How to change the default web browser in Android Phone including Mi Redmi Phone?

Google Chrome is one of the most used web browser. Google Chrome is usually always included on new Android phones as well. In addition, most Android manufacturer also includes their own stock web browsers on Android phones. On Android phone, usually the links clicked are opened in a web browser. If you prefer a particular browser, and it is currently not set as the default browser, then we'll see how to change the default web browser in Android Phone including Mi Redmi Phones.

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Solution to contacts getting merged randomly with each other on Android Phones | Contacts Corrector

There is a strange issue observed on Mi Redmi phones where contact numbers are getting merged with other contacts, randomly. This is creating a lot of confusion lately when dialing people or when receiving calls, since the phone shows another person's name instead of the caller.

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Four FREE Android Phone Manager / PC Suite for Android Mobile Phones

Quite often we end up in need of backing up our smartphone data to our local computer. That is when PC Suite or desktop phone manager comes in handy. Nowadays, we also have cloud storage to backup some of our data but then, cloud storage comes with limited storage if free and of course, it required data connection to upload (better do it on WiFi). And generally, not all photos and videos we took from our phones are not worth uploading all to cloud storage. That would be a waste of our precious space. So the ultimate choice is to store it on our computer or on external hard disks. That's when PC suite and phone manager comes in handy. We can also copy or transfer files from phone to computer and vice-versa just by using USB cable but having a PC Suite helps us in doing more with our phone than just transfer files.  In this post, we shall see top five FREE PC Suite or phone manager software for Android smartphones.

Some phone manufacturers provide their own PC suite. We may fondly remember Nokia PC Suite as well from those days. Others include Samsung's Kies, Mi Phone's Mi PC Suite etc. But if your phone manufacturer did not provide a PC suite software or if the pc suite software is not working as expected, you can try any of the below free desktop Android phone managers to manage your Android phone from a computer.

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Selfie stick not working on Redmi Note 4 ? Check this demo video and selfie stick settings

Selfie stick not working on Mi Redmi Note 4? Check out this video for selfie stick demo on Redmi Note 4 and settings required.



Redmi Note 4 and Selfie Stick Demo and Settings.

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Best Android app to compress videos on Android Mobile Phone (Video Compress Demo)

When we buy Android smartphones, we want the best -  with good features and with good camera resolutions. Nowadays, most smartphones have at least 8 MP resolution camera. And more resolution means, more video file size. Eventually, the phone's memory is going to be filled as memory is not unlimited! So there may come a time when you might need to compress the videos to keep them on the phone though backing them up on a computer is more practical to preserve the original resolution and quality. And most users use mobile data connection which is costlier than our home Wi-Fi. And some users share video shot off their mobile phone camera as it is. For viewing a video on mobile devices, a very high resolution is not necessary. Thus, it seems more practical to compress such videos before sharing to others so that the sharer does not waste a lot of data and even so that the receiver also do not need to spend a lot of data to download the video. While we can also use desktop video editing / compression software to compress videos and put them back to the phone, it may be a tedious task. And why do that when there are Android apps for it, hmm?

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Comparison of Redmi Note 3 vs Redmi Note 4 - Specifications, Camera, Benchmark, Gaming Review

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4, a successor of one of the most popular Android phone from the flagship Mi brand is out in India. Xiaomi has been launching good looking phones, with good phone specifications at affordable price. Xiaomi Redmi Phones look premium because of their good design and built quality. Xiaomi Redmi Note 3 was very popular in India and it's successor Redmi Note 4 has been making headlines again. Sale of Redmi Note phones are flying off the shelves sooner than placed. The Redmi Note 4 runs MIUI 8 based on Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow and costs Rs.9999.00 in India for the 2GB RAM + 32 GB internal storage variant.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 4 has got a new design and look as compared to it's predecessor, Redmi Note 3.

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How to remove flickering or banding when recording a digital screen or monitor?

The other day, I was making a tutorial video and I had to record the activities performed on a laptop screen. When recording screen activities, I usually use an open source software called "Cam Studio" but this time, the activity involved shutting down the computer. Therefore, I chose to record it with my smartphone in HD mode instead. And I noticed the video had flickers. It is very distracting to look at. I had to remove the flickers otherwise, the video will be unwatchable.

So, what causes the flickering on the screen when recording a display screen or monitor?

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Mi PC Suite and USB connection problems: not detected and need to update your device to use Mi PC Suite

For those using Mi phones, you might as well be using Mi PC Suite to manage your phone from a computer using a USB cable. But lately, Mi PC Suite doesn't seems to be working for most people. There are a lot of threads in the Mi Forums as well complaining about issues with Mi PC Suite. While the Mi Phone is connected to computer using USB, when Mi PC Suite is opened, we get messages like:

1) Device not detected
2) You need to update your device to use Mi PC Suite
3) Can't connect to your device.

In this post, let's see the problems with Mi PC Suite and the status of this issue. If Mi PC Suite still does not work after the following troubleshooting steps, some compatible PC Suite softwares are listed at the end of this post that you can use to manage your Android Phone on computer. For this particular post, the system details of the Mi Phone, computer and Mi PC Suite are as follows.

System details:

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How to resolve duplicate music files, folders and refresh music on MIUI stock music player?

Are there duplicate music files and folders on the MIUI Stock Music Player? Are the music files same even after removing the SD Card where the music files are actually stored? In this post we will explore the following issues encountered on Redmi Note 3 phone and how it was resolved.

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