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Unable to use selfie stick with Android phone? Settings to check.

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  Trying your new selfie stick with your  Android Phone  but it doesn't work with your phone? Just in case, if you are not able to use selfie stick with Android phone, here are a few settings you should check on your phone's camera app. I am blogging this post because someone posted on my  previous blog post  that he is not able to use selfie stick on his Android Redmi Phone. So, here are the settings to check and if it still does not work, an alternative app to try. If your phone does not have any settings to allow the camera to take pictures using the volume buttons, then there are alternative apps you can  download  and install from Google Play and use it with selfie sticks. Watch this short video to learn more: /> Most default  Android Phone  app comes with a setting to take pictures with the volume key. Your camera's setting is the first place to check if a selfie stick is not working on your phone. Here are a few things to check to start: Check if there is

Various way to backup, transfer apps and data from one Android Smartphone to another?

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  We don't use a smartphone forever, right? We all want to upgrade to that shiny new gadget in the market, which has features we may need or not. May be just to use the latest gadget. For whatever reasons, we do get a new smartphone from time to time. Getting a new smartphone can be exciting. Setting up is easy too. But transferring all of our apps, contacts,  photos , and more to a new device may be time consuming. And if not careful, we might as well lose some data too. In this post we shall discuss various ways to  backup and move apps and app data to a new  android phone ? Transferring files from Android to Android For most people, the common files to transfer from Android to Android, or for that matter, from  any phone  to any phone would most likely include: Contacts Music Photos Videos Calendars Files Messages If you are moving from one  Android device  to another Android device, then it is not that difficult. Thanks to Google's cloud services, it's so simple to tran
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  How to enable dark theme on Android One Phone? In this post, we will see how to enable dark theme on Android One Phone. In this example, I am using Nokia 6.1 Plus which is running Android One version 9. Dark theme is getting popular among users nowadays. There are some advantages of using a dark theme. It is less stressful to the eye especially when using it in a dark environment or at night.  And the most important part is that dark theme uses less battery. Light themes are brighter and thus uses more power. Watch this short demo video on how to enable dark theme on Android One Phone or read on: To enable dark theme on Android One phone (version 9, in this case), do the following: Open Android Phone Settings Navigate to Display > Advanced > Device Theme Choose Dark from the options As you may observe, enabling the dark theme does not turn the settings page dark. It looks like the dark theme setting does not apply across the device. You may explore what else is turned to

How to schedule emails in Gmail?

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How to schedule an email in Gmail? Gmail has introduced a  new feature  this year (2019) which enables us to  schedule  an email. This feature was very much needed. Email scheduling feature allows us to send emails later such as if you are composing an email on a Sunday evening because you would forget but want to send only during business hours on Monday. In this post, we'll see how to  schedule  an email in Gmail. Watch a short demo on how to schedule an email in Gmail. Steps how to schedule an email in Gmail: 1) Open Gmail and click compose. 2) Enter the receipient (else Gmail will not allow scheduling or sending) 3) Enter Subject and body as you would normally. 4) Click on the drop down just next to the Send button. 5) Select  Schedule 6) Pick a predefined date and time or select your own 7) Click  Schedule  Send Where are the Scheduled emails in Gmail? The scheduled emails are placed in a  separate  label - called SCHEDULED. You can find it right below the Inbox and Sent folde