How to flash a custom ROM and Kernel on HTC One S

Find a ROM you like, the first thing you should do is make sure it is COMPATIBLE with your phone. If you find a ROM that is for AT&T and you have the International model, don't be an idiot and flash it.

S3 ROMs don't work on S4 models and vice versa.

So you found the ROM you want to try, so go ahead and download it.

Connect your USB cable to your phone. View the folders on your phone. I like to make a folder called ROMs on my phone and transfer it in there.

After you transfer it, open my toolkit and press Boot into Recovery. When you are in TWRP, MAKE A BACKUP!

After you make a backup AKA a Nandroid, click Wipe. Wipe Cache, Dalvik, Factory Reset and System. NOTHING ELSE! If you click anything else, IT WILL WIPE YOUR SD CARD AND YOU WILL HAVE MORE ISSUES ON YOUR HEAD!

So you wiped everything. Great. Your phone is ROMless, Yay!

Now go back and press install. Go to the folder where the ROM you downloaded, is located in. Select the ROM and slide the screen to flash it. After it flashes, press the back button. Press Reboot and Reboot into bootloader. Open the ROM you downloaded from your computer. You should see boot.img. Extract it to your computer. Open the Toolkit and press Flash a Kernel. Locate the boot.img and it will flash it.

After it flashes, press reboot from the phone.

Congrats! Enjoy your fully working or borked ROM!

Happy Hacking!

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(HTC One S) HOW TO: Unlock Bootloader, flash a Cutom Recovery and Root

Requirements:
HTC One S (charged to at least 70%)
Windows XP,Vista,7 (8 is not officially supported since I don't have the drivers)
USB cable
Ability to read and follow step-by-step.

Let's begin.

Download this toolkit from here.

Extract the FOLDER to your C: drive or to your desktop.

MAKE SURE YOUR DIRECTORY DOES NOT HAVE A PERIOD OR SPACE.

Open One S.exe

So now you have the program open.

On your phone, go to Settings -> Developer Options and Enable USB Debugging.

From the toolkit, Click 1. Install HTC Drivers.

After the drivers install, restart your computer.

After your computer loads up, open the toolkit and connect your phone to the computer. Your phone should now be recognized.

Now, click 2. Register at HTCDev. Register with a VALID email address and LEAVE the web browser open.

Now, under the commands section of the toolkit, press Boot into Bootloader.

You should have a nice, white, shiny screen that says FASTBOOT USB.

Click 3. Get Token ID. Look at the pop up and it will tell you how to get the Token ID.

Highlight where it says < < < < Identifier Token Start > > > > all the way to < < < < < Identifier Token End > > > > > and right click and it will automatically copy it.

Now, click Submit Token ID. Your web browser should now open a new tab. Scroll down and in the empty box, paste your Token ID. Press submit. HTCDev now emailed you your unlock token.

Your phone should still be in the bootloader. Now, go to the email address you registered to HTCDev and DOWNLOAD your unlock_code.bin. Press 5. Unlock Bootloader. Locate your unlock_code.bin and it will flash it to your phone.

READ the warning. THIS WILL WIPE ALL YOUR DATA FROM THE PHONE.

When you agree to it, press the volume up button and press the power button to accept it. Your phone will now restart.

When your phone loads up, go through the set up wizard. Then, on your phone, go to Settings -> Developer Options and Enable USB Debugging.

Under the Extras section, press Perm Root. It will push SuperSU.zip to your phone.

Now, it is time to flash a recovery. The custom recovery is for 2 different devices

TWRP (Team Win Recovery Project) is a custom recovery that will allow you to flash custom ROMs, Mods, etc.

If your phone is the S3 model, then flash the one that says TWRP (S3)

If your phone is the S4 model, then flash the one that says TWRP (S4)

If your phone is the special edition 64Gb model, then flash the one that says TWRP (Special Edition)

After it flashes, remove the USB cable and have HBOOT selected in bootloader. Press the power button and it will reload to another screen. Press the Volume Down button until you get to Recovery. Press the power button to select it.

Go to Backup and back up your boot and system partition. Always have a back up before you flash or do anything.

After that, go to Install and locate SuperSU.zip. Click it and slide the screen on the bottom to flash it. After it flashes, reboot the phone.

In your app drawer (your menu with all the apps), open SuperSU. If it says the binary needs to be updated, then update it. If it doesn't, then you are fully rooted!

Happy Hacking!

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New Android Facebook App Rolls In

As all you Android users might have noticed, Facebook just released an update for their most crappy application on the market.
After reviewing it, I feel Facebook app developers have put in a lot of effort into fixing every available bug on its previous versions. Its much faster, better, and doesn't refresh a hundred times like the previous versions did. They have implemented the new 'Push Notifications' which can provide you instant updates of whats going on around. Also, viewing friends pictures and albums on it has just become easier and faster due to a faster loading times.
All said, I like the new User Interface, though the app eats up around 12MB of your phone memory. I cant tell you if it hogs up the battery, that's up-to you to try.
Well, I liked the app. Did you?

Take a look at the Changelog of Version 1.8.0:

1. Navigate anywhere, fast: Get to your groups, apps, pages, and settings with a single press
2. Search and you will discover: Look through friends, subscribers, apps, and pages
3. See your friends tags on pictures and zoom: New photo viewing experience
4. Faster notifications: Get alerted in real time with new push notifications
5. Games & Apps: Play games and access your favorite apps on the go
6. Access to mobile timeline (If you already have a timeline)
7. Access to friend lists and subscriptions

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How To Use VoIP on Various WiFi Only Android Devices

So you have an Android device like the Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0 or 5.0 and you want to use that device to make phone calls when connected to WiFi?  Here, we will show you how.

In this post we are specifically dealing with the Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0 but any Android device with a built-in microphone that is running Android OS version 2.1 or later should be able to make VoIP calls as well.  You can also configure your Android phone as well to help conserve your minutes from your mobile carrier (Note: doing this may violate your customer agreement with certain carriers).

Configure Google Voice Account:

1. You will need a Google Voice phone number tied to the same gmail account you are using with your device.  Using a computer, follow the link HERE to set up a Google Voice number if you do not already have one.  If you already have a Google Voice number go ahead and sign in.
2. From your inbox, click on the settings button on the right side of the screen.  Under the “Phones” tab, make sure to check the box to forward calls to Google Chat.

Download and Install the Following Apps On Your Android Device:

1. Go to the Android Market and install the “Google Voice” application (free).
2. You will also need to purchase an app called “GrooVe IP”.  Information on the GrooVe IP application can be found HERE (currently cost $4.99 in the market).
3. Open each application and sign in using your Google Voice username and password.

How This Works:

• Google Voice will be used to send and receive text messages.  It can also be used to view (in plain text) or listen to voice mail messages left by callers.
• GrooVe IP is what allows you to make and receive calls using your Google Voice account.  This application includes a stand alone phone dialer which is incredibly useful on a WiFi only device that does not include a native dialer application.
• There are many options and settings in the GrooVe IP application that you can adjust to make phone calls work properly and optimize performance for your device.  Every device may have slight or even drastically different settings required for proper operation.  The developer of this application has a lot of useful information on their website found HERE.

Trial & Error is Key:

Make plenty of test calls because to a few different numbers to tweak the settings and ensure the best possible performance.  Make note of your settings as well as what worked and what did not work.  Enjoy!

Please feel free to post your experiences below.  List the name of your device as well as any settings you had to adjust.  For the device I was using these are the settings that worked for me:

• Device:  Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0
• Notes:  I could hear callers with the stock settings but the experience was better for myself as well as the people on the other end when Voice Synchronization was turned on.  I tried to turn Audio Processing on first but callers said I sounded muffled and robotic, plus there was a delay of approximately 5-6 seconds.  I have found that the shortest voice delay I can achieve is 2-3 seconds which may seem like a lot but in normal conversation, it works quite well.

Enjoy!

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Nokia N900 gets an early build of Ice-Cream Sandwich OS

Nokia may be reluctant to start bedding with Google for its OS needs, but efforts are being made to get their yesteryear flagship dev phone, the N900, to at least have a one-night stand with Google’s latest issue, Ice-Cream Sandwich.  A developer going by the name of Drunkdebugger seems to be making some headway in this regard, with an early version of the build now up and running on the Nokia N900.

As you can see from the video, the build is really young and is not ready for use as your primary OS, but this should offer hope to many Nokia fanboys out there who want something more than Meego or Windows Phone 7 on their devices.

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HTC Zeta Leak, Sports An Interesting Humpback Design and 2.5 GHz Quad-Core Processor

Simply known internally as the ‘Zeta’, HTC’s future smartphone seems finally ready to show its face out in the wild. The folks over at Engadget were able to snag a clear press shot of the handset in all its humpback glory.

Reportedly, the Zeta is expected to rock a 2.5 GHz quad-core processor,1GB of RAM, 4.5″ 720p HD display, 32GB of internal storage, 1830mAh battery, Beats Audio, Bluetooth 4.0, 8MP rear camera, and a 1.3MP front camera. All of these fancy specs are also expected to ship alongside Android’s latest operating system platform, Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich).

Hard to tell if the Zeta is in fact the real deal yet, as HTC has yet to confirm any details surrounding the handset. However, with its brag worthy list of specs and innovative design, here’s to hoping it’s HTC’s next big thing.

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Google Gets Pattern Unlock Patent

Apple has the patent on “slide to unlock”, but Google isn’t sitting on the sidelines when it comes to seemingly inconsequential user interface tricks. The Android OS maker has been granted a patent on its pattern unlock feature, or as the patent calls it, “Touch Gesture Actions From A Device’s Lock Screen.” This has been a staple of Android phones since the beginning, and now it’s locked down, more or less.

Pattern locking is a way for users to protect their phones with a custom pattern of dots that must be drawn on the lock screen. It has been shown in the past that the system is far from perfect, with finger smudges occasionally giving the pattern away. Some OEMs have also replaced the Android lock screen with their own custom UI, but pattern locking is usually lurking someplace behind the scenes.

Google also received a patent on gestures performed anywhere on  a lock screen to initiate an action, like checking upcoming events. This might be a hint at future capabilities in Android. 

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How To Tether Your Android Phone without Needing the Market or Root

Apparently, Verizon and AT&T users can no longer find tethering apps in the Android Market (thanks to Google hiding them from those devices after being bugged by the carriers to remove them). So for those users, here’s how to still be able to tether without needing the Android Market.

1. Download the PDANet apk file and save it somewhere on your computer.

PDANet

2. Transfer the .apk file to your device’s SD card or internal storage.

3. Download a file manager from the Market if you don’t already have on (Astro File Manager is a good, free option).

4. Install the apk by clicking on it in the file manager app.

5. Open the app and click on the tethering method of your choice (Bluetooth or USB).

6. Download the tethering desktop program to your computer from PDANet.

PDANet Desktop Program

7. Run PDANet on your computer and follow the installation instructions.

8. Plug in your device via USB cable to your computer.

9. Done!

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Android App of the Week: Opera Mobile

There are few topics as hotly contested among PC lovers as to which web browser is best. Internet Explorer had a leg up for many years due to its integration into the Windows OS, but Firefox has become a challenger, and Chrome is also putting up quite a fight. Opera has been in the browser game for years and commands a loyal, if somewhat small, following. The last several years have seen Opera gain success on mobile devices, offering an alternative browser on platforms that had none.

            

Opera Mobile for Android is now in version 11.5, and is one of the most mature alternative browsers for Android. Offering plug-in support and synchronization options for Opera Desktop users, Opera Mobile is a favorite for users that need a premium web browsing experience. The latest update to Opera Mobile allows you to monitor your data usage and savings when using Opera Turbo, Opera's proxy-based rendering engine. Opera Turbo provides you cost savings by rendering the web pages you browse on a server, and compressing the text and images, allowing you to use your allocated data more efficiently.

            

Opera Mobile is available as a free download from the Android Market.

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Customize Your Android Phone

Take Control of Your Android Phone

One of Android's biggest strengths is its flexibility. Unlike Apple and its iPhone, Google lets users and third-party developers tweak just about every aspect of the Android interface, and the customization options are nearly endless. If you find something that you don't like about your phone, odds are good that you can change it. From the desktop wallpaper to the notification sounds to the blinking LED indicator light, Android is easy to personalize. Here's how to give Android your own personal flair.

Change Your Phone's Look and Feel

The first thing you might want to customize is your phone's background. This couldn't be easier to accomplish: Tap the phone's Menu key, and then pick Wallpaper. You can select a picture from among your own photos or from the phone's included collection of wallpaper backgrounds. Beginning with Android 2.1, you can also choose any of several "live wallpapers" that move and sometimes respond to your touch.

Power Tip: You can set a photo as your wallpaper directly from your phone's gallery. While viewing an image, just tap anywhere on the screen, and then select Set as to find the option for making that picture the wallpaper. Or, if you want to expand your options, try using an app such as Backgrounds, a free download from the Android Market. The program gives you thousands of wallpaper designs to choose from and to apply directly to your phone.

Design Your Home Screens

The wallpaper is only the beginning--with Android, no two sets of home screens have to look alike. Thanks to the platform's wide range of widgets, there's almost no limit to the number of ways you can configure your phone.

Widgets come in all shapes and sizes. Several are preloaded on your phone, but many others are available either as stand-alone downloads or as part of full-fledged applications in the Android Market.

When you see an app refer to a 1x1 widget, that means the item will take up the space of a single shortcut-size square on your home screen; a 2x1 widget is two squares across but one square high, and so on. Though some widgets claim entire rows, you can find many useful widgets that occupy only one or two squares of desktop real estate, allowing you to make the most of your home-screen space.

Here are a few suggestions to get you started.

• Check out the free Weather Channel app. It includes a nice 1x1 widget that will detect your current location and keep you up-to-speed with the latest weather conditions, wherever you are.
• For calendar power, try the highly customizable CalWidget, also free. It can put your upcoming appointments on your home screen in practically any size and color scheme you want.
• Pandora's free app includes a 4x1 widget that gives you on-screen controls for your online music stream.
• The free VizBattery widget will put a handy 1x1 battery icon on your home screen so that you can always see exactly how much juice is left in your phone.
• If you run a blog or Website with Google Analytics, take a peek at the Analytics Widget. It shows you your total page views for the day in a 1x1 size.

Remember, each home-screen panel can hold any combination of widgets, shortcuts, and folders. Play around with different setups until you find the configuration that works best for you.

Set Your Own Sounds

Itching to make your phone sound the way you want? Start by tapping the Menu key and selecting the Settings menu. From there, tap Sound and display.

All of the basics should now be in front of you, including options to set the default system ringtone, the notification sound, and the general volume levels.

You might notice that your own MP3s don't appear in the list of ringtone choices. That's because your phone doesn't yet see them as system sounds. Fortunately, this isn't hard to fix: Make a new folder on your memory card called 'ringtones' and copy MP3s into it, and they'll automatically show up in your selection list.

Power Tip: Want to set your own MP3 music files as notification sounds or alarms, too? Just repeat the process described above, naming the folders 'alarms' or 'notifications' instead. And if you find yourself wanting to snag a certain piece of a song--say, the catchy chorus that starts 45 seconds into your favorite tune--grab the free RingDroid app from the Android Market. With this app, editing MP3s so that you can get the exact sound clip you need is a cinch.

Get Advanced With Audio

The aforementioned settings handle the system's default sounds, but you can also customize ringtones and notifications for specific people or programs.

To change the ringtone for a specific person, open that person's profile in your phone's contacts list. Press the Menu key, and then tap Options and Ringtone. Whatever audio file you select will serve as the ringtone only when that person calls you.

Most programs have similar options to alter notification sounds individually. While you're in an app, tap the Menu key and select Options or Settings. If the app offers notifications of any type, you should see a way to set the sound, to select whether it'll be accompanied by a vibration, and to choose whether it'll add a visual notification to your notification panel.

Power Tip: Use these options to customize how you want to be notified for different events. You might, for example, want to hear a sound and get a vibration when new e-mail messages arrive on your personal Gmail account--but receive only a visual notification without any sound when messages come into your work e-mail. You can apply the same principle to text messaging, Twitter apps, Facebook apps, or practically any other service associated with alerts.

See the Light

Most Android handsets come with an LED indicator. By default, the LED usually flashes different colors to alert you to a missed call, to new e-mail, or to a new text message. But you can make the indicator do much more.

Expand your phone's notification functionality with Missed Call, a free app available in the Android Market. Missed Call harnesses the power of your handset's LED, letting you set the light to flash certain colors when specific events happen. You could, for instance, program it to flash orange when you miss a call from your boss and purple when you miss a call from your spouse; you could even set flashing LED colors to alert you to pending calendar events and other customizable circumstances.

Make Your Phone Do the Dirty Work

Customizing your phone doesn't just make your device cooler--as the following tips illustrate, it can also make your life easier.

Have an annoying relative or coworker who can't take a hint? Route that person directly into your voicemail, and you'll never be bothered by his or her calls again.

To perform this bit of Android magic, make sure that you've entered the offending person's information into your phone's contacts list. Open the person's profile, and then press the Menukey. Select Options and check the box for Send calls directly to voicemail. (You might also say "abracadabra," just for good measure.)

You can more broadly define how your phone handles calls and other tasks by installing FoxyRing, available for free in the Android Market. This program allows you to set custom parameters for your phone based on your location. You could have it always automatically switch to silent mode when you're at your neighborhood movie theater, for example, or always toggle to vibrate-only mode when you're inside your office building. FoxyRing also allows you to set certain "sleeping hours," during which time your phone won't ring at all.

Power Tip: For even more robust options, consider either Setting Profiles or Locale. Both of these apps--available in the Market for $3 and $10, respectively--let you set your phone to do all sorts of things based on conditions such as location, day and time, and battery status. The apps can alter everything from advanced sound settings to power settings, and even perform complex actions such as opening other programs when specific conditions are met.

Navigate in Style

Depending on your device, using hotkeys to navigate your phone might save you some time. Android has its own built-in set of keyboard shortcuts (see "Android Keyboard Shortcuts" for a full list), but you can also create your own.

From your home screen, tap the Menu key and select Settings. Next, choose Applications and then Quick Launch. There, you'll be able to set keyboard-based hotkeys for any app on your phone.

When it comes to Web navigation, don't think you're stuck with Android's default browser. You can customize Android with third-party alternatives that offer powerful functionality not found in the stock program. Try the free Dolphin Browser for options such as multitouch zooming, gesture-driven control, and seamless link-sharing to Twitter and other social networks.

As for file navigation, you can browse and manage an Android phone as you do a computer--you just need an app to make it happen. Download a file manager such as Astro. It allows you to navigate through your phone and storage-card directories, and to move and delete files at will.

Autocomplete Yourself

Last but not least, Android's autocomplete technology can do more than merely suggest words as you type; it can also help you by filling in the phrases and proper nouns you use most often.

The secret is to edit Android's custom dictionary. Tap the Menu key from your home screen and go to Settings, Language and keyboard, and then select User dictionary. Try adding your name, your street address, or any phrase you find yourself typing often (for example, "I'm in a meeting. Will call you back when I can").

From now on, those terms will pop up in the autocomplete list as you type. Hey, they don't call it a smartphone for nothing.

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Extend Your Smartphone's Battery Life

For all of their power and versatility, smartphones--even the best of them--are cursed with abysmal battery life. Unless you use your phone very sparingly (and who does that?), you're lucky to make it home at the end of the day with enough juice left in the battery for one more call. But with the right apps and a little insight, you can double your smartphone's battery life--and work (and play) longer than ever before.

Though some phones live a little longer than others on a single charge, all smartphones suffer from the same basic problem: They do too much. Any 3.7-volt battery small enough to fit into your phone's tiny chassis stands no chance of lasting multiple days under a steady workload of running apps, browsing the Web, sending e-mail, and doing whatever else phones are expected to do. (Oh yeah, making calls.)

Most smartphone batteries today are rated at around 5 watt-hours, meaning that they can deliver a constant charge of 1 watt to the device over a period of 5 hours. If your phone actually uses 1 watt per hour, and you pull it off the charger at 7:00 a.m., you can expect it to be dead by lunchtime. So the key to increasing your phone's battery life is to reduce the amount of power the handset uses per hour.

One obvious way to reduce your phone's energy draw is to use it less (yeah, right). A more practical approach is to manage the phone's power consumption by turning off unneeded features and turning down adjustable features. Turning off your phone's radios when you're not using them, reducing the screen's brightness, and killing apps that run in the background are among the tricks that can help your phone's battery last longer. They and other tricks and apps will help extend your phone's overall workday by reducing its moment-to-moment energy requirements.

1. Dim the Screen

You love your smartphone's large, colorful display, but it's the battery's mortal enemy. More than any other component of your phone, the display consumes battery life at a devastating pace. Most phones include an auto-brightness feature that automatically adjusts the screen's brightness to suit ambient lighting levels and system activity. This mode uses less power than constantly running your screen at full brightness would, of course, but you'll get even better results by turning your screen's brightness down to the lowest setting that you can tolerate and leaving it there. Even if you do nothing else suggested in this guide, following this one tip will extend the life of your battery dramatically.

2. Keep the Screen Timeout Short

Under your phone's display settings menu, you should find an option labeled 'Screen Timeout' or something similar. This setting controls how long your phone's screen stays lit after receiving input, such as a tap. Every second counts here, so set your timeout to the shortest available time. On most Android phones, the minimum is 15 seconds. If your screen timeout is currently set to 2 minutes, consider reducing that figure to 30 seconds or less.

3. Turn Off Bluetooth

No matter now much you love using Bluetooth in the car or with your hands-free headset, the extra radio is constantly listening for signals from the outside world. When you aren't in your car, or when you aren't expecting a call that you'll want to take via a headset, turn off the Bluetooth radio. (Besides, walking around with a Bluetooth headset in your ear when you're not actually on a call doesn't do anything positive for your street cred anyway.) By turning off Bluetooth when you're not using it, you can add an hour or more to your phone's battery life.

4. Turn Off Wi-Fi When Not In Use

As with Bluetooth, your phone's Wi-Fi radio is a serious battery drainer. While you almost certainly should prefer the improved speed of your home or office Wi-Fi connection to your mobile carrier's wireless broadband for data services, there's no point in leaving the Wi-Fi radio on when you're out and about. Toggle it off when you go out the door, and turn it back on only when you plan to use data services within range of your Wi-Fi network. Android users can add the Wi-Fi toggle widget to their home screen to make this a one-tap process.

5. Go Easy on the GPS

Another big battery sucker is your phone's GPS unit, which is a little radio that sends and receives signals to and from satellites to triangulate your phone's location on the Earth's surface. Various apps access your phone's GPS to provide services ranging from finding nearby restaurants to checking you in on social networks. As a user, you can revoke these apps' access to your phone's GPS. When you install them, many apps will ask you for permission to use your location. When in doubt, say no. (And if a game, screensaver, or wallpaper app asks for your location, you should be suspicious about why it wants that data in the first place.)

6. Kill Extraneous Apps

Multitasking--the ability to run more than one app at a time--is a powerful smartphone feature. It also burns a lot of energy, because every app you run uses a share of your phone's processor cycles. By killing apps that you aren't actually using, you can drastically reduce your CPU's workload and cut down on its power consumption. For Android phones--which are notorious battery hogs due to their wide-open multitasking capabilities--we like an app called Advanced Task Killer, which has an auto-kill feature that polices your apps throughout the day. In iOS, double-tap the Home button until the multitasking tray appears, hold an icon until an X appears, and tap the X to close the app.

7. Don't Use Vibrate

Prefer to have your phone alert you to incoming calls by vibrating rather than playing a ringtone? We understand the inclination; unfortunately, vibrating uses much more power than playing a ringtone does. After all, a ringtone only has to make a tiny membrane in your phone's speaker vibrate enough to produce sound. In contrast, the vibration motor swings a small weight around to make your whole phone shake--and that process takes a lot more juice. If you don't want to be disturbed audibly, consider turning off all notifications and leave the phone in view so you can see when a new call is coming in. This approach is as courteous to your battery as it is to your friends and neighbors.

8. Turn Off Nonessential Notifications

It seems as though almost every app in the app store now polls the Internet in search of updates, news, messages, and other information. When it finds something, the app may chime, light up your screen and display a message, make your LED blink, or do all of the above. And all of these things consume energy. Admittedly you likely don't want to turn off notifications about new text messages or missed calls, but you don't need to be instantly alerted that radboy84 has just bested your score at Booty Blast. Turning off superfluous notifications will help your battery last a little longer, and it will eliminate pointless distractions throughout your day.

9. Power Saver Mode for Android

Newer Android phones include a Power Saver mode that helps manage the phone's various power-sapping features for you. Power Saver mode automatically prevents your apps from updating in the background, dims your screen, reduces the screen timeout setting, disables on-screen animations, and turns off vibration. By default, this mode usually turns on when your battery level drops to 20 percent, but you can set it to kick in at 30 percent instead. And the sooner the phone switches to Power Saver mode, the longer its battery will last.

10. JuiceDefender for Android

By manually adjusting all of your phone's settings over the course of a day, you may be able to squeeze a few extra usable hours out of your battery. But if the effort sounds too cumbersome to you, consider downloading an app that manages your battery for you. On Android phones, we've seen great results from JuiceDefender, which automatically toggles your radios on and off and manages your phone's CPU usage to optimize your battery life moment-to-moment.

Source: PCWorld.in

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