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How to Get a Full Fledged File Manager on Your iPhone (JB Tweak)

This week I have another jailbreak tweak I thought was fun, and it may be old, but it was just recently made to work with the latest version of iOS and it’s a good one so figured it was worth rehashing. iFile is a jailbreak tweak that allows you to do something unheard of on an iPhone –look at your own files. Crazy, I know, but Apple has never allowed iPhone users to look at the files on their phones (even though it’s okay on a Mac?). Not sure the reasoning behind it, but regardless (thanks to iFile) you don’t have to […]

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How to Unroot the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 (T-Mobile & Sprint Versions)

Perhaps you’re done playing with root and custom ROMs on your Samsung Galaxy Note 5 running on Sprint or T-Mobile or perhaps you need to sell the device and get it back to stock? Regardless of the reason, it’s pretty easy to unroot your device and usually involves just flashing the stock firmware from the manufacturer onto the phone to get it back to an out-of-box state. Some of the reasons for unrooting your Samsung Galaxy Note 5 are: Sending in the device for warranty (most, but not all unrooting procedures reinstate the manufacturer warranty if you had one before rooting).

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How to Root the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 (T-Mobile & Sprint Versions)

The Samsung Galaxy Note 5 is the latest large-screened device to come out of Samsung’s, seemingly constant, churring out of cell phones throughout the year. The Note 5 is the anticipated replacement to the popular Note 4 that came out last year and, like a good successor, it improves upon the last model in every way. The only thing, that hasn’t gotten much better in my opinion, is the software. If you know me, you know I’m not the biggest fan of the custom UIs that all the manufacturers put on their device and, even though I understand why they

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How to Unroot the Sony Xperia M2 Dual

Perhaps you’re done playing with root and custom ROMs on your Sony Xperia M2 Dual or perhaps you need to sell the device and get it back to stock? Regardless of the reason, it’s pretty easy to unroot your device and usually involves just flashing the stock firmware from the manufacturer onto the phone to get it back to an out-of-box state. Some of the reasons for unrooting your Sony Xperia M2 Dual are: Sending in the device for warranty (most, but not all unrooting procedures reinstate the manufacturer warranty if you had one before rooting). Starting over (simply undoing

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How to Root the Sony Xperia M2 Dual

Rooting is the process of gaining administrative rights on your Android device. Once we root our Android device, we can then make changes to it to customize it well beyond what it normally can do. Once you root the Sony Xperia M2 Dual, you’ll be able to: Remove apps that were preinstalled by your carrier/manufacturer from your device. Free up storage space (because of the above benefit). Increase battery life (apps that might have been running constantly can be removed). Increase performance (after removing apps that are always running, the device will be less bogged down and run smoother). Update

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How to Unroot the Motorola Moto X Play

Perhaps you’re done playing with root and custom ROMs on your Motorola Moto X Play or perhaps you need to sell the device and get it back to stock? Regardless of the reason, it’s pretty easy to unroot your device and usually involves just flashing the stock firmware from the manufacturer onto the phone to get it back to an out-of-box state. Some of the reasons for unrooting your Motorola Moto X Play are: Sending in the device for warranty (most, but not all unrooting procedures reinstate the manufacturer warranty if you had one before rooting). Starting over (simply undoing

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How to Root the Motorola Moto X Play

Rooting is the process of gaining administrative rights on your Android device. Once we root our Android device, we can then make changes to it to customize it well beyond what it normally can do. Once you root the Motorola Moto X Play, you’ll be able to: Remove apps that were preinstalled by your carrier/manufacturer from your device. Free up storage space (because of the above benefit). Increase battery life (apps that might have been running constantly can be removed). Increase performance (after removing apps that are always running, the device will be less bogged down and run smoother). Update

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How to Unroot the LG G4 (All Variants)

Eventually, unrooting is necessary. Whether you’re sick of flashing ROMs on your phone or sending it in for warranty, unrooting the LG G4 will get it back to stock –the way it came out of the box when you bought it. To unroot the LG G4, we’ll be flashing the stock firmware (ROM) from LG using their own firmware flashing tool (so you know its legit). Once you grab the firmware for your particular version of the G4, you can download the flashing tool, plug your phone in, select the firmware and let it do its thing. I. Before You Begin

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How To Enable Split Screen Multitasking in the Reachability View on Your iPhone (JB Tweak)

Our jailbreak tweak this week is one made especially for iPhone’s of the larger screen variety –namely the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus. Reason being that it’s meant to make better use of the reachability feature found on these versions of the iPhone. Reachability, if you aren’t aware, is a feature Apple added to the newer iPhones to allow you to be able to still reach the top of the phone’s screen if you only have one hand free. You just double-tap (without clicking, by the way) on the home button to get the entire view in the screen to slide

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OnePlus Two Unboxing & Giveaway for 2 Invites (Video)

My OnePlus Two finally arrived and, as is the protocol here on the internet, it’s time to do an unboxing. Check out my video unboxing below and be sure to check out the giveaway for two invites for the OnePlus Two! The giveaway can only run until Sunday Sept 20th, 2015 at 11:59PM EST as that will give the winners time to purchase their devices on Monday before the invites themselves expire. OnePlus Two Invite Giveaway UPDATE: The winners were announced in the widget below and have been emailed! Congrats to them and thanks everyone so much for participating! Also,

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How to Root the Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet

Sony’s water-resistant, eight core, super thin latest tablet – the Sony Xperia Z4 – is no slouch. In test’s by CNET and others, it performs pretty spectacularly, running through anything you throw at it was ease. In that same CNET review, the writer also mentions how customizable it is thanks to being on the latest version of Android and Sony’s own customizable UI they’ve added to it. And while, I’m sure it’s great and all, I’m also sure I’m not the only one that would rather just have stock Android lollipop on it to really take advantage of those monster specs

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How to Unroot the Huawei Honor 4C

If you’re finally done messing around with your Huawei Honor 4C after rooting it and changing the software to your heart’s content, and you’re ready to get everything back to stock so you can send it in for warranty or sell it or whatever the need may be, you’ll need to do what we call “unroot” it. Just like rooting the device this involves flashing some firmware onto it, but instead of a custom firmware, we’re going to literally flash the stock firmware that it came with back onto it to erase anything we did to it and get it

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6 Best Keyboards for Android (Video)

Keyboards. Something we use, literally, every single day. From our computers, at work or at home, to our phones and tablets, everywhere in between, they’re the go-to mode of input for text. Period. But, considering how vital they are for our communication in today’s day and age, they haven’t really changed much over the last 40 years or so. And frankly, they haven’t really needed to for our computers and laptops, at least –rows for keys within reach of each hand, some practice, and next thing you know, you’re banging out novels the size of War & Peace during your lunch

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How to Root the Huawei Honor 4C

With an 8 core processor, 13MP camera, and dual-sim capabilities with a lower than normal price tag south of $200 the Huawei Honor 4C isn’t a bad option for someone looking for a budget phone with decent specs (and thanks to that dual-sim, especially if that someone is in Asia or other countries that use dual-sim a lot). Besides the hardware though, Huawei, like most manufacturers, put on their own custom user interface over Android to differentiate their phones from the other Android phones on the market, and while this does add some features specific to the phone, it isn’t

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How to Unroot the LG G Flex2 (Sprint)

So you’ve had enough fun with your LG G Flex2 by rooting it, flashing custom ROMs, and just tinkering around with it in every way imaginable. But, now, sadly, you have a need to get it back to stock. Whether you need to unroot the LG G Flex2 to send it in for warranty, sell it to someone, or just want to have a clean slate to start all over with it, this is going to be how to do it. Essentially, we’re going to use LG’s own flashing tool and flash the stock firmware from LG onto the device. This

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