The SP Android: 2020

How to block/remove advertisement from Android apps and browser

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<p>
  If you never used an advertisement blocker or do not even know that such
  things exists, this article is for you. A normal users who buys a smartphone
  for just clicking pictures and browsing social media never pays much attention
  to the ads which is being shown to him/her. These kinds of people are mostly
  OKAY with them and can wait 10 to 15 seconds to watch an advertisement in a
  Android app.
</p>
<p>
  Android apps servers advertisements in different forms, such as text, banners
  and videos. People download random apps and games from Play Store and served
  with advertisements within 5 minutes or even less. Some apps do it very
  aggressively and bombard users with ads after tapping something in the
  app. 
</p>
<p>
  You can block all these kinds of advertisements easily on any android phone
  and save some time as well as you can take advantages of your full phone
  screen. When these advertisement are blocked, the banner ads which you see in
  bottom of app or at other parts of app, they all disappear. <br />
</p>
<p>
  There are three easy ways you can blocks ads on your Android phone. One of
  these methods require you to have a rooted phone and the other two methods
  works without root for almost everyone. I am going to discuss about the
  non-root methods first because an average Android does not understand what
  Root is.
</p>
<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span>Non-Root Method</span></h2>
<br />There are two methods for blocking ads on non-rooted Android.
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  <h4 style="text-align: left;"><br />1. Private DNS (Android 9+).</h4>
  <div style="text-align: left;">
    Android 9 introduced the private DNS feature. It is available in most
    android phones running Android 9 and above. Some phone manufacturers hides
    this options in their software so the user can not access it. As far as I
    know it is hidden somewhere deep in MIUI android pie and you have to find it
    using Activity Launcher app. If you are not sure if its available in your
    Settings of your phone (usually its under Network/Internet settings) , you
    can search on Google about it. Once you find it, you can follow below steps,
    otherwise you can use the second method.
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  <div style="text-align: left;">
    We gonna use adguard DNS to block ads. Adguard provides DNS service which
    also blocks ads requests from your network. 
  </div>
  <div style="text-align: left;">
    <b>How to set adguard as your private DNS- </b>
  </div>
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          <a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-opbRNabWLjc/X1XY8GAKYsI/AAAAAAAAICI/0lRL3RiCdecosV8ObJC7TYqQHvGn9DFLwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1920/TheSpAndroid%2B%25285%2529.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="Select DNS hostname" border="0" data-original-height="1920" data-original-width="1080" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-opbRNabWLjc/X1XY8GAKYsI/AAAAAAAAICI/0lRL3RiCdecosV8ObJC7TYqQHvGn9DFLwCLcBGAsYHQ/s16000/TheSpAndroid%2B%25285%2529.jpg" title="DNS Based Ad Blocker For Android" /></a>
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      <li>
        Find the Private DNS settings first. For me, its in
        <b>Settings > Network & Internet</b> 
      </li>
      <li>
        Tap on <b>Private DNS</b> and then check on
        <b>"Private DNS provider hostname".</b>
      </li>
      <li>
        Now enter <b><i>dns.adguard.com </i></b>in the text field and tap on
        Save.
      </li>
      <li>Thats it. You enabled it successfully.</li>
    </ol>
  There are other DNS address which you can use for blocking ads. If you have
    trust issues with these DNS providers, please search on Google about them
    before trying. Also remember that if your internet gives any kind of issue
    when Private DNS is turned on, it means that the DNS provider is working
    slow. You can try turning it off and see if everything goes back to
    normal.<br />

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    <ul style="text-align: left;">
      <li>
        <i>dns-family.adguard.com </i>(same as above DNS but this one blocks
        porn websites too)
      </li>
      <li><i>dns.quad9.net</i></li>
    </ul>
  </div>
  <div style="text-align: left;">
    <h4 style="text-align: left;">2. VPN based Ad Blockers</h4>
  </div>
  <div style="text-align: left;">
    Its clear from the name, this method utilize the VPN connection feature of
    Android to block ads. This is by far gives the best results in blocking
    advertisements. Well, you don't have to setup VPNs manually. We are going to
    use some trusted third party apps which can turn on/off advertisement
    blocking with just one tap. 
  </div>
  <div style="text-align: left;">
    For this article, I am going to use DNS66 app, which is an open source app.
    It is hosted on Fdroid and is completely safe to use. 
    <br /><br />
  </div>

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      <li>
        Download DNS66 from
        <a href="https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.jak_linux.dns66/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fdroid. </a><a href="https://f-droid.org/repo/org.jak_linux.dns66_26.apk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">(Direct Link)</a>
      </li>
      <li>Install the apk and launch DNS66.</li>
      <li>Tap on the refresh icon shown in top right.</li>
      <li>
        Tap on the big <b>START</b> button and allow the app to make VPN
        connection. 
      </li>
      <li>
        It everything goes fine, it will be enabled and you can have adfree
        experience now (mostly).
      </li>
    </ol>
  </div>
  <div style="text-align: left;">
    Qaud66 allows you to add custom hosts file by adding a direct URL to it. If
    you are new and do not want to bother search for Hosts files, the default
    option is fine. You can find more hosts file at
    <a href="https://github.com/EnergizedProtection/EnergizedHosts" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Energized Protection.</a>
    In DNS66, you can even select apps in which you want to apply ad blocking.
    Blockada, Adguard and AdClear are some other apps which works on the same
    principle of VPN based blocking.<br />
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    <h2 style="text-align: left;"><span>Root based Ad blocker</span></h2>
    <div style="text-align: left;">
      Root based ad blockers were used to be a thing years ago when root was
      popular. The availability of VPN based root blockers reduced the usage of
      root based ad blockers. Adaway is one such app which is still being
      updated by developers. Since we are talking about root based ad blockers,
      Energized Protection should be mentioned here also. Its not an app
      actually, its a magisk module. People who are familiar with root/Magisk
      modules would find it easy to install it. The same goes for AdAway app as
      well. Energized protection is more powerful as compared to AdAway, but
      personally for me, its a hassle to whitelist and blacklist links in it.
      AdAway is easy in case of white/blacklisting URLs.
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: left;">
      <b><br /></b>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: left;"><b>How to use AdAway</b></div>
    <div style="text-align: left;">
      AdAway works fine on lower versions below pie. And for Android Pie+, users
      have to enable systemless hosts from magisk manager settings. It is
      because of some read write protection introduced in system by Google. Here
      are the steps to use AdAway-
      <br /><br /><br />
    </div>
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    <div style="text-align: left;">
      <ol style="text-align: left;">
        <li>
          Install
          <a href="https://f-droid.org/en/packages/org.adaway/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">AdAway apk from Fdroid</a> 
        </li>
        <li>
          Skip this second step if you are not running Android Pie+. If you are
          using pie or above, first go to Magisk Manager settings and enable
          Systemless hosts option. Reboot after enabling that option and follow
          the next steps as usual.
        </li>
        <li>Open the AdAway and grant root permission. </li>
        <li>
          Tap on the big red "Enable Ad-Blocking" button which you see in the
          main page.
        </li>
        <li>
          Thats it, you are done. In some cases, it requires a reboot for
          changes to take effect. I have personally tested it on Android Pie and
          ten, and it works fine without reboot.
        </li>
      </ol>
    </div>
    <div style="text-align: left;">
      You can specify more hosts sources by adding urls of raw hosts files. It
      also allows blacklisting and whitelisting of URLs, making it easier to add
      and remove URLs when something goes wrong.<br />
    </div>
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How to block/remove advertisement from Android apps and browser

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Firefox Android Beta gets external download manager and improved login support

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<p>
  Firefox on Android recently released the newly designed browser which brought
  newly designed tab switcher, search bar location customization, tab
  collections, and access to limited add-ons. These changes, as compared to old
  version of Firefox left some users in anger because the new Firefox took away
  the ability to use thousands of other Firefox add-ons. Meanwhile Firefox said
  that full add-on support will come again in future. For now they are focusing
  on improving other things.
</p>
<p>
  With Firefox For Android Version 81.0 beta 2, Firefox is bringing some major
  changes which you will surely appreciate. Here are some noticeable changes in
  the recent beta update.  </p><p><br />
</p>
<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span>Improved search bar</span></h2>
<p>
  The first thing I want to highlight is the improved search experience. In
  earlier version, when bottom toolbar was enabled the search bar went to top
  when we wanted to search for anything. This behavior is changed a little and
  the bottom bar stays on bottom while we type anything for search.
</p>
<p></p>
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<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span>External download manager support</span></h2>
<p style="text-align: left;">
  When Firefox rolled out new version with overhauled design, one thing was
  surely missing - Download Manager. Firefox finally added a Download Manager
  section which can be easily accessed by three dot menu. As a bonus, they have
  also added support for external download managers. Apps like ADM and IDM on
  Android will surely benefit from this which are more advanced download
  managers as compared to default download managers of Android.
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<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span>Suggested logins</span></h2>
<p style="text-align: left;">
  With suggested logins, Firefox is making it easy to login from different
  accounts on a website. Suggested logins is a nice addition to Firefox, it adds
  an "Suggested Logins" strip on top of your keyboard whenever you are about to
  sign in on a website. If you have multiple accounts on a website, you can
  choose which account information you want to be auto-filled for signing in.
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<h2 style="text-align: left;"><span>Other improvements </span></h2>
<ul style="text-align: left;">
  <li>In app review prompt for leaving a review for Firefox.</li>
  <li>
    Notification controls. You can enable/disable notifications from different
    categories through the "Notifications" setting in the app info of Firefox.
  </li>
  <li>
    Close tabs automatically after a certain period of time. You can choose
    between 1 day/1 week/1 month or you can keep closing tabs manually.
  </li>
  <li>
    Top sites suggestion now have two pages and you can swipe between them.
    <br />
  </li>
  <li>Unlock previously set Primary Password, if set.</li>
  <li>Other bug fixes.</li>
</ul>
<p>
  Firefox is improving its user experience with all these new changes and we can
  see it catching up with old Firefox features as well as addition of new
  features.
</p>

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Instander : An Instagram mod with ad-blocking and Image/Video download support

<div class="separator"><p style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ROFxX_lCOqk/X00fJiYkwII/AAAAAAAAIAs/bTzcVWCvHXAmhExBgmwNjsEtVeLWA_s9QCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/insta.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="822" data-original-width="1280" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ROFxX_lCOqk/X00fJiYkwII/AAAAAAAAIAs/bTzcVWCvHXAmhExBgmwNjsEtVeLWA_s9QCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/insta.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /> <br /><p></p></div><p>Instagram is a popular social media site for sharing pictures and videos. Recently they have added tiktok like reels feature which is gaining some traction. All these things are okay but Instagram does not provide any way to download pictures and videos from its app, just in case if you wanna share some video to someone on any other app.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TE5S-mzOaAc/X00fYDi9mjI/AAAAAAAAIAw/Xtpez6aVEMw5Uu6X1sk3ne1FoWJwOHTDQCLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-TE5S-mzOaAc/X00fYDi9mjI/AAAAAAAAIAw/Xtpez6aVEMw5Uu6X1sk3ne1FoWJwOHTDQCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/2.jpg" /></a></div> <p></p><p>Of course you can use the ad-filled third party apps from Play Store which can help you download all those pictures and videos from Instagram by just copy pasting the post link. However its a messy way to download and you have to go back and forth to copy links in Instagram if you want to download more pics and videos.</p><p>The easy way is - Instander. It can not only just help you download images and videos, it can also block advertisement which you see in your Instagram feed. Instander places a download button in all post of Instagram and make it easy to download them. I am personally using the app since it came into existence. </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XlZJcMm-o58/X00fim6tkOI/AAAAAAAAIA4/LoTkcYXdqtULIY1w0AJDVYu4V1rk4_OUACLcBGAsYHQ/s1280/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="999" height="640" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XlZJcMm-o58/X00fim6tkOI/AAAAAAAAIA4/LoTkcYXdqtULIY1w0AJDVYu4V1rk4_OUACLcBGAsYHQ/s640/3.jpg" /></a></div><p> </p><h3 style="text-align: left;">Features of Instander - </h3><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Image/Video/Stories download support.</li><li>Block advertisement from feed (some ads appears in the section though)</li><li>Disable analytics</li><li>Disable video autoplay </li><li>Disable recommended friends</li><li>Disable swipe to navigate</li><li>Load feed pictures in maximum quality</li><li>Hide liked posts</li><li>Don't read (Does not tell the sender that you read the message)</li><li>Don't type (Does not tell the sender that you are typing a message)</li><li>Hide view stories (Don't tell anyone that you viewed story)</li><li>Increase stories quality/ Do not crop stories</li></ul><h3 style="text-align: left;"> Download - </h3><ol style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://build.vanutp.dev/instander/instander-v5.2.apk" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Official website</a> (Direct link) </li><li> <a href="https://thedise.me/instander/">Official website</a> (All versions) </li><li> <a href="https://t.me/instander" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Official Instander Channel</a> on Telegram</li></ol><h3 style="text-align: left;"> Installation and Use -</h3><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Download the Instander apk from any of the above sources.</li><li>Install as normal apk</li><li>Login with your account</li><li>You can find Instander settings by clicking the top 3 parallel bars given on profile page</li><li>Change the settings as you like.</li></ol><h3 style="text-align: left;"> Some things to know -</h3><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>If you do not receive notifications for post or messages, download the cloned version from the Official Telegram Channel or the Official website of Instander given above.<br /></li><li>Instander is always some version behind the official Instagram app because it takes time to mod the latest version.</li><li>You might notice some weird behavior in message section. It happens when you enable "Don't read" and "Don't type" from Instander settings. Its normal.</li><li>The app is completely safe and does not contain any type of virus. Make sure you download from the official website only which I mentioned above. The developer behind this Mod is a trusted person who works on Google Camera Mod named DMGC. You can google about it and read about him. You will find information about him in the telegram channel linked above in download section.</li></ul><p>So thats it, I hope you like Instander and if you have any questions or issues about it, you can post in the comments section.<br /></p></div>

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Google Rolls Out Automatic Dark/Light Theming For All Gboard Beta Users

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  Google finally decided to roll out automatic dark/light theming to all beta
  users. It was only available earlier only to some users, just Google's server
  side things. You need Gboard's beta version 9.7 for enjoying this new feature.
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<p>
  Gboard will follow the system-wide theme and you need to be on a device
  running Android 10. There is no idea if it will make its way to Android 9 or
  older Android versions because they don't have automatic system-wide
  light/dark theme support.</p><p> </p>
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  Another thing is worth mentioning that on Android 10, if you change your theme
  to "System Auto", the gboard will only use default light and dark theme. You
  can not set which theme to use when system switches to dark mode or light
  mode, which is an awkward thing. Google still have chance to improve it and
  let users decide which theme user want in dark and light mode but I doubt
  Google will be listening to users this time. 
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<p>
  If you aren't a part of Gboard beta testing, you can grab the Gboard beta from
  apkmirror and install it to enjoy whatever Google is offering in this update.
  If you are lucky enough, you may even see the redesigned Gboard themes and
  Google Sans font in Gboard.<br />

<br /><a href="#" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">
    Download Gboard Beta From Apkmirror </a><br />
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Google Rolls Out Automatic Dark/Light Theming For All Gboard Beta Users

Google finally decided to roll out automatic dark/light theming to all beta users. It was only available earlier only to some use...

How To Get All Premium Simple Mobiles Tools Apps For Free

<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3tFhBnXuqkU/X0E5_0Q8J_I/AAAAAAAAH_A/pcO9CzDAKYknQo0SQocUgiUqJKEclMfwACLcBGAsYHQ/s1055/Screenshot_2020-08-22%2BAndroid%2BApps%2Bby%2BSimple%2BMobile%2BTools%2Bon%2BGoogle%2BPlay.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="388" data-original-width="1055" height="294" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3tFhBnXuqkU/X0E5_0Q8J_I/AAAAAAAAH_A/pcO9CzDAKYknQo0SQocUgiUqJKEclMfwACLcBGAsYHQ/w800-h294/Screenshot_2020-08-22%2BAndroid%2BApps%2Bby%2BSimple%2BMobile%2BTools%2Bon%2BGoogle%2BPlay.png" width="800" /></a></div><p></p><p>Simple Mobile Tools is a suite of apps which consist Simple Gallery, Simple Contacts , Simple File Manager, Simple Notes, Simple Music and Simple Calendar app. These are lighweight, feature rich (there are exceptions though) and having a consistence user interface across all the apps. All of these apps are open source and thats one more reason people like most of these apps. </p><p>As far as I can remember, when Simple Mobile Tools first appeared on Play Store, they offered all apps for free, there were no premium version of these apps that time. As the time passed and the apps started getting popular after getting attention from some big Android blogs, they stopped updating those free versions and started proving Premium versions which are updated on regular intervals. The free versions of these apps now just act like some kind of trial version. I have no intention to go after developer and accuse him for being greedy or whatever people like to think when some developer do thinks like this. Its understandable because the developer is putting his effort in making the apps and updating them with new features as well as fixing bugs. </p><p>When the developer introduced the premium versions of these apps, he gave people a chance to get them for free and put all those apps on sale for free. I personally got all apps for free and I paid for the <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplemobiletools.thankyou&hl=en_IN" target="_blank">"Simple Thank You"</a> app which is kind of a donation apps to Simple Mobile Apps and it also enables the feature of having same theming across all those apps.</p><p>The developer of Simple Mobile Tools is kind enough to release all the premium versions of apps on Github. So people who want to try the Simple Mobile Tools can download them for free. Its always recommended to download and pay for the apps on Google Play Store but some people may want to try the full version of app before paying on Google Play Store or they can not afford them. </p><br /><div class="datagrid"><table><tbody>
<tr><td>Name</td><td>Simple Gallry Pro</td></tr>
<tr><td>Download</td><td><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplemobiletools.gallery.pro&hl=en_IN" target="_blank">Play Store</a> | <a href="https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-Gallery/releases" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Github</a></td></tr>
  </tbody> </table></div><br />

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<tr><td>Name</td><td>Simple Calendar Pro</td></tr>
<tr><td>Download</td><td><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplemobiletools.calendar.pro&hl=en_IN" target="_blank">Play Store</a> | <a href="https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-Calendar/releases" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Github</a></td></tr>
</tbody> </table></div><br />

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<tr><td>Name</td><td>Simple Notes Pro</td></tr>
<tr><td>Download</td><td><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplemobiletools.notes.pro&hl=en_IN" target="_blank">Play Store</a> | <a href="https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-Notes/releases" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Github</a></td></tr>
</tbody> </table></div><br />

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<tr><td>Name</td><td>Simple Contacts Pro</td></tr>
<tr><td>Download</td><td><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplemobiletools.contacts.pro&hl=en_IN" target="_blank">Play Store</a> | <a href="https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-Contacts/releases" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Github</a></td></tr>
</tbody> </table></div><br />

<br /><div class="datagrid"><table><tbody>
<tr><td>Name</td><td>Simple File Manager Pro</td></tr>
<tr><td>Download</td><td><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplemobiletools.filemanager.pro&hl=en_IN" target="_blank">Play Store</a> | <a href="https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-File-Manager/releases" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Github</a></td></tr>
</tbody> </table></div><br />

<br /><div class="datagrid"><table><tbody>
<tr><td>Name</td><td>Simple Draw Pro</td></tr>
<tr><td>Download</td><td><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.simplemobiletools.draw.pro&hl=en_IN" target="_blank">Play Store</a> | <a href="https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools/Simple-Draw/releases" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Github</a></td></tr>
  </tbody> </table></div><p></p><p>These are the only premium apps offered by Simple Mobile Tools, rest of the apps like Music Player, Calculator, Simple Flashlight and some more apps are free which you can download from <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/collection/cluster?clp=igM4ChkKEzkwNzAyOTYzODgwMjI1ODkyNjYQCBgDEhkKEzkwNzAyOTYzODgwMjI1ODkyNjYQCBgDGAA%3D:S:ANO1ljIN7-U&gsr=CjuKAzgKGQoTOTA3MDI5NjM4ODAyMjU4OTI2NhAIGAMSGQoTOTA3MDI5NjM4ODAyMjU4OTI2NhAIGAMYAA%3D%3D:S:ANO1ljIS1ys&hl=en_IN" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Play Store.</a> If you are interested in download all Simple Mobile Tools apps from github then you can head over to <a href="https://github.com/SimpleMobileTools" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Simple Mobile Tool's Github Page</a> and looking for release section in each application repository.<br /></p>

How To Get All Premium Simple Mobiles Tools Apps For Free

Simple Mobile Tools is a suite of apps which consist Simple Gallery, Simple Contacts , Simple File Manager, Simple Notes, Simple Music and...

App Manager : The Most Advanced App Manager For Rooted Android Users

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  <p>
    There are plenty of app managers or package mangers you can find on the
    Google Play store. Most of them have basic features like making copy of APK,
    viewing app permissions and manifest of an APK file or an app which is
    installed in your phone and another feature of such apps is showing
    advertisements. These apps are intended only for normal users who do not
    root their expensive devices because they are either worried about voiding
    warranty or they think that rooting is a thing of the past. Well, as long as
    Magisk is alive, root is going nowhere.
  </p>
  <p>
    So there are thousands of users who also root their device, no matter how
    expensive it is. It is either because they do not like the custom skin
    which OEM ships with their device or they want to get more out of their
    device. Possibilities of tinkering with your Android device after rooting
    are endless. 
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  <p>
    For the rooted users, let me introduce you to <b>App Manager</b>. Yes, its
    an app manager with name <b>App Manager.</b> MuntashirAkon is the developer
    behind this powerful app. Probably a different name would have distinguished
    it from rest of the so called app managers. Its the most advanced app
    manager for a rooted user. Its a feature packed app which can do a lot of
    task which an Android enthusiast want in their rooted phone. If you have
    ever use the app <b>MyAndroid Tools</b>, you may find all feature of this
    app familiar. MyAndroid Tools is a great app but it has not been updated
    since long time and does not properly support Android 9.0+. App Manager is
    new in town and it supports probably all new Android Versions.
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  <p></p>
  <p>
    App Manager can help you in disabling app permissions which does not show up
    in the usual app info page. You can disable services, broadcast receivers,
    activities of an app using this app. This app also help you find trackers
    and advertisement receivers of an app using Exodus. It allows you to edit
    preference files which are usually stored in /data directory. Here is the
    list of all features - 
  </p>
  <ul style="text-align: left;">
    <li>It is free and open source</li>
    <li>It has material design (and a nice UI)</li>
    <li>It doesn't have any useless permissions</li>
    <li>
      It doesn't connect to the internet (internet permission is required for
      ADB mode)
    </li>
    <li>
      It tries to display as much information as possible in the main window
    </li>
    <li>
      It lists activities, broadcast receivers, services, providers,
      permissions, signatures, shared libraries, etc. of any app
    </li>
    <li>
      It can launch (exportable) activities, create (customizable) shortcuts
    </li>
    <li>
      It can block any activities, broadcast receivers, services or providers
      you like with native import/export as well as Watt and Blocker import
      support (requires root)
    </li>
    <li>
      It can revoke permissions that are considered dangerous (requires
      root/ADB)
    </li>
    <li>
      It can disable app ops that are considered dangerous (requires root/ADB)
    </li>
    <li>
      It can scan for trackers in apps and list (all or only) tracking classes
      (and their code dump)
    </li>
    <li>It can generate dynamic manifest for any app</li>
    <li>
      It can be used to view/edit/delete shared preferences of any app (requires
      root)
    </li>
    <li>It displays running processes/apps (requires root/ADB)</li>
    <li>
      It displays your app usage, data usage and app storage info (requires
      “Usage Access” permission)
    </li>
    <li>Apk files can be shared (hence the use of a provider)</li>
    <li>It can be used to clear app data or app cache (requires root/ADB)</li>
    <li>
      Batch operations: clear app data, disable run in background,
      disable/kill/uninstall apps
    </li>
    <li>
      One-click operations: block ads/tracker components, block components by
      signature, block multiple app ops.
    </li>
  </ul>
  <p>
     I do not know if you have read all the feature in above list.
    Personally, I did not because after reading half of the feature in list, I
    went straight, grabbed the APK from github and installed it. Its damn good
    :v , open source and ad free.
  </p>
  <p>
    This app is not available on Play Store at this moment and I think it will
    not be available in future too because Google is ready to kick out such apps
    who mess with other apps stuff. Its available to download from Fdroid,
    IzzyOnDroid and the Github repo of App Manager.
  </p>
  <br /><h2><span>Download</span></h2>
  <ol>
    <li>
      <a href="https://f-droid.org/packages/io.github.muntashirakon.AppManager" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fdroid</a>
    </li>
    <li>
      <a href="https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/io.github.muntashirakon.AppManager" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">IzzyOnDroid</a>
    </li>
    <li>
      <a href="https://github.com/MuntashirAkon/AppManager/releases/tag/v2.5.12" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Github Releases</a>
    </li>
  </ol>
 If you run into any issue with the app you can always open an issue on the
  <a href="https://github.com/MuntashirAkon/AppManager/issues" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Github </a>or you can explain your issue in the official
  <a href="https://t.me/AppManagerAndroid" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Telegram group</a>
  of App Manager. <br />

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App Manager : The Most Advanced App Manager For Rooted Android Users

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How To Check If Your Personal Data Is Exposed In A Hack/Breach

<p> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zw000BZi5x0/Xz9SznUnxuI/AAAAAAAAH-U/sHBD8xMYSS4Ly8ZHDUBaskRcGzCd4rPbwCLcBGAsYHQ/s960/Screenshot_2020-08-21%2BHave%2BI%2BBeen%2BPwned%2BCheck%2Bif%2Byour%2Bemail%2Bhas%2Bbeen%2Bcompromised%2Bin%2Ba%2Bdata%2Bbreach%25282%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="274" data-original-width="960" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Zw000BZi5x0/Xz9SznUnxuI/AAAAAAAAH-U/sHBD8xMYSS4Ly8ZHDUBaskRcGzCd4rPbwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Screenshot_2020-08-21%2BHave%2BI%2BBeen%2BPwned%2BCheck%2Bif%2Byour%2Bemail%2Bhas%2Bbeen%2Bcompromised%2Bin%2Ba%2Bdata%2Bbreach%25282%2529.png" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></p><p>Most people have more than two or more email accounts and they probably use both for different purposes. One email which is related to personal stuffs such as for banking, work, education etc. and other email for signing up on random websites which doesn't let you do anything without making a account. You use such websites for once and doesn't look back at it after signing up with your second email. As time passes, you sign up on a lot of websites and your email keeps filling with promotional messages from such websites. <br /><br />Thats the purpose of having a second email account which separate such promotional emails to land in your work email ID. Although thats not the case for everyone and many people just have one email account and everything in their inbox looks messed up.  <br /><br />Well the point is, you sign up on so many websites which can be hacked by hackers and your email details such as name, location and even passwords may be there on sell somewhere on dark web. With all that detail if a person get access to your email, it can be dangerous.<br /><br />Although most reputed websites and service providers (websites) will tell you about the breach of any kind of information and suggest you to change password immediately. Not all websites do that thing of disclosing such breaches even to customers which is bad. <br /><br />As I said earlier, you sign up on a lot websites and forgets about them. So its recommended to always change your email password on regular intervals. One more thing you can do is to look if your email is included in any hacking breach.<br /><br />"Have I been pwned?" is a website which keeps the database of the breaches and can tell you about if your account is exposed in any breach. It also tells you the service or website name on which you used your email.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4rge5j8RDa8/Xz9OW8FnfqI/AAAAAAAAH98/bNESdq6JjiUg8NybmxVW4ecsfLVNXbtPwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1340/Screenshot_2020-08-21%2BHave%2BI%2BBeen%2BPwned%2BCheck%2Bif%2Byour%2Bemail%2Bhas%2Bbeen%2Bcompromised%2Bin%2Ba%2Bdata%2Bbreach.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="472" data-original-width="1340" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-4rge5j8RDa8/Xz9OW8FnfqI/AAAAAAAAH98/bNESdq6JjiUg8NybmxVW4ecsfLVNXbtPwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Screenshot_2020-08-21%2BHave%2BI%2BBeen%2BPwned%2BCheck%2Bif%2Byour%2Bemail%2Bhas%2Bbeen%2Bcompromised%2Bin%2Ba%2Bdata%2Bbreach.png" width="640" /></a></div> <p></p><p>It is pretty simple to use, all you have to do is type your email address. The website will then look into the database for your email if it is compromised in any data breach. Then the website will list the websites which has been compromised and your email was there in the brached data. (See screenshot below)</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DY32hSbhq9Y/Xz9PhK9ukPI/AAAAAAAAH-I/ZHPgjTi02Vk7a5yU0szuX369P1NbAgQ8gCLcBGAsYHQ/s1346/Screenshot_2020-08-21%2BHave%2BI%2BBeen%2BPwned%2BCheck%2Bif%2Byour%2Bemail%2Bhas%2Bbeen%2Bcompromised%2Bin%2Ba%2Bdata%2Bbreach%25281%2529.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="500" data-original-width="1346" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-DY32hSbhq9Y/Xz9PhK9ukPI/AAAAAAAAH-I/ZHPgjTi02Vk7a5yU0szuX369P1NbAgQ8gCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Screenshot_2020-08-21%2BHave%2BI%2BBeen%2BPwned%2BCheck%2Bif%2Byour%2Bemail%2Bhas%2Bbeen%2Bcompromised%2Bin%2Ba%2Bdata%2Bbreach%25281%2529.png" width="640" /></a></div><p>The website can also list what type of data was exposed in the hack such as <i>Username, Passwords, Names, Date of birth, Location, Gender, Age and other kind of personally identifiable data</i>. </p><h4 style="text-align: left;">Measures to take to prevent your online identity - </h4><div style="text-align: left;"><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Use disposable emails to sign up on random websites which you use only once or twice.</li><li>Do not enter personally identifiable information on random websites. You can use a different name and other fake data on such websites.</li><li>Keep changing email passwords on regular basis. This is the most easy thing you can do to protect your account. </li><li>Use strong passwords with special characters and numbers. If you have 
problem remembering such difficult passwords, you can use password 
managers such as Bitwarden, Lastpass etc.</li><li>Do not download random apps on your smartphones from Google Play Store and App Store. Read the reviews before downloading. </li></ul><p> </p></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

How To Check If Your Personal Data Is Exposed In A Hack/Breach

Most people have more than two or more email accounts and they probably use both for different purposes. One email which is related to per...

How to use Viper4Android on Android 10/Q

<blockquote><span data-darkreader-inline-color="" style="--darkreader-inline-color: #f2c640; color: #f1c232;"><span data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #181a1b; background-color: white;"><span style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2e689c;"><span style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #52585c;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span>UPDATE : Added new instructions for easy installation.</span></span></span></span></span></span></blockquote>

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  <b><i> </i></b><br />
  Viper<span data-darkreader-inline-bgcolor="" style="--darkreader-inline-bgcolor: #2e689c; background-color: #3d85c6;"><span></span></span>4Android is a sound equalizer and one of the best mod for rooted Android
  Devices. There are different versions of viper4android for different Android
  version support. In this article we only going to talk about installing
  Viper4Android on Android 10 or Q. <br />
  <br />
  For now there is no easy way to install V4A on android 10 as we usually used
  to do on android 9. The magisk module which works on 9 has not been updated
  properly to work on 10. So we are just left with a different method to install
  it. <br />
  <br />
  There is no guarantee that this method will work for all devices or all ROMs.
  I have tested it on my Moto G5 Plus running HavocOS and it works fine on it.
  So proceed at your own risk. Please be cautious and read every step. Make a
  Nandroid backup first if you are too noob to understand whatever is written in
  installation procedure. 
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<h2><span>What You Need (New Method) </span></h2>
<p>1. As usual, a rooted phone with magisk.<br />
   2. <a href="https://www.apkmirror.com/apk/team-dewitt/viper4android-fx/viper4android-fx-2-7-1-6-release/viper4android-fx-2-7-1-6-android-apk-download/download/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Viper4Android APK</a> (Apkmirror) </p><p><b>Instructions - </b></p><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Install the Viper4AndroidFX apk and launch it.</li><li>It will ask to install driver (which is basically a Magisk module), grant root permission for it.</li><li>You phone will reboot automatically. After reboot, open the Viper4AndroidFX app and enable the master switch. You are done. </li></ol> <div>

<h2><span>What You Need (Old Method) </span></h2>
1. A rooted device running Android 10 and have Magisk and TWRP installed.<br />
2.
<a href="https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1-UmHunK4ej71VZ8skyOorzBI2utuv95e">Viper4Android Module</a><br />
3.
<a href="https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=1-UmHunK4ej71VZ8skyOorzBI2utuv95e">post-fs-data file.</a><br />
4. Wifi or data connection.<br />
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<h2><span>Installation Procedure</span></h2>
<ul>
  <li>Download all required files.</li>
  <li>
    Open Magisk Manager and install the Viper4Android magisk module. This will
    install the Viper4Android app.
  </li>
  <li>
    Now you have to open the Viper4Android app. It will ask you to install the
    drivers. Tap on install drivers.<br />
    <br />
    <b>**WARNING** - ** Do not install drivers unless you know how to force
      reboot your phone into TWRP. If you clicked on install drivers your device
      will bootloop. To solve this you have to enter into the TWRP recovery and
      follow the next step, next step is useless for you if you did not install
      drivers because drivers are necessary for Viper4Android to work .**</b><br />
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  </li>
  <li>
    If you installed drivers then this step is for you. When your device is in
    bootloop just force boot into TWRP. Tap on Advanced > File Manager , copy
    the post-fs-data.sh file which we downloaded and paste it into the
    /data/adb/modules/Viper4AndroidFX folder.
  </li>
  <li>Now you can reboot and Viper4Android will work.</li>
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On my device i.e Moto G5 Plus, I can force reboot into bootloader by pressing
power off and volume down button together for 10+ seconds, from bootloader I can
jump to TWRP with "Reboot to recovery" option. Your device might have different
method of forcing boot into bootloader or maybe directly into TWRP recovery ,
please search on google.<br />
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If you have any question or issues , post it in comment section.<br />
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How to use Viper4Android on Android 10/Q

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5 Apps To Backup Apps/Data On Android For Rooted Users

Back in time when people used to search for benefits and disadvantages of rooting a phone. The functionality and customisation at that time in android was limited and rooting your smartphone filled that gap for some users. Having CyanogenMod and Xposed was cool at that time as well as apps like Titanium backup for backing up your apps anytime was a uselful thing. 
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<div>Since the article is about listing some best apps which can help you backup your apps easily, so we are gonna stick with that instead of talking about pros/cons of rooting. </div>
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<div>Titanium bakcup is the oldest apps which has been there for backing up apps and its still being used by a lot of people out there. But with each android update and introduction of split apks, it has lost some users because it can not backup split apks as well the user interface is so outdated. </div>
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<div>Personally, having split apk backup support is must for me because a lot of apps are switching to this thing and titanium backup just couldn't help me in that case. There are a few more backup solutions have come into existence and they offer split apks backup as well as a modern UI for rooted users. Unfortunately, unrooted users have to rely on the Google Cloud Backup for backing up apps and waste their data on restoring apps.</div>
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<div>So lets get started - </div>
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	<h2><span>1. Swift Backup </span></h2></div>
<div>This is undoubtedly the best app when it comes to user interface among all the backup solutions. Its a free app to use but the most useful functions are locked behind a paywall. You have to buy the premium version through in-app purchase to unlock its full potential. </div>
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<div><b>Features - </b></div>
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	<ul>
		<li>Backing up apps (split apks supported), SMS, Call logs, Wallpapers, Wifi Networks. </li>
		<li>Enable/Disable apps, Turning battey optimization on/off, Scheduling backups, Batch backup/restoration and more.</li>
		<li>Cloud backup to google drive.</li>
	</ul>Swift backup connects to your Google account and it is used for verification of your backed up apps. App developer was clever enough and this Google account thing prevented the piracy of Swift Backup.</div><div> </div><div><b>Download - <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.swiftapps.swiftbackup&hl=en_IN" target="_blank">Play Store</a> </b> <br /></div>

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	<h2><span>2. Migrate </span></h2></div>
<div>Migrate is a unique tool to backup your apps. Its different from all other apps because the restoration process completely different. Your phone should have a working TWRP and Mgaisk for your device in order to restore apps. </div>
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<div>Migrate backs up your apps and data as flashable zips. You need to flash that zip in TWRP and follow the restoration process after your phone boots up. This is my favourite because as a flashaholic I change ROMs often and all I have to do is backup my apps before flashing a new ROM and flash that zip after the ROM. After booting, I just have to tap to restore on the notification that comes up from migrate helper and it restore my all apps within 5 minutes (depends on how large your backup zip is).</div>
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<div><b>Features - </b></div>
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	<ul>
		<li>Backup of apps/data/permissions (including split apks), call logs, SMS, Screen DPI, Contacts, ADB state, Default Keyboard.</li>
	</ul>Ofcourse, the only downside is that it is cumbersome to use when you want to backup/restore a particular app only, you don't want to make zips for each app. Its more useful when you do factory reset or change ROMs and want your apps within 10 minutes of booting. Its totally free :) </div><div> </div><div><b>Download - <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=balti.migrate&hl=en_IN" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Migrate From Play Store</a></b> <br /></div>
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	<h2><span>3. Buggy Backup </span></h2></div>
<div>Thats get confused by the app name, its not buggy as much as it look from its name. This is also a great app for backing up apps and data. It might take a while for you to figure out all the things in this app. This app has both free and pro versions. The free version is ad-supported, features aren't locked behind in-app purchases in this. Buggy backup provides more additional features as compared to Swift Backup.</div>
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<div><b>Features - </b></div>
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	<ul>
		<li>Apps and Data backup (Including split apks), SMS, System Settings (Awesome).</li>
		<li>Clear apps/system cached data/corpses </li>
		<li>Batch backup/Restore / Auto backup</li>
		<li>An inbuilt shell (terminal emulator!!!) </li>
		<li>More control over app backup process in settings.</li>
	</ul>This is a good alternative of swift installer if you don't want to pay and okay with ads. User Interface is atleast better than titanium backup :p. </div><div> </div><div><b>Download - <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.buggy.buggybackup&hl=en_IN" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Buggy Backup Free Version From Play Store</a></b></div><div><b>Download - <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ruet_cse_1503050.ragib.appbackup.pro&hl=en_IN" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Buggy Backup Premium Version From Play Store</a></b> <br /></div>
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	<h2><span>4. OAndBackupX</span></h2></div>
<div>This is a simple app to backup apps and its data. Its a new version of a pretty old and barebone <b style="font-style: italic;">OAndBackup</b>. The app is revived again with new user interface and new features but its still far from being a stable and reliable backup solution. Split apk support is not there as of writing this tutorial. Batch backup and restore, scheduled backups are there. Other than this there is nothing much to say about it. Its free and open source and can be found on Fdroid.</div>
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	<b>Download - <a href="https://f-droid.org/en/packages/com.machiav3lli.backup/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">OAndBackupX From Fdroid</a></b><br />
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	<h2><span>5. Titanium Backup</span></h2></div>
<div>It is still the one of the best backup solution if we leave the split apk backup support. With the addition of split apk support and update of the user interface, it still have the potential to become the best backup solution for rooted users. </div>
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<div><b>Features - </b></div>
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		<li>App/Data backup (no split apk support), call logs, SMS and more.</li>
		<li>Schedule backups, batch app backup/restore, custom app filters.</li>
		<li>Detaching apps (which we install from outside playstore) from playstore to make them look like they have installed from playstore.</li>
		<li>A lot of more options..</li>
	</ul>
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		<b>Download - <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup&hl=en_IN" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Titanium Backup From Play Store</a></b><br />
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<div>I hope this article helps you to choose the backup app which suits your needs. If you know about more apps like these please let me know about it in comments. </div>
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5 Apps To Backup Apps/Data On Android For Rooted Users

Back in time when people used to search for benefits and disadvantages of rooting a phone. The functionality and customisation at that time ...

MIUI 11 For Motorola G5 Plus

<div>
MIUI 12 is almost here and its pretty much looks like a iOS rip off. iOS like control center and animations are here in MIUI 12. 
But here we are not gonna have a discussion about MIUI 12 because its still in beta stage and have major stability issues even on Xiaomi phones.

Well, lets talk about MIUI 11 then.</div><div><br /></div><div> Its pretty much stable as compared to MIUI 12 at this moment. Since there is no official way to get MIUI running on a Motorola device, all you have left is - Treble. Yes, if you have heard about it, GSIs are the way to experience MIUI on your motorola device. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>
Motorola G5 Plus have an almost 2 year old treble vendor (thanks to lord Vache), and since then we are enjoying all kind of GSI ports from various OEMs. They are not as stable as the ROMs built from sources, but they are not completely unusable also. Or I just say it depends on the person how many bugs he can tolerate :p. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>This MIUI 11 port for Moto G5 Plus is based on MIUI Mix, which is based on Xiaomi.eu builds of MIUI. Its android pie. It is an adfree version of MIUI and provides extra options and customization options as compared to global versions. I am personally using this port from last 3-4 days and I tried to fix as much bugs as possible and make it less bothering to everyone else. <br /></div><div><br /></div><div>I have converted this GSI into a flashble zip which saved you from flashing vendor and other 69 fixes zip files.

In terms of overall usage experience, its lagfree for me. I can not say the same if you gonna play some games and open 5-6 other apps in background. Enough talking, its getting boring, lets download it.

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<h2><br /><span></span></h2><h2><span>ScreenShots</span></h2>

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<h2><span>Downloads </span></h2><div>
1.<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-23wR63H9fcHkhXzgUxl-UXaMcwL11wl/view?usp=drivesdk" target="_blank"> MIUI Mix 11 (Google Drive) </a></div>

<br /><h2><span>Is anything working ? </span></h2>
• GPS/Flashlight toggle (such a big achievement to fix it 😂)/Camera/Wifi/RIL/Volte and more things.

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<h2><span>Is anything bugged ? </span></h2><div>
• No NFC <br /></div><div>• No FM 💩 <br /></div><div>• Maybe more bugs here and there which are mostly MIUi side, its a GSI 🥳 <br /></div><div>• Read the notes section in this article properly otherwise you will get a free bug.

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</div><h2><span>How to flash sarr ?</span></h2><div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>Wipe data, cache and system. </li><li>
Flash the downloaded MIUI ROM zip </li><li>You can flash magisk if you want. </li><li>Reboot 
</li></ol></div><div>Now it will take around 5-10 minutes to boot. So rest and watch some memes on your laptop or computer.

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</div><h2><span>A serious note</span></h2>
• When setting up hotspot for first time, change "Device Identification" to "Default", don't cry later that hotspot isn't working if you didn't do this. If you did not do this stepa and turned on hotspot, it will give error, and the only way to solve is by doing clean flash again.
• If you flashing magisk 20.4, then turn on magisk hide from magisk manager settings otherwise you won't be able to pass safetynet.

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I hope you did not enjoy this article. Thanks for reading. If you have any issue with flashing you can ask here or join @PotterGSIs telegram group.

MIUI 11 For Motorola G5 Plus

MIUI 12 is almost here and its pretty much looks like a iOS rip off. iOS like control center and animations are here in MIUI 12. But h...

Pixel Experience - First Android 10 Based Custom ROM With Face Unlock Is Here

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Google removed the face unlock capabilities with Android 10 for some reasons like it was not much secure and Google was working on better face unlock bio metric capabilities which was kinda exclusive only for Pixel 4. So with this all other devices are left out without any kind of face unlocking and there was no way to get it on Android 10. Its a different case if your OEM implemented their own kind of face unlock in Android 10, for example - MIUI. <br />
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There are 100's of smartphones and 1000's of custom ROM users who update their phones by using custom ROMs because their OEM stops providing updates which is nothing new in Android world. So people enjoyed face unlocking features on all Nougat, Oreo, Pie ROMs but there was no face unlock with Android 10. With this people had no choice if they want to use face unlock except using Pie or Oreo ROMs which is not the best solution because even in custom ROM communities the developers stops updating old sources for security patches. LineageOS is an kinda a exception in this. <br />
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Pixel Experience is a popular custom ROM with Pixel feel. Even the Magisk developer topjohnwu was impressed with it just because it provided an experience which is mostly exclusive to Pixel Phones. The guy behind Pixel Experience ROM - Jhenrique with his top kek developing skills and knowledge has ported the face unlock from a Motorola device (which has Android 10 with face unlock). <br />
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That means one thing - If you want face unlock on Android 10 then you have to start using a custom ROM. For now, its available in Pixel Experience ROM only but it can be available in other ROMs too if the ROM developers decide (Kang ? Joey ? Habork ?) to add this feature. Face unlock is popular, its not much secure as compared to fingerprint sensor based authentication but its a cool feature which people often asks for Android 10.<br />
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I am personally using Pixel Experience Plus version which is an additional version of PE with some extra features. To setup face unlock I had to just go to settings then security and I found face unlock option there. It is not much secure as I was saying but I liked the thing that it can not unlock your phone if you close your eyes. Face unlock won't bother you by any error even if you hold your phone upside down or in landscape mode, it will unlock. It can be little troublesome to use at night but if sufficient light is  available it will unlock the phone. All you have to do for face unlock is to press the power button and show up you ugly or beautiful face. It will unlock by itself and open up the home screen or the app which you were using before locking your phone. <br />
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<h2><span>Screenshots</h2></span><br />
<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SlXxWR_pchU/Xo1h37j_H0I/AAAAAAAAHxs/9W9lDG4Ul6Atews2ED9hBy7gvAlz1XSAwCLcBGAsYHQ/s1600/Screenshot_20200408-104732915.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="900" height="640" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-SlXxWR_pchU/Xo1h37j_H0I/AAAAAAAAHxs/9W9lDG4Ul6Atews2ED9hBy7gvAlz1XSAwCLcBGAsYHQ/s640/Screenshot_20200408-104732915.jpg" width="360" /></a></div><center>Initial Setup Screen (Read carefully ;p)</center><br />
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<center>This is the preference screen where you can change options and delete your face data if you don't want your phone to be unlocked using your face. </center><br />
So thats it folks. Enjoy the face unlock if you have a device running Android 10 and have custom roms available for it. You can check if your device is in official list at <a href="https://download.pixelexperience.org/">https://download.pixelexperience.org/</a> or you can go to your device community on telegram and check if your phone has pixel experience support unofficially.

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NewPipe - FOSS Youtube client to watch and download Youtube videos on Android

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YouTube is one stop entertainment and information hub for millions of people. It got all type of content on it for almost everyone. One side of YouTube is that you get all quality content on it (if you ignore the bullshit) as well as a hell lot of advertisements with every YouTube video. These are the most annoying type of ads that pop ups while watching videos and they almost ruins the video watching experience. Most people don't know how to get rid of them because all android phones comes with YouTube app preinstalled and you have to live with that because people don't bother to find how to get rid of advertisements from it, most people are okay with it, not everyone is a geek. Well, you can also purchase youtube premium to get rid of ads but everybody can afford that on monthly basis.<br />
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Of course you can get rid of YouTube advertisements on web version of YouTube by using an adblocker like Adblock plus or uBlock origin but it is very hard to get rid of advertisement from the official android app. These adblockers can not block inside the youtube app. This is why apps like NewPipe exists. It can do more than just ad blocking.<br />
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NewPipe is an open source and free YouTube client for Android. The main purpose of it is to get rid of various kind of restrictions that the official YouTube app puts on users. The recent example of such restriction is limiting the video resolution to 480p in India. This is done by YouTube to ease the stress on its servers because a there are millions of people are staying on home due to corona pandemic and the 21 day lockdown by government. This is all fine but restricting users to just watch videos in 480p is not because users can not switch to higher resolution. there is no option above 480p. With NewPipe such restriction can be bypassed by using NewPipe no matter which country you live in.<br />
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First I am going to list all the features that NewPipe offers then I will tell about some things that NewPipe can not do as opposite to official YouTube app.<br />
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<h2><span>Downloads - </h2></span><br />
This is not available to download from Google Play Store because it violates some google play store policies. Same goes for all the YouTube clients on the internet.<br />
1. <a href="https://f-droid.org/packages/org.schabi.newpipe/" target="_blank">Download from Fdroid Store</a><br />
2. <a href="https://github.com/TeamNewPipe/NewPipe/releases" target="_blank">Download from official GitHub repo </a><br />
2. <a href="https://f-droid.org/repo/org.schabi.newpipe_910.apk" target="_blank">Direct apk link to latest version</a> (Fdroid)<br />
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<h2><span>Features of NewPipe -</h2></span><br />
<ol><li>Small and lighweight app. </li>
<li>Video downloads - Choose between video, audio or captions download, select the most suitable file format,download the resolution you need.</li>
<li>No proprietary Google APIs, it only send information which is required to get the video and channels.</li>
<li>All information like search history and favorites is stored on your device locally.</li>
<li> Play in background - An advance resizable picture in picture mode. You can also just play music of video in background, good for song playlists.</li>
<li>Subscribe to channel with just one click. Easily import and export your local subscriptions from other devices.</li>
<li> Bookmarks - Create your own playlist, import playlists, mark video as favorites and import all this data on other device to save time. </li>
<li> Search suggestion and youtube watching history for easy access to what you have watched earlier. </li>
<li> It is free, opensource and have 63 language support, updates are guaranteed if something breaks.</li>
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oh, if you like to read the often not so interesting and hate filled YouTube comments, this app can do that too.<br />
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All are these are the nice features which you sure want to try. <br />
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Now lets talk about the things that you can not do with this. The first one is that you can not login with you YouTube/Google account in this app. This means that all your favorites and playlist won't appear in this client magically. The one motto of this app is to keep it as google-less as possible. Some folks out there really don't want to be tracked about what you watch and then target you with specific ads and collect all kind of personal identifiable information about you.<br />
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Second things is that it can not provide you MP3 files of a video because YouTube does not provide MP3 files which could be downloaded directly. Other sound format that it provide for downloading can be easily played in almost all music player which you can find on play store.<br />
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There might be some things that you may miss from while using this client but they are not something you can not live without. Considering all the good features it provides, it is my personal on the go app for accessing YouTube.<br />
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You can find more information about it on the official <a href="https://newpipe.schabi.org/" target="_blank">NewPipe website</a> and check out its source code on <a href="https://newpipe.schabi.org/" target="_blank">GitHub.</a> <br />
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