How To Control Your PC using Your Android Device

In the world of technology mobility is King, because the main essence of technology is to make carrying out certain activities easier thus making life easy and stress free.

Technology is all about finding creative ways to be lazy.

In this article I am going to give steps needed to making your Android smartphone an extension of your computer.

This article contains tutorials on;

1. How to play games that are on your PC via your Android smartphone.
2. ‎How to use your smartphone as a remote to control videos casted from your PC to your television.
3. ‎How to use your smartphone to turn on your PC.

1. HOW TO PLAY GAMES THAT ARE ON YOUR PC VIA YOUR ANDROID SMARTPHONE.
The  procedure to carrying out this task may sound tidious but in real life it's far from being difficult.

First of all you will need to download an app called REMOTE R. Download the windows version for your PC and also download the Android edition for your Android smartphone.

Then you will need to turn on the app on your PC and turn on then turn on the app on your Android smartphone.

Next step is to search for available PC's using the remote R app installed on your Android device on your Android smartphone.

Once your have located your desired PC, you need to  tap the connect button. Once you have been able to synchronize your Android smartphone with your desired PC, you will be presented with a list of games already installed on your PC from which your are to make your choice from.

Games will play at the same frame rates your PC plays them.

2. HOW TO USE YOUR ANDROID SMARTPHONE AS A REMOTE TO CONTROL VIDEOS CASTED FROM YOUR PC TO YOUR TELEVISION.

Like in this first tutorial, the whole process is centered on an app that connects your smartphone to your PC.

In this case we will be using the UNIFIED REMOTE APP.

Again just like in the first tutorial, you will need to download the app on your PC as well on your Android smartphone.

Once you have successfully done that, the next step is to turn on the app on both your android smartphone and PC.
Use the unified remote app on your android device to search for your desired PC and then connect.

Once you have successful connected and your PC and Android smartphone has being synchronized, you will be presented with an interface that let's you pause, play, rewind and skip bideosy casted from your PC to your television.

3. HOW TO TURN ON YOUR PC USING ANDROID SMARTPHONE VIA LAN.

Before you will be able to do this, your PC must be in a lower powered state like sleep mode.
Also your PC needs to be plugged to an ethernet port.

Unlike the other tutorials your needed app will only be downloaded on your android smartphone. The app in this case is called WAKE YOUR PC ON LAN REMOTELY.

This app can listen out for magic packets sent our from a home network and use it as a trigger to turn on your PC.

Before you can do this, you will need to turn on or enable some features on your PC.

1. Enable wake up lan support on pc BIOS; Goto yout BIOS setup, under security enable wake up lan support.
2.Boot windows up, then go to device manager, expand network adapter settings, right click on your network card and select properties, then navigate to advanced tab and enable allow the device to wake the computer and also enable only a magic packet to wake the computer.

After you have successfully carried out these procedures, put your PC in sleep mode, open the wake up your PC remotely app, you will see all the computers connected to your home network listed from which you are to select the one you want to turn on.

I hope these tutorials turns out to be useful to you.

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HOW TO GET ANDROID 7.0 STYLE ON YOUR ANDROID DEVICE

STYLING  YOUR SMARTPHONE WITH ANDROID 7.0 USER INTERFACE

On the 22 of August 2016 google launched a new version for it's android operating system Android 7.0 Nougat, which is a successor of its previous version android 6.0 marshmallow. Android 7.0 is Google's seventh major version of its operating system.

Android 7.0 was developed with a code name Android N, "N" which stands for Nougat.

When it comes to user interface design , Android N looks very much like its predecessor Android marshmallow. What actually makes this version of android different from its predecessor is the features added. Some of the features added are:

1. Launcher shortcuts, where long-pressing an app icon brings up a popup menu of common in-app actions

2. A new storage manager in Android 7.1 called smart storage

3. A “restart” option on the power down menu

4. a couple of gesture control options called Moves

5. an extra quick settings toggle at the top of the notifications shade.

6. preliminary GIF support in the Google Keyboard and a two-tab view in Settings which provides access to 24/7 phone or live chat support from Google.

Devices which has stopped receiving updates would not be getting these features. Following the steps below will grant users with outdated devices these features.

What do I need?

1. Android device must be rooted

2. Xposed App(Framework) from Here
[NOTE FRAMEWORK DIFFERS PAR DEVICE!!!]

3. Android N-Ify Latest Version from Here

4. Nexus Launcher From Here

5. Latest Google App With Assistant Support from Here

6. Android N CM Theme From Google Play Store

7. Any Root Explorer Of Your Choice

8. A custom recovery(TWRP,CWM,Philz) installed

Procedures:

1. Reboot your device into recovery

2. Install the Nexus(Pixel) Launcher Zip

3. Reboot device

4.  After reboot, press home key and select Nexus Launcher as default Launch.

5. Install Xposed framework according to your device

6. Install all other Apps listed above

7. Activate Android N-Ify from Xposed App (open Xposed tap on modules, Tick Android N-Ify)

8. Then Reboot your device

9. Open the Android N-Ify App from app drawer

10. In Android N-Ify (Some settings have been pre-enabled, leave it as it is)

11. Tap on settings

12. Switch on settings summaries and N Logo Easter egg.

13. Go back to main menu of Android N-Ify and Tap on quick settings

14. Switch on "Style Header" (if not enabled)

15. Switch on fancy QS Transition and QS editor

16. Switch on "Show battery percentage in battery tile"

17. Switch on "New tile click behavior"

18. Go back to main menu of Android N-Ify and Tap on Notifications

19. Switch on Style Notifications (If Not Enabled)

20. Switch on "Direct reply on lock screen"
Increase the max notification on lock screen to your desire

21. Go back to main menu of Android N-Ify ,Tap on lock screen
And Switch on Enable emergency info

22.  add your info according to the columns given

23.  IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER GOOGLE APP UNINSTALL BEFORE INSTALLING THIS ONE (Optional)..  Install the Google App, Open The root explorer you downloaded
And Navigate to /System/build.prop.

24. CAREFULLY FIND AND EDIT THIS LINE
"ro.product.model=xxxxx"
The xxxxx stands for your device model name
Change it to
"ro.product.model=Pixel XL"
ADD THIS LINE TO YOUR build.prop
"ro.opa.eligible_device=true"

25. REBOOT then clear Google App cache. And Then setup Google assistant as you wish

° THIS LAST PART IS FOR ROMS WITH CM THEME MANAGER SUPPORT

Install the Android N Theme You downloaded from play store then enable it.

If you successfully followed this tutorial to the letter you would have successfully styled your phone with Android N looks and features.

Credit: SWISS CARTER

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How to locate and remove virus using command prompt

HOW TO LOCATE AND REMOVE ANY COMPUTER VIRUS ON WINDOWS OS USING COMMAND PROMPT.

There are lots of virus out there with different names and effect  like the Trojans malware worms. But one thing common amongst them is the fact that they disrupt our every they use of the computer. Lots of anti-virus have surfaced over the years to put and end to virus on computers. But you just have to keep buying and updating them, but here is another method of dealing with computer viruses. You don't have to spend much on updating or buying anti viruses with this method.

STEPS

1. Click on Start and type cmd . Now right click on the cmd icon and select run as administrator.

2.Let us suppose your USB has a virus and your USB drive is E. Type “E:” without quotation on Command line.

3.Now the C: will change to E: Now you need to type “dir E:” in CMD and hit enter. It will show you the directory of E drive.

4. Type the following command to show all the hidden and system files on your USB drive. Type “dir E: attrib -s -h /s /d *.* ” without quotations and press enter. Typing this command will explore your selected drive and will load all the files including hidden and system files on your drive.

5.In this window you will notice unusual file.exe and extention if your computer has been infected with a virus like the dreaded autorun.inf virus. Rename it using this command line rename filename.extension new filename. Usage > C://rename autorun.inf (new filename)

6.Thats it,  you can identify all the viruses in your PC and USB and delete them without any help of anti-virus software. You can delete the autorun.inf by typing in the command “ del autorun.inf ” or del :”yourfilename”.

If you followed these steps there is no doubt that you have been able to flush out the virus from your USB thumb drive using command prompt.

CREDIT: Vijay prabhu

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How to crack any pattern or password lock on android

HOW TO CRACK ANY PATTERN OR PASSWORD LOCK ON ANDROID
 

You may want to do this for hack purposes or  to unlock your phone in case you have forgotten its pattern or passkey.

What do I need?

1.A computer

2. Andriod SDK

3. A working universal serial bus (USB) cable

STEPS

1.Download ANDROID SDK

2.Extract ANDROID SDK tools

3.Open ANDROID SDK folder

4. Open SDK folder

5. Open platform tools folder

6. Copy the file path that's leads to platform tools folder

7. Goto my computer

8.Right click and open advanced system settings

9. Click environment variables and then click path

10. In the variable value space fix this ; and the end of all the text written and paste the path you copied on your platform tools folder

11. Save and go back to your platform tools folder

12. In the platform tools folder hold shift and right click and select  open command prompt here

13. In the command prompt type adb and press enter

14. Next type adb devices and click enter , if your device model shows then you phone is well connected

15. Now type adb shell and click enter

16. Now if your phone is rooted type su and press enter , if your phone is not rooted pls don't type it.

17. Now type rm  /data/system/gesture.key and then press enter. Now your phone has been unlocked

In the place of gesture type password if your device is locked with a password.

Your phone will still display  a password or pattern has been used to lock the phone , but now any pattern you draw or password you type will certainly open the phone.

All you need to do to make your screen lock normal is to go and set your screen lock again.

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How to reduce the screen brightness of your andriod phone beyond it's limit

REDUCING YOUR ANDRIOD PHONE SCREEN BRIGHTNESS BEYOND THE LIMIT

As seen now in most of our smart phones especially on smartphones without amoled displays, The brightness it's on the high side even after reducing it to it's minimum.

many of us who operate our phones at night with the lights off find our phones brightness over whelming, even after reducing the screen brightness  to it's minimum.

Well here is the solution, I  recently stumbled on this app that allows you reduce your screen brightness BEYOND it's limit it's called NIGHT MODE.
                              CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD NIGHT MODE
                                           
 No root access is required.

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How to use WIFI and SIM data at the same time

HOW TO USE WIFI AND SIM DATA AT THE  SAME TIME .

why do I want to this?

1.Well you might be browsing with your SIM networks data and you might want to join a group created on Xender to receive an app,  but joining the group requires you switch on your WIFI and switching on your WIFI automatically  disables your SIM network data.

2. You might have limited data on your WIFI source, and you are downloading and would wish to continue the download on your SIM network data without pausing the download.

HOW DO I GET THIS DONE.
 
well this trick is limited to phones using andriod 6.0 and above
.
1. Goto settings

2. OpenDeveloper options

3. Scroll to networking

4. Select and enable cellular data always active

NO DEVELOPER OPTION IN SETTINGS? 

GOTO ABOUT PHONES,  TAP BUILD NUMBER  UNTIL DEVELOPERS OPTION IS ENABLED

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How to make games stop lagging on andriod

This is a simple procedure  to stop games from lagging when being played.

First you have to activate your developers option.

TO ACTIVATE DEVELOPER OPTION
1.Goto settings
2. Click on about phones
3. Tap the build number until it tells you developer option has been  enabled

HOW TO MAKE GAMES STOP LAGGING
1. Goto settings
2. Click on developer option
3. Scroll down and activate force 4x MSAA

Now you are Good to go.  always remember  to disable it after playing your games,  because it drains battery.

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