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How to Hide Your Files and Apps on Android

If you frequently suffer the minor pang of a panic attack when you hand your phone to someone and realize you have sensitive emails/documents/images or other files on your device, then you need a way of hiding those files from prying eyes. Or perhaps you have apps installed that you'd rather keep for just your own eyes. No one needs to know about that Farming Sim app you play. Either way, we've put together a list of different ways you can keep your personal files and apps secure.

Basic ways to hide photos, apps and files

While some manufacturers have added 'vault' features to provide a secure space on handsets (Samsung, for example), stock Android hasn't been very good at dealing with the need to selectively show files and folders by default, and from what we've seen of Nougat so far, it hasn't made great leaps in this area just yet.

What users with any version of Android can do for a really basic privacy fix is alter the names of the folders holding the content you want to hide. So if you want to hide your images, open up a file explorer (there's a basic one built into Android Marshmallow and Nougat), select the folder with the images you want to hide and alter its name. Now, it won't show your images in your gallery or files in folders.

Of course, it's not really very hidden though - Android isn't automatically pulling the information onto your display anymore but if you lose your phone the files are still fully accessible.

Similarly, you can hide those annoying pre-installed apps that arrive with your phone but don't allow uninstallation without using a third-party app. To do so, you need to navigate to Settings > Apps and then choose the app you want to hide. If you can't uninstall them, you can usually disable them. If you need to learn how to stop apps from running in the background, you can do that first.

Outside help

If you just want to hide, rather than secure, your apps, one of the easiest ways to do this is by installing a non-stock launcher (assuming your manufacturer hasn't provided a native option for hiding apps). There are a whole lot to choose from that let you hide apps, but among the most popular on the Play Store is the ever-present Nova Launcher.

While there's a free version of Nova Launcher, you'll need the paid Prime upgrade to unlock the option to hide apps. If you purchase that, you'll need to navigate to Nova Launcher > Nova settings >App & Widget drawers and then scroll down to the Drawer groups > Hide apps option.

Private Zone-applock

Private Zone is the good app for hiding photos and media security. The program just hides photos and other files in the program instead of uploading any data to the app server. The data in the smartphone is encrypted to make sure no one could see them even if they access the Android device.

The photos can be easily added to the locker via different means.

Get full control over the photos inside the app, such as zooming, panning and slideshow view.

It will also auto lock itself if your phone goes to sleep.  

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Privacy Protection: Hide Your Sexy Photos with Secret Apps

Overseas studies suggest one in 10 young people have taken a nude photo of themselves and sent it, and one in five young people have seen such an image.

“Sexting is part of many people’s courtship now,” Dr Lauren Rosewarne, a University of Melbourne pop culture researcher, told news.com.au.

“There’s no single demographic doing this — any sexually active person with access to technology can do it.”

To make sure these pics don't come back to haunt you, the rule of thumb is to delete them right away and to make sure your phone has a secure password on it. But if you want to hold onto your digital sexts, you'll need to take steps to keep them as private as you can.

From password-protected galleries to photo editing vaults, here are some security apps where you can safely store your sexiest photos.

Spy Calc

Spy Calc is the app to stow away your private pictures, videos, documents and recordings. You can also easily transfer media files to the app via Wi-Fi using a browser. When you turn on the embedded web server, you can open a browser to the address provided to drag and drop the media files with ease.

Behind the working calculator interface, it is the app to hide photos.

Underlying database stores copies of videos, pictures only once to save space.

The program is able to group pictures, documents and recordings.

It also provides keyword tagging and searching.

Photo Lock Vault

Just as the other photo hider apps, if it is the first time or you do not pay much attention to the icon, you might take Photo Lock Vault as the Calculator App of Apple. When you launch the program, you can find it is the app to hide photos and videos. Here are the features of Photo Lock Vault as follow.

Once the program backup and hide photos, it will remove photos from iPhone.

Fully functioning calculator to deceive other people from trying to see your private content.

The photo hider is able to create and name custom albums.

Enjoy the photos and videos in full screen viewing.

Vaulty

In order to protect photos and video files that no one else can see, you can use Vaulty app to hide photos instead. Vault is a versatile photo hider app with all the data in your Android, including photos, videos, SMS, contacts and even Apps. You can add the photos and protect them with password instead.

It is able to hide photos on Android that no one else can find.

Use a PIN code or password to protect your Vaulty vaults.

The program can keep the data safe in case of an accident.

Organize pictures, and trick your friends into viewing a safe vault. Every Vaulty vault uses a different password.

 Photo Locker

Photo Locker is the good app for hiding photos and media security. The program just hides photos and other files in the program instead of uploading any data to the app server. The data in the smartphone is encrypted to make sure no one could see them even if they access the Android device.

The photos can be easily added to the locker via different means.

Get full control over the photos inside the app, such as zooming, panning and slideshow view.

It will also auto lock itself if your phone goes to sleep.

The program might be annoying, but it will save you if you forget to lock the app.

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How to Keep Prying Eyes out of Your Applications

The security of a smartphone is something that should be taken very seriously. Android and iOS do allow users to add a passcode lock to the lock screen, but many users find it very inconvenient and would rather risk their data getting into the wrong hands than enter the PIN or pattern lock every time. Majority of us use email and other messaging apps on our mobile devices, which contain sensitive data that we wouldn’t want others to access. What if you could just password protect specific apps such as Gallery, Messages, etc? The Google Play Store has some decent tools that password protect specific apps so you don’t have to lock the entire device. Past the break, we’ve compiled a list of some of the best apps from this genre.

Private Zone – applock

With this app’s applock feature, you can create a specific PIN (or an app-specific PIN) that can then be used to lock down whatever applications you wish to secure. It's incredibly simple to use. The applications comes with premium features such as Photo Vault, Video Vault, themes, lock switch, etc. These features are not available in the basic version, but users can enjoy them for free if they opt for the ad-enabled version. If ads don’t bother you, just select “Upgrade to Premium” from the menu and select the ad-enabled version.

Smart App Protector

Unlike AppLock, Smart App Protector comes with some extra features, with the most prominent being the Observer mode, which monitors unlocking of the apps and upon failed attempts, captures a snapshot of the intruder with the front-facing camera.

Other features include multiple unlocking methods (passcode, pattern lock and gestures), remote control and customizable themes. The remote control feature allows users to lock or unlock the device using an SMS, but the feature seems to be kind of buggy, and didn’t work properly during our testing. Everything else worked like a charm, though.

 The application is free of cost, but comes with advertisements. If you find them annoying, you can purchase the ad-free version for $2.73 or subscribe for a yearly payment of $1.79. The premium version also brings complete update support and removes advertisements from the application.

MaxLock

MaxLock is an awesome app locker for rooted Android devices only. That’s sad but if you have a rooted Android device, you get some great features with MaxLock. The app is based on Xposed Framework, so you obviously need to have Xposed installed on your device. MaxLock is a totally free and ad-free app that unlike many app lockers out there, gives performance and battery the priority. The locking methods include fingerprint, PIN, pattern and knock code. The open-source app includes ton of customization options, fake crash feature, a MasterSwitch to disable it easily, ability to remove thumbnail of apps in the recents window, and more.

There’s a Premium version of the app as well, which you can get via a donation. It brings features like I.Mod (grace period for delay in re-locking), logs of failed unlock attempts, and ability to backup/restore locked apps list.

FingerSecurity

FingerSecurity is one of the best app lockers for Android, thanks to its sheer number of features.

The feature-rich app lets you lock apps via fingerprint and you can enable the improved protection features to make sure that parts of the app and the app’s data isn’t visible in the recents screen. There’s also the advanced security option to prevent uninstalls. The app also lets you set a time out, which is the delay in re-locking apps, along with options to theme the fingerprint indicator, and more.

The app is available in a free version but it’s fairly limited. However, you can get the Premium version, which brings more theming options, like the ability to change background of the lock page. It also brings options to set safe locations, detect intruders, set up a fake crash, and more. Overall, the app definitely packs in a ton of features but in my usage, I did face a few hiccups in performance, so that’s something you should keep in mind.

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Free GIF Maker and Photo Editing Apps for iPhone and Android in 2017

Thanks to these powerful photo apps available in Google Play Store and Apple Store, our normal pics can have a new look after several operations. Users want to have a light and easy-operation photo app installed in their phone, while searching a suitable one sounds like a problem. This article will help you to find the free best photo editing and GIF apps that the professional people recommend.

1.  Postto - meme maker

Postto lets you convert photo into a fascinating GIF, with Postto you can make your photo more vibrant with its extensive photo editing features live stickers, frame, FX motion, and filters. Its unique creative tool “Mashup” allows you to make beautiful vibrant GIF. Save your created work and text free as a video or GIF and share it on different social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, twitter, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, and WeChat etc.

Postto has a huge collection of GIF library which helps you to get best reaction GIF by emoji selection. Edit gif, add; text, animation, effects, stickers, motion, and filters and make GIF MEMES. Text your friends crazy customize GIF on Facebook messenger, WhatsApp or WeChat; share a GIF in Facebook post, Instagram, Twitter etc.

2. Snapseed

Snapseed is one of the most popular photo editing apps for the iPhone, and for good reason. It’s incredibly easy to use, but at the same time it offers a powerful collection of tools.

 This app excels in all basic photo processing techniques, including exposure, color, sharpening, cropping and straightening. It also offers advanced editing features such as selective adjustments and a healing tool for removing unwanted objects.

In addition to these, there’s a great selection of creative filters that you can use to convert your photos to black and white, apply textures, add blur effects, and otherwise enhance the mood of your images.

If you’re new to iPhone photography, this really should be one of the first apps you download and learn.

3. Facetune

Facetune is a pretty cool app for editing your photographs to make it look gorgeous. You will find excellent editing tools and filters that make your photos perfect.

 It is one of my favorite Selfie apps easily available in the app store (paid-$4), the cheaper alternative to Photoshop.

 You can remove a stray hair, or a gray one, give yourself acne- and wrinkle-free skin, remove red eye and even change your eye color and more, with this handy app.

Pixtr: Is another great app, offer amazing editing features such as eliminate skin blemishes and red eye. Enhance your selfies to ensure a flawless, natural look, and it works even in group photos. Has the added option to let you automatically set an improved photo as your Facebook profile picture straight from the app.

 Retrica (Free) : It features more than 100 different real-time filters – going from retro offerings to those intended to soak your selfie with a warm, neon sparkle – all of which you can equip with a variety of great vignettes. The collage feature and the built-in timer provide you even more options for capturing the perfect shots.

4. aCam-photo editor

It designed for fast and easy photo and image editing. It allows you to change the color mode, overlay cool pictures, combine images, cut fragments, slice and resize photos, add special effects, stickers and text, paint and many more. aCam has intuitive interface, broad functionality and tools, all this will help you to realize your boundless imagination. This app was designed for fast and easy photo editing.

5. Photo Lab

Photo Lab Pro isn’t as well known as most but it seems to know how to pack in the features. It boasts over 640 filters, frames, and effects for you to play with which makes it among the largest collections available to consumers. With this one, you can create montages, lightly edit photos, stitch together effects to create some unique photos to share with friends. There is a free version with advertising and watermarks. You can try the free one first before purchasing the pro version.

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How to Scan Security Loopholes on Your Android Device

From the day of mobile operating systems coming into being like Android, an increasing number of developers are trying to use Android applications to give their customers or users ease operation for great user experience and greater revenue generation. In the Android or iOS market, a lot of application provides users with vulnerability scanner and security detection features letting you test and scan your mobiles to see if your Mobile App has any security flaws and fix it timely.

Mobile usage is growing so Mobile Apps. There are more than 2 billion apps in Apple App Store & 2.2 million in Google Play Store. And also there are multiple types of vulnerabilities and some of the dangerous are:

Ÿ   Leaking personal user sensitive data;

Ÿ   Communication over the network with no encryption;

Ÿ   Having world readable/writable file;

Ÿ   Arbitrary code execution;

Ÿ   Lock apps from spies.

1. Appvigil. You can find the security loophole in your mobile app with Appvigil and get in-depth vulnerability report in minutes. With Appvigil, you can get not just a safety hazard details but also the patch recommendation so you can fix it immediately. You don’t need to install any software as everything is done at Appvigil cloud.

Once you upload APK or IPA file, it performs static and dynamic analysis on your app (Android/iOS) including OWASP Mobile Top 10 vulnerabilities.

2. SandDroid performs static and dynamic analysis and gives you a comprehensive report. You can upload APK or zip file with a maximum of 50 MB. SandDroid is developed by Botnet research team & Xi’an Jiao tong University. It currently performs checks on the following:

Ÿ   File size/hash, SDK version;

Ÿ   Network data, component, code feature, sensitive API, IP distribution analysis;

Ÿ   Data leakage, SMS, phone call monitor;

Ÿ   Risk behavior and score;

Ÿ   Take a look at some scan report to get an idea.

 3. APKInspector. The goal of this project is to aide analysts and reverse engineers to visualize compiled Android packages and their corresponding DEX code. APKInspector provides both analysis functions and graphic features for the users to gain deep insight into the malicious apps:

Ÿ   CFG;

Ÿ   Call Graph;

Ÿ   Static Instrumentation;

Ÿ   Permission Analysis;

Ÿ   Dalvik codes;

Ÿ   Smali codes;

Ÿ   Java codes;

Ÿ   APK Information.

4. Private Zone is developed to offer dynamic analysis of your Android applications. It helps users to analyze and assess security risks in their android application and also suggests measures for reducing those risks. Moreover, it provides security risk assessment for your android app at early stage where the cost of damage is less as compared to that at the production stage. Apart from the scanner feature, it also has the applock feature to allow you lock and hide anything you do not want to expose.

5. Drozer (formerly Mercury) is the leading security testing framework for Android. Drozer allows you to search for security vulnerabilities in apps and devices by assuming the role of an app and interacting with the Dalvik VM, other apps’ IPC endpoints and the underlying OS.

It provides tools to help you use, share and understand public Android exploits. It helps you to deploy a drozer Agent to a device through exploitation or social engineering. Using weasel (MWR’s advanced exploitation payload) drozer is able to maximize the permissions available to it by installing a full agent, injecting a limited agent into a running process, or connecting a reverse shell to act as a Remote Access Tool (RAT).

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How to Hide Files on Android without Root

Every one of us has secrets that we would not wish to be disclosed to others. A phone is no more a little thing that is used to make and receive calls. We get our emails on our phones, store our important documents, passwords, personal data, photos, videos, apps, messages and so on. In most cases, most of people worry about the visibility of their private data or secrets on smartphone.

As my personal experience, there are many apps available in Google Play market that can help you with your mobile data security without root. Besides, many people dislike rooting their phones because the rooted one faces a common threat from mis-operation and sometimes you may turn your Android device into a brick. It is this reason that yields the development of applock apps in the market.

Private Zone is one of the most renowned apps on Google Play Store. Used by millions of users out there, it can help you stylize your device in no time. Most significantly, with it, you can lock any app from your device’s screen. It is used by over 200 million users over the world and provides a sophisticated way to redefine your smartphone experience.

You can customize the overall look and feel of your device using its lock screen as well, since it has plenty of other benefits. It has come out to be an obvious choice for app hider no root. Using Private Zone, you can hide any app without the need of rooting it.

Keeper is another popular secure password manager and digital vault for businesses and individuals. It can protect and manage your passwords, documents, private photos and other secret information with first-class security. You can lock apps also. It helps millions of people and thousands of businesses protect their most sensitive private info by storing passwords and more with ultra-powerful AES-256 and PBKDF2 encryption, saving and organizing unlimited passwords from your Android device and generating strong passwords for each of your accounts, anytime and anywhere.

Perfect app lock, as its name, it is one of the best app lockers for Android to protect your apps in a perfect way. It provides three types of lock protection: fake fingerprint scanner, fake error pop-up and password protection. The fake error is the best way to hide your apps from curious eyes. It shows a fake warning, that the process is not working correctly. You can also control the brightness and rotation of each app. It also provides a unique feature that makes it distinct from another Apps that is Stealth mode. In this mode, an App becomes completely invisible from the launcher.

ES App Locker is a derivative app of ES File Manager and Explorer. It is a popular file browsing application and also has many external functions. ES App Locker is a product of the same company, which is tiny and easy to use application. There are two ways to lock the application; Pattern and Password. You can also set both ways to lock apps. According to its features and functionalities, it is on the cool applock for Android devices.

Apps Lock & Gallery Hider is another best app lock for Android which comes with rich and intelligent features. You can protect all downloaded as well as system apps with PIN and Pattern lock. The features of this app are divided into three sections, such as Smart features, Security features and Hi-Tech features.

There are still many other app lock apps to help you hide photos, images as well as files. If you don’t want to root your phone, but want to hide some private file on your device, using apps with applock feature I think is the best choice.

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How to Triple Your Internet Speed for Free

Do you want to know how to double or triple your Internet speed? The traditional two ways are that upgrade your Internet speed (usually by paying more), or switch to a better provider. Your network speed is measured typically by your WiFi download speed, upload speed, and latency.

Internet Service Providers (ISPs), when signing a contract with a new user, usually offer Internet service packages that establish your maximum download and upload speeds. So, if your contract with your ISP is set for a max speed of 1Mbps (megabits per second), it is quite difficult for you to exceed this speed limit.

When search “How to increase your network speed” in Google, the answers are: Run a WiFi speed test; Compare your speed results against what you're paying for; Turn your router off and on; Change your Wi-Fi channel to a relatively not crowded one; Move your wireless router or phone; Conduct security detection for your network; Check who is stealing your WiFi…

1.  Use WiFi Signal Booster Apps

Searching “WiFi signal booster” in Google Play Store, the first one is the WiFi Master – Speed Test & Booster. The most of reviews of this app are best network speed test tools and WiFi signal booster apps. WiFi Master – Speed Test serves a lot of purposes. It allows you to monitor your network speed, security, and usage. Whether you’re looking to browse the Internet a little faster or closely monitor how you spend your 4G data, WiFi Master will help you do it. Outside of those uses, this app will also help you monitor CPU and memory usage, as well as easily convert your Android smartphone into a portable wireless Internet hotspot. Although there are plenty of Android apps out there that serve a similar purpose, I think that WiFi Master is one of the few of them that bundles all of those utilities together.

2.  Increasing Speed by Improving Hardware

Use an Ethernet cable in place of wireless Internet. Wi-fi is super convenient, and it might be the way to go for your handheld devices, like your phone or tablet. But some studies indicate that by using wireless Internet, you could be reducing your speed as much as 30%. Apart that, you can upgrade your router. Older routers could suffer from outdated components that might be limiting your access to the data for which you're paying. Routers range from the ultra-expensive to the bare-bones basic, which could range in cost from $20 to over $10,000. For most home users, a router in the $20 to $50 dollar range should be sufficient for your Internet needs.

3.  Reboot your modem and router frequently

Many modems are provided by your ISP for a small monthly rental fee, but rental fees stack up and sometimes the modem you are renting is less than optimal. Do an Internet search of which modem will work best with your Internet connection, and if you find the one provided to be lacking, upgrade to a newer model. Running technology for long periods of time can create a backlog of errors, recorded files, updates, and it can put strain on it from the constant usage. Though this isn't guaranteed to improve your Internet speed, resetting your router and modem weekly can have a noticeable improve Internet speed.

4.  Block all Network Using Devices except Yourself

If several users in your household are using the Internet at the same time, the max Internet speed being provided to you will be divided among the devices. Even if you aren't directly using your phone or tablet, leaving those devices on and connected to the Internet can steal precious bandwidth from you, slowing down your speed. You can use WiFi Master’s WiFi Monitor feature to check who is stealing your WiFi and block them immediately.

If you don’t want to cost plenty of time to figure out the ways useful for boosting your WiFi speed, using WiFi apps is a great choice. Among thousands of apps in Google Play Store, I prefer to suggest you that take a look into WiFi Master – Speed Test & Booster. I’m not suggesting that this app is going to take your 10 mbps connection and turn it into a 50 mbps connection, but it will definitely help you stretch your bandwidth and data just that much farther.

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How to hide your sexy photos from curious eyes?

According to an official survey, a number of high school students who claim that they having using private apps to hide some sensitive information. Hiding sexts was been taken as a normal thing happening among young people over all the country.

With the growth in mobile device, the increase proportion of lover in different places as well as the social media springing up, solitary people start to eliminate loneliness by making sexts with their lovers or even sending dirty talks to strangers from social media.  What will you do after sending sexy photos to your lover? You better delete them as soon as possible. Because if you keep them in your phone, then there will a great risk for you to expose your secrets to the people around you. Otherwise, you can choose to use applock to hide your most private photos. The Google Play store and Apple store offer thousands of apps that act as an extra layer of security for your Devices.

Just like your computer, your phone needs protection from curious eyes. Check out the mobile security and app lock apps available for mobile devices. There is a range of free and paid apps to choose from, and the first one in online security I think, is Private Zone.

1.  Private Zone

Private Zone protects your sexy pics and videos by hiding them into a secret album, and you can even set up additional layers of security with passcodes on individual folders within this app.

The app also offers next-level security features like a break-in alert that secretly takes a photo and records when someone trying to enter your phone with a wrong password. Another highlight of this app is its private browsing feature, if you want to browse something sensitive, you’d better browse under the private browser mode. Moreover, I have a chance to test those next-level features out to confirm that they didn’t work as advertised, if you're really paranoid, it might be worth your while to check it out.

 2. Privacy Lock

Comparing with Private Zone, this app is a relatively light one. Its main feature is the Applock. The different thing is that this app just lock your system gallery rather than creating a new private album letting you hide your sexy photos into it. But the advantage of this app is light. It’s a very convenient and light one allows you to save your phone’s storage. If some borrow your phone, you won’t afraid of snoopers or curious eyes snooping on your gallery. Security features include photo capture and GPS tags of intruders after four login attempts. When you're alone and ready to kick back and enjoy your sexy content on the big screen, you can stream the pics and videos straight to your Apple TV via Airplay.  

 3.  Vault

Vault offers photo and video editing capabilities within its secret folders along with the standard PIN-protection for multiple Vaults and a Mugshot feature that catches snoopers red-handed.The app also provides a free automatic online backup of your Vaults in case you lose your phone. It's not clear how exactly the files are protected in the cloud, but at least you'll be able to recover all your sensitive materials if you lose them. But if you are a perfectionist, you’d better forget this one causing its advertisement on the lock screen.

 4.  Gallery Vault

Gallery Vault takes your sexy image hiding tools to the next level — along with the standard passcode protections, the app can hide itself on your phone's home screen and encrypts all of your sensitive data. But there is a risk for this feature, I couldn’t find the entrance of this app after hiding it on my phone. In the next few days, I still cannot find it back. So I think there is great chance for others doing this way.  

If you have more ideas and more private protection apps to recommend, please leave us your comments.

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How to see saved WiFi passwords on Android and iOS?

Most of people may have suffered this situation: sometimes when you go to some of your places accompanied by your friends who might need your WiFi passwords, but you had forgot or struggled hard to find the saved WiFi password on your Android or iOS device. If you cannot see the contents of data folder without rooting the device, here we are going to provide some simple and straight processes helping you to find your saved WiFi passwords on your phone. By doing these ways, you do not need to “root” or “jailbreak” the phone.

There are two solutions for you to choose: using apps or not using any apps. Most of cases, I suggest you to use apps, there are too many relevant WiFi apps in Google Play Store or Apple Store for your choose. This article aims to help you to analyze the advantages and disadvantages of these methods letting you choose the most suitable one for your own self.

Solution 1: See saved WiFi passwords without Using Any App

1.  First of all, turn on the WiFi your phone. Enter the password as you know it and phone gets connected to the web.

When you get the correct password, launch a note taking software or memo on your phone. Type the name of your WiFi data connection on the left, followed by a hyphen and then the password. Each time when you get connected to a new connection, Jot down the credential in the same place.

From now, whenever you can’t recollect the password of a particular WiFi connection, open that already prepared data to figure out.

 2.  Find the file name WPA_supplicant.conf

If you are using Android devices, then all the WiFi passwords would be in a file named WPA_supplicant.conf. So viewing the file means viewing the passwords. This is a simple text file can be opened with any text viewer or html viewer on Android phone.

How to find the saved password file location?

 Path → /data/misc/wifi/WPA_supplicant.conf

How to access this file?

If you have rooted phone, simply navigate to given folder using any file manager. If you have non rooted phone, use App named WPA network speed test.

Solution 2: Find WiFi password by using WiFi apps

1.  Install WiFi Master- Speed Test & Booster App on your Android from Google Play Store. Open up WiFi Master that you’ve downloaded on your Android device.

Step1: Tap the WiFi Monitor feature, and check who is using your WiFi and if you want to add another device, with this feature you can operate or delete the current devices in your WiFi.

 2. If your purpose is to add your friends in your hotpots, then tap on the Personal Hotspot. This feature lets you rename your WiFi name and Upload photos as your profile. Most importantly, you can create a password. By doing this way, you can recreate a temporary password for your phone.

Most of the cases, you may forget your WiFi network password on your long-time used Android or iOS as you’ve saved a huge number of different WiFi networks on your device. It is highly convenient to connect to all these networks automatically. If it is a laptop or a PC, it is easy to find out the saved password. It is pretty much arduous to view your saved WiFi password on your Android or iOS device. Probably, you’re stuck with your Android phone to browse the web. Here is a complete tutorial that helps you on how to find out WiFi password on your Android or iOS device. However, even after knowing so many useful methods to view your WiFi hotpots, it’s better for you to memory your WiFi password.

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How to Boost Your WiFi Speed While Playing Games?

Slow WiFi constantly draw those who are playing games or watching videos with their phone into crazy. There are few things more frustrating than experiencing a bad slow WiFi connection, especially when you are doing something important. If you are plagued by a bad WiFi signal, slow connection as well as other WiFi signal problems, and want to know how fast of your WiFi. Here are 10 ways you can do to run speed test and boost your WiFi signal in your home.

1. Change the Router Position

Most people know the importance of picking a good spot for a WiFi router. Even a small change of your router’s location could be end up with a great difference. There are many network speed test tools in Google Play Store, which allows you to conduct speed test for your WiFi connection. Among them, WiFi Master is the best I think, because you can find the suitable place with the strongest signal.

2. Boost the WiFi Signal Strength

If you have a problem getting WiFi signals in every corner of your house, maybe you should consider installing a booster app. To increase the signal strength, you should increase the router’s transmit power and also disable both frame burst and afterburner. Search “Network Speed Test” and “WiFi Booster” app in Google Play Store, the first one is the WiFi Master – Speed Test & Booster. It’s a free app that can help you detect the presence and strength of wireless networks. Install WiFi Master on your phone, walk around the house with your laptop to determine the wireless signal strength at various places and, based on this information, you can quickly find a more suitable location for the router.

3. Increase Your WiFi Range with a Beer Can

If there is no problem with your WiFi signal, then it must be the limited range. You can extend its range with simple DIY tricks, such as through old can or some tins. Before starting make one, make sure you have checked whether you have any other problems with your WiFi connection.

4. Extend the range of WiFi signals with Hardware

If your router is placed on the ground floor of your home, the WiFi signals will be very weak or may not even reach the basement computer or the printer upstairs. The situation will be no different if you work in a fairly large premises or if there are too many walls in the area.

In that case, here are some hardware device that you can consider to extend the reach of your Wi-Fi network:

WiFi Repeater (Range Extender). You can attach a WiFi Repeater (also known as Wireless Range Expander) to your router and quickly expand the coverage of your wireless network without using any cables.

5. Timely Block Unknown Devices

A lot of WiFi hacker tools emerged which lets you have to check who is connecting your network from time to time. WiFi Master provides users with WiFi monitor feature. That supports you to check who is stealing your WiFi and block unknown devices timely to protect your hotpots from all kinds of attacks.

After going through these tweaks, you should find that your home WiFi is faster, more reliable, and more secure than ever. When you’re done, make sure you check out our favorite clever uses for WiFi, too—after all, it isn’t just for connecting to the internet.

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How to protect your privacy after lost phone?

Nowadays, with the ubiquitous computers and networks popularity, it’s hard to overstate the value of mobile privacy protection tips. Because there is no universal applicable method to defend against all potential privacy leakages. Let alone smartphone usually come up with none or almost negligible built-in security to serve your hope—privacy protection. While by means of some secure apps that are available in Google Play Store will help you to achieve a certain secure level to your phone.

 Apps with applock features will plus another layer of security to your phone

Private Zone is one of those secure apps which provides users with app lock features. It has millions of fans during last three years. So this app is a mature and stable one with variety of secure features such as applock, gallery vault, screen locker as well as safe browsing. Another feature of this app worth mentioning is many people in some forum like XDA said this app’s anti-theft feature helps them find back their lost phone.

 Set up password, PIN or pattern lock

According to report, it is said that about 30 percent of people who do not use password or PIN to lock their mobile phone. It is because that “mobile” is more about a convenient tool than privacy caution for most of people. Some people think that adding a password or a PIN is just too much trouble. Password is not an unavoidable step for you to protect your privacy. With Private Zone’s PIN, Lock Screen as well as Fake Locker features, you can set any locker you like and only you know the unlock method.

 Lock your most private photos and videos

You can lock your most private photos and videos with this app. This app supports different albums and importing third-party images or videos. Moreover, you can also capture pictures and shoot videos at the secure interface of the app. You can also browse images or videos by using its safe browsing feature, which lets you find the secrets you like. There will be no traces of download history or web history available outside the app.

 Public WiFi security detection

There is another security feature offered by this app. Public WiFi also is another potential threat for your phone’s security. Public WiFi hotspots are not secure. Even though connections to public Wi-Fi will say they’re not secure, not all users notice this alert, and some may not even know what it means. Instead, using a WiFi security detection app will significantly boost security for your sensitive data. A security detection and speed test service encrypts all cyberspace transmissions, scrambling them so that hackers can’t make sense of them.

 Lock your most private files

You file may contains many sensitive info of your privacy, such as music, videos or book. This app allows you to handle and hide your files whether stored in your phone’s memory or external SD card. After you hid them into this app, you can copy, move, rename or even share them to your friends. We may encounter this cases that we cannot find some important files, then you must need this app. For it can locate and scan the hidden files in your phone.

Use anti-theft feature to find lost phone

Many users in XDA discuss that they had lost phone but eventually find back through this app. This app’s anti-theft feature can locate your lost phone. If a person pick up your phone it take a picture and would send it to your email. Most impressive feature is that you can control your phone remotely by send some predefined messages. Such as you can delete apps, images, videos or some account information.

 Just like your computer, your phone needs protection from various threats. Check out the mobile security and applock apps. There is a range of free and paid apps to choose from, and one of the biggest names in online security, is Private Zone.

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How to use secure apps to protect your privacy?

In the recent years, the rapid growing of malware, the high rate of network attacks and an incredible growing of new devices are challenging the traditional methods of protecting mobile security. Think about how much valuable information you saved on your phone. You are relying on your phone for everything: surfing online, sharing and viewing private contents, chatting with close friends, buying things as well as transaction. From that we can see that a lot of sensitive information can cause big problem when your phone was taken by wrong people. This article discusses 5 secure apps and aims to give some useful recommendations for people who are going to download secure apps to protect their mobile security.

1.  Private Zone

Private Zone, a free secure app lock available for Android and iOS, provides users with strong and unique locker. If you are looking for an all-round private protection apps, then Private Zone is the best choice for you. It has private browsing feature letting you find and browse everything in private, automatically blocks trackers who follow you around the web, and erases your browsing history, passwords and cookies with one tap. Its Applock feature allows you to create fake lock for your apps, gallery as well as videos to avoid annoying snoopers.

2.  1Password

Are you afraid of forgetting various social accounts’ passwords? Want to keep them safe and secure? 1Password is a tool that keeps all your passwords for you, and keeps them safe and secure behind the one password that only you know. This app can create strong, unique passwords for your all online accounts, fill in user names and passwords and access your private information on devices. But one thing you must know that this app also provides 30 days free version, and after that period you need to pay some money to continue use it.

3. Keeper: Free Password Manager

Keeper is another popular secure password manager and digital vault for businesses and individuals. It can protect and manage your passwords, documents, private photos and other secret information with first-class security. You can lock apps also. It helps millions of people and thousands of businesses protect their most sensitive private info by storing passwords and more with ultra-powerful AES-256 and PBKDF2 encryption, saving and organizing unlimited passwords from your Android device and generating strong passwords for each of your accounts, anytime and anywhere.

4. DuckDuckGo

DuckDuckGo is a search engine that won’t keep any records of your browsing history and search terms. According to its official statement, it announces that what you search for is your own business and we’d like to keep it that way. That’s why we don’t collect any personal information and therefore, have none to share. That, in some point, means DuckDuckGo doesn’t collect and sell user’s data.

 5. File Manager

If you need an app to collect your files, like music, ZIPs, videos as well as photos, File Manager is a great tool to handle your files whether they are stored in your device's memory, microSD card, local area network, and cloud storage accounts. File Manager, also called ES File Explorer, allows you to copy, move, rename, delete or share files to and from any of your storages. It also lets you browse and access your files by category. Its most highlight feature is built-in ZIP and RAR support: allows you to compress and decompress ZIP files, unpack RAR files, and create encrypted (AES 256 bit) ZIP files.

 6. WiFi Master –Speed Test

Public WiFi also is another potential threat for your phone’s security. Public WiFi hotspots are not secure. Even though connections to public Wi-Fi will say they’re not secure, not all users notice this alert, and some may not even know what it means. Instead, using a WiFi security detection app will significantly boost security for your sensitive data. A security detection and speed test service encrypts all cyberspace transmissions, scrambling them so that hackers can’t make sense of them.

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How to make your network speed faster and more stable?

Every user who are going to download a WiFi speed test app wishes it must have one basic feature: honesty. This article aims to give some recommends for users who need to improve their WiFi signal and fix slow WiFi connection before deciding download certain WiFi tool.

A stable and strong WiFi connection will bring you many conveniences: a good experience of surfing online; quick download speed; fast game or video experience, etc. But when you have bad WiFi connection, what will you do? Find an optimal placed location for your router? Turn on or turn off the router many times? Manually change the router channel? Or you can choose to download

WiFi speed test apps, but do they really work?

What a WiFi speed test app can do? How do they work?

Most of WiFi apps provide Speed Test features for users. They can help you to measure network connection speed on your Android device, such as test the download and upload speed, measure network speed and latency as well as basic information about your hotspot. When select a WiFi app, one thing you must remember is that the link speed should be the same speed that your router supports, thus do not trust those developers said they can improve your WiFi speed up to 80%.

 1.  WiFi Master – Speed Test & Booster

WiFi Master is a professional WiFi speed test tool that can access to your router to “optimize” speed. It also can access your phone to download a custom kernel and TCP congestion control. Very easy to understand and it really does what it says. If you are running Android 3.1 above, WiFi Master would operate your system to use the network in High Perf Mode. High Perf Mode that used by apps to let your device work in a better performance, but most of phone’s default setting is the Power Saving Mode. So when your WiFi has slow network connection, WiFi Master will automatically enable the High Perf Mode to optimize your WiFi signal and speed.

2.   Internet Speed Test

Internet Speed Test is another good WiFi tool with positive experience. That helps you measure Internet connection speed. This app provides users with a very modern, professional interface. As a speed test tool, it can select the default server for speed check, measure the latency, ping and displays two transfer units: kbps, mbps. But if you want have more features such as security detection, boost signal as well as network monitor, then this app is not your best option.

3.  Cell Info

This app monitors and analyzes your mobile network and warns you if there are problems.     For beginners: easy to understand, you don't need to be an IT expert. You can detect the problems without knowing how the signal strength work or what they mean. Its highlight features are detailed mobile network information, detailed SIM information, analyzing function, real-time signal strength on the dashboard and on the graph as well as dual SIM devices are partially supported.

 4.  WiFi Network

This app lets you to find, connect and manage your WiFi networks by improving connection quality with a graphical channel radar. Discover open networks around you. Set the app to scan for and switch to best network. WiFi Network has some home screen widgets: one displays detailed connection info, another lets you switch among your favorite networks with a single tap, and yet another toggles WiFi Access Point.

 5.  WiFi Signal Booster

Network Booster is a speed test and optimization tool, dedicating to make your WiFi connection faster and more stable. It will also search for more high-quality free WiFi for you. Network Booster is a specialized WiFi optimization tool. People are encouraged to share high-quality WiFi with users nearby, so that every user can enjoy free and safe WiFi resource. It features specialized optimization technology, enabling signal enhancement, safety monitoring and speed test for your WiFi. 

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Best and Interesting Lock Screen Apps for Android in 2017

Giving phones’ lock screen a brand-new and cute outlook is the sort of thing that the most of young people love. Some apps with the feature allows the user to customize the cover and appearance of their phone’s wallpaper and screenlock. You may be curious about where to download these cute and funny lock screen pics like others did. You may also want to add a new look or layer of security to your phone. If you were troubled by these problems and bored of the way your default lock screen looks, try out these customized apps with Lock Screen feature.

1. Fake Lock

Many security apps like Private Zone allows users to use fake lock to deter nosy snoopers or thieves from gaining access to your phone. After you download this app and make sure you had enabled the “fake lock” feature. If anyone tries to get into your phone, a fake lock will be shown. Only you know the unlock method. It will be a lot of fun to think that someone tries to break in your phone lock but don’t know how to operate.

2. Anti-theft Alarm Lock

Anti-theft Alarm Lock is an app that combined the features of security protection and lock screen. If you are looking for a security protection app that can keep your phone and private contents secure as well as an app that provides you with lock screen’s basic features, then try Anti-theft Alarm Lock. It will give a loud alarm and snapshot intruder’s photos when someone tries to break through your phone with a wrong password. Anti-theft Alarm Lock displays notification on lock screen, you can easy to view or delete notification.

3. Solo Locker

Solo Locker, also called DIY Lock, which allows you to customize your own locker. It adds fun and strong personality to your unlocking patterns. The most interesting feature of this app is that you can create your unique wall paper by unloading photos from your album. Instead of boring unlock passwords, you can create four different pictures you loved as the unlock pattern.

4. Private Zone – Lock Screen

Private Zone is another one of those popular apps with security and simple lock screen features. It provides users with basic lock screen features, such as weather, notifications, music/message control and calendar as well as app lock features. If you are looking for an app with plenty of beautiful live wallpapers and themes, then download Private Zone. It’s less memory and battery usage. Most importantly, it’s smart and easy to use! Private Zone – Lock Screen displays notification on lock screen, you can easy to view or delete notification by swiping left or right.

5. Locker Master

Locker Master is among the most fashionable lock screen apps. It is developed based on the modern of android Lollipop, include notification system on lock screen. It provides the live wallpaper and themes. One of its unique feature is the animated weather forecast and it even provides users the built-in flashlight. Locker Master will bring you an experience that is both new and familiar, actually useful to you. It’s completed free to download!

6. Hidden Lock

If there are many snoopers around you, and you are frustrated to deal with it, then Hidden Lock is the perfect lock screen for your device. Hidden Lock is the most special lock screen for android devices, because it has no “locker” actually. Someone may ask: no password, no codes and no patterns! How does it work? After enabled Hidden Lock, your lock screen will display exactly as your phones’ unlock interface with same app icons. When someone wake up your phone and tries to tap the apps, things happens like your phone is stopping working with a slow reaction. With hidden lock, you can move the lock icon anywhere on your devices’ screen. You can also change the icon size to reduce the chances of others breaking in your phone.

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Snooping in the Name of Love

It is reported that more than half of people have snooped on their partner’s phone. Nothing is more attractive than snooping though other’s little secrets. In fact, even if your partner is upright and loyal enough, there is still a great chance to find out something unpleasant.

 Your boyfriend/girlfriend is taking shower and you are lying on the sofa. His phone is placed on the sofa next you. You know his pin and messaging apps’ password. Just take a look see if he is cheating on you or flirting with other girls? What will you do? Snoop on his phone or give him 100% trust?

I made a survey on Facebook and collected a lot of feedbacks from friends and family. More than half of them choose to look at their partner’s phone and some of them admitted that they have been doing so for a very long time. Here I must admit that I’ve looked through my boyfriend’s phone in the past. Curiosity likes an itch under your skin, and it always distracts your attention and pushes you to snoop on your partner’s privacy under the name of love.

Snooping in the Name of Love

In an emotional video issued by Kourtney Jorge on Twitter, she had a face-to-face talk with her ex-boyfriend about his infidelity and emotional abuse that ultimately led to their separation. When Leonard found out Kourtney broke into his emails in search of evidence that he had been cheating, he was offended by the violation. They start fighting a lot. At first, he had patience to explain and make good excuses. But gradually, he became more and more impatient to make excuses which made Kourtney completely lose mind. She became a snooper. She tore through cellphone records and installed software to open encrypted apps, gathering the details she could. In her heart, she had believed in absolutely private space in a relationship. Snooping in the name of love is the way giving him more excuses to cheat on you. And hypervigilance can be controlling and push someone away.

 Infidelity in the Name of Snooping

“What did you do?” Kourtney asked in this video. Leonard replied calmly “I did everything. I've had sex with other girls.” The most irritated reply is that he even can’t count how many times he cheated on her. Leonard asked why she not leave even after so many lies and hurts he brought. Kourtney responded, “Because you’re my best friend.” If someone cheated on you one time, and you forgive him. That means there are 99% opportunity for him to cheat on you again in the future, because the cheating cost is getting lower and lower for him. It’s like a snowball at first, but as time passes by it grows fast and, finally, become a big thing ruining and smashing your relationship. At the same time, the betrayer makes his greatest efforts to practice how to tell lies and how to use different kinds of snoop-proof apps to anti-break. Your relationship likes a battle where no love left.

 It’s Time to Leave If Snooping is Necessary

Some people believe snooping is a necessary way to find out the truth and verify their minds. According to a report, the vast majority of the 56,000 questioned discovered infidelity by snooping on cellphones, emails or messaging app’s account, and about half of them has a separation ending. We all have this situation, and we all have to face it. Oftentimes we act out in relationships when our needs aren’t being met. But the only way to really get what you need is to ask for it! If you have doubts or questions, even there are so many WHYs in your heart almost spilling out, just say “I’m having these fears that why you always lock things in your phone?” Approach it calmly, in a non-accusatory manner. Whenever you have worries, communicate, rather than investigate. This approach is the best way to respect yourself, your partner and the relationship. If you still cannot resist the surge to spy on your partner, maybe it’s the time for you to leave and say farewell to this relationship!

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