Smart Phone Hacks

Android pinch zoom always requires 2 fingers, and often 2 hands. Unless you’ve placed your phone on another surface, it is extremely difficult to avail two fingers for zoom from the same hand that is holding the device. Under certain circumstances, you can only use one hand to handle your phone. If you are carrying or holding stuff with one hand, you have to make use of your remaining hand for all phone maneuvers. What do you do when you need to zoom in? Luckily, there are three strategies you can use to zoom into your Android phone using just one finger. They are explained below. 1. Tap Twice and Drag on the Second Stroke This feature only works with photos, Google chrome and Google maps. In gallery photos, some phones enable you to zoom in by tapping twice. Sometimes, in some situations, browsers may also allow you to zoom-in by tapping twice. All you need to do it tap twice. On the second one, don’t lift your finger. Just drag in any direction. Repeat ...

Instagram photos and videos are meant to be viewed and not downloaded. But there comes a time when you wish you had a certain video or photo on your phone or PC. For non-private accounts, there are a number of sites that you can use to download these media. Most of these sites will not be able to access videos from private Instagram accounts. This makes it impossible to use them to download such videos. Thankfully, a few of them can use your login details to download the videos. But I’ll now show you a simpler trick that you can use to download Instagram videos from private accounts on your android phone. You don’t have to use any third party platforms. Just follow these steps: 1. Open the Instagram App on Your Android Phone In order for the video to load to your phone, you have to use the default Instagram app. This procedure will not work it you use your browser. Note: be sure that you have some disc space. 2. Locate the Video You Wish to Download Use the ...

If your Whatsapp messages are delaying or not coming until you manually launch it, here’s help. The major reason why Whatsapp is not receiving messages could be either; Whatsapp not running in the background as it should be Whatsapp can’t connect to the servers in the background Notifications are disabled You can’t be so sure which one of the above is happening. The best thing is to follow these steps to try and trouble-shoot. 1. Don’t Restrict Background Data If you restrict the background data for a particular app, it can’t connect to its servers until you open it. To fix this, go to Settings > All > Data usage. Tap on Whatsapp and ensure the restriction is not checked. 2. Enable Notifications There are 3 things you need to do in order to enable Whatsapp notifications: a) Head over to Settings > Apps > Whatsapp. Check ‘Show notifications’ b) Go to Whatsapp > Settings > Notifications. Check ‘Conversation tones’....

Most smart phone users now subscribe to limited data plans for lack of other options. Every megabyte of data is a coin out of the pocket. This creates the need for intelligent data control. Other than being costly, high data consumption also drains the battery faster. Use these tips to save data usage on your android phone Disable Apps You Don't Use Some apps on your phone continually open without your knowledge and then go to sleep. During these wakeful moments, most will access their relevant servers and this must use your data. They also use the battery. To avoid unnecessary data usage from such apps, temporarily disable those you don’t use. These can be games, browsers and chatting apps. You can even uninstall apps you are sure you’ll never need. To disable an app, go to Settings > All > Apps > All. You’ll see a list of all apps. For those you are not interested in, choose either ‘disable’, or ‘force stop’. Please be careful not to disable use...

If you delete your photos on an Android phone by mistake, there is a possibility of recovering them. However, it depends on many factors on which photos are still recoverable. Methods You Can Use to Restore Deleted Photos There are a number of strategies you can use to recover deleted photos: Computer softwares Mobile recovery apps Recycle bin apps Most computer programs will charge a certain fee in order for them to avail your photos. Others will help you recover your photos for free, and request a fee for the videos. Either way, computer softwares are not very convenient to the majority of users. Mobile apps are more suitable because they rarely ask for cash. Their creators make money via app-based ads. Some of these apps are: Undeleter Photo recovery – by Tasty Blueberry Restore image Digdeep image recovery Recycle bin apps work just like a computer recycle bin. Once you delete files, they are moved to the app folder. Though they do no...

The flashlight on your phone is a very useful tool. But sometimes, you wish there was a way you could use the backlight for prolonged periods of time. Unfortunately, the backlight will go off at most after only 30 minutes on most phones. Here is a simple way that you could use to keep the back-light on for hours on end, or until the battery dies. This procedure is power intensive. However, it is very valuable in times when you want your backlight to stay on without any interruptions. 1. Download MX Player On your android phone, go the play store and search for a video player app called MX player . I highly recommend this app because you can also use it for a variety of other uses. For instance, you can use it to play videos which will not open on the default android video player. These include videos with extensions like .dat and .mts. The app can also play videos from a whole folder back to back. It also has other amazing features like video zoom. 2. Find ...