Why Xiaomi decided to remove app notification icons from Notch display? The notch styles are different. Rectangle notch, dewdrop notch, semi circle notch and pinhole are examples. Yes, it does allow for a higher screen-to-body ratio, but due to small space left for notifications, many manufactures, including Xiaomi decided to remove the app notification icons from their smartphone. This is true especially with rectangle notch. Xiaomi’s latest launches, Mi 9, Redmi Note 7/Note 7 Pro, etc....

On Galaxy Note 4, the Fast Charging feature is enabled by default. However, if you have disabled this feature by mistake or may be your friend disabled it, and you have forgotten how to enable it again, this guide should help you. Head over to the next paragraph to know how to enable fast charging feature on Galaxy Note 4. Before you get start, the 3220mAh on your Galaxy Note 4 is efficient enough to keep you going for a couple of days with ease....

The OpenGApps website is the best source for GApps package for your custom ROMs. However, before downloading the package, you need to select your device’s architecture (ARM, ARM64, x86, x86_64), Android OS version and Gapps variant (full, mini, micro, nano, pico), which is a real pain for most users. The ‘Open GApps’ app helps you in that. The ‘Open GApps’ app detects your phone’s architecture, DPI, OS version. Also, it can automatically flash Gapps package on your device via TWRP custom recovery, if you chooses to grant root access to the app....

If you are experiencing quick battery drain, overheating and too much resource use or overnight battery drain for no apparent reason on your Xiaomi Mi 5 and Mi 6 after updating the device to Android Oreo, it might be due to several system services and apps that run in the background. This will keep the phone stay awake and drain the battery. For your information, Xiaomi has updated Mi 6 to Android 8....

Before you get started with the trick, it might be noted that the Samsung Galaxy Note 4 is available with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 805 (APQ8084) processors and Exynos 5 processor. This trick works perfectly with Qualcomm chip based Galaxy Note 4 only, because this processor has always-listening capability, even when your phone’s screen is locked and without draining your battery. Yes, the Galaxy Note 4 has Samsung’s “S Voice” assistant for hands free operation, but it is far behind the “Google Now” voice assistant....

The Resurrection Remix is one of the few custom ROMs that gives support for a wide range of devices. The latest version RR-O-v6.0.0 is based on Android 8.1 Oreo and available for a number of devices, including Redmi 4A. This build comes with a ton of features and customization options alongside native Android 8.1 Oreo features. If you own a Redmi 4A and would like to install the Resurrection Remix custom ROM on it, then the below installation guide may help you....

If you cannot wait for the OTA update, official MIUI V9.5.14.0 OEIMIFA Global Stable ROM OTA file and full ROM is also available for download, which you can install manually. The full ROM weighs around 1.4GB. Read on to know how to install the update manually on Redmi Note 5 Pro. MIUI V9.5.14.0 Global Stable ROM updates comes with several system optimizations and bug fixes. Users can also enjoy Dual VoLTE, PIP (picture in picture), and more....

For your information, Touchless Control is a unique feature of Moto X that lets you control your phone using the hands free launch phrase, i.e. “OK Google Now”, followed by a command. See a list of useful Google Now commands here. Open Mic+ brings similar feature to any other Android phone. The Open Mic+ for Google Now runs on the background and can be activated by just saying the phrase “Okay Google” (you can change it from its settings), then you can ask Google Now questions or to perform an action....

Samsung Galaxy S8/S8+ are a beautifully designed Android smartphone with edge display, thin bezels at top and bottom, rounded display corners, and more. To make the bezels thin, the physical home button and accompanying capacitive keys are replaced with on-screen navigation and a pressure sensitive home button built into the display. The onscreen navigation keys are a waste of screen real estate and a cause for screen burn in AMOLED screen, though they are pretty cool and will not stop working like the physical keys....

The LG G3’s camera is very competent. The laser focused back-facing 13-megapixel camera helps you take better shots even in gloomy locations. This is because, LG G3 uses laser for measuring distance between the lens and object, so focusing will be much faster. The dual LED flash also helps in low light situations and the Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) helps improve the clarity. However, you can further improve the camera performance on LG G3 with XCam app....

If your device is on stock recovery and running on most recent version of the stock firmware, you can use SD card upgrade method or dload method to update Huawei/Honor phone manually and very easily. However, if you had TWRP installed on your device, then you need extra steps to install the stock firmware. HuRUpdater (also called Huawei Recovery Updater) is a simple tool that will help you install stock firmware on Huawei or Honor phone manually without worries....

Usually, you cannot simply remove/uninstall a pre-installed app (also called system app/ bloatware) from your Samsung Galaxy phone without root access. However, if you have knowledge on ADB commands, you can easily uninstall the most system apps or bloatware from your any of your Samsung Galaxy phone without root access. Follow the simple step-by-step guide given below to uninstall system apps/bloatware from your phone. Though the guide is for Galaxy S9 and Note 9 you can try it on other Samsung Galaxy phones....

Here is how to shoot super macro or extreme close-up photos with Huawei P30 Pro. With this phone, users can take macro photos even from a distance of 2.5 centimeters from a subject. It means you can see finest details as well as small wonders on your photos, which are easily unnoticed. Users do not need to do anything to capture macro photos if they activated the Master AI when shooting photos....

Outlook.com app for Android asks users for re-login several times in a day. Even if users entered their login credentials correctly, next time it will ask again. If you face trouble syncing your account using Outlook App, try below steps. Firstly, if Outlook.com app is upgraded from the earlier version, clear its cache by going to Settings – Apps – mange applications. If above method is not fixed your issue, uninstall Outlook....

The auto-playing video option is auto-enabled in the Play Store, but Google recently added an option to disable it with Play Store version 17.9.17. If you have received this update, you will see the option in the Play Store settings menu. Here’s the step-by-step guide to turning off auto-play videos in Google Play Store. Besides the Don’t auto-play videos option, there are two more options – Auto-play videos at any time, and Auto-play videos over Wi-Fi only....

Steps to Turn on Sleep Timer in Spotify The music will stop playing once the time reaches the set limit. It will help you to turn off music automatically after you go to sleep. Steps to Add Sleep Timer to Any Music Player App on Android The app supports many music player apps and has some additional features as well. The Shake Extend feature lets you increase the time by shaking the phone....

If you have not received the OTA notification for software version 1.11.617.3 on your HTC U11, then check it from the Home screen tap All apps > Settings > About > Software updates > Check now > Download. If update found, download it and once the download is complete, tap the System update to begin the upgrade process. After updating, your device will reboot. Alternatively, if you have any issue downloading the OTA update, you can also install the update manually....

You can also update your HTC U11 to new software version manually by downloading the stock HTC firmware file (1.28.617.30 RUU.exe) to your computer. For example, if you are outside of Wi-Fi coverage and unable to download the OTA update or the OTA update is not found due to some unknown reasons, then you can sideload the update manually via HTC Sync Manager. If you have not received the OTA notification for software version 1....

Android 7.0 Nougat update for Indian Galaxy A5 (2016) weighs around 985MB in size, and Indian Galaxy A7 (2016) weighs around 970 MB in size. The update offers new TouchWiz UI and various performance modes. If you have not received the OTA notification on your device yet, check it by going to Settings > About phone > System updates > Check For Update. If update found download and install it....

In the below guide we let you know how to install Android 7.0 Nougat update on a bootloader unlocked/rooted Moto G4. The guide supports Moto G4 XT1640, XT1641, XT1642 and XT1643 variants and uses a TWRP backup of the firmware (NPJ25.9). Thanks to the XDA user Greekgodmerwyn for the tip, all you need to have a bootloader unlocked Moto G4 with latest version of TWRP recovery installed to install Android 7....