Category: Gadget Guides
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How to – Easily Transfer Content from Android Smartphone to iPhone 6 / 6 Plus
Apple have once again released a brand new look iPhone devices, this time in the form of the Apple iPhone 6 and the larger iPhone 6 Plus, and with this new release many users may be swayed over to the new handsets from its Android running competitors. With the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus combining […]
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How to: Change your Google Chrome Spell Checking Language
Google’s Chrome browser has don the unthinkable in in recent years, it has finally dethroned Microsoft’s Internet explorer as the world’s most popular internet browser. Now we love Chrome, most of the Gadget Helpline team use it as their default browser and after years of experimenting the Chrome system beeps getting better. One thing we […]
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How Much Memory Does iOS 8 Need?
Some people may have been surprised to find that they were told to delete some memory on their Apple device before being able to install iOS 8. The update itself requires 5.7GB of free space to be able to successfully install. This may seem like a sizeable chunk, but it is only needed during the […]
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How to Remove Unwanted Free U2 Album from iTunes
You wouldn’t be alone if you were confused to find U2’s latest album on your iTunes playlist without having actively downloaded it yourself. CEO Tim Cook and U2 declared their new album “Songs of Innocence” would be automatically added to all 500 million iTunes users as a gift to celebrate the launch of the new […]
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Freeview Update on September 3rd – Digital Retune needed for Children’s and News channels
In the UK, people will a Freeview TV will need to do a mass update this coming Wednesday (September the 3rd 2014) as the Freeview TV guide will be updated and expanded to free up some extra capacity for new services. The re-tune will see Children’s TV and News services will move to new channel numbers, […]
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How to: Wirelessly connect a PS4 DualShock 4 controller to a Sony PS3
Since the Sony PS4’s release gamer have been able to use the newer PS4 DualShock 4 controllers on their older consoles when wired to PS3, but thanks to a new update, Sony have now added the ability to wirelessly connect your new Ps4 DualShock 4 controller to the PS3 to add additional controllers. Thanks […]
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How to: transfer everything from a Galaxy S4 to a Galaxy S5
Upgrading your phone is a tough job, once you have finally chosen the handset you are going to be using all day for the next 2 years, you have to then set about transferring all of your old data across to a new smartphone. Many of us have simply given up on the idea of […]
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How To: Adjust the Microphone volume on the Sony PS4
Sony has just launched its latest PS4 software update for the next generation console which comes with a host of new features, but one of the smaller features hidden away in the update seems to be one many gamers have been awaiting. Previously the Playstation 4 has had no way for users to adjust the […]
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PS4 System Software Update 1.7 – How to Install the Latest Firmware
System Software updates are vital for maintaining the continued enjoyment of our games consoles and as Sony launches its latest series of tweaks and improvements for PlayStation 4, with system software version 1.7, we thought it a good time to run through how to check your firmware version and how to ensure you update is […]
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PS4 Safe mode – How to do it and what it does
Consoles break, it happens to all of them, sure I could say one breaks more than the other but this would only be based on my experience I don’t have any actual statistics Xbox. What holds true though is when they do break its frustrating, especially when they set you back the best part of […]
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How to speed up your Android phone in 2 easy steps
Many of us have been there: That shiny, awesome new Android phone that could do no wrong when you bought it has turned into a sluggish, pain in the backside to use. Why do our smartphones become slow within just a few months? Often this happens because the user has too many apps running at […]
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How to: Fix Call of Duty: Ghosts black screen after the Ghost Mask Mission on Xbox One
Many of you have been having an issue with the latest in a very long line of Call of Duty games. Namely, one Call of Duty: Ghosts. The issue which can occur at any time is one whereby the game starts normally and then after the initial title screen the console hangs on a blank […]