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Need to free up space on your smartphone?

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By Emile Greyling

It’s happened to all of us.
You buy a new phone with what you think there will be enough storage space, But then one day you get the warning that you don’t have room for any more photos or apps. It can be heartbreaking when this warning pops up and you realize that your phone has reached its storage limit. While phones have memory restrictions, there are some nifty tricks that you can use to get around the issue without having to give up your favorite apps or pictures.

What is Causing the “Phone Storage Full” Notification?
Whether your phone runs Android OS or iOS, the “Phone Storage Full” notification is common for many smartphone users and can be a frustrating issue. It’s a sign that your phone ran out of free space to store new files and apps. The files that take up too much space are usually videos and pictures or apps and music. But when we exist within a society that literally relies on social communication and sharing.

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Important Questions to Ask a Computer Repair Service

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By Marco Horn /  Tim Fisher

Before you drop your computer off at a local computer repair service or call them for in-home or in business service, there are several very important questions you should ask.


How Much Do You Charge per Hour?

Asking the cost of a service seems like a question you’d be unlikely to forget but I am always amazed by stories of customers in absolute shock at the hourly rate for a particular computer repair service — after the fact.

Rates vary, and so do charging schemes (some computer repair services are billed per service, don’t wait until it’s time to pay the bill to find out how much per hour you’ll be paying.

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Extend Your iPad Battery Life

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Apple has a specific time duration that each iPad Battery should last based on regular usage, but actually reaching that value is quite a task. In this article we are going to explore a few popular methods to accomplice that.

 

The reason behind the disconnect is the software. Even though Apple creates great hardware, their software is a bit lacking. It’s common for us to see a 64 GB iPhone running out of space even when using iCloud for storing everything.

 

In addition, there are a whole bunch of iPad models out there right now all with different versions of iOS installed, which is problematic. An iPad Air 2 can be updated to iOS 10, but an iPad 2 can only be updated to iOS 9 currently.

 

In this post, We'll list out as many ways we know possible to improve the battery life of your iPad by adjusting settings in iOS. we'll try to make a note if the feature is not available in an older version of iOS.

 

Method 1 – Adjust Auto Brightness


Obviously, while you are using your iPad, the screen itself will be the biggest drain on the battery. The screen itself uses about 90%+ of the battery, unless you need maximum brightness consider dialing it down a bit.

 

Firstly, it just hurts our eyes to have the screen so bright in a indoor / dimly lit area. By default, the screen should adjust automatically, but we have found that many times it’s brighter than we need. Just swipe up from the bottom of the screen and you’ll see the brightness slider at the top right.

 


Method 2 – Disable Bluetooth & Cellular

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