How To Root Infinix Hot S X521...

The Infinix Hot S (X521) is a new device from Infinix that has an MT6753 chipset and runs on Android 6.0 (Marshmallow).

One-click root apps like Kingroot and Framaroot still don’t fully support Marshmallow devices running on this chipset so Team Hovatek has put together this guide to teach you how to root your Infinix Hot S.

Requirements:
To root Infinix Hot S, you need to have the following:
Your phone
A computer.
And patience.

How To root Infinix Hot S X521
To root Infinix Hot S, follow the steps below :

• Install VCOM drivers on your PC from here. 
• Download SuperSU 2.76.zip from here
• Copy the SuperSU.zip to both your phone’s SD card and internal storage.
• Download TWRP for Infinix Hot S ported by Team Hovatek from here
• Switch off your Infinix Hot S (with battery still inside)
• Flash the TWRP recovery.img to the phone using SP Flash tool (How to use SP Flash Tool)
• Boot the phone into recovery mode by pressing and hold the Volume up button + Power button. Keep holding both buttons till your Infinix Hot S enters recovery mode. 
• Once you're in TWRP, if you get a prompt asking you to swipe to allow modification of the System partition, tap KEEP READ ONLY
• If TWRP offers to root the phone, select NO
• In TWRP recovery, tap Install. 
• Navigate to the location of the SuperSU 2.76.zip you downloaded earlier and select it. 
• Swipe to confirm flashing of SuperSU.zip and wait till flashing is complete.
• Reboot the phone normally

You can confirm if your Infinix Hot S has been successfully rooted by installing Root Checker.

Android 7.0 Nougat has started rolling out to Nexus devices...

Yesterday, Google officially released the much anticipatedAndroid 7.0 Nougat. The update brings a whole lot of new features to the Android platform and as usual, Nexus users will be the first to get their hands on the update.

Google has started rolling out theOTA update to the following devices:

• Nexus 6
• Nexus 5X
• Nexus 6P
• Nexus Player
• Pixel C
• General Mobile 4G (Android One)

This marks the end of the line for 2013's Nexus 5 and Nexus 7 (2013) as they are no longer going to receive system updates but that’s no surprise as all things must come to an end at some point.

Although Google started rolling out the update today, it will probably be a slow-staged rollout so it may take a little while before the final version of Android 7.0 Nougatarrives on your Android device.

Also, for those who were part of the Android N beta program, the next update they will receive will be the final version of Android 7.0 Nougat. 

Notable Features of Android 7.0 Nougat

1. Split-screen mode, picture-in-picture, and double tap to quickly switch.
2. Customizable Quick Settings in Android 7.0 Nougat. 
3. It brings with it the ability to set multiple locales and languages, 72 new emoji, multi-window functionality. 
4. Ability to quickly switch to the previous app (by double-tapping the multitasking button). 
5. Newly dedicated VR mode. 
6. Vulkan graphics API. 
7. Doze on the go for better battery management and new data saver for restricting data usage for background apps.
8. Direct replies from notifications, bundled notifications. 
9. Built-in mobile data saver. 
10. file-based encryption, and much more.

Introducing Etisalat N1,000 For 2GB And N2000 For 5GB Data Plan

The only network provider that currently offers 2GB for N1000 is GLO, in a bid to attract more customers Etisalat has unveiled a new evening data plan, that gives you 2GB data for just N1000.

However, unlike GLO's 2GB plan, Etisalat 2GB data plan is only usable from 7PM to 6.59am every day and available 24hours on weekends.

The plan is valid for 30 days. To activate, dial *229*3*12#.

There is also a 5GB data plan that costs N2000 and it is also active from 7PM to 6.59am every day and available 24hours on weekends. It also lasts for 30 days. 

To activate the 5GB plan, all you have to do is dial *229*3*13

5 Stunning Ways To Get More Battery Life

Your mobile phone is perhaps your best companion probably because of the various things you do with it e.g. calls, checking mails, messages, gaming music, internet and more. But your interactions with all these things depends on how long the phone’s battery last, and you in-turn try all that you can to make sure you get more juice out of the battery.

This is definitely not the first time you are reading a blog post on how to safe/increase your phones battery life, which means you probably know some common ways to do it. But in this post, I will highlight some stunning and uncommon ways to help you get more juice out of your phones battery:


1. Enable Ad-blockers: This also helps to save battery life, time and data. Ads prolong the complete load of a webpage. It would take less time to load a webpage without ads than loading that same webpage with ads in it, This of course is because the browser has to waste more battery life, time and data in querying, waiting and downloading the additional data to be displayed as ads.

Although the querying, waiting and downloading of additional data to be displayed as ads happens in a matter of seconds, but when you multiply these seconds with the number of webpage you load in a day, that’s when you see the difference.


2. Disable app-lockers: These are battery drainers because they monitor most app activities on your phone. An effective app-locker always runs in the background so as to keep track of which and what app to give free access to. It continuous running in the background have a negative impact on the battery.


3. Use dark themes and wallpaper: If you have an oled screen display, then you can consider using dark themes and wallpaper because less power is required for the display. Unlike lcd, oled screen does not have a backlight which makes it more friendly to the battery.


4. Avoid complete discharge: Although your phone’s battery is set to decrease in performance with time, but factors like “complete discharge” helps speed up that time. Each time you completely discharge the battery, there’s a drop in the over-all battery voltage which in-turn reduce performance.


5. Avoid extreme temperatures: The negative effect of temperature on your battery need not to be over emphasized. The battery contains chemicals which are affected by high and low temperature. For effective performance, avoid too high and low temperature.

Important Tips on How to Effectively Access WhatsApp on Your Computer

Important Tips on How to Effectively Access WhatsApp on Your Computer

If you’re busy at work and you feel like chatting with somebody on WhatsApp, you can do that on your computer with the aid of an app designed for that purpose.

The web service is compatible with WhatsApp mobile apps on Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Blackberry and Nokia’s S60 or S40 phones. Your phone also needs to have a rear-facing camera and WhatsApp has to be turned on.

Your computer must have a recent version of Chrome, Firefox, Opera, or Safari. WhatsApp Web does not support Internet Explorer or Microsoft Edge.

Connecting your phone to computer

On your computer, visit <http://web.whatsapp.com/>. (Bookmark the address if you’re going to use it often.) A bar code will appear with instruction to scan the code with your phone WhatsApp.

Now, switch back to your phone. You’ll need to open the WhatsApp Web function. Here are the procedures for the various mobile operating systems, starting from the main WhatsApp screen:

Android: Tap the Menu button, then tap “WhatsApp Web.”

iOS: Tap the Settings tab, then tap “WhatsApp Web.”

Windows Phone: Tap the Menu button, then tap “WhatsApp Web.”

Blackberry 9 or older: Tap “Chats,” then “Menu,” then “WhatsApp Web.”

Blackberry 10: Swipe down from the top of the main screen and tap “WhatsApp Web.”

Nokia S60: Tap the menu button, then tap “WhatsApp Web.”

Nokia S40: Swipe up from the bottom of the main screen and tap “WhatsApp Web.”

Your app will then open a screen with a camera window. Point your phone’s camera on your computer screen and align it so that the QR code is centred on the window. Within a second or two, the web app will authenticate, and your account and contacts will appear on the primary WhatsApp Web screen.

If you click the “keep me signed in” option on the login page, you should be able to close and open the web interface for as long as your desktop browser session is active and as long as the mobile app stays active on your phone. If you’re logged out, just repeat the 

steps above.

Using WhatsApp Web

WhatsApp Web works more or less the same way that it does on your phone. The primary screen shows a list of all the chats you’re currently engaged in on your phone (or any other devices).

To start a new chat, click the text message icon in the left column and either click one of the contact names or start typing in the “Search Contacts” field. Your chat itself will appear in the right-hand side, and you can switch between any of them at any time.

Any message you send will be sent immediately to your contact’s phone, or any other device they happen to be using (including WhatsApp Web).

Enable browser notifications

If you will like to see new text messages come in even when you don’t have the WhatsApp Web tab or window active, you can enable browser notifications. These will appear as small alerts in the corner of your screen. When you first open WhatsApp Web, you should see a message in blue just beneath your profile photo with the words “Get notified of new notifications.” Click the link below and follow the instructions that appear on the screen.

If you want to disable or re-enable desktop notifications, click the menu button in the WhatsApp Web interface, then click “Notifications.”

Opera mini fighting to regain grounds which they are loosing very fast in the mobile browser war. 

Uc browser on the other hand is gaining dominance fast. 

Recently, I noticed something new in my notification area coming from opera mini! It's a simple notification that reads - opera news 

This goes to say that they have started their own news delivery system just like Du browser. 

It shows that they are fighting to get their app more in front of Android users. 

Here's a sample of opera mini notification bar news 

 

How To Subscribe To All Mtn Tariff Plans

Here are the list of mtn tariff plans and their subscription code.. 

MTN IPULSE = *406*1# OR SEND 406 TO 131

MTN SUPERSAVER PLUS = *408*1# OR SEND 408 to 131

MTN TRUTALK = *400# OR send 400 to 131.. 

MTN SMOOTHTALK PLUS = *401# OR send 401 to 131..

MTN BETATALK = *123*2*6# OR SEND BT TO 131..

MTN TRUTALK PLUS = *123*20# OR Send TP TO 131..


MTN BIZ CLASS = *460*3# OR SEND 433 TO 131..

MTN BIZ PLUS = *460# OR SEND 460 TO 131..

MTN ZONE = *135*1#

ENJOY!