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How to Fix Black Instagram Photos Bug on Xiaomi Mi3

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<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #585858; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Recently I got my hands on Xiaomi Mi3 and since then I'm testing the device from all possible aspects. Today while using the device, I found a bug which made all the photos uploaded to Instagram, Black. I'm not sure if this is a MiUi bug or an Instagram bug, whatever. A few minutes of tinkering with device and a little bit of research on forums, finally I found a way to fix this issue. Today I will teach you how to fix it on your device, I feel this method should work on all devices which are showing black photos when uploaded on Instagram. </span></div>
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<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #585858; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<h3 style="background-color: white; border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 3px; color: #333333; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 27px; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; position: relative; text-align: justify; text-shadow: rgb(204, 204, 204) 0px 1px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #585858; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #585858; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #585858; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">
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How to Fix Black Instagram Photos Bug on Xiaomi Mi3

Recently I got my hands on Xiaomi Mi3 and since then I'm testing the device from all possible aspects. Today while using the device, I...

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6 Things You Won't be Knowing About Xiaomi Mi3 and MIUI

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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhawEQftErA27lICVGT0KHeFtHBXYc2IX3009XmfYHhluLTQlT_Uj6dn9ArfYtki1bOVq-JK95-LYut79EeD44AikiVBL26r0CmSD05mnr64NQuStYj6_RXoBpnD6YuDpzFs3Gg7Nh6Kig/s1600/45.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.25s; border: 0px; clear: right; color: #d40707; float: right; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px 0px 1em 1em; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.25s; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="MiUI tricks" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhawEQftErA27lICVGT0KHeFtHBXYc2IX3009XmfYHhluLTQlT_Uj6dn9ArfYtki1bOVq-JK95-LYut79EeD44AikiVBL26r0CmSD05mnr64NQuStYj6_RXoBpnD6YuDpzFs3Gg7Nh6Kig/s1600/45.jpg" style="border: 0px none; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 100%; outline: none; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;" title="MiUI" /></span></a><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.the-area51.com/search/label/Xiaomi" style="-webkit-transition: all 0.25s; border: 0px; color: #d40707; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; outline: none; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; transition: all 0.25s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Xiaomi</a> Mi3 made headlines as soon as they launched in Indian sub-continent, it is a budget smartphone with premium looks and high-end flagship features, the Mi3 unit costs Rs.13,999 in India and is exclusively available on Flipkart. The company chose a strange strategy which I guess is working as they desired. Instead of keeping the phone available for customers, they ask people to register for purchase and come back on a given date and time when the phone will be available to buy for registered users only, it means that you cannot buy Mi3 whenever you want, you'll have to register pre-sale and then show-up on the sale date and time and then if you are lucky, you'll be able to Buy the device before someone takes it. </span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></div>
<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #585858; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I'm not going to write same things again and again, I've written many articles on Xiaomi Mi3 previously, I will link them below so that you can easily access them and know more about them.</span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><b style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Read:</b> </span><a class="titlex" href="http://ait-professional.blogspot.in/2014/09/xiaomi-to-sell-100000-mi-3-phones-every.html" style="color: #999999; font-family: Bitter, serif, sans-serif; font-size: 26px; text-align: left; text-decoration: none;">Xiaomi to sell 100,000 Mi 3 phones every week in India during Diwali</a></div>
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<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; color: #585858; font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 28px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify; vertical-align: baseline;">
<span style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I tried my luck in August 26 Mi3 sale and was able to fetch one for me :) Soon I will be posting the full review on this site but till then lets continue with this. Today I will list some unknown, secret and hidden features of Xiaomi Mi3 and MIUI which you might now be knowing.</span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><h3 style="border-bottom-color: rgb(51, 51, 51); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 3px; color: #333333; font-family: inherit; font-size: 27px; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 20px; padding: 0px 0px 5px; position: relative; text-shadow: rgb(204, 204, 204) 0px 1px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Getting Root permission on Xiaomi Mi3 is as simple as flashing a ROM. You can download the Developer ROM from the official Xiaomi page and then flash it on to your Mi3 through recovery mode and BAM!!! You get the root permissions. This process is safe and there is no risk of bricking device, in case there is some problem, you still get the warranty. Xiaomi does not voids warranty if the device is rooted.</span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><div class="separator" style="border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2. OTG</span></h4>
<span style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Xiaomi Mi3 comes in two variants, 16GB and 64GB but the Indian version of Mi3 comes in 16GB only, so what to do if you want to enjoy HD movies and gaming on your device, how to expand the storage. Well you can do that using OTG, it stands for On-the-Go and basically it means that by using a cable, you can connect USB Drives, hard disks, card readers, USB mouse, USB Keyboard, gaming pads etc. All you have to do is buy an OTG cable and you're good to go.</span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(229, 229, 229); font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; height: auto; line-height: inherit; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; margin-top: 1.5em; max-width: 100%; padding: 4px; position: relative; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><tbody style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">3. Inbuilt SwiftKey</span></h4>
<span style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">SwiftKey Keyboard is one of the most used third-party keyboard in the world. It is available on multiple mobile platforms and is free to download. Swiftkey keyboard comes pre-installed in the Xiaomi Mi3, so you can start using it out-of-the-box. The best thing about this keyboard is that it comes with lots of themes and customization and its auto prediction text is highly accurate. </span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><div class="separator" style="border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Private Messaging</span></h4>
<span style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Another great inbuilt feature in the MiUI, you can browse private messaging right from your SMS inbox, it is hidden so nicely that no one will ever know if it is there. I'm talking about the secret section of your SMS inbox where your private conversations will be saved. All you have to do is, Go to Messaging and keep swiping the screen downwards until the Private Messaging inbox appears. Checkout the short video below for activating Private Messaging on the MiUI</span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />This is great for people who want to keep their private messages out of the reach of others. You can also protect it with pattern lock.</span></div>
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<span style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Now no need to install separate app for QR codes, Xiaomi Mi3 has it inbuilt, just go to the camera settings and enable QR scanner, now just open your camera and focus on the QR code and you'll be able to scan it. Every time you need to scan QR code, open your camera, point and shoot. As simple as that.</span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="border: 0px; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><div class="separator" style="border: 0px; clear: both; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-variant: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">
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1. Disable App Notifications</h4>
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Bugged by annoying app notifications that just keep coming? If you don’t know already, these app notifications also drain your phone’s battery. If you want to turn them off, and you are on Jelly Bean 4.1 and above, here’s how:</div>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.85em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">On any of your unwanted notifications in your notification bar, <strong>long press</strong> on the notification for a message box to appear.</li>
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2. Disable Mobile Data</h4>
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Whenever you don’t need to stay connected, disabling the Mobile Data can help keep your smartphone battery from draining too quickly. Turning off mobile data is as easy as:</div>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.85em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Going to <strong>Settings</strong> > <strong>Data Usage</strong>.</li>
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3. Set Mobile Data Limit</h4>
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Want to keep track of how far your usage is from your monthly mobile data limit? If you have ICS and above, there is a feature which lets you keep track of how much of the quota you have left.</div>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.85em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Head over to <strong>Settings > Data Usage.</strong></li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.85em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Set your data limit by dragging the orange line to reflect your monthly quota.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.85em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Set your data usage cycle based on when your "month" starts and ends, and you’re done.</li>
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You will be alerted once you hit the limit you have set. Note that the tracked data usage of your phone may vary slightly than your carrier’s tracking.</div>
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4. Add Multiple Google Accounts</h4>
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You need a Google account to use an Android phone but did you know you can <strong>choose to run more than one Google account</strong> on your Android device. This is convenient if you use more than one account for several of your Google services. To add multiple Google accounts:</div>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.85em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Go to <strong>Settings > Add account</strong>.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.85em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Select <strong>Google</strong> and setup your New or Existing Google account.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.85em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Once added, choose what you want to sync with the account.</li>
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Repeat all the steps above if you want to add more accounts.</div>
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5. Disable Automatic App Updates</h4>
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Prefer to read through app permissions and manually pick which app updates to adopt? You can, but first you need to disable your automatic app updates. Here are the steps:</div>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.85em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Open <strong>Play Store</strong> and head over to <strong>Settings</strong>.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.85em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tap on <strong>Auto-update apps</strong>.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.85em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Choose <strong>Do not auto-update apps</strong>.</li>
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If you want to enable the auto updates, follow the same path and choose <strong>Auto-update apps</strong>at any time or via Wi-Fi (available for certain Android devices only).</div>
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To update your apps manually, just open <strong>Play Store</strong>, and on the main page swipe in from the left and tap on <strong>My apps</strong>. You can tap on apps with pending updates and update them manually, or if you like to update them all at once, just tap on <strong>Update All</strong>.</div>
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6. How To Check For Android System Updates</h4>
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For Android users that are using stock ROM, you may want to look for new updates to your system. To check for updates:</div>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.85em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Go to <strong>Settings > About phone/tablet</strong>.</li>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.85em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tap <strong>Check now</strong> to look for system updates.</li>
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7. Changing Default Apps</h4>
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If you have already set some default apps for particular tasks (e.g. using Chrome for opening web links) but wish to change this:</div>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.85em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Go to <strong>Settings</strong> > <strong>Apps</strong>.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.85em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Swipe right and look for the <strong>All</strong> tab.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.85em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong>Select the app</strong> you want to remove as default.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.85em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tap on <strong>Clear defaults</strong>.</li>
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<a href="http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/android-tips-and-tricks/Changing%20Default%20Apps" rel="external" style="border: 0px; color: #133c9a; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><img alt="Changing Default Apps" height="259" src="http://media02.hongkiat.com/android-tips-and-tricks/changing-default-apps.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255) !important; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="500" /></a></div>
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8. Organize Homescreen Shortcuts With Folders</h4>
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Once you have a lot of apps installed, your homescreen might be filled with app shortcuts. Unlike the app drawer, the apps on your home screen are not arranged alphabetically. So, you might want to create some folders for your homescreen shortcuts.</div>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.85em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Assuming you have more than a handful of shortcuts already on your homescreen, <strong>long press</strong> on any of the shortcuts and <strong>drag it onto another shortcut</strong>.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.85em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">A circle should now appear around the apps, indicating that a folder has been created.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.85em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">By tapping on the newly created folder, a mini window will pop up with your apps in it.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.85em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">You can drag and drop additional apps into the folder if you like. You can also <strong>rename the folder</strong> by tapping on the text area at the bottom of the mini window.</li>
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<a href="http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/android-tips-and-tricks/Organize%20Homescreen%20Shortcuts%20With%20Folders" rel="external" style="border: 0px; color: #133c9a; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><img alt="Organize Homescreen Shortcuts With Folders" height="493" src="http://media02.hongkiat.com/android-tips-and-tricks/folders.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255) !important; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="500" /></a></div>
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9. Disable Animations</h4>
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Here’s a tip on how to make your Android device run a bit smoother: disable its animations. You will need to have access to <strong>Developer Options</strong> which can be found under <strong>Settings</strong> or<strong>About device</strong>.</div>
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<strong>Note: </strong>For some phones, you may need to go to <strong>Build number</strong> and tap on it repeatedly until you see "You are now a developer!". Developer options are now enabled.</div>
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Under enabled <strong>Developer options</strong>, look for <strong>Window animation scale</strong>, <strong>Transition animation scale</strong>, and <strong>Animator duration scale</strong>. Then, turn them off (disable) them one at a time.</div>
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<a href="http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/android-tips-and-tricks/Disable%20Animations" rel="external" style="border: 0px; color: #133c9a; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank"><img alt="Disable Animations" height="393" src="http://media02.hongkiat.com/android-tips-and-tricks/disable-animations.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(255, 255, 255) !important; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; margin: 0px; max-width: 640px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;" width="500" /></a></div>
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10. How To Turn Off Auto-Correction</h4>
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Hate the fact that your phone is going English teacher mode on you? Turn off auto-correction for peace of mind when texting.</div>
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<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.85em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Go to <strong>Settings > Language & input</strong>.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.85em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Tap on the <strong>settings icon</strong> next to the keyboard that you are using, e.g. Google Keyboard.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.85em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Look for <strong>Auto-correction</strong> and tap on it.</li>
<li style="border: 0px; font-family: inherit; font-style: inherit; font-weight: inherit; line-height: 1.85em; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Select <strong>Off</strong> to turn auto-correction off.</li>
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