Once you bypass the sole requirement of an unlocked bootloader, you would have literally opened the floodgates to a plethora of customizations. Be it for flashing custom recovery, flashing Magisk to gain access to the system partition, or even flashing custom ROMs, there’s a lot of modifications that you could try out. And as for this guide, our focus will be on custom ROM, and not just any ROM, but it’s the one from Xiaomi EU Community that has taken away all the limelight....

With that said, since the exFAT drives are faster at writing and reading data, it has become the go-to choice for many users. However, some users are having a tough time in mounting their USB OTG which has been formatted as exFAT on their Android device. If you are also on the same page, then this guide shall help you out. Follow along for the fix. How to Mount USB OTG Devices formatted as exFAT on Android Once your device reboots, you will now be able to mount your USB OTG formatted as exFAT on your Android device....

Be it for flashing custom ROMs or installing custom recoveries, there’s a lot to try out. Along the same lines, you could also gain access to the system partition by rooting your device via Magisk. This in turn could be done via two different methods- by flashing the Magisk App via TWRP or flashing the Magisk patched boot.img via Fastboot Commands. And in this guide, we will be taking the latter approach....

Each of the images has been curated from different sources and belongs to a varied set of domains. If you like any of these images, then you will further be blessed with images from that category as well. And more often than not, the images come out to be quite impressive, to say the least. So if you wish to save it, your first course of action might be to copy it over to the clipboard via the Print Screen key and then save it using a photo editor app (even Paint will do)....

Likewise, whenever I took screenshots for this blog, I had to carry out the additional edit of blurring out important chunks of data, which again asked for additional effort. So to address these issues, I went to my favorite place [aka GitHub] and stumbled upon a nifty module using which I was able to change every piece of information related to WiFi, SIM, Bluetooth, and other system components of my device....

On the flip side though, carrying out these tweaks could prove to be a risky bet. There’s always a chance of things going south- from the device going into a bootloop to Qualcomm Crashdump Mode, or even getting hard bricked, these risks are always looming around the corners. Fortunately, since Lenovo Legion Y70 comes with a Qualcomm chipset, you could easily unbrick it using Qualcomm Flash Image Loader. And in this guide, we will show you how to do just that....

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....

When you are getting a truckload of decent features without burning a hole in your pockets, there’s not much left to ask. Furthermore, if we turn our attention to the Pop series, then it has also carved out its own fanbase for tech enthusiasts. There is literally a plentitude of customizations and tweaks that you could carry out in order to exploit the device’s maximum potential. However, before you try out any of these modifications, you will have to checkmark one important prerequisite....

Not only for the general users, but these devices seems to have checkmarked a few prerequisites for the tech enthusiasts as well. However, before you could try out any of these tweaks, there is a restriction that you need to bypass. And that is unlocking the device’s bootloader. The company ships its devices in a locked state so that the user only tries out the stock OS experience. However, they leave a small window of opportunity that you could use to bypass this limitation and try out the plethora of customizations onto your device....

You’ll have to manually get in touch with the service providers, verify your credibility and then ask them for a temporary code or a QR code to scan. Using that information, you could re-add your account to the app. It goes without saying that proved to be a great deal of inconvenience to the end users. So to address this issue, Google finally [after years of request] added the ability to sync your codes with your Google account....

But thanks to some great work from the developers, this device, to this date, is quite an active player in the custom development. There’s no better way to justify this statement than by highlighting the fact that the device has recently been offered the latest stable Android build, courtesy of a custom ROM. One of the most popular players in this domain, LineageOS is now live for your Motorola, based on the latest stable OS....

Be it for flashing customized firmware, installing a custom recovery like OrangeFox, or gaining administrative rights by rooting the device via Magisk patched boot.img, the possibilities stands endless. Quite recently, it has also been blessed with the latest OS build, courtesy of one of the most popular custom ROMs. As a result, the likes of privacy dashboard, Material You theme and revamped widgets are on the cards. So on that note, let’s check out the steps to install the latest LineageOS 19 based on Android 12 on POCO F3/Redmi K40/Mi 11X....

And now we are seeing Motorola is taking us down a memory lane. This nostalgic journey began with the rebirth of the Motorola Razr. Now, the smartphone manufacturer is bringing back stylus as well. Not the ones that come with the flagship, but the old and simple ones. How much of this are people going to actually love is up for debate. But what isn’t is the fact that you could easily flash custom ROMs, a custom recovery like TWRP or even root it via Magisk....

The below instructions are listed under separate sections for ease of understanding. Make sure to follow in the same sequence as mentioned. STEP 1: Enable Installation from Unknown Source STEP 2: Choose the Sideload Method Next up, you will have to choose the sideload method through which you could download and install the app onto your TV. In general, there exist three different approaches- using an Android device, via Browser, and using a cloud-storage service....

When you are getting a polished and streamlined MIUI experience, bereft of unnecessary customizations and bloatware, then there’s not much left to ask Along the same lines, this ROM also edges out its counterpart in the performance domain- its fluidity and smoothness are literally unmatched when compared to the stock MIUI. Combine all these goodies, and you get a much more optimized and efficient performing ROM that is light on the system and hence consumes battery- well these reasons are sufficient to justify the massive popularity of the EU ROM....

With each passing week, a new bug seems to get added to the already long list of bugs and issues. As of now, numerous users have voiced their concern that their iPhone is not charging after updating their device to iOS 16. What is intriguing to note is the fact that their device does show up charging, however, there is no increment in the battery percentage. So while the device is plugged in and shows the status as charging, in reality, the battery is continuously draining out in the background until the point the device ultimately powers off....

And the cost is of excessive battery drainage. In this regard, most OEMs packs in an Adaptive Refresh Rate functionality that will automatically adjust the refresh rate based on the task you are performing, For example, if you are playing a graphics-rich game, then it will adopt to a higher rate, more often to the maximum possible limit. On the other hand. if you are performing a less resource-intensive task, such as replying to a WhatsApp message, then this refresh rate will automatically lower down....

As of now, numerous users have voiced their concern that they are getting an absurdly high number of interceptions in Madden 23. In this regard, many have reported around 3-5 INTs per game. Even on setting the INT slider down to 0, they are still throwing 3-4 a game. So is there a way to deal with this fiasco? Well, there does exist a nifty workaround that might come in handy....

Furthermore, now that this browser is deeply integrated into the new iteration of the OS build, you could expect much better-optimized performance from it. However, that doesn’t seem to be the case for many users. A slew of complaints is lined up across various forums where users have voiced their concerns that the browser isn’t working along the expected lines. For some, the issue is much more concerning as they aren’t even able to launch Edge in the first place....

There have been many users who even rolled back to the Android 11 just to escape from the torture of the colors. But those who decided to stay in this new ecosystem didn’t have the best of welcoming either. Right from the first day onwards, their usage experience was bugged with a plethora of issues. One among them was a slightly weird bug wherein a few users reported that some system apps [such as Google Dialer and the stock Camera app] were missing from their device right after the update....