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3 Best Android Lock Screen Apps

April 19, 2016 by computerera

Hi Locker’s gives a CyanogenMod-type launcher which helps you to launch your favorite android apps from the lock screen. It provides three types of lock screen: regular, Lollipop and iOS, and a separate section dedicated to your calendar, wherein you may quickly view upcoming activities. It gives lots of options to customize it by adding custom greetings, eye catching fonts, and automated wallpaper changes.

LokLok

LokLok is an interesting concept, your friends also need to be a part of it to get the most out of it. This app helps to draw on your screen and send that as a message to your friends who already using it. They can set it on their lock screen and can modify and send back to you.

This app is still in beta, and you cannot secure it with PIN code at present, which means it’s no longer a first rate lock screen app for safety. But as a casual user to send messages as lock screen drawings, it’s really worth a shot.

CM Locker

This Lock Screen app provides slide to unlock style available on iOS devices like iPhone etc. More than this, CM Locker consists of power-saving feature which helps us to clean battery draining programs without leaving the lock screen.

If you enabled intruder alert from the settings, now onwards whenever someone tries to unlock your device, it captures their photo. You can control music playback, change music tracks, check latest weather forecasts from the lock screen itself.

How to Control Android Phone without Touching it?

April 19, 2016 by computerera

Google already providing a certain level of voice functionality through Google Now Voice Commands.

Now Google has gone beyond that by introducing one more powerful program which helps us to control each every aspect of the Android phone.

In this video I demonstrated the usage of that new Google app. By using this app you no need to touch your phone to use it.

Best SmartPhones Under 13000 April 2016

April 19, 2016 by computerera

There are plenty of options for those who wish to purchase Smartphones under Rs. 13,000. Computer Era providing various choices to you if you plan to buy in this range.

Lenovo Vibe K4 Note

After K3 Note success Lenovo came with Vibe K4 Note with powerful specifications. Initially this phone availed only through flash sales, but now you can purchase it directly. This is a stronger competitor in this segment.

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Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 32GB

This is another excellent model from Xiaomi. Various stress tests revealed it as break proof with extraordinary specifications with budget price

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Moto G Turbo Edition

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OnePlus Offers 16000 for your Old Phone

April 18, 2016 by computerera

Purchasing new Phone is always thrills us. But what about the old phone we already use? Some people sell old phones on classified sites like OLX, but you never get proper value for those costly phones.

In US most of the phone manufacturing companies offer an exchange program to increase their new model sales. In India this practice is rare. Sometimes Samsung offers this sort of facility, now OnePlus joined in the row.

One Plus offering Rs. 16,000 buyback for your old phones while purchasing their models OnePlus One, OneOne Plus 2 or OnePlus X. To make this exchange offer smooth OnePlus partnered with ReGlobe.

How to avail this Offer?

First, you have to select the OnePlus phone model you interested from the following list. On the Amazon purchase page you have to pay the full amount. After that note down the Order ID. On the purchased details page select, “Mobile Buyback” option and click “I Agree”. After that the page will automatically redirect to ReGlobe’s official website which is the buyback partner of OnePlus.

In RedGlobe website you need to enter the details of your existing smartphone. It calculates the value of your existing phone. It will provide buyback amount while the old phone is picked up from you.

By using your contact details ReGlobe representative will pick up the old phone from your house and on the other hand your new OnePlus phone will be delivered to your residence through Amazon.

Here are the purchase links for various OnePlus phones from Amazon. You can purchase any model until stock lasts.

How to Measure Sound Level in your Surroundings with Android App

April 18, 2016 by computerera

The app I demonstrated in this video is a free application letting you to measure noises and sounds around you.

It uses built-in microphone or your device to measure sounds. SPL (Sound Pressure Level) Sound Meter comes with an elegant gauge view to show the exact level of sound in decibels. Graphic view is also available to visualize evolution of sounds around the time when you measure it. Application informs you about current noises to better understand what represents sounds you measure.
This app offers you a screen to calibrate the level of noises of your microphone because it depends also of your hardware specifications.
Note that most of microphones on devices are made to record human voices. So, maximum noises that can be measured are limited around 100 dB in some cases.