Showing posts with label android. Show all posts
Showing posts with label android. Show all posts

How To Block Ads In Android Smartphones Using Private DNS

In android smartphones, most of the apps show unwanted ads and pop-ups. It may be irritating to the user. There are a lot of methods to block these ads from showing up. Most used method is by using third party ad-blocking apps. You can download apps such as Adblock Plus, AdGuard and AdLock to block ads on your smartphone. Most of these apps need root permission for blocking ads effectively. But there is an another method for blocking the ads which uses the private dns.

Smartphones with Android 9 or later comes with Private DNS feature. This feature can be used for blocking the ads. The biggest advantage of this feature is that you don't need to download any app on your smartphone and you get system-wide ad-blocking without root access. Adguard dns is used for blocking malicious ads and pop-ups.

Steps to set up Adguard DNS

  • Make sure your device runs on Android 9 or later.
  • Go to Settings>Network&Internet Settings>Private DNS
  • In Oneplus devices, Settings>Wifi&Internet>Private DNS
  • For Samsung Galaxy devices Settings>Connections>More Connection Settings>Private DNS
  • If you cannot find the Private DNS option, then simply search Private DNS in Settings search bar.

Private DNS

  • Then select Private DNS provider hostname and enter the hostname of DNS provider as 'dns.adguard.com'.
  • For family protection mode(for blocking adult content) enter the hostname of DNS provider as 'dns-family.adguard.com'.
  • Hit Save and exit from the Private DNS menu. That's it. Now your device will block most of the ads and pop-ups.

Nubia Z17 Mini with dual-rear camera setup launched in India at Rs. 19,999

ZTE Nubia has launched its Nubia Z17 Mini smartphone with dual rear camera setup in India. The device is priced at Rs.19.999 and will be available via Amazon from June 12.

The Nubia N17 Mini features a 5.2-inch Full HD display with 1920 x 1080pixels resolution. The screen also has a pixel density of 424ppi and it comes with Corning Gorilla Glass protection. The smartphone is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 652 Octa-Core 64 bit processor coupled with 4GB RAM. The device possesses an internal storage of 64GB which can be expanded upto 200GB via microSD card. 

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The Nubia Z17 Mini comes with a dual-rear camera setup consisting of two 13MP Sony IMX258 sensors - Sony full-light MONO sensor and a true color RGB sensor. The dual rear camera setup has a 3D mode that creates interactive 3D pictures. On the front the device has a 16MP sensor with 80° wide angle lens and F2.0 aperture. 

The phone runs on Nubia UI 4.0 based on Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The Connectivity options of this device include Bluetooth 4.2, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n/ac, GPS, GLONASS, and USB Type-C port. The Nubia Z17 Mini is backed by a 2950mAh non-removable battery

How to get the Google Pixel Phone Look in any Android smartphone

Pixel Launcher is the home screen experience for the Pixel and Pixel XL phones by Google. But you can make your phone look like Google Pixel Phone by using Nova launcher and Pixel Icon Pack.

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Just follow the steps for making your phone look like Google pixel.

1. Download Nova Launcher & set it as your default home.

2.  Apply Pixel Icon pack to Nova Launcher

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3. Change Nova Launcher settings as follows

  Desktop Settings
  • Desktop Grid - 5x5
  • Icon Layout - Change the icon size to 120%. Set the Label to 'Condensed' and change the size to the second tick in the bar.
  • Width padding - Medium
  • Height padding - Large
  • Search bar style - Select the pixel style search bar(Select the 'G' logo with the white oval). Then tap 'Bar color' and set it to white. Scroll down and select the colored 'G'.
  • Page Indicator - None
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 App & Widget Drawers 
  • Drawer app grid - 5x5
  • Card Background - Off
  • Swipe to Open - On
  • Scroll Accent Color - Set the Scroll Accent Color as 'Teal'. It’s the first option in the fourth row.
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Dock Settings

In Dock Background
  • Shape - Rectangle 
  • Color - White
  • Transparency - 85%
  • Draw behind navigation bar - On
That's it. Now you can enjoy the Google Pixel look in your android smartphone.

How To Hack Any Android Game On Rooted Android Smartphone

In these days, most of the android users don’t know what they can do with their rooted android smartphone. By rooting a smartphone you can unlock your sytem files. By using different applicatons you can edit the system properties and improve the system performance and much more. Also, you can easily edit almost every android game data with root access.

Here I am going to hack ‘Tennis 3D’ game on any rooted smartphone using a simple file manager. By using a root file manager anyone can edit the game data by the following steps. By editing the internal game data, you can make free unlimited money in your game. 

Steps to hack Tennis 3D game on any rooted android smartphone

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  • First you need to install root file manager like ‘Root Explorer’ from Playstore and grant root access to the file manager via Superuser.
  • Open the root explorer and go to data folder inside the data folder (Data>>Data) from the Root folder.
  • Then you can see data folders of each application installed in your phone. For hacking Tennis 3D game, go to the ‘com.cg.tennis’ folder.
  • All your game data will be saved inside ‘shared_prefs’ folder. Inside the ‘shared_prefs’ folder open ‘com.cg.tennis.xml’ file in text editor. There you can see different variables and values relating to the game data.
  • For increasing the money you need to find the ‘player_sum_coining’ and change its value to a higher number.
          For example, find the following line in the file.

          <int name =”player_sum_coining” value=”xxxx”/>

         Here “xxxx” will be the money you have in your game. In order to change the money edit 
          the value as shown below(increase the value to a higher number).

        <int name =”player_sum_coining” value=”5000000”/>
  • Then save the file and exit the root explorer. Now open Tennis 3D game and goto store and check your money in your account. It will be 5000000.

BlackBerry to launch its first Android smartphone Priv in India on January 28

BlackBerry Priv androidBlackBerry is all set to launch its first Android-powered smartphone, BlackBerry Priv, in India on January 28. BlackBerry has first unveiled Priv in October last year. The smartphone went on sale in the US and Canada in November. BlackBerry Priv was priced at $699 in the US (approximately Rs 47,000) and the price in India is also expected to be the same.

Priv combines the best of BlackBerry security and productivity with the expansive mobile application ecosystem available on the Android platform. The company has sent invites for the launch event scheduled to be held in New Delhi on January 28.

The phone comes with a 5.4-inch display and is powered by a 1.8 GHz hexa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 808 SoC coupled with 3GB RAM. It also comes with 32GB of internal memory which is expandable up to 2TB by using microSD card. The phone only supports single SIM. The 4G handset runs Android Lollipop OS and sports an 18MP rear camera and a 2MP front-facing camera. The handset is backed by a 3,410 mAh battery.

Android Marshmallow

Google has announced that the upcoming Android M is Android 6.0 Marshmallow. The third and final version of the Android M developer preview has also been released. Google not revealed the releasing date of latest Android M. Android 5.0 Lollipop is the last launched version of Android.
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Linux kernel based Android mobile phone OS is currently developed by Google. Most of the mobile phones in the world is powered by Android OS. iOS is the main competitor of Android. Latest version of iOS is iOS 9. 

Android versions are following an alphabetic order. Android 1.1 and 1.2 are not publically named. Commercial version of android starts with the version ‘Cupcake’. The versions are as follows.

1.5 Cupcake

1.6 Donut

2.0 Eclair

2.2 Froyo

2.3 Gingerbread

3.0 Honeycomb

4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich

4.1 Jellybean

4.4 KitKat

5.0 Lollipop

6.0 Marshmallow
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