The Science of Fat

If you're anything like over sixty percent of Americans, you've got a few pounds of fat you could stand to lose. If you saw what a pound of body fat actually looks like, you might be double-motivated. Yet there are a ton of misconceptions about fat-some of which could inform mistakes in our weight-loss endeavors. Let's see if we can't cut through some of the misinformation with a little bit of knowledge.

What Is Body Fat, Like, Really?

Let's start with a positive spin, shall we? Think of body fat as "potential energy." Calories, which you consume through the food you eat, are fuel. Once these calories make it into your bloodstream, this fuel is burned by your various bodily processes. Yes, your muscles burn them, sure, but so does digestion, breathing, brain function, growing hair, etc. Basic being-alive stuff. Now, sometimes we consume more calories than our bodies are presently prepared to burn. When that happens our bodies say, "Oh dang, I don't need all of this energy right now. I'd better save it, in case I need it later." And so the miracle of fat begins.

Your body then takes these free-wheelin' calories and packages them into cells of fat. So, if calories are gasoline, think of fat cells as rubber balloons filled with gasoline. They expand as they collect more fuel, and they shrink when you use some of the fuel. Now, that's a very high-level explanation. An important note is that when this potential energy is stored inside fat cells, it isn't ready to use, as it was when it was coursing through your blood stream. It undergoes a chemical conversion so that it stores the energy more efficiently. It's kinda like a .ZIP file; it makes the energy more compact and storable, but makes the content itself harder to access. When it's time to pull some energy out of the cells, another chemical conversion takes place to turn it back into usable energy.

How Is Fat Burned?

So, when you lose fat, where does it go? Most people don't really know. If you remember the Principle of Mass Conversion from chemistry, you'll know that matter cannot simply appear or disappear-instead, it goes through chemical conversions and changes states. Just like your car's engine turns gasoline into heat and exhaust, your body utilizes a similar process.

The mitochondria (cellular energy centers) in your muscle or liver cells pull some of the fat (stored as triglycerides) from within your fat cells and put it through a metabolic process. This converts the fat into heat, carbon dioxide, water, and ATP (adenosine triphosphate). Let's break those down.

• Heat: Heat energy is vitally important for being not-dead. You know how you, being a warm-blooded mammal, keep your body temperature right around 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit pretty much all the time? Yep, it's by burning calories. When you're cold, you burn way more calories to keep yourself warm. And in case you're wondering just how much heat energy is stored within fat, next time you make a pan of bacon, pour the excess fat into a can and put a wick in it. You will be shocked by how long it burns.

• ATP: As you may remember from our look at creatine, we need ATP for muscle function. Our primary source of immediate energy is produced when we break a phosphate molecule off the ATP, and it makes a little explosion of available power in your muscles. Then it becomes ADP, and it can't be used again until it picks up another phosphate molecule. Krebs Cycle, baby. Basically, it carries fuel to your muscles.

• Carbon Dioxide: Whenever you burn anything (see heat, above), it gives off carbon dioxide. It's true with gasoline, and it's true with body fat. The carbon dioxide will travel through your bloodstream until it returns to your lungs to be exhaled out.

• Water: Fat typically feels kinda wet to the touch, right? That's because there's some water in it. You'll pee it out.

So that's where the weight actually goes when you lose it.

The Scary Stuff About Fat Cells

Here's one of the big misconceptions: When you lose weight, you don't actually lose fat cells. Nope, none of 'em. The average human body contains between 10 billion and 30 billion fat cells, and they are yours forever. Oh, but guess what? If you gain a lot of weight, you can grow more fat cells (obese people may have as many as 100 billion), and again, these cannot be lost (the one exception being liposuction, which actually removes the physical cells). So how the hell do you lose weight?

Remember how we said fat cells were like balloons? When you lose weight, you are letting some of the stuff out of the inflated balloons, thus shrinking the fat cells. You can shrink them all the way down until they're practically empty, but they will always be there-waiting to be refilled, haunting your chubby nightmares.

More bad news: Fat loves to hang out with more fat. Because fat and muscle are basically enemies (we'll get to that in a minute), your fat cells are trying to erode your muscle cells. Worse, while most fat resides under your skin, the more dangerous fat actually accumulates around your internal organs (this is why belly fat is more medically problematic than fat in other areas). This fat, called visceral fat, is metabolically active, and it secretes biochemicals that increase your risk of heart-attack, stroke, liver failure, diabetes, and high blood pressure. Additionally, visceral fat inhibits a very important hormone called adiponectin, which regulates metabolism in your body. In other words, the more visceral fat you take on, the slower your metabolism will be, and so the more easily you take on more fat. It's a tough cycle to break.

Burn Baby Burn

Because body fat is basically just stored calories, the widely-known broad-stroke method for losing weight is essentially this: Make sure you are burning more calories than you are taking in. Do that and your body will begin to pull those calories out of your fat reserves. There's a significant amount of nuance, but for the most part, that's true. But how exactly are those calories burned?

If you've ever done a programmed workout on a treadmill or stationary bike, you've probably seen phrases like "cardio zone" and "fat-burning zone." We'll get to those in a minute, but for now, all you need to know that direct exercise is the smallest slice of the pie when it comes to fat-burning.

There's a terrific Active.com article that breaks this down in a lot of detail, but here's the gist. There are three categories of processes responsible for you metabolic burn. 60 to 70 percent of the calories you burn in a given day are burnt just by being alive. That's with no movement at all. It's called basal metabolic rate (BMR). Another 10 to 15 percent is accomplished by the simple act of digesting your food, known as digestive metabolism (or thermic effect of food, TEF). As Active points out, that's between 70 and 85 percent-without so much as lifting a finger. That last 15 to 30 percent comes from physical activity, either in the form of working out (exercise-activity thermogenesis, aka EAT) or just shuffling around your apartment (non-exercise-activity thermogenesis, aka NEAT).

What's the take away? Well, if 60 to 70 percent of your caloric burn comes from your resting metabolism, doesn't it make sense to start with the biggest piece of the puzzle? It does! Going back to our fat candle analogy for a moment, if you look at the video above, you'll see that when the wick is short, the fat is burning off very slowly. Around the 1:50 mark, the wick becomes longer, which gives the candle a much, much bigger flame. With the larger flame, the fat starts burning off much faster.

So, how can we turn up the internal flame of your metabolism?

The simplest answer is by adding muscle. Muscle tissue, at rest, burns two to three times more calories than fat tissue does. So while cardio is certainly important for your overall health and stamina, if fat burning is your goal, then focusing a little more on weight-bearing, muscle building exercises will likely yield better results, and faster. Not because it burns more calories while you're working out, but because it turns up your metabolic flame so that it burns more calories all the time.

Next, let's look at eating. Remember, 10 to 15 percent of your metabolic burn comes just from digesting food. If you want to push that higher you can add more lean protein to the mix. Digesting protein burns two to three times as many calories as digesting carbohydrates or fat. Additionally, while any calories consumed (be they from protein, carbohydrate, or fats) can be stored as fat, the body more readily stores fat taken in from fat consumed, rather than carbs or protein consumed. All that said, a balanced diet is extremely important to keeping healthy, and again-if you want to shed fat, keep the calories coming in lower that the calories you burn.

Lastly, there's the exercise component (15 to 30 percent of your metabolism). So, that whole fat-burning zone and cardio zone on your treadmill? Technically, it isn't wrong. When you exercise at a lower intensity, you are burning more calories that are pulled from fat, whereas when you exercise at high intensities, more of the calories you burn come from the more-readily-available carbs that you've recently consumed.

BUT, here's the thing: Remember how more than two-thirds of the calories you burn have nothing to do with exercise? That only happens if you can create a caloric deficit, and you can create a caloric deficit much, much faster by engaging in high-intensity, interval-type exercise. It simply burns far more calories, so you're getting a lot more bang (fat-loss) for your workout buck. To say it another way: While the slower, "fat-burning zone" technically pulls more calories out of the fat while you're doing it, high-intensity stuff will burn more calories over all, which will result in more calories being pulled out of your fat reserves over time, which will shrink them more. That, and high-intensity exercise, builds muscle better-just look at sprinters versus marathoners. And again, more muscle equates to a higher metabolism, and that equates to faster fat burning.

To be honest, this really barely scratches the surface. This article is intended as a high-level overview, and as such, there is a ton that couldn't be included. The articles we linked to include a lot of the more technical stuff, and for those inclined, we recommend diving in. For everybody else, we hope this gave you a little more insight into the junk in your trunk.

 

How Does Your Body Burn Fat?

How would you like to magically burn off about 40 calories in the next 15 minutes, without even breaking a sweat? Want to try? Okay, here's what you do:

Go into the bedroom. Open up the closet. Look inside. Anything need to go to the dry cleaner? What about that pashmina you spilled New Year's bubbly on? Toss it in the laundry bag. Straighten a few hanging items and refold your sweaters so the inside of your wardrobe doesn't look like you had to flee the paparazzi. Good job. Now have a seat.

Ta-da! You've just smoked 40 or more calories in less time than it takes to put on your makeup, and all you did was neaten up your clothes. Magic, right?

Well, not really. You see, your body is already primed to be a fat-burning machine. All you need to do to start changing your body's shape is tune up that fat furnace and get it revving at maximum efficiency so you're burning even more fat while going about the mundane rituals of life.

This fat-burning magic comes from your metabolism, a word you've probably heard tossed around a lot but maybe don't quite understand. What is metabolism? Simply put, it's all the various chemical reactions that happen inside your body, 24-7, that keep you alive. It's food being turned into energy and that energy being burned off to keep your hair growing, your heart beating, your liver pumping out bile, your lungs transferring oxygen into your bloodstream, and your intestines turning Amstel Light into urine (not that there's a huge leap there).

It's the engine room of your individual starship, your never-ending calorie burn. And while you may imagine that the majority of your calories get burned while you're engaged in some strenuous activity like riding a bike, diving into a pool, or getting jiggy with your honey, you're actually burning most of your calories, well, just keeping the lights on.

In fact, think of metabolism as your caloric 401(k) program. It's not going to give you instant gratification, like hitting a slot machine jackpot. It's a long-term strategy, but it's a sure thing: Invest in it and you'll get slow, steady, effective returns that will keep you happy and healthy for years to come.

Now, like any long-term investment, it needs a little maintenance from time to time. In this chapter, we'll show you the smart ways to tweak your metabolism, improving your burn just enough to gain even more over the long haul. (Or to borrow what they say in financial circles, it's time to work less for your calorie burn and have your calorie burn start working for you!) Prepare for a few surprises, starting with...

 

Why Burning Calories in the Gym Is a Waste of Time

Whoa—did we just say what you thought we said? That burning calories in the gym is "a waste of time"?

Well, stay with us here. Burning calories in the gym is great. But the energy you expend while you're in the gym isn't as simple as those tired old LED readouts on the treadmill might make it seem. See, we all have three "burns" that make up our metabolism.

Burn One

Basal (resting) metabolism: Your basal metabolic rate (BMR) accounts for 60 to 70 percent of your overall metabolism, and surprisingly, it's the number of calories you burn doing nothing at all: lying in bed staring at the ceiling or vegging on the couch watching TV. As we said earlier, it's fueled by your body's inner workings—your heart beating, your lungs breathing, even your cells dividing. 

Burn Two

Digestive metabolism, or thermic effect of food (TEF): Simply digesting food—turning carbs into sugar and turning protein into amino acids—typically burns 10 to 15 percent of your daily calories. Digesting protein burns more calories than digesting carbohydrates or fat—about 25 calories for every 100 consumed. Digesting carbohydrates and fat burns about 10 to 15 calories for every 100 consumed.

So pause a moment to think about this: Between 70 and 85 percent of the calories you burn every day come from either eating or just hanging around doing nothing.

So, what about the other 15 to 30 percent?

Burn Three

Exercise and movement metabolism: This part of your metabolism includes both workouts at the gym and other more enjoyable physical activities (we call this exercise-activity thermogenesis, or EAT) along with countless incidental movements throughout the day, like turning the pages of this book and twiddling your thumbs (that's called non-exercise-activity thermogenesis, or NEAT).

So, here's an interesting question: Why is it so hard to lose weight just by exercising? Why are there so many fat people in the gym? The answer is simple. Exercise only targets 15 to 30 percent of your fat burn. Up to 85 percent of the calories you burn in a given day have nothing to do with moving your body!

So, skip the gym, right? Not quite.

 

Why the Fatter You Get, the Fatter You'll Get

Fat doesn't just show up at your door one day, rent a room, and live alone quietly. Fat loves company. Fat's organizing a cocktail party where nobody ever goes home and everyone hangs out around your midsection. The more fat you open the door to, the harder it will be to stop even more fat from inviting itself in. Here's why:

Your BMR, or resting metabolism—the body system that eats up the majority of your daily calorie burn—is determined by two things: your parents, and the amount of fat versus muscle in your body. And while you can't choose who your parents are (if you could, there would be no children on The Real Housewives of New Jersey), you can improve the other part of the equation and turn your resting metabolism up a few notches.

Problem is, fat plays its own role in the metabolic game, and it's literally working to slow down your calorie burn. See, the term "fat and lazy" is pretty accurate from a scientific standpoint. Fat is lazy, on a metabolic level. It barely burns any calories at all. For your body to support a pound of fat, it needs to burn a mere 2 calories a day. Muscle, on the other hand, is very metabolically active.

This is key (and why muscle is your BFF): At rest, 1 pound of muscle burns three times as many calories every day just to sustain itself—and a lot of those calories that muscle burns off come from fat's storage units. That's why fat hates muscle (and why you should love muscle), because muscle is constantly burning fat off.

So fat actually fights back, trying to erode muscle and fit more of its fat friends into your body. The real villain in this internal battle happening right now, in your body, is a nasty character called visceral fat. Visceral fat is the kind that resides behind the abdominal muscles, surrounding your internal organs (viscera).

And visceral fat works its mischief by releasing a number of substances, collectively called adipokines. Adipokines include compounds that raise your risk of high blood pressure, diabetes, inflammation, and heart disease. Visceral fat also messes with an important hormone called adiponectin, which regulates metabolism. The more visceral fat you have, the less adiponectin you have, and the lower your metabolism. So fat literally begets more fat.

A study published in the Journal of Applied Physiology showed that those biologically active molecules that are released from visceral fat can actually degrade muscle quality—which, again, leads to more fat. The solution?

More Muscle

After age 25 we all start to lose muscle mass—a fifth of a pound of muscle a year, from ages 25 to 50, and then up to a pound of muscle a year after that—if we don't do anything to stop the decline. And on top of a slumping metabolic rate, loss of muscle strength and mass are empirically linked to declines in the immune system, not to mention weaker bones, stiffer joints, and slumping postures. Muscle mass also plays a central role in the response to stress. And further research is expected to show measurable links between diminished muscle mass and cancer mortality.

When you're losing weight, where does the fat go?

• You can't alter change your body shape, just your size
• Visceral fat is medically more dangerous than the fat you can see
• Fat cells expand when a person consumes more than they can burn

(CNN) -- Multiple chins, bulging tummies and flabby arms: It's easy to see where fat accumulates on the body.

When a person starts losing weight, where does the fat go? And what parts of the body can you expect to see results?

Headlines from fitness magazines promise exercises to blast away belly fat and activities to spot-reduce flab. The scientific evidence, unfortunately, doesn't back those sexy headlines.

Here are three things to know about weight-loss and body fat.

You can't change your shape, just your size.

You can't cherry-pick where you shed fat; weight loss doesn't work like a point-and-shoot.

MRIs, CT scans and dexa scans, which use X-ray beams to measure body composition, show no evidence for spot reduction.

"Basically, when we lose weight, we lose weight all over in exactly the proportion that's distributed throughout our body," said Susan Fried, director of the Boston Obesity and Nutrition Research Center at the Boston University School of Medicine.

This dexa scan of a woman who underwent bariatric surgery shows where she lost her body fat.

A pear-shaped woman who loses weight will remain a pear, just a daintier one, say researchers who specialize in body fat. More women tend to be pear-shaped, with fat around their hips and thighs. Men tend to be apple-shaped, because they have fat that accumulates around their waist.

"People come in with unrealistic expectations from magazines and spot-reducing," said Gary Foster, director of Temple University's Center for Obesity Research and Education. "That doesn't happen. When you start to lose fat, it's proportionate throughout your body, whether it's your neck, waist, ankle circumference. You'll come out smaller but have the same body shape."

She and her husband, Andy, who live in Nashville, lost more than 500 pounds combined.

Sorrells essentially retained her pear shape, although she's 300 pounds lighter. "I'm still rounder in the bottom part of my body. I'm still pear-shaped," she said.

Maggie Sorrells said she essentially retained her pear shape, although she is 300 pounds lighter.

For most people, the problem is their weight, not their body shape, Foster said. Whether you're a pear or apple may be determined by genetics or hormones.

Not all body fat is created equal.

When Joe Dragon, an insurance company supervisor in Albany, New York, started losing weight from his 425-pound frame, he noticed the biggest difference in his stomach.

"I was never heavy on the bottom; it was more the gut, belly area," the 34-year-old said. "The differences I noticed, I have a flat stomach. It used to be huge round ball."

Joe Dragon lost 135 pounds

Like Dragon, men tend to be apple-shaped and carry more belly fat, known as visceral fat. This is a dangerous type of fat because it surrounds abdominal organs and is metabolically active.

Essentially, it disturbs the regular mechanisms in your body.

The fat cells release biochemicals that lead to inflammation, which could lead to heart attacks, strokes and joint and muscle pain. This accumulates in the liver, said Dr. Robin Blackstone, surgeon and medical director of Scottsdale Healthcare Bariatric Center in Arizona.

"Fat is basically a store of energy," she said. "When you need energy, you break down the fat. That breaks down into a component called free fatty acid and goes into the liver for energy. When you have a lot of excess fat, it generates so much free fatty acid, the liver can't handle it, so it stores it."

That triggers a host of problems including non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, insulin resistance and diabetes.

"Belly fat is much more harmful than the so-called big butt," Foster said.

The fat in the hips causes much alarm because that part of the body is highly visible. Called subcutaneous fat, the masses of this fat may be unsightly, but scientists believe they're not as dangerous as internal abdominal fat.

For cosmetic or social reasons, women are more likely to seek obesity treatment than men.

"What that says is that men are likely to need obesity treatment more than women, but women, likely due to stigma socially for being overweight, are more likely to present for treatment," Foster said.

Where does the fat go?

Fat cells expand when people consume more energy than they can burn. During weight loss, the cells shrink.

"The fat is a very specialized cell, and it takes basically the fat we eat and it stores it in form of triglycerides," said Fried, who researches how fat is deposited. "It's doing that for the purpose of releasing it when other parts of the body need it."

Humans carry about 10 billion to 30 billion fat cells. People who are obese can have up to 100 billion.

"If anyone of us overeats long and hard enough, we can increase the number of fat cells in our body," Fried said. "When we lose weight, we don't lose the number of fat cells."

The size of the cells shrinks, but the capacity to expand is always there.

Liposuction can remove fat cells, but this procedure is ideally for people who are not obese.

"The fat cells are actually being removed," said Tony Youn, a plastic surgeon who performs liposuctions. "It doesn't mean that fat cells that remain can't get bigger."

Despite the extraction of fat cells, the ones remaining can always get bigger or smaller depending on a person's diet and fitness.

All you want to know about Lokpal Bill

All you want to know about Lokpal Bill

Following are the salient features of the amended Lokpal Bill passed on Tuesday by the Rajya Sabha.

1. Lokayuktas: The new bill mandates states to set up Lokayuktas within 365 days. States have the freedom to determine the nature and type of Lokayukta.

The old bill said the law shall be applicable to states only if they give consent to its application.

The old bill gave power to the central government to appoint state Lokayuktas while the new draft gives this power to the states.

2. Constitution of Lokpal: The Lokpal will consist of a chairperson and a maximum of eight members, of which fifty percent shall be judicial members. Fifty percent members of Lokpal shall be from among SC, ST, OBCs, minorities and women.

The older version said the chairperson shall be the Chief Justice of India or a present or former judge of the Supreme Court or a non-judicial member with specified qualifications (chief justice or a judge of a high court).

3. Selection of Lokpal: The selection committee will have Prime Minister, Lok Sabha Speaker, leader of the opposition in Lok Sabha and the Chief Justice of India. A fifth member of the selection committee for selection of Lokpal under the category of "eminent jurist" may be nominated by the President on the basis of recommendation of the first four members of the selection committee.

In the old bill, selection of the fifth person was left entirely to the President.

4. Religious bodies and trust: The new bill includes societies and trusts that collect public money, receive funding from foreign sources, and have an income level above a certain threshold, it excludes bodies creating endowments for or performing religious or charitable functions.

The old bill expanded definition of public servant by bringing societies and trusts which receive donations from the public (over a specified annual income) and, organisations which receive foreign donations (over Rs 10 lakh a year) within the purview of the Lokpal.

5. Prosecution: In the new version, before taking a decision on filing a chargesheet in a case upon consideration of the investigation report, the Lokpal may authorise its own prosecution wing or the concerned investigating agency to initiate prosecution in special courts.

Under the old bill, prosecution of the case could be done only by the prosecution wing of the Lokpal.

6. Central Bureau of Investigation: For independence of the CBI, in the new bill a directorate of prosecution will be formed. Appointment of the director of prosecution will be on the recommendation of the Central Vigilance Commissioner.

Transfer of officers of CBI investigating cases referred by Lokpal will be only with the approval of Lokpal who will also have superintendence over CBI in relation to Lokpal referred cases.

7. Hearing: The new bill says a government servant will get a hearing before a decision is taken by the Lokpal.

8. Prime Minister: The Prime Minister will be under the purview of the Lokpal with subject matter exclusions and specific process for handling complaints against the Prime Minister.

9. Investigation: Inquiry has to be completed within 60 days and investigation to be completed within six months. Lokpal shall order an investigation only after hearing the public servant.

Inquiry against the prime minister has to be held in-camera and approved by two-thirds of the full bench of the Lokpal.

10. Penalty: False and frivolous complaints - imprisonment up to one year and a fine of up to Rs.1 lakh. Public servants - imprisonment up to seven years. Criminal misconduct and habitually abetting corruption - jail term up to 10 years.

Telegram-Safe Alternative for WhatsApp

Telegram is one of messenger that is available among others. It has some beneficial features compared to others. It is set apart from WhatsApp and Co. that are always get critic. Telegram is also a secure transmission messages, files and even able to be used on multiple devices. Here, we would like post about telegram app.

Install it

Features & Use

Telegram is quite similar with other messengers. It is required for you to verify your number and you will get SMS about its code. Enter the code and you can see the contacts in your phone who have used the app.
It is easy for you to access the last-seen status, phone number, profile information about your chart partner. Those all could be done in quick way. Moreover, custom notification ringtone is available to be set for each contact. Exchanging videos, location data and also photos could be seen under “Shared Media”.




The secret chat is the one which makes the application is seriously special. It allows end-to-end encryption which means that you can set an option in your profile of chat partner like “Start Secret Chat” so you will chat in a new window. It is 200% secure.






Self-destruct timer allows you to destruct the message after a certain time that you set.

 

Screen & Controls

It is intuitive and easy to use. It boasts a clear and clean interface. In setting, there are few options available but functional so it is not too busy options app. By using specific contacts, you can encrypt the chat. It nice for you since it is completed with backgrounds and sounds.

 

 

Speed & Stability

It works very stable and has a reliable performance. The messages are delivered with no delay. It is claimed as the fastest messenger apps at this time.

 

 Price/Performance Ratio

It is free to download. It contains no advertisement or additional premium content, plus it is available for iOS.


But why it is becoming so popular?
The Telegram software differentiates itself from WhatsApp by stating on their website, "Unlike WhatsApp, Telegram is cloud-based and heavily encrypted. As a result, you can access your messages from several devices including desktops and share an unlimited number of photos, videos and documents. Thanks to our multi-data center infrastructure and encryption, Telegram is also faster and way more secure.
On top of that, Telegram is free and will stay free — no ads, no subscription fees, forever."
Telegram is financially supported by Pavel Durov who founded VK, a social media website known as Russia's Facebook, while the technological aspects are looked after by Nikolai Durov.
Telegram has been set up as a non-commercial organisation and the funding comes from Durov's donation.
The idea is that Telegram should therefore not be influenced by the interest of a person or company.



Why are people switching to Telegram?
A lot of people who migrated to Telegram from WhatsApp say they don't want Facebook to have even more data on them. Sure, another company would have it, but for most of them, that's acceptable.
They are fine with a company having access to my email, another company having access to their social network, another one to their chat history. But having one company having access to all of that seems to scare a lot of people.
Telegram is not the only encrypted messaging app seeing a rise in sign-ups following WhatsApp's acquisition by Facebook. Threema – which also touts encryption as a key feature – doubled its user base in 24 hours, with 200,000 new users paying €1.79 ( Rs 184) each for the App, TechCrunch reports.

Samsung Galaxy Grand I9082 Android KitKat 4.4 Update Coming in June-July 2014

Samsung Galaxy Grand I9082 Android KitKat 4.4 Update Coming

Samsung not only manufactures good quality dependable smartphones but also have a clear picture in mind as to what all its devices would be upgraded to the next level of software. The South Korean company believes in providing support to its older smartphones even though they might not make a business sense for it. Treading on the same line, the Samsung Galaxy Grand I9082 Android KitKat 4.4 Update would be out soon.

As an owner, you could expect the Samsung Galaxy Grand I9082 Android KitKat 4.4 Update to arrive in the month of June – July. It would bring with it a whole lot of new features and changes.

• For the starters, the notification bar would go translucent and would house more number of accessible options. The app icons would be bigger in size and would sport a cleaner look.

• The dialling pad would come in a complete new look and would still maintain the ease of dialling. A new immersive mode enables the users to keep the navigation and the status bar hidden while using the phone. You could record the screen to through a built in application.

• Heavy applications like the Google Chrome, YouTube, Google Maps etc. have been toned down and now require less amounts of RAM. This in turn keeps the level of the free RAM up and smartphone does not slows down.

• The phone houses a 2100 mAh battery under the hood. The Samsung Galaxy Grand I9082 Android KitKat 4.4 Update would see this battery last longer because of the above mentioned feature and also a couple of software enhancements that enable the device to stay on for longer periods without plugging in.

• The update also brings the wireless printing capability to the Grand. This means if your printer is Wifi or Bluetooth enabled then you could print your documents over the air without connecting to the USB dock.

• Apart from the these features, the Samsung Galaxy Grand I9082 Android KitKat 4.4 Update would provide more security and performance enhancements. When you install the update and check for yourself, you would feel quite an improvement in the user speeds. Jumping from one app to another would be a lot faster and swiping the screens and accessing different features including the tweaks would be smoother.

• For an old device it is always good to be upgraded to the latest software. It enables the users to install the new applications which their current software does not supports. 

So keep some patience and you would be loving your Galaxy Grand phone once again!

Android: All you want to know

Android Information

How to Remove Unwanted Apps From Your Apps List in Google Account

In this urge of exploring Google Play Store, I got a list of over hundreds of apps in my Play Store account database. These apps were either installed on my smartphone or were installed a long time ago, though may not be present in the smartphone. Previously Google Play store always kept a track back of which apps you have installed. So even if you uninstalled an app, it would still show up in the “All” Apps list. Play Store does not allowed removing of apps from their. However i wished i could remove unwanted apps to give that list a cleaner look with only useful apps in the apps list.

Google Play Store App Updated

However, post a recent update in Google Play Store App, it though still keeps a track of apps you have installed but now you can also remove unwanted apps from this list which you are willing to remove and do not want to install later. These apps may include some buggy app or any app which you never found useful. You may keep those apps which you find useful but does not need at the moment.

This recent update from Google is loved by most of the android smartphone holders and personally by me as well. I cleared up over 100 of apps present in the list which were of no use to me and I am dead sure I am not going to use them in future. Thus I ended up with a list of only those apps I really need to know about.

Play Store App update rolled out recently and you might have got that. The best feature it brings out is that now you can remove unwanted apps.

How to remove unwanted apps all together from your All Apps list in Play store at once.

• Launch Google Play Store and tap on menu button. You will see My Apps option. Select that.
• Once you enter that you will see two option viz. Installed and All . Select All.
• You might be surprised to see the number of apps it will show. These are apps you installed from the day you have used that Gmail account with android smartphone.
• Those apps which are still installed on your system won’t show a cross mark in the corner. But those which have been uninstalled from the system will show. You can remove them one by one by clicking at the cross button and confirming that you are willing to remove them. make sure you want to remove unwanted apps from the list.
• In case you have too many of unwanted apps, Just tap and hold on each of those apps you wish to remove and then head over to the top where it shows a cross mark. It will be present just after it says ( X numbers of app selected). Tap on that and confirm that you are willing to remove them. That’s all you need to do to remove unwaanted apps in one click.

How To Format EFI Partition system

You might have always noticed that your hard disk label shows much more capacity than what you actually get. For example,  The laptop I bought few months ago came with a configuration of 1TB of hard disk. However after opening it, I saw only 931GB of available space. Though I knew that there are always some memory space which are reserved and which cannot be used but this was a lot of space.
Hence to be more sure if where the space was actually been used, I launched my Disk Management tool.
To open Disk Management Tool in windows 8 or 8.1 just type disk management and open any of the option saying create or delete partition and anything similar. In windows 7 open start menu and type in the search box Disk Management.
Universal way for all Mentioned OS, just open run and type compmgmt.msc and click ok.
Now once I opened my disk management tool, I saw two EFI partition, which I created when I once installed Ubuntu on my system. The two counted for 24GB of space. Since I was not running Ubuntu on my system anymore, The EFI partition was not doing any good to me. Hence I though to get rid of them.
Being marked as System Partition, Due to EFI type, Windows won’t allow the deletion or modification of these partitions. Hence I figured out yet another way to get rid of them. This is the simplest way I found after searching for a long time on the web and passing through a number of things which seemed a lot high-tech.

Below are the steps on how to Format EFI System Partition.

1. Launch your disk management tool to verify if you have any EFI type partition or not.
2. Make sure you verify for the correct EFI partition system which you want to delete and not the EFI partition system which contains Windows Boot Information. Anyways, even if you do, Windows won’t allow you deleting the Windows partition.
3. We will be using CMD [Command Prompt] for this as you cannot do this via the normal menu options. Hence launch RUN and type in CMD. Then click on RUN.
4. Once CMD is open. Type in DISKPART . A list of internal and external Hard Disk Connected would popup in CMD. Identify the Hard Disk which has the EFI partition system you want to delete. Once you get the number of that Disk suppose 0, Type in CMD – SELECT DISK 0.
5. Once the disk is selected, Type in LIST PART to show all the partition in the selected disk. Once it shows ups the partitions, verify for the position of the partition which you want to delete. For example if the EFI partition system is 1, then type SELECT PART 1 . For 2 type SELECT PART 2 and so on.
6. It will mention the selected partition as active. Now to delete the partition type DELETE PART OVERRIDE or you may even type DELETE PARTITION OVERRIDE .
7. As already mentioned, if the partition you selected to delete does not has any boot files which is needed by OS, then it will be deleted successfully.

Once the partition is deleted, Open up your disk management tool and now the EFI partition would be showing as UNALLOCATED SPACE.
To create a new partition, right click on that space, Choose the desired option and Click OK. Once you are done creating a new partition, Launch My computer and you can see that partition listed there with other local drives.

Find My Phone App (Web Based App) – Google’s Android Device Manager

This service acts as a web based app which lets you ring your device to its max volume. Hence you can hear it loud and clear and locate its situation. Even if your device is at Vibrate or Silent mode, it will override all settings and will ring your smartphone to its maximum volume.
If you are thinking how can I find my phone with this service, here is the way for this.
Since you are using an Android Smartphone then you should be having a Gmail id which you used up to SignUp in the Play Store.
Just Follow the link Android Device Manager , and use the same email id and password to access the service. It will automatically show you the name of your smartphone which is saved with this account. (See The Picture below). Once you log in, it will automatically detect the present location of the device and present before you.

Find My Phone – Android Device Manager

The left pic shows this find my phone service trying to establish a connection with my device and the second one shows the present location of the device. It will also show the location of the device on Google Map.
There are two services offered by the web based app.
Google’s Android Device Manager Features:

Ring Feature

Ring : This is the feature about which I was talking before. It will help you ring your device to the maximum possible volume.

Wipe Feature

Wipe : This is bonus features. Suppose you lost your phone. And in case it has some personal information which you don’t want to be leaked, then you can use this service to wipe all those data from your smartphone.To use this feature you will need to enable the Factory reset option form your android smartphone. These will be asked by your smartphone the very first day, you will be registering for this service.
You can select which one of the two service are you willing to use on your android smartphone. Based on the permission you provided you can use it.

Android Device Manager Permission

Note : In case you are unavailable to track down youe phone, then this means that your phone is either out of any coverage area, or is switched.

This is not a very new kind of technology. In fact to be precise, features and services like this are available from a long time in other android apps (mostly by some of the best antivirus apps) . Not to forget the famous Find My iPhone app, which is just similar. The only thing with Android Device Manager is that this is being served the Tech Giant Google.

Samsung Galaxy Grand 4.2.2 Firmware Update Method

One step solution to upgrading your Samsung Galaxy Grand and removing all problems after the Android 4.2.2 Upgrade

To Update Galaxy Grand Duos I9082 to Android 4.2.2 follow the following simple steps:

1. First of all extract the Odin zip file and run the odin.exe on your PC. The Odin version should be Odin 3.072. 
2. Now you need to Reboot your Galaxy Grand Duos into Download Mode. Here is how to do it:
1. First Switch-Off your Galaxy Grand
2. Then Press and Hold the ‘Volume Down+Home+Power’ Buttons at the same time, till you see the warning screen.
3. Now just hit the Volume Up button to enter download mode.

3. Once in the download mode, connect your device using the data cable to your PC.

4. Now again come to Odin screen, and make sure it has detected your device, the ID:COM port when yellow or blue means that it has detected your device. Otherwise try changing the USB port or try reinstalling the USB drivers.

5. One more thing to do with Odin, is make sure that the Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time is checked.


6. Now finally you can hit the PDA button and browse the Official Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean Firmware file you’ve downloaded earlier.

7. Then, click on the START Button, to start flashing the Android 4.2.2 Update on your Galaxy Grand Duos I9082.

8. You should have patience, because it can take time depending on your device and PC.

9. Once it gets completed, Odin3 will notify you and your device will Rebooted automatically.

10. Now just wait for your device to boot normally. You’ll have Android 4.2.2 Jellybean installed on Grand Duos I9082 with improved performance and features.

11. Now you got to delete the Cache from the Mobile that may be present. For this follow the following simple steps:

a. Just remove the battery for 3 seconds and then replace the battery
b. Press hold volume up + Home + Power it boots into the recovery mode
c. Simply choose wipe data/cache by using the volume up and down buttons for scrolling
d. Once you arrive at the selected option press power button to select
e. Once that is done, choose wipe dalwik cache and press power button again to select.
f. Then select the option Reboot.

Your mobile shall now Reboot and there you Go . You have successfully loaded Android 4.2.2

Now IMMEDIATELY disable the Gallery App that is the Root cause of all the Galaxy Grand problems post the Android 4.2.2 Update. For this follow the following simple steps:

Go to Settings—–Application Manager——-All——-
Now All the processess running shall be displayed.
Scroll down to find the process GALLERY
Click on Clear Data
Click on Force Stop.
Click on Disable
This shall DISABLE the Gallery App from your mobile.

4. Howevev you need a good gallery app and hence download and install the following Gallery App from google play. The app name is QUICKPIC. This app works in the same manner as Gallery and is very light in weight and does not auto load in memory as well.

5. Now your mobile should be lightning fast and minus any/all the problems


At the end, hoping that you’ve learned, How to manually install the Official Android 4.2.2 Jellybean Firmware on your  Grand Duos I9082 Smartphone. If you need further support/help let know in the comment section.

Link to necessary softwares:

Link to Download Samsung Galaxy Grand Duos USB Drivershttp://www.mediafire.com/download/7iy79emc0bf1fb4/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.exe


Link to Download Android Firmware 4.2.2 (Build Number: I9082XXUBMK3)
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9082


Link to Download Odin 3.07
http://www.mediafire.com/download/772dlmuaxfgm0x2/Odin307.zip



Also watch this Video from youtube
http://www.youtube.com/embed/hA3arBphLcY?autoplay=1&controls=1&wmode=opaque&rel=0&egm=0&iv_load_policy=3&hd=1&vq=hd720

tips to avoid scratches on your bike

I know you have a great attachment towards your bike. The moment a scratch appears on it, it's like we getting a cut on our body.

So follow these precautions and protect them from that nasty look.

1. Whenever you are to park your bike in a tight parking lot, make sure you always park it on its main (centre) stand and not on its side stand. This is because, when you park with the side stand, your bike is easily prone to be touched by the neighbouring bike when the person takes his/her bike out thereby getting scratched.

2. Apply a coat of Teflon periodically so as to avoid the minor scratches (atleast).

3. Whenever possible, try avoiding very busy parking areas. When you are not busy, park it in some free area a little far away and walk the mile. (Good for health too..!!)

4. When the number of scratches is more, making the bike look really bad, there is nothing to panic. There are so many spray painters in almost all the cities. Try discussing with them on re-painting on that particular area alone. Out of my personal experience I tell you, it works out really well.

5. You also have spray paint in small cans at very affordable prices (mostly, it doesn't exceed 300 bucks). If the scratched area is very small, this would prove to be an apt solution. But, be very careful in using them. The problem with these paints is that they don't get adhered onto the body as you spray it. It usually clots downward, thereby creating a mark all along the body. So, use them on surfaces where clotting would be minimum.

6. There are more chances of your bike getting scratched during service. Might sound odd, but true. Careless handling and lack of space results in getting your bike scratched. So, tell them about this issue and give it for service.

7. In traffic signals, do not try to push yourself into every single gap. This is where most scratches happen. If it's true that you love your bike a lot, don't attempt to do it.

8. Riders having an R15, Fazer, Karizma, Pulsar 220 and other such bikes with side fairings need to drive carefully because it is this part that projects outside the body. Especially, when you get down from some other bikes and get on to this. This is when you don't get the feel of extra projections.

9. Do not wipe your bikes with clothes other than soft ones. These days, you get separate soft cloth to wipe bikes. Hardly, costs you a hundred bucks. Worth the penny.

10. Last but not the least, Clean your bike regularly. Wipe it immediately when you find come bird-droppings. This may lead to scratches if not wiped off.

Hope you found these tips useful. Stay tuned for more such tips...