Author: Onyebuchi Uche

A while ago, we reported a bug in Google Photo that makes old images look “corrupted”. Corrupted as in, the images are seen with distorted areas, cracks and lines resembling a hard copy image that got water spilt on it. Some of them look so affected with no reason for why it’s that way. Unfortunately, the old images on Google Photos are in the same circumstances across all versions of the app – web, Android and even iOS. Even more unfortunate, the issue continued after users had downloaded the image – both individual downloads and via Google Takeout – to…

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It’s Xiaomi with another classic piece of tech for a smartphone. We have the Xiaomi Civi 2, designed to meet the desires of selfie lovers. A mid-range smartphone with a lot of high-end features, let’s take a look.  Details of Xiaomi Civi 2 This selfie-centric smartphone, Xiami Civi 2, has its two cameras buried into a pill-shaped cutout resembling that of the Dynamic Island on the Apple iPhone 14 Pro models. Still, on the selfie camera, the Xiaomi Civi 2 has two camera flashlights to help enhance selfie photography with ease, in circumstances of low light. Powered by the impressive…

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Here’s the crux of the matter: the September 2022 Google Play system update is here with new features. The Google Play services, the Google Play store, as well as the Google Play System Updates, is what makes Android, Android. That’s the core driving the Android OS and Google makes sure to keep the mechanism updated every month. To check for Google Play System Updates, navigate to your Settings, Security, and then Google Play System Updates, after which you can check for one. In the case of the Google Play store, simply navigate to the app (Google Play Store), click on…

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Users of the iPhone 13 series took to Twitter and Reddit to lay complaints of battery drain since iOS 16. Getting the Pro Max of this smartphone is like a sure bet you’re going to get a decent amount of battery life, I mean, older models do better, so why not?. Well, the battery drain since iOS 16 is somewhat frustrating as users can’t even get a good amount of battery left after normal use. Battery drain since iOS 16: what people have to say A Redditor, Comfortable-key-71 says “Battery on 13 pro max drains like crazy. It went from…

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While using the new filter that was rolled out months ago and going through past photos, users found Old images on Google Photos to be somewhat “corrupted”, by old images on Google Photos, I mean images that are dated back to about 5 years ago. Corrupted old images on Google Photos? Corrupted as in the old images show signs of distortion, like hard copy photos that were treated poorly over the years. There is the presence of lines, cracks, white dots and some distorted patches. That said, some of them look even damaged with no specific reason for why it…

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