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Large number of Lenovo P2 owners have trouble unlocking their bootloader

Lenovo P2, launched back in the good ol’ days (yeah, right) of 2016, was a good phone. It sported a large 5.5′ display, Android 7.0 Nougat (second most popular Android OS to date) and a very large 5100mAh battery. Even today, without the upgrade to 8.0 Oreo, it is a reliable phone with a significant number of owners. Unfortunately, these owners are now facing a serious problem with their devices.An increasingly large number of Lenovo P2 units has problems with unlocking their bootloader. Whenever somebody tries to enable OEM unlocking in order to run the ”fastboot oem ...

PUBG Mobile gets two new and easy game modes

Tencent Games has released PUBG Mobile update number 0.4.0. The update contains a new map, number of optimalizations and, last but not least, two new game modes. The first one is called Training Mode. It serves as, well, a training mode for new players. It allows the player to try out all the game’s weapons and vehicles without the risk of dying, as you cannot deal or receive damage in Training Mode. Arcade Mode is basically a smaller version of the game’s classic Battle Royale; it lowers the number of players from 100 to 28. Arcade Mode also allows to select a specific ...

Bluboo S3 – an affordable mid-ranger with huge battery

If you were looking for a decent smartphone with a really large battery then look no further, o pilgrim, for you have found it. Bluboo S3, despite its no-name category, offers a very reasonable compromise between a low price and high specs and, as a bonus, throws in a battery that, when compared to most devices available, is absurdly large.– price: $149.99,– 18:9 display, thin bezels,– MediaTek 6750 CPU, 8-core, 1.5 GHz,– 4GB RAM, 64GB storage, microSD slot up to 256GB,– 21mpx + 5mpx main camera, 13mpx selfie shooter, Portrait Mode,– Type-C port,– ...

Google Home & Home Mini launches in India

It is official, folks: Google is releasing its Home and Home Mini smart speakers in India. Better late than never, as it has been over an year since both devices have been released on other markets. Their Indian prices are Rs 9,999 (around $154) and Rs 4,499 (roughly $69) respectively – more than in the US, since India prices tend to be that way for some or other economical reasons. On the bright side, buying Home or Home Mini in India comes with a few perks: six-month subscription to Google Play Music, discounts on Gaana and Saavn music services and, last but not least, a 10% cash ...

Russians made a $20 thousand mail drone, then they hit a wall. Literally

Yay, another reason for me to have a low opinion on our eastern cousins. Russian company Rudron/Expeditor 3M has recently organized an event in which it tested its expensive, experimental mail drone in a town of Ulan-Ude, Siberia. Well, test did not went all that well. Moments after takeoff the pilot lost control of the drone, and the machine crashed into a nearby building. There goes your 20k! The video of the test flight can be watched here. It is speculated that the area’s high WiFi signals have messed up drone’s controls, but most people in the know-how consider that ...

Shooting in YouTube office

O tempora o mores, you cannot even have a large and influencial international company without someone trying to kill you anymore… just a few hours ago a shooting occured in YouTube’s US headquarters in San Bruno, a town near San Francisco. Right now not much is known about the case. There have been three wounded and one dead, the shooter herself, one Nasim Aghdam. For a while a bunch of Internet trolls blamed the shooting on a comic Sam Hyde, but these rumours have been quickly dismantled. As of now, Aghdam’s motivations are unknown.Hey, Americans. Maybe reconsider your ...

Pokemon Go will (probably) allow you to catch your own Mew

Mew is a Pokemon that has a rep being hard to get. Very few Pokemon games allow you to have that pocket monster at all, and those that do require you to work pretty hard to find and catch one – as it should be, what with Mew being a legendary creature and all that jazz. Pokemon GO has now joined the list of video games where obtaining Mew is possible, or so we believe. Niantic has released a somewhat vague press release in which the company promises – vaguely – that a newly available quest lines will reward players with their own Mew. These quests, called Research and ...

Price and specs of Lenovo S5

Times they are a-changing; just an year ago a no-bezel and thin-screen phone would be a flagship or at least a mid-ranger, but today these standards are starting to encroach into the budget phone territory. Lenovo S5 will be a decent and elegant solution for anyone with a smartphone need and a limited budget:– 5.7′ display, FHD+, 18:9,– Snapdragon 625 CPU,– 3 or 4 GB RAM, 32 or 64 or 128GB ROM,– 3000mAh battery,– 2x13mpx main camera, f/2.2 aperture, 16mpx selfie shooter,– Android 8.0 Oreo with ZUI interface.Phone’s price in China will be 999 ...

Arirang 171, or a new smartphone masterpiece from North Korea

North Korea is famous, and rightly so, for plethora of things – savage oppression of everyone but the very top brass, poor living conditions, single pizza joint in the whole country etc. It is also well known for, every once in a while, delivering a mobile device that makes everyone’s eyes roll. Well folks, today is this day once again, as North Korean developer Arirang IT Exchange Company has just released Arirang 171. Arirang IT Exchange Company is known for products such as Samurai Hunting, a rascist, anti-Japanese mobile game, which I am sure is an assured mark of quality ...

What to do when your phone is lost or stolen

Smartphone is possibly the most important tool that a modern person has on her or himself. It allows us to communicate with people over distance and has a plethora of utility that simply makes life easier (whether it makes life better is debatable, but certainly easier). It’s our picture book, encyclopedia, newspaper, bank and mirror all at once. When we go out we may forget our keys, our wallet or even socks, but very few people will leave their smartphone behind. Therefore, it is no wonder that losing this device, either to thief or ill luck, is one of the worse things that can ...