Internet users in India using Airtel Broadband and Reliance Broadband service must have recently noticed that both these ISP’s have blocked a majority of popular torrent sites in India since last night (May, 16th). Besides the torrent sites and illegal file sharing services, these leading internet service providers have also blocked access to sites such as xmarks.com, pastebin.com which is a sort of surprise as these services don’t serve any copyrighted or infringing content. According to Medianama, the reason behind this severe block is a ‘court ban’, following a John Doe order taken by Copyright Labs, Chennai, to prevent piracy of Tamil Films – Dhammu (Tamil) and 3 (Telugu).

Upon visiting any of these below listed websites on Airtel or Reliance Internet, you will see the following message “Access to this site has been blocked as per Court Orders”. On the contrary, BSNL and MTNL users are reporting that they’re able to access all the blocked sites easily. We’re not sure but this ban seems region specific as some users are able to access the banned sites in India on the above mentioned private ISP’s.

List of Sites blocked in India -

• Vimeo.com
• DailyMotion.com
• Xmarks.com
• Pastebin.com

Torrent sites -

• Isohunt.com
• thepiratebay.org | thepiratebay.se
• torrentz.eu
• kat.ph
• torlock.com
• kickasstorrents.com
• extratorrent.com
• torrentfunk.com
• fenopy.eu

It’s certain that hundreds of thousands of people all over India are trying to open these torrent sites and other sites, which is impossible. However, there are hacks to access such restricted sites using a proxy or VPN, though that’s not suitable for everyone. Fortunately, we’ve succeeded in accessing these sites using a simple and easiest trick!

How to Access Blocked sites on Airtel/Reliance -

By implementing https (Hypertext Transfer Protocol Secure) in place of the usual http, you can access most of the popular torrent sites like thepiratebay, isohunt, torrentz, kickasstorrrent and clean site like Xmarks. We’ve tried this trick on Airtel ISP and it’s working perfectly as on May 17th, 1:15 PM (IST). Links below:

• https://xmarks.com
• https://thepiratebay.se
• https://torrentz.eu
• https://isohunt.com
• https://kat.ph

Disclaimer: We DO NOT endorse any kind of piracy or copyrighted material. This article is strictly for educational and informational purposes.

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After a while, Firefox browser might tend to encounter issues like slowdown, errors, sudden crashes, unwanted toolbars, etc. making it difficult to enjoy a clean, safe and faster browsing environment. Luckily, Mozilla has finally coped up with this problem by introducing a smart and easy way to Reset Firefox in the latest beta version of Firefox. Firefox 13 Beta with new ‘Reset’ feature offers the ability to restore Firefox to its default factory state without re-installing and while saving your essential information.

Certainly, this is a great addition to Firefox as users would now be able to fix most issues simply by resetting and without requiring any type of manual troubleshooting. Resetting doesn’t hard reset the browser, it works by creating a new profile folder while preserving your Bookmarks, Browsing history, Passwords, Cookies, and form auto-fill information. To make the restoration seamless and effective, Firefox does not saves your extensions/ add-ons, themes, open tabs/windows, tab groups, download history, and more.

To reset Firefox to its default configuration, click on the Firefox button located at top-left corner, open the Help sub-menu and select ‘Troubleshooting Information’. Then click on the ‘Reset Firefox’ button, a confirmation window will appear, tap to continue. Upon resetting, Firefox will list the information imported. Click Finish to open!

Note: The ‘Reset Button’ is currently available in Firefox 13 Beta. If you’re looking to reset preferences on current stable build of Firefox, then follow this guide by Mozilla.

~ Firefox Beta can be downloaded here.

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HTC One X is the first Android smartphone to feature a quad core processor. Besides that it comes with the latest Android 4.0 Ice cream sandwich, 4.7” HD display, 1GB of RAM, 8 megapixel camera, Full HD video recording, an authentic sound with Beats Audio, and much more. Here’s a good news for HTC One X owners, the LTE version of device has got 1-Click Root thus offering a feasible root solution for AT&T, Rogers HTC One X.

Credit goes to XDA Developers member kennethpenn, who has managed to provide a simple and 1-click root method for HTC One X. This will root your One X, install Busybox, and install the SuperSU application for rights management. It won’t unlock the device bootloader. Carefully follow the below instructions to proceed with rooting –

1. Download and install the HTC mobile phone drivers on your Windows system.

2. Download the root.zip file. (Mirror 1 | Mirror 2)

3. Then Extract root.zip into a directory on your computer.

4. Plug your HTC One X into your computer via USB. It’s recommended to plug your device’s USB cable into the back of your computer if using a desktop PC.

5. Enable USB Debugging on your HTC One X. This can be done from Settings > Developer Options > check USB debugging option.

6. Double click root.bat to run the script. (On Windows)

• Linux users: double click root-linux.sh.
• Mac users: double click root-mac.sh.

7. That’s it. Your device will reboot a number of times and then it should eventually have full root access. Enjoy!

Check the official thread at XDA for more info.

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Instagram, the popular photo sharing service offers a remarkable functionality and is widely popular among iOS and Android users. Instagram was recently acquired by Facebook leaving the end users skeptic about its future, most of whom are now looking for ways to backup their precious and beautiful photos offline on their computer. Neither Instagram has a web version nor it offers a way to download the album photos or save filtered photos to SD card. Fortunately, there are some great online services that overcome this problem by offering the ability to export, download your photos easily.

Instaport is one free and smart web service that provides a simple way to export or backup all your Instagram photos to your local hard drive. Unlike some other services, it lets you download all photos by packing them in a single archive which one can later upload or share with anyone. It also offers some ‘Advanced Options’ for those not interested in downloading entire pictures. This way you can export a collection of recently taken photos, photos took between a particular time interval, and photos tagged with a specific tag. The option of porting to Facebook, Flickr, RSS isn’t possible at the moment and is said to be added soon.

To Backup your Instagram Photos using Instaport, simply visit instaport.me, login with your Instagram username and password. Then authorize the app to grant access to your photos, friend lists, and profile data. Now select the download .zip file option or any other advanced option, and click Start Export. After export is complete, download the zip archive and extract it using an archive program like WinRAR. That’s it!

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If you’re webmaster or blogger then you must be aware how crucial it is to take regular backups of your site as they act as a lifesaver in case something unfortunate happens with your site server or it gets hacked. There are several ways to backup a self-hosted WP blog, you can do it manually via phpMyAdmin or simply use one of those Database backup plugins out there to export the backup file to your computer or email.

However, above tricks are meant only to perform a backup of your WordPress site database which includes your posts, pages, comments, categories, tags, plugins data, and some other info. But the database doesn’t includes your blog images, plugins, themes, scripts and any other files uploaded to your FTP server. Certainly, it’s advisable to take a complete backup of your site to be on safe side in case some disaster occurs. We’re here to share an easy and efficient way that automates the task of backing up your Full WordPress blog (or just database) to one of the best and most popular cloud storage service ‘Dropbox’. Until now, I had been uploading images and other important stuff manually to Dropbox but not anymore. Here comes the easiest possible way!

WordPress Backup to Dropbox is a free plugin for WordPress that automatically uploads a backup of your entire website, including all files and its database, to Dropbox. With a minimalist and simple interface, it makes it easier for you to setup a recurring backup in a few clicks. It lets you initiate a backup process manually and also offers the functionality to schedule backup as desired so as to perform backups on regular basis. You can choose the date, time and frequency for the backup to dropbox. One can also choose what files and folders are to be included in the full backup. There’s a nifty option to select the files and directories that you wish to exclude from your backup.

In simple words, it can backup the root directory of your site (public_html) to a set location on your Dropbox account. You shouldn’t be concerned about the security as the plugin uses OAuth to keep your Dropbox account details safe. No credentials are stored for the plugin to gain access.

How to Backup WordPress Blog to Dropbox –

1. You must have a Dropbox account. It is Free and provides 2GB of free storage.

2. Open your WordPress dashboard, install the plugin ‘WordPress Backup to Dropbox’.

3. After activating the plugin, open its Settings from the Backup option in menu.

4. You now need to Authorize the plugin to connect it with your Dropbox account. Then grant access by clicking the ‘Allow’ button.

5. Now move back to WordPress Dash, go to plugin settings and specify the backup schedule. Tick mark any files or folders that you don’t want to be included.

The backup would be automatically performed at the specific time interval to Dropbox. Voila! All your site’s media and database will now be accessible from anywhere.

Plugin site – WordPress Backup to Dropbox

via  [TechBU]

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The Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich) OTA update for Galaxy Nexus (GSM/HSPA+) started rolling out back in late March but only for a handful of users. The OTA update has been pushed to most Galaxy Nexus with product name as ‘yakju’, but still a lot of Google updated Galaxy Nexus haven’t got it as these updates are region specific. It should be noted that devices with yakju product code are updated directly by Google while the non-yakju ones are applicable to receive updates from Samsung which are apparently delayed by a couple of weeks. So, if you cant wait for the Galaxy Nexus OTA Android 4.0.4 update anymore, then you can opt to manually install the update.

See: [Check if your Galaxy Nexus is updated by Google or Samsung?]

Google has officially released the "yakju" factory images for Galaxy Nexus "maguro"  (GSM/HSPA+) which are meant to be flashed manually only on yakju version. However, there is a 100% working trick to Install the official Android 4.0.4 yakju update on yakjuxw version of Galaxy Nexus. This would also change your Galaxy Nexus from yakjuxw to yakju which is indeed good as your device would then be eligible to receive official OTA updates directly from Google and Not Samsung.

Disclaimer: Try this guide at your own risk! We wont be responsible in case your device gets bricked. This may also void your warranty.

NOTE:

1. This process requires to unlock bootloader which will wipe/factory reset your phone.
2. Your phone should have Official Stock firmware running and Not a custom ROM.
3. Your Galaxy Nexus device name should be maguro (See how to check that)
4. This procedure is meant only for GSM/HSPA+ Galaxy Nexus.

~ We’re going to perform this entire task using Galaxy Nexus Root Toolkit, a reliable and easy tool to root, unlock, backup apps + data, and flash .img files on Galaxy Nexus.

Tutorial – Installing Android 4.0.4 Update on Galaxy Nexus (YAKJUXW model)

Step 1 – This is the most crucial step among the entire task. You need to install and configure the ADB and Fastboot drivers on your Windows system. Follow our guide on [Installing ADB & Fastboot Drivers for Galaxy Nexus using Galaxy Nexus Root Toolkit]

Step 2 – Take a backup of your installed apps (with data) and SD card contents. Check our article, [How to Backup Galaxy Nexus Apps & Data without Rooting]

Step 3 – After you’ve configured the drivers properly and performed a backup, it’s time to unlock the bootloader. Follow our [Guide to Unlock Samsung Galaxy Nexus Bootloader]

Step 4 – Download the below files:

• Download 4.0.4 (IMM76D IMM76I) Official “Yakju” factory Image (Direct Link)

– Extract this .tgz file to your desktop using archive program like WinRAR. Then rename this file and add a .zip extension to it. Extract the file to a folder on your desktop. Then open the folder and extract the file (image-yakju-imm76d.zip) to the same folder.

• Download Fastboot and ADB files (XDA) – Extract the files to the same folder (fastboot-and-adb) on your desktop.

Step 5 – Installing Android 4.0.4 and Flashing the ‘YAKJU’ Firmware

1. Enable USB Debugging on your phone and connect it to computer via USB. (Make sure it is charged.)

2. Open Galaxy Nexus Root Toolkit (Run as Administrator), select your device model (CDMA or GSM) and click on ‘List devices’ to verify that the connection is stable. Then select the ‘fastboot-bootloader’ option and click on ‘Reboot Bootloader’.

3. Your phone should now boot into Bootloader mode. Get ready for flashing!

To flash the Image files that you extracted in Step 4, select the ‘Flash (Permanent)’ option from the Galaxy Nexus Root Toolkit. Next,

- Click on the System option and select ‘system.img’ file from the folder yakju-imm76d.

- Click on Userdata option and select ‘userdata.img’.

- Click on Boot option and select ‘boot.img’.

- Similarly, click on recovery and select ‘recovery.img’.

4. Erase the cache partition. This has to be done via CMD.

To erase cache, right-click the folder ‘fastboot-and-adb’ while holding down the Shift key. Click on ‘Open command window here’.

A command prompt window will open up. Simply type fastboot.exe and hit enter. Then type fastboot erase cache to wipe the cache.

Reboot – Then type the command fastboot reboot and hit enter. That’s it!

Your device should now boot up normally and present up with the new Android 4.0.4 update and ‘yakju’ firmware that will offer prompt updates directly from Google. You can confirm the product version using the ‘GN updater checker’ app. Restore the backup that you created in step 2 to get back all your installed apps along with their data.

What’s new in 4.0.4 – The latest Android 4.0.4 update for Galaxy Nexus offers stability improvements, better camera performance, smoother screen rotation, improved phone number recognition and more. We also noticed a significant improvement in battery life after upgrading to 4.0.4.

Enjoy the more awesome Ice Cream Sandwich on your GNex now!

P.S. We’ve tried the above tutorial on our Galaxy Nexus and it worked perfectly. Do let us know if you face any issues while going through the described process.

[Thanks XDA Forum]

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It’s time for Instagram users to delight as they can now view their Instagram photos directly in a browser using Webbygram, a web version of the most popular photo sharing service ‘Instagram’. Instagram was recently acquired by Facebook for a whooping $1 billion and their newly launched Android app has already crossed 10 million downloads.

Webbygram is a free and great web service developed by Brenden Mulligan, that offers an alternate and efficient way to view your Instagram stream from web using a desktop, laptop, etc. which was till date accessible only via Instagram mobile apps, available for iOS and Android. Fortunately, it’s now possible to see Instagram images on big screen through this unofficial web version of Instagram. Webbygram boasts a simplistic and neat interface, displays Instagram timeline in chronological order as seen on the official mobile app and it overcomes the limitation of using apps.

You can easily view the number of likes and comments for a specific picture, image caption and liking a photo is a click away. Clicking on an individual photo opens its particular webpage where one can post comments or quickly share the post to social networks. By default, webbygram shows ‘Popular Photos’ but you can login using your Instagram username and password (requires OAuth) to view your Instagram stream. You can even share your Instagram profile online, accessible through Webbygram. For instance, catch my instagram updates at webbygram.com/user/mayurjango.

Frankly speaking, I was badly looking for a similar service. Webbygram is really amazing and delivers a Instagram like experience. Do give it a try out!

via [labnol]

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Google’s Galaxy Nexus (GT-I9250) ships with a locked bootloader, thus posing a big restriction on the modification of device software. It’s impossible to root your device or install any custom ROM on it unless the device bootloader is unlocked. So, let’s see how you can unlock your Galaxy Nexus with ease using Wug’s Galaxy Nexus Root Toolkit.

Note: Unlocking will wipe your entire device data, apps, settings, SD card contents, etc. It’ll factory reset your device, so it’s recommended to take a proper backup first. [See: How to Backup Galaxy Nexus Apps & Data without Rooting]

- Unlocking may also void your device warranty. Be sure before proceeding.

Tutorial – Unlocking Galaxy Nexus Bootloader

1. Make sure you’ve taken a backup of your entire device data.

2. Download Galaxy Nexus Root Toolkit and install it on your computer.

3. Important – You now need to configure ADB and Fastboot drivers for your Galaxy Nexus using the toolkit. Follow this detailed tutorial carefully to setup the drivers.

4. Now enable USB Debugging on your device and connect it to computer via USB. Then open the toolkit (Run as Administrator).

5. In Galaxy Nexus Root Toolkit, select your device model (CDMA or GSM) and click the ‘Unlock’ option. A command prompt window will open up, press any key to continue.

6. The device should now reboot into bootloader. A screen titled ‘Unlock Bootloader’ will appear on your phone. Select ‘Yes’ to unlock (use volume keys to navigate and power key to make your selection.)

7. The unlocking process will start and the device will soon boot up.

Voila, GN should be unlocked now! You can confirm that by rebooting bootloader and check the device lock state. More easier way to determine it is by rebooting your device normally and look for a small lock image on initial boot screen.

You can now flash the latest stock Android release without rooting the device.

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