So, you've flashed a bad ROM or ZIP file, and now your Nexus 7 won't boot up. Maybe it just went haywire for no reason. Whatever happened, the bad news only keeps coming—you didn't make a backup of your system, contacts, or apps.
In a previous how-to, I showed how to send and receive text messages by wirelessly syncing them from your phone to your Nexus 7 tablet. Some eagle-eyed users may have notice that the Nexus 7 with 3G actually has a SIM card slot.
Advancements to Android's open source OS come in the form of ROMs and mods, available all over the web for anyone to find. Installing any of these modifications tends to wipe your phone clean, causing you to lose all of the precious data on your device.
As much as I love my Samsung Galaxy S3, I'm always on the lookout for cool features I can borrow from other smartphones. One of the most recent "borrowed" features I've added to my S3 is the Galaxy Note 2's smart rotation feature, which uses the front camera to detect my face-to-screen angle, which then rotates my screen accordingly. But the S3 already comes packed with some awesome features, as well as some less-than-stellar ones. One of these less-than-stellar features is the task manager, ...
Social media is where we post our thoughts for the world to see, but sometimes a little more exclusivity is needed. And that's where Scrambls comes in.
The allure of Snapchat is that all pictures and videos sent through the app vanish a few seconds after being sent. They're completely obliterated not only from the phone, but from the Snapchat server, as well. The popularity of the application has even incited Facebook to release its own real-time picture and video messaging application, aptly titled Poke. One of the biggest criticisms (besides the wave of recent security issues) of Snapchat is that even though the messages self destruct and ...
Needing to use your device in bright or low lighting can require an adjustment in the phone's built-in brightness settings. However, there are times when those default settings just don't do the trick.
Microsoft's first venture into the tablet market, the Surface RT, combines many of the capabilities of a normal Windows 8 laptop into a super compact tablet, whose super-thin touch cover and kickstand can transform it into a functional mini-laptop, small and light enough to go anywhere you want. But like most tablets, the Surface comes with a rather limited amount of storage space. The tablet comes in either 32 GB or 64 GB, but we all know that's not the actual amount of storage space you can...
The newest firmware update for Android, Jelly Bean 4.1.1, has been out for a while now, but not every device has gotten it yet (some never will). One popular device that has recently gotten it is the Samsung Galaxy S III, only they'll be pushing the update out overseas during the next couple weeks, with the UK already seeing Jelly Bean from the cellular provider Three (if you're on Three, see how to update your device here). Unfortunately, stateside users will have to wait a bit longer. There...
Having all of your stuff in the cloud is super convenient if you want to access it on multiple devices, or if you want a backup in case it gets lost or wiped. The biggest downside with services like Dropbox, though, is security. With everything sitting there in one place, the last thing you want is for someone to break in.
If you've read anything in the news about Skype recently, it probably hasn't been good. First, there was the controversy over the company listening to and recording users' conversations. Now, there's a new spam tool for Skype that can harvest usernames, see whether or not you're online, and even parse your log files. Image by Lloyd Dewolf
There's an epidemic on the Internet, and the disease—Facebook. It's an addiction comparable to a hot cup of coffee in the morning or a soothing cigarette throughout the day—in worse case scenarios, a hit from the crack pipe. If you're on Facebook, you know what I'm talking about. You're addicted to finding out what's going on with your friends and addicted to telling those friends everything you're doing. You can't stop, even when you're at work.
Whether you are protecting your children or hiding personal information, there are ways to block unwanted websites from your computer. Follow this tutorial and learn how to accomplish this on a Windows PC easily.
Gmail makes life easier when it comes to adding attachments to your messages. When composing a new email, most probably use the "Attach a file" option to add attachments, such as pictures, videos and document files. But there's a simpler and less time-consuming way to add those files, and it's as easy as dragging and dropping them. Check out this video for the how-to on doing this Gmail trick.
First of all you shall need a program called "Disk Inventory X". You can download this program from the link Once you have downloaded you have to install this program. Now launch "Disk Inventory X". This shall take some time to load because it processes your hard drive and looks at all the files and folders. This program provides you a visual representation of the files that are there in your hard drive. Therefore for every folder that is shown in this application it shows...
How to Decompress an Archive File.
This video shows how to easily record your voice and insert a sound podcast to your WebQuest or webpage using Dreamweaver. It shows how to have the sound play on the same page without auto starting. The tutor initially goes to the Start button and in All programs selects Accessories. Next he selects Sound Recorder from the Entertainment option and records his voice reading out the content of the page. He then saves the file in the folder called websites creating a subfolder in the name of ‘so...
In this video from whenwillapple we learn how to copy and paste video files on your iPhone. First go into your camera roll. Click on the thumbnail of the video file you would like to open. Once opened, tap and hold your finger on the screen until copy pops up on the screen. Tap the word copy. Now go to the home screen. Go into your mail and create a message. Tap and hold the blank area in the message until the paste options come up. Tap on the word paste and your file will paste into the emai...
In this video the instructor shows how to create and mount ISO's using Ultra ISO. You can user daemon tools to work with ISOs but this video shows you an alternative to it. Download the Ultra ISO software and install it. After installing it run the program. In the tool bar select the Tools button and in the drop down box you can select the various option like create a new image, mount an image to a drive or convert images between formats. Select the mount option and it prompts for the file. B...
FireworksTutorial shows you how to restore your recycle bin files that you've already deleted. Go to Google and search "Restoration." Click on the first link that pops up from the list (the one from Snapfiles that's free) and download it. Once it's downloaded, run it and unzip it to somewhere you can easily access. Organize it by creating a new folder and putting the files into the folder. Double-click on the application Restoration with the trash can icon to load up the program (If you're on...
In this video the tutor shows how to mount an ISO using Daemon tools. Using daemon tools you can install virtual drives and mount ISO files on them. First download and install the daemon tools from the link given in the video. After installing right click the daemon tools icon in the notification area. From the right click menu go to CD/DVD-ROM option and from the sub menu select the number of devices that you want. You can set up to 4 drives from the options. Dameon setups the drive in a few...
Vincentwiliamphilips teaches you how to install the ultimate vshmenu plug-in on a PlayStation Portable. This is an improved version of the vshmenu plug-in, with added features. You download the needed file, called Ultimate VSH Menu v2.00 for 5.00m33-6. Open the file and extract vshmenu.prx and the vsh text file to your desktop. Connect your PlayStation Portable to your computer. You will then see the root of your memory stick. Put the vshmenu.prx in your seplugins folder. If you don't have on...
This video describes how to install the day viewer plug-in on a PSP. This plug-in is used to add features of Battery Percent, Month Name, Day of the Month, Day Name next to the battery. Firstly, download the Day viewer v5 zip file from the website link, now connect the "PSP" with the computer and the root of the memory stick will show up. Open the "Seplugins" folder located on the "Memory stick" and then extract the zip file of "Day viewer v5" and extract the "Dayviewer.prx" and "Dayviewer.tx...
In this video the instructor shows how to install a program or a game which is in ISO format. The first thing you will need is the ISO file that contains the game or program. Next you will need a program that can open the ISO file. Use the daemon tools for this purpose. Right click on the daemon tools icon in the notification area. From the menu choose the mount image option and point to the virtual disk. Now browser and select the ISO file that you want to open. This mounts the image to the ...
Check out this video iPhone tutorial and learn how to enable MMS pciture messaging on your 3G/GS. Windows XP/Vista 32 Bit Tutorial
Wouldn't it be great to create a list of all of the songs on your Music Folder and then be able to print it? Wouldn't you love to have a list of files and folders burned on a CD?
Learn how to open a picture file in Photoshop and some more editing basics.
This tutorial explains how to list the files in a directory using a C# application.
This tutorial shows you how to read text from a text file into a C# application. Use the stream reader object found within the system IO name space.
A tutorial on making an .iso file using Infrarecorda or Magic ISO software.
This tutorial is for people who cannot see any video for their .AVI files in Sony Vegas. This won't help if you have video and no audio.
In this video tutorial we look at how to quickly and easily convert a file using the great free service at www.Media-Convert.com
Dan Banach shows you how to make a presentation file (exploded view of an assembly) in Inventor 2008.
This tutorial shows you how to export a video into PNG file sequences in 3D Studio Max.
In this video you will see how to enable clean file urls in Drupal.
Are you a certified animation or film geek? Then more likely than not your Adobe flash player program has a bunch of videos stored up that you'd like to convert to different file types for better ease of access.
Looking for a guide on how to move your favorite MP3s, photos and video files to your Motorola Droid smartphone? It's easy! So easy, in fact, that a complete, step-by-step overview of the process can be presented in just over two and a half minutes' time. To start moving your media to your own Motorola Android mobile phone, watch this video guide.
In this how to video, you will learn how to use Daemon Tools Lite. First, download Daemon Tools Lite and install the program. Next, download an ISO file from the internet. Once that is done, mount it on to Daemon Tools. To do that, open the program and then right click on it. Select Virtual Drive and set the number of drives to one. Next, select mount image and find and open your ISO. Once that is done, you are ready to use that file as if it were an actual CD inside an actual optical drive. ...
This is a really serious video. This video tell us about how to get rid of virus/spyware. It is based on JNBJABNK's own experience. She describe some step to destroy the virus which affected the computer. First of all make sure to confirm your system have spyware. Then open my computer folder and trace as quick as possible the infected file. Then run a full virus scan on that file. Delete the virus using the spy ware you have in your computer. On completing that you should restart your comput...
This video instructs the watcher on how to create a passport-sized photo in Photoshop. First, open Photoshop and choose the image that you want using the "Browse" option. Then go to "image", from there "select image size" and select the image size you want (e.g. 35 mm by 43 mm). Next, under "File", go to "select new" and select the size of the paper you use in your printer. Select image and move it to the new file. Copy it as many times as you want in that file. Save, then print. Watch this v...
