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How to get the battery level of the Bluetooth device on your Android Phone

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The world has been taking a shift over wireless technologies. May it be listening to the audio, or connecting to the internet, everyone is going wireless. Have you ever wished to know the battery level of the device connected via Bluetooth to your device right on your device and without having to access that Bluetooth device? It sounds great right!!!! And it works great as well. Here is how you can get that done

  • To start with you have to get the application BatON  from the Android play store which is available to download for free
  • Then connect the Bluetooth device to your Android device, pair it and connect it
  • Now when opening the application you will be able to see the battery level of the Bluetooth device connected and you can also get to see the battery level by just swiping down the notification panel
  • The percentage of the battery refreshes every 3 hours and you can also set it to refresh more frequently
  • Click on the hamburger icon in the application and click on settings, then tap auto measure
  • Then click on the Measure frequency and then select 15 minutes from the list

That is it, you are done, and do try the BatON application.

How to get network activity displayed in the Status bar

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Are you curious about knowing the status of your networking activity on your Android device? Yes, that would be the answer from many people. That curiosity to know the internet speed is quite common among internet users. Many of us know how to know the speed of the internet on our PCs and laptops. Follow these simple steps.

  • This process starts with you from downloading an Android app called Internet Speed Meter  app from the Google play store which is available to download for free
  • The application installs an internet reader in the middle of the status bar, but the app is highly customizable and allows you to change the position, data limit, speed or transfer units, and much more
  • If you wish to make changes, just open the application, head to Settings by clicking on the gear icon, you can see a lot of options that you can customize according to your choice and desire

Internet Speed Meter can thus be a great app and can help you get to know the speed of your internet as it allows you to monitor your network activity right from the status bar.

You must know these amazing Google Maps tricks

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Google maps is undoubtedly the most popular and best available out there in the Google play store. It offers the users some great features like real-time navigating, ETAs, live traffic info, the ability to discover places, etc. But do you know that this mapping service has some hidden tricks inside it not many people know? So, today, in this piece of article, let us learn some tips and tricks that will be most useful. So, here is the list of tricks, just go through them

  • Even you planned a trip from your current location to your destination, but sometimes there may arise a need to add a stop in between your location and destination, you can do this by tapping on the three-dot icon and then tap on the option add stop and as you add a stop, you can observe a change in your trip, add as many stops as you and tap done to start the trip
  • You can avoid tolls while choosing your directions through navigation. You can just tap on the route info option while seeing the directions to your destination, and it will show you if the best route has tolls. You can set up the settings to avoid tolls by going to route options and then checking the avoid tolls option and tapping done
  • Click on the location icon at the bottom right of the application screen, then you will see a blue dot in the center of your screen, just tap on it and then select the option to save your parking which will save your parking location on Google Maps. Tap on info if you further want to edit it

Do you know that you can actually find directions inside a particular mall or a building? Maps allow you to view floor-wise directions, all you have to do is just search for a particular building or a mall and tap on it to zoom a bit. But for this, you should be present at that particular location

How To Save Whatsapp Status Without Taking Screenshot

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WhatsApp status feature even though it faced a quite a lot of difficulties from the people in the beginning, it is now becoming popular among the people as they started liking it and everyone is choosing to update their status on WhatsApp over updating their FB status as it more secure and private. So if you have found something interesting and would like to have it saved on your device, you can’t do it, unfortunately, WhatsApp doesn’t have any such feature available as of now. But you can get it done with the help of a simple application available in the Google play store and the other process even allows you to do it from your file manager.

Saving WhatsApp status

Method 1

  • First, to start with the process, you must be having Status saver for WhatsApp Android application installed on your device, you can get this application for free from the Google’s Android play store
  • Then you need to open WhatsApp and load the image or video that you wish to save
  • Then open the Status saver for WhatsApp application and you will find two options on the open screen images and videos, tap according to your choice
  • And it will show you the status that you have just seen and you will get the download option on your screen, click on it to get it downloaded

Method 2

  • You must be having a file manager of your choice for saving the status using this method
  • Navigate to WhatsApp/Media, then tap on the three dot icon on the top right corner of the file manager screen and then tap on ‘folder options’ option
  • Then on the next pop-up window, just check the checkbox show hidden files
  • Then you will find a folder with the name .statuses
  • Tap on it to open it and find the status that you wish to save
  • Copy and paste the WhatsApp status that you wish to save to the some other location

Hope these simple and easy steps may help you preserve some memories.

How to block a phone number on your Android phone

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Thanks to the smartphone revolution, it has made communication with our dear and loved ones better and easier as well. There comes conveniences as well as disturbances along with everything and this smartphone revolution and easy communication has also made way for spammers, telemarketers, unwanted callers. Who would like to get disturbed by all those spam callers and strangers? No one right!!!! If you are also among those people who are searching for a perfect solution to get rid of such kind of calls and callers, then here is the simple process for blocking a phone number on your Android phone.

Though there will not a generalized way for blocking mobile numbers in Android devices, let us now go through the processes involved in certain types of popular devices.

Blocking mobile number in stock Android devices:

You can do this by simply long pressing the mobile number that you wish to block from the phone app in your device and then just selecting the Block number option.

Or you can also do this by opening the phone app on your device and then tapping on the three dot icon, then select settings, and then hit call blocking where you can add all the phone numbers that you wish to block

Blocking calls on Samsung devices:

Samsung devices are very much popular among the mobile phone users and it is a trusted brand as well. If you also this device and wondering about the process of blocking a mobile number on your Samsung phone, then just simply follow the steps below

You just need to open the phone application available on your Samsung device and then select the number which you would like to add to the block list and hit the option more, and then select the option to add to reject list. You can add, remove and edit this list later on by going to Settings> Call Settings> All Calls> Auto Reject

Using third party application:

Some manufacturers don’t offer their users this rejecting feature by default, and in such cases, the users should make use of third party applications for rejecting unwanted calls. There are a number of applications available in the Google Play Store for the Android phone users. Mr. Number, Call Blocker, Calls Blacklistare some of the applications that you can make use of

Calls Blacklist:

You can download and install this application from the Google’s Android play store. This application is a very simple way of keeping a list of contacts that you don’t want to allow to contact you using your number.

You can simply launch the app and then add the contacts that you wish to put on the reject list in the Blacklist tab. You can add numbers to this list through your contacts, calls log, message log or you can also add numbers manually. That is it, those numbers that you added under the blacklist tab won’t be able to contact you.