The latest ColorOS 5.2 stable update build RMX1801EX_11.A.15 for Realme 2 Pro is based on Android 8.1 Oreo. The official update log does not mention anything new, except January patch and new camera watermark. The OTA update is live now and it will take a couple of days to complete the roll out. All users are recommended to update their device to this version, as it includes latest security patches to protect users from vulnerabilities....

The budget Redmi 7 isn’t a too old device. Launched in March 2019, the under 10K phone (India) offers good performance with Snapdragon 632 SoC and 3GB/2GB RAM. The new software update MIUI V10.3.3.0 PFLINXM includes customizable Lock screen clock, Mi Cloud optimization, and fix for media volume issue with notification. Recently, Xiaomi rolled out MIUI 10.3.10.0 update for Redmi Note 7 pro with June security patch. Check details of this update here....

Google will launch the stable version of Android 10 on September first week for Pixel devices. Many OEMs have already started beta testing the Android 10, including Xiaomi (Mi 9, Redmi K20 Pro). If everything goes fine, Xiaomi will start full deployments of the stable Android 10 update in the coming months. An active member of Mi Community India can apply for the Android 10 beta program. The application deadline is September 8, 2019 and the result will be announced on or before September 11, 2019....

There are several known and less-known techniques to repair the Limited connectivity problem on Android phones. Refreshing MAC address on Android phone is a less known, but a very effective technique to fix the Wi-Fi showing limited connection issue. Here is how to do it. First and foremost, restart the phone and check whether the limited connectivity issue persists or not. Secondly, reboot your router and see whether the problem is still on your phone....

If you have just started using Hangouts on your Android device, you might have familiar with the notification sound whenever you receive new messages or video calls. Sometimes, these notifications can be an annoyance. If it getting annoying you, you can snooze the notification sound for a determined amount of time. – For that, tap Settings menu and select “Snooze Notifications”. – Then tap the amount of time you want to snooze notifications for....

There are several apps available on the Play Store to turn your Android smartphone in to spy camera and some of these apps can even be used as a surveillance solution. With Spy Camera OS, you can capture images using your phone’s front or back camera automatically or manually. Following are some of the best features of this open source app. It has a transparent UI, so no one will notice it, small size (around 100KB), auto shot with delay setting, face detection auto shot, option to blank the screen, and option to hide/show captured folder on Gallery....

To star contacts in Gmail, sign in with your Gmail account. Click Gmail dropdown icon and choose Contacts (see below screenshot for details). Now, you will see your contacts list. Next to each contact, you will see a white colored star. Just click the star. That’s all! You can also star contacts from your Android phone. Run the Gmail app, then simply tap on the contact’s portrait in the email and then tap the star symbol on the contact list that appears....

Because Windows 8 has been designed with Tablet PC in mind, it comes with a nice virtual onscreen keyboard with useful features like auto-complete text, but doesn’t have swype like feature. InScribe enable this. InScribe is a free, virtual keyboard designed for Tablet PCs and UMPCs and has several features to enhance your text typing process. However, it is not as perfect as Swype and lacks features like word suggestions, autocorrect misspelled words, etc....

Motorola now officially supports unlocking bootloader on Verizon Moto X 2014 (XT1096), which means you can now gain root access, install custom recovery and custom ROMs on it. However, to unlock the bootloader you need a specific authorization key provided by the manufacturer. Read on to know how to get it. In this tutorial, we show you how to unlock Verizon Moto X 2014 (XT1096) bootloader. It requires ADB and Fastboot drivers on your PC [See for instruction] and latest Motorola drivers installed on the PC....

The desktop version of Viber syncs your contacts, messages and call history with your mobile device and brings all the same features – best quality audio, simple and neat interface, stickers, emoticons and photos for texting, etc. What is great with it is that besides the ability to call your friend’s mobile from the comfort of your desktop, you can even transfer calls between your computer and mobile device. Also, the desktop version supports Video calling, so you can video chat with other desktop viber user....

The free Shake application lets you switch your phone’s display off and on by simply shaking your phone. Providing settings for horizontal and vertical shakes, the app also enables you to control other popular commands, such as launching your camera app, which is something similar to Quick Capture camera feature of Moto X. The app uses device’s accelerometer for the action to done, which essentially measures the angle that you are holding it at....

It features a new touch perceptive Metro user interface, runs on Intel x86 chips as well as ARM processors (work on tablets, laptops and desktops), and run anything that runs on Windows 7. Besides, Windows 8 will be able to run on a wide variety of machines including tablets, because it will have the same or lower system requirements that Windows 7 needs. [More detail available here] Users can now download and tryout the Developer Preview at Windows Dev Center....

If you are new to TWRP recovery and to be able to install TWRP custom recovery, you need unlocked bootloader on Xiaomi Redmi 4X. Unlocking bootloader of Xiaomi devices is not an easy process. You need to get special permission from Xiaomi. Check this guide to know how to unlock bootloader of Xiaomi devices. Once unlocking the bootloader, you can easily flash TWRP recovery via ADB. After installing TWRP recovery, you can flash custom ROMs, custom kernels and other files, and customize the device to your liking....

In this guide, we show you how to unlock bootloader, install TWRP recovery and root Yu Yureka Black. Unlocked bootloader, custom recovery and root access gives various possibilities to tech-savvy users. For example, you can try out custom ROMs like LineageOS, customize your device, strip off unnecessary system apps and more. However, note that unlocking the bootloader will void your device’s warranty and factory reset your device. In addition, the process cannot be reversed....

Live Transcribe is a new accessibility service for Android smartphone. The app convert any speech receive from the microphone into text in real-time and supports more than 70 languages. It helps deaf and hard of hearing Android users to participate in two-way conversations via a type-back keyboard, understand TV news, and more. Live Transcribe uses Google’s state-of-the-art automatic speech recognition technology. We noticed that the app performs very well and the response is quite fast....

OxygenOS Open Beta 8 also brings improvement to camera, launcher, and calling UI. Most of the changes of this update are already available on OnePlus 6T, so OnePlus 6 owners on stable channel can expect them soon on their device via OxygenOS 9.0.3 update. Official changelog of the update: The OxygenOS Open Beta 8 OTA (weighs 100 MB) is now rolling out and it will take few hours or even few days to reach on all phones running on the Open Beta channel....

The application is extremely simple to use. Just run it (no installation required), enter the Twitter username of the person whose tweets you want to back up (no password is needed) and click ‘Get Tweet’ button. The program is in its early stage. I found that the included search function is not working properly. Besides, there is no guarantee that the program can download beyond the 3,200-tweet archive limit set by Twitter....

Redmi Note 6 Pro is the latest smartphone by Xiaomi. It features company’s first AI-powered quad-camera with AI portrait 2.0. If you own this device and want to install MIUI fastboot ROM, should unlock the bootloader. For example, the company recently invited beta testing MIUI 10 on Redmi Note 6 Pro. To install the beta fastboot ROM should have unlocked Bootloader. Bootloader is a security feature of Android phone. Unlocking the bootloader will normally carry out a factory reset and void your device warranty....

Android 8.0 Oreo system images are now available for supported Pixel and Nexus devices. Tech-savvy users can download and flash the firmware right away, without waiting for the OTA (over-the-air) update. Currently the Oreo update (OPR6) is available for Nexus 6P, Nexus 5X, Nexus Player, Pixel C, Pixel and Pixel XL. Let us see what is new in Android Oreo. What’s new in Android 8.0 Oreo? Android 8.0 Oreo is smarter, faster and more powerful than ever....