Monday 24 October 2016

Solution to reduce eye stress for prolonged pc use

Do you feel stress on your eyes while looking at your pc screen for several hours, specially at night hours. I think most people experience the same. Most application interface uses a bright white background and this bright background causes stress in our eyes. I have come up with several solutions to help your eyes.

how to reduce eye stress for pc useFist of all you can try to manipulate your application interface by changing settings i.e to change the background color from white to gray. This method works for Microsoft Office, Excel and Pdf readers.

But most application do not offer this feature. For example you can't change the background of a web page by changing settings of your browser. You can use a night mood ad-on for this purpose, but I do not find them useful.

If you are using a laptop then adjusting screen brightness may help you a lot, but still your background remains white. While searching for a remedy to this problem I have found a open-source software, that can help your eyes by warming the color of your computer screen after sunset. You can set your location to change your brightness automatically at sunset or manually adjust the brightness according to your room lighting condition just by sliding a bar. The software name is f.lux and it is totally free. It helps me a lot as I work in front of my pc most of the time.

F.lux usage





You can see the following video to get an idea about its function







Tuesday 6 September 2016

Venus Aqua Air Pump AP-208 Review


Venus Aqua Air Pump AP-208


- Comes with metal body and beautiful look
- It is only 2.5 W and runs on AC supply.
- It delivers 3L of air per minute (I don't know how to measure air quantity)
- Good copper wire motor with minimal noise level
- Have a control switch for speed control (two speed control option)
- And whats good is that I got one meter aquarium air pipe and a bubble stone free with it (actually it was a offer   by the seller it's not included in the package)

Only disadvantage is that the power cable too short.





My experience with Venus Aqua AP-208 is quite good. Though it is a Chinese product I am happy with it's performance. I'm using it for last one month in a hydroponics bucket for supplying air in my nutrient rich water. So far I have observed it provides good air supply with low noise, actually in my patio this noise can't be heard because outside noise is more than this air pump noise. 




Sunday 21 August 2016

Solution to selfie stick not detected by camera

Your selfie stick is not detected by your phone! You probably face this problem if you buy a selfie stick with 3.5 mm jack. This selfie sticks are relatively cheap and easy to use, because they don't have any fancy gear with them. But most of the built in camera apps in the smart phones can't detect the selfie stick. So how can we make our selfie stick recognized by our device.


First we need to download an app for this. This app is available in playstore and popular too. You can buy pro version, but free version will do what we want. So go to google play and search for SelfieShopCamera app. Download the app and install it. Now we need to configure some settings to make our selfie stick detected by the mobile. After this configuration just restart your phone and most of the camera apps like retrica, instagram, candycam etc. will recognize the selfie stick. Lets see how to configure SelfieShopCamera.



-First open SelfieShopCamera app. Then go to settings > Monopod Connection Wizard

selfie stick configuration

-Select Monopod with cable and go next

selfie monopod with cable detection

-Connect your Selfie Stick to your phone with cable and press the selfie button on the monopod

-New button detected message will appear on your screen and you can choose camera action for this button from the drop-down menu. By default it is -Capture (with Current Camera).

how camera will detect selfie stick

-Select Remember Button and this button action will be saved in phone memory.

-Now you can press your volume buttons to configure them as capture button too.

-Click next and then save this configuration. Restart your phone and you are all set to use your selfie stick with any cam app. Have fun.

how candycam will detect my selfie stick


Here's the complete video guide






Saturday 20 August 2016

How to fix invalid IMEI problem after flashing Android Device

It's always better to take a backup of your IMEI numbers with some kind of restore tools before flashing your device. Because after flashing or installing custom ROM your IMEI numbers will be wiped out. Find this post to see how to take IMEI backup and restore it.

Unfortunately if you did not take a backup there is no need for worry. Still you can make a backup file using your PC and restore it with mobile uncle tools. But this app needs root permission. See the process here. But if you do not want to root your device you can use the following method of writing IMEI number manually to solve invalid IMEI problem. But if you reset your phone you have to write the IMEI numbers again.

First go to your dial pad and type *#*#3646633#*#*



This will take you to Engineer Mode. Go to connectivity tab. Tap on CDS information.

Solve no network issue in Engineer Mode

Now click on Radio Information > Phone 1.

Repair invalid IMEI in Engineer Mode





































At the top of this page you will find AT+


After AT+ write EGMR=1,7"IMEI number"

repair invalid imei






































It should be like this: AT+EGMR=1,7,"123456789101112"

Now just tap on SEND AT COMMAND and after that restart your phone.

If your phone has two sim card slot repeat above process for
Phone 2 (AT+EGMR=1,10,"123456789101123") and restart your phone again.

Now check your IMEI number typing *#06# on your dial pad. Your no network issue is now solved.

Find this video for video tutorial on how to restore IMEI number manually.


Saturday 13 August 2016

How to Root your Android Device

A rooted android device has numerous benefits. A rooted device gives you access to system files and apps. So you can manipulate them according to your need to boost your device performance and increase battery backup. I am going to discuss about the benefits of rooted device in details after showing you how to root your android phone.

The most easiest way to root your phone is to use one click root apps. These apps work for most common devices. But some Chinese handset and phones with latest android OS can't be rooted with this apps. Don't worry still you can root your device using computer. First I am going to write about the apps.

You can use any one of the following apps for rooting your device. Just download them from their official website, install the app, run it and tap on root. For this process you need active Internet connection. If the app that you downloaded can't root your device, try another.

You won't get these apps on Google Play. So just search in Google with their name and download the app from their official website.

-KingRoot
-KingoRoot
-Oneclickroot 
-iRoot 

I personally use KingRoot. It was able to root three of my devices out of five. It also provides a computer software if the app fails to root your mobile, so that you can use your computer to root your device. You can uninstall it and your phone manufacturer won't be able to detect it after unistalling, so you will have your warranty. I have made a video with king root app to show you how I used it to root my device.

How to ROOT your android phone using PC

First download this software in your PC. It's a zip file so after download unzip it.
Now install android ADB driver.
Go to your phones settings >> Developer options and start USB Debug Mode.
Connect your phone to the pc with data cable.
Start  Runme.bat  file from the unzipped folder.
Select your phone model, if it isn't in the list select other and press enter.
The software will ask for a password, it is "12345"
Your phone will restart and after restart if you find an app called Super User in your app menu your phone is successfully rooted. Follow the video tutorial:

If you have problem understanding this process see my video





NB: Your handset's warranty may void if you root your device. So do it at your own risk. 

Monday 8 August 2016

How to install Custom ROM with SP Flash Tool in android devices

If your handset has an older version of operating system and you are facing difficulties while downloading some apps due to old version of OS then you should go for Custom ROM. On the other hand if your device get affected with viruses like most of the time a big annoying advertise covers your screen or unwanted apps are being installed without your permission then flashing your ROM with stock ROM is the only way to rectify your problem.

Installing Custom ROM has so many advantages. They are specifically modified for that particular handset. There will be minimum Bloatware apps so no hidden battery consumption, better performance and most of the time it is rooted. There are numerous advantages of a rooted device. I will talk about that later.

There are several web forums where you will get your handsets Custom ROM for free. But try to get them from trustworthy forums. Once you download the Custom ROM or Stock ROM for your handset, unzip it and start your PC in device driver signature disabled mode.

Now install your device drivers. If you face any problems with installing your drivers watch my video on how to install MTK device drivers in the post linked above. Normally Custom ROM comes with the device drivers, but if you don't have it just google search it or comment below, I will give you download link of common software for all MTK devices.

After installation of device drivers we will start SP Flash Tool in administrator mode. Now select download agent and scatter loading file. Download agent is normally located in the SP Flash Tool folder and named as "MTK_AllInOne_DA.bin". You can find your scatter file in the device Firmware folder, it is like : MT6582_Android_scatter.txt. Take a look at this picture to be clear.

How to flash with SP Flash Tool

Now we are ready to flash our android ROM. First go to format tab and check validation. Keep the rest as it was. Here is a picture for your better understanding:


How to use SP Flash Tool


Click start and connect your device with USB cable to the PC (most of the device get connected by this . If your device is not detected by your PC fist remove your device battery, and connect your device without battery with cable to PC. Now press and hold both of your device's volume buttons for five seconds. You will see a red line appear at the bottom of the SP Flash Tool and when the formatting is done a green tick mark will appear.

Now disconnect your phone and go to Download tab and click on download button. Again connect your phone to the PC with any one of the above method. A read line will appear at the bottom of SP Flash Tool and your custom ROM installation will begin. This may take about 5-10 minutes. Wait till green tick mark comes. Once the green tick mark comes close the flash tool, disconnect your device and start it. That's it, not that complicated. You can do it at your home, no need to pay the service centers. Find the following video if you have any problem to understand.


Sunday 7 August 2016

How to install MTK device drivers

It is a common problem that after installing android device drivers the computer can't detect the device. It is normal for most of the Chinese and non brand devices. You have to go through some specific steps to make your computer recognize the device. Today I am going to guide you on how you can install your MTK device drivers successfully. Driver download link is at the end of this post. 

First of all you have to start your computer in "device driver signature disabled mode".

How to run safe mood / device driver signature disabled mode in windows 7

It is easy for windows 7 users to do so. Just press F8 before the boot screen comes in. A page will appear like this:

how to disable driver signature enforcement in windows 7

Just select Disable Driver Signature Enforcement option with your arrow key and hit enter button. Now your PC is ready for MTK driver installation.

How to start windows 10 in device driver signature disabled mode

Go to start menu and select restart while keep pressing your shift button. Now select troubleshoot. From the next page select advanced options. Then select Startup Settings. After that click on Restart button. While booting up your computer will ask you for selecting startup settings. Press 7 and you are all set. This may be hard to understand, so I took a video of the total process. Check it out.


Now your PC is ready for your device driver installation. Most of the time the driver softwares will come with your Custom ROM or Stock ROM. First install ADB-Driver. Press "Y" for each question asked.

Now we need to install Android CDC drivers. For this first go to device manager. To go to device manager first go to my computer > Right click > Manage > Device Manager. Click on any icon, then go to Action > Add legacy hardware. Click next, then select Install the hardware that I manually select from a list (Advanced), again click next. Now click on any icon and then click next. Click on have disk and locate the "Android_Gadget_CDC_driver.inf" file from your hard disk drive. Click ok and then select Android Gadget VCOM Driver and click next. Continue clicking next until windows asks for verifying this software and click Install this driver software anyway. Similarly install "mtk_sp_usb2ser.inf" and we are done. Now we can use SP Flash Tools for installing ROM on our devices.

Watch the following video for how to install MTK device drivers for using with SP Flash Tool




Click here to download MTK Device Driver

Thursday 4 August 2016

How to make IMEI backup file with Mobileuncle MTK IMEI Write Tool

Suppose you forgot to take a backup of your IMEI number with Mobile Uncle Tools before flashing your android ROM. How will you make a "IMEI.bac" file to restore your IMEI number. Don't worry there is a software called Mobileuncle MTK IMEI Write Tool which you can use on your computer to make a backup file of your IMEI number manually. That is you have to put the IMEI number in the software with specific command. The whole process is fairly easy except the software language is in Chinese. So, today I am going to show you how you can use Mobileuncle MTK IMEI Write Tool to make "IMEI.bac" file. Download link is at the end of this post. 


How to use Mobileuncle MTK IMEI Write Tool to take backup of IMEI number

First of all run the program as administrator, otherwise it won't work. So, be careful about this. You will get the following interface.  It is quite impossible to understand its interface. Just press "Y" on your keyboard and hit enter.

Use of Mobileuncle MTK IMEI Write Tool

 It is quite impossible to understand its interface. Just press "Y" on your keyboard and hit enter.


Now write your fist IMEI number without any space and hit enter. Then it will ask for your second IMEI number.


Type your second IMEI without any space and hit enter. The software interface will be like this: 


Again press enter and your desired backup file will be created in the software directory folder as "IMEI.bac". Copy this file in your phones SD card, don't rename it and don't put this file in any folder. 

IMEI.bac file after manually creating backup file

Now launch mobile uncle tools and backup your IMEI number. See this post for how to restore IMEI number. Your Invalid IMEI problem is now solved.

If you need this software comment below, I will give you download link.

See my You-tube video for step by step tutorial :-


Monday 1 August 2016

How to take a backup of your IMEI number and restore it later after flashing

Take backup of your IMEI number before flashing or installing custom ROM on your android device. It is wise to take a backup of IMEI before installing custom ROM. Once you take a backup you can restore it easily.

There are several method for fixing your invalid IMEI problem. The method I am going to discuss here requires a rooted handset and mobile uncle tools. Mobile uncle tools is not currently available in play store, but there are several websites which offer free apk applications. So, just Google search "mobile uncle tools apk download" and then download and install it. If you don't know how to root your device see this post.


Taking backup of IMEI

Fix invalid IMEI problem

Now launch your mobile uncle app and allow root access. Now find "IMEI Backup Restore (MTK)" option and enter there. Now tap on Backup IMEI to SDCARD2(MTK). Your phone memory is SDCARD so don't take the backup there. Because it will be erased during flashing process. Data on your external SDcard will not be harmed. 

imei fixing with mobile uncle

rectify invalid imei problem



Restoring IMEI and fixing invalid IMEI problem

After flashing install Mobile Uncle Tools and give root permission. Then like before go to "IMEI Backup Restore (MTK)" option and then tap on Restore IMEI from SDCARD2(MTK). Allow permission and reboot. Your IMEI is restored. But remember if you gona factory reset your phone or hard reset you will loose your IMEI and need to go through the same process.

See the video for full step by step IMEI restoring process



If you don't want to root your device due to warranty there is an alternative method. Find this post for alternative method on mending invalid IMEI problem.

How to find out lost IMEI number

If you install custom ROM or flash your android mobile then you are to face this problem. While flashing your ROM all of your previous data will be lost so as your IMEI (International Mobile Equipment Identity) number. So, it is wise to take a backup of your phone IMEI with mobile uncle tool or similar ROM assistant tools. See this post if you don't know how to take backup of your IMEI.

Now coming to the point. How can we find our lost IMEI. Normally you can find it on your mobile phone box and over your phones circuit after removing the battery. But for Tabs and Chinese clone phones you won't be able to remove the battery and get IMEI sticker over the circuit. In this case your only friend is Google. Yeh! that's for sure Google can get you back one of your IMEI number (sorry if you use two SIM handset). For this you must have access to the Google account with which you were signed in through your mobile. Google stores one of your IMEI number after you sign in with your Google account from mobile. Lets see how can we get it.

First log on to your Google account. Go to dashboard. If you can't find the dashboard option just type Google dashboard in your address bar, Google will take you there.

Use google dashboard to get lost IMEI
Go to Google dashboard and scroll down. Find green android icon and click on the small arrow next to it. Google will show you a list of all devices which you have used to sign in to this particular account.
where to find my lost imei number
Now find out your device name and get the IMEI. Take a look at the following image. For security reasons I have erased some digits of my IMEI numbers.

method to get lost IMEI

Be sure you use the specific IMEI for your device. Don't use other devices IMEI for your current device which IMEI is lost. It is punishable offense to use one mobile's IMEI into another mobile phone.

Watch this video for complete visual guide on finding lost IMEI number