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F acebook Messenger, as the name indicate, is the messenger app which opens Facebook messages outside the usual Facebook app. When you open Facebook Messenger app after installing on your phone, it detects your Facebook account from the Facebook app and asks you if you want to login with that account. Here, you have the option to switch account and login as another. Usually, you would login with the same account as the Facebook app. This account switching is however not available from within the app after you are logged in.  (Update: Facebook Messenger now allows adding another account, switching and removing account from Facebook Messenger app. See here how to.)There is no option to log out the current user from the Facebook messenger app and log in with another one. So if you want to switch accounts later or logout or remove the account from the messenger app, it is not possible from the Facebook  Messenger app. This so as of today, 28th December 2015. How to switch account or remove...

If you are looking for a way to manually backup and restore WhatsApp from one phone to another, then this is how to do it. WhatsApp's default folder is "whatsapp" in the phone's "internal storagel (i.e. internal storage >whatsapp). This is the directory Read more »

Image Credit: www.toysrus.com Selfies - vanity or just for fun? Well, who am I or you to judge, right? Especially, if the person is enjoying it. Ahem! Let's talk about selfie sticks and Android apps required to take selfies. Planning to buy a selfie stick? Consider the points below:   While you are still thinking whether selfies are for vanity or for fun, it actually is quite useful, especially, if you are traveling alone and want to take some pictures of yourself with that awesome background behind you. If you don't have a selfie stick, you may end up doing these: Read more »

Many bloggers on Windows love Windows Live Writer! In a previous post , I blogged about Windows Live Writer being a good tool for blogging to multiple blogging services from a single tool. Windows Live Writer is like a “one tool for all blogging”. Over the past few years there has been speculations that Windows Live Writer may be open sourced. And it was announced on December 9, 2015 . Live Writer has been open sourced. The project is called “Open Live Writer (OLW)”. Live Writer is now Open Source! Read more »

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: Read more »

If we see the menu of newer version of WhatsApp, we see "New Group" and "New Broadcast". We are familiar with "groups". So,  what is a "Broadcast" and what is the difference between WhatsApp's Group and broadcast message? Read more »

We all want to upgrade our gadgets, including our phones. There comes a time when we have to either give away or sale our dear phone. The smartphone is probably the only gadget that we carry most often wherever we go. From the basis tasks such as making calls and texting, we now do a lot of tasks on the go like checking our emails, voice messages, shop online, bank transactions, instant messaging, social media updates et al. Most of our life is on the phone. So, do take a little time to take care of your data that resides on your phone before simply giving away or selling it. If you are unlucky, someone else can misuse your data. Here are a list of some important things to do before giving away or selling your Android phone. If I missed some, do care to add in the comments. List of some important things to do before giving away or selling your Android phone Read more »

Sometime you may need to format the SD Card on your Android Phone, such as when you are selling off your phone with the SD Card. Erasing all data on your SD Card after backing necessary data is a data safety step that you need to do before selling or giving away your phone. It is covered in a previous blog post -" Important things to do before giving away or selling your Android phone ". If you need to erase or format the memory card on your phone then you can do so without installing any external apps. How to format memory card in Android Phone? Read more »