How to Take Screenshots in LYF Android Phones like Flame, Water, Wind, Earth etc

Want to know how to take a screenshot in LYF android phones. Popular android phones from LYF are Flame, Wind, Water, Earth etc. Toke capture the screen of a LYF phone as an image, you  just have to press and hold the power button (screen lock button) and volume down button together for a few seconds.

The screen will flash indicating that a screen-shot is taken. The screen shot can be seen in the notifications.

How to Root Your Samsung Galaxy S4 Android Phone

Root Samsung Galaxy S4:

Everyone roots their Android phones. Samsung, Sony, HTC, every android phones are now being rooted. And you want to root your Samsung Galaxy S4 phone? Yeah, that is why you are in search of tutorial on how to root Samsung Galaxy S4. Okay, but there are some requirements.

Things to remember before you root your phone:

• Rooting will nullify the warranty of your phone
• If your phone bricks, we are not responsible for it.

Requirements to root Samsung Galaxy S4

The main requirements to do rooting of your Samsung S4 phone i9500 or i9505 are:

• USB Data Cable 
• Download Odin flashing software
• Download USB Driver file
• Download Root File

How to Download Youtube Videos - Easiest Method

Download Youtube videos on any browser any platform

In this post, we will see how to download any youtube video easily without using any software. This method can be used in computers and any mobile phones without installing any application software. You can apply this method in any internet browser. Actually this is an online youtube video downloader method. A website will give you direct download links to your youtube video in various formats and sizes.

Intel 8085 Microprocessor Simulator Software for Computer

In this post, I am adding links to some of the Intel 8085 Microprocessor kit Simulator software for your computer. They are available free of cost. There are 8085 simulator applications with Microprocessor textbooks like 8085 Microprocessor by Gaonkar. The following are 8085 simulator software for computer available for free download.

Java simulator with good features.
http://8085simulator.codeplex.com

GNU SIM 8085 simulator for Windows and Linux
http://gnusim8085.org

C and C++ Compiler For Android Smartphones

In this post i'm listing some C Program compilers for Android phones or tabs. It will be very handy if you have one in your phone if you are a programming student. You don't need to have a laptop or a Personal computer with you.

C4Droid

It is a powerful offline C/C++ IDE + C/C++ compiler for Android operating System. I have been using it for 1 year. You do not need to root your phone to use this app. Its features are as listed below:

Intel 8085 Microprocessor Simulator for Android Phones

8085 microprocessor

Intel 8085 is a basic microprocessor with 8 bit data bus. Since it is a basic microprocessor, it is included in the syllabus of many Engineering and Diploma courses. Assembly level programming for 8085 microprocessor is also part of many syllabi. The same microprocessor kit is also available in many colleges for practicals. So, it is inevitable to have an Intel 8085 simulator. There are some simulators available for PC. But they are not much abundant in Android apps. Here i am telling you about an 8085 simulator for your Android phone. You can find it by searching in playstore "Intel 8085 Simulator".

8085 Simulator in Playstore

How to Connect PC or Laptop to Internet Using Android Phone

The Android operating system supports usage of Android phones as an Internet modem for Personal computer or laptops. This facility of sharing the Internet connection of Android phone with a laptop or PC through a USB cable is called USB tethering. It supports most of major operating systems.

In Linux:

In Linux you just have to enable 'packet data' in phone first, connect phone with PC or laptop through USB data cable and check the option 'USB tethering' in Settings. It is somewhere within USB settings or Wifi and network settings. The place of this option may vary from phone to phone.In my phone (Ssmsung Galaxy S Advance, GT-I9070) , it is found as follows: Settings-> Wireless and Neetwork->Tethering and Portable Hotspot-> USB tethering. Check the option 'USB Tethering'. When 'USB tethering' is enabled, your Linux OS will automatically install the 'Remote NDIS based Internet sharing' driver. and your computer will automatically connect to internet within a few minutes.

Windows XP:

How to Hard Reset Samsung Galaxy Y or Young GT-S5360

This post is to tell you how to hard reset a Samsung Galaxy Young. Samsung Galaxy Young is an Android phone from Samsung with model number GT - S5360 which is often referred to as Galaxy Y. Before you hard reset, you should take a backup of all your important data that may be required later. You may get some help from Youtube videos demonstrating backup process.

How to Backup Samsung Galaxy Phones to Google account

How to Backup Android How to backup contacts in Samsung Galaxy Android phone

Samsung Galaxy Y ( Young ) GT S5360

For taking .apk backups for your applications in the phone you may use applications like 'Clean Master'. Data in your memory card and contacts in SIM card will not be lost during hard reset. All the settings will be reset to the default values because the whole operating system of the phone is refreshed. You can try the following method of hard reset even if your phone is not turning ON.

After taking backup, follow the given steps:

How to Connect Windows 8 or 8.1 Compuer to Internet by USB Tethering Android Phone

Let me tell you first that USB tethering is the process of sharing the internet connection of your Android phone with your PC or laptop through USB connection. In Windows 7, Windows Vista and Linux, USB tethering works so easily that we just have to enable packet data, connect phone through USB and enable 'USB tethering' in Settings. Above mentioned operating systems automatically install the required drivers. And within few minutes, the system will connect to Internet through your USB connected Android phone. But it is not that much easy in Windows 8 or Windows 8.1. We have to manually install the driver for the Android device to enable USB tethering. In this post, I will show you how to enable USB tethering in Windows 8 and Windows 8.1.

Android Phone Secret Codes

Dialing the code

Here in this post, I am listing down some secret codes for Android phones.

*#*#4636#*#*   :Phone info (packet data), batttery info,usage statistics,wifi info

*#*#7780#*#*  :Factory reset

*2767*3855#   :Format Phone

*#*#197328640#*#*  :Service mode (version info,Factory test,and many debugs)