With health-related functionalities like daily readiness scores, health metrics, heart health tracking, and stress management tools, there’s a lot to look forward to. Then there’s also a built-in voice assistant, the ability to take Bluetooth calls, get text and app-based notifications, and send voice replies. However, in spite of all the goodies attached, it isn’t free from its fair share of issues either. As of now, various users have voiced their concern that their Fitbit Sense is stuck on the Fitbit logo....

Along the same lines, some users have said after their devices get stuck in a bootloop. After that, they had to flash the stock boot.img file to get back their device to working condition. At first, I thought the issue was due to the fact that the stock boot.img version number didn’t match the current firmware installed on their device. However, after getting in touch with all the affected users, I concluded that it wasn’t due to the mismatch of the boot....

However, inspite of all the goodies attached, it isn’t free from its fair share of issues. As of now, various users have voiced their concern that the audio automatically lowers down to 0 every time they load a new match or leave a match to return to the lobby. While they could head over to the settings menu and turn up the volume, however, the bug will re-appear as soon as the match gets over....

To round it all off, the Assistant app from Google has now made its presence felt, albeit for all the wrong reasons. A slew of complaints is lined up across Google Support Forums where users have reported that Google Assistant keeps on force stopping, randomly closing, or not functioning along the expected lines on their Android 12 device. If you are also getting bugged with this issue, then this guide is here to help you out....

However, Chrome seems to be giving a tough time when it comes to webcam access on the latest iteration of the OS. With work from home becoming the new norm, video and conference calls are seeing an incremental rise in their usage like never before. However, the users who are trying out the web clients of these apps are having a tough time as of late. Many have voiced their concern that they are unable to use the camera inside the Chrome browser running on their Windows 11 PC....

While I’m not going to debate whether this is the most ethical practice or notbut one thing is for sure, if they are visiting sites that they shouldn’t then they would obviously delete the entire browsing history before logging off. Well, in such cases, you could put a roadblock and prevent that from happening. In other words, you could disable the Clear History option in the Safari Browser on your Mac....

And this is what happened with the Mute Tab feature as well. Rolling back the clocks a few years, you could use this functionality to mute the sound in the particular tab, been without the need to open that tab. As soon as a particular tab started playing audio, you will see the Sound icon inside that tab, clicking on which will mute/unmute the audio being played in that tab....

In this regard, it is the right-click menu that has become the talk of the town, and not necessarily for all the right reasons. The fact that the Refresh option is baked deep inside the Show More options (when dealing with the File Explorer) has caused quite a few uproars, and rightly so [Get Windows 10 Context Menu in Windows 11]. There was indeed no need to push one of the most used features into an additional menu....

UPDATE 1: We have added a new method: Extract Payload.Bin directly on your Android device without using a PC. So whereas the first method requires a PC, the second method doesn’t. You may refer to any of those two methods that meet your requirements. In this tutorial, we will show you how to extract the payload.bin file so that you may get the stock boot image (boot.img) and other firmware files....

To extract these firmwares (whether from OnePlus, Realme/Oppo, or even Spreadtrum), you need to have standalone tools. When it comes to the Spreadtrum and Unisoc devices, there exist a couple of tools that are very much capable of extracting the PAC firmware. Among them, the SPD Upgrade Tool is probably the best in business. It also beholds a plethora of baked-in features such as the ability to flash Unisoc and Spreadtrum firmwares and even supports ....

Likewise, they could also gain administrative access to their device by rooting it via Magisk. However, as every coin has two sides, the same is the case here as well. While trying out any of these tweaks, then are chances of facing a few issues. In this regard, the Android device getting stuck in the fastboot mode seems to be among the most frequently occurring issues. If you are currently bugged with this issue, then this guide shall help you out....

If you flash an incorrect binary or flash the correct one to the incorrect partition, then you are inviting trouble. There’s a probability of the device ending up in a bootloop or getting bricked. Likewise, in some instances, the device’s partition might also get corrupted. And if that happens with the EFS partition, then there’s bound to be issues with your IMEI. This is because your device’s unique identification number and various network configuration files are stored in this EFS partition itself....

Along the same lines, if we turn our attention towards Docs, then it’s more than just your online word processor. One of its pretty nifty yet underrated features is the tons of templates that it beholds. You could easily create a Resume, Letter, Project Proposal, Brochure, and Reports with just a single click. However, as of now, this feature seems to be going through a rough patch. There have been various complaints from the users that the default Docs templates have simply disappeared from the start-up screen....

When that happens, some of the apps installed on your device will detect that the device is now rooted and hence will refuse to function. The majority of these apps belong to the payment and banking domain. Along the same lines, games like Pokemon Go wouldn’t function either (because you will then be easily able to spoof the location). To counter this, Magisk came with a MagiskHide that allowed you to hide root from all these apps....

Likewise, they could even gain administrative rights by rooting their device via Magisk. All that is needed is an unlocked bootloader. After this, you could then easily try out all the aforementioned tweaks. Among the top of the list is the ability to try out various Custom ROMs. What many people discuss when we talk about this modified Android firmware is the fact that these ROMs have a lot to offer....

Once you do so, you will be in a position to welcome a plentitude of customizations onto your device. These include the likes of flashing a custom recovery such as TWRP or OrangeFox, getting access to the system partition via Magisk, and flashing tons of mods such as Substratum Themes, Magisk Modules, Xposed Framework, and the likes. Along the same lines, you could also flash a customized build of the Android OS that offers a bunch of additional features and a few extra years of OS upgrade....

Coming back to its OS, while I’m never a fan of Oppo’s underlying OS on top of OxygenOS, the fact that it has its account settings right at the top of the Settings menu does no good either. And the constant stickied message to Gert exclusive perks with RedCableClub! further degrades the UI. They could have created a new section and added all the account-related details there, similar to how Google does....

At the same time, it managed to checkmark the prerequisites of the tech community as well. There are a plethora of mods and tweaks waiting to become a permanent abode onto your device. Once you have bypassed the sole restriction of locked bootloader via In-Depth Test APK, there’s no limit to the customizations that you could try. Installing custom ROMs, flashing TWRP, Rooting via Magisk, flashing Magisk Modules, Substratum Themes, Xposed Frameworks are just the tip of the iceberg....

Whether it’s the flashing of custom/GSI ROMs, installing a custom recovery like TWRP, or gaining access to the system partition by rooting your device via Magisk patched AP file, there’s a slew of intriguing things to try out. However, before you could welcome abode any of these tweaks on your device, you will first have to checkmark an important prerequisite off the list- the bootloader on your Galaxy Fold 3 should be unlocked....

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....