in the world (in quality, if not numbers), has supported 'groups', communities of like minded snappers, for ages, yet

HOW TO

Apr 12, 2014

How to enable and use Android Device Manager

Up until last year, there was no official way to track or lock any stolen Android device unless the user had some third party app installed on his device. While things did change with the

TIPS

Apr 8, 2014

Tip: Enable Daydream to avoid the blinking notification light at night

Notification lights on smartphones are very useful until they start flashing in the middle of the night to turn your whole dark bedroom into a club party. That's a lesson I learned the hard

APPS

Mar 28, 2014

Tip: Disable the power menu on the lockscreen to further secure your Android device

Smartphones are an integrated part of our life and they contain a lot of personal information. That's why many people use a lockscreen security code to protect their privacy. Technically, if the lockscreen code

TIPS

Mar 13, 2014

Tip: End any phone call without using the touchscreen

One of the annoying "features" of modern smartphones is having to use the touchscreen while answering and rejecting calls. This usually involves fumbling with the screen to either swipe in a certain direction or hit

FEATURED

Mar 12, 2014

Custom ROMs 101: Things to do before and after flashing a custom ROM

Flashing a custom ROM is a pretty tedious process, especially for first timers and requires users to take a lot of cautionary steps just in case things go wrong. There are a lot of things

ACCESSORIES

Mar 8, 2014

How to: use a Bluetooth keyboard to convert your phone to a mini-laptop

Time for niche thinking. Or old-school, depending on how you look at it. But now that our smartphones have decent sized screens/resolutions, surely it can't just be me who fancies the idea