How to Make Your Android Phone Faster

After using our Android Smartphones over the years or after few months, we may notice performance dip. This is true even if we have the latest hardware in our smartphones. Following are some of the techniques that can help in boosting the performance of your smartphone.

Clean Up Your Home Screen

One of the best ways to speed up your phone is to keep home screen less cluttered and free from resource intensive applications. This particularly needed when your phone has less RAM and slow processor. The impact of having large apps on home screen can be seen during “home screen redraw”. When you switch away from a RAM-heavy app like Chrome you’ll see a completely blank home screen and have to wait a couple of seconds while your icons, widgets, and wallpaper all reload.

To avoid above issue, you should not use Live wallpapers and widgets that use resources. The widgets can even continue updating in the background.

Use Light Launcher Instead of Default

The default app launcher on Android phone is usually designed to present vendor specific apps, features, widgets, etc. and sometimes is not fastest or efficient. You can always try third party launchers available in the Play Store and check for launchers which are optimised to boost the speed of your smartphone. One of the most popular launchers is Nova Launcher, you can try this and see if you get improvements.

Uninstall Resouce Intensive Apps

The Major reason behind slowdown of an Android smartphone is the presence of resource intensive apps. We suggest you remove all the unwanted apps. However, It is not always obscure apps, either, some of the industry’s biggest and most popular app can also slow down your phone, for example, Snapchat is laggy on Android, Facebook too is resource intensive app. Uninstalling Facebook alone could make your phone as much as 15% faster. You can try switching to a third-party Facebook app.

Try Using Different Browsers

The default web browser on Android is Chrome, and it’s a pretty resource-intensive app. You can try using a third-party browser, some benchmark tests have shown Puffin to be the fastest Android browser. Alternatively, you can use Opera browser which is more similar to Chrome, Its data compression feature can help pages load much more quickly.

Stop Auto-Syncing

Many apps such as Social, news, weather, etc. are set to auto-sync with a server. Usually, the apps are auto-synced every 15-20 minutes. If you have too many such apps then your phone will surely slow down. You should adjust the auto-sync settings for all such apps so that they perform synching function once in an hour or day. To get best result you can even stop auto-synching option and manually update the data as and when needed.

Remove Antivirus Software

Antivirus software offers peace of mind to Android users, but it’s unnecessary, and it slows down your phone. As long as you only install apps from official sources like the Play Store or the Amazon Appstore, then you’re extremely unlikely to encounter malware.

Use Clean Master App

Clean master app available on Play store is very effective in boosting your Smartphone’s speed instantly. It has features like clearing cache memory, clearing junk files, boosting phone, hibernating background apps, etc. All these function are very effective in offering boost to your phone’s speed.

Reboot Regularly

Rebooting your phone helps to keep it running smoothly. So, we recommend rebooting your phone two-three times in a week.

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How to Activate/Enable WiFi Hotspot on Carrier Locked Android Smartphones

You might have seen WiFi tether or hotspot option in the network settings menu in the unlocked smartphones. However, most of the carrier locked smartphones do not have WiFi tether or hotspot function visible in the network settings menu. This is because most cellular providers charge additional rates on top of your smartphone data plan for tethering or hotspot usage.

You can find solutions to this problem by tweaking software files of your smartphone. However, you need to be an expert or may require to consult an expert to do that. If this seems difficult and you want to have a simple solution. Read this article, you will find the solution.

Well, in the Google Play Store, there is an app named WiFi Tether Router, which can solve your problem. With WiFi Tether Router app, you can activate hotspot on smartphone which does not have hotspot option in the settings menu. WiFi Tether Router is simple to use app and you simply need to configure the your hotspot by first naming your personal network (located under “Configure WiFi Router”), then select “Enable WiFi Router” to begin surfing the web from your secondary device or PC.

The app is offered by Fabio Grasso on Google Play store. They have kept the price of app under USD 2 which is very cheap, considering the functionality it offer. Please read the description section of the app, carefully, to verify if your smartphone is supported by the app. In case you face any problem after app purchase and installation, you can contact them via email to snclabs@gmail.com.

You can find the app here WiFi Tether Router.

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How to Delete Temporary Files on Windows 10

The temporary files generally appear on the hard drive in various directories beginning with a tilde character (~) and ending with a .TMP extension. These files are created by Windows that remain on the hard drive due to an irregular exit from a Windows session.

If you close the program normally, these files are closed and deleted by Windows when you quit a Windows session. However, if you quit Windows in an irregular way (for example, restarting the computer or turning it off during an active Windows session) the files are not closed or deleted.

Anyway, temporary files, unnecessarily occupy space on your hard disk. At times, it also results in slow down of system or program speed/performance. it is always a good practice to delete these temporary files time to time. In this post, we will tell you, how you can safely delete temporary or temp files quickly in windows 10 computers.

To delete temp files, type the word ‘%temp%‘ in the search bar provided besides the windows start button and press enter. A folder containing all the temp files will open immediately. Now, just select all the files and press delete button. That’s it, you are good to go, all the temp files would be deleted.

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How to Prevent Spam Comments and Spam User Registrations on a WordPress Website

If you have build a new WordPress website, you must have been wondering, why there are a lot of spam comments and spam user registrations. Well, you are not alone, many WordPress websites encounter such problem. In this article, we will guide you how to get rid of these spam comments and registrations.

We are giving you a simple solution and you need not to have any coding skills. You just have to download a WordPress Plugin named ‘All In One WP Security & Firewall’. This is a comprehensive WordPress security plugin. Just follow below steps to use this plugin for prevent spam comments and spam user registration:

• Download the Plugin from Here
• Upload the ‘all-in-one-wp-security.zip’ file from the Plugins->Add New page in the WordPress administration panel
• Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
• Go to Settings menu under ‘WP Security’ and start activating the security features of the plugin

Just go to ‘SPAM PREVENTION’ tab under WP Security marked in red color for your reference. It will open comment spam menu, you can click the checkbox besides ‘Enable Captcha On Comment Forms’. This will enable captcha on the comment box and only real users will be able to read it. Thus, spammer won’t work on comment pages.

Similar to spam comments, you can prevent spam user registration. The above snapshots show that the ‘User Registration’ tab under ‘WP Security’ marked in red color for your reference. It has further sub-menus on the right, just appropriately adjust the settings as per your preferences. This will restrict the user registrations to the valid users only and spam users will be prevented.

We have personally used this plugin and results are great. There are no spam comments and spam user registrations after activating All In One WP Security & Firewall plugin.

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How to Check Number of Users Connected to Your Wi-Fi Network

You might want to check how many users are using your Wi-Fi connection for many reasons. It could be to check if someone has been illegally using your network or may be to check if too many users are using it at a time and slowing the network. In this article, we will describe, how you can check the number of users connected to your WiFi network.

To check the number of users connected to your Wi-Fi network, you need to open your router’s dashboard on a web browser. You can open the dashboard by typing its web address in the web browser. Most of the routers can be accessed using address: 192.168.1.1. However, you can find the exact address of your router from the labels or information mentioned on it. Once you enter the address in the browser, it will ask you to enter the username and password as shown in the snapshot below:

Enter the default username and password, mentioned on your router, if you have not set any yourself. After entering username and password, you will enter in the router’s dashboard. In the dashboard, go to the tab ‘Status’, which usually is the last tab.

Under the status tab, go to the ‘Device info’ tab. You will see ‘Current Connected Wireless Clients number is’, which indicates the number of Wi-Fi users connected to the network. You can press the refresh button to check the latest status of the connected users. You can also find the MAC address of all the connected users as shown in the above snapshot.

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How to Backup WordPress Website – A Step by Step Guide

Have you ever lost your WordPress site? Or have you just lost your WordPress site? Well, it is a very troublesome situation to have. You may lose your website due to a faulty plugin, theme or add-on or maybe your hosting failed. Losing your website means losing the effort that you had put on developing it. To avoid such situation to happen, it is always recommended to backup WordPress website frequently. Which many of us still not do because we don’t know how to do it. So, in this post, we will tell you how to backup WordPress website easily.

Backup WordPress Website Files Manually

Every WordPress website directory contains sub-folders including WP-content, WP-includes, etc and files inside these sub-folders such as WP-config.php, theme and plugin files, etc. These sub-folders and files constitute your WordPress website. The WP-content folder contains data related to themes, plugins, cache, and uploads among other things. The WP-admin folder contains all the files required by your WordPress admin area. The WP-includes folder contains WordPress core files. So, these all are very important folders that you would want to save as backup. Therefore, to take backup of all the important files and folders, you need to download the entire WordPress directory. You can download the directory via your hosting providers cPanel or FTP client program such as FileZilla.

Backup WordPress Website via cPanel

You can backup your site by visiting cPanel of your website. You can access your cPanel typing in your web-browser address bar ‘yourwebsitename/cPanel’ (e.g. thetechpost.com/cpanel). Follow the below procedure to backup your site:

Login Window for Accessing cPanel of Your Website

Login with your credentials in the above window and you will get the access to your web host cPanel. See below:

cPanel of the Website

• Navigate to the File Manager (first option above), which will take you to your Web Root (public_html/www) folder
• Locate your WordPress directory named ‘public_html’. This is the folder which contains all the files related to your website and you need to backup
• You need to backup all the files in ‘public_html’. To take the backup select all the files using ‘select all’ button provided on the top. After selecting all the files, press the compress button provided in the menu
• Choose the compression type e.g. ZIP, Tar, GZIP etc from the dialog box that opens. I prefer to go with ZIP archive
• Then click the Compress File(s) button and wait for the process to complete. Your compressed WordPress folder will be saved to the existing list of files
• Locate and click on the archive you just created and choose Download from the menu
• Choose a location on your hard disk and save your backup. That is it, your backup is done.

If your web host uses a different control panel such as Plesk, vDeck, etc, you just need to locate your File Manager, and just follow the process as described above.

Backup WordPress Website with FileZilla

Taking backup of your website using an FTP client is also a very easy task. You can use the very popular and freely available FileZilla FTP client for this.

FileZilla FTP Client

You need to connect FileZilla to your website by providing your website Host/IP Address, Username & Password. Once entered, press the quick connect button. You will be connected to your website. Locate your WordPress directory named ‘public_html’. Select and import all the files like we did above. Save the backup on your computer at the desired location.

How to Backup WordPress Website Database Manually

A WordPress website is made of two components, the first being files i.e. theme/plugin files, scripts, media, etc. that make up the structure of the site, and provide functionality. There is also one more thing i.e. MySQL database which stores blog posts, comments and the options you set in your WordPress admin area.

After taking a backup of your files, now, we need to take a backup of MySQL database. Just navigate to your cPanel and locate phpMyAdmin. It’s usually located under Database Tools as shown below:

phpMyAdmin

Click on the phpMyAdmin button, it will take you to the administration panel, which has the list of your website databases on the left side. See below:

phpMyAdmin – Database & Files

Locate database of your website on the left panel in the phpMyAdmin as shown above. Click on the database to open it. You will see a list of database tables on the right site as shown above. Select all the tables clicking ‘Check All’ option provided at the bottom Once all the tables have been selected, click the Export tab provided on the top. Select the export method, and set format to SQL.

Export SQL Database

Now press the Go button, and choose a location on your hard disk and save a backup of your website’s MySQL database. That’s all, you have successfully stored your complete WordPress website.

We hope you like this article. If you have any questions or suggestions, do let us know in the comments section below.

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