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How to rollback to old version of WhatsApp on android devices

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WhatsApp has been adding lots of features regularly and the recent update is the Status feature which is very much similar to the Instagram Stories. But this update has received a huge negative uproar, unlike the previous updates.

Many people haven’t been updating their app as they don’t like this update and they don’t want to miss the status feature which got disappeared in the latest updated app. But some may have already updated their app and are regretting that a lot. Don’t worry WhastApp is in the plans of bringing the most popular feature back to the users again with a changed name tagline. But if you are among the users who are very much desperate to rollback to the previous version rather than waiting for the next update, then here is the process for you. This process doesn’t require the android devices to be rooted.

  • Just download the apk file of the older version of the WhatsApp, which can be 2.17.60 from the website apkmirror
  • Now just install the apk file by allowing the unknown sources in the android device
  • Finally just setup your account and then you will see the old WhatsApp.

So, use this simple process to rollback to the old version of the app on your android device.

How to add a web page to your android’s home screen

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Smartphones have replaced personal computers in the lives of many people these days. We have been depending on our smartphones for many of our tasks these days and they have been helping us a lot in multi-tasking as well with their increased features and technologies.

We get to visit a few websites very often on the internet. But to open a particular website or page, we are forced to go through the same process of opening the browser and then going to that particular website that we need to go. There is a simple shortcut to this whole process where we can go and visit that website right from the home screen of our android device.

  • Go to the web page that you get to visit very often, then click on the device browser’s settings.
  • Now you will be presented with some options in the drop-down menu, now select Save to Bookmarks.
  • Edit the label if you want and then tap on add to and then click on the home screen.

Thus these simple steps give you easy access to the web page that you visit very often.  Every time you wish to open the web page, you just have to click the icon on your home screen and no more hassles at all. Customize your android device in a way friendly to you.

Download music for free legally on android device

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Android devices have become the mainstream devices for media consumption these days and many people carry their music playlists on the android devices. If you are also among those people who don’t have a special device like music player audio for listening purpose, but use android device playing your playlists, then here is a simple way where you can download free music legally using your android phone or tablet and without the use of any computer.

Download music files using the device’s internet browser can be very easy, you just have to search in the browser. Then you might find various results and then you just have to long press on the link and then choose from the menu save link option and it will prompt you to select the default browser if your device is not set up with the default browser. It will show you the progress of your downloading in the notification bar. After the download is complete, you can play it by manually opening it in the downloads or just refreshing the music library.

There is yet another simple way to download music files. Try the SoundCloud application, which is available in the Google Playstore for free. Once installed, just sign in to the service using any of your social networking ids or just sign up with it. Now you can easily search for your favourite songs on the application and once you play them, just clicking on the heart icon can make them offline and add them to your playlist. You can play the songs on your playlist anytime without any internet connection.

SounCloud is thus the best music downloading application that everyone must try.

These are the few ways to download music in your android device. I hope these will be useful to you.

How to manage and save your data on your android device

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Aren’t you concerned about your data plan? Why should we leave our phone to allow data plan get waste when we have all the secure data settings to save the data. But we just need to get some knowledge in order to manage the settings in our android device which help us save our data.

So if you are concerned about saving or managing your data on your android phone and thus save your money, then you need to make the following settings changes on your device.

Track your data usage:

First of all, you need to keep track of your data regularly to have an idea of your data usage. You can track this easily by going into Settings > Data Usage.

You can set cellular data limit which will automatically turn off the data access. The cellular and your carrier’s data measure will slightly differ, so it is suggested that you keep the data limit to a little lower than your actual data plan, so that you may not go off your data.

You can also easily check the data usage of various apps on your mobile here and get a rough idea about the apps on their data usage. So that you can be cautious while use them on your cellular data.

Restrict your background data:

Many apps actually use a lot of data that we don’t even get to know. That happens when they run in the background. Why not stop the background running of apps which waste a lot of data. To do this you need to go to Settings > Data Usage and there you can find a three dot icon Restrict choose background data and click on it to save the wastage of your data by apps in the background.

Instead of following the above steps, if you are not feeling satisfied with your phone data savings, then there are some apps that help you save your data which you can try.