After installing Android Studio, the Android emulator takes a long time to start up. It appears to have hanged and other activities on the Ubuntu computer are not possible. This could be due to incorrect installation of kvm. To resolve this problem, open a terminal window and install kvm using the following command: $ sudo … Continue reading Install kvm on Linux Mint for Android Studio x86 or x86_64 version of Android emulator
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Shared hosting and WordPress
WordPress had recently upgraded it's code to work with PHP 7. Subsequently, each time I logged into the hosting provider account, I was always reminded by WordPress to upgrade the WordPress code and stay up to date with the latest security patches. Unfortunately, the hosting provider informed that the latest PHP 7 scripting language could … Continue reading Shared hosting and WordPress
How to debloat, remove crapware from Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro smartphone
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.. If you are one of those who is a technology connoisseur and love to compare specifications of smart phones before making a purchase decision, you need to be aware that the Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro with 6 GB Internal RAM, best display and camera is a … Continue reading How to debloat, remove crapware from Xiaomi Redmi Note 5 Pro smartphone
How to overcome Google Play Services Error for Android Messages
After the latest Android Messages update, Google Play Services keeps throwing an error each time you open the Android Messages App on the phone. This is because, Google Play Services wants to be granted the Body Sensors and the Microphone permissions. In case you do not want to receive the error, disable Android Messages App … Continue reading How to overcome Google Play Services Error for Android Messages
Google Play Store Gift Card
Ever wanted to purchase from Google Play Store and not have a risk of using a payment card? Worry not. There is a perfect solution by way of purchase of Google Play Store Card. It is available at most electronic stores in India. Activate it, and you are able to purchase any software. Note that … Continue reading Google Play Store Gift Card
Mind mapping software for Linux and Android
I needed to organize my thoughts on some subjects. Unfortunately, a paper and pencil could not take me very far in getting them organized due to the complexity of the subjects. I managed to solve the conundrum using Mind Mapping software. Funny, I never realised this existed for several years now on Linux and did … Continue reading Mind mapping software for Linux and Android
How to make your Android phone speak out text using Text To Speech
When it comes to using the default Google Text To Speech in Settings for making an Android phone speak out to you, there is a lot of complexity to deal with. Also, the fear that Google TTS wants you to select if it should read out your passwords to you. Put in a nutshell, Google … Continue reading How to make your Android phone speak out text using Text To Speech
Got an ANT VR head set, here is how to view movies on it
I bought an ANT VR headgear and on first use, found that the video I played was in landscape mode alright, but it was not viewable properly. I could see wrong image and distorted. Finally, I realized that we need an application to split the movie into 2 distinct images on the phone display for … Continue reading Got an ANT VR head set, here is how to view movies on it
Good Photo Editing / Touch up tools on Android
If you need to enhance the quality of the photos you take with your Android Phone, try these two applications to do so: 1. Snapseed 2. Pixlr You can auto fix and also work with lots of parameters to get just the right look for your photos.
How to calculate MD5 or SHA256 sums in Linux and Android
Many of us use Linux Distributions like Ubuntu, Fedora, available for free on the Internet. To install these distributions on our computers, we need to down their ISO files. Recently, the Linux Mint ISO was hacked and malware inserted into some of it's files. It was then repacked and put up on an external website. … Continue reading How to calculate MD5 or SHA256 sums in Linux and Android
