If you are annoyed by the Chrome’s new “Ask Gemini about” AI option on the browser’s text selection menu, the good news is you can remove it easily.
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Here you can find my posts about Android OS and devices.
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About 0.5 (0.5x) iPhone and Android Phone Cameras Trending on TikTok
The 0.5 or 0.5x camera zoom option is present on many iPhone and Android phones. It activates the ultrawide angle rear camera on a phone.
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How to Find Free MP3 Music Downloads via Android Phone, Computer (on Bandcamp)
Bandcamp is one of the biggest sources for legal free .mp3 music downloads on the Internet today. Not only that, it also provides high-quality audio formats such as .flac, .aiff and .wav, besides more compact but lower-quality .mp3 and .aac.
If you are a regular Bandcamp visitor, you probably know that the website’s search option doesn’t allow you to find only free music by filtering out paid tracks and albums. Here’s a pair of quick tips on how to find a plenty of free music downloads in .mp3 and other formats on Bandcamp via your Android phone or computer (Apple iPhones and iPads don’t allow direct audio file downloads. You have to use a computer to put downloaded music on your iPhone & iPad.)
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How to Reduce Skies and Walls Flickering Problem in iPhone Video Recordings?
While recording videos on my iPhone 11 with the default Camera app, I have been oftentimes experiencing a flickering problem. The flicker can be especially visible in bright video scene areas like skies or white walls when the lighting conditions in the scene change. For instance, when you move the focus of the camera from dark to bright areas of the scene or vice versa.
Many iPhone users report the same issue with other iPhone models, such as the iPhone 12 and 13 series. From watching phone camera videos on YouTube I have learned that some Android phones may have similar problem.
By the way, this flickering is different from the common flickering caused by LED light, which is fixable with the camera’s shutter speed change to match the frequency of the LEDs.
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How to Rename Photos, Videos, Documents and Other Files on Android?
Renaming photos, videos, documents, and other files on Android phones is easy.
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Android: How to Change Default Screenshots Folder, Save Them Directly to SD Card?
There’s no built-in setting on Android to change the screenshots save location and to save them directly to your phone’s SD / microSD card, for instance. But, you can use a third-party app called Auto File Transfer to save the screenshots as you take them to folders other than the default, including to the SD card.
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How to Turn On or Off TikTok Notifications on Android Phones (Samsung, Xiaomi…)?
On this page you can find out how to turn on or off TikTok notifications on Android phones by Samsung, Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, Motorola, Google, and others. The guide is applicable to phones with the current Android 12 version. On other recent Android versions the process is similar.
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How to Turn On or Off Instagram Notifications on Android Phones (Samsung, Xiaomi…)?
On this page you can find out how to turn on or off Instagram notifications on Android phones by Samsung, Xiaomi, Oppo, Vivo, Motorola, Google, and others. The guide is applicable to phones with the current Android 12 version. On other recent Android versions the process is similar.
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Can You Disable “Recently Added to Their Stories” Instagram Notifications?
No, there’s no way to disable Instagram’s “….recently added to their stories” notifications, other than disabling all Instagram notifications.
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What are 1080p, 4K, 24, 30, 60 Camera Settings in iPhone, Android Video Recording? Are They Important for Social Media Posting?
Resolution and fps video recording settings of the Camera app on an iPhone. Android phones have similar settings. In all relevant video recording apps on iPhones and Android phones, as same as in modern real cameras, there are video recording quality settings featuring resolutions such as 1080p and 4K and frames-per-second (fps) rates such as 24, 30, and 60. Here I’ll try to explain simply what they mean in practice.
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Can you Run Minecraft on Exynos 850 & Mali G52 (Samsung Galaxy A13, F13, M13, A21s, A12, F12, M12, A04 Core)?
My gameplay test showed that Minecraft can be played nicely on Android phones with the Exynos 850 chipset and Mali G52 graphics. With Fancy graphics setting turned on and 8-chunk distance, Minecraft run at above 30 fps, as you can see in the screenshots below.
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How to Stop Instagram Email Notifications?
You can stop receiving Instagram’s email notifications by:
- changing settings in the Instagram app,
- changing settings on instagram.com website or
- unsubscribing in emails you received from Instagram.