How to make an Android app, even if you aren't a developer

<span style="background-color: white; color: #272526; font-family: "hind" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Developing an Android app on your own is easier than it has ever been, and if you have a great idea for an app you should get started. This can be a very lucrative venture and many non-programmer app developers have made it big. The best thing about it: it's free. All you need is a unique idea with some know-how and you will be on your way. Here's all the info on how to get started on building a great Android app. </span><br /><span style="background-color: white; color: #272526; font-family: "hind" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span><br /><h2 style="border: 0px; color: #272526; font-family: Hind, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 3.6rem; line-height: 4.2rem; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The app development game has changed</h2><div style="border: 0px; color: #272526; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Creating an app used to be very difficult and was left to professionals who understood coding. With changes in app creation technology, successful laymen developers are popping up at the top of Google Play.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #272526; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">AndroidPIT</em> recently interviewed the creator of the smash hit game app Color Switch, who claimed he didn't know how to code. Despite this, his app has more than 10 million downloads on Google Play and is heating up the charts.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #272526; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If it's possible for a non-coder to make an app so massively popular, then creating one that's decently popular should be easy. You just have to have the right combination of a great idea and good execution of app development.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #272526; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="Soft warx" height="360" src="https://fscl01.fonpit.de/userfiles/6473479/image/color_switch/AndroidPIT-Switch-color-3-w782.jpg" title="Soft warx" width="640" /></div><h2 style="border: 0px; color: #272526; font-family: Hind, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 3.6rem; line-height: 4.2rem; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The first step is great planning</h2><div style="border: 0px; color: #272526; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Before you start, really do your research. Plan out what kind of app yours will be. If you develop something that you later can not use, you will have wasted your time. Make sure you look around at what's out there. You don't want to reinvent the wheel.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #272526; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">It might be a good idea to do some preliminary sketches to give yourself an idea of what your app will look like. You could even run it by a trusted friend or family member to see if they like it.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #272526; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If you're getting into a niche market, make sure it's not too overcrowded. If you're planning on competing with some of the well-known apps, you need to have an app that performs better or does something the others don't.</div><h2 style="border: 0px; color: #272526; font-family: Hind, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 3.6rem; line-height: 4.2rem; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Get started on building the app</h2><h3 style="border: 0px; color: #272526; font-family: Hind, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 2.8rem; line-height: 3.4rem; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Download and install the necessary software</h3><div style="border: 0px; color: #272526; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If you want to build an app and you don't have coding experience, you need to download <a href="http://developer.android.com/sdk/installing/index.html?pkg=studio" style="border: 0px; color: #1770aa; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Android Studio</a>. Before you install it, make sure you have <a href="http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/jdk7-downloads-1880260.html" style="border: 0px; color: #1770aa; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Java SE Development Kit 7</a>. Both are free. </div><div style="border: 0px; color: #272526; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">You then need to install Android Studio from your <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">downloads</em> folder. When it's done you should have a launch screen that looks like the one below.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #272526; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="android studio" height="485" src="https://fscl01.fonpit.de/userfiles/7235249/image/android-app-creation/android-studio-w782.png" title="Soft warx" width="640" /></div><h2 style="border: 0px; color: #272526; font-family: Hind, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 3.6rem; line-height: 4.2rem; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Do a test run</h2><div style="border: 0px; color: #272526; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Just to get you started, we are going to design a very simple app. Once you're done with this, you will see how user-friendly Android Studio is and hopefully go on to create a winning app.</div><h3 style="border: 0px; color: #272526; font-family: Hind, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 2.8rem; line-height: 3.4rem; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Define the parameters of your app</h3><div style="border: 0px; color: #272526; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Once you hit <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Start a new Android Studio project </em>you will get a bunch of different options, but with good planning these will really fill-in themselves. You put the name of your app in, then start building it. If you haven't thought of a name you may want to go back a step and be sure you planned well enough. </div><div style="border: 0px; color: #272526; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If you geared your app towards smartphone users, you only need to click the smartphone/tablet user box. There are others, but for your first project you might want to consider trying this option. We will use this for the example. </div><div style="border: 0px; color: #272526; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Afterwards, you need to choose what mode you want the app to perform in. In this case, choose fullscreen.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #272526; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="androidpit developer app 2" height="360" src="https://fscl01.fonpit.de/userfiles/7235249/image/android-app-creation/androidpit-developer-app-2-w782.jpg" width="640" /></div><h3 style="border: 0px; color: #272526; font-family: Hind, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 2.8rem; line-height: 3.4rem; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Time to start designing</h3><div style="border: 0px; color: #272526; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Delete 'Dummy Content' and 'Dummy Button' by right-clicking on them and hitting <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">delete</em>. Put a nice message about your app in the middle of the smartphone by clicking on <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Large Text</em> under the Widget section in <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Palette</em>. A text should pop up in the middle of the screen. You can change this text by clicking in it. </div><div style="border: 0px; color: #272526; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Now we'll add a button. Click on <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Button</em> underneath <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Widgets, </em>drag it into the smartphone underneath the text and name it. </div><div style="border: 0px; color: #272526; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Let's add a couple more functions. In <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Widgets</em>, drag the <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Radio</em> button into the upper right hand corner of the smartphone. Keep scrolling down <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Palette</em> until you hit <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Date & Time</em> and drag a <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Chronometer</em> into the upper left hand corner of the smartphone. Your design should look like the smartphone below.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #272526; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><div style="border: 0px; color: #272526; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img alt="powerhouserpop" height="453" src="https://fscl01.fonpit.de/userfiles/7235249/image/android-app-creation/powerhouserpop-w782.png" width="640" /></div><h3 style="border: 0px; color: #272526; font-family: Hind, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 2.8rem; line-height: 3.4rem; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Add more and let it rip</h3><div style="border: 0px; color: #272526; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Go ahead and play around with some of the functions on Android Studio. Add things you think are interesting and modify them to your liking.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #272526; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Once you are done, you can click on the <i>Run</i> button. It's the green triangular shaped button at the top-middle of your screen. </div><div style="border: 0px; color: #272526; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Now you need to go back and change it to match your app. You should also add in the functions.</div><div style="border: 0px; color: #272526; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">For in-depth designing of your app, check out the <a digidipctx="1469143943143" href="http://androidpit-com.digidip.net/visit?url=http%3A%2F%2Fdeveloper.android.com%2Ftools%2Fstudio%2Findex.html&ppref=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.androidpit.com%2F" style="border: 0px; color: #1770aa; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: background 0.15s, color 0.15s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Android Studio Guide</a>. </div><div style="border: 0px; color: #272526; font-family: "Open Sans", Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Have you made an Android app before? Let us know in the comments below.</div>

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How to recover deleted text messages on your Android phone

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "roboto condensed" , "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">If you've accidentally deleted all your SMS messages – or even just a single, important message – you need to act fast. Lost messages are recoverable, but only until the portion of memory on which they were saved is over-written by an app update, file download or similar. So grab your phone and your computer and learn how to recover deleted text messages on Android.</span><br /><h2 style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: "Roboto Condensed", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 2.4rem; font-weight: 300; line-height: 3rem; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> MobiKin Doctor for Android</h2><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If you've lost or deleted your text messages then the fastest way to get them back is to get a quality program that quickly recovers them. MobiKin Doctor for Android is a top-notch system that quickly and effectively recovers all of your text messages.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><ul style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border: 0px; list-style: square; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.6rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.mobikin.com/android-recovery/recover-deleted-text-messages-from-android.html" rel="nodigidip nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #43a8da; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">How to recover deleted text messages on Android</a></li></ul><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The most important feature to a text message recovery program is compatibility and <a href="http://www.mobikin.com/doctor-for-android/" rel="nodigidip nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #43a8da; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">MobiKin Doctor for Android</a>supports over 2,000 Android device models. This innovative program can be used with HTC, Samsung, Motorola, LG, Sony, Asus and many more brands.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQNHoTT6FGsy1mITbF60tYPhpDr6X28xPoNtlUh_O1GmZ806bRyl59fG0pq3Bbawc_jjptlyoL58LrJStcsjoJ6DhsdpkJZ5B9YMzT4O1GSvnl6whEyJcYqZzOnj-xYonQ6rEp6YKasmSx/s1600/1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQNHoTT6FGsy1mITbF60tYPhpDr6X28xPoNtlUh_O1GmZ806bRyl59fG0pq3Bbawc_jjptlyoL58LrJStcsjoJ6DhsdpkJZ5B9YMzT4O1GSvnl6whEyJcYqZzOnj-xYonQ6rEp6YKasmSx/s640/1.png" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">MobiKin Doctor for Android is flawless at recovering text messages but it also recovers tons of other types of valuable data. You can get lost or deleted contacts, photos, movies, music, documents and many more. You can recover them in their original format and modify them as you please.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Get the reliable and effective MobiKin Doctor for Android now and get back all of your lost or deleted text messages. You can even back everything up so you always have a copy on your PC or Mac.</div><ul style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border: 0px; list-style: square; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.6rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.mobikin.com/downloads/mobikin-doctor-for-android.exe" rel="nodigidip nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #43a8da; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Download MobiKin Doctor for Android (Windows version)</a></li><li style="border: 0px; list-style: square; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.6rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.mobikin.com/downloads/mobikin-doctor-for-android.dmg" rel="nodigidip nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #43a8da; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Download MobiKin Doctor for Android (Mac version)</a></li></ul><h2 style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: "Roboto Condensed", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 2.4rem; font-weight: 300; line-height: 3rem; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> FonePaw Android Recovery</h2><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.fonepaw.com/android-data-recovery/" rel="nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #43a8da; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">FonePaw Android Data Recovery</a> can detect and recover deleted or lost files from Android devices through a clean and intuitive UI. Coupled with its powerful data recovery capacity, supporting multiple Android OS versions and devices, it's a top-tier tool for recovering your lost data.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOnDb-FSj8cYiAsLUgeKO2Ec8gsM96B2i3TyXVs4nyK1aTXtsqXRpi5Qj8l1cS8g0c-V568GIZI612h7nW9Zm0IFjxYGALTG7dZlVfraQoZAvdi9q3ygk9ZGh_0KrlY8YjHhyphenhyphenjjJj_PAyj/s1600/2.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOnDb-FSj8cYiAsLUgeKO2Ec8gsM96B2i3TyXVs4nyK1aTXtsqXRpi5Qj8l1cS8g0c-V568GIZI612h7nW9Zm0IFjxYGALTG7dZlVfraQoZAvdi9q3ygk9ZGh_0KrlY8YjHhyphenhyphenjjJj_PAyj/s640/2.png" width="640" /></a></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><h2 style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: "Roboto Condensed", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 2.4rem; font-weight: 300; line-height: 3rem; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">How to never lose a text message again</h2><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Maybe you've learned your lesson, maybe you haven't. If you want to avoid the panic of losing your messages and using a PC to recover them, the best thing to do is to back up your SMS messages regularly. The good news is, doing so only takes five minutes.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">I use a free app called SMS Backup & Restore. It's straightforward, looks nice and works perfectly: all you need for this type of operation. Check out the screenshots below for the walkthrough.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">                                                                   <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.riteshsahu.SMSBackupRestore" target="_blank">SMS Backup & Restore</a></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">1.</strong> Once you've downloaded and installed SMS Backup & Restore, open the app and tap <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Backup</em>.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">2.</strong> Next, choose what exactly you want to create a backup of, then – crucially – tap <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Local backup and upload</em> if you want to send your backup to Google Drive, Dropbox or an email address.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">3.</strong> Make your selection from the list that appears and then tap <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">OK</em>.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggdUw69uGg2vwGgg-EJ3eFXTg2p2XsjUqg5iat8uhzXgR7cZgOvW02_pcOr-Iw7wLCAiKu0UppmeZj5CTYzmV2hYdSaWzIjepPKqxW5tIx9nP_3Hijp_OLEJrnp0PaziVsGy-X2b9ui9tK/s1600/3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="566" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggdUw69uGg2vwGgg-EJ3eFXTg2p2XsjUqg5iat8uhzXgR7cZgOvW02_pcOr-Iw7wLCAiKu0UppmeZj5CTYzmV2hYdSaWzIjepPKqxW5tIx9nP_3Hijp_OLEJrnp0PaziVsGy-X2b9ui9tK/s640/3.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0_110TpCTu3OxfuNbyrGFvtaFZ9FI-GQk2WOog6WuDsLPPJK9UbaoGTng2WbPo1m3bjvH_hnWmhnCFjpLxXLk1ZoStKJlKXdfTByt9LHhcv8m8zsj5bSkJdG5eJZoz0wvjZFKGF0WqBXl/s1600/4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="566" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0_110TpCTu3OxfuNbyrGFvtaFZ9FI-GQk2WOog6WuDsLPPJK9UbaoGTng2WbPo1m3bjvH_hnWmhnCFjpLxXLk1ZoStKJlKXdfTByt9LHhcv8m8zsj5bSkJdG5eJZoz0wvjZFKGF0WqBXl/s640/4.jpg" width="640" /></a><strong style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">4.</strong><span style="font-family: "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;"> </span><span style="font-family: "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">To restore your backed-up SMS messages, tap</span><span style="font-family: "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;"> </span><em style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Restore</em><span style="font-family: "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;"> </span><span style="font-family: "roboto" , "helvetica" , "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">on the app's home screen, then, on the Restore Backup page, you can just tap the backup name in the list to restore it (if it's stored locally).</span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">5.</strong> If your backup is stored in the cloud, tap the overflow menu (three dots) at the top right, then <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Load from</em> and select whichever cloud service it's stored on. </div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">6.</strong><span style="background-color: white;"> There are plenty of extra options in SMS Backup & Restore, including scheduled backups and password protection. You can find these by tapping the overflow menu icon at the top right of the app's home screen, then hit </span><em style="background-color: white; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Preferences</em><span style="background-color: white;">.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaNREWsxlCQzPRFbpvNasw3IxR2KxQAPiO1djb5YSxn9DCq0D9soKrjBnuwTN5gfz03bLHV7HP-hix0ZZwyzy6BVX2vxKabTQ1cMEG0fimBailCxRwIha9E7AZyB_iJ7jlmzwmhxpIkQVH/s1600/6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="570" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaNREWsxlCQzPRFbpvNasw3IxR2KxQAPiO1djb5YSxn9DCq0D9soKrjBnuwTN5gfz03bLHV7HP-hix0ZZwyzy6BVX2vxKabTQ1cMEG0fimBailCxRwIha9E7AZyB_iJ7jlmzwmhxpIkQVH/s640/6.jpg" width="640" /></a><span style="line-height: 1.5;">Have you ever lost your text messages by accident? Did you manage to recover them? Share your tips and experiences in the comments.</span></div>

How to recover deleted text messages on your Android phone

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How to recover lost data on Android (rooted or not)

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Roboto Condensed", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">We've all done it: accidentally deleted photos, videos or files by accident. But don't panic. There are ways to recover your data. Time is always of the essence though: do not save anything else to your device or switch it off. And turn off your internet connection so that no automatic updates occur before you've had a chance to recover your lost data on Android.</span><br /><h2 style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: "Roboto Condensed", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 2.4rem; font-weight: 300; line-height: 3rem; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sponsored: MobiKin Doctor for Android</h2><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If you want the fastest and most effective way to recover lost data on Android then the MobiKin Doctor for Android is the ticket. With just a few clicks you will have your phone numbers, email addresses, messages, holiday photos, music and much more are back in your hands.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Your data is the most valuable thing on your Android device. Few things are more precious so you should be positive that you've picked a system that will safely and securely recover your data. <a href="http://www.mobikin.com/doctor-for-android/" rel="nodigidip nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #43a8da; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: background 0.15s, color 0.15s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">MobiKin Doctor for Android</a> puts everything on your computer in its original format for controlling in one view. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnx0C3x5tE3jd2zu7ElnzRJZ-NIeGCcpXUldDD7u_Lqvc0Pq2f8BpHRxKfq7JVjFlVESFjrvXc1n9CGKUfYoffjv7W_7O7YzvCF70pJItj3oQTpDL7U8dcC8632rjitWwNZkls8RCoDi_I/s1600/ff.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnx0C3x5tE3jd2zu7ElnzRJZ-NIeGCcpXUldDD7u_Lqvc0Pq2f8BpHRxKfq7JVjFlVESFjrvXc1n9CGKUfYoffjv7W_7O7YzvCF70pJItj3oQTpDL7U8dcC8632rjitWwNZkls8RCoDi_I/s640/ff.png" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">This innovative program can be used with over 2,000 Android devices from Samsung, HTC, Motorola, LG, Sony, Asus, and so many more. You can preview the contents before you recover them so you know exactly what you're recovering. This saves you tons of time and ensures you don't lose anything.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In addition to providing you with top-notch data recovery, MobiKin Doctor for Android is a superb professional backup tool. You can scan your device and see both existing and deleted data in a single view. Then you can transfer them as necessary and you'll ensure everything is backed up.</div><ul style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; list-style-type: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; position: relative; vertical-align: baseline;"><li style="border: 0px; list-style: square; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.6rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.mobikin.com/downloads/mobikin-doctor-for-android.exe" rel="nodigidip nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #43a8da; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Download MobiKin Doctor for Android (Windows version)</a></li><li style="border: 0px; list-style: square; margin: 0px 0px 0px 1.6rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="http://www.mobikin.com/downloads/mobikin-doctor-for-android.dmg" rel="nodigidip nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #43a8da; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Download MobiKin Doctor for Android (Mac version)</a></li></ul><h2 style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: "Roboto Condensed", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 2.4rem; font-weight: 300; line-height: 3rem; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Sponsored: FonePaw Android Data Recovery</h2><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">FonePaw Android Data Recovery is able to recover lost data easily within a simple interface that you can navigate quickly. It is an effective and effortless way to recover your lost data including contacts, text messages, call logs, photos and videos on your Android device.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ-CS5zDLjsPS8oPg_nHPGB5-zOLpAoTzYur5ZKiwiunZOm-_iP-hWCIMOvj5AwckMzrEYYrwqqAz_SzKu6cCNrFDkG-Fu7mYQeyC5EQHAd58AZvEHs81-NPdQxJ3DwWYGZnEUWgXU8OoH/s1600/ffff.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="310" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZ-CS5zDLjsPS8oPg_nHPGB5-zOLpAoTzYur5ZKiwiunZOm-_iP-hWCIMOvj5AwckMzrEYYrwqqAz_SzKu6cCNrFDkG-Fu7mYQeyC5EQHAd58AZvEHs81-NPdQxJ3DwWYGZnEUWgXU8OoH/s640/ffff.png" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">his high-quality data recovery program works across multiple platforms and devices. You can search through Android phones and tablets from brands like Samsung, Google Nexus, Huawei, LG, HTC, Sony and many more. Now you are able to recover all of your valuable files by downloading the FonePaw Android Data Recovery system. If you want to know more about this program, you can also go to </span><a href="http://www.fonepaw.com/" rel="nodigidip nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #43a8da; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">FonePaw</a><span style="font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;"> for more info.</span></div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Now, download <a href="http://www.fonepaw.com/android-data-recovery/" rel="nodigidip nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #43a8da; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">FonePaw Android Data Recovery</a> and give it a try.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="background-color: white;">Were you able to recover everything? Let us know in the comments.</span></div>

How to recover lost data on Android (rooted or not)

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How to pick the best microSD card for your Android phone

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Roboto Condensed", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">As we find out each time a major manufacturer decides to release a flagship phone without a microSD slot (we're looking at you, Galaxy S6), Android enthusiasts remain passionate about our options to expand internal storage. But how well your microSD card performs depends on its class and speed, as well as the capabilities of your phone. Here, we tell you everything you need to know to help you pick the best microSD card for your Android device.</span><br /><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "Roboto Condensed", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"><br /></span><h2 style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: "Roboto Condensed", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 2.4rem; font-weight: 300; line-height: 3rem; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">First, make sure your device supports microSD cards</h2><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Unfortunately, as we mentioned above, many smartphones don't have microSD slots and instead claim the on board internal storage is sufficient. And though from our perspective this seems ridiculous we need to ensure our device has a microSD card slot. </div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">You can inspect your device and see whether there is a microSD slot. If you need to, consult your phone's manual to open the device (or to find whether there is a microSD slot). If there is no microSD slot then, well, you can't use a microSD card. </div><h2 style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: "Roboto Condensed", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 2.4rem; font-weight: 300; line-height: 3rem; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What's the difference between SDHC and micro SDXC?</h2><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When buying a microSD card, you'll notice that it's either a micro SDXC or SDHC card. The difference between these two microSD formats is simply the amount of data they can store. SDHC (Secure Digital High Capacity) stores up to 32GB of data, while SDXC (Secure Digital Extended Capacity) handles 64GB and above. </div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Many lower-end devices don't support SDXC microSD cards, so it's crucial that you check your phone's compatibility before buying one. Most SDXC cards go up to 128GB, but in March 2015, Sandisk revealed the world's first 200GB microSD SDXC card.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXyOCO0VDHV6FIhnMSQEtDqkJhhsAf0yny9IH4uwJmaVC2wKq4tuDxoj-bfgtQ6xbucHAmbd4d5c-0PWMW9ylTnklvcjb_dZqdKevtMmtN69WZs0gjOcZjbSr_r77UL-IMHfwOp0Ho4cbF/s1600/1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXyOCO0VDHV6FIhnMSQEtDqkJhhsAf0yny9IH4uwJmaVC2wKq4tuDxoj-bfgtQ6xbucHAmbd4d5c-0PWMW9ylTnklvcjb_dZqdKevtMmtN69WZs0gjOcZjbSr_r77UL-IMHfwOp0Ho4cbF/s640/1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><h2 style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: "Roboto Condensed", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 2.4rem; font-weight: 300; line-height: 3rem; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What does 'class' mean on a microSD card?</h2><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">This one's important. MicroSD cards come in several different classes - Class 2, 4, 6 and 10. While these numbers may mean nothing to you (and leave you wondering what happened to the other numbers up to 10), they in fact simply reflect the minimum rates at which these cards sustain data transfers. So a Class 2 card reads and writes data at 2MB/s, while a Class 10 card does so at 10MB/s. Suddenly it's not that complicated, right?</div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="entry-table-default" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px auto 2rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 586px;"><caption style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">SDHC and SDXC speed classes</strong></caption><thead style="border: 0px; font-family: "Roboto Condensed", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><th scope="col" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.8rem; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 1rem; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">CLASS</strong></th><th scope="col" style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.8rem; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 1rem; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase; vertical-align: baseline;">MINIMUM SPEED</th></tr><tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.8rem; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 1rem; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">2</td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.8rem; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 1rem; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">2 MB/s</td></tr></thead><tbody style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-color: #f0f0f0; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.8rem; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 1rem; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">4</td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.8rem; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 1rem; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">4 MB/s</td></tr><tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-color: #f0f0f0; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.8rem; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 1rem; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">6</td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.8rem; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 1rem; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">6 MB/s</td></tr><tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-color: #f0f0f0; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.8rem; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 1rem; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">8</td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.8rem; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 1rem; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">8 MB/s</td></tr><tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-color: #f0f0f0; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.8rem; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 1rem; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">10</td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.8rem; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 1rem; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"> 10 MB/s</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The 'Class' number directly reflects the minimum write speed of the card. However, top-quality cards can run much faster than this, with some of the best ones out there clocking read speeds up to 95 MB/s. One such card is the SanDisk Extreme Pro, which can be picked up for $33 at <a href="http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Extreme-UHS-I-Memory-SDSDXPA-032G-AFFP/dp/B007NDL56A/ref=sr_1_1?s=pc&ie=UTF8&qid=1432286085&sr=1-1&keywords=sandisk+extreme+pro&tag=an050-20" rel="nodigidip nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #43a8da; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Amazon.com</a> or £34 at <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/SanDisk-SDSDQXP-032G-G46A-Extreme-microSDHC-Memory/dp/B00NUB333W/ref=sr_1_7?ie=UTF8&qid=1432285982&sr=8-7&keywords=sandisk+extreme+pro&tag=an0ed-21" rel="nodigidip nofollow" style="border: 0px; color: #43a8da; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; transition: background 0.15s, color 0.15s; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Amazon.co.uk</a>.</div><h2 style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: "Roboto Condensed", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 2.4rem; font-weight: 300; line-height: 3rem; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What does UHS mean on a micro SD card?</h2><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Since 2009, certain microSD cards are also UHS-1 or UHS-3-compatible. While in theory UHS cards can reach data transfer speeds of up to 312 MB/s, you are realistically only likely to attain the minimum transfer speeds listed below, because no smartphone currently supports the UHS standard. As such, UHS will make little difference to your micro SD card speed at this point.</div><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="entry-table-default" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-spacing: 0px; border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px auto 2rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 586px;"><caption style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: left; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">UHS speed classes</strong></caption><tbody style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-color: #f0f0f0; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.8rem; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 1rem; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">UHS class</strong></td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.8rem; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 1rem; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Minimum speed</strong></td></tr><tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-color: #f0f0f0; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.8rem; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 1rem; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">1</td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.8rem; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 1rem; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">10 MB/s</td></tr><tr style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><td style="background-color: #f0f0f0; border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.8rem; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 1rem; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">3</td><td style="border-bottom-color: rgb(221, 221, 221); border-bottom-style: solid; border-width: 0px 0px 1px; font-size: 1.2rem; line-height: 1.8rem; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 1rem; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;">30 MB/s</td></tr></tbody></table><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><br /></div><h2 style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: "Roboto Condensed", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 2.4rem; font-weight: 300; line-height: 3rem; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Will a better microSD card speed up my phone?</h2><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The most important question is whether picking one microSD card over another will improve performance on your phone, to which the short answer is 'Yes'.</div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If you store apps and photos on your microSD card (what else would you use it for?), then a higher-speed micro SD card will save photos faster, improve data transfer speeds when moving files between devices, and open apps stored on your micro SD card faster. Note that opening apps on microSD cards may be a bit slower than if you were storing them on your phone's internal memory, because there's an extra layer of communication between your phone and micro SD card that needs to be carried out.</div>

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What is HDR and when should I use it on my smartphone?

<h2 style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: "Roboto Condensed", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 2.4rem; font-weight: 300; line-height: 3rem; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What is HDR?</h2><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">In photo terms, dynamic range is the difference between the lightest and darkest elements of an image. High Dynamic Range, or HDR, is a process which increases this dynamic range beyond what could otherwise be captured by your smartphone lens.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEUtuKxGuxU0MrPmKfr67Mkv1FG5yLtwIKLEVUXjGyBG_HDGAxdW30PqQx5ve7sGUDRWitDLlFvDS1GiYL5icH0FJeLfRHTfbUC_LXb9h9gnb_rKXPt5ogx_SrrsSd-ZGwX5sO25n9QSN4/s1600/1.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEUtuKxGuxU0MrPmKfr67Mkv1FG5yLtwIKLEVUXjGyBG_HDGAxdW30PqQx5ve7sGUDRWitDLlFvDS1GiYL5icH0FJeLfRHTfbUC_LXb9h9gnb_rKXPt5ogx_SrrsSd-ZGwX5sO25n9QSN4/s640/1.png" width="640" /></a><span style="font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">Though the ultimate goal of HDR is to create more impressive pictures, it's not a feature that should be used for every single photograph. </span><span style="font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5;">Below we've highlighted the best uses for HDR, as well as how it works in practice. </span></div><h2 style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: "Roboto Condensed", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 2.4rem; font-weight: 300; line-height: 3rem; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="comofunciona" style="border: 0px; color: #43a8da; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></a>How does HDR work?</h2><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When you take a photo with HDR enabled, the camera captures several images in quick succession with different exposure values. The smartphone camera software then combines these images into a single photo which maintains detail from the darkest and lightest regions. </div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Before this functionality found its way to smartphone cameras, to achieve this effect you had to capture three photos (with your camera of choice), transfer them to a PC, open them in Photoshop or something similar and use the HDR software function to compile the three images together, highlighting the best parts of each.</div><figure style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 1rem 0px 0px; text-align: center; vertical-align: baseline;"><div style="border: 0px; color: black; font-size: 1.5rem; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">To tell. you see images with high and low exposure to light; the left, these two combined photos with HDR / Wikipedia</em></div></figure><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Thankfully, smartphone manufacturers have adapted HDR to their devices' camera software so that, when activated, the phone does all of this work automatically. </div><h2 style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: "Roboto Condensed", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 2.4rem; font-weight: 300; line-height: 3rem; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When should you use HDR?</h2><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">There isn't really a best way to use HDR because often it comes down to what you want to achieve from a photo. That said, below are some tips for some of the more common places where HDR is employed to capture images.</div><h3 style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: "Roboto Condensed", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.8rem; font-weight: 400; line-height: 24px; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Landscapes </h3><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Lighting is one of the most important aspects of a good photo, but outdoors, sunlight can cause too much contrast. HDR can balance these discrepancies so there are fewer parts of bright white or dark black. Look at the two photos below and see how the detail in the sky becomes more visible with HDR enabled. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3pGK2YPdHun2PNHmCEMVT3y0yZzM67Jm-uuvpPcf-6YUhvHRue9hbb4Jm1OnseXDuNWzFHLDEeEUmSqpftQ533-egCAOhsOTSaPJ8taPGwryJQFVltyuf9csS3SDgz-13Kgfwzb2r-rOW/s1600/2.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3pGK2YPdHun2PNHmCEMVT3y0yZzM67Jm-uuvpPcf-6YUhvHRue9hbb4Jm1OnseXDuNWzFHLDEeEUmSqpftQ533-egCAOhsOTSaPJ8taPGwryJQFVltyuf9csS3SDgz-13Kgfwzb2r-rOW/s1600/2.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqzSAGqDTNCZLAnxffQTrBs2UyER8VFUVIpCxW0-Iztob4HYAs-G6RdKCfoG1Jex8ohznyY72qb6sWJJeauIBh_0HmxFY5wo7fI2x01n2sxrjNjyoKXONq9jl8_O_hiEYBElWqkc-d4hIE/s1600/3.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqzSAGqDTNCZLAnxffQTrBs2UyER8VFUVIpCxW0-Iztob4HYAs-G6RdKCfoG1Jex8ohznyY72qb6sWJJeauIBh_0HmxFY5wo7fI2x01n2sxrjNjyoKXONq9jl8_O_hiEYBElWqkc-d4hIE/s1600/3.JPG" /></a></div><h3 style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: "Roboto Condensed", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.8rem; font-weight: 400; line-height: 24px; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Low-light and backlit scenes</h3><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If your photo is too dark – or too dark in specific areas – HDR can be used to raise the overall level of brightness. It<span style="line-height: 1.4;">can't achieve miracles, if there is no light in a particular environment then HDR can't manufacturer it, but as HDR works on the basis of taking the lightest and darkest elements of a picture and combining them, it can help in this regard.</span></div><h2 style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: "Roboto Condensed", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 2.4rem; font-weight: 300; line-height: 3rem; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" id="naouar" style="border: 0px; color: #43a8da; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"></a>When should you not use HDR?</h2><h3 style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: "Roboto Condensed", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.8rem; font-weight: 400; line-height: 24px; margin: 0px 0px 1rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">When you or other things are moving</h3><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Because HDR takes three photos, if something moves between one or two of the shots, the final image can appear blurry: this is also why photos take a little longer to process when using HDR. Keep yourself steady and try to take photos of still subjects.</div><h3 style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: "Roboto Condensed", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.8rem; font-weight: 400; line-height: 24px; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">High-contrast scenes</h3><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Some photos look better with strong contrast between the light and dark areas. Using HDR will reduce this contrast, so the effect is less pronounced. If that's not what you want from the final image, don't do it.</div><h3 style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: "Roboto Condensed", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 1.8rem; font-weight: 400; line-height: 24px; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Scenes with vivid colors</h3><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">HDR can certainly bring some vibrancy to otherwise lifeless colors in a scene. But if you're dealing with colors that are already very much alive, HDR can make them look garish. Be careful not to overdue the color saturation.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTN18IqT3cIw9pAI2dA1EGoJ5U5aNEGE41ic4yHNk98K4epmzsrYG_OekQ5H9jFkRtTaQ-igzE4-svzgKEqUbBk0y60YetP-7_I7NA43Luz1Bl7QHR-j5G1EZW9jA1eF2GjAM945v1-3qs/s1600/5.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTN18IqT3cIw9pAI2dA1EGoJ5U5aNEGE41ic4yHNk98K4epmzsrYG_OekQ5H9jFkRtTaQ-igzE4-svzgKEqUbBk0y60YetP-7_I7NA43Luz1Bl7QHR-j5G1EZW9jA1eF2GjAM945v1-3qs/s1600/5.JPG" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJd6YNI41YF-yAGvBhy00Dx1MjqEbEuWt5Agj0WixKQsYKmY_jiA47xRrwi17pScL9o162iOD6RaZbmyBovmUbIgJy-qQafPLEJC32cLh6__nLH-BmtczfvRcrGCkyDodGI0EQ_bT3YLK0/s1600/4.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJd6YNI41YF-yAGvBhy00Dx1MjqEbEuWt5Agj0WixKQsYKmY_jiA47xRrwi17pScL9o162iOD6RaZbmyBovmUbIgJy-qQafPLEJC32cLh6__nLH-BmtczfvRcrGCkyDodGI0EQ_bT3YLK0/s1600/4.JPG" /></a></div><h2 style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: "Roboto Condensed", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 2.4rem; font-weight: 300; line-height: 3rem; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">How do I know if my phone has HDR?</h2><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Most modern phones have an HDR setting, but to make use of it, you might need to enable it in your camera settings. Sometimes, this means setting your phone to a <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Manual</em> mode rather than <em style="border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Automatic</em>. </div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">If your smartphone doesn't come with HDR, there are a number of solutions available in the <a href="https://play.google.com/store/search?q=hdr%20camera&hl=en" style="border: 0px; color: #43a8da; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;" target="_blank">Google Play Store</a>, which offer varying results. </div><h2 style="border: 0px; color: #444444; font-family: "Roboto Condensed", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 2.4rem; font-weight: 300; line-height: 3rem; margin: 2rem 0px 1rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="border: 0px; line-height: 1.2; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Conclusion</span></h2><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">The best tip for using HDR for photos is simply to take a picture of the same scene with and without it, and then see what appeals to you most. It's quick, easy and will give you a better idea of what can be achieved with this setting. Just remember to keep a steady hand when you do it. </div><div style="border: 0px; font-family: Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; line-height: 1.5; margin-bottom: 1.4rem; margin-top: 1.4rem; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Do you make use of the HDR mode on your smartphone? When do you think is best to use it? Let me know in the comments. </div>

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