Xiaomi giving free 5200 mAh Mi Power Bank with Redmi Note 4G bought from physical stores
Xiaomi is enticing its customers with a unique offer with its Redmi Note 4G. The reason for the offer is not known but lack of customer interest in Redmi Note 4G may be one of the reasons.
Starting tomorrow i.e. April 8th, if you buy a Redmi Note 4G from The Mobile Store or Airtel outlets, you will get a free Mi Power Bank (5200mAh). The offer is only available if you buy the Note 4G from brick-and-mortar stores and not from Xiaomi’s online partner, Flipkart.
While announcing the new offer Xiaomi said, “Get a Mi Power Bank 5200 mAh free when you purchase a Redmi Note 4G from Airtel India or The Mobile Stores.”
Redmi Note 4G retails at Rs.9999.00 in physical stores as well as on Flipkart.
These are the best free wallpaper apps on Android.
500 Firepaper: for slick, automatic wallpaper changes
If you haven’t heard of 500px, it’s a website where some great photographers post their work - and with the 500 Firepaper app, you can see their art on your phone. One of the most impressive aspects of 500 Firepaper is that you can specify how often the images change, and you can select from which categories images are selected.
To give you an idea of 500 Firepaper's capabilities, you can set the background image to change every time you unlock your phone, or whenever you tap an image with three fingers; it's great functionality, just watch that your internal storage space doesn't run out.
Get the best shots from 500px photographers courtesy of Firepaper.
Wallmax: for niche wallpapers you won't find elsewhere
Alphawolf’s Wallmax is something of a hidden gem. It has a relatively low number of downloads, but provides some stunning wallpapers. It’s not the smoothest app: images take a while to load, and there are bugs galore, but this the price you pay for a cool, free, “underground” app which none of your friends have.
Quick-tip: Wallmax’s default wallpaper selection menu doesn’t load much - you need to set the search criteria yourself first to view anything. Just select to search by views, date added or something else, and the list will populate.
From Pokemon to planet earth, Wallmax has some impressive wallpapers.
Zedge: for one of the biggest and best wallpaper selections on Android
Zedge doesn’t just offer wallpapers: it has themes, ringtones and notification sounds too, although the wallpaper library is why it’s in our list today. The wallpaper collection is massive - there are more than 11,000 - but easy to navigate, and the extensive sort features make it easy to track down exactly what you’re looking for.
Zedge has a huge array for Android wallpapers to suit any taste, and they look sweet.
There has been a downpour of waterfall-themed live wallpapers flowing through the Play Store recently, but just to wet your appetite we’re only featuring the one we consider to be the best. It’s awash with lush imagery, and is incredibly stable, but be prepared for the torrent of ads accompanying it. Though there are a ton of imitators, download the Creative Factory Wallpapers version and everything will go swimmingly.
Live wallpapers tend to look watered-down when they are captured as stills. For the best experience, you need to see them in motion.
Backgrounds HD Wallpapers 50M+: for a professional app and large community
Backgrounds HD offers free wallpapers for Android from artists all over the world, and it features more than 7,000 high-quality wallpapers to personalize your phone. You can crop and set wallpapers to fit your screen or just highlight the best bits, share on social networks and submit your own backgrounds for others to admire.
Cool Wallpapers HD doesn’t just work on your Android phone or tablet: it works with Android Wear too, so you can use it to send wallpapers to your smartwatch. Browsing the huge gallery is fast and you can search by category or keyword, and you can also share wallpapers via social networks or email.
Muzei Live Wallpaper: for art and live wallpaper fans
Feeling a bit arty? Fancy some Van Gogh on your Moto G or something arty on your Galaxy Alpha? Muzei Live Wallpaper gently refreshes your screen with famous works of art fromWikiart.org and high quality photography, keeping the images faded in the background to emphasize your icons and indicators but showing them in their full glory when you double-tap. Like Cool Wallpapers Muzei supports Android Wear too, so you can wander around with a masterpiece on your wrist as well as in your pocket.
Premium Wallpapers HD: for simple, high-quality wallpapers
Premium Wallpapers HD is another huge repository of wallpapers with more than 10,000 wallpapers in HD quality and new additions each and every day. It’s a nice app to use and the images are both good to look at and easy to navigate.
Shake Them All! Live 2 Wallpaper: for those who want something quirky
This one’s a lot of fun: Shake Them All! Live 2 Wallpaper features tumbling androids and a physics engine that means they react to gravity, shakes, touches, light and sound. We like to imagine that they’re real people, that our phone is a tower block and that we’re angry giants who laugh as we throw them around like dolls, jab them and generally make them feel like rush hour commuters.
Transparent Screen: for those who want something unique
Okay, this isn’t strictly a wallpaper app. But it’s related, because what Transparent Screen does is make your phone’s screen transparent by showing you what the phone’s camera sees. If you’re the kind of person who gets so engrossed in your phone that you don’t notice the world around you, this app could prevent hilarious-sounding yet potentially lethal encounters with public transport, cliffs, opened mineshafts, bear pits and so on. Just watch the battery life: live-viewing your camera isn’t great if it’s going to be a long time until you’re next near a charger.
To compliment the best Android messaging app around, WhatsApp Inc has created a pretty fine wallpaper collection to spruce up your conversation backgrounds. They’re slick, unobtrusive, and will make your friends say “how does your WhatsApp look so gosh darn funky?!” Give it a try.
Just think of this article as an umbrella for all your Android wallpaper needs.
The HTC One (M8) is a fantastic phone, but like any Android device the combination of app installs and uninstalls and everyday use means that from time to time it can misbehave. If your HTC One (M8) feels slow, is prone to freezing or infuriates you with constant crashing, it’s probably time to go nuclear and carry out a factory reset (sometimes called a hard reset or a master reset). Here’s how to factory reset the HTC One (M8).
We love the HTC One (M8), even when it misbehaves.
What to do before you factory reset the HTC One (M8)
Backup, backup, backup: if it’s important to you, make sure you’ve got a backup copy somewhere safe before you reset your HTC. Also make sure you’ve got a note of any crucial app passwords, because post-reset you’ll need to set them up again. Also, make sure you’ve synced with your Google account so that all the online data Google has for your tablet is up to date. That’ll make restoring your HTC One (M8) much simpler.
It’s also worth trying a few other things first. If you’re finding that all of your problems appear to happen with the same app, there’s a good chance that something has gone wrong with it rather than with your entire Android device - so try uninstalling, rebooting and reinstalling it to see if that fixes the problem. Clearing the app and system caches can solve odd behavior too, and of course it’s important to ensure that the version of Android on your HTC is the most recent version available. No operating system ships without a few bugs, and Google generally kills the worst ones with successive releases.
The fastest way to reset your phone is to do it from Settings.
What a factory reset actually does to your HTC One (M8)
Carrying out a factory reset will essentially restore your HTC to factory-fresh condition - and like a brand new one from the factory, that means it won’t have any of your stuff on it. Factory resetting will remove all of the data on your phone including apps you’ve installed, user accounts you’ve created, files you’ve stored and any customization you’ve carried out. The only thing it doesn’t get rid of is system updates, so for example if you’ve installed a few Android OS updates they’ll still be there after the reset is complete.
When you should factory reset your HTC One (M8)
The main reason for factory resetting your device is to stop it from misbehaving. The reset is effectively a spring clean of your device, sweeping away the dust from various apps, removing temporary files and generally ensuring your device is all clean and sparkly. It’s also a good idea to factory reset your HTC if you’re selling it or giving it to somebody else.
Resetting removes your data, but that doesn't mean it can't be recovered.
An important warning for secret agents, superheroes and international men and women of mystery
A factory reset deletes your data, but it doesn’t make it impossible to recover that data. It’s possible to recover data after a phone has been reset, and while that’s beyond the knowledge of (and of no interest to) the typical smartphone owner, if you’ve been using your phone for top-secret stuff you want to get rid of forever you should fire your HTC into the center of the sun, or at least invest in secure wiping software.
You can also reset your HTC using the hardware buttons.
How to factory reset the HTC One (M8) from the Settings menu
There are two ways to reset your HTC: you can do it from Settings, or you can do it using the hardware buttons. The first method is slightly faster, so here’s how to do it:
Go to Settings
Tap Backup and Reset
Tap Reset Phone
If you want to zap the contents of your SD card too, check Erase SD Card.
Tap OK
And that’s it. As with any serious system things, always ensure you’ve taken a backup and that your device is charged and/or connected to the charger before doing any of this.
Resetting makes use of the volume and power buttons.
How to factory reset the HTC One (M8) using the hardware buttons
If your HTC One isn’t booting, you can’t access the settings or you just really like buttons, you can factory reset your HTC using the following steps:
Press and hold the Volume Down button and then press and hold the Power button.
Wait for the screen with three Android images to appear. Release the buttons.
Using the Volume Down key to navigate, select Factory Reset. Use the Power button to confirm your selection.
Have you found resetting your HTC One (M8) cures all known ills, or have you still got a stubborn problem? Share your experiences in the comments!
Google has previously hinted of plans to make Android Wear work with the Apple iPhone and now, asAppleprepares to launch its first wearable, The Verge suggests that Google is close to the finishing line. Android Wearcurrently uses a companion app on Android smartphones and it’s believed that it would use the same approach on the iPhone, if the app is approved by Apple.
At this stage of development, Android Wear on iPhone supports notifications and Google Now – including cards and voice actions – but by its release, it is also expected to bring advanced integration with Google’s own applications, including the ability to reply to a message. At present it does seem like Android Wear on the iPhone will be limited to basic functionality, but there remains questions about whether Google will be able to get advanced features like music control working, as we’ve seen with devices like the Pebble smart watch.
Google introducing support for iPhone does not mean that it will be approved and with the Apple Watch the Cupertino giant’s biggest launch in years, Apple may feel that it doesn’t want the competition offered by Google’s wearable platform. Another potential issue is Apple’s policy of rejecting apps that mention competing platforms and with Android in the name, Apple may use this as a reason for rejecting Google’s approach.
A rejection by Apple isn’t likely to deter third party developers who have already successfully (kind of) got Android Wear working with the iPhone (seen in video above), and official support from Google would only make this process easier. Would you use Android Wear with an iPhone? Or would you like to see Android support for the Apple Watch? Let us know your views in the comments.
With Android thoroughly dominating the mobile industry, picking the best Android smartphones is almost synonymous with choosing the best smartphones, period. But while Android phones have few real opponents on other platforms, internal competition is incredibly fierce.
From sleek devices that impress with premium design, to powerhouses brimming with features, to all-around great devices, and affordable phones that punch above their weight, the Android ecosystem is populated by a staggering variety of attractive phones.
But “greatness” is subjective, and sometimes spec sheets and feature lists are not enough to make an idea of how good a phone really is. In this roundup, we’re looking at the absolute best – the Android phones you can’t go wrong with.
Editor’s note: we’ll be updating this list regularly as new devices launch.
Samsung Galaxy S6 (and S6 Edge)
Depending on who you ask, one might tell you that the last truly impressive member of the Galaxy S famly was the widely popular GS3. While the Galaxy S4 and Galaxy S5 were not bad handsets, their highly derivative nature came under fire, bolstered further by the fact that many of its rivals have since taken to pushing more premium builds made of metal, glass and other similar materials.
With the Samsung Galaxy S6, the Korean giant has finally delivered a truly premium Galaxy S experience, melding a glass front and back with a metal frame. Most tech journalists and even everyday tech enthusiasts agree that the redesign is a welcome one. Of course, Samsung’s new look isn’t without sacrifice, ditching Samsung staples like a removable back and battery. The microSD slot is also absent on the Galaxy S6.
Another major change for the Galaxy S6 is the processing package, with Samsung electing to leave behind Qualcomm, solely offering up its Exynos 7420 processor, paired with 3GB RAM. And finally, the software has also been scaled back a bit with the latest iteration of the Galaxy S.
Like the idea of the Galaxy S6, but hoping for something that stands out even further? The Galaxy S6 Edge offers the same specs, but adds dual-edges and a few special features that take advantage of the phone’s unique design.
Specs
5.1-inch Super AMOLED with 2560 x 1440 resolution, 577 ppi
Exynos 7420
3GB of RAM
32/64/128GB storage options (non-expandable)
16 MP rear camera with OIS
5 MP front-facing camera with 90 degree wide angle lens
