How to Force Your Android Device to Shut Down
This guide will help you force Android to shut down when all else fails.
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Mobile Phones
How to Root the Samsung Galaxy Tab A
Please note: This guide was initially published back in 2015 and some of the software it references is no longer available and/or no longer functions. Attempting to root your device using these instructions may result in a “bricked” (non-functioning) device.
This step by step guide will take you all of the way from start to finish through the process of “rooting” your Samsung Galaxy Tab A tablet. …
How to Save an Image From Your Android Web Browser
If you’re surfing the web on your Android phone or tablet, and you come across and image you want to save – this is how you do. …
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How to Download and Set An Image as Your iPhone Wallpaper
In addition to showing you how to set a Home Screen or Lock Screen “wallpaper”, this tutorial will show you how to transfer images to your iPhone from your computer, or download them from your iPhone to your iPhone – and use those images as Wallpapers. …
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Download Now: The iOS 9 Wallpapers
Here are all 15 of the wallpapers and/or lock-screen background images that iOS 9 is (at this time) set to use. Click each thumbnail to view and download the entire image. Enjoy part of the new iOS 9 look, without having to install iOS 9.
If you need a bit of help copying/downloading these files to your iPhone, see the tutorial How to Download and Set Images as Your iPhone Wallpaper.
The iOS 9 Landscapes
The iOS 9 Moons
The iOS 9 Paint Explosions
The iOS 9 Plants
The iOS 9 Feathers
How to Set Up a VPN on Your Android Device (Lollipop)
This quick guide will show you how to set up a VPN on your Android device running “Lollipop” (version 5.x) …
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How to Set Up a VPN on Your iPhone
This tutorial will guide you through the steps to required to configure and use a VPN service on your iPhone (or iPad).
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How to “Pin” Apps on Your Android Device (So Your Child Can’t Access Anything Else)
In the latest version of Android (5.x, named “Lollipop”) Google has added the ability to “Pin” an App – which means only that App is accessible until it’s “Unpinned” – and that requires a 4-16 digit numerical code or password. This guide will show you how to enable “Pinning” on your Android device, and then how to use it. Finally you can hand your child a phone or tablet with Angry Birds open and know that when you get your device back, your email will still be there :) …
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How to Determine Which Version of Android You’re Using
This very short tutorial will show you how to figure out which “version” of Android your phone or tablet is using, and why it matters. …
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How to Add Music to Your Apple Watch
This guide will take you each step of the way through ‘uploading’ music to directly to your Apple Watch, so you can listen to something even when your iPhone isn’t around (or charged!) …
How to Create a Playlist on Your iPhone or iPad
This tutorial will take you through the steps required to create a Playlist directly on your iPhone or iPad, without having to use iTunes or other software on your Mac or PC. …
How to Enable USB Debugging in Android 5.x (Lollipop)
It’s a fairly easy two step process – first you have to enable Developer mode, then enable USB Debugging. Follow these simple steps and you’ll be ready to go in about 45 seconds. …
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How to Stop OneDrive From Asking You to Sign Up on Your Samsung Device
Every. Single. Day. If you don’t stop it, OneDrive will send you Notifications on a daily basis asking you to sign up for its service (Back Up Your Photos to OneDrive). If you try uninstalling OneDrive from your Samsung tablet or phone (probably a Galaxy), it will often re-install itself, and the Notifications return. Here are the (very few) steps to get OneDrive to stop asking you to sign up and/or send you Notifications.
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How to Take a Screenshot of Your Samsung Galaxy Tab A
Updated: This brief guide will explain how to take a screenshot on your Samsung Galaxy Tab A the easy way! …
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How to Keep Your iPhone Silent Except for Specific Contacts
It’s a bit more detailed and confusing than it should be, so this guide will take you every single step of the way through creating a “contact group” – which will allow you to add one or more specific contacts that will not be muted when you set your iPhone to “Do Not Disturb” (silent mode). Here goes! …
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