We live in the era of the smartphone where all our precious information from our photos and videos to contacts and messages are stored on these phones. A majority of the smartphone users today make use of Google’s all-popular operating system, Android. However, a mishap such as accidental deletion or physical damage to the smartphone or SD card could mean that all of your photos, contacts, documents, and videos get erased from the device unexpectedly. This would be a horrendous thing to happen, especially if you do not have a backup or copy of all of these valuable files. In this article, we take a look at one of the best tools for helping you in recovering your information – iSkySoft Toolbox.

At times, we all get stuck at our smartphone’s lock screen. It occurs when we forget and input a wrong password, pin or pattern. Thanks to the advancing technology, no one will ever get stuck again at lock screens; even the ones backed up by fingerprint readers. Nonetheless, lock screen security is still the favorite locking mechanism in many smartphones. In this guide, I will show you how to bypass a lock screen of the ever exquisite LG smartphone using different methods. Thanks to its operating system – Android, life is good indeed.

In 2012 at the Google I/O event, Google announced Android Jelly Bean on June 27th, and its release date followed on July 9th, 2012. During the Google I/O 2013, Google announced the release of Android Kitkat via the Google’s Official Blog on October 31, 2013. During the event at Google I/O 2014, the announcement of Android Lollipop occurred on October 15th, 2014. Afterward, its release was later during the year on November 12th, 2014 via the Google’s Official Blog. The yearly trend seems to be similar to Google’s announcement and release of higher versions of Android. It seems like history usually repeats itself. Hence, if we go by the history then there is expectations of Google to release the latest version of Android with the codename M in its upcoming event; Google I/O 2015 conference. The announcement could happen late this month of May since the developer conference begins on May 28th, 2015 and ends on 29th in Moscone Center West in San Francisco, CA. Its release is expected to happen later during the year between the end of October and early November.

Google has always named its previous versions of Androids after their sugary treats during the conference starting from Apple to the latest one Lollipop. Therefore, going by the company’s naming trends in history; individuals have started guessing what the next Codename M could be. Perhaps it could be Marshmallow, Mint, Mentos, Milkshake, M&M, MilkyWay, Macaron, Muffin, etc. Several individuals bet it would mostly be Marshmallow, but there’s no assurance yet; thus time will tell.

People have a lot of expectations about Google Android 6.0 Codenamed M. The first one is improved security; Android M may bring about a significant change in protecting the privacy of users. According to Android Headlines, Google might introduce Smart Lock to its next version of Android to enable users to keep their phones and details safe from unauthorized access. It would save the users from having to create passwords several times to secure their smartphones. Besides, the Smart Lock would ensure that the Android users can connect their phones to Bluetooth and NFC gadgets and remain unlocked, even though; the smartphones are connected to such devices. This would be a great way to save the users who rarely lock their phones. Additionally, there are anticipations that Android M might include a feature that can block apps from seeing the user’s contacts. For instance, users would choose either to let apps like Facebook access their locations, but deny them the access to their contacts. Isn’t this an achievement? Of course, it is and enhances the security of the users.

Lost or accidentally deleted an important file from your Android Device? Do not worry as there are app available that can easily retrieve data from phones internal memory or memory card / SD card.

Common reasons of data loss include memory card corruption, device became inaccessible or the Android OS itself become damaged and is no longer able to boot. Under such circumstances, you need to stop using the device or needed to be turned off. Please note that further saving files or installing applications after data loss instance may leads to permanent deletion of your files which cannot be recovered even by using professional data recovery applications.

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Accidently wiped important contacts on your Samsung Galaxy S5? SD card of your HTC One can’t be read and photos become inaccessible? Text messages are deleted due to wrong operation? It is quite common for you to get stuck in such annoying situations. You may go for reputable data recovery software but all too often you may give up due to their whopping price.

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Technology has evolved by leaps and bounds but ironically the Router we use to consume majority of it remained more or less same since years, a brand new router design is all buckled-up to change this soon. Named "SOAP - The Intelligent Router" aims to be the center hub for your home networking, automation, security, storage and parental control needs.

The first thing you would notice about SOAP would be it's novel touch-screen with full Android OS running under it's hood, a very first of it's kind on any router. Soap will be featuring powerful processing power thanks to the ARM CPU's upto quad core with GB's of RAM and inbuilt SSD storage which was unheard of in the world of routers until now. Soap not only boasts of high-speed, cutting edge Wi-Fi routing capabilities but will also feature top home automation protocols built right into it be it Zigbee, Z-Wave, Insteon, Bluetooth 4.0, X10 RF, 433mhz and many more. This is not all thanks to the Android OS, SOAP can also act as you network guardian and offer numerous features like Parental control, network security, entertainment and wireless-storage solution - do watch the video and comparison chart (with other routers) shared below.

Samsung has officially unveiled their new flagship cellphone Galaxy S5, with tagline "going back to basics to focus on delivering the capabilities that matter most to our consumers" the phone features a 2.5GHz Quad core application processor, 2GB RAM, 5.1-inch 1920×1080 display, fingerprint reader on the home button, a heart rate monitor next to camera flash, dust and water resistant body, 16 megapixel camera with 4K video capture and adjustable focus powered with the latest Google Android 4.4 (KitKat).

Google has now lift the curtain off their experimental 3D phone codenamed - Project Tango. The phone in it's current prototype avatar is a 5” gadget having customized hardware and software designed to track the full 3D motion of the device, while simultaneously creating a map of the environment. These sensors allow the phone to make over a quarter million 3D measurements every second, updating its position and orientation in real-time, combining that data into a single 3D model of the space around you. The phone features a custom version of Android and is now being provided to interested developers across the globe, the software's includes development APIs to provide position, orientation, and depth data to standard Android applications written in Java, C/C++, as well as the Unity Game Engine. A demonstration video showing capabilities and use-case scenarios was also shared with public as posted below.

If you found your text-messages/SMS to be mysteriously huge in font-size (as shown below) for no reason, without changing anything in your settings, the reason is your phone using the "VOLUME ROCKER" to change the font-size of phone's native texting application. To bring back the text font-size to desirable setting again, start the messaging app and use the physical up/down volume control button of your phone to get the desired size.