Even though the camera setup was great, new improvements made it better. In addition, the both S7 variants do come with expandable storage. Much as the Edge variant does maintain the same quadHD resolution, it now boosts a new screen. Both variants have also got a bump in their battery capabilities.

Also Read: How to Root Note 5

On the downside though, the software side of the phones may comes with bloatware that is bond to annoy you which is why Root Galaxy S7 is essential to help root the device. Besides helping with the bloatware, the Root Samsung Galaxy S7 does also come with a number of benefits to your device such as providing easy backup, getting rid of ads and helping in the restoration of applications.

You should bear in mind that before you proceed with Root S7, you need to understand that rooting your device does equate to voiding your device’s warranty. To help with the rooting process, we will make use of Chainfire’s Auto-Root method. All you will need in order to Root S7 is a few minutes of your time to access your device in addition to a PC.

What you will need for the Root S7 process

You will need the following to Root Samsung Galaxy S7:

• Galaxy S7 Edge SM-G935F
• Galaxy S7 SM-G930F
• CF-Auto-Root.zip

Steps to follow with Root S7

• Download and install Samsung USB drivers
• On your PC, download CF-Auto Root.zip for the S7 variant you have and then proceed to extract the zip file with the help of the unzipping tool found on your PC.
• Open Odin3 v3. 10. 6. Exe
• Enable OEM unlock on your Root Samsung Galaxy S7. You can do this by getting into the Settings application on your root Galaxy S7, click on the Developers options and then click on OEM Unlock.
• Next, you will have to power off your root Galaxy S7 and then proceed to boot your device into Download mode. For this step, you will have to simultaneously hold down the Volume Down + Home+ Power buttons on your root Samsung Galaxy S7 for only a few seconds. When the warning that you are about to enter the download mode comes up on the root Galaxy S7 then you will have to confirm the warning by pressing the volume up button.
• Next, connect the root Galaxy S7 device to your PC by making use of the USB cable. An added message will come up following the connection, which message comes with a blue button in the log of Odin.
• You will have to press the AP button in Odin in order to open a new window which will be used to browse the firmware file. You will have to find the CF-Auto-Root-herolte-heroltexx-smg930.tar.md5 file after navigating through the folder in which you extracted the files used in step 2. Press OK.
• Next, press the Start button and be patient as the process comes to a finish. Once done, your root Samsung Galaxy will automatically reboot.

Note: Since the CFAR display code is not yet compatible with the S7, no output will come on the screen which will lead you into thinking nothing has happened. What you will see is the S7 logo only but if you wait for a further five minutes, the device will reboot a few times before rebooting into Android which should indicate that you have root.

Files to Download

CF-Auto-Root.zip

• Galaxy S7 SM-G930F| Link
• Galaxy S7 Edge SM-G935F| Link

Samsung USB Drivers

(Usb drivers are required for Odin)| Link

Some applications on Google Play Store are available for limited regions. If you want to download such application then what you should do? There are two options available for you.

1. Forget that application and download a similar app
2. Change Play Store country to download your desired application

Now if you go with the first option, then there is a possibility that there is no similar app available on Play Store and if there is something similar it may not offer you the same features and user experience. So, the best option for you is to change play store country. It will allow you to download your desired application just like you download any other application from Play Store.

How Google PlayStore Determines your Country?

To change Google play country, it is important that you should understand how google play store determines your country. Google determines your country from the method you have selected.

Also read: How to fix Google Play Store not working issue

It looks at the billing address of the payment method you have selected and determines your country. If you have not set any payment method, then it automatically picks your home country from the Gmail account linked to your Play Store.

How to Change Play Store Country?

There are three different methods to change Google Play country. We recommend you to try these methods one by one and see which methods work for you. If you follow instructions carefully then the first method you choose to change Google Play Store country will most probably work for you.

First Method to Change Google Play Store Country

1. Sign into you Google Wallet account
2. If you have already added some payment method then you should delete it otherwise skip this step
3. Now add a new credit or debit card with a billing address of your desired country
4. Now open Google Play Store and look for a paid application
5. Click on install/buy button to initiate the process
6. Wait for “Accept and  Buy” screen. Don’t worry you don’t have to buy anything
7. Now close Play Store and navigate to your settings section. Look for application manager, find Google Play Store and clear cache and data
8. Open Play Store again and now you will see that your country on Play Store matches with the one you have selected at the time of entering billing address

So, by following this method you have changed Google Play country within few minutes.

Second Method to Change Play Store Country

If you have tried the above method and still you are not able to change Google Play Store country successfully then here is another simple yet effective method.

1. Open your Google Wallet Account in browser
2. Go to your settings section and change your address
3. The new address should be from a country to which you want to change country on Google Play Store
4. Once you have added new address you should remove your old address
5. To remove old address go to Address Tab on Google Wallet account and remove the old address
6. It will now prompt you to accept the terms and conditions related to your new Google Play Store country. Accept them
7. Now navigate to your settings section. Look for application manager, find Google Play Store and clear cache and data
8. Open Play Store again and download your desired application because you have successfully changed your Play Store country

Third Method to Change Google Play Store Country

Here is another simple and the easiest method to change Google Play country.

1. Create a new gmail account. Select your desired country to which you want to change your Play store country
2. Link this new Gmail id with Google Play Store on your Android Smartphone
3. And now you can download your desired application

We have tested these three methods to change play store country on different smartphones and accounts and found them working. Try these methods to change the Google Play Store country and let us know which one works for you.

So, here are few important methods which you can try out when Google Play store stops working.

Google Play Store Not Working? Solution!!

Restart your Device

The first and most important troubleshoot is to restart your smartphone. If you are facing any issue not just the Google Play Store no connection problem, the first thing you should do is to restart your smartphone. Most of the problems are solved with a simple a restart. And in our case we fixed our play store not working issue with just a simple phone restart.

Check Date and Time

Did you notice that when date and time on your computer are not correct then you at times you face problems to access some websites especially Google related websites. So, if Google Play Store Not Working for you then you should check your date and time. There is possibility that your date and time are not correct therefore you are not able to access Google Play Store. If your date and time are not accurate then set them and this may possibly fix your Google Play Store no connection issue.

Force Stop Google Play Store

At times force closing your play store can fix Google Play Store no connection issue. Actually, force stop means to close an application forcefully. You can quite easily do it by going in to your phone settings, application manager. Find Google Play Store from the list of installed applications, open it and tap “FORCE CLOSE“! Most of the times forcing closing application and then starting it again solves the issues.

Clear App and Cache

Always remember if nothing works clearing app and cache can work. So, if you have tried all the above methods and still Google Play Store no Connection issue is there then you must try clearing your app data and connection.

Also Read: Google Play Store No Connection Issue

Go to application manager, open Google Play Store and tap on Clear App Cache. This will definitely solve Google Play Store Not Working problem for you.

If this issue is not fixed yet then open Google Play in app manager and tap on Clear App Data. This will clear all stored app data but this will solve you problems 99% times. So, it is a good deal if at the end of the day you loose your data and get rid of Google Play Store no connection issue!

Uninstall Updates

At times play store updates might be causing the problems. So, try uninstalling the update, restart your phone and try opening Google Play Store. If Play Store update was causing this issue then after this you will most probably get rid of google play store no connection issue.

Google Play Services

Google Play Services are the main core of all Google Services on your Android smartphone. Therefore, you should not ignore the importance of these services. Try updating Google Play Services. If this does not work then remove app cache and also clear the data and most probably this will fix your issue.

Last Resort – Factory Reset

Even after trying all the above methods and still Google Play Store Not Working then the only option left is to factory reset your phone. This will take your phone back to the day 1 and it will clear everything from your phone. Therefore, make sure to make a proper backup before going for factory reset.

If you have any better working method to get rid of Google Play Store Not Working or Google Play Store Connection Issue then feel free to share with us in the comments.

]]> http://54.152.129.122/index.php/2016/02/04/google-play-store-not-working/feed/ 0 http://54.152.129.122/index.php/2016/01/31/change-app-permissions-on-android-marshmallow/ http://54.152.129.122/index.php/2016/01/31/change-app-permissions-on-android-marshmallow/#respond Sun, 31 Jan 2016 15:03:46 +0000 http://smartphonetechie.com/?p=17202 You must have noticed that whenever you install a new application on your Android smartphone it asks for certain app permissions. Different applications have different android permissions. Some applications asks permission to access your images or contact while others asks for android Internet permission. Now this is quite scary because once an application gets android permission on your phone then it can manipulated your data. For this reason there are people who want to change app permissions on Android.

Change App Permissions on Android With Root

The most popular and known method to change app permissions on Android is through rooting your smartphone. This will install permission manager on your phone which will monitor the app permissions granted on your phone. This permission manager will also offer you the freedom to allow permissions to different applications manually. Let’s suppose you want to stop android Internet permission for some application then you can do it quite easily through this permission manager.

Also Read: Touch To Search Feature on Android

We will not be discussing this method of changing app permissions on Android with root. There are many tutorials available on XDA which will take you through this popular and little technical method changing applications permissions and setting up your own android permissions list.

Change App Permissions on Android Marshmallow

In the latest Android 6.0 Marshmallow, Google has added an option by default which allows you to change app permissions on your Android phone. This method does not require any root or installing of permission manager. Since, Google has added it in the OS by default therefore nothing can get easier than this!

Steps to Change Android Permissions

If you wish to change applications permissions on Android Marshmallow then follow these simple and easy steps

1. Go to application drawer of your Android phone
2. Tap and hold application whose permissions you want to change
3. Drag it to App info icon on top of the screen
4. It will open up a menu. Go to App permissions
5. Select which permissions you want to allow and which you don’t want to

See how simple and easy this method is. It is best for those who feel that their privacy is at by allowing unnecessary permissions to the applications. And at times some applications ask for useless permissions. For example a third part camera applications asks for contacts and android INTERNET permission. So, it is advisable to stop such unnecessary permissions!

How Enable Touch to Search Google Chrome Android?

This guide will take you through a tutorial that will help you to enable a new yet handy feature of “Touch to Search” on your Android phone. After enabling this feature; all you have to do is touch and hold a word or phrase. It will open up a pop up in the bottom of the screen where you can perform our search without heading to application itself.

Steps to Enable Touch to Search Google Chrome Android

1. Open  chrome://flags/#contextual-search on your Google Chrome Android browser
2. In the options menu look for contextual search and Enable it
3. Restart your browser and enjoy this exciting new feature

By enabling this feature you will make your web browsing experience simple and easy. This new touch to search feature will not make search easy for you but make the whole process more organized and fast. If you have any questions then feel free to ask in comments.

Source: Cnet

Also Read: Google Chrome Comes with Better RAM Management

Well it gets more irritating when some random ad keeps playing in the background even after pausing/stopping it for multiple times. Or even if it does not auto-play again then it opens up some pop up window. I am sure if you have experienced this then you can understand how painful it is. Well, you can close the tab itself because you need to stay on the page for one or another reason.

So, now what can you do?? Well, thanks to the latest Google Chrome update. It has definitely made our lives more easy by introducing the option to mute individual tabs. Now you do not need to close the tab or pause the video. You can just mute individual tab on Google Chrome and keep working without any issues at all. The muted tab will now show a small speaker icon with a slash on it.

How to Mute Tab Individually on Google Chrome?

1. Open Google Chrome
2. Identify the tab where video is playing in the background
3. Right click on the tab and find “Mute Tab” option
4. Now it will show a small speaker icon with slash on it
5. To unmute the tab follow the same procedure but select “Unmute Option“

]]> http://54.152.129.122/index.php/2015/10/25/google-chrome-allows-you-to-mute-individual-tabs/feed/ 1 http://54.152.129.122/index.php/2015/10/21/how-to-delete-your-voice-commands-said-to-google-now/ http://54.152.129.122/index.php/2015/10/21/how-to-delete-your-voice-commands-said-to-google-now/#comments Wed, 21 Oct 2015 17:41:52 +0000 http://smartphonetechie.com/?p=17088 It can be safely said that Google is taking over the world. From your browsing data to your voice commands to Google Now, Google saves everything. If you are not aware then let us tell you that Google saves every voice command you said to your Google Now virtual assistant. You can also access this by visiting https://history.google.com/history/. Make sure you are logged into your Gmail account to view your saved history and to listen to your voice commands.

Well if you are too much concerned about your privacy then you can simply delete your all voice commands you ever said to Google Now. To delete your voice and audio history follow the simple steps mentioned below.

1. Go to https://history.google.com/history/audio?hl=en&ent=r&utm_source=udc
2. At the top right corner you will see three vertical dots. Click on it.
3. From the available options select “Delete Options”.

4. Now click on Advance Options, select “All Time” and click on delete. It will completely delete your all time voice history.

Well, forget all the tension and do not take any stress as we have full proof method which will allow you to bypass the pin or pattern lock on your broken Samsung Galaxy S6. So, you can easily recover important data from your smartphone. It is important that you should have Samsung account otherwise this method will not work.

Method to bypass Screen Lock on Samsung Galaxy S6:

1 – Create Samsung Account

2 – Login to your Samsung Account and Look for remote actions on your broken device

3 – Look for Unlock screen remotely. Click on it.

4 – This will unlock your device and it will light up.

Now you can connect your smartphone with your computer to recover the data. Isn’t it simple?

Having said that Samsung has managed to sell a good number of Note 5 units within one week of its official announcement. So, here we are with much awaited Note 5 root method.  There are number of people looking for an effective and safe way of rooting Note 5 therefore we decided to come up with a detailed post on how to root Note 5.

Also Read: Samsung Galaxy S7 price in Pakistan

Root Note 5 with Towelroot:

Towelroot is an amazing application when it comes to rooting your Android smartphone. This application supports a number Android devices and allows you to root Android phone with a simple tap. To find out detailed information on how to root Note 5 with towelroot read the below part carefully. Please note that you should proceed with this method on your own because you might brick your phone while rooting Note 5.

Things Required to Root Note 5:

First of all download towelroot application from here. After downloading go to security settings on your Samsung Note 5 and allow installing 3rd party applications.

Method to Root Note 5:

1. Install Towelroot application on your Samsung Galaxy Note 5
2. Run the application and tap on make it ra1n. It will start the root process
3. Within minutes your device will be rooted
4. Install rootchecker from Playstore and run it to check if your device is rooted

Try this method on your Note 5 and share feedback with us.

Also Read: How to Install Android M Launcher on Xperia

Apple users were eagerly waiting for WhatsApp web for iPhone users and finally their wait is over. WhatsApp has very silently launched WhatsApp web for iPhone. We have not come across any official statement or announcement in this regard that is whyvery few people are familiar with this.

How to use WhatsApp Web for iPhone?

In order to use WhatsApp Web for iPhone you have to make sure that you are using the latest version of the application on your smartphone. If you are not using the latest version then you should head to Apple store to update WhatsApp to the latest version.

After updating the application, go to setting and look for WhatsApp Web. Tap on it to access the QR code reader. Now go to web.whatsapp.com from your computer and scan the given QR code with your iPhone. Few seconds and voila! you have now finally accessed WhatsApp Web for iPhone. Now you can use WhatsApp on your personal computer.

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