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? Then we have experienced the same problem.

Recently I encountered the following issues on MI Redmi Note 3 -

1) There are duplicate music folders with the same number of music files in each of the folders
2) Even after removing the SD Card, and rebooting, the MIUI stock music player has the same list of music files and folders. But then attempting to play, it displayed file is not supported or corrupted. The issue is due to cache data. And unfortunately, there is no options in the music player settings to refresh the music files and folders.

How to resolve the duplicate music files issue on MIUI Redmi Android Phone and how to refresh the song and folders?

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Top 10 List Of Best Android Phone Under Rs. 10000 in India

Looking for good Android smartphones under Rs. 10000? Nowadays, finding a good mobile phone under budget is a tough choice to make as there are lot of options due to many brands offering similar features. Especially after the entry of popular Chinese brands such as Xiaomi, Gionee, Lenovo, Coolpad, and Huawei, the smartphone market in India has become very competitive. Gone are the days when Samsung was the defacto choice. While the competitive market has given consumers like us some advantage with competitive pricing, it is now harder to make choices. The following is Techubber's Top 10 list of Best Android Phone Under Rs. 10000 in India, which is compiled hoping it may help you in your decisions to buy a decent Android smartphone under Rs. 10000.

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Unable to use selfie stick with Android phone? Settings to check.

Trying your new selfie stick with your Android Phone but it doesn't work with your phone? Just in case, if you are not able to use selfie stick with Android phone, here are a few settings you should check on your phone's camera app. I am blogging this post because someone posted on my previous blog post that he is not able to use selfie stick on his Android Redmi Phone. So, here are the settings to check and if it still does not work, an alternative app to try.

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MIUI 8 - How to disable promoted apps on folders on Xiaomi MI phones?

If you have upgraded your Xiaomi phone to MIUI 8, you might have noticed the "Promoted Apps" showing related apps below open folders. I find this quite irritating and so would you, I suppose. I do not understand why Xiaomi would include this feature anyway. It's like any other free Android app with promoted ads bundled in. Anyway, I suppose many users would be willing to remove this.

Follow this short video how to disable or remove the promoted apps from Xiaomi / Mi Phones:




Note that the "Promoted Apps" appear on each folder.

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Useful Android Apps: How to compress videos on Android Phones?

Have you ever wondered how to compress videos on Android smartphone? In this post we will explore a very useful Android App that every enthusiast must have on his or her smartphone to compress videos.

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Video: How to fix Selfie Sticks not working with Mi Redmi Android Phones?

If you are not able to use your Selfie Stick with Mi Redmi Android Phones, then check out the video how to fix it. It works, but there are a few places you need to change settings.



Selfie sticks uses the volume button control to tell the phone to take pictures. So the phone should be able to take pictures with the volume buttons even without a selfie stick. This applies to any phone. If the phone is not taking pictures with the volume buttons, configure the phone's camera settings.

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Resolved: Blogger Labels Not Displayed on Mobile Devices

If you are a regular Blogger user then you might have noticed that Blogger "Labels" are not displayed on Mobile devices by default. But why is it important? Labels or "tags" are a quick way to let users access related content on your website. It also reduces bounce-rate of the site if the user find the article interesting and want to continue reading related articles. Labels do appear on desktop browsers (unless disabled by the admin), but it does not appear on Blogger Mobile templates by default.

Labels on Blogger Blog

You can enable them though. Here is how.

How to enable or display Blogger Labels in Blogger Mobile Template?

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How To Display Or Hide Website Content On Mobile Devices?

If you would like some website content to only show on mobile devices or not show on mobile devices, then following this post. You can do this using CSS. This allows a developer to easily control what sort of content should appear on mobile devices and what to display on desktops. It is also useful for Google Adsense publishers as Google by default allows only three ads on a particular page and if you want to control the positioning of Google Ads separately for desktops and mobile devices, then this method can be used to manage the display as per the device.
Check out the video below:

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How to transfer files using Mi Drop on Mi Phones / Redmi Phones?

Mi Drop is a feature on Mi Phones by which one can transfer files from one Mi Phone to another Mi Phone. It is very simple to operate and much faster than Bluetooth. Mi Drop is basically a peer to peer or P2P file transfer services between Mi Phones. Mi Drops was included in MIUI 7 and the pre-requisite to use Mi Drop is:

• Both phones should be MI Phone and should have Mi Drop feature on both
• MIUI 7 (Global Developer ROM 5.9.25 or China Developer ROM 5.10.8 onwards)

Demo Video: File transfer using Mi Drop

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Resolved: Unable to transfer or copy files to SD Card issue on MI phone using ES File explorer

On Mi Phones you may encounter issues when attempting to transfer files from the phone storage to SD CARD using ES File Explorer. I did not do an extensive research but I confirm that this issues did not occur on MiUi version less than 7.5. If this problem exists, then we can't create new files and folders using the ES File Explorer options on the SD Card.

While attempting to create, copy-paste or move files, we normally get a prompt to allow permission to ES File Explorer to access SDCARD Root.

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5 useful ways to use OTG with your Android Smartphone

OTG or On-The-Go cable can be very useful to transfer files to and from the smartphones that support the OTG feature. Most recent Android Phones support OTG. The most common task we would normally perform using an OTG cable is to transfer files from USB pendrive. But besides file transfer, OTG cable can be used for other tasks as well like, to connect to a USB keyboard, USB mouse, to charge another phone etc. Check out the video below to find out five useful common uses of OTG cable with your Android Phone.

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How to add Blogger widgets only for mobile template?

A situation may arise when we want to add widgets in Blogger template that should appear only on mobile templates and not on web browser templates. In that case, follow the steps below.

Scenario: We shall take the following example to explain how to add Blogger widgets only for mobile template. I added an "AddThis" mobile sharing toolbar that should appear on top. When it appears, it blocks the title of the Blog. So I wanted to push down the header region a bit lower so that the "AddThis" widget does not block the blog title from view. So, I thought of adding a simple HTML widget and write "Loading...", and place it above the "header" widget. That will push the header a bit lower and every one can be accommodated happily.

Usually, we can't add a widget in the header section. But you can do the following edit to enable and add a widget in the header region. In this exercise, we shall -

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How To Disable Mobile Phone Front Camera Taking Mirror Images?

Did you notice that the image taken from the front camera off your mobile phone is mirrored or reversed? If that is the case, then all the selfies you took so far might have been saved as mirror images. Mirror Image - means that if you view the pictures taken, then you'd see that right is left and left is right just like looking in the mirror. If you had taken a selfie picture with texts in the background, then the text would be flipped horizontal, almost impossible to read. Since the image is flipper horizontally, it won't look realistic as the background too will be flipped. What is actually on the right appears on the left. That will be weird right? Those who have been to the same place where you took the selfie, they won't be easily convinced that statue in the background is on the left when it's actually on the right.

How to correct mobile phone camera from taking mirrored images?

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How to share internet connection from Mobile phone to computer using WiFi hotspot?

Most of us have internet connectivity at home through our internet service providers. But sometimes, we might need to depend on our mobile data connections when we are away from home and urgently require internet services. That time if you have mobile data connectivity, you can rely on it to get some jobs done. Modern smartphones can share the mobile data connection with other devices via WiFi hot-spot. The WiFi signal can then be used by WiFi enabled devices such as laptops, other smartphones, etc.

Watch this short video tutorial how to share mobile phone's data connection via WiFi hotpot.

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How to force Blogger to show desktop template on mobile devices?

When a Blogger blog is viewed on mobile devices, Blogger by default chooses a mobile template to display the blog. Now, mobile templates are great as the display is optimized for mobile devices' screen. The blog posts are nicely arranged to fit the mobile device's screen. So it is so far so good to view and navigate Blogger blogs on mobile devices.

But if a blogger does some customizations by adding widgets or adds advertisements on Blogger blog, then there are some issues. If a blogger opts to show Google Adsense automatically, then yes, some of those ads appear on top as a banner as well as at the bottom of the page. But if a blogger ads Google Adsense code or other advertising platform code in areas where he wants to display, it does not appear on mobile devices. This can be an issue. As we know, more and more internet users are on mobile devices, chances of those ads getting seen are minimized. If you can to let the blog appear as it appears on desktops to mobile devices as well, then you need to force Blogger to use desktop template.

How to force Blogger to show desktop template on mobile devices?

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How to use USB Pen Drives with mobile phones using OTG cables?

If your mobile phone has OTG (On-The-Go) support, you can plug in pen drives to your phone and use it. You can transfer files to and from the phone, watch videos, etc. Your phone should support OTG feature.

Check out this illustrative video (Connecting pen-drives to Android Phone using OTG cable)

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Unable to take pictures using selfie stick on Xiaomi Redmi phone?

Selfie stick are great fun to use and a handy tool to own. Using Selfie Sticks we can click better pictures than with our extended arm, whether alone or with a group of friends. The scene is much better than taking with extended arm, which often is quite close and we may not be able to fit all in the frame. Selfie Sticks are also handy when visiting places alone. Instead of asking someone around to click you, you can do it on your own. In this post, we will explore how to enable Selfie Stick operation on Xiaomi Redmi Android Phones. The settings described is almost similar to any smartphones in the market today, that is to enable the volume buttons to click pictures.

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Where are the hidden files and folders in Redmi Android phone?

This post is related to Xiaomi Redmi Android Phones.
The default file manager app on the Redmi phone is pretty neat. There are features such as grouping by file-type, cleanup tool, hidden folder, etc.

The "hide" tool is just below when a file or folder is selected. It is so easy to access that sometimes you unintentionally tap on hide when you actually wanted to delete the file or folder. And swish! It's gone.

Where are the hidden files on then redmi Android phone then?

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How to use multiple Twitter accounts on the same computer or mobile phone?

Twitter allows us to have multiple accounts. This may be useful for users who would like to have a personal account and a business account. This is ideal for bloggers and website owners as well. It is ideal for your users and followera to identify you by the business name on Twitter that your personal account. Each Twitter account must have a unique email address associated with it. An email address can only be associated with one Twitter account at a time.

How to login to multiple Twitter accounts from the same computer?

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[Resolved] Samsung Galaxy J2 (Android) not connecting to Wi-Fi

Here is a Wi-Fi issue I recently encountered on Samsung Galaxy J2 smartphone.

1) The Samsung Galaxy J2 detected the Wi-Fi on turning the Wi-Fi on. But after entering the password it would show "connecting..." but won't connect.
2) Another issue is the Wi-Fi hotspot keeps turning off and on.

If you are also experiencing the same issue, you may try the following:

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