Tuesday, December 30, 2014

Time problem in LG G watch after updated to 5.0.1 Android version

Problem

I use my LG G watch with Nexus 5. It worked fine without any issues. Issue started after I updated my watch to Android 5.0.1. The issue was my watch time is one hour less of my phone. For example, If the time in my phone is 6:00 AM then my watch shows 5:00 AM.

Solution

I solved the issue by following below step.

Re-install Android Wear, reset your LG G watch, reconnect using Bluetooth, then reconnect again using Android Wear. After doing this my problem get solved.

The Android KitKat (phone's OS) will connect directly via Android Wear, now you first have to connect using Bluetooth or it will not be detected.

After reset the watch, how do I connect it using Bluetooth without pairing via Android Wear first?

Open Setting -> Blutooth -> Search Device -> Pair your LG G watch

How to stop company pop up messages in Moto E?

Problem:

Moto E is showing up pop up messages with title as Dive in if you use DoCoMo or with some other title for other service provider. You may get something like below image.

Solution:

This pop-up message appears when the flash message is turned on. You can turn it off from SIM tool kit. You will find SIM tool kit which is SIM card icon in App drawer. Launch the SIM card icon app and there you will find flash message. Click on Activate and followed by deactivate. 

Several users reported that they are not able to deactivate. Try to find out flash message and deactivate it. It should look something like below image. 

Source imobileAndroid

Friday, December 26, 2014

BlackBerry Z3 has better e-mail and browser than Android

I have been using BlackBerry Z3 for past one month. Before purchasing this phone I had second thought. This is the only mobile BlackBerry launched officially for affordable price. I haven't used any BlackBerry device before and I was planning to get one in recent years. I suddenly decided lets try BlackBerry this time after using several Android devices and one Windows phone. Below is my experience.

No need for Social networking, E-mail and Chat apps:

Within few days I learn there is no need for apps related to communication. BlackBerry has it own app named as 'Hub' where you can see all you chats, email, calls, tweets, feeds etc. Hub is not an app but it is part of OS. Like home screen in Android this Hub will be always present. It is simple and straightforward and you no need to of manual to get used to it.

The Hub is always ON and you no need to launch it separately. Once you connect to internet you will be automatically receiving all your messages there. Only limitation in Hub is you cannot integrate all apps with it. Only selected and popular apps like Facebook, WhatsApp and Twitter is integrated.

 The Hub automatically formats the text in single column view and there is no need of zoom in and zoom out. In Android I face this difficulty in Email app. The Email synchronization is very slow in Android plus you need to zoom in and zoom out to view the message which is annoying particularly in small screen phone.


Browser

The BlackBerry browser supports Flash and you can play any online videos. Google recently stopped flash player support in Chrome browser for Android.  I was not able to watch TV series from several websites using my mobile. Google Chrome is my favorite browser in desktop but not in mobile. I didn't feel good browsing experience in Google Chrome for Android. Opera Mini was my favorite browser in Android since it consumes less RAM as well as good page loading speed.

BlackBerry browser has very good features like reading mode which I like most. After webpage gets loaded you can choose reading mode from menu which will shows you a e-book kind of interface. It works well for reading news and article.

APK support - Best move by BlackBerry

APK is the extension used in Android app and those files can be installed in BlackBerry. I would say it is best move BlackBerry. Running Android app in BlackBerry is smooth than running in mid-end Android device. I was surprised by the app performance in BlackBerry. You won't feel any sluggish. It take few seconds (10 - 20 seconds) to launch but once launched it works fine.

Missing Google Now

Only field BlackBerry should improve is their voice integration. Google Now will convert your voice to text on the go. But BlackBerry Voice control is not up to the mark it takes lot of time to recognize. I am using BlackBerry 10.2.X OS. It seems there is new version voice control in 10.3.X OS. BlackBerry need to improve their voice control or integrate Google Now voice control with their browser at least.

Saturday, December 20, 2014

How to install Play Store in Xiaomi Redmi 1S if deleted accidently?

Issue:

While cleaning up space in my mobile I accidentally uninstalled the Play Store in Xiaomi Redmi 1S. So how to restore it?

Solution:

You cannot simply download Play Store apk and install i to work. You need to flash the GAPPS (Google Apps). You can download it from below link.

Link - http://rom.mk/gapps

Open the link in new tab to download. It will download ZIP file.

Steps to flash Gapps

  1. Download the ZIP file and place it in your memory card.
  2. Reboot to recovery mode. Press Volume + and power button same time to reboot to recovery mode. 
  3. There you will find install ZIP file from SDcard option. Clicking on it will show the gapps ZIP file. 
  4. You can navigate in the screen volume+ and volume- and power button to OK. Press power button on the ZIP file to install Play Store.
Warning: Only follow the steps if you are familiar with flashing ROM. It may lead to brick your phone. The steps are easy but I advice to take you proper backup and install CWM recovery. 

How to remove lock symbol in recent apps Xiaomi RedMi 1S?

Issue:

When trying to clear RAM space in Redmi 1S there are times you will see lock symbol in the app. It looks like below image.

Here you can see there is lock symbol in my Camera app.

Solution:

Lock symbol denotes that it will not be cleared when tapping the clear button (the brush icon). To remove the lock symbol just swipe down the app. In my case I will just swipe down the camera app to remove the lock symbol.

Monday, December 8, 2014

Can't install music app error code 80070127 in Windows Phone- Solution

Issue:
Can't install music app, it downloads fully but while installation it says error. Below is screenshot of the error

Solution: 
There are few solutions I found in forums. The sucess rate for all these solution is very less. I followed the below solution to get rid of this issue.


Try this:
I set my data sense to unlimited and it did the magic. Then I was able to install the Music app.

Or this:
I found this in Microsoft forum. Unpin all the Music tiles from start screen and kids corner. Some users reported that after following this they are able to fix the issue. I didn't worked for me.

If you have any working solution feel free to share.