Lenovo A7000 review with sample videos and images

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Yesterday Lenovo started selling the A7000 via online sale and we have the phone right here with us for a while.
We may not be providing you long term review on this but we have a brief but pretty much data to explain the phone.

If you know the hardware specs then it's fine other wise we recommend you to have the info right here:
Lenovo A7000 hardware specs page

Three things that I liked the most of the phone is:
- At first place the Dolby ATMOS
- Secondly the 64-bit Octa-core Mediatek MT6752m SoC
- Last but not the leaset; price of the phone

When the first flash sale started it has sold 30000 units in just 4 seconds.
See here for details:

There is no doubt that this is a very popular phone. So lets not waste time and move on to review information.

I have the following reviews in hand for this phone:
- Design and Display of Lenovo A7000. That includes Design and Display details
- Multimedia on Lenovo A7000. That includes Camera and Audio
- Performance of Lenovo A7000. That has Antutu benchmark values and Memory details
- Pre-loaded software in the Lenovo A7000

You can click on each link directly to reach the corresponding review page or follow the below link to go on with us in this review.
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OnePlus One Quickboot from CM 12S ported to all CyanogenMod 12.0 and CyanogenMod 12.1 based ROMs

QuickBoot is a Cyanogen OS feature developed by Qualcomm and Cyanogen for OnePlue One.
The objective is to reduce the boot-up time drastically by altering the shutdown / boot-up sequence.
This version of QuickBoot is taken from CyanogenMod 12S and modified by recognized developer arter97 to support Android 5.1 and fixed several NullPointerExceptions.

HOW IT WORKS:
Rather than turning down the device completely,
QuickBoot turns the device into Airplane mode, kills the applications, disables notification and button reactions, similar to how Windows 8 does.
The battery drain during QuickBoot is active is equal to the state of all applications killed & airplane mode.
Note that "reboot" actions remains normal, meaning the device will go into full shutdown / restart on reboot actions.

WARNING:
This hack requires you to install a custom recovery on your device.
Installing custom recovery on your device may VOID your warranty and may delete all your data.
Before proceeding further you may consider backup your all data.
Understand the fact that you are the only person responsible for everything that you do with you device.
If you blame me for a disaster that happened to your device then I will simply laugh at you.

Flashing QuickBoot using custom Recovery:

STEP 1:

Download the QuickBoot recovery flashable zip right here.

STEP 2:

Flash the downloaded zip through custom recovery.

STEP 3:

Enable QuickBoot from Developers options.
If Developer options is not enabled then enable developer options and then enable QuickBoot.

Follow the word of CAUTION: As the device is not completely off, devices with removable battery should use this with caution as pulling off the battery during QuickBoot active may potentially cause data loss.
For devices with removable battery, it is recommended to use "reboot" and wait for the screen to go off and then quickly replace the battery if needed.

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Google today released Handwriting Keyboard with 82 language support for Android phones

Today Google has brought Handwriting Input in the latest keyboard release.
Google Handwriting keyboard works with devices running Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0.3) and greater.
This supports input in both print and cursive writing in a 82 languages.

Some of the key advantages of Handwriting keyboard:
- Useful for languages that can be challenging to type on a standard keyboard
- Supports on ICS and greater version of Android (Which covers most of the devices to date)
- Easily writable rather than typing or speaking (voice input) a word

Lenovo A7000 sold 30000 units in just 4 seconds

Lenovo A7000 sale started today on flipkart at 2PM.
Only pre-registered users had a chance to get the phone.
Lenovo claims that they have sold 30,000 units in just 4 seconds. Howz that???
If you don't beliebve then see the below tweet:
Lenovo A7000 tweet

Lenovo A7000 is priced at INR 8,999 which comes with pretty good specs.
If you want to get this device then you have to register.
See the below link for the Lenovo A7000 hardware specification details:
Lenovo A7000 hardware specifications

How to extend battery life in Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge without ROOTING or any system hacking

Galaxy S6 and S6 edge have 2550 and 2600 mAh battery capacity respectively.
As compared to previous flagship phones and features packed these two device looks to be running with lower battery capacities.
A high end device having high end features require more battery backed power, but reverse is the case with S6 and S6 edge.
So how you do manage when you will be running out of battery when you need it the most.
Here you go how to manage your power consumption of the device without ROOTING or without any system customization.

Your phone has inbuilt power saving features that we are going to use.
Head to Settings > Battery. You'll see two options: Power Saving Mode and Ultra Power Saving Mode.
The Power Saving Mode will restrict some of the features and will help you save battery consumption.
You can run on Power Saving Mode all day without any impact on your performance and day to day usage.
The Ultra Power Saving Mode will restrict background data usage, lower your processor speed and may restrict other things to save more battery power.
Use this mode when you are really running out of battery and you know that you will not be able to recharge it soon.

You may say that when I have so many features in my phone why I will be using any of these.
The answer is: Yes of course you have loads of feature packed on your phone but you are not using all of the stuffs all the day long.
It's really better to use the features when they are needed and let the system decide how it will manage those stuffs.

How to reboot the Galaxy S6 and S6 edge when it hangs

From Samsung’s Galaxy S series devices, all have removable batteries.
If a device hanged for some reason then you could pull the battery out to make the device a forceful shutdown and restart it manually.
But in case of a Galaxy S6 and an S6 edge where you have a non-removable attached battery beneath the metal and glass constructed body.
So what do you do if you have to reboot the Galaxy S6 when it hangs?

Do you think that Samsung has not taken this into account and simply released the phone to market?
Not to worry, because a simple three-button combination which doesn’t take more than a few seconds will help you out of this situation.
Press and hold the volume down + home + power/lock buttons for a few seconds until the phone shuts down by itself.
And then wait for a while for the phone to restart of its own. If not then you start the phone yourself.
In case you were wondering then get notified that this trick works for the Galaxy S6 edge as well.

HTC Desire 326G an affordable mid-range phone launched in INDIA

HTC is now more focusing on Asian markets rather than western countries.
Today HTC has launched Desire 326G an affordable mid-range Android phone with decent hardware specifications.

HTC desire 326G's key hardware specifications include: 4.5 inch FWVGA display with a resolution of 854 x 480 pixels.
It comes with a 1.2 GHz Quad-Core SC7731G SoC.
In the storage section it has 8GB of RAM, 8GB internal storage and expandable storage upto 32GB via SDCard.
Coming to multimedia specs, It has 8MP auto focus primary camera with BSI sensor that is capable of recording 1080p FullHD videos and a 2MP front facing camera.

This dual SIM 3G phone also has a 2000 mAh battery which HTC claims to deliver up to 11 hours of talk time and up to 386 hours of standby time on 3G networks, which is pretty much decent.
Coming to design, this has 0.97cm of thickness and weighs 146grams.

yes this a mid-range phone and is designed for normal daily usage and not for power intensive application.
Although the price is not disclosed yet but as per the specs defined right here it should come near INR 7,000.

Micromax Canvas Spark will be the latest in the Canvas series

Recently Micromax had started a contest on the social media to guess the next phone's name in the Canvas lineup by posting some pictures describing the name.
Well the contest is over and Micromax has revealed the next Canvas series phone will be the Canvas Spark.
Although the specs and price is not yet revealed but they have reached to a large number of audience through this contest.
We will keep you posted at the earliest and you decide then if it is really for you or not.

Below are some of the tweets that describes the Canvas Spark more:
Next Canvas contest on twitter
Canvas Spark will come with maximum protection
Revealed the name Canvas Spark

We will bring you the specs, release date and price tag right to your finger tips the way we have introduced you the Canvas Spark.

[HOW TO GUIDE] How to control unnecessary data usage on an Android phone

Smartphones are really feature rich and provide so many smart features for the end user.
But out of everything you may not like or need each and every feature.
In this post we are explaining how to control your data usage on an Android phone.

Now a days every single phone gives you e-mail access and every single phone has internet access.
There are so many applications that require internet connection to work, like: Facebook, e-mail applications, google maps and lot more apps.
If your network carrier charges more for your internet usage or you do not require much internet access all the time then you can checkout our guide to know how to minimize data usage on any Android phone.
This guide will save your unnecessary data usage and also it will save your battery usage.

HOW TO TURN OFF BACKGROUND DATA AND AUTO SYNC DATA:

On an Android phone with version greater than 4.0 follow the below steps:

STEP 1:

Goto Settings > Data usage

STEP 2:

Click on the 3 dots which is there on the upper right side corner as shown in the image.

STEP 3:

If you want to save your data then un-check the "Restrict background data" if it is checked.
Un-check on the "Auto-sync data" option.

This will show you the following pop-up message. Read carefully and click OK.

HOW TO ENABLE OR DISABLE SYNC OPTIONS MANUALLY:

STEP 1:

Goto Settings and select your account (Under Accounts section) for which you want to manipulate data sync and other account relevant options as shown in the below image.

STEP 2:

If you have multiple accounts registered lets say under Google accounts then click on the desired account for which you want to manipulate the sync options.
Below image shows multiple Google accounts registered.
If you really wants to save data and more battery charge, then select the "Location" settings and turn off the Location reporting.

STEP 3:

Select on the right side checkbox to enable or disable syncing for that particular option.
Lets say if you want to enable sync the Gmails for the particular gmail account then you can leave the Gmail checkbox ticked as shown in the below image.

Stay tuned to get more of such updates.

Saygus v2 Android phone with 320GB out of box storage space and out of box root access

As Android has become one of the biggest smartphone OS, so many vendors have come forward to build Android phones on their own style.
But the way Saygus has represented it's V2 flagship phone, I must say that none other manufacturers have done it so ever in the past.
Saygus is not a so popular name amongst smartphone manufacturer but it has a very good name in the household appliances.

The Saygus V2 is really a damn out of earth device in terms of hardware specs at least on paper.
The Saygus V2 shows off upto 320GB of storage space - 64GB internal with two MicroSDXC slots, Harman Kardon speakers, a biometric fingerprint scanner, built-in Wireless Qi charging, root access for developers.
This has a 5-inch, 1080p display and features a 2.5GHz quad core Qualcomm Snapdragon processor with 3GB RAM, powered by Android 4.4.4 KitKat
It has got a 21-megapixels rear camera with dual-LED flash and a 13-megapixel front-facing camera.

With the all above extra features like the out of box extended storage, root access, good amount of RAM, processor and a very good camera specs do really attractive but still the price tag for this phone is under the hoods.
Saygus says the price will be "competitive with other 5-inch devices" but won't elaborate.
As for availability, the V2's press release notes that it's "working to distribute its V2 through all US carriers, and most of the carriers across the globe" and is targeting release this spring.

Stay tuned to get more of such updates.

VIA | The Verge