Before you blame your carrier or start shopping for a new phone, you should know that you can usually get a stronger signal with a few ridiculously simple tricks. We're talking about things that take ...

Repairing electronic devices can be frustrating. Here's how to quickly get help with replacing the battery, unlocking a frozen screen, or repairing a cracked screen on your phone. Many repair shops ...

Tricks like moving closer to a cell tower, charging your smartphone battery, or connecting to Wifi Calling can fix a bad phone signal in just a couple minutes.

If your iPhone shows a black, unresponsive screen, start by checking for physical damage or charging the device for at least 15 minutes. If that doesn’t help, force restart your iPhone or update its ...

With more than a decade of experience, Nelson covers Apple and Google and writes about iPhone and Android features, privacy and security settings, and more. What's worse is that when you get back to ...

Name it, and you can probably use your smartphone to do it. Booking appointments, snapping photos, playing games, keeping up with work, watching TV — your smartphone can easily become the center of ...

When your Android phone's screen flickers and you see its life and all of the money you spent on it flash before your eyes, take heart that it may not be a goner. Smartphones are pretty durable, and ...

Abby Ferguson has been covering tech for five years in both a writing and editing capacity. Her work began with covering all things photography but quickly expanded to fitness and health tech, ...

Wallpaper can get blurry for three main reasons. Firstly, you can activate the “Blur wallpaper” effect from the customization settings. This mostly happens on iPhones. Secondly, if you set ...

In iOS 17.5, Apple added a "Repair State" feature that's designed to allow an iPhone to be sent in for service without having to deactivate Find My and Activation Lock. Keep reading to learn how it ...

You’ve probably heard this advice before, but it’s effective: If the phone simply stops working right, turn it off, wait a few minutes, and turn it on again. That clears memory, which can correct a ...