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Why does my Android One phone fail to install new Apps?

October 31, 2014 at 07:05PM: I have purchased a new Android One Spice mobile with Kitkat. I want to know how to install apps in my phone. I can check internet through Chrome and it is working fine, but when loading apps it goes on downloading/installing status for several days and tehn fails. Also, I want to know the following […] Read the full article: Why does my Android One phone fail to install new Apps? Read Question - Answers: MakeUseOf » Answers

Which offline unit conversion app for the iPhone do you recommend?

October 31, 2014 at 06:00PM: Are there any great iPhone 5C unit converter apps you can recommend for mechanical engineering students? Free is cool and ad free will be awesome. I know its not easy to find but that’s why I need your help. I do not have a data plan so internet connectivity is not guaranteed. Wi-Fi helps for […] Read the full article: Which offline unit conversion app for the iPhone do you recommend? Read Question - Answers: MakeUseOf » Answers

Why does my Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini randomly open Google Chrome?

October 31, 2014 at 01:05AM: I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini. When I open apps or just do stuff on my phone it sudenly takes me to Google Chrome and opens a new or old tab. It’s really anoying having to press the home button and starting from the begining reopening the app. I have no apps that should […] Read the full article: Why does my Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini randomly open Google Chrome? Read Question - Answers: MakeUseOf » Answers

Why is my PC using up so much CPU power when I download files?

October 31, 2014 at 12:59AM: Whenever i’m downloading something either through internet or from another computer in my network the process “system” uses alot of CPU power, crippling my computer. I have used process explorer to narrow it down to ndis.sys being the culprit. But from what I can find on Google they all say that its related to the […] Read the full article: Why is my PC using up so much CPU power when I download files? Read Question - Answers: MakeUseOf » Answers

Why does Microsoft error display the error “Microsoft office cannot verify license for this product” on my PC?

October 31, 2014 at 12:53AM: Microsoft office was reinstalled onto my Windows 8.1 computer and will not let me get into my Word documents. I get the error message “Microsoft office cannot verify license for this product”. HELP! Read the full article: Why does Microsoft error display the error “Microsoft office cannot verify license for this product” on my PC? Read Question - Answers: MakeUseOf » Answers

Why does my laptop’s screen flicker a lot?

October 31, 2014 at 12:50AM: My laptop’s screen flickers on and off when I play games but not when I use an external screen. I have this problem for a long time. My laptop screen keeps flickering mostly on games but sometimes also with Maya and Chrome. When playing Youtube it will lag a bit and my screen then flickers […] Read the full article: Why does my laptop’s screen flicker a lot? Read Question - Answers: MakeUseOf » Answers

Why does iOS require I log in every time for Facebook?

October 31, 2014 at 12:43AM: My iPad used to save my password and user ID for Facebook. Unfortunately, after I downloaded the new system update, when I go to Facebook my username and password are gone. How can I get it to save them again so that every time I go to Facebook I don’t have to log in every […] Read the full article: Why does iOS require I log in every time for Facebook? Read Question - Answers: MakeUseOf » Answers

What’s a family friendly Linux distribution for older PCs?

October 31, 2014 at 12:40AM: I have an old Dell Inspiron N5010 laptop in which I would like to install a user-friendly Linux distribution in order for family members to surf the web and check their e-mail. About a year ago, I had set up a dual-boot between Ubuntu 12.04 and Windows 7 (Windows was the default OS and was […] Read the full article: What’s a family friendly Linux distribution for older PCs? Read Question - Answers: MakeUseOf » Answers

Why does my TV play videos from one hard drive but not another?

October 31, 2014 at 12:37AM: Hi, I have two hard drives. Both are Samsung – 320 GB and 1 TB. When I insert the USB cable of my 1 TB drive into the TV USB port, it appeared on the TV and plays. The 320 GB drive appears on the TV screen but can’t open the files. Both are NTFS. […] Read the full article: Why does my TV play videos from one hard drive but not another? Read Question - Answers: MakeUseOf » Answers

Why is my SD card not showing its full capacity?

October 31, 2014 at 12:30AM: Hi guys I have 16 GB SD memory card which shows 31 MB. I tried formatting by many steps but no result. I tried using cmd diskpart and hit enter list disk, select disk “H”, create partition primary. I tried with Disk Manager but no result. Please help me! How do I get my 16gb […] Read the full article: Why is my SD card not showing its full capacity? Read Question - Answers: MakeUseOf » Answers

How can I update the ROM on my rooted Galaxy Grand Neo GT-I9060?

October 31, 2014 at 12:24AM: I have a Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo GT-I9060 version. I want to upgrade my firmware but it fails. I can’t update with the system update in the phone and I already tried to update with Kies but that doesn’t work. I think I reset my phone to factory once and it is being rooted with […] Read the full article: How can I update the ROM on my rooted Galaxy Grand Neo GT-I9060? Read Question - Answers: MakeUseOf » Answers

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