Factory Reset Android phone when it is Locked

How to factory reset android phone when it is locked

Smartphones…As the name suggests are really smart in some ways. But that doesn’t mean they are smarter than you. Sometimes you might lock your phone and just forget the key or pattern which you had used. Now in such situations while using an android device you may need to provide your email credentials.

            Now here comes the problem. What if you forget that one too. The only way to deal with such situation is to Factory reset your device. And here is how to do it…..

1)     Switch of your device by pressing the manual key that is situated at either the side-section or top. Wait for the device to switch off.

2)     Go to recovery mode: Here’s how: Press one combination of keys for rebooting device in the recovery mode. Combination of keys is different for each brand. Major ones are as follows.

• Samsung: Hold Power, Volume Up and Home all at same time.

• Micromax A60: Hold the centre key, home key & power all at the same time .when u see a triangle on screen ,hit the call button.

• HTC: Press Volume Down and Power at same time.

3)     In recovery mode touch screen does not work.

So, you will have to navigate and select using volume control keys and home key respectively. From the menu, you have to select the option ‘Factory Reset’ or ‘wipe your device’. Use the home button for selecting.

               Once your device has been reset successfully, your device will reboot automatically.

Shut Down PC with a Timer

Shut Down Your PC with a Timer

     Sometimes you happen to download a large file into your PC during night hours. Now, you don’t want your PC to be on for the whole night. So, you can set a timer to turn off your PC At a specific time so that it is not on for the whole night.

Here’s how to Shut Down your PC At the time you want:

1)      Go to Start => Run

2)      Now type the following code Code (without Quotes)

“ at 7:45 shutdown -s ” (you may enter whatever time you want)

3)      Click OK.

Now, if you want to Abort that operation

1)      GO to Start+>Run

2)      Type “ shutdown -a ” (without Quotes)

Smartphone tricks you might not know

Few Smartphone tricks for you

Smartphones have many features, some of them too common but still most of you don’t know about them. Here are a few of them.

1. To enlarge the screen on an I Phone, double tap the screen with three fingers. Turn this feature on by tapping Settings, then General, then Accessibility. You can pan around by dragging with three fingers. Double-tap with three fingers to restore the screen magnification.

2. When you are in no coverage area searching for a signal uses large chunk your phone’s battery. So it’s better to turn your phone off or keep it in fight mode when it is out of cell phone coverage area.

3. Improve your cell phone’s reception: Use your phone near a window, electronic equipment can cause interference so move away from all electronic equipments, and move to a higher location as there are less chances of any interference.

4. You can silence the ringing tone of your phone by pressing any key on its side. Remember this when you’re in class.


5. Charge your phone with its original charger as using duplicate charger with different current ratings can damage your battery over long periods.

Get More Lives in Candy Crush

Get More Lives in Candy Crush

     Everyone knows how Candy Crush is Addictive. All of us hate the fact of having to wait to play more than the awarded turns. At times it is really annoying in order to wait just when we realize that we are playing good.

Now, here’s a trick to avoid the so called Waiting to play further.

     Once your turns for the day are over, you can just change your phone’s date or time and that’s it. You get more turns to play.

     Now, after getting more turns to play you can again change the date or time to original and continue playing. Don’t worry; your turns or stamina whatever it is will still be there.

The trick works perfectly with Candy Crush Saga on Android.

Restrict Background Data Usage of Specific Apps on Android

How to Restrict Background Data Usage of Specific Apps on Android

     People often have a limited usage data pack. But these packs seem too less for your android devices. Especially when we have 3G data pack, the data usage is usually limited. Our android device, there are several apps that consume data in the background leading to high data usage.

     However, we can limit the data usage by the following steps:

     In Ice Cream Sandwich and later versions of Android, go to Settings => Data Usage, and scroll down to reveal a list of apps with data usage statistics.

    Then, tap an app to view its usage data, and take a look at the two numbers next to the pie chart. “Foreground” refers to the data used when you're actively using the app, while “Background” reflects the data used when the app is running in the background.

     If you notice an app is using too much background data, scroll down to the bottom and check “Restrict background data”.

Free Anti-Virus for Your PC

Free Anti-Virus for Your PC

     Here’s a list of free anti-virus for your PC if you do not want to spend money for any Anti-virus:

1.      AVG Free Anti-virus (http://free.avg.com/in-en/homepage)

2.      Avira Free Antivirus (http://www.avira.com/en/avira-free-antivirus)

3.      Avast Free Edition (http://www.avast.com/index)

Save Webpage as PDF in Google Chrome

How to Save Webpage as PDF in Google Chrome

     If you want to create a PDF file of a webpage, you can do it in Google chrome without installing any third party extension as there is a built in feature for this purpose. This doesn’t  require any extension as the feature of Saving WebPages in PDF file is already there in the browser.

     Open any webpage in Google Chrome and Press Ctrl + P. Under the destination for the webpage, select ‘Save as PDF’.

Make your Computer Faster

How to Make your Computer Faster

Delete Temporary Internet Files

     Temporary files are used to help recover lost data if the program or computer is abnormally halted. Browsing on the internet causes various things to be downloaded locally to your computer so that the next time you open the same website, you will get a personalized experience. But this affects the performance of your Computer and should be removed periodically to enhance the performance of your PC.

Defragment Your Hard Disks

     Defragmentation is basically organizing the files on your PC to make it respond faster. Thus, increasing the Speed of your PC.

Defragmenting Steps:

1.      Click Start

2.      Go to All Programs, Then Accessories

3.      Now Go to System tools and click Disk Defragmenter.

Control Automatic Startup of Applications

     Some Applications automatically start at the time of Computer startup, thus increasing the boot time of your Computer. Control the startup of application in your PC and reduce the boot time.

you've noticed a program starting automatically, and you want the behavior to stop, sometimes the easiest solution is to explore the program's settings directly.
Steps:

1.      Open the program.

2.      Find the settings panel. Typically it will be available under a menu labeled Settings, Preferences, Options, or Tools.

3.      Find the option to disable the program from running at startup. The language for this type of option varies, but it should be easy to find if it exists.

When you restart the computer, the program will no longer launch. You'll still be able to start it manually, so don't be deterred if the application asks you if you are sure you want to disable its automatic startup.

Limit Background processes on Android

How to Limit Background processes on Android 

     Usually our Android device gets too slow. The reason behind this is there are too many process running in the background of our android device. We can limit these background processes on our device by following some simple steps.

• Go to ‘Settings’
• Then ‘Developer options’
• Enable Developer option.
• Now you get a warning pop-up message. Tap OK.
• Scroll down, under ‘Apps’ tap on ‘Limit background processes’.
• One more pop-up appears where you can limit background processes. ‘Standard limit’ will be selected by default. You can select any one of the six options.

Note: You get a warning message on Enabling developer option which may cause errors on your device. So try this at your own risk.

Increase battery life of Smart Phones

How to increase battery life of smart phones

   All of us face a common problem of LOW BATTERY in smart phones. It is very irritating when a high end smart phone shows a Battery Low alert quite often. But you can increase your battery life by using some very simple methods. Here are some of the tips that you can apply:

1.       Lower your screen brightness.

2.       Turn off mobile data network and navigation when not needed.

3.       Turn off Bluetooth, GPS, Wi-Fi when not needed.

4.       Kill unused apps using Task Manager.

5.       Turn off push notifications and increase the interval between when the phone checks for new messages. Push notifications can consume a lot of battery  as they continuously check for new messages

6.       Turn off Vibration and keypad tone.

7.       Uninstall all unused apps.

8.       Use less number of widgets on your Android device as it consumes more battery.

9.       Flash animations consume lot of battery power, so better to avoid.

10.    High graphics games bring down the battery life drastically.

Stop Auto-download of Images in Whatsapp

How to stop Auto-download of Images in Whatsapp

    We share images, audio, video files on Whatsapp and also watch these video files on our mobile. But, a lot of data is consumed in downloading these image files while seeing these image, or watching videos. Also sometimes it happens in groups that some unwanted images are shared which we do not want to download. So, here’s how to Disable the Auto-Download of images on Whatsapp.

     By default in Whatsapp when you are connected to mobile data network, Audio and Video file downloads are disabled and Images will be enabled. So, there won’t be any auto download of audio and video files while using mobile data network.

     If you want to disable even the images when on mobile data network, then follow these steps:

Open Whatsapp on your mobile.                            

1. Go to ‘Settings’. Then tap ‘Chat Settings’.
2. Tap on ‘Media auto-download’.
3. Tap on ‘When using mobile data’.
4. Un-check all including images.

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GSM Secrets

GSM Secrets

1. Check call redirection status- Type *#61# and press call.
2. Cancel all redirections: ##002#
3. To activate call waiting dial *43#, to deactivate dial  #43#.
4. If your phone doesn’t have incoming call barring and outgoing call barring, try this - For outgoing call barring dial *33*barcode*# and press OK.
5. To deactivate it  dial #33#barcode*#.
6. On any phone on any network type  **43# to enable conference calls. Up to 7 calls can be made at once.
7. If you need to block SMS reception (if you are spammed by someone) just presses this code: *35*xxxx*16#  where xxxx is your Call Barring code (default is 0000). To remove this barring type: #35*xxxx#
8. If you want to hide/show your phone number when calling, put one of these codes below in front of the number that you are going to call. (*#30# / *#31# or *31# / #31# ) . However this works only on some networks.
9. Typing *0# or *nm# on the beginning of a text message gives you detailed delivery report on some networks. But first turn off reports in message settings.