With that said, Pixel devices have always been known to be among the most active players in custom development, and this time around, things would be no different either. Be it for custom ROMs, custom kernels, or gaining administrative access by rooting your device via Magisk, the possibilities stand endless. However, this is just one side of the coin. Carrying out these tweaks could prove to be risky and there’s always a risk of things going south....

In this regard, one direct approach will be to simply hide it from the Taskbar from the Settings > Personalization menu. However, this wouldn’t be of much use as the widget’s processes would still be running in the background and would still continue to consume a major chunk of the system resources. So your next course of action could be to either disable them or rather uninstall them for good....

If we turn our attention towards custom development, then there’s a plethora of tips and tricks that you could try out. These include the likes of flashing GSI/custom ROM, installing custom recovery, and gaining access to the system partition by rooting the device via Magisk. The latter, in turn, will allow you to welcome a truckload of mods onto your device. However, before you. could try out any of these tweaks, you will first have to unlock the bootloader on your OnePlus 10T....

For that, you just need to step into the custom development and welcome abode one of the most popular names in the ROM community. And in this guide, we will show you how to do just that. Given here are the detailed steps that shall help you install the LineageOS 20 based on Android 13 on Moto G7/Plus/Play/Power. What is LineageOS ROM? One of the oldest players in this domain, you could trace back the lineage of this ROM back to the days of CyanogenMod....

In this regard, once you have unlocked the device’s bootloader, you will be in a position to flash a custom/GSI ROM or gain access to the system partition by rooting the device via Magisk. But before you could carry out the flashing process, you will need to have a custom recovery installed. Talking about which, there could be no better player in the market than TWRP. So on that note, let’s make you aware of the steps to install the TWRP Recovery and then root your Samsung Galaxy A53 5G....

11. Play Hidden Games in Cortana Cortana is not just your everyday assistance, it will help you in stress-related times as well. Although not a full-fledged game, yet it proves to be a great time-killer nevertheless. Just type (or say) ‘Flip the Coin’, ‘Rock Paper Scissor’ or ‘Roll the Die’ to play your preferred game. 12. Create Separate Desktops If you are among those who want a well-organized desktop, then Windows 10 has got it covered for you....

As a result of which, you are about to welcome a plethora of goodies and a slew of intriguing features onto your device. However, at the time of writing, the update is still in its beta stage and only the users whose application was accepted for beta testers would be receiving the OTA. But we managed to grab hold of the update link using which you could directly update your device to the latest build right away....

However, it seems not everyone is able to make full use of this functionality. This is because many users have voiced their concern that the Optimized Battery Charging option is missing from Ventura. With important features like Network Location and Schedule Shutdown already being removed from this latest OS build, one shouldn’t be even surprised if this functionality gets sacked. But fortunately, that isn’t the case and the feature is still present in this OS, it’s just that the method to access it has been slightly tweaked, as compared with Monterey....

However, in spite of all the goodies attached, it isn’t free from its fair share of issues. As of now, a slew of complaints has lined up across Reddit where users have voiced their concern that they are getting a black screen in the Basic Training section of PUBG. The audio is working well and good in the background, and all the other gameplay elements are also working along the expected lines....

As of now, various users have voiced their concern that Razer Synapse is unable to detect the connected device. It is happening across all its peripherals- mouse, keyboard, headphones, etc. If we talk about the mouse, then users are unable to even change the DPI. All these issues first came to light after the v3.7.731.72516 update. With that said, there does exist a nifty workaround that shall help you rectify this issue....

These feedbacks were not only aimed at the font style but also at the fact that there’s no native way to switch to any other font style. And now there has been another update that doesn’t seem to be in sync with many users’ requirements. In the latest update, Discord has added a sidebar/right-side panel to its chat screen. The information displayed there includes the likes of the username with whom you are having a chat, mutual friends and servers, etc....

That seems to be the case this time around as well. Various Windows 11 Insider Preview users on version number 22610.1 have reported that the Show Hidden Icons overflow menu is missing on their PC. for the unaware, this icon is present on the right-hand side of the taskbar, being the first entry in the Action Center. By default, Windows displays a few app and system icons in that section, such as Wi-Fi, Battery, Sound, OneDrive, etc....

As of now, numerous Pixel 4A 5G users have voiced their concern that their SIM card is no longer being detected after the Android 13 update. As a result of which, they aren’t able to make or place calls or send messages. As far as the culprit is concerned, it isn’t the carrier because this issue isn’t limited to any carrier, it has affected users across India, the US, and the UK....

However, in spite of all the goodies that it has to offer, it isn’t free from its fair share of issues either. Its inability to load multiple tabs in the background, Google and Apple Maps websites not working, or the fact that it keeps logging out users of signed-in websites are just some of the recent issues. And now, there has been another entry to this list. Numerous users have voiced their concern that they are facing micro stutters and lags when scrolling through websites in the Safari browser....

However, Google decided that it wasn’t enough and hence rolled out the December OTA update. Once you got hold of that update, a truckload of issues were are lined up waiting for a permanent abode on your devices. These include the likes of device crashing to recovery mode, Bluetooth not working, inconsistent network, screen timeout not working, Call Screen being disabled, and a plethora of others. And at the time of writing, there has been another unwanted entry to this list....

Under the hood, it boasts of its own Nothing OS which is as close to the stock OS as it gets. As far as its update schedule is concerned, you will be getting three years of OS upgrades and an additional year of security patches. And there exist three different methods through which you will be able to welcome these updates onto your device- using the Settings menu, via ADB Sideload, and using Fastboot Commands....

This is a must if the ROM comes built-in with GApps, such as Pixel Experience. In cases, the ROM does come with GApps [LineageOS], the developers don’t take any chance and still register their ROMs. As a result, your device will be certified and you will be easily able to use the Google Apps, Services, and Frameworks without any issues. Moreover, your device will be more secure now as the Play Store will continuously scan for harmful apps and notify you if it finds a malicious app installed....

As a result of which, users are left with no choice but to manually open the file and check out its contents which literally ends up taking ages if you have quite a few files involved. In this regard, recently we listed out the steps to rectify the Quicklook Preview not working issue. And now, we will show you how to fix the file thumbnails not appearing issue on your Mac....

The last backup to Google Drive was a couple of days old and his Downloads folder with some important files wasn’t even part of this backup. Hence a backup was an absolute necessity. Moroever, even the service center guys would anyway reset the device, so a backup should have to be taken anyway before sending the device. But the screen isn’t even responding, so how could one take a backup?...

What is Bootloader? According to Google “A bootloader is a vendor-proprietary image responsible for bringing up the kernel on a device. It guards the device state and is responsible for initializing the Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) and binding its root of trust”. Confused? So am I! let us leave all this aside. In simpler terms, a Bootloader is a software that runs every time your phone boots (start). It contains a set of instructions that tells the device which program to load at what instance....