I know that this is usually considered the “price” of buying a Samsung phone. You get an awesome screen, a great camera, now a metallic body but you have to live with the bloat. Power users usually root and install a custom ROM but that’s too much of a hassle for most users. And if you’re using something like Note5, installing a custom ROM means losing on important features like notetaking with S Pen and annotated screenshots....

Most new phones these days come with a built-in Game Mode which lets you snooze notifications and block calls when you are gaming. All you have to do is enable it, and that’s pretty much it. But if not, the following methods will let you enjoy your gaming time without any distractions. We will be exploring two methods. While the first one automates the whole process of switching the DND mode on when you launch your gaming apps, the second method is a manual process, although a slightly different one....

It is not just users with touchscreen laptops that face this error either. Others have reported witnessing the on-screen keyboard notification in their system tray or on their Windows lock screen. There are a few ways to fix this annoying feature. Let’s begin. 1. Remove From System Tray Do you notice the on-screen keyboard icon in the System Tray area? Right-click anywhere on the Taskbar and unselect Show touch keyboard button option....

With shared computers, tablets, or phones, especially children or young adults, it’s a good idea to enable SafeSearch to prevent inadvertently exposing them to inappropriate content. On the other hand, if you want to see all the relevant results while conducting Google searches, you may want to disable Google SafeSearch on your device. Hence, in this post, we’ll walk you through the steps involved in enabling or disabling Google SafeSearch on your PC and mobile....

So, if your bookmarks are lying around on the ‘old’ Delicious, you need to drop everything and quickly migrate over to the new Delicious. September 23 is D-Day for the new Delicious, and if you still haven’t exported all your bookmarks then it could be doomsday for you. Thankfully, exporting your bookmarks (or downloading them) isn’t as difficult as moving house. AVOS Systems’ terms of service and privacy policy go into the legalities of the switch....

Initially, you might find it difficult to view the Google Duo call history on mobile apps. In this post, you will get to know how to check your Duo call history, and we also show you how to delete it permanently from the app and the phone records. And, if you are interested in downloading the call records, we have mentioned that as well. So, why wait? Let’s figure out how to check and delete Google Duo call log on Android, iOS, and web....

Digging a little deeper I found that Dashlane, my preferred password manager was turned off in the Accessibility settings. I had to turn it back on. So, it got me thinking. Why did it happen? What could have gone wrong? Well, it seems there are many ways to fix the Android Accessibility issue. But before we jump into the ways to fix it, you have to understand why it occurs at the first place....

However, the feature has issues. Using Continue on PC is pretty smooth most of the time, but various obstacles can crop up when attempting to share a link from your iPhone or iPad to your Windows PC. Whether it’s your web browser failing to display Continue on PC or a broken link between iOS and Windows 10, the following troubleshooting tips should help you sort things out sooner. Manually Enable Continue on PC After installing and signing in to the Continue on PC app, you may not see the option to Continue on PC within the Share pane on a browser on iOS....

Sadly, for many users, Google Play Store doesn’t open or throws an error ‘Unfortunately, Google Play Store has stopped.’ For others, the system greets them with a 910 error. Whatever the issue, this post shall help. Let’s start. 1. Restart Your Phone You should always start with basic solutions. One of them is restarting your phone. So, if Google Play Store keeps stopping, restart your Android phone and see the result....

For many users, Facebook also works through Google search. That should give you some idea about the significance of the search. But what if it stops working? Scary, right? Many users often the issue where Google doesn’t display search results. In some cases, the search bar on the home screen doesn’t work. For others, the Google app doesn’t show search results. To save you from going through this trauma more, let’s fix the issue ASAP....

There are multiple reasons as to why the Microsoft Store may fail to push out update notifications. You may’ve unknowingly blocked notifications for the Microsoft Store, which is rather easy to fix. Or, it could indicate a problem with the Microsoft Store’s automatic update functionality in general; that could take some tinkering. Let’s go through the fixes that can help you solve the Microsoft Store update notifications not showing issue on your Windows 10 computer....

Your Windows computer contains many text files that you might need to open and edit from time to time. Hence, Notepad must work properly when you need it. Let’s check out all the working solutions you can try when Notepad is not opening on Windows 11. 1. Restart the Computer Often, built-in applications fail to launch due to temporary glitches within the system. The best way to get rid of such a glitch is to restart the computer....

In this article, we will explore two different options to install Google Play Store on MIUI 9. While the first method makes use of the Google Installer APK file, the second method uses a backup file of Google Play Services. So, without delay, let’s get started. Method 1: Through Google Installer Step 1: Get the APK File No Google Play Store means a dependence on apk files. The apk file mentioned below has been verified and is safe to use....

Android users have a habit of syncing their contacts with Google and it’s a good habit. Google sync not only provides you a peace of mind by backing up all your contacts to the cloud but also makes migration from one device to another a cakewalk. However, when you sync your contacts with Google contacts, you download all the email contacts on your Android as well. These email contacts might be helpful when you compose a mail, but when you have to make a call and search through thousands of contacts, some of which do not even have a valid mobile or landline number, it can be highly irritating....

This made me think and hence this post. Here, we will tell you how to hide things such as dock, app, quickdrawer, and status bar in Action Launcher. How To Disable Dock Surprisingly, disabling the dock in Action Launcher is not an intuitive feature. If you are coming from Nova Launcher or any other launcher for that matter, you would look for a toggle to disable it, but that’s not how it works here....

Why Would You Hide Things? Your first thought might be “adult” style apps, but you might want to hide things for more innocent reasons. For example, a friend recently purchased a pregnancy app. She hadn’t told her husband yet; she was going to make an elaborate presentation. He found out when he did an app update and asked his wife about the app. Oops. The same could happen with any family surprise....

Hide Story from Specific Followers on Instagram When you post a story on Instagram, all your followers can see it on the social platform. Using a privacy add-on in the app, you can only limit the Story viewing to specific users. Follow the steps below to restrict Instagram Stories from specific users. Step 1: Open Instagram on iPhone. Step 2: Go to your Instagram account tab. Step 3: Tap on the three-horizontal bars (hamburger) menu in the top-right corner and go to Settings....

Here are a few tips on how to do just that. Avoid Jailbroken Apps and Devices On Your iOS Device If you love your iOS device and want it to be your main one, then you must surely have heard of Jailbreak. Jailbreaking your iOS device allows you to install and run apps that are not sanctioned by Apple and that in some cases bring along functionalities that iOS devices are not capable of performing by default....

So if you want to make a PDF file better, you can directly work on it instead of converting it into a word processing format. Here’s how you can do so: How to Insert a New Page into a PDF Using Adobe Acrobat DC Adobe Acrobat DC has a Ribbon interface at the top with several features and tools to edit a PDF. One is the Insert feature, which you can use to add pages....

GIMP is one of the best free image editing tools that you can get on Windows 10. It packs in a bunch of amazing features that allow you to do everything from remove backgrounds from images to use layers to add multiple components to any image. One of the best things about using GIMP is that it makes use of the FreeType 2 font engine that includes support for a variety of different fonts that you can add to your image....