Samsung Disables Third-Party Accessories In Galaxy Note 3 with KitKat Update

The Galaxy Note 3 will be the first Samsung device, which only works with licensed accessories and disables the third party accessories. If third-party accessories offered without a matching chip, special functions are no longer available after the update has been deployed on Android 4.4. In U.S., Samsung distributed already the update for the Galaxy Note 3 to the latest Android 4.4 Kitkat.

After the update the third-party accessories may no longer work. Note that you may watch that the people are complaining in xda forum. The users report that the Galaxy Note 3 is no longer reasonable to work with Android 4.4 with a special S -View case. The shell supports the S -view window function to display information on the cover.

In addition there is a transparent area on the screen coverage is reduced when closing the cover. Exactly this function no longer works correctly after recording the update. In addition, the cover has a special home button, which also is not working as desired after the update. Reason for this is that the Spigen sleeve is missing a Samsung chip. A user at xda - forum has taken the chip from an original Samsung Case and incorporated into the Spigen cover.

Then the S- Window function was active again, but the home button on the jacket still refused their service. Already in October 2013, there were initial reports that Samsung uses a special chip which will allow only licensed accessories. This project used by Samsung for the first time with the Kitkat update for the Galaxy Note 3. It is assumed that similar changes occur also for other Galaxy devices soon. When Galaxy Note 3 is rooted provided with Android Kitkat; the query for the Samsung chip can be disabled so that the S -View- Windows function runs again.

How to Save or Increase Battery life in Android and iPhone

The battery of Android phones and iPhone used to be big concern for all users as the battery won’t last till the end of the day, that’s gradually has improved a lot now but it is still sometimes be difficult to get through a day without running the battery dry. Frequent travelers and business persons know the valud of this battery, because its hard for them to go without charge on their phones. These Android phones and iPhone keeps you entertained, so who will not love to save or increase its battery life, Let’s have a look on few things which can actually save your battery life.

Dim the screen brightness

Everyone loves Smartphone’s large, colorful attractive display, but that’s the one which consumes the max out of your battery more than any other app. Most phones will be having auto adjust brightness option to suit the atmosphere lightning. Though Auto brightness mode will save lot of battery for you, keeping the screen in a dim mode will extend the life of your battery gradually.

Turn Off Location Services 

IPhone and iPads are having the inbuilt GPS for many functions, such as Google maps. You may be surprised when you know that there are many other apps which use GPS, so it consumes a lot of battery life. You can turn it off all Location Services or just turn it off for any particular apps by going to Settings > Privacy > Location Services. You can even turn off GPS settings on your Android phones which will improve your battery life.

Keep the screen timeout short

In your phone there is a option called Screen Timeout which locks the phone after a certain period of time if the phone is idle, Every second gets counted here, so set your timeout to the shortest. On most of the smart phones the Timeout will be 2 mins, you can reduce it to 30 seconds. On a iPhone the minimum is 1 min which we can set.

Disable notifications 

On a Android, iPhone it displays lot of notifications which use up battery life. In both the phones you can disable the notifications of each app. You have to manually disable for all the apps.

Turn off vibration 

Turning off the vibrating alerts on your Android, iPhone can surely help improving your battery life. Go to the Profiles setting where you can disable the vibration.

Turn off Wi-Fi and Bluetooth

Most of the users keep their device wifi and Bluetooth on, which constantly searches out for signals and which is a serious battery drainer. Keeping it turn off and using it on the needed time will definitely add 1 hour of battery life to your phone.

Don't leave apps running in the background

These Smartphones are known for the ability to run more than one app at a time. But it also burns a lot of energy, every app running at background using your phone`s processor and battery.. By killing those apps that you aren't actually using, will drastically save you battery and will improve the processor of your device.

How to Speed Up my Windows 8 PC to Work Faster - 10 Tips

I must say that windows 8 are faster that windows xp or windows 7, whether it’s the booting time or the performance, Windows 8 is ahead of all its previous versions. Are you facing slow issue with your windows 8 ? Its mainly due to lot of unwanted things running in the background or installation of too many apps. Lets see how we can make it work faster than before. Its easy to speed up your windows 8 pc. Below are some tips which you can try to speed up your windows 8 pc.

Remove/Disable Unnecessary services

You can remove/disable unwanted windows services which may be making the pc slow, to perform that

• Press Win + R to open RUN Window, then type the command msconfig in the box and Press enter.

• Now the box opened is System Configuration .In that Window navigate to the Services tab. Tick the checkbox of the Hide all Microsoft services, it will hide the windows services. Now the left upon services are third parties like Adobe , Google, Mozilla etc.These are actually unwanted services which might be eating up lot of resources, uncheck those services and click apply.

Manage Your Startup Programs

• Open the run command and type taskmgr to open the task manager window, navigate to the Startup tab.

• Now you can see lot of programs list which are installed in the pc, select the unwanted apps which you don’t want to startup along with system startup and disable them, now these apps won’t be starting along with system, you can manually start them anytime.

Disable Time-Wasting Animations

Windows 8 uses lot of animations while opening, closing windows, We can disable them.

• Open the run command and type SystemPropertiesAdvanced and press enter, It will open System properties With Advanced Tab. Click on the Setting button in the Performance section.

• Now in the Performance Options Window go to Custom, you will find a lot of effects which are ticked, untick them and apply.

Stop Windows Indexing

• Open the run command and type services.msc, press enter. Look for the Windows Search service in the list, right-click on it and select the option Properties.

• In properties Window, select the start up type as Disabled.

User Recommended Anti Virus

Instead of using third party antivirus programs, Use the Windows included Windows Defender , it’s the same antivirus as Microsoft Security Essentials.

Modify Power Settings

Windows 8`s power plans are same as earlier version of windows. To view the power plan settings, press on the Windows key, in the box type Power Plan, click Settings, and press Enter. Make sure you are using it in Balanced mode which is the recommended one.

Put Your Computer To Sleep

Instead of shutting down the computer put it in Sleep mode, In sleep mode the system goes into a low power state which consumes a very low power to keep the programs active. Using Sleep instead of shut down gradually increases the pc speed.

Optimize Your Hard Drives

In the earlier versions of windows there was a tool called Disk Defragmenter, its named as Optimize Drives too in windows 8. Though Windows 8 optimizes the drives once in a week automatically, it will be good if you make it twice a week.

Registry Cleaner: 

Actually people install and then uninstall lot of programs in the pc, even if you uninstall the program it leaves behind registry files which will remain in the system and after a period of time it can cause slowness, You need to cleanup these registries using a registry cleaner.

Install Latest Drivers : 

Always make sure you install the latest drivers for your hardware’s, if the hardware’s are updated your pc is sure to work better.

Top 5 Best Tablet Alternatives to the Apple iPad

The trend setter when it comes to design the Apple , “iPod” which has given birth to the world of on the go music players, then it was the “iPhone” which emerged the new generation of mobile phone, and the recently launched “iPad”, which was an head turner towards the touch screen for mobile computing (which already existed).

It is guaranteed that the Apple iPad will sell but it lacks many features such as multitasking. (Such as the lack of flash player)

It was the iPhone and again it looks like it had happened with the iPad; manufacturers are very eager to bring their own touch screen tablet computers, the latest being the WePad from German company Neofonie. So let us wait! Apple iPad is not only the game present in town. Sure it has got fancy interface, but these following ten tablets wins the fight between hardware devices, which is very crucial for many consumers. Here are 10 alternatives for the iPad.

1. Archos 9 PC Tablet

Archos was an important player in the MID market since it was launched. The Archos 9 PC Tablet is the manufacturers biggest slate device to up to date. The Archos proves that Apple is not only the one to build good looking devices. It has a price tag which starts at $549, the Archos 9 PC Tablet it is an awesome device and has beautiful looks. It boasts an Intel Atom Z510 1.1 G Hz processor, 1GB Ram, and which is also available in two variants, 80GB & 160GB. A very high resolution 9-inch touch screen and a two way positioned leg-stands make it flawless for hands free and media on the and there is no need for the purchase of additional equipments. It runs on Windows 7, also supports full high definiton video playback, it has a built-in webcam for video conferencing & Skype and also supports flash playback.

2. Compal Tablet

It is the working prototype which was shown at the CES 2010. The Compal tablet boasts an 7-inch display and runs on Android 2.0, it is powered by next-generation NvidiaTegra 2 processor. The presence of this chip on this device supports 1080p video playback, and has good battery life.

3. Dell Mini 5

Dell Mini 5 it is the device with smaller dimensions present on the list which boasts an 5-inch touch screen which makes it easy to use. This device comes in with a faster 1GHz Snapdragon processor which also has other features such as 3G, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connectivity. The outstanding feature of this device is to make phone calls and also has a awesome 5 megapixel camera

4. Fusion Garage’s JooJoo

It boasts an 12-inch screen and an built-in camera, it is an efficient competitor to the iPad . It can support 1080p of video streaming and also supports flash products. It boasts an Intel Atom / NVIDIA Ion which powers this tablet which has a good interface design and beautiful visual experience.

5. Google and HTC Tablet

Google has been already challenging duels with Apple in the mobile devices – the Google boasts an Android OS and also the Nexus One phones which are competition ,with iPhone directly Google may partner with HTC – it is the company behind the Nexus One – for any tablet computing initiative. The report already says that Google Tablet is already under development since the past 19 months. HTC can be an trusted logical choice of partnership. As still nothing has been announced officially Google Tablet is just on the entrant list for now.

How to Create My Own Animated GIFs Online - 5 Best Ways

GIF: Graphics Interchange Format was developed in 1987 by CompuServe; GIF is a process in which images are compressed without comprising with the quality of the image. If you go through internet, you will find lot of gif images in almost all websites, nowadays the most famous social networks like Facebook and twitter are flooded with gif`s. Tumblr is one such pool for gif images where you can find lot of gif`s , they are fun actually.

Well even you can create a animated gif on your own, creating your own animated GIF in a online website is the best way as it is more customizable and gives less burden to the users. It hardly takes 5 minutes to create a GIF, lets go through some of the famous websites which are user friendly even for a beginner to create it easily.

1. GIFMaker.me is a free website where you can upload a max of 10 images at a time; also you can make a gif directly from a YouTube url. The image limitati.on is 2mb. In the control panel of the website you can also see thumbnail preview of your animated GIF before you create it, It also gives you time to customize various other settings as well. The only disadvantage is it doesn’t have option to add text.

2. Picasion has more features in the form of webcam. Apart from uploading photos from My computer it also gives option to add photos from Picasa, and Flickr account, In the webcam feauture you can set a timer and the number of shots the webcam has to shoot, later it can be customized into a GIF, like GIFMaker this too has disadvantage of not having ability to add text.Picasion is one of the most commonly used website to create GIF online.

3. ImgFlip is another website where you can create your own GIF, it actually gives you option to add video urls from any website and supports formats like flv, avi, mov, wmv, mpeg etc. It has an added feature of adding texts to the gif.

4. Gickr: This one is a good website for creating gif`s as it doesn’t considers the image size limit and like other 3 websites mentioned above Gickr too has all the custom options to personalize your creation.

5. Make a Gif (makeagif.com): Just another option for you which have all the common features that a gif online creation website should have.


So here we have came across 5 best ways to create your own animated GIF image online. Creating it online is the best efficient way, even you can create a gif by using various offline tools which you need to download from web but most of the times they will be a trial version or even if its not it may have a watermark on the gif which you will create, so creating it online is always a better option. Go ahead and create one for you, Upload it in Tumblr, who knows if it goes viral it may reach to millions of people in web.