Samsung's latest flagship device Galaxy S4 suffers from a major issue with its display which is the smearing issue. The issue has been observed in every model such as i9500, i9505 and i9502. While scrolling over black background, the screen shows the smearing similar to how an LCD screen gets distorted when pressed too hard. The effect can be best seen on black background with brightness set to low. Try scrolling a page with a black background with grey text and you can see some erratic color distortion on your display. It does not smear in toolbox or video because the background is not completely black.

The root cause of this issue is that the colors are not getting rendered properly on AMOLED screen. Here's quick solution how can you fix the problem.

Solution to Galaxy S4 Smearing Issue

The said problem is prominent on black background with gray text so we will be making some changes in your RGB values. We can fix the issue if we override the default RGV values. You will have to download app 'screen adjuster ' from Google play. This app helps in adjusting defaults  values of your screen.

Steps to follow:
1. Install 'Screen Adjuster' app from Play store.
2. Go to options and change the contrast level from -0 to -10 (you can go upto -20 depending on how far your eyes can balance between smearing and pitch black)
3. Turn on the adjuster.

There is a small problem in using the app is that it disables the 'Install' button when it is running so whenever you want to install new apps, you will have to disable the screen adjuster and install the app. Enable screen adjuster again when you are done. For now this is the temporary solution that has been discovered, and hopefully Samsung releases a patch to fix this problem. Have you encountered this issue? Do you know of any other methods to solve this? Let us know in the comments.

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Red color variant for the HTC One M7 was spotted on HTC's website. This will be the 3rd color variant for flagship device and new addition to the current colors which are Silver white and Stealth black. The stealth black color had some availability issue and that's why AT&T USA didn't offer black device for their users. The arrival of new red color will be a good news for the buyers who would like to go beyond the White and black color for their smartphone. The phone is now up for pre order and can be purchased through official HTC site.

The HTC revenue has increased by 23% compared to the last quarter and HTC One has played a major role in the significant gain over past quarter. There is no official news for the availability of this device but it seems like red color handsets will be available by end of may. There always will be bunch of people looking for an off beat colors and red seems to be one of such colors.

HTC One M7 in Red - Mystery

HTC had showcased the device in 3 colors in early February. The  images of red handsets were taken down and only 2 colors were available but it looks like HTC is coming back with the third color.

Would you like to have HTC One in red?

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If you are not a big fan of the personal assistance S-Voice then there's very easy way to disable it from home screen button. Removing 'S voice' from your Galaxy S4 will increase responsiveness of your home button. Samsung's own innovation S voice is quite popular but sometimes you might want to turn it off. As we already know, S voice is now officially available for Galaxy S3 , Galaxy Note 2 and some other Samsung devices and hence the following trick works for the other phones too. Here's the quick way to get rid of the S voice from Samsung devices and make your home button more responsive and faster.

Turn off - Disable S voice from Home key

Double tap your Home key and it will open the S voice. Now click on Menu and then navigate to Settings. Now un check the open via Home key and that's it, you have now disabled the S Voice. How these improves your usability and makes it faster?

The answer is very simple and straight forward.  When you press home key then phone waits for another key press to see if you want to go ot the S voice. But now as you have disabled it, the home key will respond quickly compared to the slight time taken before by your device. Instead of the dedicated home key press, you can access it by creating shortcut  on your home screen.

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Samsung has just rolled out its Android 4.1 Jellybean update for Samsung Chat B5330. The Samsung chat is a QWERTY keypad and touchscreen Android smart phone from Samsung. It's a good sign for other low-end phone users as they are getting the latest OS updates. You can download the update for your Samsung Chat phone using Samsung Kies software. The update is also available over-the-air so you can update your firmware right from your phone.

How to update Jellybean 4.1 on Samsung Chat phone

The new update has a serial code  B5330XXUBMD2. Once your device is ready for an update, you'll get a notification to download and install it. You can manually update the phone via Settings >> About Phone >> Software Update >> Update. This update will bring some of the latest features of Android to this QWERTY phone. We're expecting to see lot of improvements over the 4.0 ICS but not all the features like multiwindow screen - split screen will be supported by the phone as it might not have enough power to run them.

The total size of the update is 322 MB and the update is being rolled out in phases as usual. So if you don't see an update notification in your phone then you can go to the authorized Samsung Service Center and get your phone updated with the latest OS. 

Generally the low and mid tier smart phones are usually left on the older operating systems but it seems like Samsung is starting to give more importance to its more popular phones irrespective of their market price.

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Do you find the HTC One M7 too big for your pockets? If yes then there's good news for you. It looks like HTC is coming up with middleweight sibling of HTC One M7 which is supposedly named as HTC One Mini. The HTC One mini seems like a dubed down version of M7 with smaller 4.3 inch display screen and same 4 Ultrapixel camera. Though there are some changes, the design and looks of HTC M4 appears identical to the One M7. Here's a look at the rumored configuration of the HTC M4.

HTC One Mini Specs

• 4.3-inch 1280×720 display
• Super LCD3 capacitive touchscreen
• Protected with gorilla glass
• Dual core Snapdragon CPU
• 2 GB RAM
• Android 4.2 Jelly Bean
• 16GB of internal storage
• 4 UltraPixel camera on the back
• 1.6 megapixel camera on the front
• 1,700mAh battery,
• Bundled with HTC Sense UI v5
• Beats Audio sound enhancement

Comparison HTC One M7 vs HTC One Mini

Though HTC has not released any official word  about the miniature version of it's flagship device but rumored phone seems to be getting good attention already. The M4 features display a screen of 4.3 inch which is an ideal size for a phone. The M7 features 1.7 Quad core processor where as the M4 is likely to get launched with dual core processor. HTC One Mini's camera flash has been relocated to the center of the device and there's a few less micro-drilled speaker holes.

There is no official word about the camera and hence HTC One Mini M4 can come out with either 4 UltraPixel or the standard 13 megapixel camera. The One comes with the 2.1 Megapixel of front cam and the Mini has got 1.6 Megapixel front camera mounted. The battery size has been reduced from 2100mAh to 1700mAh which will be enough to power 4.3 inch display screen.

What do you think about the HTC M4 or a.k.a One Mini? Will it be as popular its elder brother owing to the quality of design and manageable size? Let us know in the comments section.

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Google recently updated their iOS Search app with the features of Google Now. Unfortunately these new features were restricted to only the US and not for the rest of the world. Google probably decided to enable these features in one country first as a beta test and then rolling out the feature to the rest of the world after fixing out any kinks that are found.

How to enable Google Now for your country

Google Now is basically Google's own version of the virtual assistant Siri and while it wont have the deep integration into iOS as Siri does, Google Now is a good deal more accurate in its speech recognition and faster in its web search. The GoogleNowEnabler tweak unlocks the full set of features for whichever country you are in thus allowing you to make the full use of the App itself. The tweak is available for free on the ModMyi repo which comes added by default into Cydia.

One of the prerequisites for the tweak is of course to have the latest version of Google Search App installed, and the rest is taken care of by the tweak as just installing it unlocks the hidden features in the App. Recently the iOS Jailbreak community has been extremely active bringing out more and more tweaks and showing more innovation with their new ideas and the GoogleNowEnabler tweak is an example of how quick the Jailbreak community is responding to any updates in the ecosystem as the App was only released a couple of days ago.

We tried out the tweak to check out the Google Now features, and we have to admit that it is pretty good and it seems that there arent many exclusive features left that the Android OS has and which haven't been ported to iOS. So check out the GoogleNowEnabler tweak which will unlock the Google Now features for your country, available on the ModMyi repo and let us know what you think of it in the comments section.

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The Indian smartphone company Micromax has unveiled first 3D smartphone. The device offers a 3D display experience and packed with 1.2 Dual core processor and continues the trend of creating big displays with 5 inch screen at an affordable pricing. The display is called the naked eye which has a resolution of 480*800 and supports 16.7 millions colors. The phone has the latest version of the Android Jelly Bean 4.1.2.

Micromax A115 Specifications and Features

• 5 inch Naked eye 3D display with 480*800 resolution, 16.7 colors
• 1.7 dual Mediatek MT6577 processor with 512 MB RAM
• 5.0 Megapixel rear camera and 0.3 megapixel front camera
• Camera supports autofocus, flash
• Connectivity option includes 3G , Bluetooth 4.0 , wifi , USB 2.0
• Internal memory of 0.93 GB and 4 GB ROM, expandable upto 32 GB using microSD card
• Micro USB , USB 2.0 and 3.5 audio jack
• 2000 mAh battery with a standby time of 225 hours and offers talk time of 4.5 hours

Micromax A115 Canvas 3D Price

Micromax has been experimenting a lot and 3D naked eye display seems like a latest innovation by the company. User need not use 3D glasses to enjoy the experience as it has a inbuilt technology of converting standard images into 3D format. The device comes out with a price tag of just Rs. 9999/- in India.

Recently Micromax confirmed that they sold 1 million Canvas devices which is great achievement and it certainly makes them one of the popular devices in the Indian subcontinent. These devices usually have a  very low price tag allowing more and more users to shift to the Android eco-system. What do you think of the new Micromax A115? Let us know in the comments.

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