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How Widgets Can Actually Make Your Phone More Productive?
Description
Using widgets effectively can make your phone more productive. Nowadays, with 2GB of RAM and LTE in every major phone widgets can be used for number of reasons. Therefore, have a look on this tutorial for using widgets productively.
Solution:
Reasons to use Widgets:
•Widgets can be used to list apps so that you can see them at a glance. You can stay updated with Weather widgets, calendar widgets, and others.
•Also, there are many widgets designed to save battery life by turning on and off certain features.
•Widgets cover plenty of space on your screen.
•Widgets are the way to see everything at once like notes, emails, RSS feeds, etc.
Below are some ways to use widgets productively:
1.Dashclock is helpful as it let you see local weather, missed calls, unread texts, calendar events, next alarm or unread Gmail counts. Also, you can add additional functionality like battery meter, music controls, data usage monitor, etc. using extensions.
2.Unified Remote enables you to control everything on your computer from afar. This includes mouse and keyboard, volume, Spotify, VLC, YouTube, Hulu, PowerPoint, and music players galore.
3.Slider Widget lets you control all the volume levels from a single strip.
4.Simple RSS Widget can import your feeds from the Feedly Cloud and displays a big, resizable, scrollable list of headlines.
5.Ultimate Custom Widget takes care of everything like battery status, unread Gmail counts, or next alarms as well as you can adjust its appearance as per your choice.
6.Google’s own widgets like Keep, Calendar or Gmail are also very useful.
How to Troubleshoot a Problematic Widget?
If your phone is running slow due to tons of widgets, figure out the problem:
•Go to “Settings” and open up “Apps.”
•View all running apps and if available, select “Show Cached Processes.”
•Close each app one at a time to see if performance gets better.
If your home screen is slugging then you can disable your live wallpaper as it eats up precious resources really fast. If it doesn’t work then start disabling least use widgets.
Technically, widgets improve battery life but some widgets which check for updates can cause problems with battery life.
Thus, use widgets productively to stay ahead at your work. For more from the XpertCrewTM team, please follow us on Twitter @Techvedic or contact Techvedic’s computer support helpdesk, as per below contact-details:
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How to get photos off of your Android phone?
Description
We all keep thousands of photos in our phone. In case, you need to transfer those photos from your android phone then services like USB, email, Google Drive, Dropbox, and other online storage are available.
Solution:
USB
The most common step is to plug into your computer using a USB cable.
On Windows: As Windows treats Android phone like your digital camera thus, you can check the actual files in Windows Explorer. Also, you can use another program like Windows 8 Photo Viewer app.
On OS X: For those having Mac, you need Google’s free Android File Transfer app to transfer photos off your Android phone. After installing this app, it will automatically get open when you attach Android phone or tablet to your computer. Your photos will be in one of two areas: the Pictures folder or the DCIM folder.
Furthermore, you can email photos from your Android phone. For this, open the Gallery app and navigate to the album containing the photo you want to share. After that, tap the three dots in the upper right corner as well as tap Select Item from the menu that appears. Tap the email button in the toolbar at the top of the screen after selecting the photos you want to send to your computer. In case, email button doesn’t appears then tap Share button and choose Gmail from the menu.
Google Drive
Using Gallery app, you can also upload photos to your Google Drive. Having Google Drive app on your Mac or PC, your photos and other files automatically sync to your computer. For this, select the photos you want to upload and tap the Share button. You get the menu from which select “See all” and then choose “Drive” from the list. Give the title to your photo; confirm which account you want to upload to as well as where you put it on your drive. Finally tap “OK.”
Dropbox and other online storage services
By installing Dropbox client on all your computers and devices, you can sync everything in your Drobbox. Install the free Dropbox app for Android and pick as well as choose the photos you want to upload. In fact, you can upload photos to Dropbox directly through Android’s Gallery app. Also, Camera Upload is another feature of Dropbox which lets you upload photos directly to Dropbox. Other than Dropbox, there are other services including Box.net, Amazon Cloud Drive, and Microsoft SkyDrive.
Thus, these are some methods to get photos off of your Android phone. For more from the XpertCrewTM team, please follow us on Twitter @Techvedic or contact Techvedic’s computer support helpdesk, as per below contact-details:
U.S. +855-859-0057 (http://www.techvedic.com/ )
U.K. +800-635-0716 (http://www.techvedic.co.uk/ )
CA 1-855-749-5861 (http://www.techvedic.ca/ )
AU 1-800-197-298 (http://www.techvedic.com.au/ )
And yes, we are eagerly waiting for your valuable feedback. Do write us back. We would be more than happy to help you. We are available 24/7.
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