Recovering data from private mode in samsung devices

After this crazy issue in my samsung mobile, I found that the private mode has been reset. So when I tried to turn on the private mode, it showed me the initial setup screen. I was fully convinced that, all of my data has been lost and I won't be able to recover any of it. But after googling for a while, I found out that the content in the private mode will be encrypted using the combination of some key (specific to the OS, kernel I'm not...

Samsung : Missing Notification in tray and Recent items button not working

My samsung mobile [Galaxy S5, running on LightWiz rom (Android 6.0.1)], restarted all of the sudden (Although it is not the first time). Right after the restart, I noticed that, the notification tray is missing (None of the notifications from the apps are shown) and even the recent items won't popup from it's dedicated button.Fortunately, I fixed these issues by this method :1) Download Nova Launcher & set it as default to replace TouchWiz.2)...

Recover data from corrupted windows (without using Windows/Linux DVD/USB)

It's a pretty bad situation to get your OS (it might be windows 7 or 8) corrupted (when the windows is not booting). In that situation, either you can reset your windows or re-install it. Either way you loose your data (at least the one stored in 'C' drive). To recover the data stored in 'C' drive, there are various methods. You can recover data by booting your system using...

Recovering lost partition on a hard disk, when MBR (master boot record) got corrupted.

Two days back, I installed Watch Dogs. In an ambitious effort to play the game, I started it. At that moment, I was unaware of the fact that, not all the aged drivers (mine was released in 2010) will support this game!! The game started and after loading the new game, the screen turned black. After staring at it for a while, I realized that, game got stuck at that point!!...

DLL Files in the System32 Folder

Have you ever noticed that, you can manually change the icons of a folder in windows? Have you tried it? P.S - the image here describes you the way to do it!! I tried it once, but unfortunately I had gone through the negative side of it!! One day, I was in my best mood and checking every available option in windows. Suddenly I realized that, we can add our own icon's...

How to replace existing license key in avast (free version)

Greetings to all, this is my first post on this blog!!. If you are using avast free edition, you need to register it (once a year) to avail it's services. Some might be too lazy to re-register and goes for a key, which will register avast free edition up to 2038 or even up to 2050. But, here come's the problem. Avast bans those licences and you will not receive updates anymore!!! Although you can try offline updates, it's not that comfortable to...