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How to Change the Keyboard in iOS 8 (Video)

FINALLY. So with the coming of iOS 8, the iPhone 6, and iPhone 6 Plus, Apple, in a slightly unexpected move, has allowed third-party developers to build alternative keyboards for iOS. I can just picture someone at Apple huddled in the corner of the office rocking back and forth because

How to Enable Animated Gifs in the Photos App (Video)

Oh, gifs. What would the internet be without you? Showing us how someone epic-ly failed over and over, or how a squirrel has better acting chops than the entire cast of certain movies; they’re just an inherent part of the web like social networks and cats. So when you download

How to Get the iOS 6 Status Bar in iOS 7 (Video)

With iOS 8 just around the corner, maybe you’re feeling like iOS is just slipping away from you. The new flat and transparent styling is just too new age for you and you miss the good old days of gradients and layers. Well, if you’re jailbroken, there are still a

How to Change the Camera on Your Android Device (Video)

Continuing with my new series on getting the most out of customizing Android (since it seems most people don’t realize to the extent you can actually customize an Android device), I’m moving on to something that can change the way you see the world –the camera. Just like with changing

How to Change the Icons/Theme on Your Android Device (Video)

Now that you’ve learned to change your Android device’s home screen launcher, you can take the customizing of Android one step further by adding a custom theme for that launcher to change the icons for apps, skin the device, change the wallpaper, etc. Just like with the custom launcher scene,

How to Change the Home Screen Launcher on an Android Device (Video)

As part of my new series on getting the most out of customizing your Android device, I figure a big one is changing the Android Launcher (aka the home screen). The easiest way to think of this is that, essentially, the home screen is its own app. Unlike your normal apps

How to Change the Keyboard on an Android Device (Video)

So it has occurred to me that a lot of people don’t realize the extent of which you can customize an Android device. From the home screen launcher, to the theme, to the phone dialer/messaging/email app, the list is endless. It’s one of the beauties of Android –total freedom to replace

How to Unroot the OnePlus One (Toolkit Method) (Video)

You can use this method to just unroot your OnePlus One and then go back and flash different ROMs or start over with your tinkering, or you can bring it completely back to stock in case you need to send it in for warranty (like I had to do with

How to Unroot the Oppo Find 7a (Video)

Maybe you messed something up, maybe you just want to start from scratch or maybe you need to send your Oppo Find 7a in for warranty? Regardless of the reasoning, unrooting the Find 7a is your solution. When we refer to unrooting generally, we aren’t just talking about removing root

How to Unroot the Oppo Find 7 (Video)

Maybe you messed something up, maybe you just want to start from scratch or maybe you need to send your Oppo Find 7 in for warranty? Regardless of the reasoning, unrooting the Find 7 is your solution. When we refer to unrooting generally, we aren’t just talking about removing root

How to Get iOS 6 Icon Badges in iOS 7 (Video)

Do you grave a bit of the old school style of iOS 6? Want to see how many notifications you have on each app icon in a less flat sort of way? Well then, you are in luck. Thanks to a jailbreak tweak developer, you can actually get those notifications

How to Add Previews When Swiping Between Message Threads in iOS 7 (Video)

Thanks to this handy, free jailbreak tweak from the Cydia store, you can add some fun swiping effects to your message threads. Swipe between each thread and have a message preview popup as well as other little tweaks. Check it out: I. Jailbreak your iPhone/iPad 1. To do this procedure you

How to Get Unlimited Skips in iTunes Radio in iOS 7 (Video)

If you get annoyed by the ads and limited number of skips you can use while listening to your favorite stations in iTunes Radio, I feel your pain. Sometimes you don’t want to listen to an entire Adele song and shouldn’t be forced to under any circumstances. Luckily though a

How to Add More Power Down Options to iOS 7 (Video)

If you’ve ever wished there was a simpler way to reboot, respring, or boot into safe mode on your iPhone running iOS 7, then you’re in luck (oddly enough). A jailbreak tweak called PowerDown, free in the Cydia store, allows you to simply install it and then immediately have such