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Change the icon from monochrome to colorful on HMD smartphones?

HMD, i.e., Human Mobile Devices, has been experimenting with subtle changes to their custom Android UI. The UI, called Balance Interface, aims to balance the UI, making it non-distracting yet functional. One of the key areas of the HMD’s balance interface is the monochrome icons. They somewhat mimic the Nothing OS’s icon style, given the monochrome colors, but are otherwise quite different.…

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How to turn off words autocorrect in WhatsApp Desktop on Windows

Do you often find WhatsApp Desktop on Windows making erroneous changes to the text that you type? That’s the autocorrect feature at play. While the feature is useful when typing in your chosen keyboard language, it will start doing wrong corrections for the words that are close to spelling in English (or the keyboard language). For example, if you type in Hindi (or Hinglish), then the autocorrect…

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Download HMD M-KOPA X2 & X20 Stock firmware for reset, update, unbrick

MKOPA X20 is a smartphone available in several African countries. The phone is made by HMD – a Finnish company that used to sell Nokia-branded phones. The MKOPA X20 is a rebadged version of the HMD Pulse Pro, made for MKOPA. That’s why you’d find the MKOPA logo being more prominent on the back of the phone while still sporting the HMD logo towards the bottom. MKOPA offers phones on easy finance…

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Make Outlook.com return to email list after deleting an email

Outlook.com web interface and the Outlook desktop apps show the next email when you delete or move an email. I do not quite like it, as I am not interested in reading every email in my list. So, I want Outlook to show me the list of messages when I delete an email I’m already reading or move it to another folder. Then, I can open the next email that I want to read. While I don’t understand the…

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OneDrive shared folders are turning into web links & cannot sync with Windows Explorer

Microsoft has released another round of problematic OneDrive backend updates, which are breaking shared folders for a large number of users. All shared folders that previously existed in Windows Explorer are turning into web links (internet shortcuts) that open OneDrive in the browser, where users can still access the files. While the files are not lost, the problem breaks the sync and seamless…

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Switch temperature units between °C and °F in Nothing Weather widget & app

Nothing OS comes bundled with a first-party weather app. Being a first-party app, it integrates well with the OS by matching the dot-matrix font style used in other parts of the operating system. The weather app also provides a weather widget that can give basic weather information directly on the home screen. If you are a new user of the Nothing OS, then you’d probably feel lost about how to…

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Change the search engine for search bar in HMD, Nokia, Pixel & FairPhone smartphones

How to change the search engine for search bar in HMD, Nokia, Pixel & FairPhone smartphones

Many smartphone brands have a non-removable search bar (widget) on the home and ‘all apps’ screen. These brands include Nokia, HMD, Google Pixel, and Fairphone among others. The search bar uses Google Search as the default search engine. Google offers a one-time option to choose the default search provider during Android setup in eligible regions (EEA & India) to comply with local regulations.…

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Snake Game widget for Nothing phones - How to install and play?

Snake Game widget for #Nothing phones - How to install and play?

Nothing pleasantly surprised everybody by releasing a community widgets app. The app is designed to publish widgets created by the community (fans & enthusiasts) in collaboration with Nothing. The community widgets app is launching with the “Snake Game” as its first widget, but more widgets should come in the future. The “Snake Game” is designed using the familiar dot-matrix design that is used…

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Nokia X10 and Nokia X20 are receiving Android 14 upgrade

Nokia X10 and Nokia X20 are receiving Android 14 upgrade

HMD Global has started the rollout of the Android 14 upgrade to the Nokia X10 and X20 smartphones. The updated Android version carries the build number 4_250 for both models and is 2.77 GB in size. The update bundles the Android security patches up to August 2024. HMD rolled out the Android 14 update to the Nokia XR20 last week. Many Nokia X10 and X20 users were concerned about whether their…

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Nokia XR20 starts receiving Android 14 upgrade

Rugged Nokia XR20 starts receiving Android 14 upgrade

The odds of the Nokia XR20 receiving the Android 14 upgrade were thin, but it is now happening! HMD Global, now known as Human Mobile Devices (HMD), has started the rollout of Android 14. The new release bumps the device’s base build to 4_170 from the existing 3_410. The update bundles the Android security patches from August 2024. The Nokia XR20 was promised to receive up to 3 years of software…

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Download HMD Fusion stock ROM (firmware file) for unbricking, resetting, and upgrade

Download HMD Fusion stock ROM (firmware file) for unbricking, resetting, and upgrade

HMD Fusion is a modular phone recently launched by Human Mobile Devices (HMD). The phone sports a pogo pin connector at the back, which can be used by different modules (called smart outfits) to communicate with the phone. Unlike typical back cases that offer cosmetic changes, Fusion outfits can be used to add more functionality to the device. This could be a simple NFC reader or something…

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Enable the keyboard change switch when using Samsung keyboard

Here's how to Enable the keyboard change switch when using Samsung keyboard

Are you looking for an easy way to switch between different keyboard apps on your Samsung phone? By default, the keyboard switch button at the navbar with the voice input button when using the Samsung keyboard. The button shows up when using other keyboard apps, but as soon as you set Samsung keyboard as the input method, the button changes to the mic button and works only for voice typing. And…

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Download HMD Skyline stock ROM (flash file) for unbrick or upgrade

[Download] HMD Skyline stock ROM

HMD Skyline is the hero device for Human Mobile Devices (HMD). It sports HMD’s brand name instead of the Nokia brand name we used to see. The phone comes with a familiar fabula-inspired design language that we saw on Nokia smartphones during the Nokia N8 and later Lumia era. The phone runs on the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7s Gen 2 chipset, which should be adequate to provide a balanced performance to…

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Download Stock Wallpapers from HMD Crest and HMD Crest Max

Download Stock Wallpapers from HMD Crest and HMD Crest Max smartphones

Crest and Crest Max are the newest smartphones from the European smartphone maker – HMD. They are the first smartphones sporting the HMD brand in India. Formerly known as Arrow & Arrow Plus/Luxe, both phones are initially India-exclusive. At some point, the phones will also be exported from India to a few other countries. The 5G-enabled Crest and Crest Max are not just heavy on the spec sheet.…

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Bring back Notification Categories on Samsung smartphones after OneUI 6.1 update

Notification Categories is an Android feature that allows users to filter app notifications. You can use it to control which notifications are sent to you and which ones aren’t. For example, you can disable promotional notifications from a shopping app while continuing to receive order updates and account-related notifications. Notifications Categories have existed in Samsung’s OneUI Android…

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Nothing Phone (2a) receives Android 15 via Developer Preview: How to update?

Nothing has just rolled out the first build of Android 15 to the Phone (2a). Interested users can use the manual update method to test Android 15. However, it is worth pointing out that the current release of Android 15 is under the Developer Preview program. This means that the builds are far from “stable” and should not be used on daily driver phones unless you are an app developer whose job is…

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Nothing Phone 2a official case, charger & accessories (India)

Nothing Phone (2a) is the third smartphone launched by the company. And just like its predecessors, the Phone 2a does not come with any accessories out of the box. You only get the Phone and a USB cable in the box with a pre-installed TPU screen protector. So, if you have purchased a Nothing Phone (2a) or are planning to do so, you must be on the lookout for some accessories to charge the phone,…