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’.