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Friday, March 10, 2017
What to do if the screen of your Android phone breaks – CNET in Spanish
What to do if the screen of your Android phone breaks – CNET in Spanish
Many Android phones are more durable than the iPhone, but that does not mean they are immune to damage. the screens are made of glass, and of course, when the glass falls breaks.
If you have dropped your Android phone now for the umpteenth time, possibly you have a beautiful web running through your screen. If you do not have insurance to pay every month, here are some options to fix that screen.
contact the manufacturer
If your Android device is relatively new and still has the manufacturer’s warranty, the first place you should contact is the manufacturer. the price to fix the broken screen depends on the device. Fix screen Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, for example, could cost up to US $ 270 plus one or two days without being able to use your phone. If you go to the manufacturer, it would be more expensive to use a repair shop of a third party, but not void your warranty and you cell would be fully restored, possibly even being replaced by a fully restored unit, recovering the appearance it had before the incident. In addition, phones like the Galaxy S7 Edge maintain its waterproof nature.
The owners of a Samsung device should consider buying the Samsung Protection Plus warranty – which is like Apple Care, but for Galaxy phones. The Samsung Protection Plus is an extended warranty available for all cell high-end and covers everything from mechanical problems to accidental damage (eg a broken screen). Costs between $ 99 and US $ 120 for a protection of two years, and during those years you are entitled to make two claims for damages each year, paying a deductible of US $ 79 per incident. Replace a broken a Galaxy S7 screen will cost US $ 208.
Find someone else will fix it
If your Android device it is old, ie, no longer under warranty, or a less popular model, you may save you money if you take it to a shop not affiliated with the manufacturer to get it fixed.
I called some stores in Los Angeles and got estimated between US $ 100 to US $ 250 to replace the screen of a Samsung Galaxy S5?
There are some benefits -. addition to the price – to use the repair service a third party. If you go to a local repair shop, they could fix your cell quickly (eg in less than an hour and one of the shops in Los Angeles even offered to come to my house to repair it). This means you will not be without a phone for long. Also, many repair shops others offer a warranty on the parts they replace, which means you can re-call to fix your screen if for any reason stops working (unless if your fault broke again).
Eye, not all repair shops third parties are the same, then you have to ensure them these questions before handing over your device:
- How much will it cost
- How long will the repair?
- What kind of warranty do you offer? (Parts and service only? Limited or lifetime?)
Using a third party service for repair broken screen void manufacturer’s warranty then if your phone is new, it is best to first try to get the estimated manufacturer. Some of the new phones, like the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge, are very difficult to repair, so maybe you find that the manufacturer offers a better price than any offer from a third party.
Leave it as it is
Assuming the rotating your device screen does not interfere drastically with your ability to use the phone or make your fingers bleed, you might decide to stay with the phone in his condition until he could buy a new one.
That said, for it will last as long as possible, I suggest you buy a strong cover and shockproof because any fall will cause more damage. If the crack on the screen through an area that you usually use a lot, you should consider buy a screen protector to protect your fingers from cuts, and of course, protect the screen from further damage.
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Friday, March 3, 2017
What to do if you think your details have been stolen
What to do if you think your details have been stolen
Redesign 4 December: It has quite recently become visible that Wetherspoons - the bar chain - was hacked back in June 2015. Its client database was gotten to and the points of interest of more than 650,000 clients may have been stolen. It incorporates names and email addresses. Just 100 clients had card points of interest stolen, and it was just the last four digits of the long number. No passwords were contained in the database, however you ought to watch out for phishing messages and different tricks. See beneath for potential tricks to watch out for.
Theres little you can do to keep your record being hacked, obviously. You need to depend on the security put set up by the organizations and administrations of which youre a client. Nonetheless, if an administration offers two-component validation you ought to empower it. Two layers of security are basic with online financial balances, however different administrations offer it too, including Google. Such confirmation can be a bother, however its justified, despite all the trouble to keep your record more secure.
Change your secret word
The principal strategy on the off chance that you get wind of an organizations site being assaulted is to sign into your record - on the off chance that you can - and change your secret key. This will stop any individual who has your login subtle elements from keeping on getting to it.
Heres some counsel on the most proficient method to pick a solid watchword. You can likewise utilize a watchword chief which will produce a solid secret key and enter it every time you visit that site. A decent secret word director will take a shot at all your gadgets, from PC to telephone to tablet.
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Its pivotal to utilize diverse passwords for all your online records on the grounds that if programmers get hold of your email location and watchword, they can take a stab at utilizing those accreditations to get to Gmail, Facebook, in addition to different banks and administrations.
Screen your financial balances
Taking after a hack where you think your money related points of interest have been traded off (an uncommon event, however it can happen) watch out for little exchanges you cant clarify. Crooks can regularly attempt to exchange a couple pounds to check whether its conceivable, furthermore on the grounds that they can go unnoticed.
In the event that you do see any unordinary action, contact your bank furthermore Action Fraud UK (0300 123 2040).
Watch out for tricks
When a hack is open learning, others crooks will hope to profit by it by utilizing tricks and phishing assaults to attempt and concentrate individual data from the organizations clients.
Theyll do this by messaging or calling and professing to be from the organization that was hacked. They may request your bank points of interest, login subtle elements or some other individual data. Few organizations nowadays will request bank points of interest via telephone, so be exceptionally suspicious in the event that they do as such.
In the event that anybody calls and requests data, its best to get back to them from an alternate telephone (a cellular telephone on the off chance that they approach a landline, say) and utilize a number you know is veritable. Dont just call the number they give you via telephone.
In messages, be careful about tapping on connections as they can take you to fake sites which look authentic however are only an approach to tempt you to sort in your login subtle elements which are sent straight to the programmers. Such messages are starting to get exceptionally persuading, with a lot of Just Eat clients falling for a honest to goodness looking overview email which guaranteed to enter members into an opposition to win free record credit.
Rather than clicking suspicious connections, sort in the location of the fundamental site in your program. Any page which requests touchy data ought to begin with https:// - on the off chance that it doesnt dont enter your points of interest. Furthermore, on the off chance that you cant discover points of interest of the opposition or mind boggling offer, its presumably on the grounds that it doesnt exist.
Get protected
Uncommon protection strategies are starting to be offered which shield you against misfortune from online exchanges. One is Phishield, which offers approaches from £24.99 and spreads card misrepresentation, internet shopping, phishing tricks and thats only the tip of the iceberg.
TalkTalk hack: the subtle elements
The individual subtle elements of 156,959 clients were gotten to in the hack. Everything except 303 of those had ledger numbers and sort codes stolen. 28,000 credit and charge card numbers were "clouded" and "stranded" so were the full numbers not open, as well as the subtle elements couldnt be matched up with clients.
The examination has demonstrated that the size of the assault was significantly more constrained than beforehand suspected, with just 4 percent of clients at danger of delicate individual information being gotten to.
TalkTalk has said that the money related data stolen cant all alone prompt monetary misfortune - its the same data youd find on a check - and that every single influenced client have been reached. It has additionally focused on that it wont call any clients (or generally reach them) about the hack, nor request bank points of interest or whatever other individual or money related data. On the off chance that anybody calls you requesting this, accept it is a trick and hang up. See beneath for more counsel on the most proficient method to stay safe.
As of now, no clients can deal with their records online by means of My Account on account of the hack. You can figure out different approaches to do this furthermore the most recent data about the examination on TalkTalks site
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Saturday, January 21, 2017
What Does The Refresh Option In Windows Actually Do It’s Not What You Think
What Does The Refresh Option In Windows Actually Do It’s Not What You Think
Most of us have the habit of constantly refreshing our Windows machines. Many times, we just do it because we have to. But, we haven’t thought of the actual thing the Refresh option does to our machine. Read further to know, what the Refresh option in Windows actually does.I can’t even remember since when I am using the Refresh option present in the context menu in Microsoft Windows operating system. In fact, most of us refresh our Windows desktop for uncountable times in a day. But, very few of us know what the Refresh option actually does to our operating system.Until a few days ago, I, being a loyal Windows user from the time when I got hands on my first desktop machine, believed that the Refresh option in Windows clears the system memory, making it clutter free. But, all my beliefs turned out to be false when I finally I dug through the internet for the actual task performed by the Refresh option in Windows.
What actually happens is that Windows has an auto-refresh feature inbuilt by Microsoft which enables the screen to display the changes made to a folder–even desktop is just a folder for your operating system–either by you or a third-party application or if you want to re-align the folders on your desktop.
Sometimes, the auto-refresh option fails to display the change on your screen. So, you have to manually do it yourself by clicking the Refresh button in the context menu. I would like to tell you that no miracle happens when you click the refresh button. It won’t make any changes in the performance. Your Windows machine won’t transform into a supercomputer.
Most people, including me, have developed a habit of constantly refreshing Windows for no reason. I have shifted to Ubuntu recently and I find myself searching for the Refresh option in the context menu, but it is nowhere to be seen because Linux-based operating systems don’t have it.
It seems like a daily ritual for most of us, our hands involuntarily keep pressing the F5. And some of us even overcome our laziness and refresh windows using a mouse which is a tiresome job, though. So, try to get rid of this bad habit.
Talking technical, all the stuff you see on your desktop is a static frame. Let’s take an example of a movie — In earlier times we went to cinema theatres which used camera reels to project the movie on a white screen. Each reel had many images arranged in an order and they were projected on the screen at a specific rate i.e. 24 images/frames per second. You might’ve heard about the term FPS (frames per second), it’s the same thing. Human eye can’t distinguish if the FPS is 24 or above.
In current times, the same process is followed but the photos are now saved in a digitally compressed file which is given an extension like MP4 or MKV. It makes the video portable and we can open it on our computer.
So, consider a frame generated by your OS as an image. Frames are displayed on your screen one after the other giving you a feel that everything is continuous. Each frame comprises of different UI (User Interface) components like background, icons and their names. When each frame is constructed, all the components are placed on it, like first the background, then the icons and their names. The taskbar acts as a layer which is placed on the top of the background.
Now, if each component would have to be placed in every succeeding frame, then it would be a tiresome job for the hardware. So, to reduce the burden on the hardware, an optimisation technique has been deduced in which only the components which are needed to be changed are marked as dirty and then recreated in the next frame. This reduces the load on the CPU.
The refresh option marks all the components of the screen as dirty, so, the whole screen is recreated in the next frame and displayed on your monitor. That’s the prime job of the Refresh option in Windows.
So, feel free to press the F5 button the next time. But, do decide whether you need it or not. Anyways, it’s your machine and the Refresh option is free–press it as many times you want.
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Saturday, December 31, 2016
Which Do You Prefer Removable VS Non Removable Mobile Battery
Which Do You Prefer Removable VS Non Removable Mobile Battery
Phone geeks must have been wondering why suddenly Phone manufacturers switched to non-removable battery. Some of us don’t really like the facts that most smartphones company now produces non removable battery devices. I’ve been privileged to interact with different individual regarding their choice of smartphone and majority of them prefers removable while some don’t really care.
You’ll notice that the use of Universal charger is gradually going out of the market and being replaced with Power banks because most devices now have inbuilt battery.
Personally, I don’t like devices with inbuilt battery because when it eventually lags you have to wait for the battery to run down before you can restart it (what if your device is like that of Ouikitel K10000 whose battery can last you for 10days without charging, meaning you have to wait for 15days before you restart it?). What if you device fall into water or hot pepper soup, how will you dry it if you can’t remove the battery? That may be the end.
*Removable battery is easy to replace
*It is easy to Hard Restart
*Phones with inbuilt battery are slimmer and lighter with unibody design.
Manufacturers don’t want you to tamper with the battery and integral part of the phone that is why they keep producing non removable battery devices.
Now, Over to you… Tell us your experience with removable and not removable battery smartphones you’ve used before and which do you prefer?
You’ll notice that the use of Universal charger is gradually going out of the market and being replaced with Power banks because most devices now have inbuilt battery.
Personally, I don’t like devices with inbuilt battery because when it eventually lags you have to wait for the battery to run down before you can restart it (what if your device is like that of Ouikitel K10000 whose battery can last you for 10days without charging, meaning you have to wait for 15days before you restart it?). What if you device fall into water or hot pepper soup, how will you dry it if you can’t remove the battery? That may be the end.
*It is easy to Hard Restart
*Phones with inbuilt battery are slimmer and lighter with unibody design.
Manufacturers don’t want you to tamper with the battery and integral part of the phone that is why they keep producing non removable battery devices.
Now, Over to you… Tell us your experience with removable and not removable battery smartphones you’ve used before and which do you prefer?
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Monday, December 12, 2016
What to do if wifi doesnt work on android
What to do if wifi doesnt work on android
1. The basics: Airplane mode and system reboot
Never overlook the simple solutions. Often we look for complicated, geeky methods, but if the Wi-Fi does not work, one of the classic remedies might provide the cure. First you should deactivate and reactivate the connection. Open theQuick settings menu with a swipe-down gesture from the top of the screen and select the Wi-Fi icon to disable it. If the drop-down menu does not offer this icon, open the app drawer, head to Settings and open it from there.
Do the same with your home router: turn it off and, after at least two minutes, switch it on again. Another simple solution is to turn Airplane mode on for a few seconds, turn it off and check your connection again.
In the event that your Wi-Fi connection continues to cause trouble, try restarting your device. If the problem has occurred after an update to Android Lollipop, try restarting your smartphone in safe mode:
> Press the power button
> From the on-screen options, hold down the Power off option for a few seconds
> Select OK when asked if you want to reboot to safe mode.
> Once in safe mode, restart your device normally
2. Wi-Fi disconnects on its own
The most obvious reason is that you have not enabled the Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep option. This setting automatically disconnects your device from the Wi-Fi network to save battery.
> To change this, follow these steps:
> Go to the Settings menu
> Select Wi-Fi, press the trio of dots at the top right of the screen, and press Advanced
> Press Keep Wi-Fi on during sleep.
> Select Yes / Always to enjoy seamless connectivity
3. How to access an ad-hoc or hidden network
There are two things that restrict automatic access to a network: the network to which you want to connect belongs to specific type or the network is hidden for security reasons.
Regarding the first problem, most Android phones are not configured to work on ad-hoc networks. But the kind folks over in the XDA developers forum managed to create a patch to bypass this limitation. With the patch wpa_supplicant file, you can connect to these types of networks.
Warning: This solution from the XDA Developers forum is intended for for advanced users only; we at AndroidPIT will not be held liable in the event of damage to your device.
If the problem is related to a hidden network, you can try to add it manually. Go to Settings > Wi-Fi > Add network. Enter the SSID and the correct password, and you can once again surf the web and respond to your WhatsApp messages.
4. Problems acquiring an IP address? Think WiFi Fixer! Wifi Fixer
Do you have problems with IP acquisition? Are you trapped in the clutches of an infinite loop during the authentication process? Sometimes the Wi-Fi does not work because it fails to carry out this process. If your Android is not able to connect to a network, first reboot the router. If the problem persists, carry out a factory reset.
Does this seem like a drastic solution to the problem? Indeed it is, but thankfully there is another solution, before you go the hard way: you can visit the Google Play Store and download WiFi Fixer (assuming you have mobile data). Download > Wifi Fixer
The application restores Wi-Fi system files and some services essential to the proper functioning of the network. WiFi Fixer will take care of your device when it attempts to acquire an IP address. It is especially easy-to-use app, lacking a pretty interface, but once you understand how it works and gone through the short tutorial, WiFi Fixer will help you solve problems with your connection. [post_ad]
These are the most common solutions that you should try out if youre having problems with your Wi-Fi. Do you know any others? Leave us a comment.
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