Bluestacks Vs. LeapDroid, which is better?

Recently the market has filled up with a lots of new and great Android Emulators. This has challenged the monopoly of Bluestacks. Also i believe that there are now some emulators which beat Bluestacks easily. Here i am explaining how LeapDroid (another free great emulator) is better than  Bluestacks.

1. LeapDroid is Faster
     LeapDroid boots up faster than Bluestacks.

2. LeapDroid gives you better storage space
    In LeapDroid you can use up all the free hard disk space in the emulator.

3. Bloatwares
    LeadDroid won't force you to install any app or game while Bluestacks will do that daily.

4. Reliability
     I used both emulators and sometimes Bluestacks even refuses to start for days, such a problem has never occurred to me with LeapDroid.

5. No crashes
     Bluestacks crashes on my machine every 10 minutes when i use an app continuously but no such problem occurs with LeapDroid.


LeapDroid has given me a completely better experience.
Also you might wanna know how to transfer files between LeapDroid and Windows host using shared folder between the host and the Android VM.

Display battery percentage level indicator on Android Lollipop (without root)

I am a cyanogenmod fan because i love how customizable it is at every aspect. Well, since i have got a new phone now (moto g3 2015), i have to stay away from cyanogenmod for at least a while for two reasons :

1. Rooting my phone will void the warranty. 
2. There is not yet any stable Cyanogenmod ROM available.

Due to this i am struggling with many customization tasks. One of them is the battery level indicator. I want it to display battery level in form of percentage but no option for that has been provided in the stock OS of my Moto G 2015. I reached out for a method to achieve battery percentage indicator (without rooting) and found many which i am gonna share with you :

The best one is Battery Percentage.

1. Full Battery & Theft Alarm
  Features :

• SMART WATCH integration
• BATTERY PERCENTAGE
• Sound and vibration alarm when charger is unplugged. (Anti theft alarm)
• Full battery alarm

   Pros :

• Loads of features.

   Cons :

• Always takes the space of a notification in the drop down space of android 

2. Battery Percentage

   Features :

• Status bar icon 

   Pros :

• Simple and small 

   Cons :

• No additional features 
• Always takes the space of a notification in the drop down space of android 

2. Batteryminder

    Features :

•      Customizable status Bar Icon 
•      Tells the temperature 
•      Alerts for low battery and fully charged battery 
•      Widget available 

    Pros :

• Additional features like alerts for low or full battery 
• Widget available 

    Cons :

• Always takes the space of a notification in the drop down space of android. 

3. Battery Widget Reborn (Free)

Features :

• Highly customizable status icon. 
• Additional toggles for wifi bluetooth etc. 
• Motorola 1% hack 
• Customizable widget option 

Pros :

• High customizability and many features 

Cons :

• Always takes the space of a notification in the drop down space of android. 

4. Battery Percent Enabler :

Features :

• Displays battery percentage within the stock battery icon 
• Does not require root. 

Pros :

• Most desirable feature 
• Does not occupy the notification area 

Cons :

• Zero customizability 
• Very small text (hardly readable) 
• Text does not show when battery is charging 

Battery Percent Enabler could be the best choice only if it could eliminate its cons listed above.

Tested with : Moto G3 2015, Android 5.1.1
May also work with : Any Android Phone

Is it safe to root your android Phone?

When i was doing it for the first time i was also worried about it so much. I googled hard. I found that only 2% of the careless people who are doing it for the first time get their phone bricked. Bricked phone means the phone is now as useful as just a brick ( It does not boot at all) . I did it for the first time safely, no issues were faced. However if the phone is switching on but not booting completely, it can surely be corrected. So in my opinion it is safe and worth doing. Don't do it only if you don't like geeking around and you are so damn careless. :) happy rooting.