However, in spite of all the goodies attached, it isn’t free from its fair share of issues. It occasionally goes through a few hiccups, which more often than not, could easily be rectified from the user’s end itself. In this regard, the likes of deleting the cache and data, disabling and re-enabling, and tweaking its permissions are the most recommended workarounds. However, in some instances, the issue might be much more concerning and the only way out would be to uninstall and then reinstall the YouTube App on your Android device....

But what about custom developments? While its journey in this domain isn’t well documented compared with OnePlus or Xiaomi, however, it isn’t much behind those big players. Tecno is usually quick in releasing the kernel source code and in turn, gets praised in plenty from the tech enthusiasts. But before you could step into this domain, you would have to tick off an important prerequisite. By default, Tecno ships in all its devices with a locked bootloader....

What is Bootloader? According to Google “A bootloader is a vendor-proprietary image responsible for bringing up the kernel on a device. It guards the device state and is responsible for initializing the Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) and binding its root of trust”. Confused? So am I! let us leave all this aside. In simpler terms, a Bootloader is a software that runs every time your phone boots (start). It contains a set of instructions that tells the device which program to load at what instance....

As you might have guessed, we are talking about the missing Volume Presets in the Sonos app. This is counted as one of the basic features that are present even in the low-budget speaker’s apps so its omission is sure to raise a few eyebrows. It has long been one of the most requested features but all the requests seem to have fallen on the deaf ears. For the unaware, the preset profile allows you to easily switch between different sound profiles based on what you are currently watching- movies, sports, or listening to songs....

Well, since Hyper-V is baked into the system, it gives you a much more optimized and efficient platform to test out the guest OS, which includes the likes of Windows, Ubuntu, and a bunch of other Linux distros. However, in spite of all the goodies that it has to offer, it isn’t free from its fair share of issues either. Regarding this, most of the issues are being faced by those users who have enabled Hyper-V on their Windows Home edition using the batch file workaround....

At the time of writing, the update is in the developer preview phase, so you are likely to face a few bugs and issues. Well, that’s not an issue as Oppo has already made its userbase aware of all the bugs beforehand. However, as of now, the users are having to deal with an altogether different type of problem. In the Oppo ecosystem, whenever you are planning to install the upgrade/downgrade firmware, you will have to interact with its Local Install feature....

This when coupled with the open-source implementation of NVIDIA’s GameStream protocol, aka Moonlight, and you get one of the best technology at hand to stream and play your games remotely from your PC over to the TV. However, as of now, both these features aren’t working along the expected lines. Various users have voiced their concern that both the GameStream and Moonlight are currently lagging, disconnecting, and facing stuttering issues....

It also beholds an impressive specs sheet that is enough to give most of the flagships a run for their money. Moreover, the device was launched with Android 11 out of the box and has now been blessed with the thirteenth iteration of the OS. As a result of which you are now likely to welcome a plethora of new and intriguing features onto your device, with the modified Material You theming engine being the icing on the cake....

These include the likes of a new widget selection menu, Privayx Dashboard, improvements to the camera app design and to top it all off, you get the new Material You UI coupled with Wallpaper based theming engine. For the unaware, this feature automatically picks up the major color from the currently applied wallpaper and then applies the same throughout various OS components such as the Settings Menu, Notification, and Quick Setting toggles among others....

Outlook formatting toolbar & Send button location has now changed Earlier, the send button was placed at the bottom, below the message body. In the same line, you had the formatting toolbar which houses options like delete, open in a new window, and zoom in. It is proving to be quite a distraction for the end users and ultimately negatively affecting their workflow. While changes to software or product are nothing new, however, it is usually carried out in the beta build first and then reviews of the beta testers are taken into consideration....

OxygenOS 12 resulting in Hard Bricked OnePlus Devices Recently a slew of complaints from OnePlus 8/8T/8Pro/9R users was lined up wherein they all had reported a similar issue- their device went into a bricked state. Initially, it was attributed to an issue from the user’s end, but when numerous users started facing this issue, then it called for a retrospection. And XDA Senior Member protodevnan0 did just that. He found out that when you flash firmware via Fastboot Commands, then in some instances, you might accidentally end up flashing the wrong bootloader- all due to the chaos introduced by the OEM in the first place....

However, as of late, it is giving a tough time to users who have just updated their Mac to the latest version. In this regard, numerous users have voiced their concern that the Paragon NTFS Software is not working on Ventura 13.3.1. Whenever they are trying to mount the disk, they are instead getting the error along the lines of com.apple.DiskManagement.disenter error 49153. So if you a user format the drive as NTFS, then the Mac will refuse to mount whereas Mac OS Extended Journaled tends to mount just fine....

The network issues resulting in the inability to make calls or send and receive messages, device crashing after connecting to Bluetooth, and rooting related problems (though we can’t blame Google for this one) are just some of the most documented ones. And as of now, there has been another unwanted entry to this list. Many users have reported that after installing the December update and restarting the device, when they type in their PIN to unlock the device, it takes them straight to the stock recovery....

While the dust surrounding the yellow display saturation and inefficient fingerprint was yet to settle down, a new one has already entered the frame. As of now, numerous users have voiced their concern that their Pixel 7/Pro tends to restart randomly without any manual intervention from their end. They are running a completely stock device with no modifications whatsoever [non-rooted, bootloader locked] but are still having to face this infuriating issue....

However, as of now, it is going through a rough patch on the PCs from the Cupertino giants. Various Mac users have voiced their concern that the Plex Server is displaying a grey/black screen right at the startup. As a result, they are unable to stream any content whatsoever. The issue first came to light after the rollout of the update v1.44.0 and is only affecting Mac, Windows users are not affected by this bug....

This is because it saves your system’s last interactive state in the volatile memory as opposed to the hard disk. As a result, you could get your hands on those files and applications from where you last left off without any delay. However, there seems to be an area of discomfort that needs addressing. Even if there is just a slight unintentional movement of the mouse, your PC will suddenly wake up from its deep sleep....

If you own a Pixel device, then Google has designated the Discover Feed at the extreme left of the home screen. And there exists no method whatsoever through which you could bid it adieu. But we did manage to find out a nifty workaround using which not only could you remove Google Discover from your home screen but could even replace it with any other app of your choice. So without further ad, let’s check out how this could be carried out....

Many of them have voiced their concern that Retroactive iTunes is no longer able to identify the iPods or CDs, although it could still play songs from their music library. Earlier, the songs on your CDs and iPods would show up in the iTunes menu, but now CDs open in the Music app, and iPods show up in the Finder, which ends to destroy the sole purpose of this app in the first place....

Poco devices have always known to provide feature-rich devices without burning a hole in your pockets. And its latest offering is no different either. The 6.67-inch screen has a 1080 x 2400 pixel resolution and an impressive 120Hz refresh rate. Under the hood, there is an octa-core Qualcomm SM7150-AC Snapdragon 732G chipset with Adreno 618 GPU. The device comes in two different variants, 64GB 6GB RAM, 128GB 6GB RAM. Talking about the camera, there is a quad rear setup with 64+13+2+2MP which could record videos at [email protected] On the front, you get a single 20MP camera with [email protected] video recording capabilities....

What is Bring All to Front/Arrange in Front in Safari? Two among them are the Bring All to Front and Arrange in Front functionalities. If we talk about the latter one, then it tends to arrange all the opened Safari windows to the center of the Desktop. On the other hand, the Bring All to Front feature brings all the opened Safari windows to the front and pushes the rest of the apps’ windows to the back....