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Jason Kendell

Hey! I'm Jason, a software engineer and tech trainer with a degree from a top tech university. I have tons of experience of mobile devices and all kinds of peripheral devices including smart watches, tablets, bluetooth accessories, smart TVs, car infotainment systems etc. I just love all things tech and I love to share my expertise and experience.

Firewalls act as a barrier to protect devices and networks from unauthorized attacks. Do you need a firewall on your Android phones? If you are downloading apps from the Google Play Store, you do not need to install a firewall on your Android Phone. However, if you install apps from other sources, you may need …

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Are you being asked to grant Screen Lock service to an app you just installed, and wondering if it is really required to grant a third-party application such permission? What is a lock screen service? As part of Android’s security protocol, a third-party screen lock application requires administrator permissions to enable a lock screen on …

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Wallpapers can be fun to play with, especially live ones! Android phones come with dozens of wallpapers. Where are wallpapers stored on Android? On your rooted device, go to data/system/users/0 for the stock wallpapers. If the wallpaper is not there, go to system/framework. There should be an APK package inside which will be the wallpapers. …

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Every time you receive an update, your Android shows a prompt to save your data. But does the software update delete any of your data? When Android gets an update, no user data is lost or deleted. Updates bring new features and bug fixes to the OS software, but strive to leave the user’s data …

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Do you want to free up space on your Android by clearing camera storage, but you’re worried that you will lose all your pictures?  Clearing your camera storage will not delete images saved in your gallery. The only thing the “clear data” function deletes is the application data, including temporary files and cache memory. However, …

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Factory reset wipes all the data on an Android phone and brings it back to its original state as if you just unboxed it. But does it remove the logged-in Google account from your phone? On devices with Android Lollipop (5.1) and higher, a factory reset won’t remove your logged-in Google account. As Factory Reset …

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iPhones come with a fair amount of storage capacity, yet you’re likely to run out of storage at some point. Unlike Android devices, you can’t add an SD card to an iPhone to increase its storage capacity.  If you run out of storage on your iPhone, iCloud can be used to tackle this problem but …

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