Smartphones such as android phone and iPhone are very popular when it comes to advance technology it packs. As a smartphone user, I know that you've been facing a lot of troubles when it comes to your battery, that it could not even last a day. Know how to solve your battery problems with these easy tips.

Note: The following tips are also applicable to any mobile phones.

What you need:

A big amount of patience and exploration of your device.

iPhone | Android: Make battery last longer

1 Know how to turn off after using or if your not totally using it.

This is the most common problem that resides in the user not within the device. Your phone is designed to follow its master and you, as a user, are the master. Turning on any features requires power, therefore you must turn it off to save power.

Turn off Bluetooth

Turn off GPS

Turn off Wifi

Turn off Data Connection

Turn off Auto Sync

Turn off Notifications

Turn off Auto Rotation

2 Reduce brightness level.

You must not keep the brightness level at 100%. Adjust the brightness just enough that you can properly see your screen display. Screen brightness greatly increases battery consumption, therefore, you must know how to adjust them.

What I usually do:

Under the sunlight: 100% brightness level

On normal light: 40-50%

Night/Low light: 10-15%

3 Properly close applications after using. Do task killing.

Applications and services running on background takes a lot of RAM which requires an amount of power, therefore, in order to save more battery juice, you must close those apps and services after using.
Don't use power saving apps, it will only add apps running in background.

Here is an article for root android phones Disable Background Apps/Services in Android Phones which you can follow.

4 Keep away from heat.

Heat makes your battery drain fast. Also, it may cause damage to your phone's hardware. Keep it cool by avoiding it from hot places, let it sleep for a while or by turning off the features that makes your phone hot.

Your phone's temperature usually increases when playing games, making phone calls and browsing the net. Using the features that requires more of hardware power consumes more energy.

5 Minimize animations and effects on your phone.

Animations, live wallpapers and effects make your GPU and CPU work hard which eventually consumes more of your battery, thus, reducing or totally removing them not only saves you more battery but also makes your phone perform smoother and faster.

6 Reduce screen timeouts. Turn your screen off.

Turning your screen of makes your phone rest and sleep for a while. It significantly reduces your battery consumption since your LCD lights are turned off and some features are disabled when the phone is at sleep mode.

7 Use dark theme or background.

Using colorful designs forces your hardware especially your phones GPU to perform harder which therefore requires more battery power.

8 Avoid using Dual Mode. Only use GSM when not in browsing mode.

Using dual mode forces your signal to keep on searching better signal strength for it to be used. Note that cellular standby is the second thing that consumes more battery so you must prevent it. GSM mode is enough for making phone calls and messaging so there will be no problem about it.

9 Learn how to use Flight mode. (My Favorite)

Flight mode disables your phone's cellular standby which makes your battery last longer but sacrifices the ability to do calls, messaging and data connection but you may still use WiFi to browse the internet. Turning flight mode on is the best way to save battery and play games longer.

10 Power off phone if your not totally using.

This is very self explanatory. If you think you don't need your phone anymore, turn it off.

Do this simple steps for your phone, iPhone | Android: Make battery last longer is surely the best answer for your problem.

How to Take Screenshots on Anrdoid

Have you tried taking screenshots in your android device? Are you confused how and being troubled how to do such a thing? In this post, we will going to show you how to take screenshots on android device in a very simple way you could do it. This could be done on any android device including the newer released smartphones and tablets, Samsung Galaxy series, Nexus series and more.

How to Take Screenshots on Android

For Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and up

This is a very simple and popular method, almost all new android device was equipped with ICS or later android OS versions. You are lucky because screenshot feature is already built in to your device. All you have to do is press Volume Down + Power button at the same time and hold them for a 1-2 seconds, it will take a screenshot and there will be a shutter sound and an image preview of your screenshot. View your screenshot in your Gallery.

For below Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

Unfortunately, your phone does not have the built in capability to take screenshots, not unless it was equipped by your device manufacturer. According to my own experience with Samsung's Android devices, they have their own combination keys to take screenshots. Just like my Galaxy Mini, I can do screenshots on my phone. Below combo keys on taking screenshots might work for you.

Home + Power button, press and hold them for a few seconds to take a screenshot.
Back + Power button, press and hold them for a few seconds to take a screenshot.

If non of these methods worked for your android device, you may try the following options:

1. Install 3rd Party apps found in Google's Play Store, they may require you to root your phone.
2. You have to flash custom ROM for your android device that has screenshot feature (like CyanogenMod).

Now you know how to take screenshot on android.

Are you getting annoyed by applications and services that automatically runs in background even you don't want to and eats too much of your RAM? Does your phone turns laggy when your just messaging and playing games? In this article, I will going to show you how to solve your android problems.

There was an app called "Disabled Service" which actually disables your applications and system services from running in background. This is surely very useful for those who had troubles with their RAM.

Disable Background Apps/Services in Android Phones

Video Tutorial

To disable backgroud apps/services in your android phones, your phone must have ROOT ACCESS and Disable Service app installed.

First, you need to download and install Disable Service app from Google Playstore.

Secondly, you have to look for the services that you want to disable. TAKE NOTE, you must understand and you must know what you are trying to disable.

Next, open Disable Service and look for the blue font-colored number count from the system name, it indicates the number of running services. The blue font-colored services are the current running services. Uncheck it to disable. The red font-colored number indicates the number of disabled system process.

Now, you have disabled background apps/services in your android phone.

HOW TO: Make your android phone look like iPhone

Android phone has been the 1st choice of the smartphone owner wanna be's since android smartphones are much affordable and offers great mobile experience. As android being a highly customizable operating system for smartphones, it is capable of changing schemes which allow users to take their own desired styles.

In this article, you will going to learn how to make your android phone look like iPhone by just following this easy steps or by following the video below:

HOW TO: Make your android phone look like iPhone

Step 1: Connect your android phone in the internet by connecting from WiFi or Data Connection.

Step 2: Open Google Playstore app from your app drawer and search "espier launcher"

Step 3: Select "Espier Launcher 7", download and install it.

Step 4: After the Espier Launcher 7 is installed, open it. Just skip the user guide.

Step 5: Now you've got your phone look like iPhone, set it as default launcher by pressing the Home button of your device, select Espier Launcher and tap "Always".

Step 6: Done! You may also download other iPhone plugins such as lockscreen and more by opening the Espier application from your app drawer.


Now, you already know how to make your android phone look like iPhone.

Help me share this cool stuff!

GUIDE: Make Any Android Keyboard Transparent

There are always and easy way to apply tweaks on our android device. You may have made your android statusbar transparent or you may have made your framework transparent. For this post, I will going to show you how to make any android keyboard transparent by just following this easy steps.

You only need is brain for understanding the steps, an android phone and featuring Hacker's Keyboard.

Video GUIDE: Make Any Android Keyboard Transparent

Step 1: Go to Play Store app from your android device.

Step 2: Search "hacker's keyboard', hacker's keyboard app will appear and select it.

Step 3: Download and install hacker's keyboard.

Step 4: Open Hacker's Keyboard  installed app from your device and tap "Set Input  Method"

Step 5: Select "Input Methods" and mark "Hacker's Keyboard" and tap the settings icon.

Step 6: Select "Theme and Label settings > Keyboard Theme > select "Transparent Experimental".

Step 7: You can modify other options you like and now try it by opening app that can trigger the android keyboard like opening Messaging app.

Step 8: Drop down or expand the notification panel and select "Choose Input Method" select "Hacker's Keyboard.

Step 9: Done. Happy typing!

Customize | Make Statusbar Transparent for Android

Make your lockscreen even cooler by making your android statusbar transparent and modify other statusbar elements. This modification doesn't require your to be a good android modifier and this is even perfect for android newbies.

How To Customize | Make Statusbar Transparent

To do this you must have:

Only for android 4.1/4.2/4.3 Jelly Bean

Xposed Installer - download here credits to this site

Gravity Box - download here credits to this site

NOTE: This can only make statusbar transparent for lockscreen and launcher

Video Tutorial:

Step 1: Download and install Xposed Installer and Gravity Box in your android device.

Step 2: From your device, open Xposed Installer app and navigate to Framework and tap "Install/Update"

Step: 3: You may or may not reboot. Then, from Xposed Installer app, go to "Modules" and check Gravity Box.

Step 4: Reboot or Soft Reboot your phone.

Step 5: Open Gravity Box app and navigate to "Transparency Management", set your lockscreen transparency by moving the "Statusbar for lockscreen" or set your launcher transparency by moving "Statusbar for launcher"

Step 6: Press the power to lock your screen and see the changes.

Step 7: Done. You may modify your statusbar more by navigating to "Statusbar tweaks".

Customize | Make Statusbar Transparent

How to ROOT MyPhone Rio?

Do you want to Root your MyPhone Agua Rio but can't find how? Here is a trick you can use to your cool android device. MyPhone Rio is one of the most affordable yet powerful smartphone out there, so I won't be surprised if there is someone who will try to uncap its full performance.

By checking out MyPhone Agua Rio's Specs and knowing its good price tag, I will not be surprised if too many android users aspire to purchase and tweak this phone.

Note: There are times that rooting doesn't get successful on first attempt, so you can try it over again. Further, please backup your current ROM or your data before proceeding.

Disclaimer: As always, you are responsible for any damage it will cause. Rooting may void your warranty, unroot it to regain it.

There are two ways to root your MyPhone Rio:

1. Root it without using PC, via Framaroot (the easy way, TESTED and RECOMMENDED)
2. Root it by using a computer (untested, no one has sent me any feedback yet)

How to ROOT MyPhone Rio by using Framaroot

1. Download Framaroot.apk credits to xda

2. Move Framaroot.apk to your MyPhone Rio local or external storage, any location you want and install it. (Make sure you have enabled installing apps from Unknown Sources to install this, go to Settings - Security - check "Unknown Sources").

3. Now, open the installed Framaroot app, select "Install SuperSU" and tap "Barahir".

4. Reboot your phone.

5. Check if there is SuperSU app in your app drawer.

6. Done. Enjoy!

How to ROOT MyPhone Rio using Computer

You need:
1. PC/Laptop
2. MyPhone Rio
3. USB Cable

Step 1: First, download ADB driver as well as Root Genius. Install the driver and extract Root Genius to your desired location.

Step 2: Set your MyPhone Rio in USB Debugging mode. Go to Settings > Developer Options.

Step 3: Connect your MyPhone Rio to your PC/Laptop,

Step 4: Open Root Genius (make sure to run it as admin), your device must be recognized, if not, install your ADB drivers first. If your phone was recognized, press "Root Now" to start the process.

Step 5: Wait for the process to be completed and your phone should reboot, if not, reboot it manually.

Step 6: Done. Check your app drawer if there was superuser or supersu app installed and use apps like root checker to verify that your are fully rooted.

So far rooting process are safe even if it fails. Try it and leave a comment if it's a success. GOOD LUCK!


Consider other tweaks for your Rio:

Root MyPhone Rio using VRoot

Root MyPhone Rio using Root Genius

Install CWMR / TWRP on MyPhone Agua Rio






Happy Rooting MyPhone Rio!
Credits to CMM International for this post.