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Ghost image or screen burn-in are names given to permanent discoloration of your smartphone’s screen caused by irregular pixel usage. The prolonged use of static images can create a permanent shadow or ghost of that image on the screen. This problem is common and happens most often on OLED screens (although LCD displays aren’t always immune). In this article, we explore ways in which this issue can be fixed—and, more importantly, prevented from happening in the first place.
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HyperOS, Xiaomi’s new Android skin, did not introduce many new features compared to MIUI 14. However, there is one feature that I love about HyperOS (review): the ability to sort icons in your app drawer by color. I’ll show you how it works on your Xiaomi smartphone.
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7 Min.
One of the strong points of HyperOS, Xiaomi’s Android skin, is multitasking. You can open floating windows and split the screen of your Xiaomi smartphone in a very intuitive manner. HyperOS offers plenty of shortcuts for power users who want to do several things simultaneously. In this tutorial, I’ll show you the best HyperOS features to optimize multitasking on your Xiaomi smartphone.
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16 Min.
In 2017, during a visit to Rio de Janeiro, I discovered a standalone “view-master” device at a flea market. These gadgets are made to hold a small image that you can see by looking through a lens. The gadget I picked up featured an image of a person standing next to a console television—the ones that looked like pieces of furniture. Since televisions became popular in Brazil in the 1950s, and the TV in the picture looks like one that was sold between 1950 and 1970, I believe the photo in the view-master was probably taken during this time.
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Android phones popularized LED indicators, but those were phased out and replaced by always-on displays or flashlight alerts. In Android 14, Google integrated the feature back as flash notifications that utilize the camera LED and screen. This is a similar function already available on Samsung Galaxy phones. Here’s how to enable and use it on your Pixel.
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5 Min.
Are you looking for ways to capture scrolling screenshots on your Android smartphone? It turns out you have come to the right place! In this detailed article, we have listed several methods using which you can capture scrolling screenshots or long screenshots on your Android smartphone in just a few simple steps.
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3 Min.
Without fanfare, Google added a new experimental mode to the Pixel 8 smartphones: Desktop mode, similar to Samsung DeX or Motorola Ready For, the mode supports an external display, keyboard, and mouse to use the phone as a versatile desktop PC, learn how to activate the feature on the Google Pixel 8 Pro.
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The One UI Watch 5 software update introduced last year delivered a wide range of new functions to the Samsung Galaxy smartwatches. These include Universal Gestures which also ensure greater accessibility. In this guide, we tell you how to activate this and use the different gestures.
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10 Min.
Is your phone complaining that the memory is full? This is annoying, but can usually be solved with a few simple steps. In the following instructions, I grabbed a smartphone that was full and tried to free up as much storage space as possible, leaving my favorite apps and photos on it, of course.
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Security improvements on iOS have made it harder for thieves to make a stolen iPhone useful. But over time these bad actors continue to find even more ingenious ways to bypass new measures. In iOS 17.3, Apple added the Stolen Device Protection feature that significantly enhances security on iPhones, especially those with compromised passcodes. Here’s how you can activate and use the feature on your iPhone.