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What does MTK stand for? The aims and objectives of this tutorial will enable you understand if your mobile device falls into the MTK category or not. In relation to this topic, MTK stands for MediaTek, and MediaTek is a well-known chip manufacturing company based in Taiwan that mostly outsources their products, hence they are regarded as Fabless companies. They specialize in manufacturing the Central Processing Unit (CPU chips) for wireless telecommunications, HDTVs, DVD etc. Their largest demands come from the Chinese mobile tech market. From that little description of MTK, you can deduce by now that when we say MTK phones, we are talking of phones that make use of MTK chips. Since MTK are largest suppliers of their chips to the Chinese mobile tech markets, it now tells us that most of the mobile devices produced in China are MTK devices. Note: I said most and not all, because there is other notable semiconductor companies aside from MTK that also serve the...

Good news to all Infinix hot 2 Android One mobile phone users , as Marshmallow 6.0 will be landing on your way in no time. Remember last time that Google went into the mission of making  the Android  One project a reality for many; a project that was geared towards producing and delivering not more than  $100  Google Android  branded  phones to most smartphone emergent markets across the globe. It was during that period, which was not even long ago that gave birth to the Infinix Hot2 branded Android One phones that most of you went ahead to snap up. What makes the Infinix Hot2 Android One phone different? By now, you should know that as Android is to Google, so is Google is to Android, giving birth to originality. The Infinix Hot2 to is different from many  other android phones  in proliferation today, because unlike other android phones like those from your Tecno, Innjoo and even other Infinix products that their OS which ...

This t utorial will school you on how to unlock Android device with a cracked or even worse, a broken screen . Retrieving your data isn`t data after a cracked or broken screen has felt so good before until now. I have been a fan of touch screen smart phones since the time they first came out and I can’t even imagine going back to a non touch screen phone. While touch screen phones are probably the best in terms of interface and functionality, since you can directly press on the screen for accessing anything, some touch screen phones are sensitive, and once something goes wrong, they can leave you frustrated. One of the problems that most Android users face is a cracked, broken or inaccessible touch screen. The problem here is that you’ll be able to see everything on your phone, but you won’t be able to interact with the screen. In such instances, I’m sure many of us remember the good old phones with hard keys. The problem for most users here isn’t that they need to get their...

This information will teach you how to install Cyanogenmod 12.1 on Moto X Play. One of the advantages of rooting any android device is the ability to install custom ROMs on it. If you have rooted Moto X Play smartphone you might know that you are now open to install custom ROM on the device. There are a lot of custom roms available for the Moto X Play and one of the best ROMs which you can install on the device is Cyanogenmod 12.1. Cyanogenmod 12.1 is based on Android Lollipop and helps in increasing the performance on the Moto X Play. The device will give stock vanilla android interface which ensures that you get the best battery backup.  If you want to install Cyanogenmod 12.1 on Moto x Play you need to root your device first. Follow the guide shared below which will help you to install Cyanogenmod 12.1 on Moto X Play. Requirements Before we tell you how to install Cyanogenmod 12.1 Rom on Moto X Play a few things need to be fulfilled. We h...

This tutorial will teach you how to root and also flash Moto X Play android device. Motorola has just launched Moto X Play which is the third generation Moto X smartphone. The device comes with powerful hardware and is available only for Rs 18,500. Moto X Play comes with a 5.5-inch display screen. If you like watching movies on big screens, you can put the 5.5-inch display of the Moto X to good use. Moto X Play has a 1.7 Ghz octa core processor and 2 GB RAM. This hardware configuration makes sure that one is able to get the best Android experience on the Moto X Play and also all operations can be performed easily. If you want to install custom roms on your Moto X Play smartphone you need to root your device. Today, in this guide we will teach you how to install TWRP recovery and root Moto X Play smartphone. Requirements To learn how to unlock this device boot-loader, click here   Your Moto X Play smartphone should have more than 80% of battery power p...

This tutorial will teach you how to simply switch between two android launchers after setting one as default.  I believe by now, that you already know what android launchers are; they are  apps  that add different fanciful styles to your android themes, app drawers etc. in just a manner that  will make  you love your android screen  user interface . Examples of common launchers are Go launchers, CMS launcher, Zero launchers and so many others out there that you can choose from and that will presents its unique styling features to your android. Yesterday, somebody told me that he has 2 different launchers on his  android device  and that he has opted to use one of the launchers as his default launcher by choosing the  always  option against the  just once  option that was presented to him. He continued by telling me that he wants to switch and use the other launcher but finding it difficult to do so. I know tha...

This simple method will teach you how to change IMEI on Infinix Hot 2 otherwise known as Android One and use Glo BIS on it. Well, I`ve noticed that the hottest phone in town now is truly the Hottest One as it is been code named. It is not easy to see a phone that runs on Lollipop and with 2GB RAM for that matter at such a very cheap price of N19500 and hence the rush for Infinix Hot 2. What I have observed is that tweaking the IMEI of the Hottest one cannot really be achieved by the use of Mobile Uncle , and so some of you might be wondering how else the IMEI of this latest Infinix Hot 2 can actually be tweaked so you can use Glo BIS on it . Well, I will run through the special method of tweaking the IMEI of Infinix Hot 2 so you can follow the procedure here and tweak the IMEI in less than 2 minutes if you have already gotten yourself this wonderful device. Without even wasting a single time, let’s go straight on how to tweak the IMEI of Infinix Hot 2 also know...

This will give you a brief information between Gionee M3 Mini and Infinix Hot-x507 while comparing both devices. Now these two devices, Infinix Hot and recently launched Gionee M3 Mini are definitely in similar categories and thus worth comparison. If your pocket is currently light and you are looking for highly budgeted MTK android phones that can still keep you in touch with happenings around the world, then you can turn to Infinix Hot or the recent Gionee M3 Mini as your next companion. These two devices have been highly debated recently on which of the devices is better and that will be advisable to go for. For this reason,  I am going to be bringing their differences in features, so at the end you will be able to make an informed discussion on which of the devices to pick and that will better serve you even with your low budget. We are not going to waste time here but to take you straight to the differences in their specs, and below are the features that separate ...