Can You Use Any Charger With Any Device?

Every device — smartphone, tablet, eReader, laptop — seems to come with its own charger. But do you really need all these chargers? Can you re-use the same charger for multiple devices?

The Micro-USB connectors and chargers shipped with most modern smartphones and tablets are now supposed to be standardized. This is a topic that’s more confusing than it should be, given this standardization.

Types of Chargers

While chargers are becoming more standardized over time, there are still a variety of different charger types in wide use:

Laptop Chargers: Unfortunately, there’s still no standard type of charger for laptops. You’ll want to get a charger designed specifically for your laptop. Connectors aren’t standardized, so you probably won’t be able to accidentally plug the wrong charger into your laptop.

Apple Lightning Connector: Apple has now standardized on the Lightning connector, introduced in 2012, for their devices. iPhones, iPads, iPod Touches, iPad Nanos — all the new iDevices use the Lightning connector and can be connected to any Lightning charger certified or developed by Apple. Older devices use Apple’s 30-pin dock connector. Apple makes a connector that allows you to connect new devices with a Lightning connector to older charges with a 30-pin dock connector, if you really want to do this.

Micro USB Chargers: Most smartphones — including Android, Windows Phone, and Blackberry phones — and Android tablets use standard Micro USB connectors. These replace the proprietary chargers that old cell phones used to use. To comply with the European Union’s directives on a common type of charger for smartphones, Apple offers a Lightning-to-Micro-USB adapter.

Laptop chargers aren’t compatible, while Lightning connectors can be shared between Apple devices. (Note that iPad chargers will have a higher amperage than iPhone chargers, see below for more about that.)

Can Any Micro USB Charger Charge Any Micro USB Device?

The real question here is whether any Micro USB charger can charge any Micro USB device. In theory, all Micro USB chargers and devices are supposed to work together. Chargers can be mixed, matched, and recycled, so they don’t need to be tossed out when you get a new device.

If you have a device with a Micro USB port and a Micro USB charger, you should be able to plug the device into the charger and charge away. You can also use a standard Micro USB cable to connect any device with a Micro USB port to any laptop and the laptop will charge it over USB. Just as the laptop will charge over USB, so will your charger.

There are other concerns when moving between different countries, of course. If you’re travelling intentionally, you’ll need to know the differences between voltages and connectors used around the world.

Safety Concerns

The HP Chromebook 11 uses an ARM chip, just as smartphones do. This makes it the first laptop to use a standard Micro USB connector for charging — typical laptops require more power and can’t be charged this way. This laptop was recently pulled from sale after reports that its charger was overheating and causing damage. An HP spokesperson advised that “customers who have purchased an HP Chromebook 11 should not use the original charger provided with the product. In the interim they may continue using their HP Chromebook 11 with any other Underwriters Laboratories-listed micro-USB charger—for example one provided with a tablet or smartphone.”

Underwriters Laboratories is an independent safety testing and certification organization. If you look at your Micro USB chargers, you’ll likely see a “UL Listed” logo on them. This indicates that they were tested for safety, so they won’t overheat and catch fires or electrocute you.

In some cases, even approved chargers can have problems, just as faulty batteries can catch on fire. You shouldn’t use any sort of charger that has been recalled, as the HP Chromebook 11′s charger has.

Chargers that haven’t been certified are another concern. Just as you shouldn’t use unofficial batteries ordered direct from factories in China because they have a greater risk of exploding or catching fire, you shouldn’t use uncertified chargers that haven’t been tested for safety. Don’t buy super-cheap unofficial chargers — use high-quality name-brand ones.

Voltage and Amperage

All USB connections provide 5 volts of power. This means that you shouldn’t have to worry about voltage when connecting a charger to a device over Micro USB.

Amperage is another matter. To provide more power to a device faster, chargers increase the current, which is measured in amps. More amps provide more power, so the charger that comes with an Android tablet will likely be capable of providing more amps than the charger that comes with an Android smartphone. For example, the tablet’s charger may provide 2 amps while the smartphone’s may provide 1 amp.

In practice, a charger’s amperage is a maximum. For example, if you connected a smartphone’s charger to a tablet, the tablet would likely charge very slowly as the charger wouldn’t provide as many amps as the charger that came with the tablet.

If you connected the tablet’s charger to the smartphone, nothing would explode or catch fire. The smartphone likely won’t draw the maximum number of amps the charger can provide, but that should be fine. The smartphone may even charge a bit faster.

All of the above should be true. It should be possible to charge any device with a standard Micro USB connector using a standard Micro USB charger. In practice, some devices may not charge with some chargers. While there’s a standard for this sort of thing, it appears some devices may not be following the standard.

How To Check My Computer’s RAM Configuration Without Opening the Case?

If you need a more detailed look at your RAM configuration than the basic information a Windows report provides, you can find out all you need to know without cracking open the case. Read on to see how you can check your configuration and installed RAM module stats.

Today’s Question & Answer session comes to us courtesy of SuperUser—a subdivision of Stack Exchange, a community-driven grouping of Q&A web sites.

The Question

SuperUser reader Vince wants an easy way to check the exact configuration of his computer’s RAM. He writes:

I would like to check my RAM configuration.

I know it is easy to check the total RAM installed on a computer (eg 32 GB), but is there an easy way to check in Windows if the RAM is e.g. 2×16 GB, 4×8 GB, 8×4 GB or 16×2 GB?

This information is particularly handy if you’re shopping for a RAM upgrade as you need to know which slots are filled and in which configuration.

The Answer

Two SuperUser contributors came to Vince’s aid, offering two unique ways of accessing the information he wants. Bob shows us how to use a built-in Windows tool to get a detailed readout:

If you don’t mind using the command line, WMI can do this and is native with Windows XP and newer.

Simply run wmic MEMORYCHIP get BankLabel,DeviceLocator,Capacity,Tag

>wmic MEMORYCHIP get BankLabel,DeviceLocator,Capacity,Tag

BankLabel  Capacity    DeviceLocator            Tag

BANK 0     2147483648  Bottom - Slot 1 (top)    Physical Memory 0

BANK 1     4294967296  Bottom - Slot 2 (under)  Physical Memory 1

(DeviceLocator will likely give you DIMM numbers on a desktop machine – the top/under slots are because I’m on a laptop. Both BankLabel and DeviceLocator formats may vary by machine.)

There is a lot more data available, but it doesn’t display well in the limited columns of a command prompt. You can export it all to a text file for easier viewing (don’t forget to turn off word wrap):

>wmic MEMORYCHIP get >data.txt

>start data.txt

And you can use those extra columns to customise the first command to give you, e.g., the manufacturer name, product number and serial number.

For those of you that prefer a GUI, Hennes offers a solution:

Yes, there a way to do this since CPU-Z can display that information. If if one program can do that then so can others.

Between the two approaches, you definitely have enough information to make an informed purchase.

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What You Need to Know About Buying Touch-Enabled Windows 8.1 PCs

It has now been over a year since Windows 8 was released. A lot has happened — we’re now on Windows 8.1 and new devices running Intel’s Haswell and Bay Trail chips are coming out every day. Touch-enabled laptops, convertibles, and Windows tablets are getting cheaper and more common.

Head to the store to buy a new laptop or tablet and you’ll see a wide variety of new touch-enabled laptops and tablets running Windows. In the long term, Microsoft and Intel want every PC to have a touch screen, and they’re getting there.

Windows RT Is Less Common

Microsoft launched Windows RT at the same time as it launched Windows 8. This was rather confusing — not only was Microsoft’s own Surface RT a Windows RT device, other manufacturers launched their own Windows RT devices. For example, the Lenovo Yoga 11 looked like a laptop, but it actually ran Windows RT.

Windows RT has now settled into a place that makes more sense. There are only a handful of Windows RT devices on the market: Microsoft’s original Surface RT (now renamed the Surface), Microsoft’s new Surface 2, and Nokia’s Lumia 2520 tablet. Nokia is in the process of being acquired by Microsoft. These are the only three Windows RT devices you’ll encounter, and all of them are more-or-less Microsoft products. There are no Windows RT devices mixed in with the other Windows devices you’ll find. If it’s not from Microsoft or Nokia, it’s a full Windows 8.1 device that can run all your desktop programs.

Bay Trail is Competitive With ARM on Battery Life

Windows RT isn’t as necessary because Intel’s Bay Trail architecture is extremely competitive with the ARM architecture, while still allowing devices to run full versions of Windows 8.1 with support for desktop programs. (ARM chips are used in most smartphones, iPads, Android devices, and Windows RT devices.) Bay Trail offers comparable price and performance to ARM, so you can find $300 8-inch Windows 8.1 tablets and $350 convertibles like the ASUS Transformer T100.

This is a big deal. When Windows 8 came out, touch-enabled devices were very expensive. Most laptops for sale — especially at lower prices — didn’t support touch at all, so many people opted for Windows 8 devices without touch screens. Touch screens are filtering their way down to cheaper devices.

Haswell Chips are More Battery-Efficient

Even if you pick up a more expensive device running a more powerful Core i5 or i7 processor, Intel’s new Haswell architecture ensures that the device will have better battery life. For example, Microsoft’s first-generation Surface Pro only lasted a paltry four hours or so, which is terrible for a tablet. The new Surface Pro 2 with Intel’s Haswell architecture will last for over eight hours.

The message is clear: You can get a device that’s powerful enough to be your main laptop but long-lasting enough to also function as a mobile tablet. Even if you don’t plan on using the tablet features, the more power-efficient architecture makes for much longer battery life in laptop mode.

Some Devices Include Free Copies of Microsoft Office

Some devices come with free versions of Microsoft Office Home & Student edition. This includes all Windows RT devices, 8-inch Windows 8.1 tablets, and even some other machines like the ASUS T100 transformer.

However, larger devices will not include free copies of Office. This is a bit weird — for example, Microsoft’s cheapest Surface 2 tablet with Windows RT includes Office, while the more expensive Surface Pro 2 doesn’t include Office.

As a rule of thumb, the device will include Office if it’s a device you probably wouldn’t want to run Office on. If it’s a serious laptop that you would run Office on, it won’t be included — probably because Microsoft assumes you’d want to buy Office for it, but you wouldn’t want to buy Office for an eight-inch tablet.

Either way, businesses can’t benefit from this. They’ll need a license for the full edition to use Office for business purposes.

Samsung Galaxy S3 ''Hidden'' Features

Even though the Samsung Galaxy S3 is getting to be an ‘older’ device when you consider the rate at which new devices are being pumped out of the smartphone and tablet mill, this phone still tops the charts and is one of our users' favorites, coming even before the Galaxy S4. Today we are presenting you with some cool, perhaps borderline gimmicky, but nonetheless interesting and often forgotten features found in your Galaxy S3 that you might not have know about.

Record and store from FM tuner

Granted, listening to the radio isn’t so popular anymore considering you can get music streaming from Spotify or Stereomood among the many other services, but radio has less of a draining impact on your battery not to mention doesn’t use your mobile data. If you don’t have a ton of songs already saved onto your phone, radio is a good option and it won’t use up so much of your internal storage either. You can also record FM radio and store it onto your internal memory and if so desired, archive it on your computer.

Blocking Mode

The worst is getting notifications in the middle of the night when you are just trying to get a decent night’s sleep. The Galaxy S3 has a Blocking Mode that you can switch on or off in the settings of your phone under the Device subcategory. By tapping on ‘Blocking mode’ you will be able to customize what you would like to block, whether it is incoming calls, notifications, alarms, timers or LED indicators, either for all the time or a specific period of time. You can, however, ensure that emergency calls get through to you at any point in time by choosing ‘allowed contacts’.

Face Unlock

Though this isn’t the most secure way to lock your smartphone, it could be used in addition to the swipe or PIN if you so wish and setting it up is easy to do. Under Settings, you will need to go into ‘Lock screen’ and choose ‘Screen lock’. Tapping on this will prompt you to confirm with your current screen lock choice and then give you a list of various ways of unlocking your phone as well as indicating which ones are the most safe. By going through the steps as directed and holding the device at eye level to fit your head within the form on screen, you can set it up so that your Galaxy S3 will recognize you. It might mistake a similar looking person however, so if you are worried about your content, you might want to stick with another, more secure locking method.

Easy Mode for your home screen

If you are buying a Samsung Galaxy S3 for the first time, and are a beginner user, it might be a good idea to switch the user interface mode for your home screen to easy. What this will do is give you bigger, blockier icons on your home screen in order to make your apps and the other functions more visible. To get into this ‘Easy mode’, go into the settings of your phone and under the subcategory ‘Device’, choose ‘Home Screen mode’ and choose which mode you would prefer, and finally, apply. Once you feel more comfortable, you can always switch it back with the same steps.

Edit videos in Video Player

If you’ve shot a video and want to trim it down a little bit, you can do this right from the video editor, without the use of an external app from the Google Play Store. When a video is playing, tap on the menu button and choose trim. You can then choose which parts to trim out and which to keep.

Video overlay

Multitasking with the Galaxy S3 can be done in many different ways, like with Multi Window for example. Another way is having a video from Video Player play in a small window over the top of your home screen, or while browsing the web, texting with friends and so on. The way to do this is to go into the video that you would like to view, then select the icon on the bottom right corner. This will launch the video on the home screen where you can start doing something else simultaneously. Tapping on the video will bring up the ‘X’ to close it.

How to Fix Mouse Lag in PC Games on Windows 8.1

Windows 8.1 allows Windows to work better on high-DPI displays. As part of this, the way Windows deals with mice has changed. Games that don’t read raw mouse data may end up with laggy, freezing, or stuttering mouse movement.

This problem seems to primarily affect users with high-DPI or high-polling rate mice — in other words, gaming mice. Microsoft has only released a partial fix, but there’s a way to fix this problem in any affected game.

Install Microsoft’s Patch

Microsoft provides a patch that introduces a new compatibility option to fix this problem. As part of the patch, the compatibility option is applied to a variety of popular games, including games from the Call of Duty series, Counter Strike series, Deus Ex: Human Revolution, Hitman Absolution, Half-Life 2, Metro 2033, Portal, and Tomb Raider.

This patch is known as KB2908279. As of November 14, 2013, this patch has not been rolled out via Windows Update. To get the fix, you’ll have to download the patch from Microsoft’s website and install it manually.

Depending on the version of Windows 8.1 you’re using, you’ll need to download either the the 64-bit version of this patch or the 32-bit version.

If you’re not sure which version of Windows you’re using, press the Windows key to access the Start screen, type System, and click the System shortcut. Scroll down and look at the System type line.

Fix Other Games via the Registry

The patch above does two things. One, it creates a new type of compatibility flag in Windows. Two, it applies that compatibility flag to some of the most popular games affected by this problem.

If you have a less-popular game with this problem, you’ll need to apply the compatibility option to the game on your own. Microsoft advises game developers to do this themselves so their users won’t have to, but many games may never be updated with this fix.

You can apply Microsoft’s fix to any affected game from the registry editor. Note that you must have the patch above installed for this to work.

To get started, press Windows Key + R to open the Run dialog, type regedit, and press Enter.

Browse to the following registry key, or folder:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\AppCompatFlags\Layers

The Layers key may not exist. If it doesn’t, right-click the AppCompatFlags key, point to New, select Key, type Layers, and press Enter to create it.

You’ll now need to create a new registry entry for your game. Right-click the Layers key, point to New, click String Value, type the full path of the game’s executable file, and press Enter. For example, if the game was located at C:\Program Files (x86)\Game\Engine.exe, you’d just type the following value:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Game\Engine.exe

Next, right-click the value you just created and select Modify. Type the following text into the box and press Enter:

NoDTToDITMouseBatch

You can now repeat this process to add every affected game you have.

Next, we’ll need an elevated Command Prompt window. To do this, press the Windows key to access the Start screen, type Command Prompt, right-click the Command Prompt shortcut that appears, and select Run as administrator.

In the elevated Command Prompt window, type the following command and press Enter to apply your compatibility settings:

Rundll32 apphelp.dll,ShimFlushCache

Warnings

Microsoft warns that this option will cause increased power usage, so you shouldn’t apply this option to unaffected games or other programs. In particular, they stress that this shouldn’t be applied to background processes that remain running, or your battery life will be noticeably affected.

There is another option Microsoft recommends — if the game In question has a “raw input” or DirectInput option, you can select it and the problem should be fixed.

3 Educational Apps That You Will Enjoy And Learn Something New!

Smartphones and tablets can now be used for educational purposes as well as for having fun and communicating with friends and family. In this article we will be reviewing some of the best educational apps that we have found to be quite useful and fun at the same time.

Whatchamacology

This app is useful for high school students who are studying science subjects and it is available on both iOS and Android. The basic gist of this app is it helps high school students learn the terminology used in the subjects they are studying. This terminology will be useful in school when writing tests or examinations. When using this app students have to form groups and decipher which word is being referred to using clues being given out by the app. The word they have to decipher is a technical term in that specific field of science and this helps students remember the term and its properties when being tested. The teams are competing against each other which also adds a bit of an incentive to the whole game and the learning process. This app is ideal for use in classroom situations.

NatGeo Today

This app is definitely one of my favorite educational apps but unfortunately it is only available on iOS. Nat Geo Today an official National Geographic app and is particularly useful to those studying anything to do with nature, animals and geography or someone who is just enthusiastic about these subjects. The content is provided by the National Geographic of course and the media available includes text, stunning images and videos covering a wide range of topics such as global warming, big cats in the wild etc. The content is constantly being updated which is great for users of this app. Android users will just have to be content with unofficial apps that can be found in the Google Play store such as National Geographic Apps. Hopefully National Geographic creates an official Android app in the near future.

English Tutor by SpeakingPal

This app is most useful for people looking to learn English in a fun and interactive manner. Fortunately this app is also available on Android and iOS. It also helps for those wishing to improve on their pronunciation of words in the English language. The app itself is free and there are some tutorials that come with the free version of the app but in order to do the other exercises you have to purchase them within the app. Basically in this app, a scenario is laid out in which a user will have to listen to the conversation and then answer comprehension style questions about the conversation to make sure that they have understood what was being talked about. There is a second type of exercise where the user practices responding to questions using the right pronunciation. This app is fun to use and will be useful to those wanting to learn English.

Do you have any educational apps that you have used and you think are cool. Please leave us a comment below and we will get back to you.

Nexus 10 - 2013 (Pop-Up)

Over the weekend, a bunch of press photos of the latest Nexus 10 emerged online. Furthermore, from the leaked images, it looks like LG will take over on the production of the newest Google tablet and leave Samsung and ASUS in the dust.

If the picture above isn’t apparent enough, the LG logo is completely overlaid over the photo of the Nexus 10 with the name LG-V510, the same name that has popped up over time and time again at via FCC certification documents. The second image found below is that from a disgruntled employee of Telefonica and appears to be a rendering that would be used for the O2 website. Apart from the narrow edge and the front speakers, the Google Experience launcher can be seen in both photos. As well, with most new Nexus devices being presented lately, it is expected that the newest Nexus 10 will ship directly with Android 4.4 KitKat.

While the quality of the photos presented leave much to be desired, two independent leaks bode well for the authenticity of them. With the authenticity of previous leaks being questioned as to how legitimate they are, we will most likely have an official announcement of this device this week, with most bets being placed on this Friday, November 22.

How to create new themes for your Android phone

Love Scrabble? Your Android phone can look just like a Scrabble board. The OS is endlessly customizable, down to the last pixel.

But creating the most striking and novel Android interface is a baffling chore. Take a look at the many 'how to tutorials' on YouTube, where Android theme designers — or themers , as they are known — offer step-by-step instructions so you can replicate their handiwork.

A new app, Themer, hopes to bring Android customization to the masses. Users download Themer, which is free, and immediately have a library of smartphone themes, any of which can be installed with a single click of a button.

Hit "apply", and your phone could, for instance, have the 'In A Row' theme, which is a column of white lettering against a black background, with fonts in the style of a hip restaurant menu.

There is a 'Grand Theft Auto' theme, a 'Game of Thrones' theme, and even one that uncannily recreates the look of iOS 7, in case for some reason, you want the iPhone look on your Android device.

To anyone who's ever tried the long-way route to installing such labour-intensive designs, Themer feels like a magic trick.

New KitKat keyboard available for download with emojis and space-awareness

The actual generate connected with Android os 4. 4 KitKat is constantly on the deliver people completely new treats while individuals obtain face to face the actual value as well as round up parts for individuals make use of upon our current devices. We now have previously noticed the actual generate on the completely new Hangouts, wallpapers in the Nexus 5, along with the Yahoo Practical knowledge launcher, and today the latest would be the completely new key-board that accompany KitKat. Quite a pair completely new capabilities involved in to the key-board in which people might find valuable. You are a knowledge connected with whenever one concept concludes as well as yet another will start utilizing “space-aware gestures” which usually Yahoo has branded “phrase gesture” inside the settings. Through pulling your own finger down to the place clubhouse, the actual key-board will put a location in order to keep on keying using the swipe method devoid of lifting between terms.


The other adjust would be the addition connected with emoji built-in towards key-board app. Customers can easily accessibility the actual emoji by means of long-pressing the actual enter in essential or even a essential provided in a few applications. Customers will also discover a difference inside the swipe piste because it has become white-colored rather then azure.

If you wish to check out the modern key-board, use one of the back links under.

How to factory reset and wipe your Android device

Sooner or later with your Android os cell phone or perhaps tablet’s life, you’re possibly want to to execute some sort of factory recast around the device. Regardless of whether you’re giving the unit to a good friend, dealing the idea throughout to have a much better device, or perhaps giving the idea down for just a extended warranty fix, it’s practical in order to realize how to totally erase all your personal data off the device (and optionally, this SD card). On this guidebook, we’re going to talk about the way for doing that finish erase and that means you not have in order to be worried about causing private information on a computer device whenever you will no longer are.

The first step in this particular method will be in reverse crucial computer data in the event that there’s anything crucial on there that you simply don’t desire to shed. Regardless of whether that’s the Angry Gulls data or perhaps your loved ones images, you wish to make certain you’ve bought some sort of backup than it someplace. We’ve covered in reverse the applications along with data together with your images, and so feel free of charge to see these manuals to be certain you’re not really shedding anything. Of course, if an individual don’t copy the contact lenses for your Google bank account, all of us need an individual covered with that will stop, way too.

It’s value talking about that will together with lots of the approaches throughout these manuals, crucial computer data will be supported for your Sd card. In the event you’re thinking about wiping this Sd card along with migrating the data to a completely new or perhaps alternative device, you must back up the data for your LAPTOP OR COMPUTER so it doesn’t get lost whenever you’re wiping almost everything.

Almost everything totally supported? Excellent. Your next stage are going to be to discover exactly where the factory recast is at the cell phone or perhaps tablet’s settings. On investment Android os, it's going to be outlined at the Accounts class with your settings food list, which you'll want to see under. (The screenshot shows Cyanogenmod, although in the event that you’re working any similar ROM, this Back-up & Totally reset choice need to certainly in the similar place).

Over a skinned type of Android os similar to TouchWiz, maybe you have to accomplish more seeking. Samsung’s Universe Ersus several provides his or her totally reset option underneath the balances case inside controls, under the many balances which are agreed upon inside in your device, but the Take note only two and Universe Ersus 3 ought to listing this in a very spot far more just like share Android os. Various other suppliers may proceed this about slightly also, yet in most cases, it’s gonna be close to where your own balances are usually listed.

The following screen will probably be rather simple. You’ll would like to faucet the last option that states “Factory files totally reset. ”.

Picking that will alternative will highlight the records signed straight into your system, and also a verification switch regarding removing the unit or perhaps supplement. Pick that will alternative and your system will machine and also wash by itself.

There isn't a going back through that point, if you decide to haven’t insured almost everything way up, you ought to move accomplish that prior to going any further.

After the item operates by having a machine and also wash, the unit will trunk back just as the item got out from the container. Simply no blog, not any info, not any records on it. If you have been simply just needing to reset these devices in order to freshen the item way up and start from the clean record, you'll be able to stop at this. All the data files kept on your phone’s inside memory space and also Sdcard (like these backups an individual built, virtually any photographs or perhaps tracks, and many others. ) will still be right now there. If you wish to wash so much, also, continue reading.

You will find a pair of strategies to control this particular next thing; you'll be able to often wash your system through your mobile phone, or perhaps hook up your system to your PC and also wash many techniques from right now there. If you wish to get it done almost all through your system, you’re have to some form of document boss, (most devices come preloaded along with a single, although there are many obtainable in the Participate in Store) and if you’re performing it through your PC, you’ll simply just have to have your HARDWARE cable.

We’re likely to make use of Astro Data file Boss to deal with this particular in the mobile phone. Astro is often a quite powerful, effective document boss that will cope with a ton of various operations, in addition it’s totally free. After getting hired set up and also running, you ought to see often a few SD cards on the main screen. SDcard0 is commonly the device’s inside storage, while SDcard1 may be the precise Sdcard, should you have a single inside your system.

Select whichever memory you want to wipe first, and you’ll be able to see everything stored on the device. You essentially want to delete everything here, but there’s a catch; making sure you don’t miss any hidden files. Tap the menu button on your phone to pull up Astro’s View Settings, and make sure to check the “Show Hidden Files” option. This will show all the folders on that storage device that are normally hidden from view.

Once those are showing up (you’ll know because hidden folders have a period at the start of their name, like .Android) tap the multi-select button at the top of Astro, which will then cause an action bar to appear at the bottom of your interface. Tap the more option on the right side, followed by “Select All,” and then Delete. It should take Astro a minute or two to completely delete all of those folders and files from your internal memory. Follow the same steps for SDcard1 if you have or want to wipe the SD card in addition to your phone’s internal memory.

Today, if you choose to try this at a laptop or computer, you’ve bought far more possibilities. You possibly can both be connected your current cellular phone with a laptop or computer for you to remove anything, or placed your current Sd card in to a card viewer on your hard drive. If you’re wiping the interior storage, it’s normally advisable be connected the product right to the actual laptop or computer, because it can handle erasing both Sd card and central storage. (We’re gonna become utilizing Home windows 7 for this instance. If you’re jogging OPERATING SYSTEM Times, almost any Linux distro, or Chrome OPERATING SYSTEM, your current knowledge is often a tiny unique here)

As soon as hooked up, your current product may arrive such as a completely removable expensive drive. Having an AT&T Universe Ersus 5, the product comes on under My personal Computer system as being a Easily transportable Gadget SGH-I337. Naturally that will product amount can change depending on your current product, but which could present you with a concept regarding what exactly you’re in search of. You could be caused to install further drivers. If you do, set up them which means your laptop or computer can read the data with your cellular phone.

Opening the item upwards such as a UNIVERSAL SERIES BUS drive demonstrates an enclosed Storage devices folder, and also a Sdcard folder for those who have 1. From the following, you’re planning to might like to do generally a similar thing most of us does with Astro sooner; throw open each folder, decide on the many folders and data inside it, and delete them. For making Home windows teach you invisible data and folders, open the commencement selection, kind “hidden files” and select the actual Management Panel solution “Show invisible data and folders. ” That could throw open any eye-port with watch options for folders. Throughout the sixth merchandise in in which checklist would have been a r / c key that could adjust whether or not your personal computer demonstrates or maybe skins these invisible data. You’re planning to need to find the solution in which enables these make an appearance, subsequently just click FINE at the end.

Previous move the following; open whatever folder you want to get rid of (Internal Storage devices or maybe SD Card) to see each of the folders and data. Right now you’re planning to need to decide on each of the folders the following, which can be easily by pressing Ctrl + A. Right now suitable just click them and select Erase, or maybe strike the actual Erase crucial on your keyboard set. Poof, just about all eliminated.

Rinse out and also duplicate intended for equally your current Sdcard and also inner memory space since needed, and also you’ll soon have a product that’s working just like the item does out-of-the-box. You are able to advertise, deal, as well as bank loan the product without having concerning about your own information dripping in order to whomever ultimately ends up using your cellular phone next.

Verizon Galaxy S4 gets Android 4.3 first in the US

Finally, My partner and i hear a person declare! There's just nights quit ahead of Nexus owners obtain Android os four. four KitKat as well as Samsung Galaxy S4 owners have reached final finding a peek involving Android os four. 3 in the us. S4 owners within the Verizon network include the initial to have four. 3 Jello Bean on the snazzy Samsung flagship. Not any, it's not a Halloween party nuisance (as considerably even as know), yet it is a allowed, although unexpected, change involving events for your cell phone network using the worst type of popularity with regard to updating their own products in due time.

Verizon is the firstly your key insurers release a your long-awaited bring up to date containing previously explained out over huge parts of European countries. Aside from the common 4. 3 advancements, S4 managers is certain to get Items service, CUT performance, Samsung Knox along with Pocket book, a different LTE wedding ring (Band 4) and many different advancements to be able to protection, stability and many others. However however, your S4's GPU can not service your OpenGL ES3. 0 graphics standard, so that you will not notice just about any considerable boosts within graphical service, although the bring up to date produces many coloring reporduction advancements.

Facebook Messenger update dresses up like Skype for Halloween

Blah blah blah, Facebook will be increasing client encounter and also user friendliness and also everything can benefit this advertisers. But what is actually visible concerning the most up-to-date ''faster plus more reliable'' up-date in the Facebook iphone app will be how it truly is beginning appear a lot more like Skype, WhatsApp and also Viber when compared with Facebook. The brand new version is just currently being examined by the limited volume of end users at the moment, although can move out there in time for all.

The particular main alterations from the up-date are classified as the supplement of any Facebook Messenger image that will notify you to definitely which often of this contacts are currently on the web, an attribute I can not think has taken this extended show up. Facebook in addition has included the opportunity to information people who find themselves not your current Facebook good friends by utilizing your current number – very WhatsApp. Routing is actually achieved from the aged Google android tabs swipe and also the prime in addition to bottom nav banners kind of help remind me involving, wow My partner and i have no idea, Skype using a bit of Viber?

iFruit for GTA 5 now available for Android

Well, about a 30 days as soon as the iOS edition involving iFruit was launched by simply Rockstar Games, this Android edition is usually doesn't have any possibly be introduced. The particular companion application with regard to Grand Theft Auto 5 enables you to customise some in-game functions and uncover some additional.

The actual app may be available given that the other day and it is no cost regarding Android units running Android 3.0 or higher. In addition to obtaining entry to this Rockstar Video games Social Club information and information messages, iFruit lets you connect to your current Awesome Fraud Car 5 world. You are able to customise your automobile through the activity, coming from transforming your current customized license menu for you to transforming the color of your ride.

You can get the official app from Google Play Store.

Blade Q smartphone line launched by ZTE, includes mini, regular, and ‘maxi’ sizes

HTC’s fresh approach involving introducing about three gadgets underneath the HTC 1 identify, such as a consistent, little, in addition to maximum version, may possibly be worthwhile for them in the long run, however it's possible this hasn’t been recently therefore profitable thus far since just about all about three gadgets were being launched on distinct situations.

ZTE has taken on a equivalent approach, as they’re launching a Blade Q smart phone range, though the little, typical, and ‘maxi’ size will be presented from fairly the same time frame.

The Blade Q mini will likely be 4 inches, the particular Blade Q will likely be 4.5 inches, along with the Blade Q Maxi will likely be 5 inches. Most 3 units function a similar dual-core 1. 3GHz MediaTek processor, HSPA+ data, 4GB regarding central hard drive, a 5-MP backed shooter, and the IPS-based screen.

Really the only big difference that may be observed in addition to monitor size will be the absence of a new front digital camera within the Little.

The European release has been confirmed with the budget-friendly line, but price as well as other facts has not yet however also been produced.

Amazon phone to feature six sensors to support 3D gesture and eye tracking input

Amazon’s forthcoming smart phone provides apparently with their countless gossips around it's launch as well as just what the unit itself will likely be similar to, and now we’re getting some more info.

Amazon possesses seemingly recently been dealing with Asian compact camera module suppliers to allow for regarding three dimensional touch as well as eyesight monitoring suggestions on the completely new mobile phone. Apparently, HTC will be focusing on these devices with Amazon online marketplace, as well as it’s slated for the subsequent 1 / 4 launch in 2014.

Obviously, it can function six lightweight camera modules, as well as some on the six will probably be VGA devices placed at each part on the system. Both different photographic camera quests will probably be for that 13MP backside present shooter along with a 2MP top photographic camera.

The mobile, at the moment codenamed “Mr. Smith, ” will have a 4.7-inch screen, the quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor. Amazon is usually evidently taking care of the entry-level product together with this particular high end mobile phone.

You are exited to view a Nexus 5 GIF image, Here it is.

You considered this is seen every sort of leak possible. Not a chance!! Food the eye for this Nexus 5 animated GIF, which was produced from the images that have been selected through Sprint’s internet site yesterday evening. Can this kind of mobile phone end up being released next week?

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Moto G makes a quick cameo on Motorola’s website, likely the low-cost DVX

Don't forget your “Moto G” brand that will Motorola copyrighted the other day? It’s brand seemed to be identified sooner these days on the company’s site. Regrettably, many experts have pulled apart (for now). Since you can view within the photograph previously mentioned, your Moto Gary popped upwards together your Moto Times. This kind of new device could very well be your low-cost Motorola DVX that has been in the past noted. A different cause to believe that will this is actually the DVX is really because the item happens before the Moto Times one specific. That may record two telephones before the components web page. The item simply just wouldn't seem sensible to be able to record one thing other than some sort of telephone, one more telephone, then this components. Stay tuned for more simply because this could mean the device is usually incoming quickly.

Google’s Smartwatch in ‘Late-Stage Development''

We don’t know about you, however the workers at TI feel that they are several thrilling times being still living inside engineering marketplace. And this also 12 months is certainly the entire year where by it seems your “wearable devices” marketplace can be splitting away throughout comparable fashion to the next in the pill growth we’ve viewed a quite a while rear. Yahoo Glass is additionally relocating easily by means of developers’ fingers and attaining new floor every day. Subsequent about the food list? Smartwatches!.

Pursuing the heels of the success of the Pebble Enjoy, any kickstarter project that gone well back in early 2012 which is still thriving available in the market in addition to Samsung’s Universe Gear smartwatch (hands-on) which was simply just announced as a friend towards Take note 3 and now various other smartphones on the market at the same time, Search engines will shortly become bringing out its smartwatch towards world because it’s at the moment with “late-stage development” every places for that Wall membrane Street Newspaper. The unit will definitely manage Operating system in addition to make full use of many of the Search engines Right now functions at the moment present with equipment. Read the video clip beneath of the Wall membrane Street Journal’s Yun-Hee Ellie who briefly interviewed Eva Dou with what we can easily count on using the hugely awaited unit.