PSA: Unlocking Your Pixel's Bootloader Does NOT Void Your Warranty
As we first reported here on Gadget Hacks, Google's new Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones come with an unlockable bootloader, with the exception of models sold by Verizon.
As we first reported here on Gadget Hacks, Google's new Pixel and Pixel XL smartphones come with an unlockable bootloader, with the exception of models sold by Verizon.
If you've noticed a tiny discolored spot on your computer screen that just doesn't seem to go away, chances are you have a stuck pixel. With modern LCD and OLED screens, there are millions of incredibly small dots (pixels) that make up all of the contents of your display—and within these pixels, there is a set of red, green and blue subpixels. These mix together at various levels to create all of the different colors you see.
I love the holidays, but man am I sick of receiving oversized sweaters as Christmas presents. As well as people think they know us, their gifts often say otherwise. Instead of stocking up on useless items and articles of clothing you'll never wear, it's high time to create a wish list that's easily sharable amongst family and friends, and it's incredibly easy to do on Android.
People respond so much better to requests when you add the word "please" in front of them. So if you're stuck in a foreign, Spanish-speaking country, it's vital that you add "please" when necessary to establish good manners, so that people will help you out.
If you've never been a big fan of alcohol because it tastes too strong and bitter, then you should definitely give sangria a try. Sangria is a native Spanish drink that includes a mixture of a light wine (usually fruit flavored), chopped fruit, spices for an extra flavor kick, and a sweetener like honey or orange juice.
You'll be the queen of the jungle once you don this sexy and cute lioness makeup look for Halloween. This makeup look is a costume in itself, with a cute pink black nose and incredibly large eyes with mega thick lashes and sharp feline tearducts.
Have your favorite flowers and eat them too with this recipe and how-to video for how to put together sugarpaste flowers in the shape of delicate daisies. These daisies are so incredibly lifelike that your friends may just mistake them for real the next time you toss them on your baked creations!
Giant Steps is quite popular for being an incredibly difficult song to play seeing as it's a string of II, V, I chord changes in three different keys, among other changes that are inherent in the song. Thanks for making our lives more difficult Coltrane! If you're having trouble making your way around the neck and improvising this video can help! He talks about similar tonalities out of each chord change and scale connection between different keys. Just be careful because the audio goes out o...
These gold stone stringers look like glistening incense sticks and are incredibly beautiful. Check out this jewelry making tutorial to learn how to turn gold stone lumps in blue and an orangey yellow into long sticks, or stringers, made of these melted lumps.
These days, faucets are incredibly easy to install (removing old faucets is the hard part). And if you have a Delta brand single handle kitchen faucet with DIAMOND seal technology, this video will show you the steps to installing it. This is also very similar to other brands of single-handle faucets. This video from Lowe's and Delta will help you with your installation. You'll need a screwdriver, adjustable wrench and allen wrench.
The great thing about braids is that they're so incredibly versatile. Spin a single braid through the crown of your hair and let the rest of your locks loose and you've got a pretty Lauren Conrad, girl next door look going on. Or add a few curls using a curling iron and tie your hair up into an updo to create an elegant look befitting of a formal affair.
Okay, so adding chocolate to fruit sort of takes away all nutritional value, but who cares when your chocolate-dipped mangoes and pears taste this yummy?
Spotting is incredibly important in gymnastics or dance. By spotting, you keep your focus steady so that you avoid dizziness or falling. In this tutorial, learn how to start spotting and how to use this technique for back handsprings or back walkovers in gymnastics or tumbling.
Potato soup is an incredibly filling, delicious soup to make on those cold winter nights. In this tutorial, learn how to make a creamy potato soup with a Cajun flair!
When you tag someone in your Facebook status, you can show everyone activities you are doing together! This is incredibly simply, simply type the @ symbol when writing your status. Your Facebook account will immediately prompt you; showing you different people on your friend's list. It will also ask if you want to tag groups or events in your status. As you keep typing the name, simply select the friend, group or event you wish to tag. Now, your status update has a link to this person, group ...
In this video by, you are shown how to make miniature pomegranates out of clay for use with doll houses or however you may want to use them. You will be shown exactly what materials to use, how to make the items, painting and even exactly how to glue everything together. There are even suggestions for where you might want to shop to find the materials you will need. She shows you step by step how to make the items, and describes in detail the tools required to make incredibly realistic lookin...
Will from stormthecastle.com shows you how to make a very detailed World War II diorama. Made at a 1:72 scale, it's still incredibly lifelike and realistic.
This simple chef offers viewers a sweet love song as well as a recipe for sweet and sour meatballs. The meatballs consist of ground pork, crackers, an egg, and an Asian spice. The sauce is made up of an already prepared sweet and sour sauce that can be found at the Asian section of most grocery stores. Following the simple chef's recipe makes making sweet and sour meatballs incredibly simple. All you need to do is form the meat mixture into balls, cook them in a pan, and then stir in the swee...
Jay Golden from the PGA hosts a tutorial on how to correct the hook from your golf swing. He first explains why the ball curves when you hit it. Then he explains how you can make the ball curve differently with your golf club. After that he tells the viewer that you must correct the grip on the golf club handle in order to fix the early turnover. Jay is incredibly descriptive in his tutorial making sure the audience has a vivid understanding of how to correct their golf swing and improve thei...
First, you want to just lie your chicken breast flat on a cutting board surface. Next, you want to hold the chicken breast down with your non dominate hand and take your chefs knife with your dominate hand and begin slicing the chicken breast horizontally, take care to not cut yourself so be careful. Also, make sure you do not fully cut through the chicken breast because you want it to be butterflied. If you follow this incredibly quick and easy guide you'll have butterflying chicken breast d...
In this video you will learn how to create a homemade vanilla icing from scratch. To begin with you want to put about a cup and a half of powdered sugar into a bowl and then add a good amount of vanilla flavoring and then mix it up. Now, you want to add a little bit of squeeze butter and continue to mix and mash it to get rid of bumps. Next, you want to add a tiny bit of milk to turn the paste into a thinner paste to make it more creamy. If it turns out to be to thin just add more powdered su...
Everyone loves sangria on a hot summer day and in this how to, we learn it's incredibly easy to make. With Rebecca Brayton, from watchmojo.com, we are taken through a few simple steps. Helpfully listing every single item we will need, from the wine through all the juices and concentrates and fruits that will be added, to the final topper of sliced oranges, lemons, and limes, it's all laid quickly and efficiently. By merely mixing all of the listed contents together and chilling, you'll have y...
Are you an average guy who is madly in love with a girl, but is unsure of what to say to her because she is incredibly shy? You've never had a problem asking other girls out, but you find that she is becoming quite a stumbling block for you. Well, Dan and Jennifer know just how to help you. On this episode of Ask Dan and Jennifer, they will be explaining some useful ways on how you can even sweep a shy girl off her feet without making her feel scared or uncomfortable. Check it out.
Backyard FX show host Eric has an awesome new tutorial for all you aspiring film makers. He is going to teach you how to make your own fake glass bottles out of household products such as sugar, corn syrup and cream of tartar. This is generally for scenes where a glass bottle needs to be broken over an actor's head. This method is incredibly safe and won't cost very much to make either. Be sure to follow his tutorial closely because you may be forced to have to start over again if you skip a ...
The classic French twist is incredibly elegant, and it’s so easy to do. You Will Need:
You can dump canned fruit in a bowl and call it a fruit salad. But you can’t call it delicious. Watch this video to learn how to make fresh fruit salad.
Here's how to turn an old, incredibly large t-shirt into fitted shirt that is comfortable yet flattering. Find a large shirt that you would like to work with and one of your favorite fitted t-shirts. Simply trace around the fitted t-shirt onto the large shirt you wish to alter. Leave extra room to sew neat hem lines. With a quick and simple alteration job you can sew a new wardrobe with minimal effort.
For most people, it's just a reflex, but some never learn how to snap or snap properly. This incredibly clear and detailed video tutorial explains the mechanics of snapping. Watch and learn, or learn how to do better than you already do.
Now if you've ever been to a nice Italian restaurant and wondered why the pasta tasted so good, it's probably because it was fresh pasta. What's amazing is that fresh pasta is incredibly easy to make. And the taste and texture is something you've got to just try for yourself.
With this two-part painting lesson, you'll learn how to paint "Three Friends of Winter," a traditional Chinese motif depicting pine, plum and bamboo — three plants admired for their beauty and, in Taoism, Buddhism and Confucianism, said to be representative of good virtue.
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If your ball has landed on a less than ideal spot to hit from, check out this tutorial. in this video you will learn how to hit a golf ball on a 'bad lie'. A bad lie is when your ball gets stuck on leaves or debris that would obstruct your swing. Hitting a golf ball on a bad lie means getting rid of any debris surrounding the ball without touching the ball. Learn about how each situation is unique when hitting golf balls on bad lies in this instructional video. Fix the lies and you will be on...
This video shows us the method to find the percent sign on Blackberry. The first step involves going to a place on the Blackberry where text can be inserted. This place is ideal for inserting a % sign. Look in the keypad carefully. There are various keys in it. Search for the key named 'SYM'. SYM stands for symbol. This key is helpful in typing various symbols in the text to be entered through the keypad. When the 'SYM' key is pressed, it opens a window containing various symbols. The % sign ...
Put down that cigarette and save yourself your money (and even your life) with The Swish Pattern method! This can even be adapted to learn how to quit any of those bad habits like biting your nails or even be used to shed a few pounds. You first visualize yourself and what you do when before you indulge in your bad habit (called the queue image). Then you think about yourself free of that habit and how you wish you could be. Now when you get the urge to smoke/eat/etc... Make the ideal image "...
This video is about how to use visualization to get a girlfriend. First, you have to wake up visualizing her. This will help you believe that you are capable of finding a girlfriend. Then you make a "My Girl" list. On this list, write down the qualities you would like to see in your future girlfriend. Next you imagine the qualities that your future girlfriend expects of a man. Slowly develop yourself into this guy. After your mind adapts itself to thinking these thoughts, you will find your i...
Whoop, there it is. McDonald's makes its food even faster by partnering with UberEats to bring orders to your doorstep in over 1,000 locations around the country.
This tutorial is for a great card that is ideal for any men out there, or for a travel/ Bon Voyage etc. I must admit I had great difficulty with part of this one! as you'll see when you watch it.. but stick in there as its a fab demonstration for a good idea! plus it goes to show that I can waffle when under stress.... enjoy. Step 1: Items Used
This card tutorial is to make a gorgeous daisy collage style card, ideal for any cardmaker with lots of embellishments. I use a wide range of different flowers and include satin ribbon to embellish the card base. This is a easy when you know how card and with stunning finished results. Step 1: Items Used
This card is so easy to make and very eyecatching with its sparkle, not to much but just enough to give it a good twinkle. This cardmaking tutorial shows you how to make a gorgeous Sparkly Poinsettia Christmas Lattice Card, ideal for someone special. This card looks like it is a tricky one but infact it is quick and easy to put together.
Spills happen in the kitchen, and while every good cook knows to clean as you go, not every cook has an endless supply of cleaning materials. Besides, one spill can exhaust your entire stockpile of sponges, paper towels, and rags in a matter of minutes. Particularly egregious mishaps can make everything they touch feel sticky and gross.