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Samsung Galaxy S5 Tips and tricks

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When the world’s leading smartphone manufacturer updates its top model, you expect something special, and the Samsung Galaxy S5 does not disappoint. It has all the features and functionality you could possibly want, and a little more. To help you get to grips with it without having to experiment or read a manual, we’ve prepared some useful Samsung Galaxy S5 tips . This list of Galaxy S5 tips and tricks will help users learn how to do more with the new Samsung Galaxy S5 without spending months looking through settings. We’ve also uncovered several Galaxy S5 hidden features that take the user experience to the next level with great features that let you access settings faster, use an Xbox controller to play games, super charger the Galaxy S5 keyboard, use it as a remote viewfinder and even include a few Galaxy S5 features that could save your life. The Samsung Galaxy S5 is packed full of features that are hard to find and sometimes confusing to set up. In this guide of Galaxy S5 ...

Sony Xperia Z Tips and Tricks

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Sony kicked 2013 off with a bang when it announced the Sony Xperia Z. This new flagship Android handset is now in stores offering up its wealth of features to all, so let us show you how to get the most from this new top dog. Tip number 1: Controlling home screens The first thing you’ll want to do when you get your Xperia Z is customise it to your style. By default there are five homescreens, but pinching together will let you add up to seven, reduce them down to one and change which screen serves as your default, simply by tapping the house icon in the corner. Tip number 2: Using themes Another way to customise your Xperia Z is with themes, again by pinching together on any homescreen and choosing ‘themes’ from the menu at the bottom you can select from a range of themes, each with its own colour scheme and wallpaper. Tip number 3: Organising apps All of your phone’s applications can be found in the app drawer, but keeping track of where each one is can get tricky, to try a...

Google Play Store Tips and Tricks

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Google Play Store Tips and Tricks - How to explore Googles virtual shopfront Like virtually all of its Android software, Google has vastly improved its Play Store over the years. Nowadays its a bright, sharp, and relatively speedy virtual shopfront for the million-odd apps available on the Android platform . No, its not perfect, but for our money its a lot better than the App Store . But are you using the Google Play Store to its fullest? Google has supplied a number of nifty little features for it, but in typical Google style it doesnt always make those features abundantly clear to the user. Here is just a small selection of tips and tricks for the Google Play Store. How to earn money with your smartphone Google Play Store Tips and Tricks - Make use of the info icons The latest version of the Google Play Store has a great new icon bar that gives you a lot of information at a glance, as well as some handy shortcuts. To the left you have the number of downloads. If its a million sel...

LG G2 Tips and Tricks

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The LG G2 is one of the best Android smartphones of the year 2013, and why not, it does have a lot of potential against the other smartphones in the current Android smartphone market, but are you making the most out of it, or just using it as any other device? Here is a handful of tips and tricks for LG G2 using which you can enhance the user experience and make it a more personalized device for your usage. Change App Icon – Size or Picture There are a few features which are limited to just the LG devices. This is one of them, where you can change the icon for the app, and changing here means – changing the size, the actual icon picture by selecting from the given icons or selecting one from your own gallery. On the home screen, tap and hold on the app icon and then let go. It would show a bluish option on the top right of the icon which would stay for a couple of seconds. Press on that to see the options opened for the particular icon. You’ll see the option to expand the i...

10 Significant Tips Tricks for Android Battery Life

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Want to go an extra mile with your your Android phone? Boost-up your Android battery life by following these simple procedures. Maximize Power Saving Mode   Most of the Android manufacturers provide a power saving mode options to enhance your battery consumption. Maximize the use of that option, and if you dont have an option like that, use the power saving apps such as Juice Defender. Disable or Remove Unnecessary Apps     Check into phone settings, for those apps that you dont require at all. Uninstall all those apps. There are certain apps that wont allow you to uninstall, but you can surely disable them. Integrating Home Screen Streamline all the apps on your home-screen, as the busy your homescreen will be, more the battery itll suck from your Android phone. If your Android phone possesses an Amoled screen, then use a dark background or a dark theme as dark pixels can save some of your power. Turn-off Vibrations Vibrations are generally battery-life killer. Turn-off...

iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus tips and tricks

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The Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus arrived with a splash and a huge initial sales success, but since they are such a huge upgrade over the smaller, 4-inch iPhone 5s , there is a ton of new features and little things that you can do to tweak the iOS 8 experience on Apples latest and greatest devices. Starting with neat features like Reachability that allow you to reach every corner of even the larger phone easily, to the new Family sharing options that give you the opportunity to share apps between 6 people in the family, and finishing up with the plentiful new camera settings, there is a lot of new things that you can do with the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus . We have tried to cover every aspect of those changes and right below youll find our tips and tricks for getting the most out of the new iPhones in every aspect. And after graduating this concise course in iPhone functions, you can safely say youve become a more advanced user, right? iPhone battery life tips and tricks iPhone 6 tips...