A HACK A DAY: Season 4
We bring you hacks and tricks to make life easier with technology around you
Season 4 features the following hacks:
- How to install Android on Chrome books
- How to control your PC from your Android smartphone
- How to make a portable mobile charger
- How to make a mini bazooka
- Two simple methods to prevent your earphones from tangling
- How to extend the battery life of your handset? Find out
- How to get free Wi-Fi anywhere, anytime
- 5 quick ways to recover your wet handset
- 10 smartphone tricks that will make your life a lot easier
- 25 tricks to help you spend less time on cleanliness
- Things you didn't know about YouTube
- 10 things you didn't know your microwave could do
- Recover your data from smartphones
- Things you can do with old CDs
- How to make a night vision camera using your cellphone
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How to install Android on chromebooks
If you own a Chromebook and the Chrome OS does not make you very happy, we have a solution for you. What if we tell you, you could run Android on your Chromebook? You read that right! Today’s hack demonstrates how you can install Android operating system on your Chromebook.
However, before you go on with the installation, make sure you back up all your data. Once you’ve done that, watch the video and Android-away!
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How to control your PC from your Android smartphone
If you are a techie, one a good tech hack surely makes your day! And because we understand that, we bring you a trick to sprinkle a little excitement to your day. Therefore, here is a trick that demonstrates how you can control your personal computer from your Android smartphone.
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How to make a portable mobile charger
Smartphones and tablets have become an essential part of our lives. Browsing the Internet, playing online games , capturing photos - name it! Your smatphone/tablet does it for you so conveniently. But in this process, it so happens that the battery of your device drains down.
Such instances reminds you of a portable charger. However, if you forget to charge the portable charger itself, you may just be left with a zero battery life, while travelling. Here’s a method to make a portable mobile charger to keep your smartphone charged on the go!
View the video to know how to make a portable mobile charger:
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How to make a mini bazooka
Are you the DIY kinds? If yes, this fun hack is just right for you. Today’s hack demonstrates how you can make a mini bazooka from old household stuff! It’s pretty cool, check it out!
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Two simple methods to prevent your earphones from tangling
How often do you find your earphones tangled in your bag? The first few minutes are quite frustrating, while trying to figure out a way to set the wires of your earphones right. However, there are several ways to prevent it from getting tangled. Watch the video to know how to prevent your earphones from getting tangled:
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How to extend the battery life of your handset? Find out
Browsing the Internet, playing games and using several apps continuously will run down the battery much faster than expected. Several smartphone companies claim that their handsets can deliver a better battery life. However, using your smartphone on the go, results in draining down its battery.
Keeping your phone on vibration mode and installing too many apps can consume too much of battery life. However, there are different ways to save the battery life, which in turn will help you use your handset on the go!
Watch the video to know how to extend the battery life of your smartphone:
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How to get free WiFi anywhere, anytime? Find out
Browsing the Internet to receive instant updates has now become an essential part of our lives. Getting access to free WiFi access can make your day!
There are times when your device is unable to connect to free WiFi easily. However, there are several ways to scan the closest hotspots in your area.
To know the different apps and tricks to get free access to WiFi, watch the video:
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5 quick ways to recover your wet handset
Accidentally dropped your phone in the toilet or swimming pool? There are also instances when your handset gets wet due to heavy rains, thus causing damage to your phone. Repairing your wet smartphone could cost you a lot.
The immediate solution is to switch off your wet handset, open the rear panel and remove the battery, SIM and memory card and dry it under the fan.
Before rushing to the service centre, you can even try out other simple ways of recovering your wet phone:
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10 smartphone tricks that will make your life a lot easier
Even little things like cracked smartphone wires, having to hold up the phone while watching a movie on it, can be quite unnerving. However, instead of spending thousands of rupees on it, we bring you some tricks that will solve most of your smartphone problems, right at home. Here you go:
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25 tricks to help you spend less time on cleanliness
Cleaning up several corners in your room, removing vomit stains, cat urine and releasing dirt from clogged sinks is a tedious task. Vinegar, vegetable oil, baking soda can make the cleaning process even easier. Cleaning the blades of a grinder might be a risky task. In order to avoid unnecessary cuts while getting it cleaned, just warm the soapy water and switch it on. It helps in removing the dirt from the corners of the grinder jar.
Has the surface of your stove become too greasy? Just pour some vegetable oil and wipe off the greasy surface.
Many such simple tricks can save your time and energy over cleanliness:
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Things you didn't know about YouTube
Hasn’t it been forever that you’ve been using YouTube? However, here is a list of YouTube tricks and we can bet you didn’t know all of them. Trust us, these tricks make watch videos even more fun!
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10 things you didn't know your microwave could do
What’s the first thing that comes to your mind on hearing ‘Microwave’? Baking cakes, cookies, heating food etc. However, you can use your microwave for many more purposes.
Your microwave can help you use an old postal stamp on your new envelope. Just sprinkle few drops of water on the used stamp and set the timer of your microwave to 20 seconds. When it’s done, you can peel off the old stamp and paste it on another envelope.
Want to get rid of your stinky cutting board? Get the board wet, apply soap on the top, place it in the microwave and set the timer to 1 minute. This will in fact sterilise your cutting board.
Many such simple hacks have been explained in the video below:
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Recover your data from smartphones:
All of us, at least once, have lost all the data from our smartphones. And you all know, unless you have it saved on the cloud, once it’s gone, it’s gone. However, we bring you a hack that demonstrates how you can recover all your lost files, images and videos, using a software recovery app. Watch the video below to lean how to do it!
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Things you can do with old CDs
Even though CDs were a great data storage option, the technology is now obsolete. The stack of CDs from a few years back, is now just lying at the back of the drawers in most houses. And even if people wish to use those CDs, many laptops now do not even feature a disk tray.
Therefore, it would be a good idea now to transfer all that data you have in compact disk to a more latest storage option. As for the CDs that you empty, do not throw them out! We bring you a DIY hack to reuse those CDs and put them to a good use.
The videos below show how you can use an old CD to make a light switch plate, turn it into wall décor, reuse them to jazz up your house, or make a hovercraft. Watch the videos to DIY!
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How to make a night vision camera using your cellphone
We all have a couple of old smartphones lying around in our drawers, and there seems to be no way anymore to make some use out of them. However, we bring you a hack that shows you an effective alternate use of those cell phones. Today’s hack demonstrates how you can build a night vision camera using your old smartphone.
It’s no rocket science, just an easy tech DIY! So go make your night vision cam and shoot all the paranormal videos you want!