Android Phone Batteries

1. Charging Your Device:

In case you are making use of an Android device then you are required to charge your device at least once a day which becomes almost every day. Regular charging of the battery obviously increase battery life as well as battery backup time. Remember don't use your phone if your battery is below 10 % untill and unless in emergency cases.


2. Adjusting Screen Brightness:

The brightness of your phone’s screen normally consumes all of your device’s battery. For this reason it has been advised that you must make use of the auto brightness feature as much as possible. If your gadget does not have the auto brightness setting adjusted then you are required to opt for something that works as a default for your device.


3. The Background:

You love to have wallpapers on your backgrounds; well you need to be aware of the fact that it is an activity which consumes a lot of battery and that also on a continuous basis. Other than that, this activity also consumes some segment of your processor as well as its runs on your device continuously. If you overlook this and still prefer having live wallpapers on your main screen then you will come across the issue of battery drain and there is simply no reason to complain about it at all.


4. GPS and Wi-Fi:

While the GPS app is turned ON in your device, it is going to consume a large amount of not only the processors memory but also the battery of your device. Therefore, it is advised to make use of the GPS feature only when you need it. In this regard, you can make use of the Foursquare app as it consumes less battery when running.


5. Wi-Fi:

Same goes for the Wi-Fi. If it has been turned on all the time, then it is going to drain your device’s battery life. Therefore, you need to make use of the feature only when you need it.


6. 3G Connectivity:

You would certainly love to make use of 3G but mostly while you are connected to the Internet via 3G network on your Android phone, the battery of your device will drain out quickly. It is not anything related to a defect of your device, as a matter of fact, 3G as well as 4G networks consume too much of battery as the connectivity is quick.


7. Wireless Radio:

Same is the case with the Wi-Fi radio. This is for the reasons that the wireless radio is always in search for the signals which need some power; hence it drains out your device’s battery. Therefore, you should avoid making use of the wireless radio.


8. End and Kill Processes:

You must be aware of the fact that there are some applications which run on a continuous basis on your device. Thus, you need to turn such apps off by simply killing them in case you are not making use of them.


9. Disable Applications That Sync Constantly:

Some of the Android devices run such applications that sync and update constantly. These apps simply drain your battery life as it operates without you using them. Therefore, you should turn them off especially when you are not using them.


10. Power Extender Apps:

You can easily extend the battery of your Android device with various power control applications such as Juice Defender and Any Cut.

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How to unroot and repair bricked Samsung Galaxy Y S5360

Unroot and repair Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 using Odin- Flash Stock ROM

Most users of Samsung Galaxy Y have been tired of the boring old looks and dared to venture into new ROMs and styles. Many have successfully transformed their precious device but few experienced problems like losing IMEI/Reception, Messaging, or even bricking. 


This method will bring back your stock Galaxy Y and you will be able to try and correct the errors from last encounter. This method is mainly for 'Bricked Users', but those of you who wish to revert back to Stock ROM, can also try this method. This method is also be used to unroot your device so that you can gain the warranty of your mobile which was void by rooting.
Before you begin:

1. Be sure that you have make a proper backup of all necessary data of your device.
2. Confirm that the device have at least 75% battery backup.
3. Download Latest firmware for the device.
4. Download Samsung driver or Samsung kies (driver included) and install on your computer.

Procedure:

1. Download Odin for Galaxy Y S5360
2. Extract the Odin folder using winrar and open the Odin folder to run the Odin.
3. Put your device in download by pressing Volume Down, Home button and Power button simultaneously.
4. Now it will ask you to press VOL UP button. Press VOL UP.
5. When your phone has entered into download mode, connect it to your PC using USB cable.
6. Now your device will be detected,( On task manager stop all processes related to kies)
7. Next select each files from the extracted folder for ODIN.
• PIT File: Click on the pit file option on ODIN, and now select the PIT file from extracted firmware folder.
•  Bootloader: Select Boot file from extracted folder.
• PDA: select the PDA file from folder
• PHONE: Be careful in this step, you have to select the MODEM file instead of PHONE file from folder.
• CSC: Select the GTS5360 named file.
8. After selecting all files, Press START button on ODIN. The Flashing process will start now. You can see a blue progress bar moving slowly. This shows that the flashing process is being done.
9. Wait for the process to finish.Make sure the USB cable is plugged in and never disconnect the device while process is going on.
10. After everything is finished, you can see a green colored bar appearing with PASS printed on it. Now the phone will restart automatically. Allow it to restart.
    
11. Once restarted the phone will be brought back to factory settings and will be unrooted also. 

There you have it, Your Galaxy Y has been restored to factory settings !!!!

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How To Update Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830i With JellyBean ROM

Update Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830i JellyBlast 4.1.1 ROM

Samsung Galaxy Ace is a well accepted android phone all over the world, which was updated as Ace plus with enhanced features later on. It comes with Ginger bread 2.3. It possesses 832 Mhz CPU and 5MP camera. Since its configuration doesn't suite JellyBean, no official updates are available. You can upgrade your phone to Android 4.1.1 Jelly Bean Operating System by installing this custom ROM. The Rom is called JellyBlast.

Instructions Before Start:

• Create backup of all data. We are not responsible for any damage to phone. You have to root your device and have CWM recovery installed for doing this Update. Also maintain at least 70% battery on your device. Disable all antivirus and firewalls too.
• Before Starting: Root Your Ace. Please visit  How To Root Galaxy Ace S5830i for rooting your device and installing CWM recovery in your device.
• Make sure USB Drivers are installed properly in your computer.
• Make sure USB Debugging is enabled. Go to “Settings > Applications > Development” and Check USB Debugging.

Procedure:

1. Download JellyBlast 4.1.1 (JELLYBLASTV3.0.3.zip)
2. Connect your device to your computer and copy the downloaded Rom file to your SD card.
3. Disconnect your device from computer and boot into Recovery Mode. To do so, first switch off your device and then PRESS AND HOLD Volume Up, Home and Power Buttons together till you see some text on the screen.
4. Use home button to select and Volume Up/Down buttons to navigate in the recovery mode.
5. Now select “Wipe data/factory reset” from Recovery Menu.
6. Then, perform a cache wipe by selecting “wipe cache partition”.
7. Then select "install zip from SD card" and in the coming page select “choose zip from SD card”.
8. Now select the "JellyBlast.zip" ROM file you copied earlier to SD card and confirm it.
9. Now you have to wait till the process is finished. It will take some time.
10. When installation completes, you will get a confirmation. Next go to main menu and select Reboot "System Now", and wait for it to restart.
11. Please note that first time rebooting takes quite some time. No need to panic. 

Congratulations! You have successfully installed JellyBlast 4.1.1 Custom Firmware on your Galaxy Ace S5830i.

Note: If it takes too long to boot or stuck at the logo then remove your battery, insert it again and go to recovery mode and select “wipe cache partition” then Reboot.

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How to increase internal memory of Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830i

How to Increase Internal Memory Samsung Galaxy Ace & Install A2SD

If you are user of Samsung Galaxy Ace, there are high chances you could have encountered the low internal memory space error while installing applications or accessing regular functions/during regular usage in the phone. This happens as the internal memory space that’s available to use is so low that another application cannot run or install using the free memory available.

If you follow the following process you can extend the internal memory in your phone and use the memory for installing the applications as your wish. But the performance of  RAM and processor are low. That's why you may not run the very heavy applications at once in your device.

Proceedure:

• Your device should be rooted. Please visit the post How to root Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830I for rooting your device.
• Download the MiniTool Partition Wizard Software and install it on your computer.
• Now, insert your microSD card into an empty microSD-SD Card and plug it into your computer through the card reader. Note that you should not access the files of the memory card through the phone or its mass storage device mode and this has to be strictly followed.
• Now, copy all the files within the memory card and back it up locally on your computer. This is very important as during this process, all the data from the memory card will be erased while re-partitioning occurs.
• Now, open the MiniTool that was installed previously in Step 1 and select SD Card.
• Right click on the option and pick ‘Delete’. Upon confirmation, the contents of the memory card are now deleted.
• Now, right click and click on ‘Create New’. Here, choose FAT32 file type and allocate a good amount of memory space as you desire. Note that this space will be used to store the media and other files, so do allocate accordingly.
• Now, similarly, select ‘Create As: Primary’ directory as an ext2 partition and allocate some memory as you would need. Note that in this partition, all the necessary applications will be fitting in.
• Click the Apply button on the top-left corner of the application and insert the microSD card into your Ace smartphone.

That’s about it and now, you have as much memory as needed by you to install applications and have an increased internal memory setup on your Samsung Galaxy Ace smartphone.

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How to root Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830I and install CWM recovery

Root Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830i and install CWM recovery:
Samsung Galaxy Ace is one of the economic smartphone that is highly used in Asian countries. It has become very popular especially since the improved version S5830I received a more powerful processor. It is equipped with android 2.3 Gingerbread, 832 MHz CPU, Adreno 200 GPU, a 5MP primary camera. It has 32GB expandable memory. Here is how you root the Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830I.

Warning:

This tutorial is destined for the Galaxy Ace S5830I EXCLUSIVELY! Do not try to root the Ace S5830 or another model with this rooting method, otherwise you run the risk of ending up with a useless brick.

• Make sure you have atleast 65% battery remaining
• Back Up all your required data
• Follow these methods carefully
• Rooting will Void your device’s Warranty
• Your Galaxy Ace should be on an Official Firmware, not Custom Firmware.
• Make sure USB Drivers are installed properly in your computer.

Prerequisites:

• Galaxy Ace S58301 running on Gingerbread 2.3.6 and under.
• MicroSD card

Start the Steps:

1. Download the root file Root package.zip
2. Copy the zip file to your phone's SD card.
3. Insert your microSD card into your device.
4. Enable USB debugging on your device. Go to Menu--> Settings--> Developer Options and check the box right to the USB Debugging. 
5. Switch off your phone, then you have to reboot into recovery mode.
6. To enter recovery mode of your Device, press Power+Volume up+Home together
7. Once in the menu, navigate with the volume buttons until you reach apply update from sdcard and then validate with the home button (middle button).
8. Choose the file update.zip and validate with the home button.
9. Once the installation is done, return to the main menu (choose../) and then reboot system now.

Your device is rooted now!!!!!

To verify whether or not the procedure went well, you're able to check the existence of the super user app and install an application that will test your root access.

Now let’s install ClockworkMod Recovery on your Galaxy Ace:

1. Now go to Google play-store and download ClockworkMod ROM manager app.
2. Now click the “Flash ClockWorkMod Recovery“. This process will download the ROM from ClockWorkMod. Better have Internet connection ready in your device.
3. Now you will have to choose your phone model. Select your phone model from list and it will download the ROM. Then Reboot your phone.

You have successfully installed ClockworkMod Recovery on your Galaxy Ace S5830i !!!

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HTC

HTC Corporation, formerly High-Tech Computer Corporation, is a Taiwanese manufacturer of smartphones and tablets headquartered in New Taipei City, Taiwan. HTC began as an original design manufacturer and original equipment manufacturer, designing and manufacturing devices such as mobile phones, touchscreen phones, and PDAs based on Windows Mobile OS and Brew MP to market to mobile network operators who were willing to pay a contract manufacturer for customized products. After initially making smartphones based mostly on Windows Mobile, HTC expanded its focus in 2009 to devices based on the Android, and in 2010 to Windows Phone. A September 2013 media report stated that HTC's share of the global smartphone market is less than 3 percent and its stock price has fallen by 90 percent since 2011.

Rooting steps and other important tricks are available here:

1. Root HTC One X
2. Root HTC Google Nexus One
3. Root the HTC Explorer A310e(Pico)
4. Increase internal memory of HTC Explorer (Pico)

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Samsung

Samsung Android smartphones and tablets are being widely used by different users of the world these days. Samsung has provided a large range of selection and option for the purchase of Android devices to its costumers. These days the users of Android smartphones is increasing day by day and the people want to buy the Android phones of their choice. The platform is given by Samsung. It provides the phones from economic  to high specified expensive mobiles.

You can get essential tricks and rooting steps for Samsung devices here.

1. Rooting Samsung Galaxy S I9000
2. Rooting Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos I9082
3. Rooting Samsung Galaxy Y (S5360)
4. Rooting Samsung Galaxy S Duos (S7562)
5. Rooting Samsung Galaxy S3 (I9300)
6. Increase Internal memory of Samsung Galaxy S Duos (GT- S 7562)
7. Increase Internal memory of Samsung Galaxy Y (GT-S5360)
8. Increase Ram of Samsung Galaxy S Duos (GT- S7562)
9. Increase Ram of Samsung Galaxy Y (GT- S5360)
10. Update Samsung Galaxy Y (GT-5360) into Android Jelly bean 4.1
11. Rooting Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830i
12. Increase Internal memory of Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830i
13. Update Samsung Galaxy Ace S5830i with JellyBlast 4.1.1 ROM
14. Unroot and repair bricked Samsung Galaxy Y (GT-S5360)
15. Root and Unroot Samsung Galaxy Y-Duos (GT-S6102)
16. Increase Internal memory of Samsung Galaxy y Duos (GT- S6102)
17. Update Samsung Galaxy S-Duos (GT-S7562) with Android 4.2.2 Jellybean

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How to root Samsung Galaxy S3 (GT-I9300)

One of the main benefits of owning any Android smartphone is flexibility. Android devices offer amazing customization options and allow savvy users to tailor things so that their smartphone is like an extension of their arm.

The one drawback is that, more often than not, you have to have a rooted phone before you can make any major changes to your device.

Thankfully rooting isn't the arduous, risky business it used to be and we're going to walk you through the very simple steps needed to become a superuser on your device.

NOTE -

Rooting isn't as risky as it once was, but the procedure does still carry risks. Your device may malfunction if the following steps aren't carried out correctly, and it may even stop working altogether. Do bear this in mind before continuing, because we won't be held responsible for any damage to your device. 

Be aware that rooting an android device will make it warranty void. The device should be unrooted to regain warranty.

Before You Begin:

• Make sure that your device is a Samsung GT-I9300
• To check your model no. Go to Menu --> Settings --> About Device. And check the model no. of your device.
• Download the Odin 3.07. and install it on your pc.
• Download CF-Auto Root.zip and unzip the file and place the resulting .tar file somewhere memorable, , we recommend your desktop.
• Do not plug your Samsung Galaxy S3 into your computer yet

Steps to root the device:

1. Open ODIN. Click the button marked ‘PDA'.
2. Choose the .tar file you unzipped earlier.
3. Power off your smartphone now and then boot it into Download Mode. This can be done by pressing ‘volume down’, ‘Home’ and ‘Power’ buttons simultaneously. Confirm that you want to boot the Download Mode.
4. Once you've done that, plug your device into your computer.
5. Before you continue, make sure ‘Repartition' isn't ticked.
6. Don’t change any default settings of Odin and when you’re ready you should click the Start button.
7. Wait until the root is complete and that will happen when your SGS3 will reboot.
8. Odin will say ‘PASS’ and when the phone shows the boot animation logo you can unplug it from PC.
9. These are all the steps that you had to take and now you should use the Root Checker app from Google Play Store. Use this app to confirm that the root files have been pushed to your phone.

There you have It! Galaxy S3 Rooted......

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How to increase RAM of Samsung Galaxy Y S5360

Samsung Galaxy Y s5360 is one of the nice & cheapest phones from Samsung. It consists of some nice features such as 830 MHz ARMv6 processor, 290 MB RAM, Android 2.3.5 Gingerbread, & many other things. It’s best in its class & cheap enough too.

So, here we will tell you how to increase RAM of Samsung Galaxy Y s5360. But before starting with the procedure, please read disclaimer, pre-requisite & other important notes. So, let’s begin with this.

Disclaimer:

We are not responsible if anything wrong happens in between the process and just to be sure that this article is only for Samsung Galaxy Y s5360, so don’t try it on any other mobile or try it on your own risk.

Pre-requisite:

1. Your mobile must be at least 70-80% charged.
2. Make sure that you’ve backed up all of the necessary data.

Before Start:

1. Download Mini Partition Tool for partitioning your SD card.
2. Download Swapper2 app from Google Play store.
3. Download and Install ADB Terminal or Shell Emulator (to be sure that swap is installed or not)
4. Busy box (must be installed)

What is Swap?

Swap is a virtual RAM and is a small chunk of the storage device kept aside and to be used as RAM.

STEPS TO EXPAND RAM:

Step 1:

Partition your SD card:

You can partition your memory card using the MiniTool Partition or using the ClockWorkMod.

Using MiniTool Partition:

1. Connect SD card to PC using card reader
2. Open partition wizard and search for your card
3. Just right click on your card and click delete partition and click at apply.
4. Now again right click on your card and click create partition, create the no. of partition and click at apply.

Using ClockWorkMod:

1. Just reboot and open recovery.
2. Open advanced settings and select Debugging.
3. Click on partition card and select a partition size.

Step2:

Download the swapper2 app and install it on your device. After completion of installation open the swapper 2 app and go to Menu -> Settings.

Step 3:

Set the swap path to /SD card/ swap.swp if you don’t want to create a mess.

Step 4:

Set a swap size (we would recommend 32 MB) and then set the swapiness (we would recommend 10 MB).

Step 5:

Now click on Safe unmount and then remount.

Note:

1. Above method was for the kernels which does not support swap partition
2. For the kernels that support swap partition
• Check on use swap partition
• Then select swap partition

Step 6:

After you set the preferences, go back and click on “ON” to start swap. And then reboot your device.

Step 7:

To ensure that you that you have successfully installed Swap, then install and open the ADB Terminal or Shell Emulator.

If the screen shows ‘0’ in swap line then the swap is not being installed.

And if the fields are filled then Swap is installed in your device.

So, in this way you can increase the RAM of Samsung Galaxy Y s5360.

Finished!

You may also take a look at:

How to increase internal memory of Samsung Galaxy Y S5360

How to increase internal memory of Samsung Galaxy S Duos GT-S7562

How to increase RAM of Samsung Galaxy S Duos GT-S7562

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How to increase internal memory of Samsung Galaxy Y GT-S5360

Samsung Galaxy Y is a highly popular entry level android phone. The device is economic and easy to use. People of all regions are great fond of this device. The elegant style of this device attracts everyone.

The most annoying part of Galaxy Y is poor RAM and low internal memory.

In this article we will show you how to increase internal memory of  Samsung Galaxy Y GT S5360.

Before You Begin:


Warning:
Rooting voids the device warranty. Do at your own risk These methods are given by xda experts. Always make a backup of all important data. These methods are highly device specific. Please don't try this for other handsets.

Steps:

1. First of all rooting of the device is necessary. Please check How to root Samsung Galaxy Y (GT S5360) for rooting this device.
2. Partition of memory card should be done. Process for partition is given below.
• Download and Install Mini partition tool.
• Make two partition in your SD card.

Partition 1:

Label: Android-SD

File System: FAT

Partition Size(in MB): 1536 MB (1.5GB for 2GB SD Cards) or 836MB (for 1GB SD Cards)

( for Cards above 2GB, deduct 1 GB for the second partition) 

Partition 2:
Label: Android-EXT(EXT Number): Ex. Android-EXT2/EXT3 or EXT4
File System: EXT3 (preferable file system) 
"For EXT partition it is advisable to keep the size limited to 1 GB for all SD cards above 4GB."

• Install link2sd from playstore.
• Open Link2sd. It will ask the Second partition of your SD card. Select the second partition that you have made.
• Now it will ask you you to restart. You can do it now or its better to check the current memory info from Menu--> Storage Info.
• Now Restart.  
• Open Link2SD and filter Applist to show only User Apps by tapping on the funnel icon and then select User.

Move An Application To Second Partition :

• For moving an app to sd card, Select an application and  tick the following:
• Link application file (the .apk file itself)
• Link dalvik-cache file
• Link library file (if an app have lib files)

Uninstall Bloatwares:

• In order to uninstall bloatwares, Filter the applist to show only the system apps.
• Tap on the Application and press Uninstall. It will give you a warning. Never mind, just continue.

There you go! You have successfully incresed the Internal Memory of your Galaxy Y GT S5360!!!

You may also take a look at:

How to increase RAM of Samsung Galaxy Y S5360

How to increase internal memory of Samsung Galaxy S Duos GT-S7562

How to increase RAM of Samsung Galaxy S Duos GT-S7562

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