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Here is how to wipe everything from your Windows PC (new or old PC), except the operating system with Decrap. If you want your PC in a fresh Installation state and do not like to reinstall the system, you can try Decrap. Decrap is a free application that can completely remove all installed programs and associated registry entries from your computer. Actually, it is a batch uninstaller and provides two to types of uninstall options: automatic and manual....

Wondershare Player can be considered as an all-in-one media player and video discovery app for Android smartphone. You don’t need to find any converter app or download any codec to playback video and audio. With it, you can search and find your favorite video clips on YouTube, Vevo, Dailymotion, Metacafe and Vimeo, and even watch videos later on offline by caching videos. Wondershare Player can also play DVD folders from SD card directly with DVD menu navigation....

Here is how to bring advanced power menu to your phone that is running on stock ROM. These options are essential for carrying out various tasks on your phone, for instance, to backup/restore/flash ROM, kernel, and system files, wipe data, make a factory reset, and more. You can bring advanced power menu to your phone using Xposed Framework module called Advanced Power Menu. This module extends the power menu by including reboot, soft reboot, reboot to recovery and screenshot option and few other options....

For your information, Glance Screen is available as Amber update on devices such as Nokia Lumia 720, 820, 920, 925 and 1020. However, due to hardware restrictions, Glance will not be available for Lumia 520, 521 and 625. Glance Background app (beta) can be downloaded from Windows Phone Store. The app comes with few pre-defined background images to customize your Glance screen, but you can add your favorite images from your gallery and convert it for Glance....

In this tutorial, we are going to use SuperSU app (a must have app after rooting your device) for removing root access from your phone or tablet. The latest version of the app has such an option to remove root access. Run the SuperSU app (if not installed, install it from Play Store). Tap on the Settings tab on the top right corner, and then tap “Full Unroot” option. Confirm by taping ‘Continue’....

Android 4.4 KitKat wallpaper and icons created by the XDA developer Alessio94x looks exactly what we have seen in the leaked KitKat images. If you are interested, just download the “Google Experience Pack”, unzip the package and apply to your device. The Google Experience Pack zip file contains wallpaper and icons for App Drawer, Phone app, Google Now, Settings and voice search. For tablets, he has also made a 1920×1080 wallpaper that you can download from the same location....

Note that this is the second developer preview of Android O (OOP2), which weighs around 1GB. Users who are opt-in for Android Beta program will get the OTA update that updates your device to Android O DP2 without losing data. If you prefer manual installation, factory images for Android O Developer Preview 2 are now available at Android O downloads page. Android O DP2 OTA files can be downloaded from here....

How to backup Windows 8.1 via System Image Backup? To use System Image Backup in Windows 8.1, you need to navigate to the File History control panel. – From the Start Screen type “File History” and choose the right entry. – In the File History control panel, look in the bottom left corner of the window and click “System Image Backup” option. – Now, create a System Image wizard appears....

In this tutorial, we show you how to backup OnePlus One EFS data and restore it when IMEI & SIM not detecting issue occurs. Developed by an XDA contributor Paresh Kalinani, the one-click EFS backup & restore tool for OnePlus One make your job a lot easier. It is one-click tool that lets you easily backup the EFS data on your phone and restores it when it is required....

Better Network is a Wi-Fi Profile Manager for Windows 8. This lightweight application provides you a simple way to delete Wi-Fi networks profiles that are no longer available and network lists that aren’t needed from Windows 8 (both 32 bit and 64bit). Better Network is a quite simple to use tool and no technical knowhow is required to work with it. Once started, it automatically detects all the network connections that your Windows 8 PC has been or is using....

Delete apps usage history in Windows 8.1: Press Ctrl +Alt + Del keys together and click Task Manager. Under “App history” tab, click “Delete usage history”. It’ll remove all apps usage history instantly. Delete recent app list in Windows 8.1: Press the Win Logo +I keys together and a menu will pop-up in the right-hand side. Click on “Change PC settings” and navigate to PC and Devices – Corners and Edges and under “App Switching” click “Clear list”....

After installation, Documents Preview extension prompts for document preview when you click links pointing to the files such as .DOC .PPT or .PDF files. It uses Google documents viewer for this. Documents Preview requires Opera 11 and the extension can be downloaded at Opera extension gallery

Downgrading firmware on a Nexus device is rather a simple process, but it requires knowledge on flashing firmware manually on Android devices. If you do not want Android 6.0 Marshmallow and wish to downgrade your Nexus device back to Lollipop, read on to know how it is. About Android 6.0 Marshmallow: This update brings various software fixes, new features and security enhancements to Nexus devices. You should feel faster performance, get a prolonged battery life, and enjoy new features like Now on Tap, personalized app permission, Doze mode, System UI tuner, simple volume control, new gestures and more, once you updated your device to Android 6....

Samsung has improved its TouchWiz Android skin on Galaxy S6, but you can also add your own themes to make it your own. Downloading themes from Samsung’s theme store and installing them on your Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge is a simple process. However installing third party themes (themes from outside the theme store) requires extra steps and root access. You can view all available themes from Samsung theme service [HERE] and can download best third-party themes from XDA Developers [HERE]....

Do you want to download Instagram photos to your computer? If you are looking for a simple solution, then you may like the little tool Instagram Downloader. Instagram Downloader is a standalone application for Windows that lets you grab any user’s instagram photos to your computer. The application is quite simple to use – just run it, simply enter any Instagram username and click ‘Download’ button. Note: Instagram Downloader is not able to download the ‘real photos’ to your computer....

By disabling downloads in Internet Explorer 8 you can have a temporary or permanent fix to guard your PC against viruses, worms, Trojan horses, and other malware. In order to ensure your added security, Microsoft makes it possible to disable all downloads in Internet Explorer 8. Here is how to disables all file downloading in Internet Explorer 8. Run IE8 – click Tools on the menu bar – Internet Options....

If you find it slows down your computer, here is a small tool called Firefox Plumber (for Windows) that can effectively reduce the memory leakage of Firefox browser. its developer claims that Firefox Plumber can keep Firefox‘s memory footprint to its normal level (100 – 150Mb). To attain this, they have tweaked its memory optimization engine a little and applied it to Firefox (including Firefox extension). Firefox Plumber is very simple to use and no installation needed....

Framaroot is a small application by alephzain that allows you to root many models of Samsung Galaxy devices with a simple click. It does this by exploiting a series of security holes found in many devices. However, note that Framaroot is not a permanent rooting application. How to Root Galaxy Device with Framaroot? Important: Do not root your device without first knowing what it means and why it for. Also, Rooting will void your device warranty....

Do you have the new Facebook news feed on your account? Chances are less. You can enter into the waiting list by going to this page and clicking the “Join waiting list” button. However, it is unclear when you will get the update, but you do not need to wait for the new Facebook News Feed. Here is how to get it now. If you are interested, you can get the new Facebook home page with the awesome black sidebar on the left with a chrome extension called Facebook new news feed....

The LOS development team has recently updated the LineageOS ROM with several changes and new features. Though the team has removed support for Zenfone Max Pro M1 (X00TD) not long ago, the good news is that the phone returned to the official update list with first LineageOS 16.0 nightly build. Installing LineageOS 16 on Asus Zenfone Max Pro M1 (X00TD) isn’t a too complicated process if you already have unlocked the bootloader and replaced the stock recovery with a custom TWRP recovery....