Samsung Galaxy S8: how to stop bootloops after the Oreo update

Samsung Galaxy S8: how to stop bootloops after the Oreo update

Following a beta testing period of a few weeks, Samsung started rolling out Android 8.0 Oreo with Samsung Experience 9.0 for the Galaxy S8 and S8+ earlier this month. The update was stopped just a few days later. We now know Samsung put the brakes on the update due to a number of users reporting bootloop issues.

How to upload old pictures to Google Photos from your PC

How to upload old pictures to Google Photos from your PC

I’m all about the Google Photos app for automatically backing up the photos I take on my smartphone. Thanks to its unlimited free storage and high quality, iCloud doesn’t even begin to compete. And, when it comes to the hundreds of photos stored in shoeboxes in my closet, Google Photos also happens to be the answer.

How to change the boot animation on your smartphone

How to change the boot animation on your smartphone

If you like customizing your smartphone, you’ve probably already tried out different launchers and changed the theme of your device a few times. However, have you ever tried to change the boot animation on your phone? We’ll show you how you can get some custom animations on your smartphone and shake up that boring old boot up animation.

Tidy up your Android with the best phone cleaners

Tidy up your Android with the best phone cleaners

A slow, sluggish phone is annoying, but perhaps even more annoying is that ‘insufficient storage’ message in the Play Store when you’re trying to get your hands on a new app. If you’ve had a phone for some time, this will be all too familiar. This is why, in this article, we take a look at several methods of cleaning up your Android phone.

How to download YouTube videos and watch them offline

How to download YouTube videos and watch them offline

We all love watching videos on YouTube, but sometimes we want to watch our favorite content offline or keep it for later, which means downloading the video to our device. YouTube doesn’t normally permit this, but there’s always a way. In this article, we show you how to download a video from YouTube to your smartphone or PC.

Android 10 for the OnePlus 7 Pro: here are all the new features

Android 10 for the OnePlus 7 Pro: here are all the new features

Google has already released Android 10 for its own Pixel smartphones, but other manufacturers are also working hard on the next big update for your smartphone. As usual, OnePlus offers a public beta of OxygenOS based on Android 10 for download for users of a OnePlus smartphone who like to experiment.

How to manage app permissions on Android

How to manage app permissions on Android

You might have noticed that apps require special permissions in order to function. Unfortunately, it’s not always clear what the permissions are used for. This article will provide an overview of the most important app permissions and we’ll try to separate the necessary ones from the sketchy ones. In our update, we’ll discuss the tighter controls over SMS and call logs that are in the latest version of Android.

How to use the ‘YouTube Clips’ feature on YouTube

How to use the ‘YouTube Clips’ feature on YouTube

YouTube has just come up with a new feature called “YouTube Clips”. Now, for those of you familiar with streaming platform Twitch, you will quickly note that the new feature is quite similar to what Twitch offers its users. With ‘Clips’, you can create short clips from a video or a live stream and then share them on social media.