At the time of writing, various users have voiced their concern that their Plex server is stuck at scanning libraries. While sometimes users are able to press the Cancel button to stop the scan, in other instances, it’s much worse and they have to instead restart the server. Upon a restart, the issue does go away but only to come back later after a few hours or even minutes in some instances....
Be it for flashing custom ROMs, installing a custom recovery like TWRP, or gaining administrative privileges by rooting the device via Magisk, there’s a lot to try out. However, before you could carry out any of these tweaks, you will have to unlock the device’s bootloader. And doing so brings in quite a few caveats as well. One among them is the warning message that pops up every time your device boots up....
Managing to maintain a perfect equilibrium between the required feature sets, the customization and tweaks, and the overall device stability, there wasn’t much left to ask. But why are we phrasing all this in the past tense? Well, it’s due to the OEM’s decision to discontinue the use of its own OxygenOS and rather adopt one of the parent company’s other subsidiary’s UI. Much to the disappointment of literally everyone, OnePlus has now decided to jump over the ships to Oppo’s ColorOS....
However, keeping all that stuff aside, the service is once again in the news, and again not for the reason that it would have liked. As of now, various iPhone users have voiced their concern that they are getting false persistent notification alerts on the iOS Twitter app. In reality, there are no new notifications, but the app is constantly bugging them with a prompt that they have received a notification....
At the time of writing, you could no longer unlock the bootloader on your OnePlus 7 series device if it is running OxygenOS 12 Android 12 [it might hold true for other OnePlus devices as well, but I haven’t personally tested it]. So you will first have to downgrade to Android 11, unlock the bootloader, and then update your device to Android 12. In this regard, we have already covered this in the past as to how you could perform this downgrade....
However, there exists another niche segment of users who like to explore the full potential of their devices. This latter group, though small in numbers, are the tech enthusiasts. They unlock the device’s bootloader, try out tons of custom ROMs, install a custom recovery such as TWRP, and gain access to the system partition by rooting it via Magisk [using TWRP or without TWRP, by patching stock boot.img]. However, there is still one string common in both these groups....
Most noticeable, you wouldn’t get access to the 5G Ultra-Wideband. As a result of which, you will only be able to stream videos in SD quality. However, a few users were able to enjoy full HD even in this base plan. Verizon soon realized this mistake, made some backend changes, and then rectified it. After that, it sent a message to all those users who were on a base plan....
However, in spite of all the goodies attached, it isn’t free from its fair share of issues either. Various users have voiced their concerns that the PowerShell window is popping up randomly on their PC. This is resulting in a great deal of inconvenience to the end-users as the window tends to disrupt their normal workflow. If you are also in the same boat, then this guide will make you aware of a few nifty workarounds that will help you resolve this issue....
You may then reply accordingly by clicking on the YES or NO button. However, that is proving to be easier said than done for some users. They have voiced their concern that the Yes button is missing in the User Account Control pop-up on their Windows PC. If you are also getting bugged with this issue, then this guide shall help you out. In this tutorial, we will show you two different methods to rectify this issue once and for all....
Numerous iPhone users have voiced their concern that they are getting a ‘Something went wrong, Tap to retry’ error when trying to watch any video via the YouTube app. Some are even getting this error while watching Youtube in a browser window. To make the matter worse, Google has released quite a few updates, including the v17.44.4, followed by the Dec 5 update, then the v17.48.2, Dec 12, and finally the Dec 19 update, but none of them managed to fix this issue....
Of the many important features that it includes, three will be discussed here- the “ADB Sideload”, “ADB Push” and the “Mount” option. Whereas ADB Push and the Mount Option perform similar functions, ADB Sideload does a more useful functionality. Let’s have a look at each one of them in detail. But first, make sure to carry out all the steps mentioned in the “Prerequisites” as well as the “TWRP Prerequisites” sections below....
To keep all these changes up and running in the most efficient manner, Windows rolls out software updates at regular intervals. All these updates might not bring in new goodies, some of them will be aimed at improving the security to enhance the overall performance of the OS. But one thing stands firm- you should definitely install these updates onto your system as and when they get available. However, it is proving to be easier said than done for some users on the latest OS....
Out of the three aforementioned features, it is the last one that proved to be the cause of maximum inconvenience for me. This is because I keep my phone vertically in a stand and on OnePlus, I could easily capture the screenshot via finger gesture without the need to pick up the device. However, that is no longer possible now and even the double tap at the back feature to take a screenshot doesn’t work along the expected lines when the phone is in that position....
Astronomy Wallpaper & AOD lag on iOS 16.1 The likes of blur not working with Collection wallpapers, custom wallpaper reverting to default, and wallpapers not auto-switching between dark and light have already been documented in the past. And now, there has been another entry to this list. A few users have voiced their concern that they are facing a lag of 3-4 seconds while waking up their device when the Astronomy wallpaper is set and AOD is enabled....
However, in spite of all the goodies attaches, it isn’t free from its fair share of issues either. At the time of writing, various users have voiced their concerns that they are unable to enable the High Dynamic Range in the game after it got blessed with update version 4.0. The option to enable the HDR in Battlefield 2042 on their PS5 console is greyed out. Likewise, some PS4 users have also reported the same complaint....
In this guide, we will show you the steps to bypass the 168 hours waiting time for the Xiaomi Bootloader Unlocking process. Every OEM ships its device with a locked bootloader. The idea on their part is quite simple- they only want the users to try out the stock firmware that they have provided. But, even then, they leave a small window of opportunity open for the tech enthusiasts who could bypass this limitation and try out their preferred tweaks....
While the Zoom in shortcut issue is yet to be addressed, a new one has already made its way. As of now, various users have voiced their concern that they are unable to load any file type across any websites via Chrome on their Mac, in particular Mac M1. Literally, nothing happens when users click on the camera/paperclip/add file button. There’s no error message or browser crashing either, it’s just that the upload button has become unresponsive on Chrome....
As of now, numerous users have voiced their concern that they are facing random recoil issues in COD: Warzone 2 & Modern Warfare 2 thereby making the game literally unplayable. What infuriates the user is the fact that even if their weapon has the same attachments, the same tuning, and is completely built for maximum recoil, it will still have random recoil patterns. if you are also getting bugged with this issue, then this guide will make you aware of a nifty workaround to rectify this bug....
We have already documented the likes of excessive battery drainage and Android System Intelligence incompatibility issues, but these are just the tip of the iceberg. There are a truckload of other noticeable issues that you might come across during your daily usage of the latest One UI version. While this is something that we all knew before getting into the beta tester domain, however, it might still prove to be a challenging task in effectively using your device with such a buggy usage experience....
The reason why we are focusing so much on these three devices is because of the recent brick issues associated with them. Quite a lot of users, when they are trying to unbrick their devices, are being greeted with any of the following error messages: We have already covered how to fix all these issues in our guide: Fix Mi Account Authorization | Unbrick Xiaomi | EDL Mode. But to make full use of that guide, you will have to get the patched Firehose File (prog_emmc_firehose....
