How to Make Any Phone Feel More Like Stock Android (Without Rooting)

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If the primary system experiences a failure or problems, then the secondary system can immediately take over so that operations are not interrupted. What We're Reading This section contains what we're reading from around the web, along with commentary from our editors. Think of it like your daily digest of the most interesting things online. Hubble is capturing stunning photos of Jupiter's giant auroras Had no idea Jupiter had auroras? Neither did we. The pictures are definitely something to see though, that's for sure. [The Verge] New study could explain why we remake certain movies over and over again Unfortunately, there is no method for eliminating bad reboots. [ArsTechnica] Google's New 5,500-Mile Undersea Cable from the U.S. to Japan Is Now Going Online The cable has a rather impressive capacity of 60 terabits per second and will significantly improve earthquake resistance of Google's Japanese operations. [Atlas Obscura] How to Write a History of Writing Software Isaac Asimov, John Updike, and John Hersey changed their writing habits to adapt to word processors, according to the first literary historian of the technology. [The Atlantic] How to Stop Your iPhone from Tracking Your Frequent Locations You probably know that your iPhone (and iPad) can track your location, which can be super helpful for things like marking where a photo was taken or letting friends and family know where you are. But you may not know that, by default, iOS keeps track of locations you visit frequently so that it can make better local suggestions and give you a more personalized Today view in your Notification Center. Read This Article → How to Free Up Space on Your Xbox One Microsoft’s Xbox One includes a 500GB hard drive, but games are getting larger and larger. Halo: The Master Chief Collection takes up more than 62GB alone, even if you have the game on a physical disc. Here’s how to free up space so you have room for more games. Read This Article → How to Make Any Phone Feel More Like Stock Android (Without Rooting) Now is arguably the best time in the history of the platform for Android users—the OS is getting better, updates are getting (slightly) quicker, and there are several excellent handsetS to choose from. If you're not into the whole "manufacturer skin" that most are offering these days, however, it can be slightly less exciting to buy a non-Nexus phone. But giving your phone a “stock Android” look and feel isn't as hard as you think. Read This Article → Do Web Servers Only Hold One Website Each? When you first start learning how domain names, IP addresses, web servers, and websites all fit and work together, it can be a little confusing or overwhelming at times. How is it all set up to work so smoothly? Today’s SuperUser Q&A post has the answers to a curious reader’s questions. Read This Article → How to Manually Select Which Ecobee3 Sensor to Use The Ecobee3 smart thermostat uses remote sensors to monitor the temperature in other areas of your house, rather than just where the thermostat is. Unfortunately, there’s no easy and simple way to select which sensor to use at any given time. Here’s a way around that, though, which lets you pick which sensor to use and when to use it. Read This Article → How to Change Emoji Skin Tones on iPhone and OS X Emoji are great and everybody is using them nowadays, having become an integral part of how people express themselves in text messages, but one might notice that some emoji don’t represent how everyone looks. Read This Article → How to Fix the Missing "Open with" Option on the Windows 10 Right-Click Context Menu Some Windows 10 users have reported a strange bug. It seems that the "Open With" option on the right-click context menu is missing. If you're experiencing this bug, we have a solution using the registry. Read This Article → How to Set Default Apps on Android When you have multiple applications that do the same thing—like browsers, for example—Android will ask you which one you want to use every time, at least until you set one as the default with the "always" action. In the earlier days of the app picker, you'd have to clear defaults for each one before applying another, but things have changed. Read This Article → How to Test Your Computer’s RAM for Problems Is your computer unstable? There may be a problem with its RAM. To check, you can either use a hidden system tool included with Windows or download and boot a more advanced tool. Read This Article → How to Choose When Your Mac Hibernates (or “Enters Standby”) Macs automatically go into a low power sleep mode when you leave them idle for several minutes, or when you close your laptop’s lid. Some Macs also support “standby mode”, which is basically the same as hibernate on a Windows PC. Here’s how to configure when your Mac hibernates. Read This Article → Advertisement Download Microsoft Office 2016 -- Free Reference Card Kit This Microsoft Office 2016 reference kits includes 5 individual reference cards providing shortcuts, tips, and tricks for the most popular office productivity suite in the world. Click here to download