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Hands itching to root your Xperia Z Ultra and get the root-only apps up and running on it? No problem, this guide should help you do that. Rooting your Xperia Z Ultra will give you privileges to install root-only apps, flash custom recoveries and custom ROMs, uninstall system apps and so on. So let’s get to the procedure without further ado: I. Before You Begin: 1. This will void the warranty of your device. However, you can reinstate the warranty by unrooting your device if there’s any unrooting procedure available. 2. This only works on Windows based PCs. II. Downloading […]

Action Memo is a rich note taking feature that lets you take handwritten notes with your S Pen. Before discovering Action Memo, taking down someone’s phone number in a rush wasn’t the easiest thing to do. Sometimes I would tap the wrong number and I could potentially lose that contact forever. Action Memo lets me take down a number very quickly, without tapping error, and store the memo to deal with later when I’m not in a rush. But that’s only 1 of the many uses for Action Memo. For taking a simple, old fashioned note, follow Section II. It

Motions is a group of little features that register your phone’s motions to: Make calls Make sure you know about notifications Zoom and move through zoomed photos Mute incoming calls and messages If you think you don’t need help to do these things the way you always have (tapping the screen), you’re probably right. Much like Air gestures, Motions are simply a different, and surprisingly intuitive way to perform these actions. So why not “go through the motions” and give them a shot, you might like them. This how to is for Samsung phones (Samsung tablets have slightly different Motions).

Rooting your device allows you to load so-called root-only apps on your device that let you play around with your device without any restrictions at all. You get full access to all the features of your device and you can even change your firmware. Sounds exciting? huh. Let’s see how you can root your Samsung Galaxy Centura (Straight Talk) and get the most out of it: I. Before You Begin: 1. This will void the warranty of your device. However, you can reinstate the warranty by unrooting your device if there’s any unrooting procedure available. 2. This should only work

Air gesture is a feature that registers hand motions to perform the following actions without touching your Galaxy device’s screen: Flick through photos in Gallery. Scroll up and down emails in Email. Pick up calls (on speakerphone by default), check notifications and changing songs without waking your Galaxy device. Control songs from Music. Move between pages in S Notes This might seem gimmicky as using your finger/thumb to perform those actions is easy and natural, how could Air gestures possibly make it easier? Truth is, it’s just another way to do these things, but the hand motions are very intuitive

Ever had a list of emails or photos you wanted to quickly check out without necessarily opening each one? Air view lets you preview content by hovering your S Pen or finger above it. For example, if you finally want to go through those 200 new emails you put off for later, Air view allows you to preview them quickly without having to open each one, which can be pretty tedious. Follow Section I below to turn Air view on and check it out. Along with Samsung’s Email app, it works with Calendar, Photo Gallery, Video, Contacts, and some third-party

Sick of using root-only apps on your Huawei Ascend G510-0100 and want something more interesting to play around with? Try custom ROMs. In order to flash custom ROMs on your device, you’re gonna need a custom recovery and the guide below shows exactly how you can get one up and running on your device in no time. So here’s how you can flash a custom recovery on your Huawei Ascend G510-0100: I. Before You Begin: 1. You must be rooted before you can do this procedure. Please head to our How to Root the Huawei Ascend G510-0100 procedure first, finish

Have you been wondering how you could root your Huawei Ascend G510-0100 smartphone? Well, wonder not anymore as we’ve found out a method to root this beautiful device and get root-only apps up and running on it in no time.  Root lets you enjoy root-only apps, custom recoveries, custom ROMs and a lot more. Here’s how you can root your device: I. Before You Begin: 1. This will void the warranty of your device. However, you can reinstate the warranty by unrooting your device if there’s any unrooting procedure available. 2. This only works on Windows based PCs. II. Downloading

Recently we’ve been seeing most of the Android devices running KitKat update getting rooted and the Motorola Moto X is not an exception. The Moto X has been rooted, all thanks to the XDA developers. Once rooted on KitKat, you’ll be able to load a number of root-only apps on your device and not only that, you’ll even be able to flash custom recoveries and then custom ROMs. Sounds good? huh. Let us show you how you can root your Moto X running Android 4.4 KitKat: I. Before You Begin: 1. This will void the warranty of your device. However,

So you just updated your Nexus 4 to the latest Android 4.4 KitKat and the SuperSU app is nowhere to be found on your device? It’s gone. Whenever you update your device to a newer firmware, the root-access gets lost. However, new methods just keep coming that let you root your device even after the updates. This guide shows how you can root your Nexus 4 running Android 4.4 KitKat: I. Before You Begin: 1. This will void the warranty of your device. However, you can reinstate the warranty by unrooting your device if there’s any unrooting procedure available. 2.

Unlike most other device users, the Nexus 7 (2013) users didn’t need to wait much longer to get the latest flavor of Android — Android 4.4 KitKat — running on their device. Usually, Nexus users are the ones who stand first in the queue to get the latest firmware updates and same has happened in the case of KitKat. So you got the KitKat running on your device and missing the root-access you had before the update? No worries, we already have a method that roots the device on this newer version of firmware. Here’s how: I. Before You Begin:

With the S Pen and Smart Screen features, you could say Samsung is making every effort to prevent you from operating your device with potentially grubby fingers. Smart Scroll is a feature that lets you scroll up and down web pages or emails without touching the screen. There are two ways to use Smart Scroll, and I’ll show you how to turn on and use both. The default option (Section I) is head tilting, which uses the phone’s front camera to register your head’s movements. The other option is phone tilting (Section II), which uses your phone’s accelerometer to register your

Some of Samsung’s larger screened devices are fantastic for watching videos and multitasking (and the multi-window and pen window features sure don’t hurt either). However, a large screen means a large keyboard, which makes it much harder to type with one hand. Samsung has cleverly added an option to its larger phones that shrinks the keyboard to a more manageable size for one-handed typing. Here’s how to set it up and use the one handed keyboard on the larger Samsung devices that support it. I. Turn on One-Handed Keyboard on the Fly 1. Open an app that utilizes the keyboard, such

Did you just update your Kindle Fire HD to the latest 11.3.1 and wondering where the root-access gone? It’s gone, but not for ever. The XDA devs have found out a way to gain root-access on this newer version of firmware and if this is what you were waiting for, the guide below is all you need. It shows how you can root your Kindle Fire HD on the aforementioned firmware version and enjoy the privileges you had before. And here you go: I. Before You Begin: 1. This will void the warranty of your device. However, you can reinstate

Need to send in your device for warranty reasons? Make sure you unroot your device first before sending it in as unrooting restores the warranty that you lost when you rooted your device. The guide below shows how you can unroot your Motorola Moto G and get it back to stock. I. Before You Begin: 1. You should have rooted your device using the procedure given here. 2. You should have Motorola drivers installed on your PC. If you don’t, head here and download and install the drivers on your PC. 3. This should get your device back to stock