How to manage android phone from the computer?

Have you ever thought about managing your Android phone from a computer without using USB cables? Then this post is your you. In this post we shall see how to manage Android phone from the computer without using any cables. For this purpose, there are a few requirements as listed below:

1) Android Phone and a computer
2) ES File Manager Android app installed on the Android phone
(Download ES File Manager from Google Play)
3) Wi-Fi router to which both the Android phone and the computer can connect to. The computer may be connected to the router over Wi-Fi or connected by LAN cable.



If the above requisites are met, then we can proceed to access and manage the Android phone from the computer.

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How to auto share Blogger blog posts to Google+ Page?

If you are a blogger using the Google's Blogger platform and you have a Google+ Page, then you can automatically let Blogger share published blog posts to your Google+ Page as soon as new content is posted. This minimizes your efforts to share your blog posts to your Google+ page if you have one.

In this post we will discuss the steps on "How to auto share Blogger blog posts to Google+ Page?"

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How to export Facebook events and sync it with Google Calendar and Windows Calendar?

In this post we will see how to export Facebook Events and sync it with Google calendar and also with Windows calendar. But why Google Calendar? Why not sync it directly with Windows Calendar if that is the intent? Because by default, Windows Calendar allows us to add only the following email accounts - Microsoft Account, Outlook.com, Exchange, Google, iCloud, and Internet Email such as Yahoo. It does not include Facebook here.

Why take the trouble? Can't I simply login to Facebook and check? The need and reasons may vary from person to person but this may be handy if you are using Windows Calendar most of the time on your Windows computer to manage your events and reminders etc. It may also be useful to see all events, added to Windows Calendar and Facebook events in one single Calendar to assist in planning your activities and tasks.

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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 transfer files from Android Phone to computer without cables over Wi-Fi using ES File Explorer?

How to transfer files from Android Phone to computer without cables over Wi-Fi using ES File Explorer?
Wanna do more without cable? How about transferring files from Android Phone from computer without using any cables or Bluetooth or USB thumb drives? Then you should try ES File Explorer's LAN feature. In this post we will see "How to transfer files from Android Phone to computer without cables using ES File Explorer".

To transfer files from Android Phone to computer without cables using ES File Explorer, we would need:

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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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How to create sliders in Drupal 7 using Views Slideshow?

Sliders or Slideshows are dynamic elements usually displayed in home page of websites. Usually with a catchy background image and phrases, they grab attention. They are great additions to any websites to add more aesthetics to websites. Since they are dynamic, websites look more grand and alive. They can also be used to display important content and graphics to engage with visitors. And though sliders are not so good in terms of making websites easily accessible on mobiles over data network due to higher load times, it has still become a standard web design layout.

In this post we shall discuss how to create testimonial sliders in Drupal 7 using Views Slideshow. Though the usual sliders we see are catchy background images with catchy phrases, sliders are not only meant for images. They can be any thing, almost. We can also display text such as testimonials, images, quotes etc.

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