Extremely slow copying speeds when transferring files from android to PC? don’t worry this article will show you the fastest way to transfer files from android to PC.
Taking Too Much Time To Copy From Android
Why the slow transfer speeds?
I am not going into the details here, but the speed depends on the number of files and not the size of files. For eg: copying a single file of 2 GB takes only under a minute while copying hundreds of files of size 2 GB will take a lot of time. In the next step, I’ll show you how to fix this issue and make your copying absolutely fast.
Copying For The Rar FIle Will Be Faster Compared to The Folder
How to Speed Up Copying / Fastest Way To Transfer Files From Android To PC
So what we’ll be doing to increase the copying speeds is to reduce the large number of files to a single file by making folders into archives
Rar From Google Play Store
For that, we’ll be using Winrar for android to make our folders into ZIP/RAR archives. Click the download button to download RAR from Playstore
In the recent times of online jobs and work from home, people are looking for the best way to make money online. As the pandemic progressed so is our use of the internet, we all spend so much of our time behind screens, So I’ll be showing you a way in which you can turn that screen time into money.
We’ll be showing an Application called Brave Browser which we’ll be using to make our 8$ a month doing absolutely nothing.
What is Brave Browser
Brave is a privacy-focused web browser that is available in Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Android, and IOS. Brave Browser is based on the chromium-browser engine (Browser is built with code from Google Chrome). Brave is made by the same team that is behind the CryptoCurrency BAT. Brave has several good features like tracking protection, ad blocking and several other security fixes that even chrome doesn’t yet have, they even went to the next level, writing an article stating why Brave is Better than Chrome.
Brave Rewards
Brave Browser has a feature called brave rewards in which brave users can earn BAT for viewing 3rd party ads. Brave serves only two types of ads, one is as a push notification with a title and a text with no image, and the other is a home page background. Brave gives 75% of the ad revenue for every ad viewed, and you can view a maximum of 5 ads per hour, up to 21 ads per day.
The ads are in no way linked to us and all brave users get the same ads. There is also an option to tip your brave rewards earnings to your favourite brave partnered creators.
Step 2: Open Brave and Select the Start using Rewards button, the steps are the same for both android and IOS
Step 3: Click on the triangle icon on the address bar and select the option, Reward Settings
Step 4: Scroll down and turn off auto contribute, else all your earnings will be automatically tipped to brave verified creators.
Your Brave rewards are now ready. During our use, we made 6 BAT in both our phone and PC that is around 1,500 Rupees or around 20 USD in a month.
Withdraw BAT from Brave
In PC, withdrawing BAT from brave is pretty simple, on the sixth day of every month your brave ad revenue will credit to your brave wallet, you can click verify wallet to transfer that BAT to your Uphold Wallet, from there you can transfer it directly to your bank account(Requires KYC verification).
In smartphone, it is a bit difficult as it requires a balance of 25 BAT to verify your wallet. There is a way you can get past this, I’ll be doing an article on that soon.
Whatsapp cannot access or see your messages, they are End to End Encrypted, that means only the sender and the receiver can see or read the plain text form of the message. Whatsapp Uses The Signal Protocol designed by Open Whisper Systems to encrypt their Messages (Encryption Protocol From the Signal App).
Recently Whatsapp users across the globe started getting a popup while using Whatsapp stating that there’s an update to their Privacy and policy, which users need to agree before 8th of February to continue using Whatsapp or else users should uninstall Whatsapp From their Phones. The new privacy policy brings some significant changes to how Whatsapp collect and use users data. You can read Whatsapp new Privacy Policy from here
The news of Whatsapp updating their terms and conditions have caused quite a controversy and tons of people switching from Whatsapp to a more secure solution like The Signal Messenger which is an open-source non-profit messaging app which offers better encryption and privacy.
In this article, we will cover all the details about the new updated privacy policy from Whatsapp and how it will affect us, users. We will also debunk all the myths that are floating around about the new update. We will also take a look at Signal Messenger and show you how it’s better from Whatsapp and other alternatives.
Whatsapp New Privacy Policy Update
Whats In The Whatsapp New Privacy Policy
Before going into the details, we’ll debunk the biggest myth that is floating around since the new privacy policy update. Whatsapp cannot access or see your messages, they are End to End Encrypted, that means only the sender and the receiver can see or read the plain text form of the message. Whatsapp Uses The Signal Protocol designed by Open Whisper Systems to encrypt their Messages (Encryption Protocol From the Signal App). Some medias claiming that Whatsapp is no longer safe to convey your private messages is completely false.
The new updated privacy policy from Whatsapp aims at transparency on how Whatsaap collects and uses users data. Whatsapp will now share these data with facebook and could link this collected data with your facebook/instagram profiles to serve you more relevant ads.
Here are the list of information collected by Whatsapp
Your Account Info – Profile Picture, Mobile Number, Name, About
Undelivered/Forwarded Messages (Encrypted) – Frequently forwarded and Undelivered Messages are kept for 30 days, these messages are not in plain text form
Your Contacts – All the saved contacts in your phone
Status – Text or Media Status
Transactions And Payments Data – UPI and Payments data from Whatsaap Pay
Usage And Log – When you are offline/online, When about is updated, the time you use the app.
Location Information – Accurate/Approximate Location
Businesses On WhatsApp – Business can share your messages with them to a third party
Third-Party Service Providers – Share the above-collected data with Facebook and other third parties
Whatsapp showing Battery Info (Courtesy: WABetainfo)
All the above information were previously collected by Whatsapp, the only notable new change is their transparency about sharing their information with Facebook and third party. Here is the link to where you can read the previous privacy policy from Whatsapp and you can see for yourself which data they were previously collecting and sharing with third parties.
Conclusion About The Whatsapp New Privacy Policy
Even though Collecting these data by Whatsapp means less privacy, the recent controversy regarding Whatsapp is entirely based on some myths and rumours floating around about Whatsapp. As Whatsapp is a closed source app we can’t be 100% sure what happens behind the app.
So the conclusion is that Whatsapp is as safe as it was before, as they are not intercepting our messages and are end to end encrypted by their claims.
But if you are extremely cautious about privacy and don’t want Facebook collecting these data you can switch to an open source solution, Namely Signal.
Why Use Signal, How is it Better From Whatsapp
Signal is an open-source encrypted messaging platform that is available on Windows, Mac, Android, IOS. As the app is open source the entire code and working of the app is publicly available on Github, This means there is transparency in the privacy of the service and the tech community from across the globe can see the source code and report any problems or any privacy violations to the community.
Signal Android App
Signal has other privacy feature that Whatsapp lacks such as Screen Security, Disappearing Messages, Encrypted Chat backup and is completely secure. Even the Whistle Blower Edward Snowden has recommended signal messenger as it is secure.
If you are this concerned about your privacy, just enquire how much data your android phone collects and sends to google and how much data your Instagram and Facebook apps collect. Warning: you might throw your phone away 😉
We all know that being an undergraduate student requires a lot of self-learning practical knowledge and of course a lot of research and having a laptop is a necessity. In this era of high-end processors and feature-packed devices, finding the best device for your optimal use is an arduous task. Looking at the budget section, the laptops you may get may have a slow processor or be of low quality. This is where we take a peek into a section of laptops that mostly go unnoticed- the Refurbished laptops section.
Being an engineering student I was in desperate need of a laptop that would be at a price below 20,000 rupees and that’s when I stumbled upon this amazing Thinkpad T430 Laptop which was available at Amazon for around 19,000 rupees.
As we all know Thinkpads have a reputation of being extremely durable and portable and yes definitely worth the money. Oh, and who can forget the iconic track-point !!!
My Thinkpad T430 though came Refurbished with Windows 10 Professional, Windows 10 office suite, and a 3rd gen intel core i7 processor which is surprisingly smooth on my device considering it has been almost a year after my purchase.
Though not as smooth as the new high-end models available in the market right now, the refurbished laptop section should be the place to look for budget-friendly devices, especially if you are a student who just needs a laptop to help them through their school, college, or university. Company refurbished certified laptops like these can run software like AutoCAD pretty smoothly.
Though beware of certain things when you are buying a refurbished Laptop or any device for that matter. Be sure to stick with sites like Amazon, eBay, Flipkart (2GUD), etc who feature certified Refurbished products and sellers. It’s better to stay away from sketchy third-party sites. Also, do your homework on which device you want to select for your optimal use. And finally, buy devices with come with a warranty as these are refurbished products.
The refurbished laptop section is a section that goes unnoticed most of the time, but when you come to think of it, having a good device with excellent specs, even though a little old and refurbished is very much better than buying a cheap laptop with moderate specs and low quality. And when you are getting a laptop from a reputed company like Lenovo, it’s an absolute steal.
Google recently rolled out its Nearby share feature, which lets you share files between android device without any trouble seamlessly. The android community has long been asking for an Android equivalent for IOS feature Airdrop. This announcement came not long after the government of India banned the two most used file transfer apps used here in India.
How Nearby Share Works
With Nearby Share, Android users can quickly share files to nearby users with the tap of a button. After tapping the “share” button in an app, users can share file(s) by selecting the “Nearby Share” option. Nearby users will then get a notification that someone wants to share content with them. Users will always have the option to “accept” or “decline” the file, so files are never transferred without explicit confirmation. After tapping “accept”, the file(s) are transferred using the best available communication protocol: Bluetooth, Bluetooth Low Energy, WebRTC, or peer-to-peer WiFi. Thus, files can be shared even when the sender and recipient devices are both fully offline.
Nearby share works only if your contact is in the recipient’s phone, also we can change the visibility to a specific contact to further improve privacy.
We can choose who can share with us
Google announced that the nearby share functionality will roll out to Android users on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow) and above through a google play service update. As of now, nearby share is available only for google play service beta users.
Get Nearby Share Now!
The easiest way to get nearby share on your android device is to sign up for the google play services bet program. Click on the link below and join the beta program.
After you’re a beta tester wait for the beta update to arrive, and after the update, nearby share will automatically roll out to you after some time.
Nearby share can also be used to share files from android to chromebooks or vice-versa. If you found this article helpful, please share it with your Friends.
With the release of WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux), we can install a Linux machine inside windows itself without going through the hassle of setting up a virtual machine or dual booting.
You can run the Ubuntu terminal inside windows just like you open an app.
Before we begin installing WSL make sure you are running on windows 10 version 1607 or above, to check your version press WINDOWS + R which opens the run dialogue, type in winver and press enter.
Mine is version 2004 so I will proceed with the installation if you don’t have the recommended minimum version go to settings and update to the latest version of Windows 10.
Installing WSL
First step is to run windows Powershell as an administrator and run the following command and press enter
Set Up a Username and password for your Ubuntu System (The password won’t show while you are typing)
Setting Up Ubuntu
Now we’ll install our compiler, for that run the following command and enter your password when prompted.
sudo apt install gcc
When prompted with this: “Do you want to continue? [Y/n]” type y and press enter
Installing GCC Compiler
It’s Going to take a while. After it is done, your C compiler is ready,
Do your C program in the text editor of your choice, I recommend sublime text or Visual Studio Code. For this article I will use Notepad.
C Program
Save the file as yourname.c , the next step is to compile the program, for that open the folder that contains the C file and Hold down on shift key and right click on the mouse. You’ll see an option “Open Linux Shell Here” clicking on it will open up Ubuntu.
Open Linux Shell Here
Now type in the following commands to compile your program, the syntax should be ” gcc yourname.c ” and to run the program ” ./a.out ” . In this case the command is
gcc abc.c
./a.out
Program Compiled
There you go, your C compiler with WSL is set up and ready to go, please share this article with your friends who are looking for a good C compiler for windows 10.
Xiaomi entered the laptop market in India by launching Mi notebook 14 and Mi notebook 14 horizon edition. Both notebook 14 and the notebook 14 horizon edition comes with 10th gen intel processors. and optional Nvidia Geforce graphics cards. The laptop comes with Windows 10 home edition with a one month free Trial of office 365, it also has Mi blaze unlock tool which lets you unlock the laptop quickly with your mi band. Xiaomi also stated in their launch event that the laptops will come with mi quick share which lets you transfer files between your PC and your android smartphone quickly.
The Mi notebook 14 has a 14-inch full HD thin-bezel display, it is powered by a 10th Gen intel core i5 processor and optional Nvidia Geforce MX250 with 2GB of VRAM and 8GB of DDR4 Ram, it has a maximum of 512GB SATA SSD storage, the laptop lacks a webcam due to the thin bezels. Talking about the battery Xiaomi claims a 10 hour usage time under normal conditions and the laptop has fast-charging. The laptop comes under the thin and light category weighing just under 2 Kg.
Mi Notebook 14 Horizon Edition also has the same 14-inch full HD display, it is powered by a 10th Gen intel core i5/i7 and an Nvidia Geforce MX350 with 2GB of VRAM and 8 GB DDR4 RAM, It has a storage of 512 GB which is available in either SATA SSD or NVMe M.2 SSD. Different from the Mi Notebook 14, Xiaomi provides a USB webcam in the box.
Mi Notebook 14 Horizon Edition
The Mi Notebook 14 Horizon edition Comes in 2 Variants
The laptop has a metallic body which is made up of an aluminium magnesium alloy, talking about the ports, it has 2 USB 3.1 ports, one USB 2.0 port, 1 USB type C port which is for both data and charging, it also has an HDMI port and a 3.5mm audio jack.
The 46 Wh battery is claimed to have a life of up to 10hrs in normal conditions.
The Mi notebook will be available for sale starting June 17, through Amazon, Mi.com and Mi Stores
Are you considering to buy an iPhone 6 from an unknown source? you must know these tips to make sure that the phone you’re getting your hands on is not a Fake iPhone 6.
99% of the iPhone clones run on a heavily skinned version of android which is made to look like the real deal, in this article I’m going to cover some tricks by which you can easily spot the difference and determine if it’s a clone or not.
Tip #1: Google Play Store
You guys already know that there is no google play store in an iPhone. Take the phone and search for Play Store in the apps list of your phone there is a likely chance that there will be no option even though it is a fake, now open the apple app store and see what pops up, if a google play store opens up instead of the apple app store it’s obviously a fake.
Play Store in an iPhone
Tip #2 : Take a Screenshot
The first thought you’ll have is, how will a screenshot help detect a clone? If you take a screenshot on your android phone it will show up as a notification in your notification bar as “android system”, the same can be found on clone iPhone’s, most of the clones forget to fix this sort of minor details. So the steps to keep in mind are to take the screenshot and check the notifications and see the title of the screenshot and check if it says android system.
Android system in an iPhone
Tip #3 : The Camera
Another quick way to find if an iPhone is a clone is to open the camera and switch between the different camera modes, such as portrait and square mode, in most clones all the different photo modes will probably look the same. and some clone’s will also ask to insert an SD card before taking a photo, iPhones don’t have SD card slots.
iPhone Camera
Tip #4 : Touch id
Touch id’s in most clone iPhone’s are decoys, they are there to just fooling someone into thinking it’s the real deal for long enough. If you enrol a finger in the touch id and use that finger to unlock, it will work, the thing you’ll take time to notice is that any finger you place on the touch id sensor will work and unlock your phone.
Realme Launched their first smartwatch in their 25th May event along with several items like the Realme TV, Powerbank and Buds air neo. The Realme watch offers tons of features that are unbelievable in this price range.
Realme Smartwatch
The Realme Watch has a 1.4-inch colour touch screen display with 320 x 320 resolution, the pixel density is 323 PPI and has a max brightness of 380 nits, the screen is 2.5D Corning Gorilla Glass 3
Features of the Watch
Realme offers an awesome deal for the price, the watch offers many fitness tracking features along with some smart features like smart notifications, music control, photo capture, mute and reject calls, unfortunately, you can’t attend calls and speak through the watch as there is no inbuilt microphone or speaker. The watch attracts fitness enthusiast with its several fitness modes and sleep tracking, a reminder to drink water and meditation feature. Realme has also put a Blood Oxygen level, which is awesome for this price range. The watch also has real-time heart rate monitoring.
The watch comes with 12 watch faces as of now, Realme says it will release more watch faces in the future via an update through the app Realme Link, it packs a 160mah battery which is claimed to last for 7 days under normal conditions, the watch is also said to have a dedicated battery saver mode that lets you run it for 20 days on a single charge.
The watch has Bluetooth 5.0 and it connects to your phone via the app Realme link.
Quick Specs Overview
Price
₹3,999
$50
Appearance
Size：36.5*11.8*256mm(W*H*L)
Weight：31g
Wrist strap
Type：Removable wrist strap
Width：20mm
Adjustable length：164-208mm
Battery
Battery：160mAh(BIS)
Theoretical working time：7 to 9 days
Battery life on Power Saving Mode：20 Days
* 7 days with heart rate monitor ON; 9 days with heart rate monitor OFF
Screen
Screen size：3.5cm(1.4”)
Resolution：320*320
Full screen touch
Sensor
3-axis Accelerometer
Heart Rate Sensor
Rotor Vibration Motor
IP68(1.5m) Water Resistance Rating
Connectivity
Bluetooth 5.0
realme Link APP
Android 5.0+
Health monitor
Automated Heart Rate Measurement, 24-hour Real-time Heart Rate, Resting Heart Rate, Exercise Heart Rate, heart Rate Alert, Blood Oxygen Measurement, Sleep Detection, Steps Throughout the Day, Calories, Distance, Water Reminder, Idle Alert, Activity Records
Rooting is still something people are sceptical about doing, in most cases you will void your warranty and there are a lot of myths floating around that says you’ll completely destroy your phone, so most people just stay away from rooting, but most of us have faced instances that require root access, whether it be for recovering that precious picture that we accidentally deleted or for anything else, or to try out some awesome applications that only worked on rooted devices.
Worry no more you can have root access without going through the hassle of the rooting process or the worry of losing your warranty/bricking your phone.
This application (VMOS), let’s you install a virtual machine on your smartphone that has root access. This is perfect for users who wants to test out root applications without actually rooting their phone.
Root access
Here are the steps on how you can get root access with VMOS.
First Download VMOS from the link below (the app was previously available on the play store but was later removed, this link is to their website)
Now install and open the app, allow installation from unknown sources or you’ll not be able to install the app. It’s going to take a while for it to open for the first time.
After it boots up open it’s settings and select system settings.
Open Settings and select System Settings
Scroll down and select About phone and tap on the build number several times till developer option is enabled.
Tap on build number several times to enable developer options
Now go to developer options, you’ll find the option to turn on root access there, turn it on and restart VMOS you’ll get root.
You Have Root!
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