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But while it still continues to enjoy this monopoly, it also gets bugged with an issue or two that persuades users to look out for alternatives. Well, you all might have already created bookmarks for your preferred sites. This makes it quite easy to access those sites in just a few clicks. However, you will still have to first open the browser to access the bookmarked site. To overcome this, many users prefer to directly create a Chrome shortcut for their desired sites....

While Pixel devices aren’t known to be a beast when it comes to hardware, yet it more than makes it up with its software offering. Plus the fact that you are guaranteed the fastest Android upgrades, and there is not much that you could have asked for. Then if you step into the custom development, then these devices are among the most active ones. From unlocking the bootloader to flashing custom ROMs, the options are endless....

However, in spite of all the goodies attached, it isn’t free from its fair share of issues either. From the inability to cast YouTube videos to firmware updates being stuck at 0%, it has gone through quite a few roadblocks. However, none have proved to be as infuriating as the inability of Google Chromecast to connect to a Wi-Fi network. When that happens, you might get the “Chromecast is connected but not registered” or “cannot reach the internet”....

However, as of now, it is proving to be quite a challenging task for the end-users. Many of them have voiced their concern that they are unable to access connected devices or the third-party apps inside this app’s ecosystem. If you are also in the same boat, then this guide might come in handy. In this tutorial, we will show you some nifty workarounds to fix the Couldn’t load apps or devices error in the Google Fit app....

But since it is near about impossible for us humans to remember these numerical IP Addresses corresponding to every site, we have been blessed with the liberty to just enter the domain name and the rest is taken care of by the DNS. In other words, the Domain Name System translates domain names to their IP addresses so that the web browser could understand the request and hence load the required website....

Rather than being an additional burden on the system, this is perhaps one of the very few bloatware that is welcomed with open hands by the end-users. When you are getting all the Chromium goodies without hogging the CPU resources, then the reason for this rise is there for all to see. Likewise, the browser also gets blessed with updates at regular intervals. In most instances, then these update tends to iron out underlying bugs, improve performance and enhance the overall security....

All in all, both these features behold quite a lot of perks. However, not everyone is able to make full use of these features. In some instances, the carrier seems to have blocked it whereas sometimes, it is the case of geo-restricted blocking. So even if your device supports these features you wouldn’t be able to try them out. Well, that isn’t the case any longer as this guide will show you the steps to enable VoLTE and VoWiFi on your Xiaomi device....

Most of these settings are configured and then implemented by the network administrators, and it goes without saying that it is quite an effort-taking task. So if you have a group of PCs on which these policies needs to be implemented, then carrying out this task manually will take ages. To cut down on this time, there exist two nifty methods to export the Group Policy Settings from one Windows 11 PC and then import it to another....

These include the likes of system vendor, bootloader among others. There are quite a few benefits to come out of this. For example, in earlier times, as and when at OTA update arrived, you had to leave your device in an idle state. As result, right from the time, the update is being downloaded, to its installation you could not perform any activity on your phone. However, with the introduction of dual partitions, the update would get downloaded and installed in the background onto the inactive partition while you could still continue to use the device in the active partition....

Instead, I usually prefer to get my hands on the games that inculcated a sense of calm and soothing after a hectic day of work. To bring it right to the point, casual offline and the ones that didn’t involve any time limitation were the ones that checkmark all of my prerequisites. So the likes of Nanogram, WordScape, and 2048 have always been my go-to choices. And you could now add Wordle to this list as well....

Along the same lines, there is another major caveat: you cannot easily install OTA on a rooted Android device. Why I mentioned easily is the fact that there is still a nifty workaround that will allow you to achieve the same. While the steps might seem daunting, but they are pretty easy to execute. So with that said, here is everything you need to know regarding how to apply OTA on a rooted Android device....

In this regard, the removal of the alert slider and the Hasselblad camera is something that might not be welcomed by all. Talking about not being welcomed, how can we leave behind the incorporation of ColorOS on top of the in-house OxygenOS? Fortunately, in this domain, we could take matters into our own hands and bid adieu to this bloated OS in exchange for a clean and stock ecosystem. And that’s not it....

Not only for the general users, but these devices have something in store for the tech enthusiasts as well. Once you bypass the sole prerequisite of unlocking the device’s bootloader, there’s literally a plentitude of tweaks that you could try out onto your device. And for Poco device owners, it is the ability to flash the Xiaomi EU ROM that is on top of their priority queue. When you are getting a debloated ROM without any unnecessary customizations and at the same, a much better-optimized firmware that scores high in the performance domain, well, we couldn’t have asked for more....

Likewise, these devices have stayed true to the USP of Chinese OEM of being an active participant in custom development. Be it for flashing custom binaries or gaining access to the system partition, there’s a lot to look forward to. Talking about the latter, there exist two different approaches- either flash the Magisk ZIP via TWRP or flash the patched boot.img via Fastboot. In this guide, we will be opting for the latter method....

Vivo had placed a slew of challenges in effectively unlocking the device’s bootloader. But thanks to the developers, they managed to find out some nifty ways of bypassing this restriction. As a result, the road is now cleared for the tech enthusiast to go on a long journey. The first and most important of which is to gain administrative rights over your device. And in this guide, we will help you with just that....

What is Bootloader? According to Google “A bootloader is a vendor-proprietary image responsible for bringing up the kernel on a device. It guards the device state and is responsible for initializing the Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) and binding its root of trust”. Confused? So am I! let us leave all this aside. In simpler terms, a Bootloader is a software that runs every time your phone boots (start). It contains a set of instructions that tells the device which program to load at what instance....

Along the same lines, the offerings from Sony, though not eye-catchy, comes with the excellent build quality. But when it comes to custom development, it still hasn’t picked up the pace. Rather it has made the matter much difficult for the tech enthusiasts. This is because while a general Android device could easily be rooted by flashing the Magisk ZIP installer via TWRP or by patching and flashing the stock boot....

Apart from that, this device is also quite a popular name in custom development. Be it for flashing customized firmware, trying out a custom recovery, or gaining access to the system partition by rooting your device via Magisk, there’s a lot to look forward to. But before you could try out any of these tweaks, you will have to checkmark an important prerequisite of the list- the bootloader on your OnePlus Nord CE 2 needs to be unlocked....

What is Bootloader? According to Google “A bootloader is a vendor-proprietary image responsible for bringing up the kernel on a device. It guards the device state and is responsible for initializing the Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) and binding its root of trust”. Confused? So am I! let us leave all this aside. In simpler terms, a Bootloader is a software that runs every time your phone boots (start). It contains a set of instructions that tells the device which program to load at what instance....

In the recent past, we talked about the bugs related to WiFi, Carplay, Spotlight, iMessage, Haptic Feedback, and AOD, and now, there has been another unfortunate entry to this list. Numerous users have voiced their concern that the custom wallper on their iPhone running iOS 16 tends to revert to the default one on its own. As a result of which, users end up losing the custom-made wallpaper that they had configured using the widgets of their choice....