Likewise, the Zenfone series has also made a name for itself in custom development. Be it for flashing custom ROMs, installing a custom recovery like TWRP, or gaining administrative access by rooting your device via Magisk, there are a plethora of things to try out. However, this is just one side of the coin. Carrying out these tweaks might prove to be risky as well. Just a slight deviation and there’s every chance of your device going into a bootloop or bricked state....

With that said, Pixel devices have always been known to be among the most active players in custom development, and this time around, things would be no different either. Be it for custom ROMs, custom kernels, or gaining administrative access by rooting your device via Magisk, the possibilities stand endless. However, this is just one side of the coin. Carrying out these tweaks could prove to be risky and there’s always a risk of things going south....

In this regard, one direct approach will be to simply hide it from the Taskbar from the Settings > Personalization menu. However, this wouldn’t be of much use as the widget’s processes would still be running in the background and would still continue to consume a major chunk of the system resources. So your next course of action could be to either disable them or rather uninstall them for good....

If we turn our attention towards custom development, then there’s a plethora of tips and tricks that you could try out. These include the likes of flashing GSI/custom ROM, installing custom recovery, and gaining access to the system partition by rooting the device via Magisk. The latter, in turn, will allow you to welcome a truckload of mods onto your device. However, before you. could try out any of these tweaks, you will first have to unlock the bootloader on your OnePlus 10T....

In this regard, once you have unlocked the device’s bootloader, you will be in a position to flash a custom/GSI ROM or gain access to the system partition by rooting the device via Magisk. But before you could carry out the flashing process, you will need to have a custom recovery installed. Talking about which, there could be no better player in the market than TWRP. So on that note, let’s make you aware of the steps to install the TWRP Recovery and then root your Samsung Galaxy A53 5G....

However, it seems not everyone is able to make full use of this functionality. This is because many users have voiced their concern that the Optimized Battery Charging option is missing from Ventura. With important features like Network Location and Schedule Shutdown already being removed from this latest OS build, one shouldn’t be even surprised if this functionality gets sacked. But fortunately, that isn’t the case and the feature is still present in this OS, it’s just that the method to access it has been slightly tweaked, as compared with Monterey....

However, in spite of all the goodies attached, it isn’t free from its fair share of issues. As of now, a slew of complaints has lined up across Reddit where users have voiced their concern that they are getting a black screen in the Basic Training section of PUBG. The audio is working well and good in the background, and all the other gameplay elements are also working along the expected lines....

As of now, various users have voiced their concern that Razer Synapse is unable to detect the connected device. It is happening across all its peripherals- mouse, keyboard, headphones, etc. If we talk about the mouse, then users are unable to even change the DPI. All these issues first came to light after the v3.7.731.72516 update. With that said, there does exist a nifty workaround that shall help you rectify this issue....

However, in spite of all the goodies that it has to offer, it isn’t free from its fair share of issues either. Its inability to load multiple tabs in the background, Google and Apple Maps websites not working, or the fact that it keeps logging out users of signed-in websites are just some of the recent issues. And now, there has been another entry to this list. Numerous users have voiced their concern that they are facing micro stutters and lags when scrolling through websites in the Safari browser....

However, Google decided that it wasn’t enough and hence rolled out the December OTA update. Once you got hold of that update, a truckload of issues were are lined up waiting for a permanent abode on your devices. These include the likes of device crashing to recovery mode, Bluetooth not working, inconsistent network, screen timeout not working, Call Screen being disabled, and a plethora of others. And at the time of writing, there has been another unwanted entry to this list....

As a result of which, users are left with no choice but to manually open the file and check out its contents which literally ends up taking ages if you have quite a few files involved. In this regard, recently we listed out the steps to rectify the Quicklook Preview not working issue. And now, we will show you how to fix the file thumbnails not appearing issue on your Mac....

The last backup to Google Drive was a couple of days old and his Downloads folder with some important files wasn’t even part of this backup. Hence a backup was an absolute necessity. Moroever, even the service center guys would anyway reset the device, so a backup should have to be taken anyway before sending the device. But the screen isn’t even responding, so how could one take a backup?...

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....

First off, the data is being transferred in an encrypted and secure manner. Moreover, these data exchanges are taking place in an anonymous environment, i.e. your actual IP Address remains hidden, and instead, it will be disguised with a random one. Another pretty nifty perk of a VPN is the ability to access geo-restricted contents and for many users, this is the major reason why they opt for a virtual network in the first place....

In this regard, a bunch of users have voiced their concern that they are hearing a weird sound effect when opening any menu item in Ventura System Settings. Since the frequency and magnitude of this issue isn’t of astronomical proportion, plus the fact that only a selected few were affected by this bug, all this pointed towards an issue with a third-party app rather than the OS itself. And that is indeed the case....

As of now, a slew of complaints are lined up wherein users have voiced their concern that the app crashes as soon as they try to open it. This started happening after the users had updated the app to the latest build version 11.3. In this regard, they have already tried the basic workarounds of reinstalling the app and updating the graphics drivers, but to no avail. With that said, there does exist a nifty method that will help you fix the Adobe Lightroom crashing on the startup screen....

Similarly, the Spotlight search also takes ages to find a file or in some instances returns empty-handed. This is because that data isn’t in Spotlight’s index to work with. With that said, there does exist a few nifty methods through which you could easily search files on a mounted NAS drive. And in this guide, we will show you how to do just that. Follow along. Fix Cannot search files on mounted NAS Drive It is recommended that you try out each of the below-mentioned workarounds and then see which one spells out success for you....

Once you turn it on, it will automatically scan, filter, and prevent search results, sites, and images that might be inappropriate, potentially offensive, NSFW, violent, or along the same lines. And let’s give credit where it’s due- this feature from the Silicon Valley giants does its job quite efficiently. However, there’s just one caveat- sometimes it tends to get over-protective and ends up blocking results that might not be offensive for an adult viewer....

While the dust surrounding the graphics settings being reset was yet to settle down, a new and similar bug has already made its way. As of now, numerous users have voiced their concern that their keybind is getting reset in COD Modern Warfare 2 without any manual intervention from their end. This is happening randomly and in every game mode, especially during co-op missions. If you are also getting bugged by this issue, then this guide will help you out....

Xiaomi devices come with a Storage Space feature that lets you know how much of the storage space is being consumed by photos, videos, APKs, documents, etc. Likewise, it also shows the Other section, which encompasses all the other file types. However, it is this section that is being a cause of concern for a lot of users. Users aren’t able to identify the files that are occupying so much storage under this Others category....