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WhatsApp is currently the world’s biggest instant messaging and chat app. With billions of people registered on the app across the world and hundreds of million people using the app hourly, the social media app is a huge success to Facebook and Mark Zuckerberg across the globe.

WhatsApp can sometimes be addictive. By default, WhatsApp backup our chats daily at 2:00 AM. This really helps anytime there is a crush or our app mistakenly gets deleted.

I personally have an experience of app crush and outdated app issues that render our WhatsApp broken and unresponsive until a re-install of the instant messaging app. If you have not been missing out on the daily update, you can get back all your chats and restore.

Most at times too, you can accidentally delete all your WhatsApp chats and restoring them back might be a problem for you.

Rest assured, in this article I will show you how to restore your WhatsApp chats after accidentally deleting or reinstalling WhatsApp on your Android or iPhone and I will show you how to set up an advanced WhatsApp backup plan to ensure you don’t lose any of your WhatsApp chats ever.

What You Should Know About WhatsApp Chat Backup

In order to retrieve or restore your chats or WhatsApp messages, you need to have enabled Chat Backup in the app’s settings. To do this, just tap on the Settings icon at the bottom on IOS, or open the three-dot menu at the top-right and choose Settings on Android.

After that, select Chats > Chat Backup. WhatsApp offers different backup frequencies:

• Daily
• Weekly
• Monthly
• Off

On Android, WhatsApp makes a local backup every dawn, but this won’t help you if you lose your phone, which is why cloud backup is important.

WhatsApp deletes older backup files as you create new ones. For iPhone, latest backup files are kept whiles on Android the last seven days chat backup are kept.

By having daily auto backups, you’ll be able to easily recover messages soon after deleting them. I would personally recommend backing up to your Google Drive cloud storage by linking your email to WhatsApp.

This option will always help you restore your chat easily and even if you lose your phone and get a new one, your chats can easily be restored because it has been connected to your cloud account.

Restore WhatsApp Chat

Wondering how to get back deleted WhatsApp messages after deleting them? simply uninstall and reinstall WhatsApp on your device. When you reinstall the app, you will be prompted to restore your message history from the chat Backup.

If you activated cloud backup to your Google Drive too, it will ask you to restore from there right in the app interface. Tap Restore and you’ll retrieve everything from the latest backup.

This method of recovering deleted messages works on both Android and IOS as long as you have enabled chat backup. If your chat backup frequency has been set to daily, you will get the latest backup restore.

Conclusion

WhatsApp crush can happen anytime due to different reasons. Unknowingly deleting messages is a mistake everyone makes but what if you don’t know about how to restore your chat?.

In this article, I have provided you with the steps you can take to restore your deleted messages just like how we treated how to view deleted WhatsApp messages.

Do you want to want to host a virtual movie night? Did you know you can host a virtual movie night and invite people from all over the world? I am going to show you how to use Netflix Party to host a virtual movie night.

In the olden days, before you can watch a movie, you needed to go to the community center or theatre. But now, you can sit in the comfort of your home and enjoy your favourite movie or TV show.

When we were in secondary school, one of the best entertainment activities was the movie night; especially when they put off the light and all the attention was on the movie. Well, now you can even sit in Ghana and host a virtual movie night with your friends.

What is Netflix Party (Teleparty)?

Netflix Party (also known as Teleparty) is a new way to watch TV with your friends online. Netflix-party is used to stream Netflix movies together with your friends.

Basically, Netflix Party is a browser extension; meaning you cannot use on mobile phones or tablets only laptops or PC. It allows up to a maximum of 50 people watch a Netflix movies together at the same time.

How To Use Netflix Party For Virtual Movie Night

• Download and install the free Netflix-party extension to your browser. Note that Netflix Party is only available for Google Chrome and Opera browsers.
• Once the installation is done, click on the puzzle icon on the top right corner of your browser.
• Select Netflix Party and click on the pin icon next to the logo.
• Open Netflix on the same browser and choose the movie you want to host for the virtual party and wait for the Netflix Party logo to turn red.
• Click on it and select “Start the party”. If you want to host the show alone, you can also select it from here.
• Copy and send the URL that pops up to the people you want to invite to the movie night.
• Ask them to also, install the Netflix Party extension on their web browser. Once they are done, ask them to log into their Netflix account.
• Then, ask them to open the link you sent them. (Using the same browser the installed the extension on).
• Once they open the link they will automatically join the virtual movie night you are hosting.
• To make it even more interesting, you can also send messages. During playbacks, there will be a gray box with the Netflix Party logo, this is where you can chat with the attendees.

Conclusion

That is all, you are now set for your virtual Netflix movie night. Please note that all the people you invite are supposed to have an active Netflix account with a subscription. Otherwise, they cannot join the event.

This guide contains all you need to know on how to start your Netflix Party virtual night from scratch. If you come across any issues make sure to write it in the comments section below and I will attend to every single one of them.

Jumia is a well-recognized Nigerian online platform and e-commerce business known for offering a variety of products in the category of fashion, gaming, electronics, health and beauty, etc.

Jumia was created in the year 2012 and its headquarters today is located at Ikeja – Lagos State, Nigeria. Jumia operates in Africa. Countries Jumia operates in as of now are, Algeria, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Ghana, Morocco, Tanzania, Senegal, Tunisia and Uganda.

Order tracking is a piece of logistic information provided by a shipping courier to update a consumer of the daily location of their order till it reaches them. The tracking number is represented by alpha-numeric data.

For example, RB1792093221SG is a form of tracking number provided by Singapore post. The last two letters (SG) is an abbreviation of Singapore. Each shipping courier has its own abbreviation representation.

In this article, I will show you how you can track your orders on Jumia Ghana. Tracking your orders help you know the daily status of your item till final delivery.

How To Track Your Order On Jumia Ghana

Once you have made payment for your order and completed the order process, you must be looking forward to tracking your order. With Jumia’s Ship24, it becomes easier to track your order so that you do not lose track of your item.

As soon as an order is placed and processed, a Jumia tracking code will be assigned that will then be used to find out where your item has reached. To track your Jumia package you need to,

• Get your tracking number from the order page.
• Place the tracking number in the search bar on ship24 or on the Jumia website and check the last step your order has reached. Always note that the delivery status of your order may vary depending on the time your order was processed.

Also, you can track your Jumia Ghana order by using your account dashboard. Follow the below steps,

• Click the drop-down arrow beside your name and select orders.
• Choose See Details in front of the order you want to track.
• Click Track My Item button in front of the order you wish to track.
• The delivery status will be displayed to you.

How To Apply For Refund If Your Order Is Not Delivered Or Damaged

When you place an order on an e-commerce platform, the customers are allowed to pay via cash on delivery or credit card. Whenever you make an order with your credit card on Jumia Ghana, you are entitled to a refund policy when your order gets damaged or doesn’t get to you.

When making the order and make payment through any means of payment accepted on the platform, you can always open a dispute when the order is undelivered.

When the estimated delivery of your item is due and your order is not delivered, contact customer support of Jumia Ghana to check on the order status immediately. When its confirmed and your order was not delivered, you can ask for a refund of the order.

Conclusion

Jumia Ghana tracking helps customers to keep track of their orders till delivery. I have shared with you the steps you can take to keep track of your order on Jumia Ghana.

When it comes to killing time, Movies, TV shows, and books all comes into play but sometimes you might not need any of them. When there is nothing worth watching or reading, you can kill time and get smarter with some android games.

We often face times when we have absolutely nothing to do. It is often easier to take out your smartphone and play some games. For those few minutes of boredom and relentlessness, you could hold your mobile and play a few mind games which will help you pass time and smart.

There are a lot of other small tasks you can do if you feel like reading news, replying to social media, watching comedy clips, etc. but none of these can exercise your brain.

Your brain can be exercised by diverting it from current dull work and using it elsewhere to solve puzzles or play games for a short while to keep the brain more active.

Gaming is a hobby and it requires time and passion, but with these time-kill games, it can be played whiles waiting for doctor’s appointment, waiting for a car at the station, waiting for someone, and such situations.

In this article, I will share with you the best 5 Android games you can play to kill time and make you smarter, but before we get to that, I will share with you the factors considered to pick out these games:

• Easy To Play. If you have a few minutes to spare, then it is obvious that you would prefer simple Android games which don’t require any dubious process to play. Just an easy game to go by.
• Minimal Required Details. Easy is one factor, but the game must also have fewer details for the user to learn. A game with complicated details would be difficult to play and may not be considered as a time-pass game.
• Achievement. The next factor to notice is to take rewards after successful completion of a level. Whenever you complete a level, the game will display a message about completion and rewards to claim.

This and many other factors can be considered before downloading these games.

5 Android Games You Can Play To Kill Time

Track Twister Android

This game is designed in a unique concept of twisting the tracks to create a straight route for the train to move forward. This game is an arcade-type where you must start from the beginning if you fail. It does not have level saves and is a great game to pass that few minutes you have to spare.

Monster Breakout

Another game with a unique concept and design. This game is designed to save your character from monstrous hurdles. The player will have to face a character always on the run and must tap the screen to stop in case of a hurdle.

Its an arcade type of game and as such requires the player to be very attentive. It comes with level saves, the more you advance, the more difficult it goes.

Candy Crush

This game is one of the very best and a favourite of many players. This list wouldn’t have been completed if Candy Crush was not included. The hours I spent on this game to reach more than 1300 clearly justifies that it is a game worth playing.

With small levels of swiping similar candies, the game exercises your brain when you look for the best match and eliminate as many candies as you can.

Crush The Castle

As the names suggest, you have to destroy the castle starting with limited and feeble weapons. As the game advances, you have to move to different locations with better weapons and harder castles.

It may seem hard but it’s doable if you give it a try. Once you unlock stronger weapons, you can play the initial levels and complete with one shot where it took more than 5 shots to destroy the castle.

Mastermind

Mastermind is popularly known as Code Breaker. Player predetermines a combination of four colours that are hidden and provides the user six colours to guess what those colours are. The player must also determine the order in which the colours are placed.

It allows the user to try out different colour combinations and guides the user with the help of a black and white pin. The black pin represents the correct colour in the right position and a white pin represents the correct colour in the wrong position.

No pins means the color chosen is not correct.

Conclusion

I have shared with you some of the games on Android you can play to kill time and also train the mind to be faster. You can comment your choice of game that was not included in this post to help others who love to try out all the games.

Android launchers play a critical role when it comes to customizing your phone. App makers offer an unlimited different array of options for turning the best Android phones into personalized devices with launchers.

The best launcher can give your phone a total appearance, from changing the look and feel with different icons and themes.

In this article, I will share with you some of the best Android Launchers we have personally tested, to make your phone more enjoyable. Below, I provide you with the list of the best Android launchers you can try out just like we did in the list of the Best Camera Apps for Android.

Android Launchers You Can Try Out

Smart Launcher 3

Smart launcher over the years has been one of the best Android Launchers and favourite of all the launchers due to its simple flower grid and the sorted app folder.

The latest version, Smart Launcher 5 adds a ton of features and refinements. The flower grid is still available in the update but its joined by a number of other well-thought-out layouts designed to keep your favourite apps within easy reach and access.

To add to its beautiful features, the smart search and an intelligently sorted and customizable app drawer make it easy to find whatever you need, whether in your phone or out in the web.

Also, adaptive icons and colours, fully resizable widgets, and more customizations round out the package, making it one of the favourites and best classic launcher.

It comes in a freemium and premium versions. For advance features and customization, you will need to upgrade with 7 USD to enjoy the advanced features. You can download Smart Launcher 3 from the Google Play store.

Nova Launcher

With Nova Launcher, you can talk about best launchers and leave it out. Fast, sleek and highly customizable. Nova Launcher balances extensive appearance and utility customization with a minimal performance impact, letting you set your home screen just right without lagging or slowing down performance.

There are a lot of features to navigate through, from colour themes to icon packs, scrollable docks to app drawer customizations, folder settings and infinite scrolling.

The Nova theme never rests, they keep adding more features in each update. This also comes in freemium and pro version. If you want more advanced features, you will need to upgrade with 4.99 USD.

Niagara Launcher

This is a lean launcher designed to place your notifications front and centre while keeping other distractions at a low level. Notifications are displayed right on your home screen, with spam and persistent notifications automatically filtered out.

The app drawer automatically displays your most recent apps and then arranges your apps in alphabetical order. You can get Niagara Launcher for free on Google Play store.

Lawnchair

You don’t need to have a Google phone before you can enjoy some of the Google-style features. With Lawnchair, you can still field some Google-style features with the free and open-source Lawnchair project.

Lawnchair provides a mostly stock experience mirroring the Pixel launcher, with app notification dots, support for adaptive icons, an automatic dark mode and other notable Android goodies.

Lawnchair Launcher also comes with support for icon packs, configurable icon and grid sizes, dock customizations and more. You can download the launcher for free on Google Play.

Evie Launcher

If you want stress free easy access to your apps, then Evie Launcher is what you should consider. It provides a universal search feature which lets you look for all your apps in one place, or with just a swipe up, you can see all your apps at once.

Other features in this launcher include the ability to set your default search engine, lock your home screen results and customize the app drawer and folder grid. Because of its speed, many users tend to love it more. You can get the launcher for free on Play store.

Below is a list of other launchers which upon research tend to work well with Android.

1. AIO Launcher
2. Hyperion Launcher
3. Customized Pixel Launcher
4. Apex Launcher
5. POCO Launcher
6. Lightning Launcher
7. ADW Launcher 2
8. ASAP Launcher
9. Lean Launcher
10. Big Launcher.

Conclusion

Launchers add more functionality and look to our Android device. If you are considering to have a better look and feel of your Android device, In this post, I have shared with you some of the best Android Launchers available to customize your device.

Do you want to watch Netflix in Picture in Picture on iPhone and Android device? Do you want to watch your favorite Netflix show without interrupting your WhatsApp chat?

This life we live in is very complicated and in times like that what we do is multitasking. From cooking while talking to husband/wife to reading your books and chatting on your phone, we all perform multitasking.

Similarly, our mobile phones have been programmed in such a way that we can also perform multitasking. Is it not annoying to pause your favorite Netflix movie just to go and reply to a WhatsApp message?

With the method I am going to show you, you will be able to watch your Netflix movie and perform other tasks at the same time. This method works for both Android and iPhones (iOS14 and above).

Before you can watch Netflix using the picture-in-picture feature, you first of all need to make that picture-in-picture is enabled.

How To Turn On Picture in Picture On Your iPhone

The Picture in Picture feature has been something that iPhone users have talked about it for a long time. But recently, Apple added it to their newer iPhones and iOS versions, i.e. iOS14 and above.

• Open the Settings app on your iPhone.
• Tap on General.
• From the list of options, tap on Picture in Picture.
• Make sure “Start PiP Automatically” has been turned on. If not make sure to turn it on.

How To Turn on Picture in Picture On Your Android Phone

If you have used Android phones for a while, you will probably be aware that this feature has been available on Android phones for a while. The most work with different types of video player applications.

Currently, Picture in Picture works on Android version 8.0 and above ONLY.

• On your Android device, open the Settings app.
• Tap on Apps & Notifications.
• Expand “Advanced” and tap Special app access.
• From the next window, tap Netflix and make sure to toggle on “Allow picture-in-picture”.

How To Watch Netflix in Picture in Picture on iPhone

The entire process of watching Netflix in Picture in Picture on iPhone is very easy and simple; even for those without tech knowledge.

• To do this, first of all, follow the steps on “How To Turn On Picture in Picture On Your iPhone”.
• Once you are done, open the Netflix app on your iPhone.
• Search for your favorite movie or TV show and allow it to start playing.
• Swipe up to go home.
• Once you are on the home screen, you will see your Netflix movie or TV show playing in the floating window.
• You can now watch your Netflix movie and perform whatever task you want to perform at the same time.

How To Watch Netflix in Picture in Picture on Android phones

• Similarly, to watch Netflix in Picture in Picture on your Android phone, you first need to follow “How To Turn on Picture in Picture On Your Android Phone”.
• After that, open the Netflix app on your phone.
• Search for your favorite movie or TV show and allow it to start playing.
• While the movie or TV show is playing on Netflix, simply tap on the button and Netflix will switch to Picture in Picture mode.

Conclusion

Netflix is known as one of the best movie streaming platforms in the world and as such, it contains almost all the top movies on the planet. Read through this article and enjoy your Netflix movie while performing some other important tasks.

Was this article helpful? Please feel free to write your comments and suggestions in the comments section below and I will make sure to attend to each one of them.

Smartphone cameras are a much bigger deal than they previously used to be. Companies are vigorously at the bit to make their cameras more reliable, work best in low light, and add features that people want.

Many consumers base their purchase decisions on the strength of the camera. The reason is that cameras are important on mobile devices these days.

Usually, stock camera apps are better than third-party apps. OEMs simply know their camera setup much better than any other party and optimize more appropriately.

This is specifically true for Google, Samsung and Huawei phones that use AI and other software optimizations together with the camera hardware. But this does not make nullify third-party camera apps since most of them can be very useful in some scenarios.

In this article, I will share with you the list of best camera apps you can use in conjunction with your stock camera for good smartphone photography to breathe life to your phots.

A Better Camera

First on my list is A Better Camera. This camera is surprisingly a robust camera app. If features support for HDR images up to 360° panoramas, various multi-shot modes, a night mode and also built-in video recording features.

The photo quality is quite good and also has quality features like object removal to remove unwanted destructive objects. The app comes in a free version and a pro version. However, if you upgrade, you get extra features.

One downside is that the app has not been updated since 2018. If the developer is actually supporting it, A better Camera deserves the first on the list.

Adobe Lightroom And Adobe Photoshop Camera

Adobe Lightroom is technically a photo editor and not a camera. However, it also comes with a built-in camera. The camera is reasonably decent and includes massive features like HDR, RAW support, and various modes and presets.

It also comes with the usual array of manual camera controls. The good news is that Adobe Lightroom is one of the best mobile editors for mobile right now so you can use the camera app and immediately edit it in the same instance.

Bacon Camera

When you judge by the name, you might think this app is a joke as we thought but trust me, upon trying out this app we realized its a legitimate decent camera app.

It has great features like focus, white balance, exposure, compensation, ISO, and more. You also get RAW and DNG with JPEG support. The app boasts support for manual controls for devices that don’t support Google’s Camera2 API.

CAMERA MX

Camera Mx is one of the oldest and most popular camera apps available on the internet. The app is updated regularly to meet the change of time. It works best for simple stuff. It comes with a variety of features. It supports photos and videos. There is even a Gif mode to make your own.

It also comes with a built-in photo editor. Its simplicity makes it one of the best camera apps.

Below is a list of camera apps which we have not tested but per our research, works fine.

1. Cymera
2. Filmic Pro
3. Google Camera
4. Open Camera
5. Pixtica
6. ProCamX
7. SayCheese
8. Simple Camera
9. Snap Camera HDR

Conclusion

Mobile photography has become part of everyone. Having the best camera with great features will help you make the best photos. In this article, I have provided the best camera apps available to try your hands on. Enjoy taking photos.

Are you wondering how to send a large file to your friend? Don’t worry because in this guide I am going to show you how to use WeTransfer to send large files for free. Yes! It’s absolutely free.

We often find it difficult to transfer large files to our friends over the internet. Social media platforms like Telegram allows the sending of large files, but they have limitations.

These limitations are the barriers that do not allow us to be able to transfer large files to our friends. For example, if you have a file that is worth 1GB, you cannot send it to whoever needs it.

Normal email accounts permit only a little storage space (not even up to 1GB in most cases).

This is the reason why you need WeTransfer to be able to send large files for free.

What is WeTransfer?

WeTransfer is an online platform that was created to help users transfer large files through email. Files that wouldn’t have been possible using the traditional email accounts; Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook, iCloud, etc.

The files you can transfer can be of any format; doc, pdf, mp4a, mp3, Xls, ppt, etc. With the free service, you can share files up to 2GB. There’s also a premium package with premium features and a high transfer size limit.

Once you send the file, both you and the recipient will receive an email detailing the transfer of the file and the link to it. Additionally, you can share the links with any other person in whatever means you may deem fit.

Also, there’s no transfer location barrier.  As a result, you can be in Ghana and transfer a file to someone in the United Kingdom at absolutely no cost. You can now see why I am recommending WeTransfer to you.

How To Use WeTransfer To Send Large Files For Free

To get started, keep the file you are about to send in an easy to access folder, preferably ‘Desktop’. After that, follow the steps listed below.

• First of all, open your web browser on your device.
• Visit the official WeTransfer website.
• Click on the Add Files option and locate the location of the file you intend to transfer to your friend, relative, or recipient.
• Type in the Email address of the recipient.
• Click on Your Email to add your email address. (This is what the confirmation message will be sent to upon successful completion).
• If you wish to share a note with the recipient, you can additional do it in the message bar.
• For those using the Premium version (Pro), you can click on the three dots below the message bar to adjust your Pro settings.
• For those using the free version also, you can click on the three dots to change the way the transfer is going to be like.
• After, check to see if all the details provided are correct. If they are all correct, then click on Transfer.
• Upon successful completion of the transfer, an email will be sent to your email address and the recipient’s email address.

How to Download the File Transferred From WeTransfer

• Open the email you received from WeTransfer.
• Read through and copy the link attached to the email.
• Open a web browser and paste the link. After, press Enter and wait for the page to load.
• Click on Download to save the file on your device.
• Open the folder you saved the file and access it.

Conclusion

That’s all it takes to send large files for free using WeTransfer. I hope you enjoyed reading this article.

Although the transfer size limit is not that much, it is very good if you compare it with the other alternatives. WeTransfer is indeed one of the best big file transfer platforms in the world.

It is often used by gamers to upload large game files and then share the links for everyone to be able to access the file anytime.  Similarly, you can upload a large file and then share the link with your friends and loved ones.

In case you find any trouble while trying to transfer your file, feel free to write it down in the comments section below and I will attend to you in a few minutes.