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How to use only 5G connection on a Android/HyperOS/MiUI

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 There are two ways to get to the phone settings Dial  *#*#4636#*#*    on your phone keypad                                    Or Go to Settings > About phone > All specs > Tap Internal storage multiple times  On the next screen  select your Phone information (1 or 2 depend on your sim).  Change NR/LTE/GSM/WCDMA to NR only

HyperOS/MiUi remove dual apps chrome

Using adb connect to the device. To connect to the device use adb shell  and once in the shell use   pm uninstall -k --user 999 "com.android.chrome "

Using Gmail with CloudFlare Email Routing

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With the news of GSuite legacy being discontinued I needed a way to manage the personal family email accounts. Everyone was in any case using it as a forwarding email address so had to figure out a way to continue using it that way without moving to a paid version as none of these accounts are business critical accounts. The first thing was to move the domain control to CloudFlare. Then in the cloudflare dashboard selected the email setting and requested for access. It took me 2-3 days to get access so not exactly sure how long it will take you or if its out of beta by now. Once you have access to email routing you can forward mails which is the easy part . In this case I'm forwarding the emails to my gmail account. Now the problem is how do you reply or compose mails with your custom email address.  Step 1: Add the following line to the DNS TXT record " include: _spf.google.com" . This will allow google to send emails on your behalf.  Earlier it was:  v=spf1 include:_sp

Recharge ₹29 pack on Airtel from available balance

Make sure you have more than ₹29 in main talk time balance account. Just dial the USSD Code * 567 *29# from your existing Airtel prepaid number. Now your account is activated with 30 days validity Airtel ₹29 internet pack.

Turn off data service on Airtel/Vodafone/Idea/BSNL/Reliance

Internet Access without a Data Pack is treated as a service. If you turn off this service the service providers cannot charge you any money from your main balance. It can only use the data if you have a data pack. SMS "STOP" to 1925 to disable that service and SMS "START" to 1925 to enable. When the service is disabled you will not be able to access Internet services till the time you have a valid Data Pack.

Google cast (Chromecast) extension is hidden

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If you've started seeing this new chromecast popup you are no longer using the extension but using the built in chromecast extension. You won't be able to see it using chrome://extensions/ If you want to use the extension and not the built in extension turn it off. Open chrome://flags/#media-router and disable it and you will be able to use the extension you can download from the chrome webstore.

Birthday and the year gone by

Its been almost 2 years since I last posted anything here. But now if I ever go through my old posts I can re-live those moments. The past year has been good and stable. I've been off Facebook and most other social networks. Its not that I've deleted my accounts there but I log in there once in a while. I've removed all the apps from my phone so that I don't get any notifications. That has made a lot of change in the way I think. I am not constantly trying to go back there and like a post or read something interesting that is in my notifications. I just don't get any notifications that can get my attention. I wanted to make a Facebook De-Addiction extension but that's on the TODO list for now and ever. My time on twitter is not more than a minute every few days. The growth on pics.fefoo has been quite a bit over the last few months and all thanks to the responsive style-sheet that I was able to add one of the weekends. Now half of the traffic is from Mobile