How to Downgrade Samsung Android Devices from Lollipop to 4.4 KitKat

<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Change is the only constant, and yet we find it hard to embrace. Wouldn’t you agree? Here’s a ‘techie’ example: Windows XP. Definitely the longest lasting operating system in history (or Microsoft’s history). Vista was a disaster but Windows 7 wasn’t. And yet people didn’t want to leave their XP comfort zone. Windows XP continued to thrive (and still does in many parts of the world).</span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AfcDXXtrC7Q/VSSKQdjQM6I/AAAAAAAAAZw/PbWARbTxi9A/s1600/lollipop-kitkat.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="354" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-AfcDXXtrC7Q/VSSKQdjQM6I/AAAAAAAAAZw/PbWARbTxi9A/s1600/lollipop-kitkat.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="wp-caption-text" style="color: #777777; font-size: 0.8rem !important; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.5625; margin-bottom: 25px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0.5rem !important; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We’ve seen how to revert to KitKat on other devices. Now, let’s give your Samsung a turn.</span></div><div class="wp-caption alignnone" style="background-color: white; color: #777777; font-size: 0.65rem; line-height: 1.6; padding: 5px; width: 609px;"></div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px;"></span></span><br /><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">When you spend a considerable amount of time on a particular version of the software, it might be tough to accept a major upgrade. And while it was a piece of cake to downgrade a Windows OS, Android likes to give users a tough time.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We have already seen how you can downgrade the Moto G 2014 devices. Today I am going to show you how to downgrade most Samsung devices that got the Lollipop update back to KitKat 4.4. The thing to note here is, we will be flashing the official firmware and none of the devices will lose their warranty. Root is also not mandatory.</span></div><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 28px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Downloading the Firmware</span></h2><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">To get started, back up all the data on your device. Your droid will be a clean slate once it’s flashed and the system files will be erased. The contents of the SD cards, however, both internal and external, will remain as is. Also, make sure you charge the device to at least 80%. Once that’s done, open the SamMobile home page and create an account with them.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yQtWnDkHJ4g/VSSKR8oqMXI/AAAAAAAAAaI/XB83etWV9Tc/s1600/Firmware.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="369" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-yQtWnDkHJ4g/VSSKR8oqMXI/AAAAAAAAAaI/XB83etWV9Tc/s1600/Firmware.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dbAdZrSKpP0/VSSLRZeXaaI/AAAAAAAAAas/q9H3dZGStrk/s1600/search-Firmware.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="388" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-dbAdZrSKpP0/VSSLRZeXaaI/AAAAAAAAAas/q9H3dZGStrk/s1600/search-Firmware.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">SamMobile hosts all the official firmware for Samsung devices and you can search for a specific phone by navigating to the firmware section. Suppose you are searching for the Galaxy S4, it would be better to provide the exact model number like the <i>i9000 or i9505.</i> Now download the KitKat version zip file to your computer. Please make sure you select the correct country while downloading.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-56Jpl8gg_Mg/VSSLR1Uva1I/AAAAAAAAAao/G4AaTl5qRqA/s1600/select-Firmware.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="322" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-56Jpl8gg_Mg/VSSLR1Uva1I/AAAAAAAAAao/G4AaTl5qRqA/s1600/select-Firmware.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="font-weight: 800;">Note:</span> <span style="color: #cc0000;">The free download option at SamMobile limits the download speed and there is no way you can resume a failed download. A paid upgrade to a pro account removes the limitation. But you can always use Google to find the mirror of the file in Mega or Media Fire.</span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2j71eL_ei9k/VSSLQoge_LI/AAAAAAAAAaY/MDc0OLhsBjE/s1600/Downlaod-Firmware.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="484" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2j71eL_ei9k/VSSLQoge_LI/AAAAAAAAAaY/MDc0OLhsBjE/s1600/Downlaod-Firmware.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: #f3f3f3;"><span style="color: #cc0000; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Once you have the firmware, extract the ZIP file and store it in a folder on your computer. Also, download Odin version 3.04. The reason I select this version is because I find it to be the most stable one. But you are free to make your own decision. If you don’t have Samsung Drivers installed on the computer, please download and install them before moving on to the next step.</span></div><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 28px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Flashing the Firmware</span></h2><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Depending upon the ROM, you might get just One Tar.gz file or multiple files. If it’s just one file, load everything in the PDA section of Odin. If there are multiple files, load the file to the respective section. A brief description will be given on the SamMobile download page and you can refer to that to see if the PIT file should be included.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FI3g_LSn0Og/VSSLQ4x3HmI/AAAAAAAAAac/LsI8aoDuRQM/s1600/odin.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="468" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FI3g_LSn0Og/VSSLQ4x3HmI/AAAAAAAAAac/LsI8aoDuRQM/s1600/odin.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now put your Samsung phone in download mode. <i>Volume Down+Home+Power Button</i> should be pressed unless you see the downloading screen. There, press the volume button to continue.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MRQi4Xl1FYE/VSSNbzTE-1I/AAAAAAAAAbE/drdy2iVaRsU/s1600/IMG_0439.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MRQi4Xl1FYE/VSSNbzTE-1I/AAAAAAAAAbE/drdy2iVaRsU/s1600/IMG_0439.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px;">Once in downloading mode, plug in the Samsung and wait for it to be detected. Finally, click on the Start button. Make sure only</span><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px;"> Auto Reboot</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px;"> and</span><i style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px;"> F. Reset Time</i><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px;"> are ticked in the Odin window</span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Q4lhp4NNR4I/VSSNbzucjOI/AAAAAAAAAbI/IgfwYbUaDlg/s1600/installing-firmware.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="472" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-Q4lhp4NNR4I/VSSNbzucjOI/AAAAAAAAAbI/IgfwYbUaDlg/s1600/installing-firmware.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The flashing will take some time, and once that’s done, the droid will be back to the KitKat factory state and you will have to go through all the initial configuration. Use the backup you created to get your settings restored quickly.</span></div><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 28px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Conclusion</span></h2><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So that was how you can downgrade most Samsung mobile phones. The above method, tested on the Samsung Galaxy S4 and S5, worked out perfectly. Thanks to Odin, flashing a Samsung phone is a walk in the park when compared to other devices. Still, if you have any doubts, feel free to ask them in the comments.</span></div>

How to Downgrade Samsung Android Devices from Lollipop to 4.4 KitKat

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How to Schedule Instagram Posts on iPhone and Android with TakeOff

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px;">If you’re a social media manager, there are </span>tools like Buffer<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px;"> and </span>Hootsuite<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px;"> to make your life easier. You can schedule a week’s worth of posts in advance and they’ll go out to Facebook, Twitter, Google+, and even LinkedIn without any issue. One name that’s always absent from this list is Instagram.</span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NQFygxjwW9Q/VSSEA1U7DaI/AAAAAAAAAYY/BU4vOFDx5FY/s1600/Schedule-Instagram-posts-on-iPhone-and_shrink.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="347" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-NQFygxjwW9Q/VSSEA1U7DaI/AAAAAAAAAYY/BU4vOFDx5FY/s1600/Schedule-Instagram-posts-on-iPhone-and_shrink.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">From all the above social networks, Instagram is the only one that’s still considered “cool”. Naturally, marketers want to use Instagram to reach a larger audience, but Instagram doesn’t seem to care that much. The reason it’s not supported by the likes of Buffer is that it doesn’t have an extensive API. Meaning that a third party app can’t plug into your Instagram account and post anything on your behalf.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So if there’s no automated posting for Instagram, how exactly can you schedule ahead? By using 1 cup of automation with a teaspoon of old-time manual labor.</span></div><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 28px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Schedule Instagram Posts with TakeOff</span></h2><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Right now, TakeOff (iPhone, Android) is one of the few apps that allow you to schedule posts for Instagram.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">This is how it works. You choose a photo or video, crop it down to an Instagram-friendly square, write a caption, and then select a time.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FNrqyfblm5c/VSSEv8aFcaI/AAAAAAAAAYk/SCdViBciPJw/s1600/IMG_2578_result.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-FNrqyfblm5c/VSSEv8aFcaI/AAAAAAAAAYk/SCdViBciPJw/s1600/IMG_2578_result.png" width="222" /></a><a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LnRTtx3irvo/VSSEwqAKnJI/AAAAAAAAAYw/YZZGJzV1SlI/s1600/IMG_2583_result.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LnRTtx3irvo/VSSEwqAKnJI/AAAAAAAAAYw/YZZGJzV1SlI/s1600/IMG_2583_result.png" width="222" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; text-align: start;">Then, at the time specified, </span><span style="color: #990000;"><b>you’ll get a notification</b></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; text-align: start;"> saying your post is now ready</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; text-align: start;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5bCUau2ceMM/VSSEyNaU1pI/AAAAAAAAAY8/2WOsmQO6Y6s/s1600/IMG_2585_result.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5bCUau2ceMM/VSSEyNaU1pI/AAAAAAAAAY8/2WOsmQO6Y6s/s1600/IMG_2585_result.png" width="224" /></a><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3mFf2d3ZhCc/VSSEzryDmEI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/87Pw0dogA-c/s1600/IMG_2586_result.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-3mFf2d3ZhCc/VSSEzryDmEI/AAAAAAAAAZQ/87Pw0dogA-c/s1600/IMG_2586_result.png" width="224" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You’ll be taken to Instagram where you can add filters, edit the caption, and then share the image/video.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; text-align: start;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FVoy3LkTqYI/VSSE0GZeDPI/AAAAAAAAAZU/Vj09Eux3XP4/s1600/IMG_2587_result.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-FVoy3LkTqYI/VSSE0GZeDPI/AAAAAAAAAZU/Vj09Eux3XP4/s1600/IMG_2587_result.png" width="224" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QDTMxYyHP_Q/VSSExEYtRMI/AAAAAAAAAZE/PNHqV4aA178/s1600/IMG_2584_result.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QDTMxYyHP_Q/VSSExEYtRMI/AAAAAAAAAZE/PNHqV4aA178/s1600/IMG_2584_result.png" width="224" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 28px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">It’s Better Than Nothing</span></h2><div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For <span style="font-weight: 800;">you</span>, the social media manager who’s supposed to post 10 times a week to Instagram either on a schedule or randomly, TakeOff can solve a large chunk of your problem.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You can sit down and create your 10 posts at once just how you like them, complete with captions and hashtags (but not filters). When you get the notification, all you have to do is tap a couple of buttons to post the update. To me, that sounds better than taking the time out to write a post 10 separate times in a week.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">TakeOff is also a little bit intelligent. It will take a look at your profile history and suggest the best time to post. You can also specify how many posts you want to make in a day.</span></div><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 28px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Talking About the App Itself</span></h2><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">TakeOff is an app from the folks over at Crowdfire. Crowdfire is an app for increasing your social engagement. There are similar elements here as well.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">For instance, you can’t just start using the app. You need to wait for an invite. This shows up in a couple of minutes via a notification. This is quite dumb – there’s no reason for this to exist other than the false sense of importance TakeOff exhibits.</span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_q0chCHK3FQ/VSSEv0MYvFI/AAAAAAAAAYg/UUz0ulhkBhU/s1600/IMG_2576_result.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-_q0chCHK3FQ/VSSEv0MYvFI/AAAAAAAAAYg/UUz0ulhkBhU/s1600/IMG_2576_result.png" width="224" /></a><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pIcW8ZLTc-E/VSSEwHFB3PI/AAAAAAAAAY0/sgWGjxI7qcc/s1600/IMG_2581_result.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-pIcW8ZLTc-E/VSSEwHFB3PI/AAAAAAAAAY0/sgWGjxI7qcc/s1600/IMG_2581_result.png" width="224" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Then, TakeOff asks you to create an account “for security reasons”. But c’mon guys, if you want to grow your email list, you might as well just ask.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">TakeOff assumes that if you’re using the app, you’re out there to get as many likes as you want, no matter how. And it automatically embeds like-grabbing (kind of spammy) hashtags that you need to disable. For someone who’s serious about using TakeOff to manage their accounts, this can be a big turn off.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Lastly, TakeOff does support multiple accounts, but it’s not clear how. Because ultimately you’re posting from the Instagram app, which does not support multiple accounts. It’s a paid feature (I was not able to test it) and both iPhone and Android apps showed me different plans. On iOS the plans start at $9.99 a year for 2 accounts and on Android it’s just one $30, 5 accounts plan.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-V7qZOLL815E/VSSEz7A05eI/AAAAAAAAAZc/17RxQKZVV4s/s1600/IMG_2590_result.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-V7qZOLL815E/VSSEz7A05eI/AAAAAAAAAZc/17RxQKZVV4s/s1600/IMG_2590_result.png" width="225" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Also, a free trial for the premium plan doesn’t exist.</span></div><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 28px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Verdict</span></h2><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Even though the ultimate posting process is manual, the simple act of readying the Instagram posts in bulk beforehand with TakeOff will make your life that much easier.</span></div><br /><!-- Blogger automated replacement: "https://images-blogger-opensocial.googleusercontent.com/gadgets/proxy?url=http%3A%2F%2F4.bp.blogspot.com%2F-LnRTtx3irvo%2FVSSEwqAKnJI%2FAAAAAAAAAYw%2FYZZGJzV1SlI%2Fs1600%2FIMG_2583_result.png&container=blogger&gadget=a&rewriteMime=image%2F*" with "https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-LnRTtx3irvo/VSSEwqAKnJI/AAAAAAAAAYw/YZZGJzV1SlI/s1600/IMG_2583_result.png" -->

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How to Activate Google Now Voice From Any Screen on Android

<div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Ever since I upgraded my Nexus 4 to KitKat, I’ve been a fan of the <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.launcher&hl=en" sl-processed="1" style="color: #0d72c7; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Google Now Launcher">Google Now Launcher</a>. It was clean, it was fast and it signified what was to come next – Lollipop. I was floored by the big beautiful icons. And when I finally got touch-less Google Search using <i>OK Google</i>, things got so much better.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I could make my way to the home screen and just say “<i>Ok Google, what’s the cricket match score”</i> and it would tell me. I love not doing things.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-l0qAcnuIK3k/VSR_51J8SGI/AAAAAAAAAXo/2hUQLzrX0Pc/s1600/Screen-Shot-2015-03-27-at-2.58.46-am_shrink.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="328" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-l0qAcnuIK3k/VSR_51J8SGI/AAAAAAAAAXo/2hUQLzrX0Pc/s1600/Screen-Shot-2015-03-27-at-2.58.46-am_shrink.png" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But I’ve switched between many launchers since. I did my stint with Aviate, then I had my honeymoon period with Nokia’s Z Launcher. Recently, I installed Everything Me and it’s doing me good. But that’s a topic for some other day.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Today I want to take the voice search aspect out of the home screen and spread it across the OS. No matter which screen you’re on or the launcher you’re using, saying <i>OK Google</i> should bring up Google search. I mean it’s 2015, we deserve that much, right?</span></div><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 28px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">OK Google Everywhere</span></h2><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">My quest began with wanting OK Google voice detection on a third party launcher. But when I enabled the option, I realized it was available OS wide. And that’s awesome. When I want to look something up when I’m in Gmail app or Twitter, I can just say <i>OK Google</i>. And that kind of power is amazing.</span></div><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 28px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">First, Make Sure You Have the Google Search App</span></h2><div style="background-color: white; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #333333;">You’ll need </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.google.android.googlequicksearchbox&hl=en" sl-processed="1" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank" title="Download Google Search"><span style="color: #cc0000;">the Google Search app</span></a><span style="color: #333333;"> along with Google Now functionality for this to work. But if your phone is only a year or two old, you already have it. You might have only just realized it, but you do.</span></span></div><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 28px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">How to Activate Google Voice Search OS-Wide</span></h2><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As I’ve said, you’ll need Google Now enabled for this to work. You can get to Google Now using the default way for your phone. On stock Android devices, you swipe up from the home button.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">then, tap the hamburger menu button and select <i>Settings</i>.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tHxKR_Q86fg/VSSA7orCy3I/AAAAAAAAAX4/B_vrkK62m08/s1600/Screenshot_2015-03-26-17-52fdfd-39_result_shrink_shrink.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tHxKR_Q86fg/VSSA7orCy3I/AAAAAAAAAX4/B_vrkK62m08/s1600/Screenshot_2015-03-26-17-52fdfd-39_result_shrink_shrink.png" width="225" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-naeifVunCoQ/VSSBjmw6SeI/AAAAAAAAAYA/xTWDD5mW4U8/s1600/Screenshot_2015-03-26-14-00-43_result_shrink.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-naeifVunCoQ/VSSBjmw6SeI/AAAAAAAAAYA/xTWDD5mW4U8/s1600/Screenshot_2015-03-26-14-00-43_result_shrink.png" width="225" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">now, select <i>Voice</i> -> <i>OK Google detection</i> -> <i>From any screen</i>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On the next screen you’ll get a splash page that tells you what you’re about to enable. This feature will let you invoke the <i>OK Google</i> command from any screen. When the phone is charging, you can do this even when the phone is locked.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-z5gCS61mnqY/VSSCQ8T04CI/AAAAAAAAAYM/a2HFDmgUaA4/s1600/Screenshot_2015-03-26-14-00-53_result_shrink.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-z5gCS61mnqY/VSSCQ8T04CI/AAAAAAAAAYM/a2HFDmgUaA4/s1600/Screenshot_2015-03-26-14-00-53_result_shrink.png" width="225" /></a><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SAYOTQls3Z8/VSSA7SQSv7I/AAAAAAAAAXw/xE7Oa9i8_yE/s1600/Screenshot_2015-03-26-14-00-48_result_shrink.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-SAYOTQls3Z8/VSSA7SQSv7I/AAAAAAAAAXw/xE7Oa9i8_yE/s1600/Screenshot_2015-03-26-14-00-48_result_shrink.png" width="225" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Tap <i>Get Started</i>.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now, you need to teach Google to only respond to <i>you</i>. So say <i>OK Google</i> three times. This makes sure that your friends can’t mess around with your phone.</span></div>

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Rooting Your Android: Benefits and Disadvantages

<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px;">So, you are in a dilemma if you should root your new and expensive Android phone. There might be many questions popping in your mind like what is </span><span class="GRcorrect" id="GRmark_34596d17251a21e8d652c54fd7f75287264d20dd_rooting:0" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px;">rooting exactly..w</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px;">hat are the benefits of </span><span class="GRcorrect" id="GRmark_29302e4c40ef3de68e96f4e1d76e42b79767d3a3_rooting:0" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px;">rooting.. a</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px;">ny disadvantages of going through with this process? Well, we’ll take these up in our post today and try to answer them.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px;"></span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tbr-AIzzF44/VSR8bq1gphI/AAAAAAAAAXI/hOCLaccriIo/s1600/Android-Rooting-1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="348" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tbr-AIzzF44/VSR8bq1gphI/AAAAAAAAAXI/hOCLaccriIo/s1600/Android-Rooting-1.png" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We’ll start by talking about the most basic question – what does it mean when one says he should/should not root his Android? Let’s see.</span></div><br /><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 28px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Rooting an Android phone… What Does it Mean?</span></h2><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Well, rooting an Android phone simply means to gain administrative privileges (or root access if you are from a Linux background) on the system. When you buy a new Android phone, you are just a guest user on the phone. You can use the phone, just as a guest would use Windows, but you will not be able to make any changes to the system files.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">However, after you have a root access over your phone, you could browse your Android root folder and make any changes to the system files on your phone. And that’d mean the ability to make all kinds of changes and install more powerful apps that you can’t use on a non-rooted phone.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">We will now be talking about both merits and demerits associated with rooting an Android phone. Let us start with the brighter side: the benefits.</span></div><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 28px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Benefits of Rooting an Android Phone</span></h2><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here are some of the advantages of using a rooted Android phone.</span></div><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Run Special Applications</span></h3><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">After you have rooted your phone, you can run special applications that require root access on your phone. When compared to regular applications, root applications provide more features.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vRzgi9swxQo/VSR89FvWeiI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/B_NG4zAZHVE/s1600/Android-Rooting-2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vRzgi9swxQo/VSR89FvWeiI/AAAAAAAAAXQ/B_NG4zAZHVE/s1600/Android-Rooting-2.png" width="360" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As these special apps can directly deal with the Android system files, they can tweak your Android in more extensive ways. For example, you can uninstall multiple applications silentlyafter you have root access using <span style="font-weight: 800;">eUninstall</span>.</span></div><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Run Custom ROMs</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px;">One of the main reasons I rooted my phone was because I wanted to </span>install and use custom ROMs<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px;"> on it.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5IKnUM2BYXI/VSR9--HtRWI/AAAAAAAAAXc/gVzCKFdfCgk/s1600/custom-ROM.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5IKnUM2BYXI/VSR9--HtRWI/AAAAAAAAAXc/gVzCKFdfCgk/s1600/custom-ROM.png" width="360" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">These custom ROMs bring many teaks and performance fixes and are much more user friendly when compared to the stock ones. They are optimized in performance and battery are <span class="GRcorrect" id="GRmark_b3d01bcc43d92ad0473e4191976e84a424777109_updates:0">updated</span>more frequently than the stock ROMs.</span></div><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Free Internal Storage</span></h3><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">People who have low internal memory can transfer any application from internal memory to SD card after rooting their phone. There are some applications that provide the option by default. But if you want to force move an app by creating a <span class="GRcorrect" id="GRmark_b929e0ae9c932045417324db73d09494d28b7133_symlink:0"><a href="http://www.guidingtech.com/7162/symlinks-enhance-windows-productivity/" sl-processed="1" style="color: #0d72c7; text-decoration: none;" title="Understanding Symlinks in Windows to Enhance Your Daily Productivity">symlink</a></span>, you must use an app that only works on a rooted phone.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So those were about the merits. Nothing’s perfect and there are certain caveats associated with rooting an Android device.</span></div><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 28px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Disadvantages of Rooting Your Android</span></h2><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, let’s take a look at the demerits of rooting your Android.</span></div><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Your Phone Might Get Bricked</span></h3><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Not to demotivate you here, but when I tried to root my first Android phone – Samsung Galaxy S – I bricked it and it was in the service center for next 15 to 20 days. No matter how good a rooting tutorial is, it’s a daunting task and if you miss out any step or <span class="GRcorrect" id="GRmark_5d4ffab73eba7a90e6875cc692ec5af5b7f481c3_flash:0">flash</span> a corrupt zip file (that’s what happened to me) you might end up with a bricked (broken) phone.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Now assuming that you are not a power user, you will have to go to your phone manufacturer’s service center and get your phone fixed. Moreover, if they come to know that the brick or semi-brick has caused because you were trying to root your phone, you might as well be charged for it.</span></div><h3 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 24px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">You End up Voiding Phone’s Warranty</span></h3><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">As soon as you root your phone, you void your phone’s warranty and if anything happens to your phone even when it’s in the warranty period, the company is going to charge you for the repairs. In some of the phones, you can un-root your phone, but in most of the phones there’s is no going back.</span></div><h2 style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 28px; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Conclusion</span></h2><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">So, you’ve been acquainted and warned. If you think that rooting the phone to run special applications and custom ROM is worth is, go ahead. If you think it’s not worth the hassle, stay put. At the end of the day, it’s depends on your usage and what you want your phone to do for you. Of course, proceeding with caution no matter how great an expert you think you are is always advisable.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 15px; line-height: 23.4375px; margin-bottom: 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">The bricking incident never stopped me from rooting my phone again. What about you? Are you going to root your Android phone?</span></div>

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HOW TO DELETE ADMINISTRATOR PASSWORD ON ANY COMPUTER

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pdc443eBdjI/VSQhUcGrD3I/AAAAAAAAAWw/915axaWcyrg/s1600/images%2B(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="313" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pdc443eBdjI/VSQhUcGrD3I/AAAAAAAAAWw/915axaWcyrg/s1600/images%2B(1).jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.6000003814697px; text-align: justify;">As it is my usual practice to share with you computer and mobile tricks, I’m back again with another one, this time around, I’ll teach you how to delete admin password on any computer without the use of a software, in fact, I’ll explain two ways by which you can do this, but before doing that, I really want to apologize for staying away for so long without posting, I’ve really been occupied. I’ve got several mails from my loyal readers, thanks so much to you all. Now, let’s get back on point. </span></div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.6000003814697px; text-align: justify;">It happens sometimes that people forget the admin password to their computer and eventually, they no longer have access to their PC, if such happens to you, then this info will be useful for you! You can get rid of admin password on any computer using two methods and I’ll explain each of them differently. The first method will work if your hard drive is FAT kind so let’s go there!</span></span></div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.6000003814697px; text-align: justify;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="line-height: 15.6000003814697px;">To delete administrator password in a FAT kind hard drive, all you need to do is to boot up your computer with DOS i.e. Disk Operating System, you should know what this means unless you are a computer newbie. In case </span><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more" style="line-height: 15.6000003814697px;"></a><span style="line-height: 15.6000003814697px;">you don’t know how to boot your computer in DOS mode, all you just need to do is to start up your computer the normal way and while it is starting up, press F8, the system will bring a list of options. Select the option to start up in DOS mode. Once you boot up with DOS, delete the sam.exe and sam.log files from </span><b style="line-height: 15.6000003814697px;">Windows\system32\config</b><span style="line-height: 15.6000003814697px;"> in your hard drive. Now when you boot up your computer in NT your computer will not prompt you to enter a password in order to gain access. Don’t forget. This method works for FAT kind hard drives. Now, the second method for Non FAT kind hard drives. Steps:</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></div></span></span><br /><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 15.6000003814697px; text-align: justify;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white;"></span><br /><ol><span style="background-color: white;"><li style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.6000003814697px;"><span style="line-height: 15.6000003814697px;">Remove your hard disk and connect it to another computer</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.6000003814697px;">Start up that PC and use your hard disk as the secondary drive</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.6000003814697px;">Open the drive in which the hard drive you want to work on is installed.</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.6000003814697px;">Navigate to windows>system32>config</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.6000003814697px;">Delete SAM.exe and SAM.log files</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.6000003814697px;">Remove the hard disk and connect back to the original pc.</span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.6000003814697px;">Once you start up the computer, it will not request for administrator password. </span></li><li><span style="color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.6000003814697px;">Remember, this method is meant for hard drives that are not FAT kind.</span></li></span></ol><span style="background-color: white;"></span><span style="color: #333333; font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="line-height: 15.6000003814697px;"><br /></span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif; line-height: 15.6000003814697px;"> Now you’ve learnt two ways to delete administrator password on any computer, share the knowledge with friends by using any of the sharing tools below and don’t forget to check back for more tips, tricks and fun stuffs as I will be updating from time to time.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div></span>

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How to build an attractive personal brand using social networking sites

<h1 style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px none; font-family: OpenSansExtraBold, sans-serif; font-size: 40px; font-weight: 400; line-height: 42px; margin: 0px 0px 8px; outline: 0px; padding: 7px 0px 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; font-weight: 700; line-height: 22px;">Personal branding is a myth to some people. But believe it or not, from the cradle till this stage, you have consciously or unconsciously branded your personality.</span></h1><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-j3Ov8dHlQYI/VSQLmfkPb0I/AAAAAAAAAWg/GVOz_mbV2wo/s1600/Social-Media.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="353" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-j3Ov8dHlQYI/VSQLmfkPb0I/AAAAAAAAAWg/GVOz_mbV2wo/s1600/Social-Media.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 17px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">A social networking site is a platform put together for the purpose of interaction, sharing ideas, propagation of beliefs and lots more.As individuals, we get carried away with the desire to join the “latest” social network sites as we get wind of them. You do not need to be on every social networking site on the globe. Each of these sites have been structured or rather created with a purpose, and the purpose determines their functionality.</div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 17px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">So it is left for you as an individual to sign-up with one that will give you an avenue to express yourself creatively, create an “online identity” and build a consistent personal brand.</div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 17px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;">It will interest you to know that some employers have resorted to checking out their prospective employees’ profile on the internet. Interestingly, your social networking activities and profile(s) will speak in your absence.</div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 17px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Here are some tips that will be helpful to you.</strong></div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 17px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1. KNOW THE NICHE:</strong> Every social networking site seeks to reach a particular set of people, or is structured in a way that it can serve multiple niches. Knowing the niche will help you say YES or NO when a new sign-up invitation comes “knocking” in your mail box.</div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 17px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2. BE CONSISTENT:</strong> Consistency is vital if you want to build your personal brand using social networking sites. Consistency here, <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">means sending the same message of your person on all your profile pages and not how frequently you use the page</strong>. Some people portray themselves as different personalities on each of their pages, hence leaving their visitors with a confused view or undecided perception of their personality.</div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 17px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">3. MAKE IT SIMPLE: </strong>When writing your profile, make it short and simple. Refrain from using words or expressions that will make people feel you are “all about yourself” It is a major turn off. Your profile speaks for you when you are not there.</div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 17px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">4. SIGN-UP ON TOP NOTCH SITES: </strong> Top notch sites are sites that Google itself reveres. You can search for “web 2.0 sites” or “top social networking sites” on google.com, and sign-up with the ones that suit you. This move will boost your online profile because your activities from these sites show up when your name comes up on the internet.</div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 17px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">5. USE DECENT PROFILE PICTURES: </strong>1 picture speaks greater than 1 million words.</div><div style="background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px none; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 20px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px 0px 17px; vertical-align: baseline; word-wrap: break-word;"><strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">6.</strong> Summarise your profile on <strong style="background: transparent; border: 0px none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">about.me</strong></div>

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25+ Android Secret Codes You Should Know

<h1 class="entry-title" itemprop="headline" style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 28px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1; margin: 0px 0px 1.6rem; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">25+ Android Secret Codes You Should Know</span></span></h1><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px 0px 2.6rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="box-sizing: border-box; font-weight: 700; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Android</span> is the most popular OS for mobile phones owned by Google. Android is popular because it’s easy to use and there are lots of apps available for Android compare to others, so peoples love to use Android smartphone not other smartphones.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; float: none; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 10px 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><h4 style="box-sizing: border-box; color: black; font-size: 2rem; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.6rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Today we help you to know about</span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Android Secret Codes</span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">that helps you to know about hidden information of your Android Smart Phone. By using Android secret codes you will be able to know everything about your smartphone. So here is</span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><span style="box-sizing: border-box; color: #666666; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Android Secret Codes</span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"> </span><span style="color: #666666; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">PNG File so you can save it in your PC or smartphone.</span></span></h4></div><h2 style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0a0a0a; font-size: 18px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px 0px 1.6rem; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-size: large; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Here Is List Of Android Secret Codes</span></span></h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MWIjOmscd-c/VSG0wCeMSdI/AAAAAAAAAWM/uNMRudePcGE/s1600/secret-codes-for-android-operating-systems.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-MWIjOmscd-c/VSG0wCeMSdI/AAAAAAAAAWM/uNMRudePcGE/s1600/secret-codes-for-android-operating-systems.png" width="609" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: large; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br /></span></span></div>

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Free Tuto - How to Enable Whatsapp Calling Feature

<div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5599994659424px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">I made a post on whatsapp calling features few days ago but a lot of peeps seems to be confuse about it. Though the calling feature is still in the beta stage meaning its not yet out to the public but you can enable it.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5599994659424px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5599994659424px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><u style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Requirements</span></b></u></div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><u style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5599994659424px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></b></u><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">==><span style="color: red; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Root access</span></span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5599994659424px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more" style="background-color: white; color: #326693; line-height: 19.5599994659424px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"></a><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5599994659424px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5599994659424px;">==> whatsapp latest version(version 2.11.508 )</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5599994659424px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5599994659424px;">==>terminal emulator</span><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5599994659424px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5599994659424px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><u style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5599994659424px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">How Do I Enable The Calling Feature?</span></b></u><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5599994659424px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /><u style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5599994659424px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></b></u><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">==> Make sure you have the right version of whatsapp<br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />==>Open terminal emulator in your android phone <br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" />==>type in the following:</span></span><br /><div style="background-color: white; border: 1pt inset; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5599994659424px; margin: 0px; padding: 4pt;"><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin: 0px 0px 0in; padding: 0in;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">su</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="border: none; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; padding: 0in;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">am start -n com.whatsapp/com.whatsapp.HomeActivity</span></span></div></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0in; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0in; padding: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">==> Whatsapp should now open with the calling feature enabled.</span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: 0px 0px 0in; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span></div><div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5599994659424px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg74BuN7s-I3K-QQe_G3nbWv7YONF6YrpmeULm_nDIv_4C3OYZUhQ91tixW3bftG9mKSWzYHVZL1FAArSVp2lN9qESMEDafXT1BjKxN6ourcmt_exIH5oOfeYCofTe-rAPKYGtMlvNw4eM/s1600/Whatsapp+Screenshot_2015_02_01_12_27_44.png" imageanchor="1" style="color: #326693; margin: 0px 1em; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mKBZWOy_tZM/VSGydZWXtlI/AAAAAAAAAWA/JzuMLp7GpCI/s1600/Whatsapp%2BScreenshot_2015_02_01_12_27_44.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-mKBZWOy_tZM/VSGydZWXtlI/AAAAAAAAAWA/JzuMLp7GpCI/s1600/Whatsapp%2BScreenshot_2015_02_01_12_27_44.png" width="225" /></a></div><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><br style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 19.5599994659424px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;" /></span><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; margin: 0px 0px 0in; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><u style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><b style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><a href="http://sparkleloaded.blogspot.com/2015/03/after-consuming-exhausting-all-imei.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: #990000;">Drawbacks:</span></a></b></u><span style="color: red;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></span></span></span><span style="color: #333333;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"></span></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="background-color: white; color: #333333; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">==>if you want to call someone, the other person must have done the same thing (enabled this feature) in order for that person to receive your call.</span></span></div>

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3 Ways to easily Backup your Blogger blogs

<div style="color: #3e3e3e; font-family: lora; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oEFXWaQLUo8/VSF415_hL9I/AAAAAAAAAVY/S5pw3lO9tyw/s1600/Blogger%2BBackup%2BTips.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="background-color: white;"><img border="0" height="295" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-oEFXWaQLUo8/VSF415_hL9I/AAAAAAAAAVY/S5pw3lO9tyw/s1600/Blogger%2BBackup%2BTips.png" width="400" /></span></a><span style="background-color: white;">First of all Happy Diwali to all the readers of All Blogger Tricks. May this Diwali bring lot of brightness and happiness in your life.</span></div><div style="color: #3e3e3e; font-family: lora; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #3e3e3e; font-family: lora; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;">Today I am going to tell you how you can easily backup your blogger blogs in 3 different ways. Backing a blog is a thing which must be practiced by every blogger. Though Blogger is owned by Google and is one of the most secured platform and can't be hacked easily still we never know if our password gets stolen or we by mistake delete a post.</span></div><div style="color: #3e3e3e; font-family: lora; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #3e3e3e; font-family: lora; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;">A blogger must backup his blog periodically and to make this task easier I am going to tell you how you can do this by 3 different methods. So here they are </span></div><div style="color: #3e3e3e; font-family: lora; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><h4 style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; font-family: Oswald; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 4px 4px 10px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;">Method 1 : The Traditional Way</span></h4><div style="color: #3e3e3e; font-family: lora; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #3e3e3e; font-family: lora; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="line-height: 24px;">This is certainly the most common method and many of you out here may know it. In this method we Import the blog posts and download the blog's template from Blogger.com itself. A detailed post on the same can be find on the below link which I have wrote earlier.</span>- </span></div><div style="color: #3e3e3e; font-family: lora; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div style="font-family: lora; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: justify;"><h4 style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; color: black; font-family: Oswald; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 4px 4px 10px;"><span style="background-color: white;">Method 2 : Downloading Data from Google Dashboard</span></h4><div style="color: #3e3e3e; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #3e3e3e; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">This is probably the easiest method to backup all your blog's template and posts with just few clicks. So to make backup from this method follow the steps below -</span></div><div style="color: #3e3e3e; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #3e3e3e; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">1. First of all go to <a href="https://www.google.com/settings/dashboard" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.15s linear; color: navy; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; transition: color 0.15s linear;" target="_blank">Google Dashboard</a>. You would be asked to login there.<br /><br />2. After logging in, click "Download Your Data" link which will be on the left sidebar.<br /><br />3. Click on Create an Archive Button.<br /><br />4. A list of many Google Products will come, from the list select Blogger. After Selecting click on the button "Create Archive" which will be at the top of the list.</span></div><div style="color: #3e3e3e; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3e3e3e; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lEVUk3hsIzE/VSF6bHpaSAI/AAAAAAAAAVw/06k6depu-lE/s1600/Blogger%2Bselection.png" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="328" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-lEVUk3hsIzE/VSF6bHpaSAI/AAAAAAAAAVw/06k6depu-lE/s1600/Blogger%2Bselection.png" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3e3e3e; text-align: center;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3e3e3e; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"> 5. After clicking a Progress Bar will show the status of your archive being created. After few seconds a download button will appear. Clicking that you will again be prompted to Sign in for security reasons.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3e3e3e; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br />6. One you sign in again, you can download the backup of all the blog you have in your blogger account with their template and posts. The backup is now saved in your local disk.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3e3e3e; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><h4 class="separator" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-bottom-width: 1px; clear: both; color: black; font-family: Oswald; font-size: 20px; font-weight: 500; line-height: 1.25; margin: 0px 0px 10px; padding: 4px 4px 10px;"><span style="background-color: white;">Method 3 : Backup via Software</span></h4><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3e3e3e; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3e3e3e; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">The third method is also quite easy. In this method we will use a third party software which is Blogger Backup Utility. This software helps you download the posts of your blogger blog <b>(no template backup) </b>easily with the help of the blog's feed. You get various options to workout with the software. To make a backup from Blogger Backup Utility follow the below steps - </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3e3e3e; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><span style="color: #3e3e3e;">1. Download Blogger Backup Utility from </span><a href="http://sparkleloaded.blogspot.com/" rel="" style="-webkit-transition: color 0.15s linear; color: navy; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: inherit; transition: color 0.15s linear;" target="_blank"><span style="color: #cc0000;"><b>HERE</b></span></a><span style="color: #3e3e3e;">. Extract and Install the Software.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3e3e3e; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3e3e3e; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">2. From the available blogs dropdown select Add/Update/Remove Blogs option.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3e3e3e; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3e3e3e; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">3. Enter your Blogger ID and password and wait for the blogs list to be fetched. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3e3e3e; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3e3e3e; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">4. Once the process is completed select the desired blog from the dropdown and get a look at the below options such as as save post in individual or single file etc.</span></div><div style="color: #3e3e3e;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div style="color: #3e3e3e; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #3e3e3e; text-align: center;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-P8SM37QP7vA/VSF5-ggcYnI/AAAAAAAAAVo/nxds5c3vWQc/s1600/Blogger%2BBackup%2BUtility.png" imageanchor="1" style="background-color: white; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="388" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-P8SM37QP7vA/VSF5-ggcYnI/AAAAAAAAAVo/nxds5c3vWQc/s1600/Blogger%2BBackup%2BUtility.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="color: #3e3e3e; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="background-color: white;">5.  Lastly click on Backup Posts button and the backup will be saved in the folder selected. Thats it. Your posts are now backed up and saved in your local disk.</span></div></div></div>

3 Ways to easily Backup your Blogger blogs

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