Almost every week I have to answer to this question.The answer is very simple if you are using Android version 4.0 or above.All you have to do, is press Volume Down and Power buttons at the same time and hold them for a while (maybe second).Volume Down + Power buttons on Nexus 5 (source: Google.com)You…
Users of modern phones search for tips to improve battery life of their phones. Modern smartphones are phones with small computers under the cover. Battery consumption is high and this is one of main disadvantages of modern phones. Before we list suggestions, you have to check what has been using your battery. Simplest way is…
I have used Android for three years and I really like it. I won’t say that Android is the best operating system for smart phones, but I can say that phones with Android are very adaptive. And I like that. Besides that, we can pick a cheap or expensive phone from a set of Android…
Did you forget security key (password) to a wireless network?Do you want to check what password did someone type on your device?What can you do?Described method requires root access.You also need a file explorer with access to root folders. I can recommend ES File Explorer File Manager (really powerful and user friendly app).Open file explorer…
Many users want to clear data usage statistics on their Android. Unfortunately, there is no option in settings. You can change Data Usage Cycle, but this isn't what many users want. After some investigation, I found a solution.If your Android device is rooted, you can reset data usage statistics with removing some files.Simply delete (or…
Skype on my Android has been updated to version 4. Application has been completely redesigned. Skype says it's been "rebuilt from the ground up" to be faster and more reliable. Well, we will see :-)Many user interface changes and speed improvements are welcome, but latest version of Skype has also some clumsiness. One of them…
Some days ago, I got an error RPC:S-5:AEC-0 when trying to download or upgrade apps from Google Android Market.I tried many things (clear cache, data, restart, clear Dalvik cache ...), but nothing has worked.On Google support page I found, that I'm not alone with this error. But there was no solution!It is interesting that this…
If you're having strange problems with your Android device, maybe you can check which of installed applications might be causing an issue. There is a little known features to reboot into safe mode. Like on Windows, this means that system won't load any installed applications - just system and originally installed applications. There is big…