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Android 4.2 Jelly Bean brings a variety of new features of which one is the new lock screen widgets. It’s the first time when has introduced widgets to lockscreen on Android,represented by a white rectangle that glows as you unlock the phone or swipe towards the edges while the lock screen is active. Apparently, there are many users who aren’t impressed with this change and prefer the good old lockscreen. The reason can be the annoying behaviour/ UI/ limitation of widgets or the accidentally opening of camera. Luckily, there is a nifty app available on the Play Store that allows users to easily turn off the new lock screen features in Android 4.2, i.e. the widgets and the camera.

Lockscreen Policy is a free app that lets you disable widgets and/or camera access on the lockscreen under Android 4.2. One can simply toggle on/off the widgets and/or camera with this handy app that doesn’t requires root. However, one limitation is that you wont be able to access the camera anymore directly from the lock screen as was possible in earlier version of Jelly Bean. Right now the app makes the stock clock widget the only widget, which you cannot change. The app requires no permissions other than device administrator in order to control lockscreen features. Includes support for: Galaxy Nexus, Nexus 4, Nexus 7 and Nexus 10.
   
To uninstall, uncheck the application from the ‘Device Administrator’ list under ‘Security’ in your ‘Settings’ application on your device.

Download Lockscreen Policy [Google Play]

In this tutorial I will show you how to use free Windows app called Balabolka to convert many types of documents: doc, docx, txt, epub, pdf, odt… directly to MP3 audio. This can be quite useful for people who need to read long reports. By converting those reports into MP3 you can then sit back and listen them on your computer, a music player, phone, etc..


Before proceeding to below steps make sure you download Balabolka app for Windows from this link and then install it on your computer.
Step 1: Start Balabolka by double clicking its shortcut on the desktop or start menu.
Step 2: Once program opens click the File menu and then click Open.

Step 3: Select the document you want to covert into .mp3 and click Open button.

Step 4: Text free of images and formatting is imported into the software. Make sure you delete all blank lines, notes and references.

Step 5: If you want to split the document into several audio files, separate each part with a double blank line.

Step 6: Click the File menu and click Save.

Step 7: Click Save to save the document in text format in the same folder as the original document.
Step 8: Click Read aloud or press the F8 key on your keyboard to start playback.

Step 9: You can also adjust diction playing with the sliders Rate, Pitch and Volume.

Step 10: Now when we have adjusted all parameters for our MP3 we can covert text into .mp3. To do that click the File menu and then click Split and Convert to Audio Files…

Step 11: Click the Browse button and select the folder where you want to save .mp3 file.

Step 12: Then select the audio file format, in our case it will be MP3.

Step 13: If you want to you can change the file name.

Step 14: Under Split Mode section make sure that field by two empty lines in succession.

Step 15: Finally, click Split and convert button and the conversion will start.

Now you have your full report in audio file, import in any music player or even in iPod and sit back!

This tutorial will show you how to automatically send a custom message to each of your new Twitter followers.
Using the terrific and free service IFTTT, you can automatically send a direct message to each new person who follows you on Twitter. Just follow the steps outlined below –

1. If you don’t already have an IFTTT account, head over to IFTTT.com and sign up for one. The sign-up process is simple and very straight forward (and again, free).
2. Once your account has been set up, visit the “recipe” page Greet new twitter follower. Scroll down to the section title Activate these Channels first and click the first Activate button.


3. A browser window will ‘pop-up’ asking you to sign into Twitter and authenticate the IFTTT app. Enter your username/email address and password in the spaces provided, then click the Authorize app button.


4. Once the “Twitter Channel” has been activated, click the Done button.


5. Now scroll down to the What’s Happening? section. You’ll see that the default “message” (greeting) that’s sent to each of your new followers is Welcome, Thanks for following! – which is a little boring.


6. Let’s edit that greeting to something a little more interesting or personal. Remember to leave the D {{UserName}} part of the message intact. Note: keep the 140 character limit in mind, as with all Twitter messages, this one has to be 140 characters or less. Once you’re happy with your automatic greeting (which you can change at any point in time) – click the Use Recipe button.


7. Now each time someone new follows you on Twitter, they’ll be greeted shortly thereafter with the custom message that you created. It’s that simple!

This brief guide will show you how to have ‘drive icons’ (shortcuts) automatically appear on your desktop when you plug in a USB drive, SD Card, insert a CD or DVD etc.

1. To get started, head over to the Desktop Media download page and download their free app, Desktop Media. Once the file has finished downloading (it’s very small) – open the .zip and run the installation program. The procedure is very straight forward – just click Next a bunch of times.


2. Once the installation has completed, Desktop Media will launch. Now try plugging in a USB drive, an SD Card or CD/DVD. A shortcut to that drive will automatically appear on your Desktop.


3. You can customize Desktop Media by right-clicking on its icon in the System Tray and then select Options…


4. One item of note is the option to display Fixed drives. A “fixed” drive is one that’s “built in” to your PC (for example, your C: drive). Place a check in the Fixed box to have shortcuts created to them on your Desktop.


5. Now you’ll be able to quickly access your fixed drives as well.


6. For your external drives (USB, SD, CD/DVD) – you can also right-click on the shortcut and select Eject to safely remove them from your PC – a very handy option!

This quick tutorial will show you how to download files using BitTorrent directly to your Android phone or tablet.

1. First things first, head over to the Google Play Store and download and install uTorrent for your Android phone or tablet.
2. Once installed, launch it from your Applications section


3. Right away you’ll be presented with the main uTorrent for Android interface. Tap the “magnifying glass” icon in the left column to search for .torrent files.

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4. Enter in the search phrase or keyword, and tap the Search button.

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5. At this point your default browser will launch – or if you haven’t specified one, you’ll need to select a browser – and run a search for that phrase or keyword.


6. When you find the file you want to download, tap or click the link to the .torrent file.

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7. Now select a location you want to save the file(s) contained within the .torrent. If you’re using an Android phone and the file(s) are large, you’ll likely want to save it to the SD card rather than the drive space that comes with your phone.


8. And now you’ll connect to “peers” and download the bittorrent files exactly as you would on a PC or Mac.

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9. If while browsing the web on your Android device you run across a .torrent you want to download, simply click the link or button to that .torrent file, and uTorrent will launch. Downloading .torrent’s on Android is now that easy!

This brief tutorial will show you how to save images (pictures, photos etc) as JPG, PNG, GIF and other popular file formats, using the Gimp.
In a nutshell, version 2.8 of the Gimp changed the method used to save files, slightly. More specifically, the “text” of the menu items has changed. The following guide will explain the ‘new terminology’ – so you can save images in different formats. Though the screenshots used in this tutorial are from the OS X version of the Gimp, the steps are identical and the screens are extremely similar.

1. Once you’ve made whatever changes you want to the image file (of whatever format) – select File -> Export to.


2. From here, you can determine the file format (.jpg, .png, .gif etc) you want to save the file as. Simply name the file, and add the extension of the format you want to use. In the example screenshot below, you can see that I’ve named my file file_name and since I added .png to the end of the name, that’s the type of file that will be saved. Click the Export button.

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3. If you elected to Export (ie. Save) the file as a .PNG, you’ll be presented with the usual PNG options.


4. If you opted to Export (again, Save) the file as a .JPG, you’ll be presented with the usual JPG options.


5. If you continue to make changes to your image file, and want to save them again, this time select File -> Export to file_name.png.


6. If you continue to make changes to your image file, and you want to save them as a new file, select File -> Export….


7. Give the file a new name, and click the Export button.

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8. That’s it! As you have probably figured out, Gimp basically changed the “Save” and “Save As” features to only work with the .xcf format. Now you use Export to, Export to filename.png/jpg and Export… instead.

If you are one of many Android users who like rooting your phone then newest version of Samsung Galaxy S will not be of any exception. By rooting your Android phone you will be able to use many cool things such as custom ROMs, and other applications that are not available at Google Play store. By removing this protection from your phone you will also lose all of the safety features so have this risk on your mind. If your decision is final and you want to root your Samsung Galaxy S 3 phone then this tutorial will help you by leading you step by step.


Before proceeding to below steps you need to make sure which version of Samsung Galaxy S3 because this tutorial will work on devices GT-I9300 and GT-I9300T. If by any chance your device model has a suffix I don’t recommend you to use this tutorial because you may brick your device. To check your device model go to Settings -> About device -> Model number
If your device model don’t have any suffix you may continue following steps below
Step 1: Download Odin 3 from this link and unpack it on your computer
Step 2: Next you need to download CF-Root-SGS3 from this link and again unpack it on your computer
Step 3: If by any chance while extracting CF-Root-SGS3 you end up with a recovery.img and cache.img file, you’ve extracted twice. In order for all to work you need to end up with a .tar file making sure you do not unpack that one

Step 4: Now if your phone is connected with a computer over USB, disconnect it.
Step 5: Now start Odin 3 which yu previously downloaded in Step 1
Step 6: When Odin opens click on PDA button, then locate and select CF-Root-SGS3 which you previously downloaded and extracted in Step 2

Step 7: Now it comes a tricky part. You need to put your phone in download mode by turning it off, and then hold buttons Volume-Down + Home + Power to boot. If you receive a message to press a button to continue, tap on the listed button, or run adb reboot download command
Step 8: Now using USB cable connect phone to your computer
Step 9: Before proceeding to below steps make sure Repartition option is not checked
Step 10: Click the Start button, wait for few minutes and your Samsung Galaxy S3 is now rooted.