Most of the Android manufacturer has their own way to locate lost or stolen Android devices. For example, Samsung Find My Mobile for Galaxy S4. Glad that Google comes out a universal way to track Android devices no matter Nexus series like Nexus 4 and Nexus 7 (2013) or Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One. Does it work on all the Android devices? Almost… Android Device Manager failed to detect my Galaxy S3 and Nexus 4 which are running on custom ROM. But working properly on Galaxy S4 with stock firmware. I still need to discover why.
How to overclock Nexus 4 GPU?
Want to get better 3D gaming performance on Google Nexus 4? Well, you can overclock Adreno 320 GPU to do so. Of course, you need to install custom kernel that support GPU overclocking in order to do so. And make sure that your Nexus 4 is not overheat else it will auto reduce GPU clock speed as well just like CPU do. Does overclock Nexus 4 GPU really improve 3D games performance? Try it to find out…
Note – overclock will reduce Qualcomm APQ8064 CPU, Adreno 320 GPU and other hardware components lifespan because it will overheat easily. Do it at your own risk.
How to fix Onda Tablet HDMI port not working?
Help! My Onda Tablet micro HDMI output port is not working. Yes, my Onda V820w is having this issue. Not sure other Onda Tablet like V919, V989, V891, V116w, oBook 10 and 11 are facing this kind of problem or not. Anyway, here is a solution for this problem. And it is working perfect on my Onda V820w Dual OS Tablet. And it should work for yours too. Basically, Onda tablets have deeper micro (not sure about mini version) HDMI port which requires same length as male micro USB head. Therefore, generic micro HDMI cable will not work as the male HDMI head is not long enough to get proper connection. Luckily, the fix is very simple. Get yourself a new HDMI cable that match your Onda tablet. Or modify yourself by following below guide…
Enhance 3D games graphics quality 4x MSAA on Redmi 1S?
Want to improve 3D games graphics quality on your Xiaomi Redmi1S? Yes, you can do so with Redmi 1S’s Qualcomm Adreno 305 GPU. It does indeed improve the virtual quality on 4.7 inch 1280 x 720px screen. However, there is performance hit by enable 4x MSAA (Multisample anti-aliasing) mode ~ reduce frame rate. Personally, I won’t recommend enabling it on fast pace games. But no harm to try it on casual 3D games. Or just for fun…
How to remove bloatware on Samsung Galaxy S3?
Bloatware == unnecessary features that are not used by end users, or generally use more system resources than necessary. Everybody definition on bloatware is not the same. For example, ChatON on Samsung Galaxy S III is a bloatware to me because I don’t use it. However, it might be a very useful application to certain people. We can’t uninstall / remove this Samsung Galaxy S3 bloatware as it is built in as part of the firmware. Luckily, we can disable it from running as system service or process which eat up precious memory (part of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich feature. No root access is required to disable built-in system application).