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How To Hide Root Access From Apps In Android Device

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The Android operating system is an open source and the users can’t brag enough about it. It allows the users to use third-party applications, modify the OS as per their desires and likes. It also allows users to root their devices which allows them to modify system files as they are given administrative rights. Rooting an Android phone doesn’t actually need any deep-rooted knowledge but can be done by anyone with minimum knowledge and one needs to be definitely cautious while rooting as it may lead to damage to your device. While root access is very much popular among the Android users, many feel it as an unsafe way and the phones are even considered as insecure.

Some Android apps don’t work with rooted phones like bank applications which we will definitely need. So, in such cases to all the users who have rooted Android devices with them and facing issues like this. They can actually hide root access from certain Android apps by following the simple steps below.

Hide Root Access From Apps

  • As a first step, you need to get Cydia Substrate  installed on your device
  • Then when you open the application and check in the Settings>About, Linux mode should be set to permissive and not enforce, if it is in enforcing, then get this  SELinuxModeChanger and change the mode to permissive
  • Now get RoatCloak Plus  app and restart your device once
  • Now open the RootCloak Plus app and it will show you the list of all the applications on your device
  • You can simply press the plus icon on the top and then add the apps that you wish to hide the root access from

You are all done with the setup and now those apps will work fine on your rooted device.

How To Schedule Messages In Android Smartphones

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Technology has taken a major lead in our lives. Everything and every single task that we do these days are somewhat or the other linked to technology. Messaging has become the most popular way of communication among people. In these days of busy schedules, we may not have time to send the right message at a right time, in such cases there comes the need to schedule a message. Schedule messages that you need to send in future time and stop worrying anymore. Make life easier with the best android apps available in the Google Play store. Let’s have a look at some of the best application that helps you to schedule messages.

Do It Later:

It has a very clean interface and its color scheme is also very much attractive and pleasant. Using it is very easy. Just select the recipients in the field and compose the message and then select the date and time that you would like to schedule the message. Repeat option is also available. Check the ‘Ask before send’ option, if you want the app to ask you for confirmation before sending.

Alpha Messaging:

It is a smart personal messaging assistant available in the Google Play store. It not only allows you to send scheduled messages but also responds to incoming calls and messages. Schedule messages by creating events based on days or weeks. It has a quiet mode which sends canned responses.

Schedule SMS:

This is one of the best android apps for scheduling messages. It has the same features like the above mentioned two apps and it has a clean interface.

SMS Planning:

This is the fastest and lightest of all the other apps available in the Google Play store. You get the repeat option for every 5/10/15 minutes, every hour, day, week, month, year. You have to change your phone’s SIM settings if you wish to send a message from your other SIM as it doesn’t have that setting.

Get More Out Of Your Android Camera With The Help Of These Apps

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The new generation has been going crazy over selfies and everyone prefers to have a smartphone with the best camera in it. If you are also among those selfie maniacs and wishes to click perfect selfies or click best pictures and wishing to be more creative in clicking pictures, then you must definitely want to know a list of these Android apps that will make your Android camera better.

Android Camera Apps To Try

Selfie Master:

Everyone would like to look their best in a selfie, but it is not that easy to take a selfie in which we look our best. Selfie master can be the best choice which helps you to click perfect pictures even in low light. This application allows the users to get great selfies of themselves clicked even with low-quality cameras

Alfred:

This application allows users to create a simple and secure home security system using their old smartphone camera. All they need to do is just install the application in the phone and connect it WiFi and place the camera wherever you want it and you can access this live capture in action by just installing the application in your currently using smartphone. It even has great features like motion detection and Alfred can help you make use of your old smartphone in the best way possible.

Freelapse:

Using this awesome application, users can capture stunning time lapse videos. They can just set up their camera and select a short interval and the time duration to recording and that is it, it will start to do its job.

Motion Stills:

GIFs are a trend these days and this Motion Stills application allows users to create short span videos like GIFs and shares them with your friends. This application even lets the users create Instagram style hyperlapse videos.

So, do try these Android apps and better your Android camera experience.

How To Stop Specific Android Apps Permanently From Updating

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The notification that we find for updating the applications in our smartphones can be quite annoying sometimes as many of us don’t wish to update the applications. The reasons can be many like low phone storage, limited data, fear of losing favourite features. Reasons may be many but it is for sure that many of us don’t wish to update our Android apps and even if do with compulsion also, we may wish to revert back to the previous version. In such cases, you can just simply make a choice of stopping all your apps from updating permanently, this can be a very bold decision but will put you in peace. Below is the process to do that

Stop Android Apps From Updating

  • You would be needing a software for viewing and extracting compressed files and folders. WinRAR   can be a great option
  • And you will also be needing Android Studio  installed in your computer
  • And finally, Installation from unknown sources should be enabled on your Android device
  • Browse to the folder where you can find ‘keytool.exe’ file
  • Now open the command prompt window using administrator settings, give it user control access if it prompts to
  • Now you need to change the directory to C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jre\bin, for that, just copy and paste the below command

cd C:\Program Files\Android\Android Studio\jre\bin

  • Then copy and paste the below command

keytool -genkey -v -keystore C:\first-key.keystore –      alias an_alias_has_no_name -keyalg RSA -keysize                      2048 -validity 10000

  • It will then ask you to enter a password, give it a password and you need to remember it for future reference and when it asks to confirm just press ‘y’ and hit enter
  • In the next step, you will need to download the APK version of the Android app, and you need to move this file to the folder that you opened in the first step
  • Now open this file with the file extractor and delete the Meta Info folder
  • Then execute the following command in the command prompt window

jarsigner -verbose -sigalg SHA1withRSA -digestalg       SHA1 -keystore C:\first-key.keystore App name.apk                    an_alias_has_no_name

  • With the previous step, the APK file should have been re signed.  Just copy that file and install it on your Android device

You can check the version of the application by opening it in Google Playstore and you won’t get update option anymore.

Alternatives For Popular Android Apps That Take Up Your Device Space

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The popularity of the android phones is because of their easy to use and simple user interface definitely, but have you ever thought of the issues in Android devices, surely there are issues and problems but we are neglecting them and one of the major issues that many of the Android device users face is the storage space issue. And that may arise due to the overloaded apps on our device, so here we present you to some of the alternatives to the storage hogging applications that help you in freeing up your device space.

Alternative Apps For Saving Your Device Space

Chrome

This is one of the popular browsers, like the PC version of the application, this mobile app is also a memory eater and this application can be replaced by the another popular but a bit underrated application Opera. This application saves your device space while letting you enjoy various features.

Facebook

This is yet another very popular and most widely used Android apps among the mobile users and you just cannot miss this application but all you need is less memory occupying application and you have got Facebook Lite for this purpose. You can enjoy many of the original Facebook app features in this app while saving your space.

Microsoft Outlook

This app from the tech giant Microsoft is another real space occupying applying that you should think of an alternative for it sure and if you have got multiple emails to look after, then you can try this Acqua Mail which allows you to access multiple and different emails with pretty good features.

Microsoft Excel, Word

These are some of the basic applications that we have been very much used to as we use them in our PCs, but the mobile applications are not worth as they have got better alternatives in the form of Google Sheets and Google Docs which occupy less space compared.

So, try these Android apps to get more storage out of your device.