Before we begin A little background on how to use Substratum. To get started, you need rooted Android device (with an exception of Android Oreo) and Android Marshmallow or higher. Once you have the rooted device, the installation is pretty easy. Simply install ‘substratum theme engine‘ app from the Google Play Store and “Grant” it Superuser permission. Next, install your favorite Substratum theme from the Play Store. Once done, open to the ‘Substratum theme engine’ app, you’ll find all the installed themes on there....

Best Thanksgiving Apps 1. Set a Countdown To keep the things exciting for kids I use a countdown timer which shows the number of days and time left till Thanksgiving. It is a fun way to keep the holiday spirit up among the kids. I install the app on a tablet lying around and place it on a windowsill. It shows the countdown for American and Canadian Thanksgiving. Install Turkey Watch 2018 for Android...

In case of Android, there is a wonderful collection of writing apps you can try. Each of them is packed with a bunch of features like multi-device sync, non-distractive interface and all. We spent some time with some of the popular writing apps for Android and chose the best of them. You may be looking for note-writing or some creative writing, you will find the best Android writing app here....

If we talk about the last one, then recently a game from Blizzard was always throwing up the Version Mismatch error. Upon further investigating the issue via Wireshark, I found out that the game had six servers in total, out of which two were the issue-causing ones (data wasn’t being updated in real-time on those servers). Since the game randomly allocated the servers, so whenever my credentials were being sent to one of those servers, I was getting greeted with the Version Mismatch error....

Accompanying the Gaussian Blur effect, it has always managed to catch the attention of the masses. Unfortunately, all good things must come to an end. And this was right at the front of the queue of the features that faced the ax. Instead of this, users are now given a dull grey background which seems to disrupt the entire UI/UX. While Xiaomi mostly attributed this removal to the fact that the blurry effect was quite resource-hungry and lead to extra baggage on the GPU, that didn’t prove to be the case....

But, There’s a Workaround However, there are a few disadvantages of using Google Play Books over Audible like: You can’t transfer the audiobooks from Google Play to AudibleYou may not find every title listed on Google PlayEcho Sync doesn’t work with Google Play audiobooksYou would need a US Google Play accountYou have to buy a gift card for $25 and above Enter the amount that you wish to redeem on Google Play....

However, as of now, it is proving to be easier said than done. A slew of complaints are lined up wherein users have reported that they are unable to connect the Spotify to their Nuvo audio system. The speakers do appear in the list of Spotify Connect available devices, but when they try to select it, they are stuck in an infinite ‘connecting’ loop. If you are also in the same boat, then fret not....

Many users have voiced their concerns that they are no longer able to send an iMessage to themselves ever since they updated their iPhone to iOS 16. They could still iMessages to everyone else, it’s only the self message that isn’t working. Whenever they are trying to do so, the message gets part of the green bubble instead of blue. As far as the culprit is concerned, well all fingers are currently being pointed to the latest OS upgrade....

This report comes after the security firm analyzed a cyberattack on a US-based firm. In its report, Security firm Check Point mentions that the attacker deployed malware on the victim’s network after taking advantage of a flaw in the victim’s threat detection & incident response tool. Also, Rorschach was distributed using a DLL side loading method via a signed part in Cortex XDR, A extended detection & response product from Palo Alto Network....

According to a report from, The WindowsClub, “Google is exploring the idea of limiting JavaScript timer wake ups in background webpages starting with Chrome 86, which is shipping a new experimental feature behind chrome://flags. This way, Google Chrome will limit Javascript timer wake ups in background webpages to 1 wake up per minute, similar to Safari.” Chrome Upcoming Update May Extend Battery Life Up To 2 Hours According to the report, after using the development tools for inspecting the work done by some popular websites in the background....

Many of them have voiced their concern that the Dark and Darker is frequently crashing all of a sudden. For some, it happens right on launch, for others, it happens on the title screen whereas some have even reported crashing while making changes to their character. Apart from that, some are also getting the ‘Unhandled Exception: EXCEPTION_ACCESS_VIOLATION’ error. The issue first came to light after the Playtest 4 update and is constantly bugging the players since....

However, as of late, it seems to be giving out a tough time to some users. They have voiced their concern that the desktop items are missing in Stage Manager, thereby negatively affecting their workflow. Owing to this issue, they are unable to drag and drop items from the desktop over to their browser or any other app opened in the foreground. If you are also getting bugged with this problem, then this guide shall help you out....

It is also known that there are over 150 million monthly active users on the platform and the number keeps on growing every month. Discord is also a platform which is free to use but like other platforms, you can get subscriptions and get more benefits out of it. Discord has used the tactic of placing certain limitations on its users using the platform for free so that they can sell their subscription options....

Vodafone Idea already offered ‘Double Data’ for the 1.5GB daily plans but now it has stopped offering double data on the Rs 249 prepaid plan. Double Data Benefits by Vodafone Idea on Prepaid Plans The good news however, Vodafone Idea’s 2GB daily plans that are priced at Rs 299, Rs 499, and Rs 699 now come with double data benefits. That means for 2GB daily plans, users will get 4GB daily till the validity of the plans....

And now, there has been some intruigng developments going on with the screen resolution. Upon looking at the display drivers for the Pixel 7 Pro, there were some hints that the device might allow rescaling the resolution. Then with the Android 13 OS having a separate section for the same all the more confirms it. However, the official confirmation could only be made once the device is released. In the meantime, the developers behind one of the most popular custom kernels have managed to port this feature to the Pixel 6 Pro....

In its current state, there’s just an icon present in the taskbar. However, with the new update, you will now get a search field at the left of the taskbar. This feature has already rolled out to the Developer Preview and is slowly rolling out to beta users. However, you could skip this waiting queue and enable this feature right away. And in this guide, we will show you how to do just that....

However, in all the aforementioned cases, your device’s bootloader will already be unlocked. So you will be able to flash the firmware and bring your device back to life, without even interacting with Debugging. However, what if your device’s bootloader is locked and you get stuck in a bootloop? Unfortunately, that is now predominantly the case in recent years when the device gets into a constant loop after installing an official OTA update....

Epic Game Store has done various high-profile giveaway’s in the past but GTA V play online is the biggest one till the date, as the game has enduring popularity and abiding fame. But with the biggest giveaway comes the biggest problem. Now the GTA V online server outages and getting blackout because of the excessive player volumes. Here in this article, we are going to discuss the complete news, reasons for the failure of the server, and what further steps will be taken to resolve the issue....

Before we begin Windows wouldn’t notify you about the November 2019 Update. You will have to manually check for it. To do that, type “Check for Updates” on the Start menu and click on the “Check for Updates” button on the Windows Update menu. As of now, version 1909 has few Wi-Fi connectivity and Bluetooth issues. In case you face any of those, you can check for solutions on the Windows 10 release health dashboard....

In most cases, this usually happens when they are trying to grant system-level API access to a third-party app. So if you are also getting bugged by this “Exception occurred while executing grant” error message, then this guide will make you aware of a method to rectify this issue once and for all/ So without further ado, let’s get started. Fix Exception occurred while executing grant In order to fix this issue, all that you need to do is turn off Permission Monitoring, or in more confusing terms, enable “Disable Permission Monitoring”....