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Just like 9mobile, Mtn is offering the chance to enjoy video streaming and download from YouTube. This new package from mtn is called YouTube packs. It is time-based, meaning that you get to use it based on how much time you choose to subscribe. There are only available plans that you can subscribe to: > 1 hour for #150 > 3 hours for #400 To access the mtn YouTube video packs, dial *131*8# and select between 1 or 2 for the preferred package you want. Or you can send VP1 to 131 for the 1 hour plan or VP3 for 3 hours the plan. Both plans are valid for 24hrs. If you like the post, share it with your pals.

You may have heard a lot about cache and the need to constantly clean it but you don't know how this is done. You are not alone. Many people who own Smartphones face similar problem. In this article, you will learn how to easily clear your phone cache yourself. But before we begin, let's briefly review what Cache is about. About Cache  Cache is a storage space in your device where files are stored temporarily so that your device can find it quickly and help apps to load faster. When you are browsing the web, the files are stored in a memory in order that photos and videos will be able to load faster. Just as with computers, android smartphones and tablets depends on the cache memory to run smoothly. Though useful, the cache data can also work against your device internal storage overtime. The memory can become so cluttered with old apps, photos, files and other garbage that your device might not respond as smoothly as it used to, or perhaps not respond at all. To s

Do you have a problem with storage space on your phone? You can easily move your Android Apps to an SD card to save more space for other interesting appllications. This may come as a surprise to you but many people do have problems trying to transfer files to an SD card. So I'm going to outline how it can easily be done. As you may know, many Android phones don’t come with a big internal memory like PCs. With so many files stored in the device, there is not enough space for other apps anymore.  Luckily, we can make use of a micro SD card to expand our storage space. Some of these cards can store huge files even up to 200GB. Most devices today come with a micro SD card slot where you can insert the card to serve as what we know as the external storage. When the phone's internal storage begins to get cluttered with too many old apps, photos, videos and other stuffs, you can always move your files to the SD card. Some benefits of doing this includes: > To make room

"You have exhausted your bundle. Please dial *131# to renew your data plan or *131*200# to browse ¡ N10.24/MB." This is the painful message I often get whenever my Facebook bundle expires. Most annoying is that I don't even know how my data always expire when it hasn't been long since I subscribed to the plan. Renewing the plan is another hassle especially if I don't have anymore credit and that includes the recent hike of mtn social media plans. We've all experienced situations like this not just with mtn, but with glo, airtel and 9mobile. We usually feel cheated and robbed, but there's nothing we can do about it. So we just have to vent our rage quietly. But do you know that the fault may not fully lie on the mobile network provider but on the way we may be using social media apps? Now that's something you'll probably vehemently disagree with, but it is true. Most of the popular social media apps we use a lot like Facebook, Twitter and

Are you worried that your phone storage space is almost out? Do you feel that your data constantly runs out when you are online? A number of factors may be a responsible for this, such as, your daily app usage, web browsing, gaming, and entertainment. All of these can take a toll on the hardware and the software aspect of the device. However, we'll be focusing on just one factor which involves the use of apps. Many Android apps tend to consume a lot of data traffic and waste storage space which can make a phone become sluggish in performance. Anti-virus manufacturers Avast have released a list of apps that are believed to be responsible for this. The list have been broken down into 2 parts. One part lists apps that runs on startup automatically. The other list shows the apps that users open by themselves. Below are the top 10 worst apps that consumes mobile data and storage space. Top 10 worst apps consuming maximum mobile data that run automatically on startup 1- Face

Wow, Huawei has beaten Apple to become the second largest smartphone makers in the world.  Market research firm, Counterpoint, released a report in which it stated that the Chinese firm overtook Apple to second place in the month of June and July, and probably August from the strong showing in terms of sales from Huawei devices during the month which could be a hat-trick for the company.  The top spot goes to Samsung which has been enjoying huge success with its new Galaxy S8 and Note 8 devices.  Huawei success however may not last as Apple about to launch its newest iPhone device, one that would change sales spikes.  Huawei may want to counter this with its new. Mate 10 and Mate 10 pro, which will be launched on October 16 in Germany, and which the company’s CEO Richard Yu describes as "more powerful than the iPhone."  Counterpoint also released a report that shows the top ten best selling smartphone models in the month of July 2017. While Apple’s iP

HMD Global have announced that all their Nokia-branded Android phones will receiving the Android 8.0 Oreo update. HMD Global's Chief Product Officer Juho Sarvikas who made the announcement is not however committing to any timeline when the update would arrive. Still Nokia's Android phones have always been quick with their security updates. So we can expect that Android O update should be available soon for 3, Nokia 5, Nokia 6, and the flagship Nokia 8. The Nokia 3 is now making the switch to Android 7.1.1 Nougat, so it may be a while before the phone makes the switch to Oreo. Oreo brings a lot of interesting new features, that includes picture-in-picture,  smart text selection, a system-wide autofill API, notification channels, new emoji, adaptive icons, background execution limits, and much more. Are you looking forward to the new Android update? Share your thoughts with us. 

There's no doubt that smartphones have taken over our lives and we cannot do away them as they make our lives easy and efficient. We are either using them to either talk with someone or to surf the web for information.  Sadly, the constant use of our phones can often have an adverse effect on the phone’s battery making us to constantly plug the phone to recharge the battery again and again in a day. The main culprits for battery drain are often the Android apps. Some of these apps keep working in the background all the time, even when they are not in use. While several apps do this, some are far worse than others. So what are the worst apps killing phone battery? Thanks to the research conducted by anti-virus maker Avast. We are now able to identify some of these leeching apps. Unfortunately, among the biggest battery suckers identified are some of the most popular apps we love to use and that are not easy to uninstall. The listed apps are divided into tw

Good news for all those who uses Google Assistant on a daily basis. Apps will lbe able to launch Google Assistant on Android 8.0 Oreo.  Before now Google Assistant cannot be runned on third-party apps. But Android Developers website, XDA Developers, found a way in which developers can open and run Google Assistant within their apps without the need for a user to leave the apps. Not only would this keep people within apps, but allows developers to harness Google Assistant’s capabilities.  You would be able to set other virtual assistants as the default. This means you could use Google’s Assistant to integrate the likes of Microsoft’s Cortana and Amazon’s Alexa into their apps. However there are certain requirements needed to be able to run Google Assistant within apps. The most important of these is that your device must be running on Android O. Furthermore, the app you want to use must support Oreo.  Still this is good news for those who have been hoping to have the