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

Common GSM Codes or USSD Codes and Their Use

These are some of the common GSM service commands (or service codes), also called USSD (Unstructured Supplementary Service Data) codes and their use.

Call Redirection

*#61# To check status of redirection of all incoming calls, if there is no answer.

##002# To Cancel redirection of all calls

Call Waiting or Holding

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.

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:

How to hard Reset Nokia E6 - 00

In this post, we will see how to hard reset Nokia E6-00, simply Nokia E6. Hard reset will erase all the

Nokia E6 - 00

data on the phone memory. You should backup your contacts and other important data before doing it. You should have enough battery charge before you hard reset your phone. Now to hard reset the phone, you have three options. You can solve most of the software problems (if any) with the phone by just doing a hard reset. To hard reset your phone, there are three methods. I recommend the second method.

Method 1:

Hard Reset with Software Menu:

Go to Menu and navigate as follows:

Menu -> Settings -> Phone -> Phone management -> Factory settings -> Delete data and restore
Nokia E6 will ask for the security code. Enter it. The default security lock code is: 12345. If you have changed it, enter your security code.

How to Hard Reset Sony Xperia P

Sony Xperia P

This post will tell you how to hard reset a Sony Xperia P Android Smart phone. Before you hard reset your phone, you should take a backup for whatever data you may need later, especially contacts. You may backup your contacts using 'export' option in options menu of 'contacts'. You may also use the 'PC companion' software provided by Sony to take backup. Another option is to use the backup service provided by Google server.

How to Hard Reset Nokia C5 -00

In this post, we will see how to hard reset Nokia C5 phones. Nokia C5 phones are Symbian s60 phones. Hard resetting Nokia C5 is so simple. You can solve most of the non hardware problems with the phone by just doing a hard reset. Hard reseting will erase all data on phone including Contacts, applications, notes etc. After hard reset the phone will be as if you have bought it as a new one. So, before you hard reset your phone, don't forget to backup your all important data including contacts.

Hard reset Nokia C5 00

In the case of contacts, you may copy all the contacts into your SIM card. Or you may use the built in backup option available in phone which will backup contacts, applications, notes etc. You can see it in options somewhere in 'tools'->'Memory card'. You may also backup all your data using a Nokia PC suite or Ovi-suite.


To hard reset Nokia C5-00 and similar phones, follow given instructions:

1. Switch off the phone first

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)

Sony Xperia Secret Menu for Service Test and Hard Reset

In Xperia series phones of Sony, there is a secret menu which has options for Service test and Hard reset of the phone. This menu is available almost all Xperia phones including Xperia Z, Xperia J, Xperia P, Xperia U, Xperia ION, Xperia S,Xperia E, Xperia L, Xperia tipo, Xperia arc, Xperia zola The menu can be made available by dialing a secret code in the dial-pad of the phone.

Dial pad of Sony Xperia P

The code is *#*#7378423#*#*. When you dial this code in the dialpad, the secret menu will appear which contains options:

1. Service Info
2. Service Settings
3. Service Tests
4. Customisation Settings

How to Hard Reset Nokia E63

This post will teach you how to hard reset Nokia E63, symbian smartphone. The same method can be

applied to hard reset similar E series phones, some other symbian phones and even some of the new Java phones from Nokia. Hard resetting is complete cleansing of phone memory and the firmware will repaired/reinstalled.

So when you hard reset your phone, it will result in loss of data including your contacts in phone memory and whatever you have stored in phone memory. To avoid loss of any important data, your can back up your data onto your memory card. There is an option provided in the phone to backup all the phone memory to memory card. To know how to backup your data, watch this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yPpqwhU4ErM

To hard reset your phone, Follow these instructions:

How to Hard Reset Nokia 603 Symbian Belle Full Touch Smartphone

Nokia 603 Symbian

Nokia 603 is a symbian Belle full touch smartphone. Hard resetting may solve most of the problems with its software. I have reset one to solve a problem with the phone software and the problem was successfully solved. The problem was that when a link in any messages or notes are clicked, an error was shown and the web browser cannot be loaded. This was solved by hard resetting the phone using the three button combination.