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How to Use Guest Mode on LG G Flex 2

“Sharing is caring,” your friends will say, but gently remind them in reply of that other famous maxim: “friends don’t let friends snoop around other people’s phones.” Well, maybe it’s not yet a famous maxim, but in a perfect world, we wouldn’t need such fictional precepts! (I’m telling ya: just wait a few more years for ubiquity to set in.) As luck would have it this is a world of gross voyeurism, and sneaking a peek at a friend’s phone feels delightfully mischievous. I won’t lie: it is pretty awesome to dramatically reenact a friend’s embarrassing text message convo. But the spying ends here, folks! From here on out, let’s be […]

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Getting the Most from Motion Launch on HTC One M9

It doesn’t take a mid-life crisis to find yourself stuck in a rut. When life loses its sheen, you gotta shake up the humdrum and add some glitter to that old-hat, right? For example, the late (admittedly not-so-great) John DeLorean was sick of opening car doors the old fashioned way, so what did he do? Two words: gullwing doors. Let’s be a tad more modest and look instead at the HTC One M9 and it’s Motion Launch functionality. Motion Launch is HTC’s system of finger + motion gestures, aimed at imbuing your phone experience with a touch more panache. Keep reading to find out how to customize

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How to Root the Asus Zenfone 2

The Asus Zenfone 2 is one of the devices with Android 5.0 Lollipop running on it out of the box –unlike most other devices that come loaded with KitKat and then require you to either manually install an update to get to Lollipop, the Zenfone 2 eliminates that hassle for you by letting you use the latest and the greatest version of Android right away (something other manufacturers could learn from). While Android Lollipop has everything you need to get your tasks done, there are those of us out there that demand a bit more than what they get with a

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How to Change Your Location in Tinder for Free

If you’re one of the millions of people out there using dating apps to meet other singles in your neighborhood, then there’s a good chance that – in addition to the plethora of other dating apps out there – Tinder is one you have installed. And if you’ve been using it recently to swipe your way to love, you may have noticed that it recently got an update –an update to try and get you to buy things. In an effort for Tinder to start making some money off of its rather sizable user base, they’ve added a new Tinder

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How to Unroot the Samsung Galaxy S6 / Galaxy S6 Edge (Video)

Perhaps you want to send the phone in for warranty? Or maybe you need to sell it? Either way, it’s probably wise to unroot the device before doing either. In order to unroot the Samsung Galaxy S6 or S6 Edge, we’re going to be utilizing Odin, Samsung’s own device flashing program, to flash the stock firmware back on to the device. Since this is right in line with the sort of thing this program was originally intended for, it’s actually pretty straight forward. Here’s how to do it. Unroot the Samsung Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 Edge I. Before You Begin 1. This

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How to Root the Samsung Galaxy S6 / Galaxy S6 Edge (Video)

If there’s one thing I’m not a fan of on Samsung devices generally speaking, it’s the user interface. TouchWiz, the UI that Samsung puts on all of their devices, has a special place in one of the inner circles of hell in my opinion. But, for what Samsung lacks in the software department, they make up for in some pretty spectacular hardware and, well, that causes a bit of a dilemma. How do you get all that Samsung hardware magic without the painfully over-complicated TouchWiz? The solution? Rooting. Rooting, aka gaining administrative rights on a device allows you to change aspects of a

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How to Unroot the Oppo R1L

If you’re reading this, it means the time has come for you to unroot your Oppo R1L. There could be many reasons why you want to unroot your device. Maybe the root-access didn’t deliver the functionalities that you were looking for, or maybe you’re going to it’s time to sell the device or even send it in for warranty. Unrooting removes the root-access from your device and puts it back to a stock-like state. Once you have unrooted your Oppo R1L, you will not be able to access any root-only apps on it nor will you be able to access system

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How to Root the Oppo R1L

In order to bring the best out of your Oppo R1L, you should consider rooting it. A rooted device can do things that are far beyond the capabilities of an unrooted one. An unrooted device only allows you to do limited things, like changing the wallpaper and so on. But on a rooted device, you can even change the entire operating system (which allows you to change just about everything on your device). If you’re one of those adventurous smartphone users and want to give rooting a try, here’s how you can root your Oppo R1L and start getting a little more out

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Video: Make Emojis Personal, How to Turn Yourself into an Emoji

Sometimes the little yellow faces just don’t quite cut it. I mean, sure, sending someone a pointing finger and an “OK” is always a good time, but what if you could make it a little more… personal. Thanks to a friend, I recently discovered a new app called Bitmoji. The app takes our obsessive past-time of emojis and kicks it up a notch. After downloading the app from the Play Store/App Store, it walks you through the process of choosing physical characteristics step by step (video gamers will be very familiar with the tedious process of choosing just the right eyebrows for far too long) until

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Take It from Photo to Art: Best Photo Editing Apps for iOS & Android

To say there are a lot of photo editors out there, might be a bit of an understatement. When I typed the words “photo editor” into my App Store search bar, it came back with 6,779 results. Woah there, developers, slow your roll. It can be a bit of a slog to figure out which ones are really worth your time, and which aren’t. If, for example, you really want to hyper-pixelate all your images, then sure, Pixelwakker is just what you’re looking for. Or maybe you want to replace your sister’s face with a shark head in all your

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What Happens to Your Facebook When You Die? Here’s How to Choose Its Fate

As technology becomes more and more entrenched in our daily lives, the need for us to consider what will become of our online presence after we pass away becomes a bigger and bigger priority. A few years ago, Google paved the way by allowing Gmail users to, as they put it, “plan for [their] digital afterlife” by designating a friend or family member to be their Inactive Account Manager when they die. Now Facebook has joined their ranks, announcing last week that they are introducing a similar feature, calling it a Legacy Contact. Though this may seem bizarre and somewhat

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New Year’s Resolution Slipping Already? 5 Apps for Getting Back in Shape

Oh, the gym. You elusive devil, you. All relationships are tough to maintain in life, but the on-again-off-again relationship we all have with staying in shape and going to the gym is perhaps the most enduring. Whether you’ve got fluctuating weight or a fluctuating work schedule, no matter the excuse – fortunately (or unfortunately) for us, our smartphones make it hard to give a good reason to not stay in shape. With an app market that is littered with ways to monitor or motivate good health, we as smartphone users now have the ability to get creative in the way

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Home Automation: It’s Finally Time to Try It

Technology, automation, and efficiency. Three things nerds like us get way more excited about than your average person. (Who doesn’t love a good spreadsheet once in a while? Ah, that’s the stuff.) Thankfully for us, we’re living in an age where technology is evolving faster than it ever has before, and our phones, tablets, computers, cars, and other tech are all trying to anticipate what we want them to do before we even know we need them to do. Sometimes they’re suggestions are more useful than others. I didn’t know I needed to go to the casino during breakfast, thanks,

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Give Your Eyes a Break: Have Your News Read to You Using This App

Ok, I’ll admit it. I use Audible.com for the majority of the books I “read”. (Is it still called reading if I’m listening to it? Deep thoughts…) Maybe it’s the fact I can multitask while doing it (“…raised by technology, and majors in efficiency.”), the fact that it’s more convenient than carrying a book (since it’s on my phone already), or maybe it stems from a deep-seeded psychological need to be read to since I wasn’t as a child, who really knows. The fact of the matter remains though, that, while not the case for all my books, I enjoy

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How to Unlock a Samsung Phone: The Quickest Way, For Any Model

Maybe you’re psyched about your new Galaxy device but not so psyched about your carrier. Perhaps you’re a traveler wanting to access its international usability without getting slammed with carrier fees. There are plenty reasons to ask how to unlock a Samsung phone. There are also tons of ways to you might go about doing it be here, we present you, the easiest way. To unlock Samsung phones, you’ll need to get your hands on something called an unlock code to get started. Unlock codes are purchasable key codes that coincide with your phone. They aren’t to be feared though, as they are sold

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