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This Can Be Your First Blurry Look At One Plus 5(Also Leaked Video)

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The OnePlus 5 is a standout amongst the most foreseen gadgets of 2017 and is required to fill the achievement of OnePlus 3 and 3T. "OnePlus" will declare the "OnePlus 5" eventually in the late spring, the mobile will give an extreme tough rivalry to Samsung Galaxy S8 arrangement and Xiaomi Mi 6.

We have as of now observed different ideas and bits of gossip about the following OnePlus Smartphone, however this one is coming straightly from OnePlus fellow benefactor Carl Pei Instagram account. Because of Suhant Mehta‏ for catching the screenshots of Carl Pei's Instagram Story, where he prodded the OnePlus 5.

Also Read: List Of Android Phones To Receive Android O Update

As should be obvious in the beneath pictures, the gadget (perhaps the OnePlus 5) is encased inside an overwhelming case. The double camera and the LED glimmer are obvious on the back of the gadget. The beneath foggy picture fairly coordinates our idea render, You can take a look at the video below. This could be our first (foggy) look at the OnePlus 5.

This could be our first (foggy) Look at the OnePlus 5

Running with the prior gossipy tidbits, OnePlus 5 is required to a 5.5-inch show and will be controlled by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 SoC. It will have 6GB of RAM and 64GB/128 capacity. The OnePlus 5 will wear a double camera at the back, and one sensor will catch monochrome shots, while the other one catches standard shots. The megapixel check is not obscure yet.

Also Read: How To Get Android O Features On Any Android

The mobile phone, of course, will come loaded by Android 7.0 Nougat based Oxygen OS. The Smarphone will have a 3600mAh battery and Dash Charge 2.0 will charge the gadget speedier than the OnePlus 3T.
There may be an OnePlus 5T propelled too with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of inner stockpiling and greater battery, yet these are simply theories, so bring them with a grain of salt.

Source: Tech Droider

Very simple method to Downgrade Any Xiaomi Phone From MIUI 8 to MIUI 7

On 07:56:00 By Unknown // 2 comments:

Downgrade MIUI 8 to MIUI 7

Many Xiaomi Users do not like the UI of MIUI 8. This is because MIUI 8 is very heavy and may not work with stability in some Xiaomi devices. These people wish to revert back to MIUI 7 from MIUI 8. There are many methods to downgrade MIUI 8 to MIUI 7 on your Xiaomi Phone. In this tutorial, I will show you a simple method to downgrade your Xiaomi phone from MIUI 8 to MIUI 7.

Note: Follow each and every step very carefully, if anything goes wrong, your device may be stuck in the boot loop. ADB folder
MI Flash Tool
ROM download

Also Read: Android O 8.0 Oreo is out and find out if your device is eligible?

Steps to downgrade MIUI 8 to MIUI 7:

Before starting the process, disable the drivers signature on your windows computer. If you do not know, how to disable the drivers signature, then click here.
Install the drivers correctly. Make sure to disable the drivers signature before installing the drivers.
Download the ROM and extract it in any drive of your computer.
Once you extract the ROM, dowload and extract ADB folder. Also, download and install MI flash tool.
On your Xiaomi Phone, enable the developers option. To do so, go to Settings< AboutPhone< tap on MIUI version for 7 times.
Go to Additional settings and open developers option, enable the USB debugging.
Connect your Xiaomi phone to the computer.
Open ADB folder, press shift and then right click on the computer, click on Open Command Window Here.
A black screen will popup on the screen.
Type "adb devices", it will show you the list of devices and if anything popups on screen, just select yes.
Now type "adb reboot edl". Your android will be booted into the edl mode.
Open MI flash tool, select browse and select the download ROM images. Select refresh and then click on flash.
Flashing will take around five minutes.
After the flashing is completed, remove your phone and turn it on.
Congratulations! You have successfully downgraded MIUI 8 to MIUI 7.

Final words: I have used this method on Redmi Note 3 and Redmi 3s to downgrade from MIUI 8 to MIUI 7. Use this method at your own risk. If you do not follow the procedure properly, it may get into boot loop.

Make Quick Actions with Fingerprint Scanner on Any Android

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Most of the smartphones launched in 2016 are supported by the fingerprint sensor. But its functions are limited only to locking and unlock the phone. So today I'll show you a simple tutorial to make most of your extra physical button(fingerprint sensor). You just need some applications from the play store to make quick actions with the fingerprint functionality similar to that of Pixel devices and Honor 8.

Note: To make use of these quick actions, your android must have android marshmallow 6.0 or android nougat 7.0.

The first application we have is the fingerprint gesture.

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Enable the fingerprint gestures from the toggle menu as shown in the image. Once you are done with this, go settings and then to accessibility. Enable the app permission here, in order to use this application further. This application has lots of functionalities without having the root access. You can even set gestures for single tap, double tap and fast tap on the fingerprint sensor which is also known as a swipe. You can do multiple things with these gestures starting from making them work as navigation buttons, power button, opening notification panel, clicking the pictures, locking the apps, playing and pausing the music, you can also play next song or the previous song. If this is not enough for you then you can open any particular application or turn on/off the torch. Basically, you can customize it in your own way and it works very well.

Things become more interesting when you have the root access on your device. You can make your phone sleep and you can scroll down, take a screenshot, open google assistant and much more. This is one of my favorite apps on the play store.

If you do not want anyone else to use this functionality on the phone then you can select the option of allowing only registered fingerprints and it makes sure that your phone does not use this feature on your phone.

If you are unable to uninstall this application then go to accessibility and disable the permission which you have provided earlier.

The second application we have is the Fingerprint Quick action.

It works on the same above principle but has lesser number of options to select from. If the first application does not work for you then you give this a try. The extra features provided by this app is great but you may find it working occasionally due to some bugs. To make them work, just lock and unlock the device with the fingerprint and it will work fine.

Final Verdict:
With the help of above two applications, you can customize fingerprint gestures to a new level. Though there are some bugs in these apps and they do not respond all the time as the apps are still in testing mode, developers are working on it and soon they will fix the problems. I have tested these apps on my Lenovo k4 note and Redmi Note 3 and the results were perfect all the time. The fingerprint's speed and accuracy are magnificent.

What are the Best 5 methods to Improve Battery life on your Android

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Battery life is always a major concern for every smartphone user all over the globe. With greater power comes the greater performance but with bigger android device comes the greater battery drain. Nowadays, almost all the smartphones have a bigger display and a trend of AMOLED and super AMOLED display is growing among the smartphone technology. Because of this AMOLED screen, battery drain has become a very big issue. So I present you the top 5 methods which will definitely increase the battery life and thus increases the performance.

Some of the methods mentioned below are only Android Nougat or Marshmallow specific. If you don't find them on your phone then just skip it to next step.

Every smartphone have different battery needs and uses energy based on which apps you use and what hardware your device is using. To have a clear idea which app is using more energy, head over to the settings<battery and here you will find the list of processes which consumes more amount of battery. You can observe that it is the screen which consumes more amount of battery. All the modern smartphones and tablets are 90% covered with the display. So you need to make some tweaks with the display settings. Go to display settings and disable the adaptive brightness(Auto brightness) and ambient display. If you turn off these settings then the display sensors which keep running in the background eating the battery will be stopped. It is always recommended to adjust the brightness manually.
(Android N Specific)Next step is to go to settings< About phone, tap on build number 7 times.Now go back and you will find a developers option, just tap on that and scroll down and tap on inactive apps. There are always some apps that you don’t want to delete them and you want them to be present on your phone but these apps may keep running in the background, eating up your battery. If you make them inactive, they won't be running in the background. So, just select the app and make them inactive. This will surely, improve the battery performance.
Next method is to turn off the unused services when not in use. Turn off the Bluetooth, location, and Wi-Fi when you are not using them.
Also Check: Android Fastboot Reset Tool
Updating the phone is very important. New updates come with lesser battery drain so it is suggested to check for updates and update your android system with the latest version if available.
Sometimes, you can fix the issue by restarting your device. You may be thinking what happens if we reboot? When you close some of the apps, they do not get closed and keep running in the background and turning off the phone will forcibly close those processes.

There are some other small tweaks which also enhances your android experience by improving the battery capacity.

Turn off the auto sync of data in account settings.
Turn on the built-in battery saving mode in battery setting.
Get rid of background processes whenever possible.
Remove the widgets that you never use.
Use a dark color wallpaper for your display.

Final Words
I have tested these methods with many devices and it worked for me. If the above-mentioned steps have not fixed the battery issue on your device then there may be a problem with your battery, go ahead and change your battery.

Universal Method To Flash TWRP Custom Recovery On Almost Any Android Phone on this planet

On 15:52:00 By Unknown // 1 comment:

In Android device, custom recovery has to perform lots of tasks such as flash custom ROM, flash the mod zip file, flash Super Su and much more. Without the help of custom recovery, you cannot do such types of task on your android smartphone. All android phones and tablets come with preinstalled stock recovery but this stock recovery have only basic functions and it cannot flash any type of ROMs on your phone. To perform such type of advanced level actions, we need a custom recovery. There are many custom recoveries available such as Clockwork Mod recovery, Philz, Safestrap, TWRP, CWM, etc. One of the powerful recoveries is the Team win's TWRP recovery. It has a simple user interface and easy to use functions.

How to get TWRP for your android?
No matter what smartphone you have, you can easily get TWRP recovery for your device. This is the universal method of installing TWRP on any android phone or tablet. You don't need to have the knowledge of coding, any person having the basic knowledge of smartphone can proceed with this method. Recently TWRP team have released their official app through which you can easily install a custom recovery on your android devices.

Disclaimer: Perform this action at your own risk. It is your responsibility to make sure that each step is performed carefully.

Also Check: Google Account Manager

Requirements:

Your device must be rooted. It is mandatory to root your device, as it gives root access to the app which helps to flash the TWRP on android device.
Your device must have unlocked the bootloader. Almost every device comes with the locked bootloader. It is not possible to provide a tutorial to unlock the bootloader of every android so you can take help of google and unlock it.

If you have the above-mentioned prerequisites then you are good to go.

Steps to Flash TWRP:

Open up the play store and download an app called Official TWRP and install it.
Once you are done with the installation process, open the app and provide root access if it asks for.
Click on TWRP flash option and select device. There are tons of devices which are officially supported, you can easily find your build from the list. Type the name of your smartphone at the top, select your device and it shows the list of TWRP images, grab the latest version and download it in your internal storage.

Once the download is completed, go back to the app and select a file to flash then select the image file and tap on flash. It starts installing TWRP in a fraction of a second.

Now, to confirm if TWRP is installed or not, switch your phone to recovery mode. To switch into recovery mode, different devices have different key combination, find the key combination of your device from google.

This is the easiest method to get TWRP on your android phone or tablet.

I have made this tutorial as easy as possible. If you still face any issues then ping me on any social media platform.

Now Is The Time to Update Lenovo K4 Note to Android Nougat 7.0

On 16:38:00 By Unknown // 6 comments:

Lenovo Vibe K4 Note was one of the best flagships of 2017 by Lenovo. It provided many functionalities of high-end smartphones at a low price.The features included a fingerprint sensor, VR Mode, and Dolby atmos speakers. It was launched in January 2016 with Android 5.0 Lollipop and by the end of June 2016, Android 6.0 Marshmallow was officially released through OTA. But there is no official announcement for the Android 7.0 nougat for k4 note. As CyanogenMod is dead now, developers of it have launched lineage OS and they developed this ROM for Lenovo k4 Note based on Android 7.1.1 Nougat. You need to perform this action of updating step by step carefully then you can get this Android Nougat on your Lenovo k4 Note without any issue. Android Nougat update comes with tons of new features like Multi-window, floating window, quick toggles, protected apps, blocking the number throughout the operating system and lot more. It is not required for you to be a developer or an expert in this field to perform this process. I have done my best to make this tutorial simple and minimal so you can proceed without any hesitation.

THINGS TO DO IN ADVANCE:

Backup the data in advance because this process will delete all the data from your device.
Unlock k4 note's bootloader as it allows you to flash the flashable zip files.
Flash the custom recovery TWRP on the k4 note because this recovery is responsible for installing android nougat on your k4 note.
A windows PC or laptop. This method does not work on mac OS.

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NOTE: This Custom Rom is only for the 3GB RAM variant. If you to try to flash this ROM on 2GB variant of k4 note then there are chances to soft brick your device.

Also Read: Android O 8.0 Oreo is out and find out if your device is eligible?

DOWNLOADS:

Lineage OS ROM based on Android N 7.1.1

Google Account Manager

STEPS TO INSTALL LINEAGE OS:

Download the zip files of ROM and G Apps from above and save them to your memory card.
Switch off k4 note and press volume up key, volume down key and the power key at the same time for about 10-15 seconds. This will take your android phone into TWRP recovery mode.
Tap on backup and swipe to backup the data. If you do not like the ROM or if anything goes wrong, you can recover it back through this.
Tap on the wipe and then click on the advanced wipe, now select Dalvik, Data, Internal Storage, and Cache. Swipe at the bottom to wipe. This will clean the memory of your k4 note.
Go back and tap on install and select the first zip file of Lineage OS ROM, swipe at the bottom to flash.
After the installation is finished, go back and select the second downloaded zip file of G-Apps and swipe at the bottom to flash. The flashing will take around ten minutes. This G apps zip file contain all the google application which includes google chrome, play store, hangouts and so on.
Click on reboot system and your k4 note will be booted into lineage OS. The first boot may take longer so do not disturb it.

Also Check: Get The Latest Android O 8.0 OreosBootanimation On Your Android

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Eliminate MIUI & Get Lineage OS with VOLTE support on Redmi Note 3

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Xiaomi Redmi Note has tons of excellent features and customizations and the only drawback of this device is the lack of stock android experience. Many users are not satisfied by the user interface of MIUI 6/7/8. For them, I bring you the custom ROM based on Android N 7.1 which is a replica of CM 14.1 which no longer exists.This ROM brings a lot of new functionalities and changes to the android platform. You get the complete access to customize your android device to your own liking. Before flashing the custom ROM, I recommend you to follow each step very carefully. There are many new features and advancements in this custom ROM. Let's begin with the installation process.

THINGS YOU SHOULD DO BEFORE INSTALLING THE LINEAGE OS ROM:

Unlock the Bootloader as unlocking gives a complete access to make the customizations.
Install TWRP Custom Recovery as it allows to flash ROMs and other zip files.

DOWNLOADS:

Lineage OS ROM

G Apps

Also Check: Android O 8.0 is finally released. Is your device eligible?

STEPS TO FLASH THE ROM:

First thing is to download the above mentioned two files and then save it to your SD card.
Reboot your phone into the recovery mode.
Tap on Wipe<< Advanced Wipe<< select Dalvik, data and cache and then swipe to flash.
Go back and tap on install, locate the downloaded files. Select the first file of lineage OS and then swipe to flash.
After the flashing is completed, go back and flash google apps with the same method. Flashing the G apps will take around 5 minutes.
When the flashing is done, tap on reboot system.
Your phone will start installing the lineage OS ROM on your Redmi Note 3.

FEATURES OF THIS ROM

When you reboot your phone, you can find a new boot animation which is pretty decent.
You have got the new theme manager. Long press the home screen and swipe up to access the new theme customizer. The best feature of this Lineage OS is the protected apps, Just select the apps which you want to protect and it will be hidden from the app drawer, you can access the hidden app by coming to protected app section and tap on that arrow mark.
The status bar is quite similar to that of cyanogen mod as both of them are based on Android N.
Go to settings and then to buttons and enable the on-screen navigation keys. This feature was previously available only on nexus devices.
Let's go to display settings and here tap on display size, you can adjust the display size to your liking.
You can set various actions to your home screen button such as long pressing the home screen button will open the search assistant and double tapping the home screen button will lock the screen.
Also, it has some hidden features,
Double clicking the power button will open the camera, default camera has a problem with video recording. It does not record any video. This issue can be fixed with the 3rd party apps like google camera or open camera.
Next hidden feature is about the root access. Go to
This ROM comes with VOLTE support and JIO is working perfectly fine.
This ROM does not support multi window and night mode which are the new advancement of android n.
Battery backup is good and multitasking is simply superb in this ROM.

My opinion:
I have tested lineage OS on my Redmi Note 3 for a weak and I found it to be stable. If you wish to try the features of lineage OS then go ahead and install this OS on your phone.

The Ultimate Revelation To Enable/Disable On Screen Buttons On Any Android

On 16:27:00 By Unknown // No comments:

Many Android phones do not have backlit keys in its hardware which makes it very difficult to take a look or hit the keys at night or in any dark condition.By default Nexus and One plus devices comes with this feature which helps them to turn on or off the on-screen keys. If your android is on 5.0 Lollipop or above then you can get this on screen keys. Basically, there are several ways to get the on screen keys but I have shown the best two ways. The first method is using an app which is not difficult. It is the fasted and easiest way to get the soft buttons on your phone. If this method did not help you to get the navigation keys then skip to the next method. The second method involves some changes in the build of your android. I'll try to make this tutorial as simple as possible.

NOTE: This is 100% an easy and safe method without causing any harm to your device unless you mess up with build prop files. You don't require any PC or laptop. You just need to perform some customization on your android device itself. This is no data loss method and all your device pictures and other data will be saved.

THINGS TO DO BEFORE:

Your device must be rooted. Applying the on screen keys is not a standalone process, you need to get the root access. If you have already rooted your android then proceed to the next step else we have step by step tutorial to root any android device in one minute.

FIRST METHOD:

This method requires you to download an app called SOFT KEYS. This app is free of cost and it is available on the play store. Many apps are present with the same name of SOFT KEYS, use this LINK to download the app.

STEPS:

On your android, go to settings and enable the unknown sources. This will allow installing the app which I provided in the above link.
Download and install the app.
Once the app is installed, open it and it will ask for root permissions which should be granted.
Tap on Open Menu then tap on virtual keys and select enable the virtual keys. In few moments it will ask for reboot, select "Yes Proceed".
After successfully restarting your android, you can observe the virtual keys on your phone. Congratulation!
If you want to disable the on screen keys, then open the app, tap on Open Menu<< Virtual Keys<< Disable the Virtual keys.

If this method does not help you then do not worry, follow the next procedure.

SECOND METHOD:

This method needs an app call called BUILD PROP EDITOR which is available on the play store for free.

STEPS:

Download and install Build Prop Editor
Open the app, it will ask for root permissions. Make sure to grant root permissions else the changes which we make will not take effect.
On Build Pro Editor, tap on edit symbol on the top right-hand corner, it will open the text file editor. Scroll down to the bottom and "qemu.hw.mainkeys=0"(Do not add "double quotes").
Save the file and restart your phone.
Your phone will show on screen navigation menu on your screen.
If you wish to disable it, then remove the code that you have added in Build Prop Editor.

I made this tutorial to sound as clear as possible. I hope you will not face any issues.