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How to Enable ‘Backup New Folders’ in Google Photos In this guide, we will show you the steps to enable the “Backup New Folders” feature in Google Photo. When it comes to photo-sharing and storage services, then there’s no denying the fact the offering from the Silicon Valley giant is probably the best in this domain. Offering a generous 15GB free storage space, it beholds a slew of intriguing features, not to mention a few nifty AI tweaks as well....

How to Enable 5G in Android in Unsupported Country In this guide, we will show you the steps to enable 5G in an unsupported country on your Android device. The fight generation of mobile networks has been quite a lot in the news lately. While it has already been close to three years since it first made its way, there are many regions where it is yet to be activated. And the regions where it is up and running have been getting mixed responses from the users....

How to Enable Cast Volume Control on Android 12+ In this guide, we will show you the steps to enable Cast Volume Control on Android 12 devices. Till Android 11, we had the option to control the volume of cast-enabled devices “from any screen”. However, this option was then silently removed from the Android 12 build and you could now control the volume only from inside that app itself. Google did acknowledge this and subsequently rolled out a patch that bought back this feature....

How to Enable Group Policy Editor in Windows 11 Home In this guide, we will show you the steps to enable the Group Policy Editor in Windows 11 Home Edition. The GPE in Windows is used to review, configure and modify various Group Policy settings. Administrators make use of the same to carry out some system-level policy changes for all the users spread across a network. Along the same lines, a general user could also use it to execute various tweaks and modifications to their system....

How to Find File System of Drive in Windows 11 In this guide, we will show you various methods to find the file system of a drive on your Windows 11 PC. If we talk about the eleventh iteration of the OS, then it supports numerous different types of file systems. These include the likes of Windows FAT, FAT32, exFAT, NTFS, and ReFS file systems for the drive volumes/partitions on a disk....

How to Fix Broken TEE on Android Devices [2 Methods] In this guide, we will show you two methods to fix the Broken TEE on your Android device. An Android device’s CPU has two different execution modes: the REE (Rich Execution Environment) and TEE (Trusted Execution Environment). In a normal use case scenario, when the device and its apps are running, the CPU is in REE mode. However, for certain sensitive operations, such as verification of your fingerprint/PIN/password, the CPU tends to switch to TEE mode....

How to Fix Cannot Turn Off Restricted Mode in YouTube If you cannot turn off Restricted Mode in YouTube, then here are some workarounds that shall help you fix this issue. This video streaming giant beholds a plethora of features. One among them is the Restricted Mode, which when enabled, filters out adult, NSFW, or violent videos. This proves to be of great help to the parents and school administrators alike....

How to Fix Fastboot Mode Device State Locked (Unlockable) In this guide, we will show you the steps to fix the Fastboot Mode Device State Locked (Unlockable). There’s a generic rule of thumb that you need to unlock the bootloader before flashing any custom ROM. While that still holds true, however, nowadays, a bunch of custom ROMs allow you to relock the bootloader as well. Some of the well-known players in this domain include the likes of GrapheneOS, HellucaOS, and CalyxOS....

How to Flash IMG/BIN Firmware using RockChip Factory Tool In this guide, we will show you the steps to flash the IMG or BIN firmware using RockChip Factory Tool. The likes of Qualcomm, MediaTek, and SPreadTrum/Unisoc are currently reigning supreme in the smartphone industry. However, there’s another name that probably doesn’t get much attention. It is the chipset from RockChip that is currently powering quite a few Android devices. Their popularity is slowly but surely increasing with each passing day....

How to Flash PixelOS on Poco X3 NFC In this guide, we will show you the steps to flash the PixelOS on your Poco X3 NFC. The devices from Poco offer probably the best value for money. However, there’s just one caveat that many users have voiced their opinions against- its underlying OS skin is among the most bloated ones out there, with tons of pre-installed apps only making the matter worse....

How to Improve Sound Quality on Nothing Phone 2 In this guide, we will show you the steps to improve the sound quality of your Nothing Phone 2. The second iteration of the Nothing smartphone beholds a slew of intriguing features up its sleeves and comes with an impressive specs sheet as well. However, it seems to have fallen short in the audio domain. While the device’s speaker is itself no good, but when you connect a headphone to it, the sound quality of the latter degrades even further....

How to Install AlphaDroid on Poco F5/Redmi Note 12 Turbo In this guide, we will show you the steps to install AlphaDroid onto your Poco F5/Redmi Note 12 Turbo. For the tech enthusiasts, one of the biggest perks of owning a Xiaomi device is the regular, fast, and non-stop support from the developers. While the device has recently been unveiled, it has already been blessed with quite a few custom ROMs, has a working custom recovery....

How to Install and Launch Samsung Video Player This built-in video player by the South Korean conglomerate comes with quite a few nifty features. Moreover, whenever you play a video, the device will automatically launch this video player [unless you have manually changed the default video player]. But what if you wish to launch the video player when a video isn’t being played? Since the app doesn’t have its icon, you wouldn’t be able to do so from its app drawer....

How to Install Android 16/OxygenOS 16 on OnePlus 13 UPDATE 2: Stable Android 16 for all other OnePlus devices can be downloaded from this guide . UPDATE 1: Stable Android 16 for OnePlus 13 is now rolling out. We have added the download links for the same below. In this guide, we will show you the steps to install the latest OxygenOS 16 based on Android 16 build onto your OnePlus 13....

How to Install ColorOS 15 Android 15 on OnePlus 9 Pro In this guide, we will show you the steps to install the latest ColorOS 15 port based on Android 15 onto your OnePlus 9 Pro. The ninth iteration of the device has always been among the most active players in the custom development. There couldn’t be a better way to justify this statement than by laying out the fact that the device has already been blessed with the latest Android 15 port....

How to Install January 2022 OTA Update on Rooted Pixel 6/Pro In this guide, we will show you the steps to install the January 2022 OTA Update on rooted Google Pixel 6 and its Pro variant. if you prepare a list of all the buggy updates released by major OEMs to date, then the December update from the Silicon Valley giants for its latest flagships will probably be at the top of this list (no, this isn’t an exaggeration of any sort)....

How to Install TWRP Recovery on Infinix Hot 9 In this guide, we will show you the steps to install the TWRP Recovery on Infinix Hot 9. The OEM has quite a decent number of devices lined up in its arsenal. But in spite of the plethora of offerings, it is the ninth series that managed to grab most of the limelight. Maintaining an equilibrium between the feature set and the price bracket, there’s not much that a user could have asked for from these devices....

How to Install TWRP Recovery on Poco F4 [Video] In this guide, we will show you the steps to install the TWRP Recovery on your Poco F4. Android 12 onwards, it has become quite a challenging task in porting custom recovery. As a result of which, most custom ROMs come built-in with their own recovery, but they have their fair share of limitations. The most noticeable among them is the inability to take Nandroid Backup and the requirement of the PC to flash any file [because you could only do so via ADB Sideload]....

How to Launch ChatGPT’s Voice Mode from device’s lock screen! In this guide, we will show you a nifty method through which you can launch ChatGPT’s Voice Mode directly from the device’s lock screen. Accessing the voice capability functionality of the world’s popular chatbot is a three-step process [not counting the step to unlock your device]: launch the app > go to its Settings > New Features. While on paper it might look like a short approach, but if you are among those who regularly interact with this bot, then it might prove to be a cumbersome process....

How to Lock Apps on iPhone using Shortcuts Apps In this guide, we will show you a nifty method through which you can lock apps on your iPhone using the Shortcuts app. Being forever an Android user [and a fanboy], I decided to jump to the other side of the fence and test out what exactly a walled garden looks like. Obviously, a detailed comparison between both these OS will not be justified because one is an open source when the other is a completely closed source....