Mobile Phone Tips

Mobile Phone Tips

1. Only give your mobile number out to people you know and trust. 

2. Do not use your mobile phone to communicate with strangers. Only text and call people or businesses you know in real life.  

3. Never reply to text messages from people you don’t know.  

4. Make sure you know how to block others from calling your phone. Using caller id you can block all incoming calls or block individual names and numbers.   

5. Make a record of your Electronic Serial Number (ESN) and/or your International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number. You can find out your IMEI number by pressing *#06# on your mobile phone's keypad, it will display a 15 digit number - that is your IMEI number. 

6. If your phone is lost or stolen, report it to your local police station and your network operator immediately.  

7. Think about how a text message might be read before you send it. 

8. You should never give anyone else's number out without asking them if it is okay. 

9. You should never take pictures or videos of anyone with your phone if you do not have their permission. 

10. Do not allow others to take pictures or videos of you without your permission. Remember these pictures and videos can be posted to the Internet. 

11. Be careful if you meet someone in real life who you only "know" through text messaging. Even though text messaging is often the "next step" after online chatting, that does not mean that it is safer. 

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Mobile Battery-saving Tips

Mobile Battery-saving Tips

As an increasing number of electronic devices are designed to be portable and integrated with multiple features, battery runtime has become a critical factor to product differentiation and customer satisfaction.

These essential tips are for maximizing the battery life of your mobile device (like smart phone, tablet, wireless sensor, or insulin infusion pump).

1. Turn off Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and GPS when you're not using them.

2. Lower the screen brightness:  Settings -> Display -> Brightness.

3. Decrease the screen timeout:  Settings -> Display -> Screen timeout.

4. Avoid live wallpapers.

5. Turn on power-saving settings: Settings -> Power saving

6. Adjust email settings: Settings -> account name ->Email check frequency (the less, the longer your battery life).

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Most popular mobile applications

Most popular mobile applications

There are a number of mobile applications which users download and use, its not just the number of different applications its the variety of applications in one category.

1. Whats App
The first most popular mobile application is Whats App. This is application which works on all smart phones and it automatically adds your contacts whats app name on the list for you to contact.

2. Dropbox
The second popular mobile application is Dropbox, again which works on most smart phones. It easily allowyou to uoload your import files, songs, photos and other tpes of documents.

3. Facebook
Facebook is popular as it is on the internet, and its the third most popular mobile application. Easy to see latest news of freinds, update your status when away from your comp. Only disadvantage I see is that if your mobile screen is small then your facebook page will look cramped.

4. Burrp
Keeps you updated on the latest happenings in your city, from eating out, events, movies, nightlife to shopping. It gives you all the contact details for the places and directions too.

5. Twitter
At the fifth most popular mobile application its Twitter, popular on the internet its popular with its mobile users aswell. Allows its users to keeo their followers updated. The on disadvantage for this application is that it can lose its connection when the net connection is slow.

6. Pulse
The sixth popular application is Pulse, which is a News application, but with a different. It provides news from 30 different sources but in an attractive layout and format. You can customize how you view our news.

7. Zomato
The seventh most popular mobile application is all about food. Gives you listings of restaurants, their reviews and menu details along with their location detail.

8. GasBuddy (Free)
Apps that can save you money are always welcome and GasBuddy is the best app for finding cheap gas. Wherever you happen to be in the U.S. or Canada, you can fire up this app and it will provide you with a list of the gas stations in your vicinity in list or map view. All you have to do is choose the cheapest one. The app relies on an active community of users who earn points by reporting the latest prices. You can use points to win prizes like free gas.

9. Dolphin Browser (Free)
When it comes to speed, Dolphin is comparable to Chrome. The popular Dolphin Browser has just been updated and it offers Sonar, Gesture, and Add-on support. Sonar enables you to search, share, bookmark, and navigate with voice commands. You can create gestures to access specific websites and there are 60 add-ons to choose from. It’s a solid browser with a lot to offer.

10.  Opera Mini
Opera Mini enables you to take your PC Web experience to your phone. Experience faster mobile Internet as data is compressed before being sent to your phone.

11.  Snap Studio (Photo Editor)
Snap Studio is a powerful photo editor to meet your photo editing needs.It has quick and easy way to edit your photos on the go with no fuss. It comes loaded with some beautiful photo effects & filters Viz Color, Grey Scale, Sepia, embossed sketch, oil paint etc to play with. You Can fine tune your.

12.  English Explanatory Dictionary
Large dictionary of English. Includes both explanations (oxford dictionary with 107,267 entries) and thesaurus with 1,5 million words. It's offline, mobile. Instant searching while you typeI have only use facebook from the list above, but also thinking of trying out pulse which looks quite good.

Some more apps

1. Titanium Backup (Good for regular rom flashes, backup and restoring apps)
2. Ac!d SoundMOD (Makes shitty headsets sound better)
3. WeChat (Handy, especially the voicemail feature and this program is useful in Firewalled countries)
4. NeoEmu (Play some KOF classics)
5. Playstore by Chelpus (Any app can authenticate)
6. SoundHound (Like a song, let it tell you what it is)
7. Quadrant (Synthetic benchmarking)
8. Poweramp (Finds anything you tell it to, fixes the .nomedia bug)
9. Wifi Analyzer (Good for basic wifi network diagnostics)
10. Office Suite Pro (Reads any office document and pdfs)
11. Steam (Buy ~love~ for it on the go)
12. Instant Heart Rate (Does the job without huge expense)
13. Calculator (Replaces your average calculator at zero cost)
14. Dropbox, Box, Google Drive (Have your ~love~ with you everywhere and safe)
15. Mx Player (Always works, fixes .nomedia problem)
16. ANZ banking (No longer have to visit an ATM or a computer)
17. Post (No longer have to use a computer)

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Is Your Mobile Original?

Is Your Mobile Original?

Now-a-days, a consumer has to take care of a lot of things while buying a new mobile phone. Everyone owning a mobile phone might be in doubt whether their mobile phone is original or not, in the wake of many of the past issues in which fake mobile phones were a topic of discussion. Hence, it would be really useful if a person could have an easy way of knowing whether the mobile phone owned by him or her is original or not.It was then that I came across an easy way to identify the genuinity of mobile phones. And so, I am sharing it with you here.

1. Type *#06# in your mobile phone. After you enter the last hash (#), the International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number (a unique 15-digit number) of your mobile phone will appear on the screen.

2. The next step is to note the 7th and 8th digits of your mobile phone's IMEI number.

3. If the 7th and 8th numbers together read 02 or 20, it means that it was manufactured in the Emirates, and hence is of very bad quality!

4. If the 7th and 8th numbers together read 08 or 80, it means that it was manufactured in Germany, and hence is not so bad!

5. If the 7th and 8th numbers together read 01 or 10, it means that it was manufactured in Finland, which means that the mobile is of somewhat good quality!

6. If the 7th and 8th numbers together read 00, it means that it was manufactured in the original factory, which has the best quality!

7. If the 7th and 8th numbers together read 13, it means that it was manufactured in Azerbaijan, which means that the mobile is of very bad quality and hence is very dangerous for health!

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Samsung Mobile Secret Codes

Samsung Mobile Secret Codes

Some codes are specific to some models. Use at your own risk.

Software version: *#9999#
IMEI number: *#06#
Serial number: *#0001#
Battery status- Memory capacity : *#9998*246#
Debug screen: *#9998*324# - *#8999*324#
LCD kontrast: *#9998*523#
Vibration test: *#9998*842# - *#8999*842#
Alarm beeper - Ringtone test : *#9998*289# - *#8999*289#
Smiley: *#9125#
Software version: *#0837#
Display contrast: *#0523# - *#8999*523#
Battery info: *#0228# or *#8999*228# 
Display storage capacity: *#8999*636#
Display SIM card information: *#8999*778#
Show date and alarm clock: *#8999*782#
The display during warning: *#8999*786#
Samsung hardware version: *#8999*837#
Show network information: *#8999*638#
Display received channel number and received intensity: *#8999*9266#

*#1111# S/W Version
*#1234# Firmware Version
*#2222# H/W Version
*#8999*8376263# All Versions Together
*#8999*8378# Test Menu
*#4777*8665# GPSR Tool
*#8999*523# LCD Brightness
*#8999*377# Error LOG Menu
*#8999*327# EEP Menu
*#8999*667# Debug Mode
*#92782# PhoneModel (Wap)
#*5737425# JAVA Mode
*#2255# Call List
*#232337# Bluetooth MAC Adress
*#5282837# Java Version
Type in *#0000# on a Samsung A300 to reset the language
Master reset(unlock) #*7337# (for the new samsungs E700 x600 but not E710)
Samsung E700 type *#2255# to show secret call log (not tested)
Samsung A300, A800 phone unlock enter this *2767*637#
Samsung V200, S100, S300 phone unlock : *2767*782257378#

#*4773# Incremental Redundancy
#*7785# Reset wakeup & RTK timer cariables/variables
#*7200# Tone Generator Mute
#*3888# BLUETOOTH Test mode
#*7828# Task screen
#*#8377466# S/W Version & H/W Version
#*2562# Restarts Phone
#*2565# No Blocking? General Defense.
#*3353# General Defense, Code Erased.
#*3837# Phone Hangs on White screen.
#*3849# Restarts Phone
#*7337# Restarts Phone (Resets Wap Settings)
#*2886# AutoAnswer ON/OFF
#*7288# GPRS Detached/Attached
#*7287# GPRS Attached 
#*7666# White Screen 
#*7693# Sleep Deactivate/Activate 
#*2286# Databattery 
#*2527# GPRS switching set to (Class 4, 8, 9, 10) 
#*2679# Copycat feature Activa/Deactivate 
#*3940# External looptest 9600 bps 
#*4263# Handsfree mode Activate/Deactivate 
#*2558# Time ON 
#*3941# External looptest 115200 bps 
#*5176# L1 Sleep 
#*7462# SIM Phase 
#*7983# Voltage/Freq 
#*7986# Voltage 
#*8466# Old Time 
#*2255# Call Failed 
#*5376# DELETE ALL SMS
#*6837# Official Software Version: (0003000016000702) 
#*2337# Permanent Registration Beep 
#*2474# Charging Duration 
#*2834# Audio Path (Handsfree) 
#*3270# DCS Support Activate/Deactivate 
#*3282# Data Activate/Deactivate 
#*3476# EGSM Activate/Deactivate 
#*3676# FORMAT FLASH VOLUME!!! 
#*4760# GSM Activate/Deactivate 
#*4864# White Screen 
#*7326# Accessory 
#*7683# Sleep variable 
#*3797# Blinks 3D030300 in RED 
#*7372# Resetting the time to DPB variables 
#*3273# EGPRS multislot (Class 4, 8, 9, 10) 
#*7722# RLC bitmap compression Activate/Deactivate 
#*2351# Blinks 1347E201 in RED 
#*2775# Switch to 2 inner speaker 
#*7878# FirstStartup (0=NO, 1=YES) 
#*3838# Blinks 3D030300 in RED 
#*2077# GPRS Switch 
#*2027# GPRS Switch 
#*0227# GPRS Switch 
#*0277# GPRS Switch 
#*22671# AMR REC START 
#*22672# Stop AMR REC
#*22673# Pause REC 
#*22674# Resume REC 
#*22675# AMR Playback 
#*22676# AMR Stop Play 
#*22677# Pause Play 
#*22678# Resume Play 
#*77261# PCM Rec Req 
#*77262# Stop PCM Rec 
#*77263# PCM Playback 
#*77264# PCM Stop Play 
#*22679# AMR Get Time 
*#8999*364# Watchdog ON/OFF 
*#8999*427# WATCHDOG signal route setup
*2767*3855# = Full Reset (Caution every stored data will be deleted.)
*2767*2878# = Custom Reset 
*2767*927# = Wap Reset 
*2767*226372# = Camera Reset (deletes photos)
*2767*688# Reset Mobile TV 
#7263867# = RAM Dump (On or Off)

*2767*49927# = Germany WAP Settings 
*2767*44927# = UK WAP Settings 
*2767*31927# = Netherlands WAP Settings 
*2767*420927# = Czech WAP Settings 
*2767*43927# = Austria WAP Settings 
*2767*39927# = Italy WAP Settings 
*2767*33927# = France WAP Settings 
*2767*351927# = Portugal WAP Settings 
*2767*34927# = Spain WAP Settings 
*2767*46927# = Sweden WAP Settings 
*2767*380927# = Ukraine WAP Settings 
*2767*7927# = Russia WAP Settings 
*2767*30927# = GREECE WAP Settings 
*2767*73738927# = WAP Settings Reset 
*2767*49667# = Germany MMS Settings 
*2767*44667# = UK MMS Settings 
*2767*31667# = Netherlands MMS Settings 
*2767*420667# = Czech MMS Settings 
*2767*43667# = Austria MMS Settings 
*2767*39667# = Italy MMS Settings 
*2767*33667# = France MMS Settings 
*2767*351667# = Portugal MMS Settings 
*2767*34667# = Spain MMS Settings 
*2767*46667# = Sweden MMS Settings 
*2767*380667# = Ukraine MMS Settings 
*2767*7667#. = Russia MMS Settings 
*2767*30667# = GREECE MMS Settings

*#7465625# = Check the phone lock status 
*7465625*638*Code# = Enables Network lock 
#7465625*638*Code# = Disables Network lock 
*7465625*782*Code# = Enables Subset lock 
#7465625*782*Code# = Disables Subset lock 
*7465625*77*Code# = Enables SP lock 
#7465625*77*Code# = Disables SP lock 
*7465625*27*Code# = Enables CP lock 
#7465625*27*Code# = Disables CP lock 
*7465625*746*Code# = Enables SIM lock 
#7465625*746*Code# = Disables SIM lock 
*7465625*228# = Activa lock ON 
#7465625*228# = Activa lock OFF 
*7465625*28638# = Auto Network lock ON 
#7465625*28638# = Auto Network lock OFF 
*7465625*28782# = Auto subset lock ON 
#7465625*28782# = Auto subset lock OFF 
*7465625*2877# = Auto SP lock ON 
#7465625*2877# = Auto SP lock OFF 
*7465625*2827# = Auto CP lock ON 
#7465625*2827# = Auto CP lock OFF 
*7465625*28746# = Auto SIM lock ON 
#7465625*28746# = Auto SIM lock OFF

Type *#9998*627837793# Go to the 'my parameters' and there you will find new menu where you can unlock phone.(not tested-for samsung C100)
To unlock a Samsung turn the phone off take the sim card and type the following code 
*#pw+15853649247w# .
Java status code: #*53696# (Samsung X600)

On some older models to unlock your phone put a sim from another company then type 
*#9998*3323# it will reset your phone.
Push exit and then push 7, it will reset again. Put your other sim in and it will say sim lock, type in 00000000 then it should be unlocked. 
Type in *0141# then the green call button and it's unlocked to all networks. 

This code may not work on the older
phones and some of the newer phones. If it doesn't work you will have to reset your phone without a sim in it by typing
*#2767*2878# or *#9998*3855# (not tested)
Enjoy!!!!

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MOBILE PHONE TIPS

MOBILE PHONE TIPS

There are a few things that can be done in times of grave emergencies.  Your mobile phone can actually be a life-saver or an emergency tool for survival.  Check out the things that you can do with it:

1. EMERGENCY 

The Emergency Number worldwide for mobile phones is 112.  If you find yourself out of the coverage area of your mobile network and there is an emergency, dial 112 and the mobile will search any existing network to establish the emergency number for you, and, interestingly, this number 112 can be dialled even if the keypad is locked.  Try it out.

2. HAVE YOU LOCKED YOUR KEYS IN THE CAR? 

Does your car have remote keyless entry?  This may come in handy someday.  Good reason to own a mobile phone:  If you lock your keys in the car and the spare keys are at home, call someone at home on their mobile phone from your cell phone.  Hold your mobile phone about a foot from your car door and have the person at your home press the spare car key unlock button, holding it near the mobile phone on their end.  Your car will unlock.  This saves someone from having to drive your spare keys to you.  Distance is no object.  You could be hundreds of miles away, and if you can reach someone who has the other "remote" for
your car, you can unlock the doors (or the trunk).

3. HIDDEN BATTERY POWER 

Imagine your mobile battery is very low.  To activate, press the keys *3370#, and your mobile will restart with this reserve and the instrument will show a 50% increase in battery.  This reserve will get charged when you charge your mobile next time.

4. HOW TO DISABLE A STOLEN MOBILE PHONE 

To check your mobile phone's serial number, key in the following digits on your phone:  * # 0 6 # (star-hash-zero-six-hash).  A 15-digit code will appear on the screen. This number is unique to your handset.  Write it down and keep it somewhere safe.  If your phone ever gets stolen, you can phone your service provider and give them this code.  They will then be able to block your handset, so, even if the thief changes the SIM card, your phone will be totally useless.  You probably won't get your phone back, but at least you know that whoever stole it can't use/sell it either.  If everybody does this, there would be no point in people stealing mobile phones.

5. ATM PIN NUMBER REVERSAL 

If you should ever be forced by a robber to withdraw money from an ATM, you can notify the police by entering your PIN number in reverse (for example, if your card’s PIN number is 1234, then you would enter 4321 in the ATM).  The ATM system recognizes that your PIN number is backwards from the ATM card you placed in the machine.  The machine will still give you the money you requested, but, unknown to the robber, the police will be immediately dispatched to the location.  This information was recently broadcast by Crime Stoppers, however, it is seldom used, because people just don’t know about it. 

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